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  • World Democratic Federalism World Democratic Federalism
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    World Democratic Federalism

    Myron J. Frankman provides an interrelated set of initiatives whose components are consistent with the logic of both the process of globalization and the emerging properties of our time: Sustainability, democratization, equal opportunity, diversity and...
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  • Politicising Democracy Politicising Democracy
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    Politicising Democracy

    There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy...
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  • Nietzsche's Machiavellian Politics Nietzsche's Machiavellian Politics
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    Nietzsche's Machiavellian Politics

    In this exciting new study, Don Dombowsky proposes that the foundation of Nietzsche's political thought is the aristocratic liberal critique of democratic society. But he claims that Nietzsche radicalizes this critique through a Machiavellian conversion,...
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  • Agencies Agencies
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    Agencies

    Many countries now use agencies rather than ministries to deliver central government services. There have been many claims about the benefits of organizing and delivering government in this way, but there has been little research into how they work in...
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  • Deviant Conduct in World Politics Deviant Conduct in World Politics
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    Deviant Conduct in World Politics

    A long list of countries - labelled outcasts, pariahs and rogues - have failed to meet international standards of good conduct. In the Cold War years Rhodesia, Israel, Chile, Taiwan and South Africa, among others, featured among the ranks of the...
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  • Congestion Charging in London Congestion Charging in London
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    Congestion Charging in London

    Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a platform that included a congestion charge for central London, a policy that became reality on 17 February 2003. Richards uses his experience as Director of a £2.5 million Government congestion charging...
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  • The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment
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    The Politics of Inclusion and Empowerment

    Globalization poses new challenges for the modern welfare state and democracies. One controversial issue is how struggles for economic equality are linked with struggles for recognition of difference according to gender, ethnicity and sexuality. The...
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  • Political Thought From Machiavelli to Stalin Political Thought From Machiavelli to Stalin
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    Political Thought From Machiavelli to Stalin

    This is the first book in English to explore the relationship between Stalin's ideas and methods, and the practices advocated by Machiavelli and those associated with 'Machiavellian' politics. It advances the concept of 'revolutionary Machiavellism' as a...
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  • Universities and the Europe of Knowledge Universities and the Europe of Knowledge
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    Universities and the Europe of Knowledge

    This is a story of the EC at work over 50 years, seen from the perspective of a developing European higher education policy. The book provides a rich background narrative to current strategic efforts to develop the Europe of Knowledge, and to the Bologna...
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  • The Ethics of the Market The Ethics of the Market
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    The Ethics of the Market

    The Ethics of the Market makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on the morality of the market by synthesizing the work of a number of liberal scholars into a systematic defence of the free market on ethical grounds. This defence addresses...
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  • Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis
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    Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis

    The world economy is on the brink of a profound crisis. The threat of global deflation and the emergence of chronic excess global capacity characterizes the contemporary phase of crisis and stagnation. Lucarelli argues that these pathological features of...
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  • Social Structure and Party Choice in Western Europe Social Structure and Party Choice in Western Europe
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    Social Structure and Party Choice in Western Europe

    This study is a comparative analysis of the relationship between social structure and party choice in eight West European countries. Oddbjørn Knutsen analyzes the comparative strength of social structural variables, and how these have changed from the...
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  • Global Encounters Global Encounters
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    Global Encounters

    How has globalization impacted on development? For Harrison, the answer lies in the international political economy, and the ways in which states have managed economic globalization - from positions of strength or weakness. Key themes emerge, such as new...
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  • The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making
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    The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making

    Steven Kettell analyzes the development of exchange rate policymaking from a Marxist perspective. He examines and provides a new means of understanding three key policymaking episodes in Britain - the return to the gold standard in 1925, membership of...
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  • Europe and the Politics of Language Europe and the Politics of Language
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    Europe and the Politics of Language

    Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? How significant is language for citizenship in contemporary Europe? Can disputed languages acquire full status? Should non-European languages receive recognition from the EU? These are among the...
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  • Britain's Long War Britain's Long War
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    Britain's Long War

    Britain's Long War assesses the process of strategic change within the British Government's position on Northern Ireland, starting with Westminster's first intervention in 1969 and ending with the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Drawing on a vast range of...
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  • Republican Legal Theory Republican Legal Theory
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    Republican Legal Theory

    Republican legal theory developed out of the jurisprudential and constitutional legacy of the Roman res publica as interpreted over two millennia in Europe and North America. In this book - the most comprehensive study of republican legal ideas to date -...
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  • Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform
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    Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform

    Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and...
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  • Japanese Modernity and Welfare Japanese Modernity and Welfare
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    Japanese Modernity and Welfare

    Challenging conventional thought on the nature of welfare and civil society in modern Japan, Ritu Vij offers an original theoretical and historical interpretation of both. Drawing upon a neo-Hegelian understanding of the formation of modern subjectivity...
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  • International Migration and the Social Sciences International Migration and the Social Sciences
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    International Migration and the Social Sciences

    How have Australia, France and Germany engaged with immigration and ethnic diversity? Are there national stereotypes that have blocked effective policy-making and exacerbated conflicts? This book looks at the role of the social sciences in national...
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  • Britain and UN Peacekeeping Britain and UN Peacekeeping
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    Britain and UN Peacekeeping

