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The Oxford Handbook of British Politics (Hardcover, New): Matthew Flinders, Andrew Gamble, Colin Hay, Michael Kenny The Oxford Handbook of British Politics (Hardcover, New)
Matthew Flinders, Andrew Gamble, Colin Hay, Michael Kenny
R4,286 Discovery Miles 42 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The study of British politics has been reinvigorated in recent years as a generation of new scholars seeks to build-upon a distinct disciplinary heritage while also exploring new empirical territory, and finds much support and encouragement from previous generations in forging new grounds in relation to theory and methods. It is in this context that The Oxford Handbook of British Politics has been conceived. The central ambition of the Handbook is not just to illustrate both the breadth and depth of scholarship that is to be found within the field. It also seeks to demonstrate the vibrancy and critical self-reflection that has cultivated a much sharper and engaging, and notably less insular, approach to the terrain it seeks to explore and understand. In this emphasis on critical engagement, disciplinary evolution, and a commitment to shaping rather than re-stating the discipline The Oxford Handbook of British Politics is consciously distinctive.
In showcasing the diversity now found in the analysis of British politics, the Handbook is built upon three foundations. The first principle that underpins the volume is a broad understanding of 'the political'. It covers a much broader range of topics, themes and issues than would commonly be found within a book on British politics. This emphasis on an inclusive approach also characterizes the second principle that has shaped this collection--namely, diversity in relation to commissioned authors. The final principle focuses on the distinctiveness of the study of British politics. Each chapter seeks to reflect on what is distinctive--both in terms of the empirical nature of the issue of concern, and the theories and methods that have been deployed to unravel the nature and causes of the debate. The result is a unique volume that: draws-upon the intellectual strengths of the study of British politics; reflects the innate diversity and inclusiveness of the discipline; isolates certain distinctive issues and then reflects on their broader international relevance; and finally looks to the future by pointing towards emerging or overlooked areas of research.

Andrew Jackson Donelson - Jacksonian and Unionist (Hardcover): R Douglas Spence Andrew Jackson Donelson - Jacksonian and Unionist (Hardcover)
R Douglas Spence
R2,298 Discovery Miles 22 980 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This richly detailed biography of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) sheds new light on the political and personal life of this nephew and namesake of Andrew Jackson. A scion of a pioneering Tennessee family, Donelson was a valued assistant and trusted confidant of the man who defined the Age of Jackson. One of those central but background figures of history, Donelson had a knack for being where important events were happening and knew many of the great figures of the age. As his uncle's secretary, he weathered Old Hickory's tumultuous presidency, including the notorious ""Petticoat War."" Building his own political career, he served as US charge d'affaires to the Republic of Texas, where he struggled against an enigmatic President Sam Houston, British and French intrigues, and the threat of war by Mexico, to achieve annexation. As minister to Prussia, Donelson enjoyed a ringside seat to the revolutions of 1848 and the first attempts at German unification. A firm Unionist in the mold of his uncle, Donelson denounced the secessionists at the Nashville Convention of 1850. He attempted as editor of the Washington Union to reunite the Democratic party, and, when he failed, he was nominated as Millard Fillmore's vice-presidential running mate on the Know Nothing party ticket in 1856. He lived to see the Civil War wreck the Union he loved, devastate his farms, and take the lives of two of his sons.

The Theory of Multi-level Governance - Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges (Hardcover): Simona Piattoni The Theory of Multi-level Governance - Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges (Hardcover)
Simona Piattoni
R3,611 Discovery Miles 36 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the theoretical issues, empirical evidence, and normative debates elicited by the concept of multi-level governance (MLG). The concept is a useful descriptor of decision-making processes that involve the simultaneous mobilization of public authorities at different jurisdictional levels as well as that of non-governmental organizations and social movements. It has become increasingly relevant with the weakening of territorial state power and effectiveness and the increase in international interdependencies which serve to undermine conventional governmental processes. This book moves towards the construction of a theory of multi-level governance by defining the analytical contours of this concept, identifying the processes that can uniquely be denoted by it, and discussing the normative issues that are raised by its diffusion, particularly in the European Union.
It is divided into three parts, each meeting a specific challenge--theoretical, empirical, normative. It focuses on three analytical dimensions: multi-level governance as political mobilization (politics), as authoritative decision-making (policy), and as state restructuring (polity). Three policy areas are investigated in vindicating the usefulness of MLG as a theoretical and empirical concept--cohesion, environment, higher education--with particular reference to two member-states: the UK and Germany. Finally, both the input and output legitimacy of multi-level governance decisions and arrangements and its contribution to EU democracy are discussed. As a loosely-coupled policy-making arrangement, MLG is sufficiently structured to secure coordination among public and private actors at different jurisdictional levels, yet sufficiently flexible to avoid "joint decision traps." This balance is obtained at the cost of increasingly blurred boundaries between public and private actors and a change in the established hierarchies between territorial jurisdictions.

