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Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen's first great book, now reissued in a fully revised and expanded second edition'Can the values which individual members of society attach to different alternatives be aggregated into values for society as a whole, in a way that is both...
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Penguin
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2017-01-19
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This book provides a detailed study into whether Ministers in the Council vote the same way as Members of the European Parliament if they are from the same national party. The author explores the voting behavior of national representatives at the EU level, and this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-12-10
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The definitive translation of Plato's Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy“No one else has even come close to balancing Bloom’s fidelity to Greek with intelligible English prose.”—National Review Long...
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Basic Books
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2016-11-22
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Was ist eigentlich der Sinn und Zweck des Wählens? Warum gelten Wahlen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert für nahezu alle Staaten als unverzichtbar? Um die Erfolgsgeschichte und die variierenden Bedeutungen von Wahlen zu verstehen, gilt es, die historische Dimension zu...
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Springer VS
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2016-11-21
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Brilliant...explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence." —Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here" "In this fascinating book Davies inverts the conventional neoliberal practice of treating politics as...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2016-11-16
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While various democratic theorists have looked at particular instances of recent social movements (Occupy or the Arab Spring, for example), none have yet attempted a more general theoretical take on what it is that relates all of these movements and what that running...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-11-01
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Katrin Praprotnik analysiert die Wahlversprechen der Parteien in Österreich zwischen 1990 und 2013. Sie betrachtet das politische Angebot von Parteien im Wahlkampf, das inhaltliche Ergebnis von Koalitionsverhandlungen sowie die politische Bilanz von Regierungen. Die...
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Springer VS
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2016-10-21
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Though they work largely out of the public eye, political consultants-"image merchants" and "kingmakers" to candidates-play a crucial role in shaping campaigns. They persuaded Barry Goldwater to run for president, groomed former actor Ronald Reagan for the California...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-10-18
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THE INSPIRATION BEHIND CHANNEL 4 DRAMA STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - BREXIT:THE UNCIVIL WARMAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OFTHE YEAR OBSERVER BOOK OFTHE WEEK'A compelling book' Evening Standard 'Essential' Sunday Times 'His soldier's dispatch is easy to read and vividly...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-10-04
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This book examines the
formation and operation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition
government from May 2010 to May 2015. The authors outline the factors that
enabled the union, including economic circumstances, parliamentary politics,
the initially...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-04
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Jens Walther analysiert, unter welchem Mehrheitswahlsystem die Vermittlung demokratischer Legitimität besser gewährleistet wird: dem absoluten oder dem relativen Mehrheitswahlsystem. In Anbetracht divergierender Einschätzungen des Gesetzgebers und der Rechtsprechung des...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-29
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For a century at least, parties have been central to the study of politics. Yet their typical conceptual reduction to a network of power-seeking elites has left many to wonder why parties were ever thought crucial to democracy. This book seeks to retrieve a richer...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-29
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The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC (and capitols...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-13
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'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Financial Times 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first...
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Penguin
Parution :
2016-09-06
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA life in and out of politics – from the despatch box to the stage on Strictly – by one of Britain’s most influential and well-loved political figures. 'Full of anecdote, insight and authenticity’ Evening Standard BOOKS OFTHE YEAR'Witty,...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2016-09-06
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2017'A deeply original and illuminating account of Marx's journey through the intellectual history of the nineteenth century... a profound reappraisal and a gripping read' Christopher Clark, author...
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Penguin
Parution :
2016-08-25
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Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake American politics. We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political turmoil and social activism. Over the last few years, we've seen the growth of the Tea Party, a...
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Bold Type Books
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2016-08-23
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The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greece to the present and a...
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Polity
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2016-08-10
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Why do Republican politicians promise to rein in government, only to face repeated rebellions from Republican voters and media critics for betraying their principles?Why do Democratic politicians propose an array of different policies to match the diversity of their...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-10
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From Face the Nation moderator and contributing editor for The Atlantic John Dickerson come the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history. The stakes are high. The characters full of striving and ego. Presidential...
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Twelve
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2016-08-02
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