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Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York City
The New York City Department of Education asked RAND to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation of its 5th-grade promotion policy. The findings of that study, conducted between March 2006 and August 2009, provide a comprehensive view of the policy's ...more |
Jennifer Sloan McCombs |
9 Oct 2012 |
$9.95 |
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The Performance of Nations
Why do some nations fail while others succeed? How can we compare the political capacity of a totalitarian regime to a democracy? Are democracies always more efficient? The Performance of Nations answers these key questions by providing a powerful ...more |
Jacek Kugler |
5 Oct 2012 |
$84.99 |
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The Performance of Nations
Why do some nations fail while others succeed? How can we compare the political capacity of a totalitarian regime to a democracy? Are democracies always more efficient? The Performance of Nations answers these key questions by providing a powerful ...more |
Jacek Kugler |
5 Oct 2012 |
$84.99 |
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Italian Critics of Capitalism
The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in twentieth century Italy starting from Vilfredo Pareto. The book is the first (and the unique) collection of Italian classics on capitalism, it is ...more |
Lorella Cedroni |
4 Oct 2012 |
$29.99 |
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Italian Critics of Capitalism
The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in twentieth century Italy starting from Vilfredo Pareto. The book is the first (and the unique) collection of Italian classics on capitalism, it is ...more |
Lorella Cedroni |
4 Oct 2012 |
$29.99 |
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The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire
This provocative, multidisciplinary work explores the dramatic resurgence of the Left in Latin America since the late 1990s. Offering a comprehensive account of the complexities and nuances of the shifting political tides in the region, the book provides ...more |
Jeffery R. Webber |
28 Sep 2012 |
$38.99 |
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The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire
This provocative, multidisciplinary work explores the dramatic resurgence of the Left in Latin America since the late 1990s. Offering a comprehensive account of the complexities and nuances of the shifting political tides in the region, the book provides ...more |
Jeffery R. Webber |
28 Sep 2012 |
$38.99 |
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Comparative Politics and Crisis of Governance: The Russian Conundrum
Democracy as a political system, its creation and evolution and implications on the people and the states has been the dominant subject matter of the comparative politics in the last five decades. The litmus test of such explanations has been the societies ...more |
Dr. Sudhir Kumar |
18 Sep 2012 |
$35.95 |
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Century of Genocide
The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Each chapter of the book is written by a recognized expert in the field, |
Samuel Totten |
16 Sep 2012 |
$44.95 |
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Making Democratic Governance Work
Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance ...more |
Pippa Norris |
13 Sep 2012 |
$24.00 |
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World Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey
This comparative text provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries: England, France, Russia, China, Japan, and a new chapter on South Africa -- each representative |
Richard J. Terrill |
11 Sep 2012 |
$84.95 |
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Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China
Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China covers the interaction between China's multidimensional dealings with various parts of the world in the 21st century. Covering from the ancient Taoism and a new growing 'harmonious international order' in ...more |
Simon Shen |
9 Sep 2012 |
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Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity: Cross-National Perspectives
This volume provides a broad overview of recent higher education policy in a variety of countries, both developed and developing, around the world. Using interdisciplinary methods and analysis, it focuses on how diminishing governmental resources and expanding ...more |
Fred Lazin |
9 Sep 2012 |
$80.00 |
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The Transition from Technocracy to Aristocracy in Japan, 1955-2003
The core issue underlying the bulk of scholarly research into the Japanese political economy is the relationship between the bureaucracy and the politicians. My study investigates whether there has been a relative decline in bureaucratic influence and ...more |
Christopher Titus North |
7 Sep 2012 |
$18.00 |
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Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors
The purpose of this book is to understand the rise, future and implications of two important new kinds of "integrity warriors" - official anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) and anti-corruption NGOs - and to locate them in a wider context and history of anti-corruption |
Luís|Hindess Barry de Sousa |
5 Sep 2012 |
$39.95 |
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European Union Foreign and Security Policy: Towards a Neighbourhood Strategy
The end of the Cold War presented a major challenge to Western Europe and to the European Union. It led not only to a whole new set of countries seeking to join the EU, but also to a strong demand for a more intensive EU engagement in the broader regional ...more |
Roland Dannreuther |
1 Sep 2012 |
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Politics and Post-Colonial Theory: African Inflections
This groundbreaking book makes sense of the complexities and dynamics of post-colonial politics, illustrating how post-colonial theory has marginalised a huge part of its constituency, namely Africa.
Politics and Post-Colonial Theory traces how African ...more |
Pal Ahluwalia |
1 Sep 2012 |
$47.95 |
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Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union
How can we conceptualize identity and legitimacy in the context of the European union? What is the role of narratives, political symbols, public debate and institutional practices in the process of identity formation and legitimacy consolidation? Debating |
Sonia Lucarelli |
11 Aug 2012 |
$130.00 |
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The Political Economy of Russia
This timely book explores Russia's political development since the collapse of the USSR and how inextricably it has been bound up with economic change. Assessing the legacies of the Soviet period, leading scholars trace the evolution of Russia's political ...more |
Neil Robinson |
8 Aug 2012 |
$28.99 |
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Isles of the North: A Voyage to the Realms of the Norse
In the summer of 2002, Mitchell set sail aboard the 30-foot yacht Foggy Dew on a voyage that took him from his home through the Western Isles to Orkney and Shetland and on to the west coast of Norway. Against the backdrop of one of the world's most spectacular ...more |
Ian Mitchell |
3 Aug 2012 |
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