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  • Ireland and the European Union
    This book examines how Ireland’s relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises; the financial crisis, the migration crisis and the Brexit crisis, in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...
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    35,66 €

  • The Blockchain Government
    Michael Mathiesen
    It’s obvious to many by now that our antiquated method of doing the business of government is no longer working.  The two party system is a great way for politicians to establish a long, very long-lasting and very profitable positioni for themselves.  They learn how to posture and pose and make tidy little speeches full of promises and age-old wisdom, but gets nothing accomplis...
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    22,51 €

  • Capitalising on constraint
    Catherine Moury / Daniel Cardoso / Stella Ladi
    This book explores the constraints on national executives in the five bailed out countries of the Eurozone - namely Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. It also sheds light on the policy-makers’ discretion and motivations to revert, or alternatively to keep, policies that had been taken under conditionality. ...
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    145,25 €

  • American Federal Systems and COVID-19
    American Federal Systems and COVID-19 analyzes five American federations - Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and United States - and how they have responded to a complex intergovernmental problem (CIP) such as the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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    136,23 €

  • Between Mao and Gandhi
    Ches Thurber
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    127,99 €

  • Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship
    A person who is not recognised as a citizen anywhere is typically referred to as ’stateless’. Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship redirects focus away from legal analyses of statelessness to uncover a more fundamental ’problem of citizenship’, and interrogates how citizenship is used as a governance tool around the world. ...
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    168,96 €

  • Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century
    Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain’s relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government. ...
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    35,72 €

  • Dramas at Westminster
    Marc Geddes
    This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions about the effectiveness of Parliament. ...
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    35,97 €

  • The Pope’s Secret
    Mike Rivage-Seul
    Before his 1997 trip to Cuba a troubled Pope Karol I sends his chamberlain, Stanislaw Gierek, to the island nation as an undercover advance man. The chamberlain’s mission is to assess the Cuban revolution from the grassroots perspective. Gierek’s involvement with those sources (and with Fidel Castro) reveals far more than either he or Karol I expected about Cuba, Castro -- and...
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    19,00 €

  • Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party
    Richard Jobson
    Through a detailed examination of the party’s post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party’s trajectory. It argues that Labour’s nostalgically-informed identity has determined the extent to which the party has been able to respond effectively to the changing nature of Britain. ...
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    35,79 €

  • Contemporary Politics and Social Movements in an Isolated World
    Emily Stacey
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    196,06 €

  • Counter-terrorism and civil society
    This book examines the intersection between national and international counter-terrorism policies and civil society in national and regional contexts in the post-9/11 era. It serves as a critical discussion accounting for the experiences of civil society in the enforcement of global security measures by governments in the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, Europe and...
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    156,94 €

  • Defending Eastern Europe
    This book utilises three theoretical models to analyse the defence conditions and preparedness of all the states of Eastern Europe. It considers the transition from Cold War communism to post-Cold War democracies, the stability of the East-Central European States, the precarious defence positions of the Baltic states and the uneven defence preparedness of the Balkan states. ...
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    157,42 €

  • Democracy on demand
    Matt Qvortrup
    Democracy on demand is a most comprehensive analysis of the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of referendums and the challenges to modern democracy. It shows how democracy is vulnerable, and how it can be saved from demagogues. ...
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    145,05 €

  • Machiavelli’s 48 Rules for Survival and Success in Any Political, Social or Economic Situation
    Ph.D Mark E Wilkins
    In the illusion of living in a free society or 'world', it becomes unbearable to many of us, that feeling of having no power over people, places or events. Leading to frustration, anger and depression.None of us want to have less power, in a world where more power seems to be what the 'new norm' is all about. However, there is an ever-increasing danger as more individuals an...
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    29,97 €

  • Democracy on demand
    Matt Qvortrup
    Democracy on demand is a most comprehensive analysis of the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of referendums and the challenges to modern democracy. It shows how democracy is vulnerable, and how it can be saved from demagogues. ...
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    35,67 €

  • The Northern Ireland peace process
    Eamonn O’Kane
    A re-evaluation of the Northern Ireland peace process, which offers the fullest account available of the quest to bring an end to Europe’s longest running modern conflict. ...
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    157,37 €

  • Germany’s Russia problem
    John Lough
    The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe’s most important link with the largest country on the continent. This book analyses how successive German governments from 1991 to 2014 have misread Russian intentions, until Angela Merkel sharply recalibrated German and EU policy towards Moscow. ...
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    34,28 €

  • Northern Ireland a generation after Good Friday
    Colin Coulter / Katy Hayward / Niall Gilmartin
    This book captures the complex and often contradictory realities of the region’s peace process. Across nine original essays, the authors provide a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that seems to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull. ...
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    39,09 €

  • Northern Ireland a generation after Good Friday
    Colin Coulter / Katy Hayward / Niall Gilmartin
    This book captures the complex and often contradictory realities of the region’s peace process. Across nine original essays, the authors provide a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that seems to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull. ...
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    144,78 €

  • Bounded Integration
    Aviad Rubin
    Investigates Turkey and Israel’s contrasting treatment of religion and demonstrates how this treatment has had a significant impact on these countries’ democratic performance. ...
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    41,78 €

  • The International Dimension of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
    Daniela Huber
    Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level. ...
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    40,88 €

  • Radical Proceduralism
    Dannica Fleuß
    Radical Proceduralism bridges the gap between political philosophy and practical institutional experimentation asking us to bring citizens back in and to engage them in a dialogue about ’the rules of the democratic game’ and proposing institutional devices that figure as ’conversation starters’ and facilitate such dialogues. ...
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    136,00 €

  • 'Covenant' Model versus 'Force' Model, The Past and Outlook
    Bill Ni
    This book introduces a new theory as a response to what has been considered as the universal model of political order with which there exist three institutional elements, namely a state, the rule of law, and government accountability. The theory also echoes on the discussions regarding the forming sequence of these elements and the importance of coexistence of all the elements....
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    22,54 €

  • One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments
    Why has communism’s humanist quest for freedom and social justice without exception resulted in the reign of terror and lies? The authors of this collective volume address this urgent question covering the one hundred years since Lenin’s coup brought the first communist regime to power in St. Petersburg, Russia in November 1917. The first part of the volume is dedicated to the ...
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    133,94 €

  • Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23
    Marnie Hay
    This book examines the early history of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Éireann and its notable contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23. ...
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    36,76 €

  • Global 1968
    Global 1968 is a unique study of the similarities and differences in the 1968 cultural revolutions in Europe and Latin America.The late 1960s was a time of revolutionary ferment throughout the world. Yet so much was in flux during these years that it is often difficult to make sense of the period. In this volume, distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary sch...
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    63,24 €

  • Global 1968
    Global 1968 is a unique study of the similarities and differences in the 1968 cultural revolutions in Europe and Latin America.The late 1960s was a time of revolutionary ferment throughout the world. Yet so much was in flux during these years that it is often difficult to make sense of the period. In this volume, distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary sch...
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    215,21 €

  • Conversations About Politics
    Howard Burton
    Conversations About Politics includes the following 5 wide-ranging Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading political scientists. This collection includes a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. Each book is broken into chapters with a detailed introduction and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: 1.Exploring Southeast ...
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    24,89 €

  • The roots of populism
    Brian Elliott
    A novel and highly engaging philosophical analysis of populism and how it represents both a challenge to and promise of renewal for liberal democracy. Elliott argues that neoliberal governance has sought to bury the legacy of working-class politics but now the reappearance of 'the people' is causing a systemic crisis in liberal democracy. ...
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    157,80 €