Thabo Mbeki - The Dream Deferred (Paperback, Updated Edition): Mark Gevisser Thabo Mbeki - The Dream Deferred (Paperback, Updated Edition)
Mark Gevisser
R360 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Save R39 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Hailed in the Times Literary Supplement as ‘probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come out of South Africa since the end of apartheid’, The Dream Deferred is back in print and updated with a brilliant new epilogue.

The prosperous Mbeki clan lost everything to apartheid. Yet the family saw its favourite son, Thabo, rise to become president of South Africa in 1999. A decade later, Mbeki was ousted by his own party and his legacy is bitterly contested – particularly over his handling of the AIDS epidemic and the crisis in Zimbabwe.

Through the story of the Mbeki family, award-wining journalist Mark Gevisser tells the gripping tale of the last tumultuous century of South Africa life, following the family’s path to make sense of the liberation struggle and the future that South Africa has inherited. At the centre of the story is Mbeki, a visionary yet tragic figure who led South Africa to freedom but was not able to overcome the difficulties of his own dislocated life.

It is 15 years since Mbeki was unceremoniously dumped by the ANC, giving rise to the wasted years under Jacob Zuma. With the benefit of hindsight, and as Mbeki reaches the age of 80, Gevisser examines the legacy of the man who succeeded Mandela.

Why Congress Needs Women - Bringing Sanity to the House and Senate (Hardcover): Michele A. Paludi Why Congress Needs Women - Bringing Sanity to the House and Senate (Hardcover)
Michele A. Paludi
R1,739 Discovery Miles 17 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses women's civil strategies for negotiation and leadership through careful analysis of social science research and management theory as well as interviews with women legislators, documenting how women in Washington are affecting the development of the world at all levels. In October 2013, after the war between Republican and Democratic men in Congress resulted in a government shutdown, Time magazine referred to the women legislators as "the only adults left in Washington." In Why Congress Needs Women: Bringing Sanity to the House and Senate, editor Michele A. Paludi and various contributors explain how women in Washington have redefined leadership and power by embracing a transformational leadership style: a style that incorporates empowerment, ethics, nurturance, inclusiveness, and social justice, transcending their own self-interests for the good of the group—or, in the case of the shut-down, for the good of the nation. A resource that will prove invaluable for anyone interested in politics and leadership as well as students taking courses in politics, women's studies, gender studies, or management, the chapters provide an in-depth review of the ways women in Washington are striving to find lasting solutions to our nation's challenges. The contributors document the mindset and methodologies women legislators are using to achieve their legislative goals and work toward creating gender-equitable environments in Washington's well-established climate where bullying, harassment, and sexual exploitation is perceived as normative. Insights from interviews with women senators and congress members enhance the scholarship discussed in this book.

The Dissident Mullah - Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran (Hardcover): Ulrich von Schwerin The Dissident Mullah - Ayatollah Montazeri and the Struggle for Reform in Revolutionary Iran (Hardcover)
Ulrich von Schwerin
R4,634 Discovery Miles 46 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Iranian cleric Ayatollah Montazeri (1922-2009) played an integral role in the founding of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. Yet at the time of his death, Montazeri was considered one of the Islamic Republic's fiercest critics. What made this man, who was once considered the leading advocate of the state doctrine of the 'Guardianship of the Jurist' (velayat-e faqih) and the designated successor to the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, change his views? How did his political theory incorporate issues such as civil rights, pluralism and popular participation? And what influence did his ideas have on others? Ulrich von Schwerin's book answers these questions by examining the evolution of Montazeri's political thought over the course of five decades, and studies his role in the discourse on religion and politics in Iran. In doing so, he sheds a new light on some of the most crucial events and vital protagonists of recent Iranian history.

The Billary Clinton Obama Romney MOB - Pure Evil vs. American Spartans (Hardcover): Kenly Ryan Osterhout The Billary Clinton Obama Romney MOB - Pure Evil vs. American Spartans (Hardcover)
Kenly Ryan Osterhout
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Bureaucrat Kings - The Origins and Underpinnings of America's Bureaucratic State (Hardcover): Paul D Moreno The Bureaucrat Kings - The Origins and Underpinnings of America's Bureaucratic State (Hardcover)
Paul D Moreno
R1,735 Discovery Miles 17 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Provocative in nature, this work looks critically at the bureaucratic infrastructure behind the U.S. federal government, from its origins as a self-governing republic in the 18th century to its modern presence as a centralized institution. This fascinating critique analyzes the inner workings of the American government, suggesting that our federal system works not as a byproduct of the U.S. Constitution but rather as the result of liberal and progressive politics. Distinguished academic and political analyst Paul D. Moreno asserts that errant political movements have found "loopholes" in the U.S. Constitution, allowing for federal bureaucracy—a state he feels is a misinterpretation of America's founding dogma. He contends that constitutionalism and bureaucracy are innately incompatible… with the former suffering to accommodate the latter. According to Moreno, the leadership of the United States strayed from the democratic principles of the early founders and grew to what it is today—a myriad of bureaucratic red tape couched in unreasonable policies. A straightforward, chronological narrative explains how non-elected bureaucrats became powerful political mavens in America. Each chapter covers several decades and features events spanning from the early history of the United States through coverage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) of 2010.

