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Parliamentary Democracy - Is There a Perfect Model? (Hardcover): Nicholas Hopkinson Parliamentary Democracy - Is There a Perfect Model? (Hardcover)
Nicholas Hopkinson
R3,025 Discovery Miles 30 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2001. With the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, the legitimacy of one-party, and often one-person rule in other parts of the world has been fundamentally challenged. It appears that for the first time parliamentary democracy has become the universally accepted model to adopt or to be perfected. Newer democracies have started to build the institutions and capacity necessary to sustain democracy, while established democracies continue to refine their democracy, sometimes introducing full-scale reforms. This book examines whether elements of the perfect democracy can be identified and how democratic structures and practices can be improved.

Presidents, Governors, and the Politics of Distribution in Federal Democracies - Primus Contra Pares in Argentina and Brazil... Presidents, Governors, and the Politics of Distribution in Federal Democracies - Primus Contra Pares in Argentina and Brazil (Paperback)
Lucas I. Gonzalez
R1,487 R1,047 Discovery Miles 10 470 Save R440 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tensions between central authorities and subnational units over centralization and fiscal autonomy are on top of the political agenda in many developing federal countries. This book examines historical changes in the balance between the resources that presidents and governors control and the policy responsibilities they have to deliver. It focuses on Argentina and Brazil, the most decentralized federal countries in Latin America, with the most powerful sub-national governments in the region. Using formal modelling, statistical tools, and comparative historical analyses, it examines substantive shifts in the allocation of resources and the distribution of administrative functions and explains under which conditions these changes occur. In doing so, it presents theoretical and comparative implications for the study of fiscal federalism and the functioning of developing federal democracies. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of federalism, intergovernmental relations, decentralization, and sub-national politics and more broadly to those studying comparative politics, democratization, political elites, public policy and economics.

New Public Management - An Introduction (Paperback, New): Jan-Erik Lane New Public Management - An Introduction (Paperback, New)
Jan-Erik Lane
R1,475 Discovery Miles 14 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


New public management is a topical phrase to describe how management techniques from the private sector are now being applied to public services. This book provides a completely up-to-date overview of the main theoretical models of public sector management, and examines the key changes that have occurred as more and more public services are contracted out to private organisations, as the public sector itself grapples with 'internal markets'. Drawing on economics, organisational theory and poliltics, Jan-Erik Lane presents new public management from an analytical perspective. This book uses game theory and empirical studies in order to assess the pros and cons of new public management.

The Measurement of Voting Power - Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes (Hardcover): Dan S. Felsenthal, Moshe Machover The Measurement of Voting Power - Theory and Practice, Problems and Paradoxes (Hardcover)
Dan S. Felsenthal, Moshe Machover
R3,745 Discovery Miles 37 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is the first of its kind: a monograph devoted to a systematic critical examination and exposition of the theory of a priori voting power. This important branch of social-choice theory overlaps with game theory and is concerned with the ability of members in bodies that make yes or no decisions by vote to affect the outcome. The book includes, among other topics, a reasoned distinction between two fundamental types of voting power, the authors' discoveries on the paradoxes of voting power, and a novel analysis of decision rules that admit abstention. Formal mathematical statements are accompanied by reader-friendly informal explanations. The theory is applied and illustrated in extensive case studies. A series of US court cases concerning the application of the principle of 'one person, one vote' are critically examined in the light of the theory. The history of 'qualified majority voting' in the European Community's Council of Ministers is outlined and the distribution of voting power under this rule is analysed for each period of the community's growth. The measurement of voting power where abstention is a distinct option is illustrated with the examples of the US Congress and the UN Security Council. This important book breaks new ground and will be of interest to students and researchers in social choice, game theory, and in related disciplines such as political economy, business administration and constitutional law.

When America Stopped Being Great - A History of the Present (Paperback): Nick Bryant When America Stopped Being Great - A History of the Present (Paperback)
Nick Bryant
R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you've been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.' - Emily Maitlis 'Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America' - Washington Post In When America Stopped Being Great, veteran reporter and BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant reveals how America's decline paved the way for Donald Trump's rise, sowing division and leaving the country vulnerable to its greatest challenge of the modern era. Deftly sifting through almost four decades of American history, from post-Cold War optimism, through the scandal-wracked nineties and into the new millennium, Bryant unpacks the mistakes of past administrations, from Ronald Reagan's 'celebrity presidency' to Barack Obama's failure to adequately address income and racial inequality. He explains how the historical clues, unseen by many (including the media) paved the way for an outsider to take power and a country to slide towards disaster. As Bryant writes, 'rather than being an aberration, Trump's presidency marked the culmination of so much of what had been going wrong in the United States for decades - economically, racially, politically, culturally, technologically and constitutionally.' A personal elegy for an America lost, unafraid to criticise actors on both sides of the political divide, When America Stopped Being Great takes the long view, combining engaging storytelling with recent history to show how the country moved from the optimism of Reagan's 'Morning in America' to the darkness of Trump's 'American Carnage'. It concludes with some of the most dramatic events in recent memory, in an America torn apart by a bitterly polarised election, racial division, the national catastrophe of the coronavirus and the threat to US democracy evidenced by the storming of Capitol Hill.

The Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier - Cities of the Prairie Revisited (Paperback): Daniel Elazar The Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier - Cities of the Prairie Revisited (Paperback)
Daniel Elazar
R1,367 Discovery Miles 13 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The period from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s signaled the end of the prosperity of the postwar years enjoyed by the cities of the prairie-those cities located immediately within or adjacent to the Mississippi River drainage system, or what is usually called the American Heartland. During this period, the bottom dropped out of local economies and all collapsed except those upheld by massive state institutions. With this collapse, optimism for new opportunities ended, signaling the close of the American frontier.
The Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier looks at mid-sized cities Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, Joliet, Moline, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island, and Springfield, Illinois; Davenport, Iowa; Duluth, Minnesota; and Pueblo, Colorado. Elazar examines how they adapted to change during the period immediately after World War II, through the Vietnam War, and the Nixon years. He considers the roles of federal and state governments as instruments of change including their efforts to impose new standards and ways of doing business. The Closing of the Metropolitan Frontier analyzes the struggle between federalism and managerialism in the local political arena.
In his new introduction, Daniel J. Elazar discusses this volume's place as part of a forty-year study of the cities of the prairie as well as the changes and developments in that region over that forty-year span. This volume will be of great interest to economists, political scientists, and sociologists interested in the Great Society and the New Federalism and their aftermath.
Daniel J. Elazar (1934-1999) was president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University. He authored many books including the four-volume series The Covenant Tradition in Politics, available from Transaction.
Rozann Rothman is director of the applied politics program at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Stephen L. Schecter and Maura Allan Stein are associate professors of political science at Russell Sage College. Joseph Zikmund II is dean of the School of Letters and Sciences at Menlo College.

China's Assertive Nuclear Posture - State Security in an Anarchic International Order (Paperback): Baohui Zhang China's Assertive Nuclear Posture - State Security in an Anarchic International Order (Paperback)
Baohui Zhang
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

China's nuclear capability is crucial for the balance of power in East Asia and the world. As this book reveals, there have been important changes recently in China's nuclear posture: the movement from a minimum deterrence posture toward a medium nuclear power posture; the pursuit of space warfare and missile defence capabilities; and, most significantly, the omission in the 2013 Defence White Paper of any reference to the principle of No First Use. Employing the insights of structural realism, this book argues that the imperatives of an anarchic international order have been the central drivers of China's nuclear assertiveness. The book also assesses the likely impact of China's emerging nuclear posture on its neighbours and on the international strategic balance, especially with the United States. The book concludes by examining China's future nuclear directions in the context of its apparent shift toward a more offensive-oriented international strategy.

