Skip to main content

Indkøbskurv

Du får VIP-behandling!

Vare(r) ikke tilgængelig til køb
Gennemgå din indkøbskurv. Du kan fjerne de(n) tilgængelige vare(r) nu, ellers fjerner vi det automatisk ved kassen.
varervare
varervare

Anbefalet til dig

Loading...
  • State Crime on the Margins of Empire

    Rio Tinto, the War on Bougainville and Resistance to Mining

    Serier serie State Crime
    This book offers a pioneering window into the elusive workings of state-corporate crime within the mining industry. It follows a campaign of resistance organised by indigenous activists on the island of Bougainville, who struggled to close a Rio Tinto owned copper mine, and investigates the subsequent state-corporate response, which led to the shocking loss of some 10,000 lives.Drawing on internal ... Læs mere

    296,66 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

Personer, der læser dette, syntes også om...

  • The Battle of London

    Trudeau, Thatcher, and the Fight for Canada's Constitution

    Oversat af Jacob Homel ...
    A bestseller in Quebec that describes the horse-trading, intrigue and unrest behind Trudeau’s quest to repatriate the Constitution.After the referendum in 1980, Pierre Elliott Trudeau turned his sights on repatriating the Constitution in an effort to make Canada fully independent from Britain. What should have been a simple process snowballed into a complicated intrigue.Quebec, which thought its ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Eugene Forsey, Canada's Maverick Sage

    Canada's Maverick Sage

    af Helen Forsey ...
    Eugene Forsey's wit and wisdom are a legacy for the common good.Eugene Alfred Forsey (1904-1991) was one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts and a provocative voice for social justice and the common good. Legendary for his sharp wit and high principle, he brought encyclopedic knowledge, irascible tenacity and common sense to the causes of democracy, justice, and equality for all. Those ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Federalist

    A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States

    Serier serie Modern Library Classics
    The series of essays that comprise The Federalist constitutes one of the key texts of the American Revolution and the democratic system created in the wake of independence. Written in 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the proposed Constitution, these papers stand as perhaps the most eloquent testimonial to democracy that exists. They ... Læs mere

    42,41 kr.

  • Original Meanings

    Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has ... Læs mere

    88,86 kr.

  • The Breakdown of Nations

    af Leopold Kohr ...
    A fascinating manifesto, proposing that the world should be split into smaller regions to distribute power more evenly.Written by one of the most original political thinkers of the 20th century, in The Breakdown of Nations, Leopold Kohr shows that throughout history people living in small states are happier, more peaceful, more creative and more prosperous. He argues that virtually all our ... Læs mere

    144,32 kr.

  • Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy

    In his ground-breaking book, the leading political philosopher Russell Hardin develops a new theory of liberal constitutional democracy. Arguing against the standard consensus theories, the author shows how social co-ordination on limited, sociological mutual advantage lies at the heart of liberal constitutionalism when it works to produce stable government. The book argues that liberalism, ... Læs mere

    416,84 kr.

  • Russia Against the Rest

    The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order

    af Richard Sakwa ...
    In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a quarter of a century a 'cold peace' reflected the tension between cooperative and competitive behaviour. None of the fundamental problems of European ... Læs mere

    280,62 kr.

  • A Brief View of the Constitution of the United States

    Peter Stephen Du Ponceau or DuPonceau, born Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau, (June 3, 1760 - April 1, 1844) was a French philosopher and jurist who spent most of his life in the United States and was an avid student of the U.S. Constitution and the government. He also became well known in the field of linguistics for analyzing the indigenous languages of the Native Americans, building a collection of ... Læs mere

    7,94 kr.

  • Constitutional Government in the United States

    First published in 1908, Constitutional Government in the United States offers Woodrow Wilson’s thoughts on the US political system, including his famous theories regarding constitutional interpretation.This classic volume presents Woodrow Wilson’s criticism of the US founding fathers and cements him as a thought leader during the Progressive era. In it, Wilson discusses the various branches of ... Læs mere

    81,25 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Americas Last Revival

    af Vincent Diaz ...
    An autobiographical account of a soldiers response to 9/11/2001. ... Læs mere

    96,21 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Rise of Constitutional Government in the Iberian Atlantic World

    The Impact of the Cádiz Constitution of 1812

    Serier serie Atlantic Crossings
    In March 1812, while Napoleon’s brother Joseph sat on the throne of Spain and the armies of France occupied much of the country, legislators elected from Spain and its overseas territories met in the Andalusian city of Cádiz. There, as the cornerstone of a government in exile, they drafted and adopted the first liberal constitution in the Hispanic world, a document that became known as the Cádiz ... Læs mere

    442,74 kr.