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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788773079461Author Oddbjorn BukveFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint Aalborg UniversitetsforlagPublisher Aarhus University PressWeight(grams) 602g

Der Band enthalt eine Bestandsaufnahme der Struktur und Entwicklung grossstadtischer Demokratien im Ubergang zur postindustriellen Gesellschaft. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, in welcher Weise der Strukturwandel der westlichen Gesellschaften die...

Accessible and memorable for today's students, Inside Texas Politics presents Texas government through an "insider's perspective" using engaging stories, contemporary news events, and current scholarship to help students understand and analyze politics...

This study ranks the American states according to how their public policies affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. Updating, expanding, and improving upon the three previous editions of Freedom in the 50 States, the...

While this new edition will include key political developments over the last few years, California politics remains affected by the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of the state itself, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566190Author Richard J. MeagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a unique history as a part of the United States. United States suzerainty over Puerto Rico originated with the acquisition of the islands in 1898 after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. For decades, the...

This new and timely book addresses a series of questions regarding one of the most important political developments in contemporary China: the state-led democratic practice of village self-government in rural areas. Why would an authoritarian state...

State & Local Government in the United StatesBook InformationISBN 9781590330456Author M.H. TimmFormat HardbackPage Count 174Imprint Nova BiomedicalPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 560g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568331065Author Christian P. PotholmFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 522g

California: The Politics of Diversity examines the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of California, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong. In their accessible style, Lawrence and Cummins bring an informed, insightful perspective...

This collection of essays on state-local relations provides undergraduate students in political science and public administration with an overview of both cooperation and conflict in state-local relations. By engaging leading experts from around the...

This text retains all the hallmarks of Governing States and Localities - a combination of smart scholarship with journalistic writing, the effective deployment of the comparative method as an analytic approach, and the well-developed features that help...

Ohio Government and Politics provides a thorough, highly readable overview of the history, processes, and institutions of the state's government and politics. In a country increasingly divided into blue and red states, Ohio is "purple" - one of...

How do public employees win and lose their collective bargaining rights? And how can public sector labor unions protect those rights? These are the questions answered in From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging. Dominic Wells takes a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781324039266Author Melissa MichelsonImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 717g

Published since 1977 and updated every two years, the ""Almanac of Virginia Politics"" is the leading source of information on the legislative process and key players in Virginia government. The 2008 volume is invaluable for those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851248226Author Dave PutsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

The beginning of the twenty-first century was marked by the presence of more than 1.8 million New Mexicans, continued growth in the Rio Grande corridor, and changes in the state's governorship and top legislative posts. This revision of ""New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816641567Author William SitesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

As legalized gambling continues its march across America, governors are in the curious position of managing enterprises that have long been the dominion of gangsters. Until the 1960s, legalized gambling in modern America was limited to Nevada and...

Christian Political Ethics brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and...

Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as...

This book discusses several topics on food issues, policies, and safety. The topics include legal issues with federal labeling of genetically engineered food; revisions of nutrition facts label; the U.S. wine industry and selected trade issue with the...

Foreign direct investment is provoking a national debate. Local communities compete for investment projects, while many of the residents of those communities fear losing their jobs to foreign outsourcing. Some opponents argue that such job losses have a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587318047Author George J MarlinFormat HardbackImprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 540g

In this Third Edition of STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS: INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM, Donovan, Mooney, and Smith go beyond the purely descriptive treatment usually found in state and local texts. Offering an engaging comparative approach, the Third Edition shows...

This work describes the operations of a typical municipal government and examines the many productivity trends that are occurring in city halls across America. Much of the focus is on the increasing need for planning in city government to ensure that...

A down-to-earth and fact-filled discussion of New England state politics based on seven years of research and over 1,000 interviews. Originally published in 1959. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make...

This is the first major study of politics and public administration in Japan to balance the prevailing view of the regional policy process from above" with a view "from below." Developing a comparative framework for understanding the place...

Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as...

Fiscal Health for Local Governments offers a how-to approach to identifying and solving financial problems. Its principal selling point lies in its assumptions: instead of using the vocabulary and research agendas of economist, finance scholars, and...

Der englischsprachige Band fuhrt ein in die Lokal- und Regionalpolitik der mittel-osteuropaischen Reformlander. Der Band beleuchtet aktuelle Probleme der Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik in den Landern Mittel-Osteuropas, einschliesslich Russlands. Zentral...

This book focuses on certain local powers in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (ca. 2000 - 1595 B.C.), namely the chief of the city (rabianum), the elders, the "city," and the assembly. This is a novel approach to Old Babylonian history that allows...

Afghanistan's people have contended with an almost continuous series of foreign interventions in their local affairs in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only have external powers such as British India, the Soviet Un- ion, Pakistan and NATO...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551646879Author Joshua HawleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551642888Author Kirsten KozolankaFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 390g

This collection of essays on state-local relations provides undergraduate students in political science and public administration with an overview of both cooperation and conflict in state-local relations. By engaging leading experts from around the...

Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff is an engineer, a widely respected senator, and according to Caroline Kennedy he is "an inspiration to all who serve in government, and to all Americans." Senator Ratliff, nicknamed "Obi Wan Kenobi" by his...

In 2010, the governor of Arizona signed a controversial immigration bill (SB 1070) that led to a news media frenzy, copycat bills in twenty-two states, and a U.S. Supreme Court battle that put Arizona at the cross-hairs of the immigration debate. Arizona...