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Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers presents a simple, economic framework for understanding the systematic causes of political change. Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López take up three interrelated questions: Why do democracies generate policies that impose net costs on society? Why do such policies persist over long periods of time, even if they are known to be socially wasteful and better alternatives exist? And, why do certain wasteful...
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James Q. Wilson is the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of many books and has served on numerous national commissions concerned with public policy.
A major work by one of America's eminent political scientists, Political Organizations has had a profound impact on how we view the influence of interest groups on policymaking. James Wilson wrote this book to counter...
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The Toilet Paper Party Guide to Expressing Yourself to Congress, subtitled What to Say, How to Say It, Where to Send It, is a simple, user friendly, do-it-yourself manual. With this easy to read book and congressional directory, you have everything you need to successfully communicate with Congress. Clearly written expert advice and tips from Washington, D.C. insiders make it possible for anyone to have their voice heard. The book includes a comprehensive...
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Faith in the UK's political system has reached new lows. Politicians and commentators are lining up to offer answers, but what if the problem goes beyond left and right, trust and bureaucracy? What if the system puts too much power in the hands of politicians in London and not enough in the hands of ordinary people? This important book addresses a key issue of our time: where should power and governance lie in our democracy? Simon Parker, a leading...
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Die westliche Welt ist Veränderungen ausgesetzt ist, die zu ihrem Niedergang und dem Verlust der Zweitausendjährigen Herrschaft über den Rest der Welt führen wird. Diese Entwicklungen und die darauf basierende Analyse des Autors werden in dem mehrteiligen Buch über den tiefen Fall des Westens beschrieben.
Der Autor sieht, dass Dreiviertel der Welt nicht mehr bereit ist, die Hegemonie des weißen Mannes und des Westens weiter hinzunehmen. Der...
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Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince has been one of the most widely read and quoted book about politics during the past five centuries. But, in the democracies of the information age, new ideas are needed to make government prosper through the next century. Now, Dick Morris, who contributed significantly to President Clinton's reelection in 1996 and, during the previous two decades, helped many public officials (Democrats and Republicans alike) gain...
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¿Por qué la fuerza política que sacó al país de su peor crisis y encabezó durante doce años las transformaciones más profundas de la Argentina contemporánea perdió las elecciones en diciembre de 2015? ¿Por qué por primera vez en nuestra historia la derecha neoliberal pudo llegar al gobierno por la vía electoral? ¿Qué fue lo que sucedió? Las respuestas a estos interrogantes exigen reflexiones y discusiones que aún hoy son una asignatura...
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La organización que plantean las democracias representativas postula adversarios políticos, quienes son parte necesaria en los sistemas democráticos. En este sentido, las maneras de promover el voto ciudadano por parte de los diferentes partidos políticos se hace privilegiando los gustos y emociones que le pueden suscitar al votante y menos las razones por las cuales merecen ser reconocidos por los ciudadanos.
En el arte de la persuasión electoral...
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For more than four decades, polarized politics in America has been driven by a vicious scandal machine comprised of partisan politicians, extremists on the left and right, and a sensationalist media energized by bringing public officials down. In this sorely needed book Lanny Davis, who has been in the belly of the beast as Special Counsel to the Clinton White House, explains--starting with historical scandals like Alexander Hamilton's extramarital...
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This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by transcending ethnonational categories of "us" and "them." Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it provides a constructive agenda for critical nationalism studies.
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The Egyptian protests in early 2011 took many by surprise. In the days immediately following, commentators wondered openly over the changing situation across the Middle East. But protest is nothing new to Egypt, and labor activism and political activism, most notably the Kifaya (Enough) movement, have increased dramatically over recent years. In hindsight, it is the durability of the Mubarak regime, not its sudden loss of legitimacy that should be...
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Der globale Kapitalismus schreitet zunehmend voran. Lediglich 147 Konzerne - so Schweizer Wissenschaftler - steuern und kontrollieren die gesamte Weltwirtschaft und damit auch unser Leben. Die wahre Macht liege demnach nicht mehr bei den Staatsorganen, sondern bei internationalen Großkonzernen.
Wie kam diese Entwicklung zustande und was können wir selbst für unser eigenes Leben und für die Gesellschaft dagegen unternehmen?
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Liberal e hispánico no son términos que suelan ir asociados. Sin embargo, tanto en la América hispanohablante como en España el liberalismo ha sido, al menos desde 1812, un eje de pensamiento político y una asignatura pendiente que quizá haya llegado el momento de aprobar.
Doscientos años mas tarde de la firma de la Constitución español ¿dónde están hoy los liberales españoles? ¿Y los liberales peruanos, los argentinos o los mexicanos?...
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This book-the culmination of a truly collaborative international and highly interdisciplinary effort-brings together Japanese and American political scientists, nuclear engineers, historians, and physicists to examine the Fukushima accident from a new and broad perspective. It explains the complex interactions between nuclear safety risks (the causes and consequences of accidents) and nuclear security risks (the causes and consequences of sabotage...
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The description for this book, Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics, will be forthcoming. "This is one of the most important books in political science to have been published in the post-World War II era. It is a book indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary American politics and public opinion."---Bernard Grofman, International Journal of Public Opinion Research
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Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To reduce these inequalities, we need a better understanding of how the disadvantaged become motivated to participate. Moved to Action fills the current gap in this area of research by examining the commitments and pathways through which the underprivileged become engaged in...
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Christopher Howard is Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary.
Despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars and subsidizing everything from homeownership and child care to health insurance, tax expenditures (commonly known as tax loopholes) have received little attention from those who study American government. This oversight has contributed to an incomplete and misleading portrait of U.S. social policy. Here Christopher...
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En la primera década del siglo XXI, la Comunidad Valenciana ha atraído la atención de la opinión pública las amplias mayorías electorales del Partido Popular, la política de grandes y costosos eventos -con las consiguientes inversiones públicas- y por la notoriedad de las causas judiciales relacionadas con la corrupción política que salpican a los principales dirigentes del PP y del gobierno autónomo. La anomalía valenciana emerge como...
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