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Living Legislation Durability, Change, and the Politics of American Law Making
ISBN: PB: 9780226396453, ISBN: HB: 9780226396446, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 16 tables, 16 line illus.
Politics is at its most dramatic during debates over important pieces of legislation. It is thus no stretch to refer to legislation as a living, breathing force in American politics. And while debates over legislative measures begin before an item is...
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£26,50
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From Stagnation to Forced Adjustment Reforms in Greece, 1974-2010
ISBN: PB: 9781849041980, Hurst Publishers, December 2012
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! This book sets out the background to Greece's current political and economic crisis, examining its three decades of stopstart reforms and their political and institutional consequences. Ever since Greece's 1974 transition to d...
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£25,00
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Political Philosophy
ISBN: PB: 9780300181807, Yale University Press, November 2012
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 10 black&white illus.
Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardle...
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£19,00
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Questioning Secularism Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt
ISBN: PB: 9780226010694, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
288 pp., 25x15 cm
The central question of the Arab Spring – what democracies should look like in the deeply religious countries of the Middle East – has developed into a vigorous debate over these nations' secular identities. But what, exactly, is secularism? What has...
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£26,00
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Lebanon After the Cedar Revolution
ISBN: PB: 9781849042499, Hurst Publishers, November 2012
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Lebanon is the prisoner of its geography and its history, a prize for invaders since ancient times, a small multi-denominational state still recovering from a bloody civil war in its search for political autonomy and stability....
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This Is Not Civil Rights Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America
ISBN: PB: 9780226494043, ISBN: HB: 9780226494036, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
280 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 halftone
Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. As the United States confronts a complicated set of twenty-first-century...
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£24,00
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£73,50
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Awakening to Race Individualism and Social Consciousness in America
ISBN: PB: 9780226817125, ISBN: HB: 9780226817118, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 15 halftones
The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeki...
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£23,00
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£65,00
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Timeline of Presidential Elections How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter
ISBN: PB: 9780226922157, ISBN: HB: 9780226922140, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 27 tables, 55 line illus.
With the 2012 presidential election upon us, will voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or will the race for the next president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effe...
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£70,00
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Follow the Leader? How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance
ISBN: PB: 9780226472140, ISBN: HB: 9780226472133, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 25 tables, 2 halftones, 64 line illus.
In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters consider candidates' competence, honesty, and other performance-relate...
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£84,00
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Democracy and the Left Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America
ISBN: PB: 9780226356532, ISBN: HB: 9780226356525, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 figures, 36 tables
Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. In...
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£84,00
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