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Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Green Entrepreneurial State
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De Gruyter De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back?
Book SynopsisAmerica’s reputation and power fell to new lows during Trump’s presidency. Militarily, the United States held its own, but its soft power suffered mightily. President Biden pledges to work with the international community, rely on cooperation with like-minded allies, challenge adversaries, and restore American democracy, society and economy to levels that will once again command international respect. De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy will address the objectives, obstacles, and potential outcomes of this attempt over the next few years. Sloan evaluates both elite and public opinion from democratic allies around the world, plus elite opinions from states less friendly to the United States. He documents and analyses Biden’s approach to foreign policy and his goals for the U.S. role in the world. The volume will also examine how Biden’s domestic policy objectives, in the areas of the pandemic, systemic racism, political equity, the economy and climate change, relate to his foreign policy goals. The early steps made by Biden will be laid out and evaluated and hidden chances of success or failure will be measured, with a striking analysis of what failure might mean for the USA and the world.
£24.70
De Gruyter The Crown and Its Records: Archives, Access, and the Ancient Constitution in Seventeenth-Century England
Book Synopsis Archives are popularly seen as liminal, obscure spaces -- a perception far removed from the early modern reality. This examination of the central English archival system in the period before 1700 highlights the role played by the public records repositories in furnishing precedents for the constitutional struggle between Crown and Parliament. It traces the deployment of archival research in these controversies by three individuals who were at various points occupied with the keeping of records: Sir Robert Cotton, John Selden, and William Prynne. The book concludes by investigating the secretive State Paper Office, home of the arcana imperii, and its involvement in the government's intelligence network: notably the engagement of its most prominent Keeper Sir Thomas Wilson in judicial and political intrigue on behalf of the Crown.
£95.48
De Gruyter Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World: Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives
Book SynopsisThis book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global existential crisis facing more and more debt trapped countries, especially in the post-colonial Global South. The book's in-depth case study raises important questions pertaining to sovereignty and political and economic democracy in Sri Lanka and the world at large. The book also explores the emergence of the crisis in the context of the accelerating geopolitical conflict between China and the USA in the Indian Ocean. It ponders if the debt crisis, economic collapse and political destabilization in Sri Lanka were intentionally precipitated to the advantage of the Quadrilateral Alliance (USA, India, Australia and Japan). Moving beyond geopolitical rivalry, the book juxtaposes Sri Lanka’s political-economic crisis with the broader ecological crisis of climate change and sea-level rise. The book concludes with a consideration of the ethical dilemmas behind the debt and survival crisis in Sri Lanka and across the world. It points out a range of social movements and initiatives in Sri Lanka and the Global South which subscribe to collective and ecological alternatives and a Middle Path of sustainability and social justice.
£18.50
Springer VS Demokratie Engagement und Systemvertrauen
Book SynopsisDas Konzept der Demokratischen Integration: Hintergrund, Anlage, Herausforderungen.- Aktuelle Krisen und ihr Einfluss auf die Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen der Bevölkerung: Vorstudien des Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach.- Das Monitoring Demokratische Integration 2.0: Methodische Anlage, Berechnungen, Diskussionen.- Das Konzept der Demokratischen Integration in Zeiten zunehmender Polarisierungen.- Diskussionsbeiträge (angefragt): Thomas Krüger (BpB), Steffen Mau (HU Berlin), Oliver Decker (Uni Leipzig).
£999.99
Springer VS Governance
Book SynopsisGovernance: Begriff, Formen, Steuerungsmodi, Akteure.- Local Governance / Regional Governance.- Governance im Mehrebenensystem.- Administrative Governance / Governance Akteure.- Governance in der kommunalen Haushaltsplanung.- Local Security Governance.- Governance im Bereich der Umweltpolitik / Nachhaltigkeit.- Governance und Wirtschaftspolitik.- Governance im Bereich der lokalen Integrationspolitik.- Cultural Governance.- Governance an Hochschulen.- Digital Governance.- Internationaler Governancevergleich.- Governance eine kritische Perspektive.
