2013, ISBN: 9781594036736

Paperback / softback. New. Paul Webb’s <i>Advanced Introduction to Party Systems</i> expertly draws upon major theories and concepts, existing literature, a… Mehr…

Paperback / softback. New. Paul Webb’s <i>Advanced Introduction to Party Systems</i> expertly draws upon major theories and concepts, existing literature, and cutting-edge empirical evidence to present an authoritative contribution to the field of party systems. Webb rigorously explores the different types of party systems that exist, the role of socio-political cleavages and electoral systems in shaping them, their evolution over time, and their significance for government and the wider functioning of democracy.<p><br /><br />Key Features:</p><p></p><ul><li><br /></li><li>Discusses the ways in which social and institutional factors shape party systems</li><li><br /></li><li>Provides a rich conspectus of the different party systems which exist across the democratic world today</li><li><br /></li><li>Examines the connections between party organisation and party systems using diverse real-world examples</li><li><br /></li><li>Explores the impact of multi-partyism and ideological polarisation on governmental stability and the role these issues play in shaping government performance and political legitimacy</li></ul><p><br /><br />Both stimulating and incisive, the <i>Advanced Introduction to Party Systems</i> will be an indispensable read for academics and students in politics and public policy, political geography and geopolitics, international relations, and leadership studies. It will also be a fundamental resource for policy makers and practitioners wanting to better understand party systems today.</p><p></p>, 6, New York London: Encounter Books, 2013. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with scarlet spine lettering over pale yellow boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with eagle motif, xiii + [i} + 746 pages. Exceptional Condition! This remarkably wise and expansive volume covers much American history. A major study of the grand strategies that brought America from Colonial dependence to world leadership. Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG (born 1944) is a British former newspaper publisher and author. He is a non-affiliated life peer and very knowledgeable author. Previously, Black controlled Hollinger International, once the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire. Hollinger published The Daily Telegraph (UK), Chicago Sun-Times (U.S.), The Jerusalem Post (Israel), National Post (Canada), most of the leading newspapers in Australia and Canada, and hundreds of community newspapers in North America, before he was fired by the corporate board of Hollinger in 2004. As a result of a shareholder-initiated prosecution, which asserted that Black was responsible for taking or spending more than $80-million in assets, he was convicted of fraud and obstruction in 2007 and sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment. In 2011, two charges were overturned on appeal, and he was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison. Black was released in May, 2012, after serving 37 months in prison., Encounter Books, 2013, 5<

2013, ISBN: 9781594036736

Encounter Books. Very Good. 6.5 x 2.2 x 9.5 Inches. Hardcover. 2013. 746 pages. <br>Like an eagle, American colonists ascended from th e gulley of British dependence to the position… Mehr…

Encounter Books. Very Good. 6.5 x 2.2 x 9.5 Inches. Hardcover. 2013. 746 pages. <br>Like an eagle, American colonists ascended from th e gulley of British dependence to the position of sovereign world power in a period of merely two centuries. Seizing territory in Canada and representation in Britain; expelling the French, and e ven their British forefathers, American leaders George Washington , Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson paved their nation's wa y to independence. With the first buds of public relation techniq ues--of communication, dramatization, and propaganda--America flo urished into a vision of freedom, of enterprise, and of unalienab le human rights. In Flight of the Eagle, Conrad Black provides a perspective on American history that is unprecedented. Through his analysis of the strategic development of the United States fr om 1754-1992, Black describes nine phases of the strategic rise o f the nation, in which it progressed through grave challenges, ci vil and foreign wars, and secured a place for itself under the ti tle of Superpower. Black discredits prevailing notions that our u nrivaled status is the product of good geography, demographics, a nd good luck. Instead, he reveals and analyzes the specific strat egic decisions of great statesmen through the ages that transform ed the world as we know it and established America's place in it. ., Encounter Books, 2013, 3<