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Micro democracy is a scientific, revolutionary and executable total solution to implement true democracy which maximizes social utility and social justice. Theories, system designs, action plans, ro……続きを見る

Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and societies. This book develops a framework for the study of democracy and development that emphasizes in……続きを見る

**'Crisp, clear and quietly devastating' Guardian 'Excellent, authoritative, highly readable' Irish Times A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit** After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recr……続きを見る

The Clash of Legitimacies makes an innovative contribution to the history of the state-building process in late medieval Lombardy (during the 13th to 15th centuries), by illuminating myriad conflict……続きを見る

Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised sevent……続きを見る

Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia reviews the historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil–military relations in Southeast Asia from colonial times until today. ……続きを見る

In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that authoritar……続きを見る

The centuries-old paradox of voting is that majorities sometimes prefer x to y, y to z, and z to x - a cycle. The discovery of the sources and consequences of such cycles, under majority rule and co……続きを見る

Understanding Singapore Politics is written to address the dearth of a succinct overview on Singapore politics. This introductory text looks at the factors that shape the island-republic's domestic ……続きを見る

«Il più bel libro di storia del 2009.» Corriere della Sera «Un breviario terrifi cante da tenere sul comodino.» Michele Serra «Il romanzo grottesco e insieme tragico del nostro paese.» Simonetta Fio……続きを見る

In July 2010, Facebook had over 500 million subscribers worldwide and the rapid rise of the site prompted Time magazine to name Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year for 2010. Th……続きを見る

Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law, this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handb……続きを見る

Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, mult……続きを見る

The field of public participation is developing fast, with phenomena such as citizen science and crowdsourcing extending the resource base of research, stimulating innovation and making science more……続きを見る

微民主是一套科学的、革命性的和可执行的全新民主方案，将最大程度地提升社会效用和社会正义。源于直接民主的思想，通过信息技术进行了优化和改造，它在社会公正、决策效率和质量之间将达成完美平衡。同时，它建立……続きを見る

This ebook has been ported from theanarchistlibrary.org. Dedication Introduction Part I. The Perspective of Power Chapter 1. The Insignificant Signified Impossible Participation or Power as the Sum……続きを見る

This ebook has been ported from theanarchistlibrary.org. Bob’s defense of anarchy in Anarchy after Leftism isn’t meant to express solidarity with those targeted in the latest attacks framed by Bookc……続きを見る

This ebook has been ported from theanarchistlibrary.org. Fortunately, most anarchists in the US avoid any ideological orthodoxy and shun sectarian divides. Unfortunately, most of us also seem to avo……続きを見る

Este texto tiene por objeto examinar las condiciones legales, el contexto y las consecuencias de que el Poder Judicial y la magistratura se hayan constituido en actores políticos. 続きを見る

Right-wing populist parties have developed into a stable institution and a long-term feature of European politics. Again and again they prove themselves capable of gaining electoral success at natio……続きを見る

The European project has recently reached a critical point, where a discussion on the fundamental objectives of the European Union has entered public debate. There are considerable concerns about a ……続きを見る

In recent years, China has experienced a revolution in information and communications technology (ICT), in 2003 surpassing the USA as the world’s largest telephone market, and as of February 2008, t……続きを見る

This research paper analyses the foreign policy positions of five populist parties of the Right and Left in Western Europe. It focuses on foreign policy, an often ignored dimension of their ideas. I……続きを見る

‘Bad Science’ hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry u……続きを見る

Over the past few decades, we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view. These movements emerge out of disti……続きを見る

Antes de publicar Vila dos Confins e Chapadão do Bugre – obras seminais da literatura brasileira – Mário Palmério já era considerado um mito no interior de Minas Gerais. Contrariando as expectativas……続きを見る

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315474052, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivativ……続きを見る

Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 several hundred different ‘cryptocurrencies’ have been developed and become accepted for a wide variety of transactions in leading online commercial marketplaces ……続きを見る

世界各地建立了無性生殖的女複製人國家。本文提出女複製人國家象徵天皇(女王)制的「前瞻政治政策實驗屬地」。這項提議是做為虛位女王的前瞻性政治宣傳與廣告，由虛位女王申請「改良型」或「創新型」政治政策的提案……続きを見る

Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done to help? The prob……続きを見る