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Políticos que después de su carrera se sientan en la poltrona de una gran empresa y empresarios que eligen la política para consagrar su trayectoria. Los puentes de oro que se tienden en ambos senti……続きを見る

Mit der Kölner »Nacht, die alles veränderte« ist einiges in Bewegung geraten. Vielleicht sind Bewegungen auch nur sichtbarer geworden. Feministische Anliegen finden zwar verstärkt Gehör, doch dies i……続きを見る

White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan Hajnal show that fears……続きを見る

* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR * CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of pow……続きを見る

Noam Chomsky gilt als einer der bekanntesten kritischen Zeitgenossen … und als einer der meistzitierten. Dabei sah sich der US-Amerikaner zeitlebens weniger auf der Seite der Intellektuellen als auf……続きを見る

America is divided but we do not have to be, we can be a united nation that stands together and fights alongside each other. This is a book about that division that exists between the two sides. It ……続きを見る

Interpretive Political Science is the second of two volumes featuring a selection of key writings by R.A.W. Rhodes. Volume II looks forward and explores the 'interpretive turn' and its implications ……続きを見る

Trust is a concept familiar to most. Whether we are cognizant of it or not, we experience it on a daily basis. Yet trust is quickly eroding in civic and political life. Americans’ trust in their gov……続きを見る

This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century. The authors reinforce previous notions of Fourth Generation Warfare, but most impor……続きを見る

Managing Digital Governance provides public administrators with a comprehensive, integrated framework and specific techniques for making the most of digital innovation to advance public values. The ……続きを見る

Alongside the Arab Spring, the 'Occupy' anti-capitalist movements in the West, and the events on the Maidan in Kiev, Russia has had its own protest movements, notably the political protests of 2011–……続きを見る

This book compares two states in the Northeast with different socio-political trajectoriesーa relatively orderly Mizoram and a troubled Manipurーin order to understand the sources of political turmo……続きを見る

After a meteoric rise, China's once inexorable growth has come to a screeching halt. With it ends China's dream of establishing a new tianxia (‘harmonious order’) in Asia with China at its centre. S……続きを見る

America’s cities are increasingly acknowledged as sites of renewal and economic opportunityーbut how can city leaders facing physical and financial constraints harness this positive energy to create……続きを見る

Liberalism as Utopia challenges widespread perceptions about the weakness of Mexico's nineteenth-century state. Schaefer argues that after the War of Independence non-elite Mexicans - peasants, day ……続きを見る

Wie lässt sich die populistische Welle eindämmen, die unsere Demokratien zu destabilisieren droht? Wie lässt sich ein Auseinanderfallen der Europäischen Union verhindern? Thomas Piketty und seine Mi……続きを見る

The official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, this annual publication includes significant scholarly research reflecting the diverse interests of scholars from v……続きを見る

If there is a-"desert island" book in the conduct of social research, it is arguably this book. Whether in terms of sociological structures or psychological nuances, Communism, Conformity, and Civil……続きを見る

In this book of absorbing stories, Bruce Mazlish illuminates the lives of intellectual and political leaders with the penetrating light of psychohistory and in doing so illuminates our own lives as ……続きを見る

This book traces the emergence of the ideas and institutions that evolved to give people mastery over their own destiny through the force of public opinion. The Greek belief in citizen participation……続きを見る

Coming out of one of the most contentious elections in history, Dennis Johnson and Lara Brown have assembled an outstanding team of authors to examine one of the fiercest and most closely fought pre……続きを見る

This title was first published in 1974. A collection of essays exploring the organisation of a cost effective and pervasive system of rural education, directed towards increasing agricultural produc……続きを見る

This study casts doubt on the classic model of bureaucracy and its relevance to developing areas. In particular, Hodder challenges the Weberian distinction between the role of emotion and a modern b……続きを見る

This practical, comprehensive, and engaging introduction to the American judicial system is designed primarily for undergraduate students in criminal justice, liberal arts, political science, and be……続きを見る

Arthur F. Bentley originally wrote this book over the years 1896-1908 while working as a Chicago newspaper reporter and editor, during which time he had a sense of tremendous social activity taking ……続きを見る

Thanks to the rise of neoliberalism over the past several decades, we live in an era of rampant anxiety, insecurity, and inequality. While neoliberalism has become somewhat of an academic buzzword i……続きを見る

Die Soziologen Erwin K. und Ute Scheuch, seit ihrem Bestseller «Cliquen, Klüngel und Karrieren» weithin als Parteienkritiker bekannt, gehen in diesem erstmals im Jahr 2000 erschienenen Band der CDU-……続きを見る

«Peanuts», Pleiten und «Nieten in Nadelstreifen» Firmenpleiten im großen Stil und der Absturz des Neuen Marktes führen uns drastisch vor Augen: In der Wirtschaft geht es keineswegs nur rational, ber……続きを見る

Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of new developments in 2016. Drawing on original research conducted by leadin……続きを見る

Social marketing is a discipline unfamiliar to many policymakers, often confused with the more frequently applied and studied fields of social media, behavioral economics, or social change. Social m……続きを見る