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Mixed Electoral Systems(2005) FERRARA, F.,HERRON, E.,NISHIKAWA, M.Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall strVezava: Mehka68,89 € -
Leading to the 2003 Iraq War(2006) NIKOLAEV, ALEXANDER G.A telling analysis of the pre-war media debate around the globe which set the stage for the 2003 Iraq war. By concentrating on the pre-war coverage, this group of scholars engages in a more open discussion of the issues than would take place during wartimVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Electoral Politics in South Africa(2006)Ten years into the 'new' South Africa, how does democracy function? and, finally, argues that South Africa is witnessing a 'normalization' of politics. The book speaks to a broad range of topics, all linked through the electoral theme, which get to the heVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Women and Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing(2007) REAMES, K. LYNCHThis study discovers how contemporary writers have imagined possible relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism, using novels and autobiographies and focusing on works by William Faulkner, LilVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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National Police Gazette and the Making of the Modern American Man, 1879-1906(2006) REEL, G.This book analyzes the National Police Gazette, the racy New York City tabloid that gained an audience among men and boys of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Vezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction(2006)Developing broad, holistic notions of 'impact' to measure the effects of international development assistance, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the international political economy. Leading experts focus on enhancing aid's abilitVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Critical Issues Facing the Middle East(2006)Addressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these changes pose to US strategy and policy. They examine the causes of profound economic, political and religious transitiVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Feeling Politics(2006)As part of the study of emotions and politics, this book explores connections between affect and cognition and their implications for political evaluation, decision and action. Emphasizing theory, methodology and empirical research, Feeling Politics is anVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Problem of Order in the Global Age(2006) PICKEL, A.This important contribution to the study of the problem of order, which figures prominently in today's globalization debate, focuses on the role of sovereignty. It advances arguments based on psychocultural perspectives and looks at postcommunist transforVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Political Economy of U.S. Militarism(2006) HOSSEIN-ZADEH, I.This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis blends history, economics, and politics to challenge the prevailing accounts of the rise of U.S. militarism. While acknowledging the contributory role of some of the most widely-cited culprits, this study explVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Biotechnology Policy across National Boundaries(2007) WEST, D.A globalization of innovation has produced the most massive spurt in biotechnology in world history.Vezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Rousseau's Theory of Human Association(2006) HILL, G.The book explores the characteristic features and political consequences of social interaction when the parties' intentions are transparent, and when they are opaque. The author develops a theory of association and uses it to elucidate, assess and extendVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Last Battle of the Cold War(2006) GLITMAN, M.A fascinating, first-hand account of the bureaucratic and public struggles that lead to the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, Glitman focuses on debates among American negotiators and between them and the Europeans and Soviets. This is an importanVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920(2008) ENGLE, S.Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). This study rediscovers the lives and notable accomplishments of five prominent, yet historically neglected women dramatists of the Progressive Era: Martha Morton, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, Evelyn GreenVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Localizing Caroline Drama(2008) ZUCKER, A.,FARMER, A.This book redefines the plays and theatrical culture of the years 1625 to 1642 as something more than simply post-Shakespearean in character. Scholars reveal the drama's mixture of political engagement, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial ingenuity. ThVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Second Term of George W. Bush(2006)Second term presidencies are distinctive, not least as the president no longer has to run for re-election. Placing the second term of George W. Bush in comparative perspective, this fascinating book explores the political, institutional and policy implicaVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages(2008)This volume brings together contemporary popular entertainment, current political subjects, and medieval history and culture to investigate the intersecting and often tangled relations between politics, aesthetics, reality and fiction, in relation to issuVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Practice of Quixotism(2006) GORDON, S.Using postmodern theory, The Practice of Quixotism explores eighteenth-century women's texts that use quixote narratives, which typically demand that individuals purge their minds of internalized fictions to insist instead that the reality we encounter isVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Appropriation as Practice(2007) SCHNEIDER, A.How the "traffic in culture" is practiced, rationalized and experienced by visual artists in the globalized world. The book focuses on artistic practices in the appropriation of indigenous cultures, and the construction of new Latin American identities. AVezava: Mehka68,89 €
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Germany's Civilian Power Diplomacy(2007) ARORA, C.This book assesses the diplomatic path of influence taken by German decision-makers during the early nineties in pursuit of their cautiously articulated interest in and commitment to the eastward enlargement of NATO.Vezava: Mehka68,89 €
