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  • Critique of Exotica
    John Hutnyk
    In this book, John Hutnyk questions the meaning of cultural hybridity. Using the growing popularity of Asian culture in the West as a case study, he looks at just who benefits from this intermingling of culture. Focusing on music, race and politics, Hutnyk offers a cogently theorised critique of the culture industry. He looks at artists such as Asian Dub Foundation, FunDaMental...
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    47,27 €

  • The free speech wars
    Charlotte Lydia Riley
    This book is a timely intervention into the apparently growing culture wars around free speech as a political and social issue. These debates take form on university campuses, social media, mainstream press and elsewhere. The book will focus on the weaponisation of the concept in these areas, as well as providing a strong historical and comparative context. ...
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    25,65 €

  • The free speech wars
    Charlotte Lydia Riley
    This book is a timely intervention into the apparently growing culture wars around free speech as a political and social issue. These debates take form on university campuses, social media, mainstream press and elsewhere. The book will focus on the weaponisation of the concept in these areas, as well as providing a strong historical and comparative context. ...
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    144,52 €

  • Mordet På Demokratiet
    Clement Harbinger Bane
    Clement Harbinger Bane har samlet trådene i århundredets forbrydelse ved at dokumentere hvordan demokratiet på systematisk vis er blevet afviklet. Bogen dækker et bredt spektrum af emner - heriblandt den 'fundamentale løgn' - den omfattende historieforfalskning i forbindelse med den tyske besættelse af Danmark. Ydermere bliver læserne gjort bekendt med den totalitære overvågnin...
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    40,13 €

  • Critical theory and demagogic populism
    Paul Jones / Paul K. Jones
    This is the first study to make a detail case for the Frankfurt School’s relevance to understanding contemporary populism. It reconstructs their analysis of ’modern demagogy’ and demonstrates its advantages over orthodox ’populism studies’ and the work of Laclau. The book also extends the Institute’s analysis to assess ’counter-demagogic’ forces. ...
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    157,15 €

  • The Naked God
    Howard Fast
    2020 Reprint of the 1957 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Howard Fast (1914-2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City ...
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    16,64 €

  • Rage or Reason
    Vincent H. L. Michaels / Vincent HLMichaels
    It is an attribute of youth to be passionate and many US Millennials champion causes they find worthwhile. However, they often choose their favorite causes because of their 'feel good' characteristics rather than being based on solid arguments. Too often, Millennials are unaware of history and that similar former youths in their days enthusiastically championed equivalent grand...
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    4,08 €

  • Cómo salir voluntariamente del Estado tecnocrático
    Derrick Broze / Samuel E. Konkin / Samuel EKonkin
    A medida que la humanidad entra en la tercera década del siglo XXI, nos encontramos en el precipicio de una Era Tecnocrática donde la inteligencia artificial (IA), la tecnología inteligente y el internet de las cosas se convierten en parte de la vida cotidiana. Esta tecnología proporciona bene-ficios, pero tiene un costo: las corporaciones, los gobiernos, las fuerzas del orden ...
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    19,01 €

  • More Trump in Limericks
    R. J. Crane
    More Trump in Limericks is a sequel to my first book: Trump in Limericks. There’s over 100 limericks in this book and lots of illustrations including some original artwork by Lesli Weston. This book is also printed on higher quality coated paper so it makes the perfect gift for all your Trump-hating friends. More Trump in Limericks captures much of the craziness in the final ye...
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    15,18 €

  • Following Franco
    Duncan Wheeler
    This book interrogates the interrelationship between culture and politics during the Spanish transition to democracy. Drawing on both high and popular culture, it critically interrogates the stakes of the Transition and reveals how its consequences continue to inform political debate. ...
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    42,43 €

  • 李慎之与美国所(Li Shenzhi and the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Edition)
    中筠 资 / 于轼 茅 / 慎之 李 / 李 慎之 / 茅 于轼 / 资 中筠
    李慎之,曾任中国社会科学院副院长、中华美国学会会长。 1923年生于无锡,1945年毕业于燕京大学经济系, 后进入新华日报、新华社,负责编辑出版为高层内部阅读的《参考资料》和《参考消息》。曾担任周恩来、邓小平和赵紫阳的外交秘书或顾问并陪同出国访问。中共十二大中央工作报告国际部分撰稿负责人。1957年因为倡导'大民主'被钦定为右派。1980年负责筹建中国社科院美国研究所并担任美国所首任所长。1985年任中国社会科学院副院长兼美国所所长, 1989年后离职。晚年致力于自由主义研究, 被誉为中国世纪之交思想领域的领军人物。 1999年他的《风雨苍黄五十年--国庆夜独语》震撼海內外,一时洛阳纸贵。2003年病逝于北京。本书是李慎之去世之后, 由美国所的同事自发组织撰写的纪念文集, 作者包括美国所第二任所长资中筠, 第三任所长王緝思, 著名学者茅于轼、任东来等...
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    23,91 €

  • European E-Democracy in Practice
    Georg Aichholzer / Ralf Lindner / Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen
    This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practi...
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    91,98 €

  • European E-Democracy in Practice
    Georg Aichholzer / Ralf Lindner / Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen
    This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practi...
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    76,46 €

  • Citizen Lobby
    Leif Thomas Olsen
    The Internet holds endless opportunities for exchange and dialogue and the promise of developing a better democratic model. Day-to-day politics are largely driven by economic lobbies in the interest of what Habermas calls their „generalised particularism,' the threat to take jobs and tax revenues elsewhere. Citizens’ influence over politicians is twofold: they are asked for the...
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    43,80 €

  • Citizen Lobby
    Leif Thomas Olsen
    The Internet holds endless opportunities for exchange and dialogue and the promise of developing a better democratic model. Day-to-day politics are largely driven by economic lobbies in the interest of what Habermas calls their „generalised particularism,' the threat to take jobs and tax revenues elsewhere. Citizens’ influence over politicians is twofold: they are asked for the...
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    58,17 €

  • Democracy Under Stress
    Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski / Ursula J van Beek
    This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are gl...
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    64,58 €

  • Democracy Under Stress
    Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski / Ursula J van Beek
    This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are gl...
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    49,08 €

  • Rethinking Pakistan
    Rethinking Pakistan brings together some of the best minds of the country and invites them to reflect upon the most pressing issues that it is facing in all spheres, including politics, external relations, environment, human rights, gender relations, religious fundamentalism, education, and freedom of expression. This edited collection is highly accessible to everyone. ...
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    180,07 €

  • The Silent Thought
    Charlie Wurz
    Silent thought! What is it? And what do we do about it?When we consider what the silent thought is, it is important to see the implications of taking or not taking a thought to verbal expression or action. We are approaching a critical crossroads in the American way of life; as the 2016 and 2020 presidential election results will have profound consequences.At times, we all fail...
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    21,40 €

  • The Silent Thought
    Charlie Wurz
    Silent thought! What is it? And what do we do about it?When we consider what the silent thought is, it is important to see the implications of taking or not taking a thought to verbal expression or action. We are approaching a critical crossroads in the American way of life; as the 2016 and 2020 presidential election results will have profound consequences.At times, we all fail...
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    10,46 €

  • Malawi
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    128,34 €

  • Impact of Political Socialization on the Support for Democratic Principles
    Allison Clark Ellis
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    196,20 €

  • Voting Rights in America
    Kyle Kreider / Richard Glenn
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    81,70 €

  • The Masks of the Political God
    Luca Ozzano
    The book analyses the influence of religion on political parties and party politics in contemporary democracies. To do so, it compares five cases of democracies belonging to different geographic-cultural areas, and marked by different religious majorities: India, Israel, Italy, Turkey, and the US. The time span of the analysis is the period between 1980 (year which can be conve...
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    162,18 €

  • DEMOCRACY
    Joss Sheldon
    THEY SAY WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE FREE AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL.But just how 'Free' are we? How democratic are our so-called 'Democracies'?Is it enough to simply elect our leaders and sit back, helpless, as they rule over us like dictators? What good is selecting our politicians, if we cannot control our media, police or soldiers? If we must blindly follow our teachers’ ...
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    24,36 €

  • DEMOCRACY
    Joss Sheldon
    THEY SAY WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE FREE AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL.But just how 'Free' are we? How democratic are our so-called 'Democracies'?Is it enough to simply elect our leaders and sit back, helpless, as they rule over us like dictators? What good is selecting our politicians, if we cannot control our media, police or soldiers? If we must blindly follow our teachers’ ...
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    24,22 €

  • DEMOCRACY
    Joss Sheldon
    THEY SAY WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE FREE AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL.But just how 'Free' are we? How democratic are our so-called 'Democracies'?Is it enough to simply elect our leaders and sit back, helpless, as they rule over us like dictators? What good is selecting our politicians, if we cannot control our media, police or soldiers? If we must blindly follow our teachers’ ...
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    16,69 €

  • The Federalist Papers (Deluxe Library Edition) (Annotated)
    Alexander Hamilton / James Madison / John Jay
    The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the pseudonym 'Publius' to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. The Federalist Papers are notable for their opposition to what later became the United States Bill of Rights. The idea of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution was originally controversial because the Constitu...
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    54,92 €

  • Repairing Jefferson’s America
    Clay S Jenkinson
    Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the greatest idealist of the Founding Fathers of America. He believed that average citizens are up to the challenge of governing themselves. He envisioned a republic of well-educated, well-informed, engaged, and vigilant citizens. Jefferson’s dream of a semi-utopian American republic has nearly been swallowed up by cynical partisanship, governme...
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    15,74 €

  • Repairing Jefferson’s America
    Clay S Jenkinson
    Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the greatest idealist of the Founding Fathers of America. He believed that average citizens are up to the challenge of governing themselves. He envisioned a republic of well-educated, well-informed, engaged, and vigilant citizens. Jefferson’s dream of a semi-utopian American republic has nearly been swallowed up by cynical partisanship, governme...
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    23,07 €