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Restoring Lebanon (Hardcover): Nizar Y Younes Restoring Lebanon (Hardcover)
Nizar Y Younes
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the... Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time (Hardcover)
Frederick Douglass, George L. Ruffin
R1,295 Discovery Miles 12 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Alexander H. Stephens Reader - Excerpts From the Works of a Confederate Founding Father (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook The Alexander H. Stephens Reader - Excerpts From the Works of a Confederate Founding Father (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R1,458 Discovery Miles 14 580 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
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 18 - 22 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
R4,311 Discovery Miles 43 110 Ships in 10 - 15 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'.

Conversations with Enrique Dussel on Anti-Cartesian Decoloniality & Pluriversal Transmodernity (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Mohammad... Conversations with Enrique Dussel on Anti-Cartesian Decoloniality & Pluriversal Transmodernity (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Mohammad H. Tamdgidi; Edited by (ghost editors) George Ciccariello-Maher, Ramon Grosfoguel
R2,169 Discovery Miles 21 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Utopia (Deluxe Library Edition) (Hardcover): Thomas More Utopia (Deluxe Library Edition) (Hardcover)
Thomas More
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Liberal Soul - Applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Politics (Hardcover): Richard Davis The Liberal Soul - Applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Politics (Hardcover)
Richard Davis
R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Toward a Model of Constitutions - How Human Rights, Lincoln's Address, and Berlin's Liberties Explain Democracies... Toward a Model of Constitutions - How Human Rights, Lincoln's Address, and Berlin's Liberties Explain Democracies (Hardcover)
Williams Kuttikadan
R810 R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-68) - 'Neither Lenin nor Trotsky nor Stalin!' - 'All Workers Must... The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-68) - 'Neither Lenin nor Trotsky nor Stalin!' - 'All Workers Must Think for Themselves!' (Hardcover)
Philippe Bourrinet
R7,224 Discovery Miles 72 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Dutch-German Communist Left, represented by the German KAPD-AAUD, the Dutch KAPN and the Bulgarian Communist Workers Party, separated from the Comintern (1921) on questions like electoralism, trade-unionism, united fronts, the one-party state and anti-proletarian violence. It attracted the ire of Lenin, who wrote his Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder against the Linkskommunismus, while Herman Gorter wrote a famous response in his pamphlet Reply to Lenin. The present volume provides the most substantial history to date of this tendency in the twentieth-century Communist movement. It covers how the Communist left, with the KAPD-AAU, denounced 'party communism' and 'state capitalism' in Russia; how the German left survived after 1933 in the shape of the Dutch GIK and Paul Mattick's councils movement in the USA; and also how the Dutch Communistenbond Spartacus continued to fight after 1942 for the world power of the workers councils, as theorised by Pannekoek in his book Workers' Councils (1946).

Presidential Campaigns - Documents Decoded (Hardcover): Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward Presidential Campaigns - Documents Decoded (Hardcover)
Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward
R2,585 Discovery Miles 25 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Combining primary sources with expert commentary, this timely book probes critical moments in U.S. presidential elections in the last 20th- and early 21st-centuries, empowering readers to better understand and analyze the electoral process. Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded illuminates both the high stakes of a presidential campaign and the gaffes, controversies, and excesses that often influence the outcome. With a view to enabling readers to develop skills essential to political literacy, the book examines crisis points in modern presidential elections from the early 1950s through the late 2000s. Chronologically organized, the study focuses on key events pertinent to each election. It provides an original account of the event, such as a debate transcript or news report, as well as a discussion detailing how the issue emerged and why it was important. This unique and engaging approach enables students to experience the actual source material as voters might have. At the same time, it shows them how an expert views the material, facilitating a deeper understanding of the narratives every presidential campaign constructs around its candidates, its party, and its opponents. Primary sources such as speeches, advertisements, candidate platforms, press coverage, internal campaign documents, and more are presented side by side with accessibly written, expert commentary A contextualizing introductory essay explains the logic behind the selection of documents and pinpoints narratives that can be traced through the collection Novel stories about many behind-the-scenes events will engage reader interest Photos, quotes, artwork, slogans, commercial stills, and other illustrative campaign media help bring history alive

War Diaries from Inside Hitler's Headquarters (Hardcover, 1st): Thomas Fensch War Diaries from Inside Hitler's Headquarters (Hardcover, 1st)
Thomas Fensch
R1,194 Discovery Miles 11 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia (Hardcover): Ward Berenschot, H.G.C. (Henk) Schulte Nordholt, Laurens Bakker Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
Ward Berenschot, H.G.C. (Henk) Schulte Nordholt, Laurens Bakker
R4,330 Discovery Miles 43 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia redirects the largely western-oriented study of citizenship to postcolonial states. Providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens interpret and realize the recognition of their property, identity, security and welfare in the context of a weak rule of law and clientelistic politics, this study highlights the importance of studying citizenship for understanding democratization processes in Southeast Asia. With case studies from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Cambodia, this book provides a unique bottom-up perspective on the character of public life in Southeast Asia. Contributors are: Mary Austin, Laurens Bakker, Ward Berenschot, Sheri Lynn Gibbings, Takeshi Ito, David Kloos, Merlyna Lim, Astrid Noren-Nilsson, Oona Pardedes, Emma Porio, Apichat Satitniramai, Wolfram Schaffer and Henk Schulte Nordholt.

Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives (Hardcover): Maaike Berkel, Jeroen Duindam Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives (Hardcover)
Maaike Berkel, Jeroen Duindam
R5,858 Discovery Miles 58 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions of military and administrative elites respectively. Two additional concise chapters provide a focused analysis of the construction of specific dynasties (the Golden Horde and the Habsburgs) and narratives of kingship found in fiction throughout Eurasia. The contributors and editors, authorities in their fields, systematically bring together specialised literature on numerous Eurasian kingdoms and empires. This book is a careful and thought-provoking experiment in the global, comparative and connected history of rulers and elites.

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
R734 R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Save R46 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cultural and Political Imaginaries in Putin's Russia (Hardcover): Niklas Bernsand, Barbara Toernquist-Plewa Cultural and Political Imaginaries in Putin's Russia (Hardcover)
Niklas Bernsand, Barbara Toernquist-Plewa
R3,838 Discovery Miles 38 380 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Cultural and Political Imaginaries in Putin's Russia scholars scrutinise developments in official symbolical, cultural and social policies as well as the contradictory trajectories of important cultural, social and intellectual trends in Russian society after the year 2000. Engaging experts on Russia from several academic fields, the book offers case studies on the vicissitudes of cultural policies, political ideologies and imperial visions, on memory politics on the grassroot as well as official levels, and on the links between political and national imaginaries and popular culture in fields as diverse as fashion design and pro-natalist advertising. Contributors are Niklas Bernsand, Lena Jonson, Ekaterina Kalinina, Natalija Majsova, Olga Malinova, Alena Minchenia, Elena Morenkova-Perrier, Elena Rakhimova-Sommers, Andrei Rogatchevski, Tomas Sniegon, Igor Torbakov, Barbara Toernquist-Plewa, and Yuliya Yurchuk.

Looking Forward - Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition (Hardcover): Marifeli Perez-Stable Looking Forward - Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition (Hardcover)
Marifeli Perez-Stable
R3,320 Discovery Miles 33 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Looking Forward, Marifeli Perez-Stable and her colleagues imagine Cuba's future after the "poof moment"-Jorge I. Dominguez's vivid phrase-when the current regime will no longer exist. Written in an accessible style that will appeal to all interested readers, this volume does not try to predict how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead considers the possible consequences of change. Each chapter-prepared by an expert in the field-takes up a basic issue: politics, the military, the legal system, civil society, gender, race, economic transition strategies, social policy and social welfare, corruption, the diaspora, memory, ideology and culture, and U.S.-Cuba relations. The author of each chapter considers three questions: How have other new democracies handled the basic issue in question? How might Cuba's unique conditions affect this area in transition? What are the likely outcomes and alternatives for a Cuba in transition? Designed with students, policy-makers, and journalists in mind, this lively and accessible volume is an essential resource.

Politics as Radical Creation - Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on Political Performativity (Hardcover, New): Christopher... Politics as Radical Creation - Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on Political Performativity (Hardcover, New)
Christopher Holman
R2,218 Discovery Miles 22 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Politics as Radical Creation examines the meaning of democratic practice through the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School. It provides an understanding of democratic politics as a potentially performative good-in-itself, undertaken not just to the extent that it seeks to achieve a certain extrinsic goal, but also in that it functions as a medium for the expression of creative human impulses. Christopher Holman develops this potential model through a critical examination of the political philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt. Holman argues that, while Arendt and Marcuse's respective theorizations each ultimately restrict the potential scope of creative human expression, their juxtaposition - which has not been previously explored - results in a more comprehensive theory of democratic existence, one that is uniquely able to affirm the creative capacities of the human being. Yielding important theoretical results that will interest scholars of each theorist and of theories of democracy more generally, Politics as Radical Creation provides a valuable means for rethinking the nature of contemporary democratic practice.

Counting the Votes - A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections (Hardcover): G.Scott Thomas Counting the Votes - A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections (Hardcover)
G.Scott Thomas
R2,253 R2,084 Discovery Miles 20 840 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This easy-to-use handbook presents a fascinating and fresh take on American presidential elections and makes a wide range of statistics available to serious researchers and political fanatics alike. Counting the Votes: A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections isn't your typical history book about presidential elections. Nor is it like most statistical analyses of election results. What this unusual book does offer is an array of innovative statistics-campaign score (CS), potential index (PI), return on potential (ROP), and equalized vote totals (EV*EQ), among others-that provides a provocative, intriguing, and fresh perspective on past presidential candidates and campaigns. Presenting information that has never been compiled and presented before, author G. Scott Thomas provides reams of statistics for all 57 presidential elections (1789 to the present) as well as essays inspired by those races that explore new interpretations of electoral trends. The book also includes lists of outstanding political performances in 179 statistical categories in addition to complete statistical records for 289 presidential candidates. The unique information and metrics introduced in this book will be invaluable to historians, political scientists, and students who are conducting research into voting trends and will serve as additional tools for their work. Includes a "Record Book of Presidential Politics" that spotlights the best and worst performances by presidential candidates highlighted in 179 statistical rankings, identifying which nominee was the youngest, came from the smallest state, and won by the smallest margin of popular votes Written by an accomplished journalist with more than three decades of experience and who has authored four books focused on national politics Provides an alphabetical directory of the career records of 289 presidential candidates between 1789 and 2012 presented in tabular form for easy reference

The Chameleon President - The Curious Case of George W. Bush (Hardcover): Clarke Rountree The Chameleon President - The Curious Case of George W. Bush (Hardcover)
Clarke Rountree
R1,741 Discovery Miles 17 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book paints 11 different portraits of the many "faces" of President George W. Bush, arguably the most controversial and fascinating modern American president, revealing the malleability of human motives and of Bush's motives in particular. George W. Bush's presidency was marred by some of the worst events in modern U.S. history: the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, the events of September 11, 2001; the quagmire of the war in Iraq; widespread fear of terrorism; Hurricane Katrina and the government's delayed, inefficient response; and the Patriot Act, which greatly increased the government's ability to access citizens' private information. Which of Bush's characteristics, influences, or internal motivations were most responsible for this polarizing President's attitudes and decisions? This book presents 11 competing views of President George W. Bush. The Chameleon President: The Curious Case of George W. Bush does not endorse a particular view of Bush; it is up to the reader to decide which portrayal best explains the 43rd president's surprisingly complex character as well as his political legacy. The author synthesizes popular claims from various sources to provide possible explanations for Bush's seemingly contradictory characteristics. Examples of the influences considered include his intelligence, immaturity, and religious beliefs; his upbringing in West Texas; his misfortune to have been in charge during a terrorist attack and a rare natural disaster; his vice president; and his unstated agendas-political, business, and family-driven.

Essays on Paula Rego - Smile When You Think About Hell (Hardcover, Hardback ed.): Maria Manuel Lisboa Essays on Paula Rego - Smile When You Think About Hell (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Maria Manuel Lisboa
R1,602 Discovery Miles 16 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Estudios de la Ocde Sobre Gobernanza Pública La Lucha Contra El Fraude En Las Subvenciones Públicas En España Aprendizaje... Estudios de la Ocde Sobre Gobernanza Pública La Lucha Contra El Fraude En Las Subvenciones Públicas En España Aprendizaje Automático Para Evaluar Los Riesgos Y Orientar Las Actividades de Control (Paperback)
Oecd
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Whites and Democracy in South Africa (Hardcover): Roger Southall Whites and Democracy in South Africa (Hardcover)
Roger Southall
R3,288 Discovery Miles 32 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Key book in Whiteness Studies that engages with the different ways in which the last white minority in Africa to give way to majority rule has adjusted to the arrival of democracy and the different modes of transition from "settlers" to "citizens". How have whites adjusted to, contributed to and detracted from democracy in South Africa since 1994? Engaging with the literature on 'whiteness' and the current trope that the democratic settlement has failed, this book provides a study of how whites in the last bastion of 'white minority rule' in Africa have adapted to the sweeping political changes they have encountered. It examines the historical context of white supremacy and minority rule, in the past, and the white withdrawal from elsewhere on the African continent. Drawing on focus groups held across the country, Southall explores the difficult issue of 'memory', how whites seek to grapple with the history of apartheid, and how this shapes their reactions to political equality. He argues that whites cannot be regarded as a homogeneous political grouping concluding that while the overwhelming majority of white South Africans feared the coming of democracy during the years of late apartheid, they recognised its inevitability. Many of their fears were, in effect, to be recognised by the Constitution, which embedded individual rights, including those to property and private schooling, alongside the important principle of proportionality of political representation. While a small minority of whites chose to emigrate, the large majority had little choice but to adjust to the democratic settlement which, on the whole, they have done - and in different ways. It was only a small right wing which sought to actively resist; others have sought to withdraw from democracy into social enclaves; but others have embraced democracy actively, either enthusiastically welcoming its freedoms or engaging with its realities in defence of 'minority rights'. Whites may have been reluctant to accept democracy, but democrats - of a sort - they have become, and notwithstanding a significant racialisation of politics in post-apartheid South Africa, they remain an important segment of the "rainbow", although dangers lurk in the future unless present inequalities of both race and class are challenged head on. African Sun Media: South Africa

1000 Indian Constitution Quiz (Paperback): 1000 Indian Constitution Quiz (Paperback)
R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Socialist Distancing (Hardcover): M Randall Turner Socialist Distancing (Hardcover)
M Randall Turner
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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