Comparative politics
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Comparative politics
Paperback. This book examines European welfare states, how and why they are changing, and how they are likely to develop. Editor(s): Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Leruth, Benjamin; Chung, Heejung. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPA; JPB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790273
- ISBN
- 9780198790273
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Condition: New
€ 60.29
€ 60.29
Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approac...
Green-Pedersen, Christoffer, Walgrave, Stefaa...
Paperback. Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. This book features essays that make clear the efficacy of the agenda-setting approach for understanding not only how policies evolve, but also how political systems function. Editor(s): Green-Pedersen, Christoffer; Walgrave, Stefaan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226128306
- ISBN
- 9780226128306
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approac...
Christoffer Green-Pedersen
Hardcover. Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. This book includes essays that make clear the efficacy of the agenda-setting approach for understanding not only how policies evolve, but also how political systems function. Editor(s): Green-Pedersen, Christoffer; Walgrave, Stefaan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226128276
- ISBN
- 9780226128276
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€ 94.17€ 77.43
€ 94.17
€ 77.43
Paperback. In summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission. This book offers an insight on this event. Editor(s): Jaskoski, Maiah; Sotomayor, Arturo C.; Trinkunas, Harold A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1K; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418308
- ISBN
- 9781421418308
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.49
€ 46.99
€ 38.49
Hardback. The first publication in book form of the historic postrevolution conversations between activist playwright and Czech president Vaclav Havel and Polish journalist Adam Michnik Translator(s): Matynia, Elzbieta. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300204032
- ISBN
- 9780300204032
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Condition: New
€ 54.15€ 42.28
€ 54.15
€ 42.28
Berti's innovative framework and careful choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible style, will make this book attractive to not only scholars and students of democratization processes but policymakers interested in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409740
- ISBN
- 9781421409740
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Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Hardback. Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJF; HBW; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 293 x 40. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728806
- ISBN
- 9780674728806
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Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 47.80
€ 51.74
€ 47.80
Paperback. Is liberal democracy appropriate for East Asia? This book argues for morally legitimate alternatives to Western-style liberal democracy in the region. It is divided into three parts that correspond to the three main hallmarks of liberal democracy - human rights, democracy, and capitalism. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123080
- ISBN
- 9780691123080
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Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 41.59
€ 52.97
€ 41.59
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hale, Henry; Orttung, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JPB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804798457
- ISBN
- 9780804798457
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Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Hardback. The theory and concept of multi-level governance (MLG) is a fairly recent one, emerging with the deepening integration of the European Union in the early 1990s and the development of free trade agreements around the world. Editor(s): Lachapelle, Guy; Onate, Pablo. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847420255
- ISBN
- 9783847420255
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Condition: New
€ 55.27€ 50.55
€ 55.27
€ 50.55
Paperback. Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity. This book demonstrates that bounded - not full - rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134710
- ISBN
- 9780691134710
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€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
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Paperback. The first comprehensive, authoritative study of the political, economic and social forces which led to Brexit and its likely consequences. Num Pages: 250 pages, 50 b/w illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316605042
- ISBN
- 9781316605042
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.70
€ 32.99
€ 25.70
Hardcover. The first comprehensive, authoritative study of the political, economic and social forces which led to Brexit and its likely consequences. Num Pages: 250 pages, 50 b/w illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107150720
- ISBN
- 9781107150720
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Condition: New
€ 96.78
€ 96.78
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107024540
- ISBN
- 9781107024540
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Condition: New
€ 81.79
€ 81.79
Hardback. This volume examines the conditions under which lustration and related transitional justice measures have affected political and social trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union between 1989 and 2012. Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPFC; JPHV; JPHX; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198793328
- ISBN
- 9780198793328
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Condition: New
€ 149.52
€ 149.52
Paperback. This book explores the secret police organizations of East Asian dictators: origins, operations, and effects on ordinary citizens' lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b/w illus. 1 map 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPB; JPHX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316505311
- ISBN
- 9781316505311
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.25
€ 31.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Shows how state structures, international forces, and class relations combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 421 pages, 6 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107569843
- ISBN
- 9781107569843
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Condition: New
€ 23.13
€ 23.13
Paperback. Against those who insist our thinking must remain within the dominant terms of Euro-American modernity, Jenco demonstrates how China's nineteenth- and twentieth-century "Western Learning" debates offer theoretically credible alternatives to current methods for engaging otherness and confronting ethnocentrism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190263829
- ISBN
- 9780190263829
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Condition: New
€ 60.69
€ 60.69
Hardback. Experts from the global North and South analyze the implications of economic crises on children, with a particular focus on the emerging evidence from the recent global economic crisis and food and fuel price volatility of 2008-2010. They point out key policy responses deployed by governments and international agencies. Editor(s): Harper, Caroline; Jones, Nicola; Mendoza, Ronald U.; Stewart, David; Strand, Erika. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 39 black & white tables, 32 figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSB1; JPB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230313972
- ISBN
- 9780230313972
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Condition: New
€ 94.16€ 15.70
€ 94.16
€ 15.70
Paperback. What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? This title provides an account of Chinese culture and debunks various stereotypes. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145853
- ISBN
- 9780691145853
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
€ 26.99
€ 20.29
Hardcover. This volume is a lively and scholarly illustrated account of the tumultuous events in key countries in the Middle East and North Africa during and since the period of the Arab Spring that began in December 2010. Editor(s): Roberts, Adam; McCarthy, Rory; Ash, Timothy Garton. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPB; JPHV; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749028
- ISBN
- 9780198749028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Scholars of civil-military relations will find much to debate in Herspring's framework, while students of civil-military and defense policy will appreciate Herspring's brief historical tour of each countries' post-World War II political and policy landscapes. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; JPA; JPB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409283
- ISBN
- 9781421409283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.44
€ 79.44
Paperback. In an era when democracy is increasingly snagged on the age-old practice of patronage, students and scholars of political science, comparative politics, democratization, and international development and economics will be interested in this assessment, which calls for the study of better, more efficient, and just governance. Editor(s): Abente Brun, Diego; Diamond, Larry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21, 11 graphs, 10 graphs. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Paper back
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412290
- ISBN
- 9781421412290
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.35
€ 43.99
€ 36.35
Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy
. Ed(S): Abente Brun, Diego; Diamond, Larry
Hardback. In an era when democracy is increasingly snagged on the age-old practice of patronage, students and scholars of political science, comparative politics, democratization, and international development and economics will be interested in this assessment, which calls for the study of better, more efficient, and just governance. Editor(s): Abente Brun, Diego; Diamond, Larry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21, 11 graphs, 10 graphs. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412283
- ISBN
- 9781421412283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 66.65
€ 73.57
€ 66.65