Representative Democracy?. Geography and the British Electoral System, Hardback - David Rossiter

When people vote in a democracy, they expect the result of the election to be 'fair.' Is this true in the UK and if not, why not? This book explain...

When people vote in a democracy, they expect the result of the election to be 'fair.' Is this true in the UK and if not, why not? This book explain...

This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion, through statistical analys...

How the suppression of the slave trade and the "disposal" of liberated Africans shaped the emergence of modern humanitarianismPublisher: Yale Unive...

An original, parsimonious, and elegant explanation of why we vote or abstain in elections.Publisher: University of British Columbia PressAuthor(s):...

It is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisi...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionAt last...the public hearing she was denied...These essays reveal keen powers of analysis applied to some of the most obdurate problems ...

Reducere. The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an alre...

This book offers an original analysis of the problem of the authority of the state in democracies by focusing on the relationship between that auth...

Drawing on radical democratic theory and the ideas of political theorist Guy Debord, Rethinking the Spectacle examines the tension between spectacl...

Reducere. Vast fortunes grew out of the party system during the Gilded Age. In New York, party leaders experimented with novel ways to accumulate capital for...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and carried out its defence obligations in the Gulf before its withdraw...

Unknown story of the Rothstein family and their influence in British communism

The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the Br...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): David S. RudolfNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 36Cover type: Hardba...

Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election produced the biggest political scandal in a generation. An essential guide for anyone int...

In David Ben-Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy, Nir Kedar offers a poignant study of the primary national founder of the State of Isra...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: University Press of AmericaAuthor(s): R. B. HerathNumber of pages: 244Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 21Cover type: Paperb...

Why were economies sluggish before the pandemic? Why have interest rates paid by businesses and households been rising even though deposit rates ar...

The two volumes of The Evangelical Quadrilateral address different aspects of the Evangelical movement. The first volume deals with issues in the m...

The first ever biography of iconic British actor David Tomlinson - a journey through war, tragedy, fame and HollywoodIllustrations: 40 Illustration...

Using as its central example the British Association for the Advancement of Science this is the first book-length treatment of this leading body fo...

In this timely and fully international book, David Welch has selected fifty images to highlight the continuities and dis-continuities of mass-commu...

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 - John Darwin

Celebrating powerful voices: Represent! collects the revolutionary digital-first series!Publisher: DC ComicsAuthor(s): Alitha MartinezNumber of pag...

A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century.Publisher: Ver...

DescriptionThe first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their di...

From Roman times to the present day, this is the story of Black British history.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): David OlusogaNumber of pages: 80...

The two volumes of The Evangelical Quadrilateral address different aspects of the Evangelical movement. The first volume deals with issues in the m...

A new history of the abolition of the British slave tradePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): David RichardsonIllustration(s): 1 b-w illus.Nu...

In this concise and accessible text, David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a synthesis of research from earth sys...

The first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714-1820Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Brit...

A powerful, compelling monograph that reveals the reality of the unseen and forgotten contemporary America.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s):...

DescriptionTo all who say our democracy is broken―riven by partisanship, undermined by extremism, corrupted by wealth―history offers hope. In nearl...

The untold stories of the British talent behind the biggest movie of all time... In the sweltering heat wave of 1976, the filming of Star Wars was ...

An essential guide to electoral authoritarianism-the most widespread, malignant and misunderstood type of dictatorship today-for scholars and stude...

The first detailed and comprehensive record of the warship losses of the last 100 years. Much original research from primary sources. Indexes and c...

Featuring modern and preserved railway traction principally from the first two decades of the C 21st.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Goo...