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Political structure & processes
Paperback. Congress and the president are not the only branches that deal with fiscal issues in times of war. This book focuses on the role of federal courts in fiscal matters during warfare and high-cost national defense emergencies. It sheds light on environmental factors in judicial decision making. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JW; LNAA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771144
- ISBN
- 9780226771144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50
Hardcover. The relationship between the states and the national government is among the most contested issues in the United States. This title defends the advantages of multiple perspectives in government, arguing that the resulting 'polyphony' creates a system that is more efficient, democratic, and protective of liberties. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736624
- ISBN
- 9780226736624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.98
€ 79.98
Hardcover. Takes a look into the premises and consequences of the long crusade against big money in politics. This book argues that our most common concerns about money in politics are misplaced, and that the chance to regulate money in politics actually allows representatives to serve their own interests at a cost to their constituents. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734507
- ISBN
- 9780226734507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.53
€ 45.53
Hardcover. For West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long struggle for independence from Indonesia. The author examines this struggle through a series of essays that drive at the core meaning of sovereignty itself - how it is fueled, formed, and even thwarted by pivotal but often overlooked players. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731971
- ISBN
- 9780226731971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.81
€ 140.81
Hardcover. Most analysts have deemed Richard Nixon's challenge to the judicial liberalism of the Warren Supreme Court a failure, "a counterrevolution that wasn't". This title reveals a Nixon whose public rhetoric was more conservative than his administration's actions and whose policy toward the Court was more subtle than previously recognized. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561196
- ISBN
- 9780226561196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
Paperback. The task of deliberating public policy falls preeminently to Congress. But decisions on matters ranging from budget deficits to the war with Iraq, among others, raise serious doubts about its performance. This book assesses congressional deliberation by analyzing debate on the House and Senate floors. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 line drawing, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226544076
- ISBN
- 9780226544076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Hardcover. In a democracy, we have come to assume that people know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. But does this actually happen? This book looks at citizens' views on candidates both before and after periods of political upheaval, including campaigns, wars, and natural disasters. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 64 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226472133
- ISBN
- 9780226472133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Hardcover. Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the years, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. The author argues that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356525
- ISBN
- 9780226356525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Hardcover. In 2005, Iraq drafted its first constitution and held the country's first democratic election in more than fifty years. The author argues that the terms of the Iraqi Constitution are sufficiently capacious to be interpreted in a variety of ways, allowing it to appeal to the country's three main sects despite their deep disagreements. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315348
- ISBN
- 9780226315348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.24
€ 137.24
Hardcover. Examines the day-to-day practices of the officials of Ghana's Customs Service, exploring the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanaian sovereignty. This title discovers an inversion of our assumptions about neoliberal transformation. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 halftones, 3 maps, 1 figure, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100593
- ISBN
- 9780226100593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.10
€ 124.10
Hardcover. Based on research, this book focuses on the wartime powers presidents wield at home. It shows that congress is more likely to defer to the president's policy preferences when political debates center on national rather than local considerations. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226048253
- ISBN
- 9780226048253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.94
€ 130.94
Hardcover. Illuminates an ethic of moral imperfectionism, a set of anticolonial, antifascist practices devoted to ordinariness and abnegation that ranged from doomed mutinies in the Indian military to Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual discipline. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTR; HPS; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019871
- ISBN
- 9780226019871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449666
- ISBN
- 9780801449666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.23
€ 49.23
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801431692
- ISBN
- 9780801431692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
hardcover. In 1940, for the first time since America's founding, a sitting president sought a third term in office. But this was only one remarkable aspect of that year's election. A Third Term for FDR reveals how domestic policy more than international events influenced Roosevelt's decision to run and his victory in November. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780700624027
- ISBN
- 9780700624027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86€ 57.86
€ 62.86
€ 57.86
Hardback. The book tells the story of first ladies and American women, as it unfolds through decades of turbulence, progress, and uncertainty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623808
- ISBN
- 9780700623808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86€ 57.86
€ 62.86
€ 57.86
Hardback. The Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Olson, however, offers a "layman's guide to Watergate", a concise and readable one-volume history that highlights the key actors, events, and implications in this dark drama. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623563
- ISBN
- 9780700623563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.30€ 79.14
€ 87.30
€ 79.14
Hardback. Politicians are polarized. Public opinion is volatile. Government is gridlocked. Or so journalists and pundits constantly report. But where are we, really, in modern American politics, and how did we get there? Those are the questions that Byron E. Shafer aims to answer in The American Political Pattern. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPF; JPHC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623266
- ISBN
- 9780700623266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.10€ 90.28
€ 100.10
€ 90.28
Hardback. The book focuses on the revival of "nullificationist," or even "secessionist," arguments, both in the United States and abroad, relative to the authority of national institutions, including courts, over dissenting subnational units or groups of individual citizens. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford. Series: Constitutional Thinking. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700622979
- ISBN
- 9780700622979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.30€ 79.14
€ 87.30
€ 79.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 49. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061721502
- ISBN
- 9780061721502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.35
€ 38.99
€ 33.35
paperback. The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, colour line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605336
- ISBN
- 9781442605336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.50€ 72.93
€ 74.50
€ 72.93
paperback. "First published in 1961 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd"--Title page verso. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JPHL; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138800885
- ISBN
- 9781138800885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
hardcover. Charles Doran examines why Canadian unity is important, what drives Quebec separatism in the American view, and the nature of the historical era that has shaped and conditioned secessionist impulse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048738
- ISBN
- 9780802048738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.64
€ 81.64
paperback. Series: Brown Democracy Medal. Num Pages: 58 pages, 6, 6 charts. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell Selects United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 58
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501713408
- ISBN
- 9781501713408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.73
€ 10.73