When Cities Lobby. How Local Governments Compete for Power in State Politics, Paperback - ***

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Julia (Assistant Professor of Politics, Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University) Pays...

Reducere. DescriptionImagine a system in which a private company offers you protection of life, liberty and property as a "government service provider". This...

DescriptionPower and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes ho...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sarah F. AnziaIllustration(s): 20 line drawings, 34 tablesNumber of pages: 320Publication date...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sarah F. AnziaIllustration(s): 20 line drawings, 34 tablesNumber of pages: 312Publication date...

This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandest...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Anton GardnerAuthor: John PickeringAuthor: Philip HarndenDon't permit your organization to be lulled into complacency after...

Reducere. DescriptionSegregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how...

This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandest...

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Reducere. Aceasta carte face parte din Dezvaluiri a editurii Antet.Mearsheimer si Walt spun, in sfarsit, ceea ce multi au inteles de ani buni: influenta lobb...

Reducere. For 20 years Guide to State Legislative Lobbying has been for novices and professionals the hands-on, how-to, best-practices primer for designing a...

Provides guidance for national and local policymakers on the management of their assets in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ...

Hyper-active Governance is a new way of thinking about governing that gets beyond simplistic debates about whether the state is more or less powerf...

Is it in our best interest to compete or to cooperate?Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive and that pursuing our self-interes...

Reducere. Tools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to...

In the midst of turmoil in the Middle East, and in the face of protests and demonstrations from Homs to Damascus and other places all over Syria, t...

Reducere. Israel and its American lobby have committed audacious but generally unknown crimes against the United States. The government has long kept files a...

This intelligence guide was prepared in response to requests from law enforcement executives for guidance in intelligence functions in a post-Septe...

DescriptionA discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea and why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upse...

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Reducere. Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push Franc...

DescriptionMost autocrats now hold unfair elections, yet how they compete in them and manipulate them differs greatly. How Autocrats Compete advanc...

Reducere. Written in a light and easy-to-read style, Mastering Council Meetings will save time, give you confidence and empower your council for effective di...

This book provides state-of-the-art tools for best practice in the procurement of services at state and local levels, throughout the procurement cy...

A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present dayPublisher: Yale Uni...

Reducere. How governments, telecom and electric power utilities suppress the truth about the known hazards of electro-magnetic field (EMF) radiation.

Reducere. Local Area Coordination is one of the most important and promising social innovations in the world today. This book provides an up-to-date account ...

In State, Power, Socialism, the leading theorist of the state and European communism advances a vigorous critique of contemporary Marxist theories ...

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Reducere. Beneath the outward appearance of legitimate government and accountable officials there lurk hidden agendas, shadowy personalities and special inte...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Larry PooleMilitary strategists in four countries have boasted that they can cripple the U.S. with an EMP attack. Other cou...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book explores how Diasporic Black women engage in politics, highlighting three dimensions--citizenship, power, and justice--that ar...

DescriptionGet ready to run for--and win--that local election In the land of opportunity, just about anyone who qualifies as an elector can seek pu...

Reducere. The Israel lobby exerts incredible power and influence over America. Some identify only one organization, the American Israel Public Affairs Commit...

The Israeli army invaded Ramallah in March 2002. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh's road; Israeli soldiers patrolled from the rooftops. Fou...

Reducere. DescriptionIn his new book, G ran Therborn - author of the now standard comparative work on classical sociology and historical materialism, Science...

Through varied case studies this original book compares changes between Northern and Southern European countries, bigger and smaller cities over 10...

The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century. The discovery of oil in 1938 rapidly transformed the...

DescriptionExpanding the insights of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault's Disorderly Families into policing, public order, (in)justice, and daily li...

Praise for Mastering the Complex Sale "Jeff Thull's process plays a key role in helping companies and their customers cross the chasm with disrupti...

This book traces the development of the discourse used by the pro-life movement since the 1970s, and its relationship to public policy efforts at t...

Provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system, in which poor relief policies have replaced e...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jane F. McAleveyThe crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its...