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Inside the Kremlin’s Cold War(1997) ZUBOK, VLADISLAV,PLESHAKOV, CONSTANTINECovering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962, Zubok and Pleshakov explore the personalities and motivations of the key people who directed Soviet political life and shaped Soviet foreign policy.Vezava: Mehka47,68 € -
Making Democracy Work(1994) PUTNAM, ROBERT D.,LEONARDI, ROBERT,NANETTI, RAFFAELLA Y.Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? This book offers empirical evidence for the importance of 'civic community' in developing successful institutions. It focuses on an experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments forVezava: Mehka62,48 € -
New Machiavelli(2011) POWELL, JONATHANIn his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece, The Prince, Jonathan Powell - Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994 - 2007 - recounts the inside story of that period, drawing on his own unpublished diaries.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Deterring Democracy(1992) CHOMSKY, NOAMFrom World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
This Boy(2014) JOHNSON, ALANAlan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. This book tells the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic vioVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Letters To My Grandchildren(2010) BENN, TONYAs a diarist, I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it. The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could hVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nuclear Politics in America(1997)Examining the politics of nuclear power over the last 50 years, this study relates broad trends in American politics to changes in the regulation of the nuclear industry to show how federal policies in this area have been made, implemented and altered.Vezava: Mehka58,81 € -
Even Silence Has An End(2011) BETANCOURT, INGRID* Ingrid Betancourt's astonishing, powerful and deeply moving account of her six-year ordeal in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the terrorist organisation FARCVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Long and Winding Road(2017) JOHNSON, ALANWinner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson’s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary jourVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Class Matrix(2022) CHIBBER, VIVEKDoes class determine economic options, or is class in our heads—a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the second claim, sidelining materialism. Now, amid deepening inequality, Vivek Chibber defends materialist analysiVezava: Trda50,87 € -
This America: The Case for the Nation(2020) LEPORE, JILL'A thoughtful and passionate defence of her vision of American patriotism' New York TimesFrom the acclaimed historian comes this urgent manifesto on the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 5(2016) CAMPBELL, ALASTAIROutside, Inside is the first of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former chief press secretary and director of communications and strategy.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Mathematics to the Rescue of Democracy(2020) SERAFINI, PAOLOThis book explains, in a straightforward way, the foundations upon which electoral techniques are based in order to shed new light on what we actually do when we vote.Vezava: Mehka26,72 € -
Navigating Institutional Racism in British Universities(2019) SIAN, KATY P.This book critically examines the experiences of racism encountered by academics of colour working within British universities. The book presents a textured narrative around the various barriers facing academics of colour, and enhances understandings of eVezava: Trda99,52 € -
Hinterland(2017) MULLIN, CHRISA wry and revealing political memoir from the man behind the celebrated diaries: A View from the Foothills, A Walk-On Part and Decline & Fall.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Economic Welfare and Trade Relations Implications of the 2014 Farm Bill(2015)Currently there is no comprehensive, accessible account of the economic effects of the 2014 Farm Bill. This edited collection consists of 10 essays, each on the major areas of US farm programs that describes and assesses the economic welfare impacts of thVezava: Trda59,05 €









