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The Mueller Report - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election (Hardcover): U.S.... The Mueller Report - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election (Hardcover)
U.S. Department of Justice
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Cottage to Palace (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Margaret Bramford From Cottage to Palace (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Margaret Bramford
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Game Changer - Winning Strategies to Obtain Veterans' Disability, Social Security, and Appeals (Hardcover): Jimmy Cave The Game Changer - Winning Strategies to Obtain Veterans' Disability, Social Security, and Appeals (Hardcover)
Jimmy Cave
R760 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inside Lenin's Government - Ideology, Power and Practice in the Early Soviet State (Hardcover): Lara Douds Inside Lenin's Government - Ideology, Power and Practice in the Early Soviet State (Hardcover)
Lara Douds
R4,238 Discovery Miles 42 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lara Douds examines the practical functioning and internal political culture of the early Soviet government cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), under Lenin. This study elucidates the process by which Sovnarkom's governmental decision-making authority was transferred to Communist Party bodies in the early years of Soviet power and traces the day-to-day operation of the supreme state organ. The book argues that Sovnarkom was the principal executive body of the early Soviet government until the Politburo gradually usurped this role during the Civil War. Using a range of archival source material, Lara Douds re-interprets early Soviet political history as a period where fledging 'Soviet' rather than simply 'Communist Party' power was attempted, but ultimately failed when pressures of Civil War and socio-economic dislocation encouraged the centralising and authoritarian rather than democratic strand of Bolshevism to predominate. Inside Lenin's Government explores the basic mechanics of governance by looking at the frequency of meetings, types of business discussed, processes of decision-making and the administrative backdrop, as well as the key personalities of Sovnarkom. It then considers the reasons behind the shift in executive power from state to party in this period, which resulted in an abnormal situation where, as Leon Trotsky commented in 1923, 'leadership by the party gives way to administration by its organs'.

The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History (Hardcover): Andrew C. Isenberg The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History (Hardcover)
Andrew C. Isenberg
R5,024 Discovery Miles 50 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The field of environmental history emerged just decades ago but has established itself as one of the most innovative and important new approaches to history, one that bridges the human and natural world, the humanities and the sciences. With the current trend towards internationalizing history, environmental history is perhaps the quintessential approach to studying subjects outside the nation-state model, with pollution, global warming, and other issues affecting the earth not stopping at national borders. With 25 essays, this Handbook is global in scope and innovative in organization, looking at the field thematically through such categories as climate, disease, oceans, the body, energy, consumerism, and international relations.

The Illusion of Voting (Hardcover): Wanda Young The Illusion of Voting (Hardcover)
Wanda Young
R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover, New): Lynette Mitchell The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover, New)
Lynette Mitchell
R4,579 Discovery Miles 45 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clan. Heroic Rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of Greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirants. Probing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and law. Law, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal rule. Finally, Heroic Rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the Early Iron Age through to the Hellenistic period.

George Washington - Life in America One Hundred Years Ago (Hardcover): John S. C Abbott George Washington - Life in America One Hundred Years Ago (Hardcover)
John S. C Abbott
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Democracy in Indonesia - From Stagnation to Regression? (Hardcover): Thomas Power, Eve Warburton Democracy in Indonesia - From Stagnation to Regression? (Hardcover)
Thomas Power, Eve Warburton
R1,381 R1,142 Discovery Miles 11 420 Save R239 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia's contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.

Breaking Democracy's Spell (Hardcover): John Dunn Breaking Democracy's Spell (Hardcover)
John Dunn
R1,768 Discovery Miles 17 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this timely and important work, eminent political theorist John Dunn argues that democracy is not synonymous with good government. The author explores the labyrinthine reality behind the basic concept of democracy, demonstrating how the political system that people in the West generally view as straightforward and obvious is, in fact, deeply unclear and, in many cases, dysfunctional. Consisting of four thought-provoking lectures, Dunn's book sketches the path by which democracy became the only form of government with moral legitimacy, analyzes the contradictions and pitfalls of modern American democracy, and challenges the academic world to take responsibility for giving the world a more coherent understanding of this widely misrepresented political institution. Suggesting that the supposedly ideal marriage of liberal economics with liberal democracy can neither ensure its continuance nor even address the problems of contemporary life, this courageous analysis attempts to show how we came to be so gripped by democracy's spell and why we must now learn to break it.

