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  • Labour Migration in Europe

    Edited by G. Menz, A. Caviedes ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Examining the new realities of economic immigration to Europe, this book focuses on new trends and developments, including the rediscovery of economic migration, legalization measures, irregular migration, East-West flows, the role of business and employer associations, new positions amongst trade unions, and service sector liberalization. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Frogs (A Day in the Life)

    What Do Frogs, Toads, and Tadpoles Get Up to All Day?

    Series series A Day in the Life
    Set over 24 hours, meet see-through frogs, tiny tadpoles, and rampaging toads in this kids' nonfiction book by expert Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis.Journey into the rainforest to follow the lives of these nocturnal animals as they dance, hunt, and fight their way through their day. Frog scientist and conservationist Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis tells the story of the world’s most amazing frogs and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Politics of Public Accountability

    Policy Design in Latin American Oil Exporting Countries

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book seeks to consistently explain the role of ideas and institutions in policy outcomes, and addresses the problem of how resource nationalism causes a deficit of public accountability in oil producing countries from Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors present a causal mechanism linking ideas and policy outcomes through institutional arrangements, focusing on policy design to ... Read more

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  • The Politics Of Chile

    A Sociogeographical Assessment

    Chile's road to socialism, points out the author, was not a linear one. In the last twenty years political parties of an astonishingly wide range of opinions participated in the administration of the country, and their successes and failures have been clearly reflected in the shifting preferences of the voting population. Political ideas did not always receive nationwide acceptance; disobedience, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    Frogs (A Day in the Life)

    What Do Frogs, Toads, and Tadpoles Get Up to All Day?

    Series series A Day in the Life

    Unabridged

    38 min

    Set over a 24-hour period, meet poisonous tree frogs, see-through glass frogs, and frogs that can freeze their own blood in this kids’ nonfiction book about the coolest amphibians in the world.Journey into the rainforest to follow the lives of these nocturnal animals as they dance, hunt, and fight their way through their day. Frog scientist and conservationist Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis tells the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Supermajority Voting in Constitutional Courts

    The Problem of Majority Rule for Democracy and Legislation

    Series series Comparative Constitutional Change
    This book challenges the wide use of majority rule in many constitutional courts for declaring statutes unconstitutional and argues that these courts should rather perform constitutional review by using supermajority rules. Considering that constitutional courts often tackle hard moral issues, it is questionable whether a bare majority of judges should suffice for settling them, especially ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Prying Open Fortress Europe

    The Turn to Sectoral Labor Migration

    Series series Key Concepts in Philosophy
    Prying Open Fortress: The Turn to Sectoral Labor Migration is unique in the field of migration studies since it traces the microeconomic motivations of the relevant economic actors who influence labor migration policy. The book updates the study of the political economy of immigration through a focus on the central and pro-active role of employers, exploring how they interact with trade unions and ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Christian Mission in Urban Context

    Identifying Main Conditioning Factors in the Growth of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Lima, Peru

    This book is the result of a socio-theological analysis of the substantial membership growth of the Christian and Missionary Alliance – C&MA – in Lima, Peru, since 1973. The C&MA is a Christian Protestant denomination with a worldwide work, particularly in North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and lately in Europe. The focus here is on its work in Lima, Peru. The C&MA started its work in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Common Good Constitutionalism

    The way that Americans understand their Constitution and wider legal tradition has been dominated in recent decades by two exhausted approaches: the originalism of conservatives and the “living constitutionalism” of progressives. Is it time to look for an alternative?Adrian Vermeule argues that the alternative has been there, buried in the American legal tradition, all along. He shows that US law ... Read more

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  • Argentina

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    In the early 20th century, Argentina possessed one of the world's most prosperous economies, yet since then Argentina has suffered a series of boom-and-bust cycles that have seen it fall well below its regional neighbours such as Chile. At the same time, despite the lack of significant ethnic or linguistic divisions, Argentina has failed to create an over-arching post-independence national ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The field of comparative constitutional law has grown immensely over the past couple of decades. Once a minor and obscure adjunct to the field of domestic constitutional law, comparative constitutional law has now moved front and centre. Driven by the global spread of democratic government and the expansion of international human rights law, the prominence and visibility of the field, among judges ... Read more

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