by Roland Sturm (2005)
"Das britische Regierungssystem gehört zu den "Klassikern"der vergleichenden Regierungslehre. Das "Westminster Modell"des Regierens hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten jedoch weitgehend verändert. Wie und auf welchen Feldern, kann hier erstmals in einem Gesamtkontext der Reformen des politischen Systems nachgelesen werden. Stichworte: Devolution, Wahlsystemreformen, House of Lords-Reform, Civil Service-Reform, Freedom of Information Act und Human Rights Act. Diese Darstellung legt Grundlagen für das Verständnis des britischen Regierungssystems. Sie betritt aber auch Neuland. Denn neben der Analyse des Staatsaufbaus und des Regierens, sowie der Parteien- und Wahlsysteme führt sie in die innerbritische Diskussion zum politischen System Großbritanniens ein und untersucht Themen wie Protestbewegungen, Identitätspolitik, Multikulturalismus, das Verhältnis von Freiheit und Sicherheit in der britischen Politik und die Rolle des Vereinigten Königreiches in der Europapolitik"--Page 4 of cover.
Victoria Holt
Nora Tamsin was fascinated by the ruthless Charles Herrick, but she discovered that he deserved his name "The Lynx". His love for her was overwhelming and frightening. By the time she realized that his plan for her was part of his obsessive desire for revenge, it seemed too late to escape.
J. Marshall Beier
This volume explores broad conceptual questions raised by the 'discovery' of indigenous peoples as increasingly important global political actors - questions made all the more urgent by the sudden recognition that indigenous diplomacies are not at all new, but merely newly noticed.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
"If you want to know why American Indians have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped than the national average and why gang violence affects American Indian youth more than any other group, do not look to history. There is no doubt that white settlers devastated Indian communities in the 19th, and early 20th centuries. But it is our policies today of denying Indians ownership of their land, refusing them access to the free market and failing to provide the police and legal protections due to them as American citizens that have turned reservations into small third-world countries in the middle of the richest and freest nation on earth."--
Sanford Levinson
In An Argument Open to All, renowned legal scholar Sanford Levinson takes a novel approach to what is perhaps America's most famous political tract. Rather than concern himself with the authors as historical figures, or how The Federalist helps us understand the original intent of the framers of the Constitution, Levinson examines each essay for the political wisdom it can offer us today. In eighty-five short essays, each keyed to a different essay in The Federalist, he considers such questions as whether present generations can rethink their constitutional arrangements; how much effort we should exert to preserve America's traditional culture; and whether The Federalist's arguments even suggest the desirability of world government.