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  • Two Into One

    The Politics And Processes Of National Legislative Cameral Change

    by Lawrence D Longley ...
    Recent scholarship points to a "new institutionalism" just as recent political developments point to a trend toward democratization. If institutions matter, and if legislatures are the democratic institutions in which the voice of the people speaks, then the organization of legislatures—bi- or unicameral—has important consequences for democracy. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Democrats Must Lead

    The Case For A Progressive Democratic Party

    by James MacGregor Burns, William J Crotty, Lois Lovelace Duke, Lawrence D Longley ...
    All over the world, political parties are being born and political pluralism is being fostered. Ironically, here in the United States, the parties are blurring together ideologically, and the political process is suffering. One of the messages of this book is that a vital two-party system is essential to America’s political health. The last thing this country needs, the authors argue, is two ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Uneasy Relationships Between Parliamentary Members and Leaders

    Edited by Reuven Y. Hazan, Lawrence D. Longley ...
    The bases of uneasy member-leadership relations, their manifestation and sometimes resolution, and the consequences of member-leadership tension to effective parliamentary performace and policy-making are considered in studies ranging from Germany to the US and New Zealand and globally. ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees

    Edited by Roger H. Davidson, Lawrence D. Longley ...
    Parliaments had been expected to decline in significance at the end of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have innovated their institutional structure in parliamentary committees, not only in a few parliaments, but as a global phenomenon. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • The International Criminal Court

    A Global Civil Society Achievement

    by Marlies Glasius ...
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  • Africa and the North

    Between Globalization and Marginalization

    Edited by Ulf Engel, Gorm Rye Olsen ...
    Series series New International Relations
    An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system.This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations.The book provides a solid empirical analysis of key ... Read more

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  • Africa

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Tom Young ...
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  • Direct democracy

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    by Matt Qvortrup ...
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  • We Need to Talk About Africa

    The harm we have done, and how we should help

    by Tom Young ...
    If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible?Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world. When the same colonists withdrew from Asia there followed several decades of sustained and unprecedented growth throughout the continent. So ... Read more

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  • Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation

    The Architecture and Extension of International Trade Regulation

    by Rorden Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Political Economy
    This book explores the significance of the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as some of the issues brought into sharper focus by the Seattle demonstrations of 1999. Located within the broader study of global governance, Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation offers a critical examination of the legal framework of the WTO. The book uncovers a series of ... Read more

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  • Liberation Movements in Power

    Party and State in Southern Africa

    by Roger Southall, Roger Southall ...
    The liberation movements of Southern Africa arose to combat racism, colonialism and settler capitalism and engaged in armed struggle to establish democracy. After victory over colonial and white minority regimes, they moved into government embodying the hopes and aspirations of their mass of supporters and of widespread international solidarity movements. Even with the difficult legacies they ... Read more

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