Democratic Governance and European Integration - Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy (Hardcover): Ronald... Democratic Governance and European Integration - Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy (Hardcover)
Ronald Holzhacker, Erik Albaek
R3,669 Discovery Miles 36 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identify four core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interest intermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny. From a normative perspective they discuss what impacts this process of Europeanization has on democracy in the evolving system. They conclude that more changes are seen within the state-centric than in the societal-centred processes of democracy, thus the public seems to have been 'left behind' in the process of constructing Europe. The empirical research and normative discussion presented in this book are designed to further our knowledge concerning the Europeanization of social and state processes of democracy and to contribute to the continuing dialogue on democracy in the European Union. This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and international relations, as well as those interested in European studies and comparative politics.

Trump You - Promises, Lies, and Corruption: My Battle with Donald Trump's Fake University (Hardcover): Art Cohen, Dan Good Trump You - Promises, Lies, and Corruption: My Battle with Donald Trump's Fake University (Hardcover)
Art Cohen, Dan Good
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Winner-take-all Politics - How Washington Made the Rich Richer-and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class (Paperback): Jacob S.... Winner-take-all Politics - How Washington Made the Rich Richer-and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class (Paperback)
Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson
R458 R431 Discovery Miles 4 310 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A groundbreaking work that identifies the real culprit behind one of the great economic crimes of our time-- the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of Americans and the richest of the rich.
We all know that the very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades while most Americans haven't. In fact, the exorbitantly paid have continued to thrive during the current economic crisis, even as the rest of Americans have continued to fall behind. Why do the "haveit- alls" have so much more? And how have they managed to restructure the economy to reap the lion's share of the gains and shift the costs of their new economic playground downward, tearing new holes in the safety net and saddling all of us with increased debt and risk? Lots of so-called experts claim to have solved this great mystery, but no one has really gotten to the bottom of it--until now.
In their lively and provocative "Winner-Take-All Politics, "renowned political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate convincingly that the usual suspects--foreign trade and financial globalization, technological changes in the workplace, increased education at the top--are largely innocent of the charges against them. Instead, they indict an unlikely suspect and take us on an entertaining tour of the mountain of evidence against the culprit. The guilty party is American politics. Runaway inequality and the present economic crisis reflect what government has done to aid the rich and what it has not done to safeguard the interests of the middle class. The winner-take-all economy is primarily a result of winner-take-all politics.
In an innovative historical departure, Hacker and Pierson trace the rise of the winner-take-all economy back to the late 1970s when, under a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress, a major transformation of American politics occurred. With big business and conservative ideologues organizing themselves to undo the regulations and progressive tax policies that had helped ensure a fair distribution of economic rewards, deregulation got under way, taxes were cut for the wealthiest, and business decisively defeated labor in Washington. And this transformation continued under Reagan and the Bushes as well as under Clinton, with both parties catering to the interests of those at the very top. Hacker and Pierson's gripping narration of the epic battles waged during President Obama's first two years in office reveals an unpleasant but catalyzing truth: winner-take-all politics, while under challenge, is still very much with us.
"Winner-Take-All Politics"--part revelatory history, part political analysis, part intellectual journey-- shows how a political system that traditionally has been responsive to the interests of the middle class has been hijacked by the superrich. In doing so, it not only changes how we think about American politics, but also points the way to rebuilding a democracy that serves the interests of the many rather than just those of the wealthy few.

The Great Impersonator! - 99 Reasons to Dislike Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook The Great Impersonator! - 99 Reasons to Dislike Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Aldous Huxley - The Political Thought of a Man of Letters (Hardcover): Alessandro Maurini Aldous Huxley - The Political Thought of a Man of Letters (Hardcover)
Alessandro Maurini
R2,819 R2,529 Discovery Miles 25 290 Save R290 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Aldous Huxley: The Political Thought of a Man of Letters argues that Huxley is not a man of letters engaged in politics, but a political thinker who chooses literature to spread his ideas. His preference for the dystopian genre is due to his belief in the tremendous impact of dystopia on twentieth-century political thought. His political thinking is not systematic, but this does not stop his analysis from supplying elements that are original and up-to-date, and that represent fascinating contributions of political theory in all the spheres that he examines from anti-Marxism to anti-positivism, from political realism to elitism, from criticism of mass society to criticism of totalitarianism, from criticism of ideologies to the future of liberal democracy, from pacifism to ecological communitarianism. Huxley clearly grasped the unsolved issues of contemporary liberalism, and the importance of his influence on many twentieth-century and present-day political thinkers ensures that his ideas remain indispensable in the current liberal-democratic debate. Brave New World is without doubt Huxley's most successful political manifesto. While examining the impassioned struggle for the development of all human potentialities, it yet manages not to close the doors definitively on the rebirth of utopia in the age of dystopia.