The Presidency of Andrew Jackson (Paperback, New edition): Donald B. Cole The Presidency of Andrew Jackson (Paperback, New edition)
Donald B. Cole
R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1829 Andrew Jackson arrived in Washington in a carriage. Eight years and two turbulent presidential terms later, he left on a train. Those years, among the most prosperous in American history, saw America transformed not only by growth in transportation but by the expansion of the market economy and the formation of the mass political party.

Jackson's ambivalence--and that of his followers--toward the new politics and the new economy is the story of this book.

Historians have often depicted the Old Hero (or Old Hickory) as bigger than life--so prominent that his name was wed to an era. Donald Cole presents a different Jackson, one not always sure of himself and more controlled by than in control of the political and economic forces of his age. He portrays Jackson as a leader who yearned for the agrarian past but was also entranced by the future of a growing market economy. The dominant theme of Jackson's presidency, Cole argues, was his inconsistent and unsuccessful battle to resist market revolution.

Elected by a broad coalition of interest groups, Jackson battled constantly not only his opponents but also his supporters. He spent most of his first term rearranging his administration and contending with Congress. His accomplishments were mostly negative--relocating Indians, vetoing road bills and the Bank bill, and opposing nullification. The greatest achievement of his administration, the rise of the mass political party, was more the work of advisers than of Jackson himself.

He did, however, make a lasting imprint, Cole contends. Through his strength, passions, and especially his anxiety, Jackson symbolized the ambivalence of his fellow Americans at a decisive moment--a time when the country was struggling with the conflict between the ideals of the Revolution and the realities of nineteenth-century capitalism.

African Americans and the Politics of Congressional Redistricting (Hardcover): Dewey M. Clayton African Americans and the Politics of Congressional Redistricting (Hardcover)
Dewey M. Clayton
R4,155 Discovery Miles 41 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


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State Schools - New Labour and the Conservative Legacy (Paperback): John Dunford, Clyde Chitty State Schools - New Labour and the Conservative Legacy (Paperback)
John Dunford, Clyde Chitty
R1,176 R1,025 Discovery Miles 10 250 Save R151 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eighteen years of Conservative stewardship ensured that the Labour government's education policy did not begin with a tabula rasa, for its starting point has been defined by the previous government to a greater extent than any other incoming government has found. In this book the practitioners discuss the micro effect of the policies in their schools. This book will make an important contribution to continuing debate about the best way forward for state education in England and Wales.

Managing Local Services - From CCT to Best Value (Paperback): George A. Boyne Managing Local Services - From CCT to Best Value (Paperback)
George A. Boyne
R1,051 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R711 (68%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Labour Government has introduced legislation to place a new duty of Best Value on local authorities, and abolish compulsory competitive tendering. This work identifies the differences between the two systems and evaluates the development of the new regime, using case studies.

The Making of the New Japan - Reclaiming the Political Mainstream (Hardcover, annotated edition): Leslie Connors, Yasuhiro... The Making of the New Japan - Reclaiming the Political Mainstream (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Leslie Connors, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Ips Chiyoda-Ku
R3,214 R1,138 Discovery Miles 11 380 Save R2,076 (65%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


These political memoirs chart the journey of Japan's former Prime Minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone, from his youth in the aftermath of the First World War to his appearance on the world stage at the side of President Reagan. They conclude with his thoughts on the prospects for a third 'opening' of Japan to rival the Meiji Restoration and the MacArthur reforms.