£42.74
Springer VS Attraktive Pflegeberufe durch Tarifautonomie
Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Altenpflege: Herausforderung einer alternden Gesellschaft.- Individuelle Bedingungen kollektiven Handelns in der Altenpflege.- Kollektives Beschäftigtenhandeln in der Altenpflege.- Kollektive Akteure in der Altenpflege: Die Perspektive der Beschäftigten.- Gewerkschaften: Ressourcenmangel und Konkurrenzangebote.- Die Interessenvertretung der Arbeitgeber.- Resümee.
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Springer VS The German Federal Commissioner
Book SynopsisWhat, why, how? – An introduction.- What has been discussed so far?.- Theorising and hypothesising the hybrid institution.- The GFC in its judicial and historical context.- A strategy for scrutiny.- Discovering and discussing the recruitment of GFCs.- Conclusion.- References.
£94.99
Prodinnova Incompatibilités parlementaires
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Clube de Autores Bolsonaro
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Clube de Autores As Alterações Climáticas E A Paz
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Brill Governance and Developing Countries
Book SynopsisGovernance is not a topic that easily lends itself to neat and precise definitions. Although concepts and practices of governance are profoundly under-specified, they are frequently associated with three dimensions: how and why governments are structured, what processes they employ in governing, and what results they are able to accomplish in serving their societies. The articles in this book represent a wide range of scholarly interests that extend from the abstract and conceptual to the specific and applied.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Jamil E. Jreisat I. Operationalizing Governance for Sustainable Development, Goran Hyden II. The Political Economy of Good Governance, Hartmut Elsenhans III. Administration in Developing Countries and the Democratic Challenge, Abdo I. Baaklini IV. Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: A Flawed System of Governance, Joseph G. Gabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra V. Globalization vs. local Institutional Factors in the Implementation of Zimbabwe’s Civil Service Reforms, 1991-1996, Paul Mavima and Richard Chackerian VI. Globalization, Liberalization, and Human Security in India: Challenges for Governance, R.B. Jain VII. Chinese Governance: Problems and Prospects, Harvey Nelsen Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects
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Brill Federalism as Decision-Making: Changes in Structures, Procedures and Policies
Book SynopsisAccounting for participation, separation of powers and democratic accountability, federalism gains momentum in times when traditional democratic legitimacy of institutional decision-making is challenged. Its ability to include multiple interests makes federalism a means to ensure good governance. Based on a multidisciplinary analysis, the book tackles the question of whether federalism as a pragmatic governance tool provides answers to current challenges and what those answers are. Thirty-three leading experts critically examine to what extent federalism serves this purpose in compound states, looking at different countries and policies. The volume revolves around five sub-themes: ‘federalism, democracy and governance’, ‘participation mechanisms and procedures’, ‘policy areas compared’, ‘institutional innovation and participatory democracy’ and ‘federalism: from theory to governance’.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Idea and the Aim of this Book Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo; Part I: Federalism, Democracy and Governance 1. Multilevel Governance and the Reconfiguration of Political Space:Theoretical Considerations from a Multinational Perspective Alain-G. Gagnon; 2. The Interdependence of Federalism and Democracy in Australia Cheryl Saunders; 3. Political Identity and American Federalism G. Alan Tarr; 4. Policy Coercion and Administrative Cooperation in American Federalism John Kincaid; Part II: Participation Mechanisms and Procedures Part II A: Asymmetries and Identities 5. ‘Fragile Federations’ and the Dynamics of Devolution Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser; 6. The Unsettled Settlement: Scottish Independence or United Kingdom Devolution? Michael Burgess; 7. Constitutional Semantics and Autonomy within Indian Federalism Ajay Kumar Singh; 8. Genesis of Federalism, Regional Development, and Regional Policy of Post–Soviet Russia Viacheslav E. Seliverstov; Part II B: Intergovernmental Relations 9. Can We Talk About Federalism and Federalization Without Co-Governance? ‘Participation’ of the Autonomous Communities in Spanish Central Government Decision-Making Mercè Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus; 10. Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: New Modes, Old Realities Alan Fenna and John Phillimore; 11. Intergovernmental Decision-Making in Financial Affairs in Germany: Institutions, Formal and Informal Rules, and Peculiarities Gisela Färber; 12. Fiscal Federalism and Federal Decisions: The Case of Argentina and Its Evolution in the Last Two Decades Miguel Angel Asensio; Part III: Policy Areas Compared 13. Multilevel Governance of Immigration: An Emerging Trend for Europe to Follow? Karl Kössler; 14. Challenging Institutional Models: The Case of Environmental Protection and Management Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo; 15. ‘South Africa Inc.’: The Rise of the Developmental State and the Corporatization of Intergovernmental Relations Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana; 16. Benchmarking as a New Mode of Coordination in Federal Systems Alan Fenna and Felix Knüpling; 17. Federalism as Decision-Making: Security Structures, Procedures and Policies Christian Leuprecht, Mario Kölling and Todd Hataley; 18. Regionalization in Central and Eastern Europe: Limits and Perspectives of an Externally Driven Process Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel; 19. Varieties of Decentralization, Institutional Complementarities, and Economic Growth: Evidence in OECD Countries Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi; Part IV: Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy 20. Participatory Initiatives and New Instruments of Direct Democracy in Austrian Federalism Peter Bußjäger; 21. Theoretical Framework and Constitutional Implications: Participatory Democracy as Decision-Making in Multilayered Italy Matteo Nicolini; 22. Framing Subnational ‘Institutional Innovation’ and ‘Participatory Democracy’ in Italy: some Findings on Current Structures, Procedures, and Dynamics Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici; 23. Subnational Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy: the Case of Switzerland Nicolas Schmitt; Part V: Federalism: From Theory to Governance 24. Regulating Pluralism: Federalism as Decision-Making and New Challenges for Federal Studies Francesco Palermo; Index.
£218.40
Brill Problems of Han Administration: Ancestral Rites, Weights and Measures, and the Means of Protest
Book SynopsisMichael Loewe calls on literary and material evidence to examine three problems that arose in administering China’s early empires. Religious rites due to an emperor’s predecessors must both pay the correct services to his ancestors and demonstrate his right to succeed to the throne. In practical terms, tax collectors, merchants, farmers and townsmen required the establishment of a standard set of weights and measures that was universally operative and which they could trust. Those who saw reason to criticise the decisions taken by the emperor and his immediate advisors, whether on grounds of moral principles or political expediency, needed opportunities and the means of expressing their views, whether as remonstrants to the throne, by withdrawal from public life or as authors of private writings.Trade Review"Loewe’s three-part study informs us about three aspects of the forms and workings of power during the Han period, in the Xin interregnum, and beyond. Anyone with an interest in the time or in the specific topics Loewe treats will gain from reading this book." -Charles Sanft, University of Tennesee, Knoxville, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, 139.4 (2019)
£125.60
Brill Uberto Decembrio, Four Books on the Commonwealth - De re publica libri IV
Book SynopsisUberto Decembrio’s Four Books on the Commonwealth (De re publica libri IV, ca. 1420), edited and translated by Paolo Ponzù Donato, is one of the earliest examples of the reception of Plato’s Republic in the fifteenth century. The humanistic dialogue provides an illuminating insight into such themes as justice, the best government, the morals of the prince and citizen, education, and religion. Decembrio’s dialogue is dedicated to Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, the ‘worst enemy’ of Florence. Making use of literary and documentary sources, Ponzù Donato convincingly proves that Decembrio’s thought, which shares many points with the Florentine humanist Leonardo Bruni, belongs to the same world of Civic Humanism.Trade Review“This volume presents the student and scholar with an excellent text, translation, and critical apparatus.” Teresa Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Fall 2022), pp. 975–976.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Indexes Introduction 1 The Person: Uberto Decembrio 2 The De re publica libri IV: Structure and Themes 3 Uberto Decembrio’s ‘Civic Humanism’ 4 History of the Text 5 Editorial Principles De re publica libri IV / Four Books on the Commonwealth Liber I / Book 1 Liber II / Book 2 Liber III / Book 3 Liber IV / Book 4 Bibliography Glossarial Index General Index
£112.00
Brill Alfonso de Cartagena’s Memoriale virtutum (1422): Aristotle for Lay Princes in Medieval Spain