Climate Crisis Economics (Paperback): Stuart P. M. Mackintosh Climate Crisis Economics (Paperback)
Stuart P. M. Mackintosh
R1,295 Discovery Miles 12 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addresses a gap in the market between policy and academia. Broad readership given the focus on climate change action, a hugely topical area. Interdisciplinary approach - politics, IPE, international economics, and environmental economics. Written in an accessible voice/style.

Stress Testing the USA - Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2021): John Rennie Short Stress Testing the USA - Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2021)
John Rennie Short
R3,119 Discovery Miles 31 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Stress tests highlight a system's weak spots. This second edition provides a stress testing of the United States by exploring in detail the background to the disasters of the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill and the COVID-19 epidemic. These major stresses-the country's longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression, its biggest oil spill and its worst pandemic since the influenza pandemic of 1918-tell us much about structural flaws in the United States. This book explores each of these events in detail to locate the seed of the disasters, and highlights what we have learned and not learned from these stress tests.

Four Threats - The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (Paperback): Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman Four Threats - The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (Paperback)
Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman
R449 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An important work of scholarship that should be read by anyone concerned with America's future. --Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic to the present. In Four Threats, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman explore five moments in history when democracy in the U.S. was under siege: the 1790s, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Depression, and Watergate. These episodes risked profound--even fatal--damage to the American democratic experiment. From this history, four distinct characteristics of disruption emerge. Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power--alone or in combination--have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived--so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist. This convergence marks the contemporary era as a grave moment for democracy. But history provides a valuable repository from which we can draw lessons about how democracy was eventually strengthened--or weakened--in the past. By revisiting how earlier generations of Americans faced threats to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, we can see the promise and the peril that have led us to today and chart a path toward repairing our civic fabric and renewing democracy.

Restoring Lebanon (Hardcover): Nizar Y Younes Restoring Lebanon (Hardcover)
Nizar Y Younes
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Government - A Brief Introduction (Paperback, Brief Fifteenth Edition): Theodore J. Lowi, Benjamin Ginsberg, Kenneth... American Government - A Brief Introduction (Paperback, Brief Fifteenth Edition)
Theodore J. Lowi, Benjamin Ginsberg, Kenneth A. Shepsle, Stephen Ansolabehere
R2,436 Discovery Miles 24 360 Out of stock

Why does the American political system work the way it does? This major revision brings a renewed focus to the institutions, processes and data that illuminate big questions about governance and representation in the United States. With a new adaptive learning tool, this edition does more than ever to help students understand how American government developed over time and how it works today.

Rival Caesars - A Romance of Ambition, Love and War (Hardcover): Arthur Desmond, Will H. Dilg Rival Caesars - A Romance of Ambition, Love and War (Hardcover)
Arthur Desmond, Will H. Dilg
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Neville Chamberlain (Paperback): Graham Macklin Neville Chamberlain (Paperback)
Graham Macklin 2
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With the agreement at Munich in 1938 he effectively abandoned Czechoslovakia, but immediately accelerated Britain's rearmament programme and the following year declared that Britain would defend Poland. This commitment led, in September 1939, to the start of World War II.

Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy - Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness (Paperback): Brian Christopher Jones Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy - Challenging the Infatuation with Writtenness (Paperback)
Brian Christopher Jones
R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This thought-provoking book investigates the increasingly important subject of constitutional idolatry and its effects on democracy. Focused around whether the UK should draft a single written constitution, it suggests that constitutions have been drastically and persistently over-sold throughout the years, and that their wider importance and effects are not nearly as significant as constitutional advocates maintain. Analysing a number of issues in relation to constitutional performance, including whether these documents can educate the citizenry, invigorate voter turnout, or deliver 'We the People' sovereignty, the author finds written constitutions consistently failing to meet expectations. This innovative book also examines how constitutional idolatry may frustrate and distort constitutional change, and can lead to strong forms of constitutional paternalism emerging within the state. Ultimately, the book argues that idolising written constitutions is a hollow endeavour that will fail to produce better democratic outcomes or help solve increasingly complicated societal problems. Engaging and accessible, Constitutional Idolatry and Democracy will be a key resource for both new and established scholars interested in comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory, law and democracy and written vs. unwritten constitutions.

Let There Be Spring - Trump is Not the Future of Egypt (Hardcover): Lofty Basta MD Frcp Facc Let There Be Spring - Trump is Not the Future of Egypt (Hardcover)
Lofty Basta MD Frcp Facc
R747 R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Save R51 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The 2016 America Presidential Debate - An Enlightened Practical Manual for Voters (Hardcover): Andre Hakizimana The 2016 America Presidential Debate - An Enlightened Practical Manual for Voters (Hardcover)
Andre Hakizimana
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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