The Profits of Failure - For-Profit Colleges and the Closing of the Conservative Mind (Hardcover): David Whitman The Profits of Failure - For-Profit Colleges and the Closing of the Conservative Mind (Hardcover)
David Whitman
R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mindset Revolution III - To Build the Africa We Want; Our Move (Hardcover): Akosua Bame Mindset Revolution III - To Build the Africa We Want; Our Move (Hardcover)
Akosua Bame
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Great Transition In India: Critical Explorations (Hardcover): Chanwahn Kim, Rajiv Kumar Great Transition In India: Critical Explorations (Hardcover)
Chanwahn Kim, Rajiv Kumar
R2,139 Discovery Miles 21 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

India is undergoing a great transition, as the post-reform generation strikes out into the world. The thinking, attitudes, culture, political preferences, consumption patterns and ambitions of the post-reform generations differ greatly from that of the earlier generations. As a consequence, the country is also witnessing rapid changes not only on the socio-political and economic fronts but also on the humanities front. This book seeks to explore great transition in India through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. In doing so, it lays foundation not only for understanding India but also in initiating a new chapter for Indian and South Asian studies. With contributions by leading scholars, the book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and for anyone wishing to explore India in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Base Nation (Hardcover): David Vine Base Nation (Hardcover)
David Vine
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As David Vine demonstrates, the overseas bases raise geopolitical tensions and provoke widespread antipathy towards the United States. They also undermine American democratic ideals, pushing the U.S. into partnerships with dictators and perpetuating a system of second-class citizenship in territories like Guam. They breed sexual violence, destroy the environment, and damage local economies. And their financial cost is staggering: though the Pentagon underplays the numbers, Vine's accounting proves that the bill approaches $100 billion per year. For many decades, the need for overseas bases has been a quasi-religious dictum of U.S. foreign policy. But in recent years, a bipartisan coalition has finally started to question this conventional wisdom. With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan and ending thirteen years of war, there is no better time to re-examine the tenets of our military strategy. Base Nation is an essential contribution to that debate.

Policy Analysis in Ireland (Hardcover): Brendan K. O'Rourke, John McHale, Jason Harold, Eoin Cullina, Clodagh Harris,... Policy Analysis in Ireland (Hardcover)
Brendan K. O'Rourke, John McHale, Jason Harold, Eoin Cullina, Clodagh Harris, …
R3,401 Discovery Miles 34 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leading Irish academics and policy practitioners present a current and comprehensive study of policy analysis in Ireland. Contributors examine policy analysis at different levels of government and governance including international, national and local and in the civil service, as well as non-government actors such as NGOs, interest groups and think tanks. They investigate the influential roles of the European Union, the public, science, quantitative evidence, the media and gender expertise in policy analysis. Surveying the history and evolution of public policy analysis in Ireland, this authoritative text addresses the current state of the discipline, identifies post-crisis developments and considers future challenges for policy analysis.

The Alternative (Hardcover): Oswald Mosley The Alternative (Hardcover)
Oswald Mosley
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Congressional Deskbook - The Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Congress, Sixth Edition (Hardcover, 6th ed.): Judy Schneider,... Congressional Deskbook - The Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Congress, Sixth Edition (Hardcover, 6th ed.)
Judy Schneider, Michael Koempel; Contributions by Robert Keith
R1,391 Discovery Miles 13 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Congressional Deskbook, now in its Sixth Edition, explains the legislative and congressional budget processes along with all aspects of Congress.

Many of the sections are expanded online at CongressProfile.com And an expanded legislative and budget glossary is available online at TCNLG.com

This comprehensive guide to Congress is ideal for anyone who wants to know how Congress really works, including federal executives, attorneys, lobbyists, media and public affairs staff, government affairs, policy and budget analysts, congressional office staff and students.

