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  • An Analysis into the functions of political institutions in Public Law

    An examination into the checks and balances institutions play in the UK Constitution

    by James Michael Corbett ...
    Document from the year 2024 in the subject Law - Public Law / Administrative Law, grade: 1st, , course: Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law, language: English, abstract: How do political institutions shape democracy? What keeps power in check—and what happens when those checks fail? In every democratic society, the design and performance of political institutions determine how power is exercised, ... Read more

    $18.54 USD

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  • Political Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Miller ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. It ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Beyond White Guilt

    The real challenge for black-white relations in Australia

    by Sarah Maddison ...
    'This book lays out the way modern Australia can right the wrongs that have occurred in the intervening years, and decades, and centuries that have passed since that first dramatic encounter.' - From the foreword by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG'An excellent diagnosis of Australia's mind-set.' - Jeff McMullen journalist, author, film makerDeep in our hearts, Australians know that our nation was ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Citizenship

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard Bellamy ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen of a modern, complex community? Why is citizenship important? Can we create citizenship, and can we test for it? In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, Richard Bellamy explores the answers to these questions and more in a clear and accessible way. He approaches the subject from a political perspective, to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • John Rawls and Deliberative Democracy

    Understanding Deliberative Democracy, #2

    by Hercules Bantas ...
    Series Book 2 - Understanding Deliberative Democracy
    John Rawls is a giant of modern political and democratic thought, but much of his important work is buried deep in weighty tomes, or hidden behind academic jargon that few people have the strength of will to decipher. This book is a concise and clearly written article length guide that covers important concepts in Rawls's democratic theory, including the idea of public reason and the politicized ... Read more

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  • The Promise of Schooling

    Education in Canada, 1800-1914

    by Paul Axelrod ...
    Between 1800 and 1914, Canadian society and its school systems were forged, populated, expanded and reformed. The Promise of Schooling explores the links between social and educational change in this complex and dynamic period. It raises and seeks to answer a number of questions: How extensive was schooling in the early nineteenth century? What lay behind the campaign to extend publicly funded ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Courts, the Charter, and the Schools

    The Impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Educational Policy and Practice, 1982-2007

    Edited by Michael Manley-Casimir, Kristen Manley-Casimir ...
    The adoption of the Canadian Constitution Act in 1982, with its embedded Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ushered in an era of unprecedented judicial influence on Canada's public policy. The Courts, the Charter, and the Schools examines how the Constitution Act has affected educational policy during the first twenty-five years of the Charter by analyzing landmark rulings handed down from appellate ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Regions Apart

    The Four Societies of Canada and The United States

    by Edward Grabb, James Curtis, Jane Jenson ...
    Regions Apart: The Four Societies of Canada and the United States provides an invaluable social, cultural, and political comparison of the two countries that share the world's longest undefended border. General readers and students alike will find Regions Apart an insightful analysis of how and why Americans and Canadians differ, not only from each other but from region to region within each ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Candian Women and the Struggle for Equality

    by Lorna R. Marsden ...
    What range of possibilities might appear on the horizon to a young woman today as she contemplates her future compared to those envisioned by a young woman 150 years ago? And how would her daily life be different? The degree of change in women's lives in Canada over the last 150 years is staggering, and much is the result of the fight for greater equality. How did this change take place? ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Punishment and Welfare: A History of Penal Strategies

    by David Garland ...
    First published in 1985, this classic of law and society scholarship continues to shape the research agenda of today's sociology of punishment. It is now republished with a new Preface by the author.'Punishment and Welfare' explores the relation of punishment to politics, the historical formation and development of criminology, and the way in which penal reform grew out of the complex set of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Authoritarian Rule of Law

    Legislation, Discourse and Legitimacy in Singapore

    by Jothie Rajah ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    Scholars have generally assumed that authoritarianism and rule of law are mutually incompatible. Convinced that free markets and rule of law must tip authoritarian societies in a liberal direction, nearly all studies of law and contemporary politics have neglected that improbable coupling: authoritarian rule of law. Through a focus on Singapore, this book presents an analysis of authoritarian ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Judging Social Rights

    by Jeff King ...
    Series Book 3 - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    Countries that now contemplate constitutional reform often grapple with the question of whether to constitutionalise social rights. This book presents an argument for why, under the right conditions, doing so can be a good way to advance social justice. In making such a case, the author considers the nature of the social minimum, the role of courts among other institutions, the empirical record of ... Read more

    $51.69 USD