Arming the Two Koreas - State, Capital and Military Power (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Taik-Young Hamm Arming the Two Koreas - State, Capital and Military Power (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Taik-Young Hamm; Foreword by Michael Leifer
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tarki-Young Hamm's book is a critical inquiry into the dynamics of the armament of North and South Korea from the Korean War period to the 1990s. The author's findings reveal that North Korean military superiority is a myth, used by South Korean governments to legitimize military expenditure. Moreover, defence spending has been used to consolidate authoritarian regimes and mobilize popular support. This analysis describes and explains the armament processes of the two Korean states from a more objective, critical perspective. Hamm considers defence expenditure as the best indicator of armament, rather than bean counts or firepower scores. Finding most offical sources unstable, inconsistent or biased, this book seeks to generate more valid, credible data; and it re-estimates the North Korean defence budget, taking foreign aid and depreciation into account. From this material, the author argues that, contrary to popular opinion, the South has been superior in military capital since the mid-1980s. "Arming the Two Koreas" provides a holistic, rather than reductionist, explanation of armament. Following the Grasmscian conception of state power as the sum of coercion and hegemony/consent

Building a Prosperous Southeast Asia - Moving from Ersatz to Echt Capitalism (Paperback, 3 Rev Ed): Kunio Yoshihara Building a Prosperous Southeast Asia - Moving from Ersatz to Echt Capitalism (Paperback, 3 Rev Ed)
Kunio Yoshihara
R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Professor Yoshihara, an international expert on the Southeast Asian economies, looks beyond the causes of the current crisis to discuss what can be done to build a dynamic economy in Asia to ensure prosperity for the future, arguing that the way forward is integration into the global economy through free trade and free capital movement. A most timely book with lessons for other parts of the world as well as for Southeast Asia.

Building a Prosperous Southeast Asia - Moving from Ersatz to Echt Capitalism (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): Kunio Yoshihara Building a Prosperous Southeast Asia - Moving from Ersatz to Echt Capitalism (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
Kunio Yoshihara
R2,574 Discovery Miles 25 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Professor Yoshihara, an international expert on the Southeast Asian economies, looks beyond the causes of the current crisis to discuss what can be done to build a dynamic economy in Asia to ensure prosperity for the future. He takes the viewpoint that the only way to achieve this is to promote integration into the global economy through free trade and free capital movement. He puts forward a convincing argument that government intervention is not the way forward and has in fact helped cause the present crisis. But a prosperous future is possible, he argues, by renovating institutions and adapting new attitudes. A most timely book with lessons for other parts of the world as well as for Southeast Asia.

Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise - A History of its Demise (Hardcover): Viktor Meier Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise - A History of its Demise (Hardcover)
Viktor Meier; Translated by Sabrina Ramet
R4,368 Discovery Miles 43 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise is a new history of the disintegration and collapse of the former Yugoslavia. Commencing with the death of Tito, Meier presents an insider's guide to all the regions of Yugoslavia, including Macedonia, and in particular, emphasizes the crucial part played by Slovenia before the outbreak of war in 1991. Drawing on official federal and republican archives, but also sources which are not yet officially open for scholarly use, the book covers:
* the legacy of Tito's regime
* the personalities who dominated the Yugoslav stage during its dismemberment
* the military threat against Slovenia in the late 1980s
* the attempts to find a peaceful solution
* the political conditions in Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Western policy towards Yugoslavia's disintegration and terror.

Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise - A History of its Demise (Paperback): Viktor Meier Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise - A History of its Demise (Paperback)
Viktor Meier; Translated by Sabrina Ramet
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Congressional Communication in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Jocelyn Evans, Jessica M. Hayden Congressional Communication in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Jocelyn Evans, Jessica M. Hayden
R4,356 Discovery Miles 43 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Communication defines political representation. At the core of the representational relationship lies the interaction between principal and agent; the quality of this relationship is predicated upon the accessibility of effective channels of communication between the constituent and representative. Over the past decade, congressional websites have become the primary way constituents communicate with their members and a prominent place for members to communicate with constituents. Yet, as we move toward the third decade of the 21st century, little work has systematically analyzed this forum as a distinct representational space. In this book, Jocelyn Evans and Jessica Hayden offer a fresh, timely, and mixed-methods approach for understanding how the emergence of virtual offices has changed the representational relationship between constituents and members of Congress. Utilizing strong theoretical foundations, a broad historical perspective, elite interviews, and rich original datasets, Evans and Hayden present evidence that virtual offices operate as a distinct representational space, and they demonstrate that their use has resulted in unprecedented and ill-understood changes in representational behavior. Congressional Communication in the Digital Age contributes to the scholarship on representation theory and its application to the contemporary Congress. It is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in American politics, political communication, and legislative politics.

