A revised and updated edition of award-winning historian Ross McMullin's acclaimed history of the Australian Labor Party - an entertaining, action-packed, warts-and-all narrative full of illuminating pen-portraits and vivid anecdotes.
The Story of the Man Who Turned Every Political Battle into a VictoryFew politicians in contemporary India command as much loyalty, are embroiled in as much controversy and exude as much political energy as D.
The intellectual biography of a Victorian Liberal polymathJames Bryce (18381922) was a leading figure in Britain's Liberal Party and a distinguished historian, a versatile scholar-politician who moved seamlessly between academia and politics.
Examining a central assumption widely accepted as being crucial in making democracy work - that politicians form a more or less accurate image of public opinion and take that perception into account when representing citizens - Politicians' Reading of Public Opinion and its Biases presents a paradox of representation.
Examining a central assumption widely accepted as being crucial in making democracy work - that politicians form a more or less accurate image of public opinion and take that perception into account when representing citizens - Politicians' Reading of Public Opinion and its Biases presents a paradox of representation.
Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our understanding of the difference women leaders make on the lives of fellow women.
Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our understanding of the difference women leaders make on the lives of fellow women.
Known today as the other speaker at Gettysburg, Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War.
Known today as the other speaker at Gettysburg, Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War.
For over three decades, mature European welfare states have been on their way into an austerity phase marked by greater needs and more insecure revenues.
For over three decades, mature European welfare states have been on their way into an austerity phase marked by greater needs and more insecure revenues.
In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (18941984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of postwar Americas foremost diplomats from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs.
In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (18941984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of postwar Americas foremost diplomats from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs.
Antes de que América Latina celebrara el triunfo definitivo de la democracia, una pregunta incómoda seguía latiendo bajo la superficie: ¿qué sucede cuando los gobiernos son elegidos por el voto popular, pero las prácticas autoritarias continúan moldeando las instituciones y limitando la participación ciudadana?
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Politik - Grundlagen und Allgemeines, Note: 2,3, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: POL 210, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ist der Bundeskanzler die mächtigste Person im politischen System Deutschland?
Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns.
This book expands knowledge of the rhetorical levers at play in the use of narratives in political discourse, whether through "e;traditional"e; speeches or digital communication.
This book expands knowledge of the rhetorical levers at play in the use of narratives in political discourse, whether through "e;traditional"e; speeches or digital communication.
This book presents a comparative analysis of the world's political dynasties classified by regime types (monarchic/republican, democratic/non-democratic).
This book presents a comparative analysis of the world's political dynasties classified by regime types (monarchic/republican, democratic/non-democratic).
This edited book is an innovative collection of studies exploring the various features of modern day political oratory in a number of Western and non-Western countries.
This edited book is an innovative collection of studies exploring the various features of modern day political oratory in a number of Western and non-Western countries.
Marking fifty years since the democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, this book traces how three countries that broke free from authoritarian rule in the mid-1970s have navigated consolidation, crisis, and the enduring tension between structural constraints and political agency to become, and remain, democracies.
An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders"A passionately engaged history of a Mussolini and an Italy caught up in the monstrous gravitational waves engendered by the coming of Third Reich.
Marking fifty years since the democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, this book traces how three countries that broke free from authoritarian rule in the mid-1970s have navigated consolidation, crisis, and the enduring tension between structural constraints and political agency to become, and remain, democracies.
An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders"A passionately engaged history of a Mussolini and an Italy caught up in the monstrous gravitational waves engendered by the coming of Third Reich.
*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year**Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian'This is the book Trump fears most.
Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns.