Complete Table of Contents with links to other material at CongressionalDeskbook.com

From Changing Diapers to Changing the World - Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to Get Started (Hardcover): Cynthia... From Changing Diapers to Changing the World - Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to Get Started (Hardcover)
Cynthia Changyit Levin
R998 R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Save R146 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
White Supremacy Confronted - U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communisim vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela... White Supremacy Confronted - U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communisim vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela (Hardcover)
Gerald Horne
R1,439 R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Save R222 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Imperialism - A Study of the History, Politics and Economics of the Colonial Powers in Europe and America (Hardcover)... Imperialism - A Study of the History, Politics and Economics of the Colonial Powers in Europe and America (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
J.A. Hobson
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

J. A. Hobson's critical treatise on the practice of imperialism - whereby countries acquire territories for economic gain - is a classic in its field. This edition includes all of the author's original charts and illustrations. Published at the opening of the 20th century, while colonial imperialism still held decisive sway as a political and social practice, Hobson's treatise caused shockwaves in economics for its condemnation of a procedure long considered irreproachable. While Hobson acknowledges that imperialism is often supported by a sense of nationalistic pride and achievement - as with the British Empire's colonial imperialism - he identifies capitalist oligarchy as the true motivation behind imperialistic ventures. Owners of productive capital, such as factories, generate a large surplus which they desire to reinvest in further factories; this prompts imperialist expansion into foreign lands.

The Conquest of Bread (Hardcover): Peter Kropotkin The Conquest of Bread (Hardcover)
Peter Kropotkin
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Trajectories of Governance - How States Shaped Policy Sectors in the Neoliberal Age (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Giliberto... Trajectories of Governance - How States Shaped Policy Sectors in the Neoliberal Age (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Giliberto Capano, Anthony R. Zito, Federico Toth, Jeremy Rayner
R3,670 Discovery Miles 36 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book assesses how governance has evolved in six nations - England, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands - between 1970 and 2018. More specifically, it examines how the governance approaches and the sets of policy tools used to govern have altered with respect to four public policy sectors that represent core responsibilities of the modern OECD state: education, energy, environment and health. To structure this analytical approach, the book harnesses sociological institutionalism in the area of 'policy sequencing' to trace both the motivations and the consequences of policy-makers' altering governance approaches and the resulting policy tools. Combining a comparative and international focus, this book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy and governance.

Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774) - With Special Reference to the Reign of Murad Giray (1678-1683)... Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774) - With Special Reference to the Reign of Murad Giray (1678-1683) (English, Turkish, Hardcover)
Natalia Krolikowska-Jedlinska
R4,183 Discovery Miles 41 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Crimean Khanate was often treated as a semi-nomadic, watered-down version of the Golden Horde, or yet another vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. This book revises these views by exploring the Khanate's political and legal systems, which combined well organized and well developed institutions, which were rooted in different traditions (Golden Horde, Islamic and Ottoman). Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the Crimean court registers from the reign of Murad Giray (1678-1683), the book examines the role of the khan, members of his council and other officials in the Crimean political and judicial systems as well as the practice of the Crimean sharia court during the reign of Murad Giray.

Democracy in America (1838) - Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. Spencer... Democracy in America (1838) - Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. Spencer (Hardcover)
Alexis De Tocqueville; Translated by Henry Reeve; Preface by John C Spencer
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Public Value Co-Creation - A Multi-Actor & Multi-Sector Perspective (Hardcover): Alessandro Sancino Public Value Co-Creation - A Multi-Actor & Multi-Sector Perspective (Hardcover)
Alessandro Sancino
R1,688 Discovery Miles 16 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Public Value Co-Creation: A Multi-Actor & Multi-Sector Perspective addresses a fundamental gap in the scholarly field of Public Management relating to the advice and strategies available on what public managers can and/or should do to co-create public value. Alessandro Sancino offers a timely and unique approach providing a map with the main actors and their relative domains (public organization; inter-organizational; civic/community) to help guide the strategic thinking of a public manager for designing and leading processes of public value co-creation. The book discusses the concept of public value co-creation from a multi-actor and multi-sector perspective as an opportunity for transforming the public sector, for transitioning business models towards sustainable development and for rejuvenating democracy. Public Value Co-Creation: A Multi-Actor & Multi-Sector Perspective is a great aid to researchers and practitioners committed to achieve public value.

Parties and Party Systems - A Framework for Analysis (Hardcover): Giovanni Sartori Parties and Party Systems - A Framework for Analysis (Hardcover)
Giovanni Sartori
R2,132 Discovery Miles 21 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In this rich and broad-ranging volume, Giovanni Sartori outlines what is now recognised to be the most comprehensive and authoritative approach to the classification of party systems. He also offers an extensive review of the concept and rationale of the political party, and develops a sharp critique of various spatial models of party competition. This is political science at its best - combining the intelligent use of theory with sophisticated analytic arguments, and grounding all of this on a substantial cross-national empirical base. Parties and Party Systems is one of the classics of postwar political science, and is now established as the foremost work in its field.

Regressive Leadership and Governance (Hardcover): Chizoba "Dr Zee" Ph. D. Madueke Regressive Leadership and Governance (Hardcover)
Chizoba "Dr Zee" Ph. D. Madueke
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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