New Perspectives on State Socialism in China (Paperback, Revised): Timothy Cheek, Tony Saich New Perspectives on State Socialism in China (Paperback, Revised)
Timothy Cheek, Tony Saich
R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The eight research essays in this volume uncover new perspectives on and critique new democracy sources about the creation, operation, and first major crises of state socialism in China -- from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the aftermath in the early 1960s of the Great Leap Forward.

Reinventing Government in the Information Age - International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform (Hardcover): Richard... Reinventing Government in the Information Age - International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform (Hardcover)
Richard Heeks
R4,229 Discovery Miles 42 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Will information technology help reinvent government? It might, but only if it is correctly managed. This book provides a new model for management of information age reform, based on international case-studies drawn from the US, UK, mainland Europe, and developing countries. It offers practical guidance and analytical insights and will be of value to practitioners, students, educators and researchers in both public administration and information systems.

The American Experiment with Government Corporations (Paperback, illustrated edition): Jerry Mitchell The American Experiment with Government Corporations (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Jerry Mitchell
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Chicago Housing Authority -- all are examples of a controversial institution, the government corporation. This hybrid organizational form incorporates the best features of public and private management to accomplish tasks that are unsuited for commercialization or ordinary public administration.

This comprehensive assessment of government corporations sets aside ideological presuppositions to reexamine the record and identify both the successes and failures of this unique arrangement. By viewing public administration as an experiment, the author challenges readers to think creatively about the government corporation and ways to reinvent it, capitalizing on its strengths and compensating for its shortcomings.

Black Diplomacy - African Americans and the State Department, 1945-69 (Paperback, New Ed): Michael Krenn Black Diplomacy - African Americans and the State Department, 1945-69 (Paperback, New Ed)
Michael Krenn
R1,179 Discovery Miles 11 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text covers integration of the State Department after 1945 and the subsequent appointments of Black ambassadors to Third World and African nations. Other topics include: the setbacks during the Eisenhower years and the gains achieved during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

The American Experiment with Government Corporations (Hardcover, New): Jerry Mitchell The American Experiment with Government Corporations (Hardcover, New)
Jerry Mitchell
R3,931 Discovery Miles 39 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Chicago Housing Authority -- all are examples of a controversial institution, the government corporation. This hybrid organizational form incorporates the best features of public and private management to accomplish tasks that are unsuited for commercialization or ordinary public administration.

This comprehensive assessment of government corporations sets aside ideological presuppositions to reexamine the record and identify both the successes and failures of this unique arrangement. By viewing public administration as an experiment, the author challenges readers to think creatively about the government corporation and ways to reinvent it, capitalizing on its strengths and compensating for its shortcomings.

Inside OMB: - Politics and Process in the President's Budget Office (Paperback, New Ed): Shelley Lynne Tomkin Inside OMB: - Politics and Process in the President's Budget Office (Paperback, New Ed)
Shelley Lynne Tomkin
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Through its budgetary, managerial and regulatory review mandates, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the US can function as an "enforcer" with a significant impact on public policy and its implementation. This is a study of the OMB and its significant role within the American government.

Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe (Paperback, annotated edition): Philip Norton Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe (Paperback, annotated edition)
Philip Norton
R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The relationship between parliament and government is fundamental to a political system. In this volume, a distinguished team of specialists explore that relationship and consider to what extent parliaments have the capacity to constrain governments. Are there particular institutional features, such as specialisation through committees, that enhance their capacity to influence public policy?

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