    Britain was arguably the single greatest catalyst and beneficiary of UN peacekeeping operations during the post-war period. This book analyses the reasons for this, including the post-colonial conflicts which Britain handed the UN and its determination...
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  • The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759 The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759
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    The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759

    The argument presented in this book arose from an extension to the question whether the suppression of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46, as represented by a long-standing historiographical consensus, spelled the end of Jacobite hopes, and British fears, of...
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  • Housing Decisions in Later Life Housing Decisions in Later Life
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    Housing Decisions in Later Life

    This book examines the processes by which older people make housing decisions and the impact such decisions have on the construction of their lives. Evidence is included from a major three-year research study, where older people told stories of their...
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  • Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002
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    Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002

    Swiss Foreign Policy, 1945-2002 presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of eight essays, addressing the post-war foreign policy of Switzerland. The essays deal with a diverse range of issues: general foreign policy and neutrality; defense...
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  • Third Way Economics Third Way Economics
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    Third Way Economics

    The apparent success of a 'new' variant of social democracy has created considerable interest in the Third Way. This book synthesizes a core economic strategy from the most significant Third Way administrations. It explores the theoretical foundations to...
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  • The Multinational Subsidiary The Multinational Subsidiary
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    The Multinational Subsidiary

    This book highlights the evolution of the thinking on the multinational subsidiary over a quarter of a century, from the early concerns about the 'branch plant syndrome' to very current topics relating to the Multinational Enterprise as a differentiated...
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  • The Macmillan-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1957-69 The Macmillan-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1957-69
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    The Macmillan-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1957-69

    The Macmillan-Eisenhower Correspondence provides, for the first time, an edition of the messages exchanged between Harold Macmillan and Dwight D. Eisenhower during their tenures as national leaders in the late 1950s. The collection consists of more than...
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  • The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman
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    The Social Thought of Zygmunt Bauman

    Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most important contemporary social thinkers. He has changed the way we think about the Holocaust, postmodernity and globalisation. This is the first book to discuss all of Bauman's work, from the first essays in...
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  • Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe
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    Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe

    Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe seeks to clarify the relevance, problems and consequences of operating federal systems of government in Western Europe. The book analyzes and explains varieties in the allocation of resources, the...
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  • Changing Parties Changing Parties
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    Changing Parties

    Party conferences are central to the life of political parties. They contribute to setting policy agendas, developing policy options, legitimizing policy choices, building party cohesion, motivating activists and publicizing party activities to the wider...
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  • The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime
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    The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime

    There is a struggle over governance of the global information network among national governments and international organizations, corporations and NGOs, elites and civil society. The outcome will determine how we communicate, the extent of our civil...
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  • Women Making Constitutions Women Making Constitutions
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    Women Making Constitutions

    This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries...
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  • Reinventing Accountability Reinventing Accountability
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    Reinventing Accountability

    A deepening crisis in accountability in developing democracies has triggered much debate on accountability and the mechanisms needed for overcoming deficiencies of democracy. This book analyzes a wide variety of contemporary efforts to reform...
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  • Political Parties in New Democracies Political Parties in New Democracies
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    Political Parties in New Democracies

    Ingrid van Biezen provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of party formation and organizational development in recently established democracies. She focuses on four democracies in Southern and East-Central Europe and addresses political parties...
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  • Nationalism, Violence and Democracy Nationalism, Violence and Democracy
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    Nationalism, Violence and Democracy

    Ludger Mees offers the first comprehensive study of one of Europe's most protracted ethnic conflicts. He carefully analyzes both the historical roots of the conflict and its later growing violent dimension. Special attention is paid to the framing of a...
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  • Toward Assimilation and Citizenship Toward Assimilation and Citizenship
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    Toward Assimilation and Citizenship

    This book surveys a new trend in immigration studies, which one could characterize as a turn away from multicultural and postnational perspectives, toward a renewed emphasis on assimilation and citizenship. Looking both at state policies and migrant...
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  • China's Transition to a Global Economy China's Transition to a Global Economy
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    China's Transition to a Global Economy

    How has China approached the global economy? Webber, Wang and Zhu attempt to answer this question through analysis of the concepts of globalization, transition and regionalization. China's approach has been experimental, stressing the liberalization of...
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  • British Devolution and European Policy-Making British Devolution and European Policy-Making
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    British Devolution and European Policy-Making

    In 1999 the Blair government introduced British devolution as part of a major programme of constitutional reform. This development posed major questions concerning how relations with the European Union would be affected. Previously, policymaking in the...
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  • Value and the World Economy Today Value and the World Economy Today
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    Value and the World Economy Today

    Value and the World Economy Today brings together a diverse group of globally renowned scholars of international political economy and critical economics to examine the relevance of value theory for understanding the world economy today. The book is...
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  • Holistic Philosophical Studies presents Direct Democracy Holistic Philosophical Studies presents Direct Democracy
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    Holistic Philosophical Studies presents Direct Democracy

    There are four philosophical elements within religious\political philosophy: Capitalism, Moralism, Humanism, and Socialism. Between these all-political parties exist: Such as Capitalism + Moralism = Republican Political Philosophy. Socialism + Humanism =...
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  • Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts
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    Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts

    First published in 1998. Adolescent development and well-being are both affected by socio-political change, political violence, immigrant status and various types of cultural, social and institutional diversity. These are realities faced by many...
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