Political structure & processes
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Political structure & processes
Hardcover. Drawing on rich source material - one local authority's involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local government spending in 1980s England - this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; JPQB; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553026
- ISBN
- 9780230553026
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. What kind of activity is global governance? What do all of the many sectoral forms of global governance -- of the planetary environment, of global finance and global health -- have in common? Moving beyond sector-specific studies, this book outlines the fundamentals of global governance in eight chapter-length propositions. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572539
- ISBN
- 9780230572539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. An account of how one Labour Party politician, after suffering the biggest setback of his political career, used the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Grosvenor Square, the battle over trade union reform and the Troubles in Northern Ireland to propel himself to No 10. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579583
- ISBN
- 9780230579583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Mapping Extreme Right Ideology: An Empirical Geography of the European...
Bruter, Michael, Harrison, Sarah
Hardcover. An explanation of variations in the discourses and electoral success of 25 extreme right parties across 17 European political systems. The book shows how the European extreme right is mapped by the positions of parties and voters on two ideological dimensions, and how the match between these determines electoral success. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPFQ; JPHF; JPLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581012
- ISBN
- 9780230581012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600263
- ISBN
- 9780230600263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600300
- ISBN
- 9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This book examines the successes and failures of George W. Bush as a War President. The author critically assesses the administration's key decisions in the war on terror and President Bush's vision of creating a democratic Middle East. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601000
- ISBN
- 9780230601000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book examines how Supreme Court detainee cases have been implemented, with emphasis on the role of the president, concluding that an active executive branch has the ability to shape the manner in which judicial decisions are implemented and exploring why presidents have more influence than Congress and the courts. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQB; JPWL; LNDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603691
- ISBN
- 9780230603691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. Wing focuses on how innovative constitutional dialogues involving participation, negotiation, and recognition of groups previously excluded from political decision-making may be the key to a legitimate constitution. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604636
- ISBN
- 9780230604636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the antiquated systems in use today are a legacy of the industrial revolution of the Nineteenth-century and the early computer revolution of the 1950s and analyses the current day situation. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605985
- ISBN
- 9780230605985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish their legitimacy. This book examines and evaluates the strategies of nine accidental presidents, from John Tyler to Gerald Ford, to demonstrate authority and their capacity to govern. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607668
- ISBN
- 9780230607668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. What does it take to win the White House? This text helps students understand both the issues and the how and why people vote for a candidate. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607682
- ISBN
- 9780230607682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This is the first book-length analysis of the rise in power of the Bolivian party Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its leader, President Evo Morales. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JPFF; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608191
- ISBN
- 9780230608191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This book consists of essays by leading scholars in economics and political science which try deepen our understanding of how theocratic regimes behave, by providing up to date empirical surveys by leading scholars of the economic performance of Iran and of Muslim countries in general, and by looking at the behavior of historical theocracies. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613102
- ISBN
- 9780230613102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardcover. This book is a study of the processes of democratization and regionalization in the Southern Cone of Latin America, which ran roughly parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613133
- ISBN
- 9780230613133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. The revolutionary political upheavals in Africa in the early 1990s continue to have an impact almost two decades later. This book argues we must look to the defining period of transition to understand how politics in these countries changed since the fall of dictatorial one-party states. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 1HFDT; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613904
- ISBN
- 9780230613904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. In taking an ethnographic look at the creation of the National Assembly of Wales, this book explores the ambiguous outcomes of devolution. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JPHC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617452
- ISBN
- 9780230617452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJ; HBTB; JPHV; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618213
- ISBN
- 9780230618213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. What does it take to win the White House? This book helps students understand both the issues and how and why people vote for one candidate. Special attention is paid to battleground states. Drawing on concepts from political science, this book advances students' understanding both of the field and the phenomenon. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 2. Weight in Grams: 294. 224 pages, illustrations. What does it take to win the White House? This book helps students understand both the issues and how and why people vote for one candidate. Special attention is paid to battleground states. Drawing on concepts from political science, this book advances students' understanding both of the field and the phenomenon. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHF. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 2. Weight: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619333
- ISBN
- 9780230619333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. Proceeding from a longitudinal analysis of Nigeria's governorship history, this book shows how personalities have overwhelmed institutions, to the detriment of the country's democratic consolidation. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JPHL; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. A Dynamic Engagement Option for Current and Aspiring Leaders. 288 pages, Illustrations. Proceeding from a longitudinal analysis of Nigeria's governorship history, this book shows how personalities have overwhelmed institutions, to the detriment of the country's democratic consolidation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JPHL; JPHV; JPQB. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619340
- ISBN
- 9780230619340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford - has any application to Chinese processes of democratization. It discovers pockets of theory useful to guide Chinese practices, and also Chinese practice that can educate the West. Editor(s): Leib, Ethan J.; He, Baogang. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620346
- ISBN
- 9780230620346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders. Editor(s): Marable, Manning; Clarke, Kristen. Series: Critical Black Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620506
- ISBN
- 9780230620506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.92
€ 69.92
Paperback. This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders. Editor(s): Marable, Manning; Clarke, Kristen. Series: Critical Black Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620520
- ISBN
- 9780230620520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. US Constitution states that the President is subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery and 'other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.' In this book, Brown examines history behind this clause as well as the impeachments of Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621350
- ISBN
- 9780230621350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89