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The Twitter Presidency explores the rhetorical style of President Donald J. Trump, attending to both his general manner of speaking as well as to his preferred modality. Trump’s manner, the authors ……続きを見る

The Quality of Divided Democracies contemplates how democracy works, or fails to work, in ethnoculturally divided societies. It advances a new theoretical approach to assessing quality of democracy ……続きを見る

This is a comparative international study of the patterns of planning in local governments. While strategic planning has been a field of interest for public management and administrative science for……続きを見る

This book examines the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Ireland since its creation in 1924. It sets out the origins of the Court, explains how it operated during the life of the Irish Free Stat……続きを見る

The Last Great Exodus – the solution to the Jewish problems in America. For 2000 years Jews have prayed the following three time a day to God: “May our eyes behold Your return to Zion in mercy” and ……続きを見る

This book examines the multiple ways that popular media mainstream and reinforce neoliberal ideology, exposing how they promote neoliberalism’s underlying ideas, values and beliefs so as to naturali……続きを見る

**A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the greatest wars the world has ever seen and whose unique strengthsーand weaknessesーshaped the course of human history, from the bestse……続きを見る

In a world where the built environment seems ever more shaped by invisible market forces, where modern architecture can seem to dissolve into a generic void, sometimes it takes a very special person……続きを見る

In the age of digitalization, even the way we govern is adapting. Recently, with the successful implementation of e-governments, the way our systems are organized has changed. Here, Israel Patiño Ga……続きを見る

'An indispensable manual for budding activists by one of the country's most effective campaigners.' Cathy Newman, Journalist and Presenter 'Tired of complaining but don't know what to do? This beaut……続きを見る

On 8 November 2016, at 8:00 PM IST, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that four hours from his declaration, all 500 and 1000 rupees notes would be devalued. At the stroke of the midnight hour, ……続きを見る

The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Because no populist leader had occupied the White Hou……続きを見る

After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the leaders of Europe at the Congress of Vienna aimed to establish a new balance of power. The settlement established in 1815 ushered in the emer……続きを見る

Societies today are in a period of dynamic change, highly fluid and contested in moving from traditional to liberal and from local to global, as well as varying from highly developed to emerging mar……続きを見る

Many scholars, intentionally or unintentionally, have entangled constructivisms and critical theories in problematic ways, either by assigning a critical-theoretical politics to constructivisms or b……続きを見る

Fifty years after the creation of the Fifth Republic, French politics is undergoing profound changes. The election of Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a general review of the French political system. A……続きを見る

Critical research and theorizing on the Anti- or Alter-Globalization Movement has exploded over the last two decades. This volume provides a platform for scholar-activists themselves to share insigh……続きを見る

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies, this volume offers a broad comparative assessment of the many faces of parliamentary opposition in different political,……続きを見る

Proposing a novel approach to understanding the contemporary political landscape, Akram draws on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Margaret Archer on agency and argues the need for an in-depth engagem……続きを見る

Recalibrating Juvenile Detention chronicles the lessons learned from the 2007 to 2015 landmark US District Court-ordered reform of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) in Illin……続きを見る

First published in 1999, this book offers a new study of local government in Japan. There is an enormous amount of information about Japanese local government that has not yet appeared in English. W……続きを見る

Strategy and Politics: An Introduction to Game Theory is designed to introduce students with no background in formal theory to the application of game theory to modeling political processes. This ac……続きを見る

L'idéologie allemande, "Conception matérialiste et critique du monde", de 1845-1846, fait partie des premiers textes communs des deux fondateurs du marxisme et des oeuvres fondatrices du matérialism……続きを見る

In Don’t Mention the War, Vicky Cosstick asks, what really has been the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles? She suggests that the widely understood concept of legacy excludes women’s experience……続きを見る

This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign poli……続きを見る

This book analyzes the development of the European Parliament’s (EP) committees and their relationship with national political parties in the light of the EP’s increased legislative role over the la……続きを見る

Is the ‘golden age’ of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state? Within this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political……続きを見る

Arguments about the American ballot initiative process date back to the Progressive Era, when processes allowing citizens to decide policy questions directly were established in about half of the st……続きを見る

Este livro trata dos avanços da esquerda latino-americana. Fenômeno que em parte culmina a - revolução molecular democrática - que varreu o subcontinente nas últimas décadas, ele tem sido mal-compre……続きを見る

O livro tem por estudo a relação entre o Legislador e o Intérprete e o conflito de papéis nas instituições com a figura dos grupos minoritários, utilizando-se da decisão da ADPF 132/ADI 4277 como ex……続きを見る