Political category: 85882 books
Lincoln and the Border States
Preserving the Union
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Adopting a new approach to an American icon, an award-winning scholar reexamines the life of Abraham Lincoln to demonstrate how his remarkable political acumen and leadership skills evolved during the intense partisan conflict in pre-Civil War Illinois. By describing Lincoln's rise from obscurity...
Reform Processes and Policy Change
Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
George Tsebelis’ veto players approach has become a prominent theory to analyze various research questions in political science. Studies that apply veto player theory deal with the impact of institutions and partisan preferences of legislative activity and policy outcomes. It is used to measure...
Comparative Political Theory in Time and Place
Theory’s Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars. The volume builds on recent work in political theory, seeking to focus scholarly attention on non-Western thought in order to contribute to both political...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
What legacies have previous reformers like Zhao Ziyang left to today’s China? Does China have feasible political alternatives to today’s repressive ‘market Leninism’ and corrupt ‘state capitalism’? Does Zhao’s legacy indicate an alternative to the past and for the future?
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Boom! a Revolting Situation
The Failure of Ideological Politics and the Disappointment of Ideological Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
The idea of revolution is to take action. The goal of revolution is positive change.
Thomas Richard Harry Boom! A Revolting Situation
BOOM! is a tough-minded eye-opening appraisal of American Democracy that highlights serious lack of choice in todays political arena. Party identification is...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2015 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2018-2019 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study analyzes anti-Americanism in Russia during the era of Vladimir Putin. The objective is to evaluate Vladimir Putin's anti-Americanism and the political implications of Putinist anti-Americanism...
by Kaija Schilde
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
What is the relationship between private actors and international institutions in global governance, as institutions such as the EU develop aspects of political authority once in the sole domain of nation states? Important areas of recent EU development have been immigration, security, and defense...
Dynamics of Transformation, Elite Change and New Social Mobilization
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
The political transformations initiated by the so-called Arab Spring in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen have been marked by strong political contention, continued social mobilization and, albeit to different degrees, weak central state institutions. This book proposes that, rather than agreed roadmaps...
America's New Swing Region
Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
The Mountain West-Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah-has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported...
Politics Is a Joke!
How TV Comedians Are Remaking Political Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Does late night political humor matter? Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? Politics Is a Joke! situates late night comedy in the historical context of political humor and demonstrates how the public...
by Ashutosh Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Comparative politics involves both a comparative study of the political structures and functions of national political systems of various states and also a comparative study of the political institutions at work within a single state. The former is called horizontal comparative studies and the latter...
The Political Economy of Human Rights in Armenia
Authoritarianism and Democracy in a Former Soviet Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Republic of Armenia has experienced a reversal from a brief period of democratization to a Soviet-style authoritarian regime, and has been accused of repressive approaches to human rights. Here, Simon Payaslian juxtaposes a masterful survey...