Book SynopsisIn Alfonso de Cartagena’s 'Memoriale virtutum' (1422), María Morrás and Jeremy Lawrance offer a critical edition of an anthology of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, compiled and significantly altered by the major Castilian intellectual of the day, Bishop Alfonso de Cartagena, and addressed to the heir to the throne of Portugal, Crown Prince Duarte. The work is a speculum principis, an education of a future king in the virtues suitable to a statesman. Cartagena’s choice of Aristotle was a harbinger of Renaissance ideas. The “memorial” sheds light on a society in transition, setting new ethical guidelines for the ruling class at the crossroads between medieval feudalism and Renaissance absolutism.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Abbreviations Introduction 1 The book and its milieu 2 Courses for horses: Aristotle for lay princes 3 Memoriale’s paratexts: political and cultural ideas 4 Style and Latinity Prolegomena to the critical edition 1 Description of MSS 2 Recension 3 Editorial criteria 4 Translation Memoriale virtutum: Text and translation Stemma and sigla Tabula (addita ad initium A) Liber i Liber ii Apparatus of minor variants Works cited Index
£123.20
Brill The Chinese Communist Party since 1949: Organization, Ideology, and Prospect for Change
Book SynopsisWith a membership of nearly 90 million, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the world’s largest political party. It is also one of the longest ruling parties in the world and has been able to weather huge challenges caused by the deep transformation of Chinese society as well as the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Moreover, in recent years, and especially during the era of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the CCP has centralized its grip over Chinese society. This study is intent on depicting major aspects concerning the CCP’s organizational arrangement and explaining some key concepts in the ideological framework constructed by the CCP leadership over time. it is important to take a new and closer look at how the study of the CCP has evolved in terms of themes, concepts, and areas of research. We do so in the following discussion by exploring nine topics: Party organization, cadre management, nomenklatura, cadre advancement and training, Party ideology, Party reform and adaptation, the Party and business, the Party and corruption, and the Party and the law. The intention is not to develop a new theory on how to understand the Party’s role in Chinese society but, rather, to identify key debates, paradigms, and emerging research directions.Table of ContentsThe Chinese Communist Party since 1949: Organization, Ideology, and Prospect for Change Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard and Chen Gang Abstract Keywords 1 From Totalitarian Model to Cultural Emperor 2 Party Organization 3 Cadres and Cadre Management 4 Recruitment, Career Advancement, and Training 5 Party Ideology and Propaganda 6 Party Reform and Adaptation 7 Local Party Work 8 Party and Business 9 Party and Corruption 10 The Party and the Law 11 Conclusion References
£71.44
Brill Contentious Politics in China: Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences
Book SynopsisChina has become a land of protests, though the Chinese state possesses considerable administrative capacity. In this volume, Manfred Elfstrom and Yao Li provide an overview of Chinese contentious politics. They dig deep into major forms of social conflict, explore structural explanations for why protest occurs in China, and describe the ways in which various organizations and framings of issues by citizens affect how protests play out. Shifting to where grassroots activism ultimately leads, Elfstrom and Li survey China’s coercive and conciliatory institutions for maintaining social control, document and explain patterns in the state’s handling of different types of resistance, and examine the social and political impact of unrest. This work not only contributes to a deeper understanding of contentious politics and governance in China, but also provides insights for studies of social movements and authoritarian politics in general.Table of ContentsContentious Politics in China: Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences Manfred Elfström and Yao Li Abstract Keywords 1 The Broad Landscape of Chinese Protest 2 Economic Structural Explanations of Chinese Contention 3 Political Opportunity Explanations of Chinese Contention 4 Forms of Organization 5 Issue Framing 6 Empowerment and Weakness 7 Government Responses to Protests 8 Conclusion References
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Brill Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia: Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences
