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Realism and Democracy(2019) ABRAMS, ELLIOTT (COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, NEW YORK)America is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islamist extremism. Abrams marshals four decades of expert experience to analyze America's record of democracy promotion andVezava: Mehka38,57 €
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Gradual Institutional Change in Japan(2022) ZAKOWSKI, KAROLThis book analyses institutional reforms implemented by Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, under his second administration from 2012 to 2020. Also examined is the evolution in the role of such actors in Japanese politics as bureaucrats, LDP factions andVezava: Mehka69,54 €
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Politics of Resentment – Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker(2016) CRAMER, KATHERINEVezava: Mehka47,78 €
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Black Mass(2008) GRAY, JOHNTears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and showsVezava: Mehka14,90 €
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Overruled(2022) FOWLES, SAMA testimony of how our government has undermined our democratic principles from a barrister who took the Prime Minister to courtVezava: Trda27,32 €
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Let Me Finish(2020) CHRISTIE, CHRISFrom the outspoken former governor, presidential candidate and chair of the Trump transition, a no-holds-barred account of Christie's rise to power in a world of bare-knuckle politics, his fifteen-year friendship with Donald Trump and his frank insights aVezava: Mehka20,66 €
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Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future(2021) PELLOSO, CARLODemocracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens, and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome – and through this lens explores current political issues inVezava: Trda47,70 €
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U.S. Constitution(2018) BODENHAMER, DAVID J. (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE POLIS CENTER AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE POLIS CENTER AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS)The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction explores the major themes of American constitutional history--federalism, the balance of powers, property, representation, equality, rights, and security. Informed by the latest scholarship, each theme illuVezava: Mehka13,54 €
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Firepower(2021) LACOMBE, MATTHEW J.How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday AmericansThe National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun reVezava: Trda43,73 €
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Magna Carta(2012) VINCENT, NICHOLAS (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA)Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. With a full English translation of the 1215 charter, Nicholas Vincent introduces the document to a mVezava: Mehka13,54 €
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Prime Minister(2001) HENNESSY, PETERExplores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, the author has builtVezava: Mehka27,09 €
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Civil Society and Memory in Postwar Germany(2017) WUSTENBERG, JENNY (YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO)This interdisciplinary approach to postwar German memory politics charts the role of social movements in shaping public memory and democratic values. It will appeal to readers interested in understanding political conflict between civil society and the stVezava: Trda165,38 €
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By Executive Order(2021) RUDALEVIGE, ANDREWHow the executive branch-not the president alone-formulates executive orders, and how this process constrains the chief executive's ability to act unilaterallyThe president of the United States is commonly thought to wield extraordinary personal power thrVezava: Mehka43,73 €
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Repealed(2021) FITZSIMONS, CAMILLAA celebration and analysis of a 35-year long grassroots movement that successfully overturned the ban on abortion in IrelandVezava: Mehka32,72 €
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Turpin and Tomkins' British Government and the Constitution(2021) YOUNG, ALISON L. (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)This an updated edition of an authoritative textbook that places the law in its context. It examines Brexit, referendums, evolving devolution and dramatic political events of 2019 and their impact on the traditional understanding of the Westminster ConstiVezava: Mehka86,50 €
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Policing the Second Amendment(2020) CARLSON, JENNIFER"An urgent look at the relationship between the politics of guns, race, and policing in America today"--Vezava: Trda39,05 €
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Socialist States and the Environment(2021) ENGEL-DI MAURO, SALVATOREReclaims the contentious legacy of state socialism in order to build an ecosocialist futureVezava: Mehka39,61 €
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Resist the Punitive State(2019)What do we do when housing, mental health, disability, prisons and immigration policy become synonymous with state violence?Vezava: Mehka37,88 €