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  • The Congress of Vienna and its Legacy

    War and Great Power Diplomacy after Napoleon

    by Mark Jarrett ...
    In 1814 the five reigning dynasties of Europe, Alexander I of Russia and ministers such Metternich and Talleyrand, descended upon Vienna. The Vienna Congress marked one of the great turning points in diplomatic history; the first attempt to create an 'international order' to secure peace for the nineteenth century. The blueprint for modern-day global governance models such as the UN, it was a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    by Galal Amin ...
    Galal Amin once again turns his attention to the shaping of Egyptian society and the Egyptian state in the half-century and more that has elapsed since the Nasserite revolution, this time focusing on the era of President Mubarak. He looks at corruption, poverty, the plight of the middle class, and of course, the economy, and directs his penetrating gaze toward the Mubarak regime's uneasy ... Read more

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  • The Blame Game

    Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government

    by Christopher Hood ...
    The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • John A. Costello The Reluctant Taoiseach

    A Biography of John A. Costello

    by David McCullagh ...
    John A. Costello remains the most elusive of our former Taoisigh, despite his enormous contribution to Irish history. He declared the Republic, led the country's first ever coalition government, and faced the Mother and Child Crisis. A surprise choice who battled against taking the job, Costello was the Reluctant Taoiseach. Historian and political correspondent David McCullagh charts the life of ... Read more

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  • Anarchism

    by Paul Eltzbacher ...
    Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations. Proponents of anarchism (known as ":anarchists") advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical voluntary associations. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Performance of Politics:Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

    Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors that determine the vote? The Performance of Politics develops a new way of looking at ... Read more

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  • Making Constitutions

    Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America

    by Gabriel L. Negretto ...
    Negretto provides the first systematic explanation of the origins of constitutional designs from an analytical, historical and comparative perspective. Based on analysis of constitutional change in Latin America from 1900 to 2008 and four detailed case studies, Negretto shows the main determinants of constitutional choice are the past performance of constitutions in providing effective and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Creation of States in International Law

    by James R. Crawford ...
    Statehood in the early 21st century remains as much a central problem as it was in 1979 when the first edition of The Creation of States in International Law was published. As Rhodesia, Namibia, the South African Homelands and Taiwan then were subjects of acute concern, today governments, international organizations, and other institutions are seized of such matters as the membership of Cyprus in ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • How to Run for Political Office and Win

    Everything You Need to Know To Get Elected

    by Melaine Williamson ...
    The American Government, including the national, state, and local levels, has more than 400,000 elected and appointed public officials according to an estimate by The New York Times. How to Run for Political Office and Win will guide potential new politicians down the path to victory by teaching them everything they need to get elected. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Legislating in the Dark

    Information and Power in the House of Representatives

    by James M. Curry ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Political science scholar James M. Curry explores the inner workings of Congress's House of Representatives in this thought-provoking analysis.The 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to digest ... Read more

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  • A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment

    A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment

    by Barbara Radnofsky ...
    Series series Activist Citizens Library
    A non-partisan guide to a precise understanding of the rules and history of impeachment . . .Spotlighting in particular the precise rules of impeachment—including an explanation of the crucial grounds for impeachment, the famous “high crimes and misdemeanors”—the book also details its origins in British law, the rules as set out by the founding fathers in the Constitution, and their application ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Centralised Enforcement, Legitimacy and Good Governance in the EU

    by Melanie Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
    Article 226 EC is the central mechanism of enforcement in the EC Treaty, and has remained unchanged since the original Treaty of Rome. It provides the European Commission, as guardian of the Treaty, with a broad power of policing Member States’ conduct. Article 226 has been traditionally characterised as an arena of secretive negotiation focused on the sole function of effective enforcement. This ... Read more

    $62.99 USD