This magisterial account traces the history of Western thinking about strategy from antiquity to the present day. Assessing sources from Vegetius onwards, and with a particular focus on strategy since the Napoleonic Wars, Heuser explores themes ranging... Zobraziť viac
Exploring the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, which is a crucial issue, Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods provides a broad, comprehensive perspective on the field. This book examines the historical... Zobraziť viac
The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East, edited by Joel Peters, analyzes the response of the European Union to recent uprisings in the Middle East. The past year has witnessed a wave of popular... Zobraziť viac
Offers a First Amendment approach to defend against governmental censorship of the newest form of technological expression: robotic speech. Zobraziť viac
Analyzes the dynamics of party building and explores the attitudes, skills and experiences of radical right activists in eleven countries. Zobraziť viac
The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for her international standing. This is the first study to analyse the... Zobraziť viac
The third in Robert Greene's bestselling series is now available in a pocket sized concise edition. Following 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction, here is a brilliant distillation of the strategies of war to help you wage triumphant battles ... Zobraziť viac
Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunder. It heralded the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an operation intended to ... Zobraziť viac
The second biggest-selling book ever published. In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that ... Zobraziť viac
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st ... Zobraziť viac
There was a huge upsurge of global interest in US politics during the Trump presidency, culminating in the November 2020 election, the victory of the Democrat candidate Joe Biden and the subsequent, horrifying response ... Zobraziť viac
'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen JonesIt's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled ... Zobraziť viac
In Mission Failure, Mandelbaum argues that, in the past 25 years, U.S. foreign policy has undergone a significant shift. Historically, U.S. foreign policy was oriented primarily toward threat reduction, but the U.S. military has turned in recent years... Zobraziť viac
Robert Elgie examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. There are over 50 countries with a semi-presidential constitution. This book shows that the president-parliamentary sub-type is more likely to be associated... Zobraziť viac
This book analyzes whether citizens blame and credit European Union (EU) institutions for policy failures and successes, and how that matters when people make decisions about those institutions. Zobraziť viac
The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as "Beltway bandit" and "boondoggle," "angry white male" and "leg treasurer," "juice... Zobraziť viac
During the last twenty years the world has experienced a sharp rise in the number of international courts and tribunals, and a correlative expansion of their jurisdictions. This book draws on social sciences to provide a clear, goal-orientated... Zobraziť viac
The Limits of Electoral Reform examines a variety of reforms, including campaign finance, direct democracy, legislative term limits, and changes to the electoral system itself. This study finds electoral reforms have limited, and in many cases, no... Zobraziť viac
This book analyses the relationship between the media and politics in new democracies in Europe and other parts of the world. Zobraziť viac
This handbook presents state of the art research on populism from the perspective of Political Science. Zobraziť viac