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  • Tafelberg Short: Nkandla - The end of Zuma?

    The End of Zuma?

    by City Press ...
    Series series Tafelberg Kort/Tafelberg Short
    The R250-million upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla estate have tainted his image in the eyes of South Africa and the world. It may even signal the demise of his presidency. The story of Nkandla goes back to 2004 and Zuma’s connection to Shabir Shaik. In the ensuing years, there have been numerous reports about the lavish spending at the president’s home and in the Nkandla district, and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Open and Shut

    Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper

    by John Ibbitson ...
    Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American, the first ever black presidential candidate. As Ibbitson remarks, "What were Canadians being offered ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • False Choices

    The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton

    Edited by Liza Featherstone ...
    Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most powerful women in world politics, and the irrational right-wing hatred of Clinton has fed her progressive appeal, helping turn her into a feminist icon. To get a woman in the White House, it’s thought, would be an achievement for all women everywhere, a kind of trickle-down feminism.In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mantle of feminist ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Against the Death Penalty

    by Stephen Breyer ...
    A landmark dissenting opinion arguing against the death penalty.Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues that it does; that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently and, thus, violates the ban on ""cruel and unusual punishments"" specified by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.Today’s administration of the death penalty ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Kant's International Relations

    The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace

    by Sean Patrick Molloy ...
    Why does Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) consistently invoke God and Providence in his most prominent texts relating to international politics? In this wide-ranging study, Seán Molloy proposes that texts such as Idea for a Universal History with Cosmopolitan Intent and Toward Perpetual Peace cannot be fully understood without reference to Kant’s wider philosophical projects, and in particular the role ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The IMF and Economic Development

    by James Raymond Vreeland ...
    Why do governments turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and with what effects? This book argues that governments enter IMF programs for economic and political reasons, and finds that the effects are negative on economic growth and income distribution. By bringing in the IMF, governments gain political leverage - via conditionality - to push through unpopular policies. Note that if ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Asia's New Battlefield

    The USA, China and the Struggle for the Western Pacific

    by Richard Javad Heydarian ...
    This compact, insightful book offers an up-to-the-minute guide to understanding the evolution of maritime territorial disputes in East Asia, exploring their legal, political-security and economic dimensions against the backdrop of a brewing Sino-American rivalry for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. It traces the decades-long evolution of Sino-American relations in Asia, and how this pivotal ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • EU External Relations and Systems of Governance

    The CFSP, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Migration

    by Paul James Cardwell ...
    Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
    This book takes a fresh look at the external relations of the European Union (EU) and in particular the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Rather than focusing exclusively on the competence aspects of the institutions and actors, the book makes the case that the CFSP can be understood as a system of governance, which produces effects beyond the traditional tools associated with foreign ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Quality of Democracy in Africa

    Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages

    by Jonathan van Eerd ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government remains dominated by one major political party. If an institutionalized and strong opposition party – even when too weak to take power – challenges the dominant government party, the quality of democracy improves substantially. The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Politics on the Internet

    A Student Guide

    by Steve Buckler, David Dolowitz ...
    The Internet is revolutionizing the way we live and interact with the world and is also changing the way we study. When it comes to politics we are faced with an immense volume of information which is often overwhelming, but properly harnessed can be inspiring and enlightening.This indispensable new text equips the reader with the key skills needed to cut through the mass of material the web ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The European Court's Political Power

    Selected Essays

    by Karen Alter ...
    Karen Alter's work on the European Court of Justice heralded a new level of sophistication in the political analysis of the controversial institution, through its combination of legal understanding and active engagement with theoretical questions. The European Court's Political Power assembles the most important of Alter's articles written over a fourteen year span, adding an original new ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Integrating the Third Tier in the Indian Federal System

    Two Decades of Rural Local Governance

    by Debabani Chakravarty, Atul Sarma ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses the evolution of the third tier of the Indian federal system, with a focus on rural local governance (commonly known as Panchayati Raj) against the backdrop of important theoretical and empirical literature on the relevance and effectiveness of service delivery in the decentralized system. It evaluates the quintessence of the functioning of the Panchayati Raj in the past two ... Read more

    $49.99 USD