Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Local government and metropolitan regions in federal systems Local government and metropolitan regions in federal systems John Kincaid,N. C. Steytler This title examines the various functions of local governments within federal systems. OL16544227W
Comparative human rights Comparative human rights Richard Pierre Claude xvi, 410 pages ; 24 cm OL18222624W
Political order and political decay Political order and political decay Francis Fukuyama "The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisteria… OL19986556W
The demon in democracy The demon in democracy Ryszard Legutko "The book is written from a perspective of someone who, after having lived for many years under communism and then for more than two decades under a liberal democracy, has discovered that those two p… OL20022095W
Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities Kristof Jacobs,Niels Spierings "How have social media transformed politics in Western democracies? This book examines this question focusing on the power balance between and within parties in the Netherlands from a comparative per… OL20691889W
Deliberate Discretion? Deliberate Discretion? Charles R. Shipan,John D. Huber "The laws that legislature adopt provide a crucial opportunity for elected politicians to define public policy. But the ways politicians use laws to shape policy vary considerably across polities. In… OL20991742W
Political Systems of East Asia Political Systems of East Asia Louis D. Hayes This introduction to East Asian politics uses a thematic approach to describe the political development of China, Japan and the Koreas since the mid-19th century. It seeks to analyse the social, poli… OL2169753W