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In many recent democracies, candidates compete for office using illegal strategies to influence voters.In Hungary and Romania, local actors including mayors and bureaucrats offer access to social policy benefits to voters who offer to support their preferred candidates,...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-10-17
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In many recent democracies, candidates compete for office using illegal strategies to influence voters.In Hungary and Romania, local actors including mayors and bureaucrats offer access to social policy benefits to voters who offer to support their preferred candidates,...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-10-17
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A Washington Post 2019 Notable SelectionA vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" between Barack Obama and Joe Biden.The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2019-10-08
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What configuration of institutions and policies is most conducive to human flourishing? The historical and comparative evidence suggests that the answer is social democratic capitalism - a democratic political system, a capitalist economy, good elementary and secondary...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-10-02
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Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself.After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in...
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Bold Type Books
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2019-10-01
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This book explores street art’s contributions to democracy in Latin America through a comparative study of five cities: Bogota (Colombia), São Paulo (Brazil), Valparaiso (Chile), Oaxaca (Mexico) and Havana (Cuba). The author argues that when artists invade public space...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-09-24
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'One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read...If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrushed from the political conversation' Owen JonesNow We Have Your Attention makes sense of what is happening in...
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Vintage Digital
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2019-09-19
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This book provides an overview of governance and development in the Mesoamerican Region (MAR), the design and scope of the Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP), its relationship to pre-existing regional organisms and its transformation into Proyecto Mesoamérica. The PPP was...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-09-13
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Welcome to the White House.At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed....
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Bbc Digital
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2019-09-05
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'Thought provoking and well-written... a good read for people who care about solving global problems. Damluji puts forth ideas that can help make global systems more successful' - Bill Gates An incisive, optimistic manifesto for a more inclusive globalismToday,...
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Penguin
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2019-09-05
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We live in a time of crises - economic turmoil, workplace disempowerment, unresponsive government, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international rivalry. In The 99 Percent Economy, Paul S. Adler, a leading expert on business management, argues that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-09-05
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This book is designed as a timely analysis of the rise of post-modern conservatism in many Western countries across the globe. It provides a theoretical overview of post-modernism, why post-modern conservatism emerged, what distinguishes it from other variants of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-29
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Picking up where her #1 New York Times bestseller, Liars, Leakers, and Liberals left off, Judge Jeanine Pirro exposes the latest chapter in the unfolding liberal attack on our most basic values.Donald Trump's presidency has been under siege by the Left and their...
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Center Street
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2019-08-27
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In our globalized world, borders are back with a vengeance. New data shows a massive increase of walls and barriers between countries after 2001. However, at the same time, the flow of people and the growth of trade have continued at impressive rates, and arguments for...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-08-15
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The classic book on the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better -- the "masterwork" of political scientist James Q. Wilson (The Economist)In Bureaucracy, the distinguished scholar James Q. Wilson examines a wide range of...
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Basic Books
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2019-08-13
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This book analyses the evolving engagement of the United States and Cuba, along with the impact of this relationship on Cuba-CARICOM relations and the Caribbean. Through a Caribbean perspective, the chapters discuss the implications of the U.S.-Cuba relationship...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-08-13
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Cognitive-strategic capabilities of a country are decisive for overcoming the strong path dependence in climate-related policies and to achieve ecological and economic modernization. This is the result of a unique comparison approach focusing on four highly intertwined...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-10
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In diesem Sammelband wird die Situation der öffentlichen Verwaltung in Brasilien und Deutschland analysiert. Es wird diskutiert, welche aktuellen Herausforderungen sich für sie stellen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren fokussieren dabei verwaltungsinterne Prozesse ebenso wie...
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Springer VS
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2019-08-09
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This book’s leading goal is to explain why some states in the Americas have been markedly more effective than others at forming stable democratic regimes. The six states analyzed are the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. The study...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-22
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This book strives to answer two interrelated questions: Why have certain states in the Americas been more successful than others at creating stable democratic regimes? Why have certain states in the Americas failed to create stable democratic regimes? To answer both...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-12
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