Book SynopsisThe concept, practice, institution and appearance of ‘the state’ have been hotly debated ever since the emergence of history as a discipline within modern scholarship. The field of medieval Islamic history, however, has remained aloof from most of these debates. Rather it tends to take for granted the particularity of dynastic trajectories within slow-changing bureaucratic contexts. Trajectories of State Formation promotes a more critical and connected understanding of state formation in the late medieval Sultanates of Cairo and of the Timurid, Turkmen and Ottoman dynasties. Projecting seven case studies onto a broad canvas of European and West-Asian research, this volume presents a trans-dynastic reconstruction, interpretation and illustration of statist trajectories across fifteenth-century Islamic West-Asia. The contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures, Tables and Maps List on Contributors Introduction: State Formation in the Fifteenth Century and the Western Eurasian Canvas: Problems and Opportunities Jo Van Steenbergen Maps Part 1: Whither the Fifteenth Century? 1 From Temür to Selim: Trajectories of Turko-Mongol State Formation in Islamic West-Asia’s Long Fifteenth Century Jo Van Steenbergen 2 Studying Rulers and States across Fifteenth Century Western Eurasia Jan Dumolyn and Jo Van Steenbergen Part 2: From Cairo to Constantinople: The Construction of West-Asian Centers of Power 3 The Road to the Citadel as a Chain of Opportunity: Mamluks’ Careers between Contingency and Institutionalization Kristof D’hulster 4 The Syro-Egyptian Sultanate in Transformation, 1496–1498: Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad b. Qaytbay and the Reformation of mamlūk Institutions and Symbols of State Power Albrecht Fuess 5 Tales of Viziers and Wine: Interpreting Early Ottoman Narratives of State Centralization Dimitri Kastritsis Part 3: From Khwaf to Alexandria: The Accommodation of West-Asian Peripheries of Power 6 Iranian Elites under the Timurids Beatrice F. Manz 7 The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony John L. Meloy 8 The Syrian Commercial Elite and Mamluk State-Building in the Fifteenth Century Patrick Wing 9 Settling Accounts with the Sultan: Cortesia, Zemechia and Venetian Fiscality in Fifteenth Century Alexandria Georg Christ Index
£129.60
Brill Yang Tinghe: A Political Life in the Mid-Ming Court
Book SynopsisWho was Yang Tinghe? Despite being one of Ming China’s most eminent officials, Yang and his career have long eluded scholarly study in the West. In this volume, Aaron Throness engages a trove of untapped Ming sources and secondary scholarship to recount Yang Tinghe’s political life, and in unprecedented detail. Throness explores how Yang, a pragmatic politician and conservative Confucian, rose through the bureaucracy and responded to dire threats to the Ming court from within and without. He also traces Yang’s meteoric rise to power, the clashes that occasioned his downfall, and his apotheosis as dynastic savior. Through Yang Tinghe’s successes, struggles, and failures this political biography offers a critical appraisal of both the man and his times.
£88.00
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Unknown Trump Unaliving a Former President 2 Disappearing Attempts Later a BulletProof Presidential Campaign
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Alpha Edition The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea
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Baal Hamon Publishers Fellow Nigerians, I Wish You Good Luck: Reflections on Cleverness, Good Governance and Good Luck
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Local Government Accountability in South Asia
£85.49
Palgrave Macmillan PrimaryLevel Government
Book Synopsis.- Chapter One Background: The Source(s) of Rural Political Power and Authority..- Chapter Two Role Conflict: Public Service Provision and Operational Monopoly..- Chapter Three Village Rule and Governance: The Role of Covenants and Conventions..- Chapter Four Rural Fiscal and Taxation Systems and their Political Implications..- Chapter Five Personnel Changes and Organizational Support..- Chapter Six Observations on Rural Politics..- Chapter Seven The Personal versus the Public: The Mixed Permutation of Two Types of Relationship..- Chapter Eight Compartmentalized Jurisdiction..- Chapter Nine Rural Residents and the State..- Chapter Ten Issues in Rural Governance.
£113.99
Sub-Saharan Publishers The Evolution of Parliament in Ghana
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp ASK US ABOUT US A Campaign for Correct Representation
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DeLynn Nicole Poma My Political Opining 2015 2025
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Gregory A. Thomas Enterprises The Big Beautiful Breakdown
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TD Barnes The Woke Movement
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Independently Published Hypocrisy a Republic with ForkedTongue Legacy of Betrayal
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