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26 produkter
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations
Av Garrett W Brown, Iain McLean m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
177 kr
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This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and …
State of the Union
Av Alistair McMillan, Iain McLean
E-bok, 2005
1586 kr
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This is the first survey of Unionism, the ideology of most of the rulers of the United Kingdom for the last 300 years. Because it was taken so much for granted, it has never been properly studied. Now that we stand in the twilight of Unionism, it is possible to see it as it casts its long shadow …
What's Wrong with the British Constitution?
Av Iain McLean
E-bok, 2009
542 kr
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In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to be both positive and normative: that is, to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. In fact, it fails to do either; it is not a …
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations
Av Alistair McMillan, Iain McLean m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
135 kr
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This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and …
Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Barbara Maria Piotrowska, Iain McLean m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
1283 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK''s fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Barbara Maria Piotrowska, Iain McLean m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
1283 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK''s fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
Governing England
English Identity and Institutions in a Changing United Kingdom
Av Kenny, Michael Kenny m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
962 kr
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England is ruled directly from Westminster by institutions and parties that are both English and British. The non-recognition of England reflects a longstanding assumption of 'unionist statecraft' that to draw a distinction between what is English and what is British risks destabilising the union …
Rational Choice and British Politics
An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Av Iain McLean
Häftad, 2001
1167 kr
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This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical narrative history to the great turning points in …
Rational Choice and British Politics
An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair
Av Iain McLean
Inbunden, 2001
3602 kr
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This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical narrative history to the great turning points in …
The Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Christopher Hood, Maia King m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1402 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK's fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
State of the Union
Av Iain McLean, Alistair McMillan
Inbunden, 2005
2847 kr
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This is the first survey of Unionism, the ideology of most of the rulers of the United Kingdom for the last 300 years. Because it was taken so much for granted, it has never been properly studied. Now that we stand in the twilight of Unionism, it is possible to see it as it casts its long shadow …
What's Wrong with the British Constitution?
Av Iain McLean
Inbunden, 2009
2800 kr
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In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to be both positive and normative: that is, to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. In fact, it fails to do either; it is not a …
What's Wrong with the British Constitution?
Av Iain McLean
Häftad, 2012
825 kr
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In this provocative new study, Iain McLean argues that the traditional story of the British constitution does not make sense. It purports to be both positive and normative: that is, to describe both how people actually behave and how they ought to behave. In fact, it fails to do either; it is not a …
Classics of Social Choice
Inbunden, 1995
1295 kr
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Pioneering contributions to social choice and voting from Pliny to Lewis Carroll
Public Choice
An Introduction
Av Iain McLean
Häftad, 1987
608 kr
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The 1968 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to one of the founders of public choice theory, James Buchanan, yet many people have only the vaguest idea what public choice is. The book offers and unusually clear and accessible introduction to an important subject. McLean examines the workings of …
Democracy and New Technology
Av Iain McLean
Inbunden, 1989
993 kr
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In this accessible new book, Iain McLean explores the impact of information technology on democracy. Combining democratic theory, social choice theory and description of new technology at work in Europe and the USA, McLean explores democracy as it is and as it could be. The author begins in ancient …
Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian
An Interpretation for the 21st Century
Av Iain McLean
Inbunden, 2006
571 kr
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Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the ExchequerThis book aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of The Wealth of Nations, was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is still frequently depicted. Smith’s “right-wing” reputation was sealed after his …
Legally Married
Love and Law in the UK and the US
Häftad, 2013
323 kr
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What does it really mean to be legally married? The answer seems to vary depending on the cultures, religions and laws of different countries. From English teenagers eloping to Gretna Green to tie the knot without their parents' permission, to whether a wife can own property, it’s clear that …
Scotland’s Choices
The Referendum and What Happens Afterwards
Av Iain McLean, Jim Gallagher m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
227 kr
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Scotland faces its biggest choice since the 1707 union – should Scotland be an independent country? The Yes and No campaigns are well under way but with the vote looming closer the information available to the public is still limited. The Scottish people will have to make their own judgments, and …
Options for Britain II
Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges
Av Varun Uberoi, Adam Coutts m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
260 kr
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Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges offers an assessment of the last decade of British public policy that cuts across policy areas, such as measuring public sector performance, the role of the state, regulation, and Britain’s relationship with the EU. …
Thomas Jefferson's Enlightenment
English, Scottish and French Influences on the Third US President
Av Iain McLean
Inbunden, 2024
1248 kr
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Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightenment: English, Scottish and French Influences on the Third US President retraces Jefferson’s intellectual history. His education in rural Virginia exposed him first to the Latin and Greek classics, then to the political and legal thought of opposition (‘country’) Whigs …
Legend of Red Clydeside
Av Iain McLean
E-bok, 2000
315 kr
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This text analyzes what really happened in Glasgow in the tumultuous years following World War I. It shows the real improvements in social conditions, and explores the impact of these years on the coming dominance of the Labour party in the west of Scotland.
International Trade and Political Institutions
Instituting Trade in the Long Nineteenth Century
Av Fiona McGillivay, Iain McLean m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1894 kr
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It is a widely held view that politics plays an important role in determining international trade policy. Defining precisely why, and how, politics matters is more difficult. Despite the benefits of trade, few nations have wholeheartedly adopted free trade policies, and when they do so it is by …
CONDORCET
Foundations of Social Choice and Political Theory
Inbunden, 1994
2575 kr
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The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-94) was a founding father of social science. He believed that what he called the moral sciences could be studied by the same exacting methods as the natural sciences, and he developed many of the tools for doing so. Condorcet has had two quite unconnected reputations: …
Aberfan
Government and Disaster
Häftad, 2019
302 kr
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On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and beyond.Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely …
