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  • Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance

    Edición de Kidane Mengisteab, Gerard Hagg ...
    Series series African Governance
    Most African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems. Most African countries are also characterized by parallel institutions of governance – one is the state sanctioned (formal) system and the other is the traditional system, which is adhered to, primarily but not exclusively, by the segments of the ... Leer más

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  • Game Change

    Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime

    The gripping inside story of the 2008 presidential election, by two of the best political reporters in the country."It's one of the best books on politics of any kind I've read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22." — The Financial Times"It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the ... Leer más

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  • The Final Days

    “An extraordinary work of reportage on the epic political story of our time” (Newsweek)—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthors of All the President’s Men.The Final Days is the #1 New York Times bestselling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon’s dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post ... Leer más

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  • The Rise of Athens

    The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

    A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and HadrianFilled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world—from the democratic revolution that marked its beginning, ... Leer más

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  • Nigeria

    Dancing on the Brink

    de John Campbell ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    Nigeria, the United States’ most important strategic partner in West Africa, is in grave trouble. While Nigerians often claim they are masters of dancing on the brink without falling off, the disastrous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the radical Islamic insurrection Boko Haram, and escalating violence in the delta and the north may finally provide the impetus that pushes it into ... Leer más

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  • Degrees of Inequality

    How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream

    America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates. Higher education is evolving into a caste system with separate and unequal tiers that take in students from different socio-economic backgrounds and leave them more unequal than ... Leer más

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  • Democracy and Prebendalism in Nigeria

    Critical Interpretations

    Edición de W. Adebanwi, E. Obadare ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Richard Joseph's seminal 1987 book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria represented a watershed moment in the understanding of the political dynamics of Nigeria. This groundbreaking collection brings together scholars from across disciplines to assess the significance of Joseph's work and the current state of Nigerian politics. ... Leer más

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  • Party Systems and Democracy in Africa

    Edición de R. Doorenspleet, L. Nijzink ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere. ... Leer más

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    Representations, Actors, Interventions and the Path to Recovery

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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  • Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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    Edición de Emmanuel Agius, Salvino Busuttil ...
    Series series Earthscan Law and Sustainable Development
    Sustainable development requires consideration of the quality of life that future generations will be able to enjoy, and as the adjustment to sustainable lifestyles gathers momentum, the rights of future generations and our responsibility for their wellbeing is becoming a central issue. In this, the first book to address this emerging area of international law, leading experts examine the legal ... Leer más

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  • Globalization, Democracy and Oil Sector Reform in Nigeria

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    The Nigerian state has been oil-rich for decades, and yet perennially incapable of converting its oil resources into wealth for ordinary Nigerians. Adeoye O. Akinola tackles this “vexed” oil question by examining the political economy of efforts to deregulate the Nigerian downstream oil industry. Focusing on themes of globalization and democratization, this book considers how a resource-rich ... Leer más

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