Catálogo de libros: Gobierno regional

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  • Sauerkraut, Suspenders, and the Swiss
    Duane HFreitag
    From the first 'Cheese Day' in 1874 to the 'Great Limburger War' of 1935, author Duane H. Freitag peers into the nooks and crannies of the tumultuous political history of Green County, Wisconsin.In this previously untold story, Freitag pulls back the curtain to uncover how the Swiss immigrants who settled in southern Wisconsin influenced Green County politics from 1845 to 1945....
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    27,72 €

  • Sauerkraut, Suspenders, and the Swiss
    Duane HFreitag
    From the first 'Cheese Day' in 1874 to the 'Great Limburger War' of 1935, author Duane H. Freitag peers into the nooks and crannies of the tumultuous political history of Green County, Wisconsin.In this previously untold story, Freitag pulls back the curtain to uncover how the Swiss immigrants who settled in southern Wisconsin influenced Green County politics from 1845 to 1945....
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    38,96 €

  • Small Town and Village in Bavaria
    Peter H. Merkl / Peter HMerkl
    At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3,000, thereby reducing the number of local governments in Bavaria from more than 7,000 t...
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    184,14 €

  • The Fiscal Case against Statehood
    Stephanie D. Moussalli / Stephanie DMoussalli
    In The Fiscal Case against Statehood, Stephanie D. Moussalli investigates the territorial residents’ fears that statehood will be expensive and examines the frontier development of government accounting practices. Moussalli analyzes financial reports from New Mexico and Arizona from the 1880s to the 1920s and finds a significant increase in the cost of government as well as an ...
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    141,61 €

  • The Best Job in Politics
    Alan Rosenthal
    Governors-both in, and now out of, office-see the job as the best in politics. Why is that? Drawing on a survey of former governors, personal interviews, as well as gubernatorial memoirs and biographies, Rosenthal shows students how and why governors succeed as policy leaders and makes a case as to why some governors are better at leveraging the institutional advantages of the ...
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    77,06 €

  • America Under Fire
    Jim Romeo
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    14,12 €

  • In Search of George Washington
    Rick Sirmon
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    23,16 €

  • In Search of George Washington
    Rick Sirmon
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    31,57 €

  • Structural reform of British local government
    Michael Chisholm
    The only book which examines the 1990s structural reform of local government throughout Great Britain, written by someone directly involved in the process. ...
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    32,20 €

  • The Prince
    Niccolò Machiavelli
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    12,85 €

  • The Prince
    Niccolò Machiavelli
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    12,85 €

  • McWherter
    Billy Stair
    McWherter, The Life and Career of Ned McWherter, is a biography of Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter (1930-2011) whose rise from sharecropper’s cabin to the Governor’s Residence is one of the most fascinating chapters of Tennessee political history in the late 20th Century. Written by Senior Policy Advisor Billy Stair and accompanied by dozens of historical photos, the book is ...
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    6,90 €

  • McWherter
    Billy Stair
    McWherter, The Life and Career of Ned McWherter, is a biography of Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter (1930-2011) whose rise from sharecropper’s cabin to the Governor’s Residence is one of the most fascinating chapters of Tennessee political history in the late 20th Century. Written by Senior Policy Advisor Billy Stair and accompanied by dozens of historical photos, the book is ...
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    13,84 €

  • Dear 44th
    Trodie Cihm
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    17,76 €

  • Science and State Government
    Frederic N. Cleaveland / Frederic NCleaveland
    This book is the fruit of the first systematic attempt to explore the role of state governments in the scientific effort of the nation. The author presents the activities of six state governments--California, Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.Originally published in 1959.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in...
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    51,51 €

  • The English Borough in the Twelfth Century
    Adolphus Ballard
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    30,15 €

  • Clean Politics, Clean Streams
    Franklin L. Kury / Franklin LKury
    As a young Democratic lawyer, Franklin L. Kury defeated the senior Republican in the House, and the patronage machine that supported him, to go on to be a leader in the enactment of significant reform legislation on government and the environment. This book examines the author’s reflections on the historical development of legislature, a comparison of the legislature now and th...
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    135,64 €

  • Clean Politics, Clean Streams
    Franklin L. Kury / Franklin LKury
    As a young Democratic lawyer, Franklin L. Kury defeated the senior Republican in the House, and the patronage machine that supported him, to go on to be a leader in the enactment of significant reform legislation on government and the environment. This book examines the author’s reflections on the historical development of legislature, a comparison of the legislature now and th...
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    41,53 €

  • In My Opinion
    David Reeves
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    14,44 €

  • Health Care State Rankings 2011
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    122,38 €

  • The 2008 Election in Florida
    Robert E Jr Crew / Robert E. Crew / Robert E. Jr. Crew / Robert ECrew / Robert EJrCrew
    This book utilizes multiple types of data to provide an explanation for the disparate outcomes of the 2008 elections in Florida. It chronicles changes in voter registration and voter turnout over time and compares the electoral behavior of social groups in Florida to that in the nation as a whole. ...
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    47,73 €

  • Is There a Southern Political Tradition?
    Charles Eagles
    A company of scholars survey the spectrum of southern politics and politicians and attempt to answer the question 'Is there a southern political tradition?' ...
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    50,11 €

  • Unleashed Fury
    Julie Walsh
    The question of whether dogs should be allowed off the leash in public places has become a major political issue in cities and suburbs across the United States. In the last two decades, 'leash-law disputes' have burst upon the political scene and have been debated with an intensity usually reserved for such hot-button issues as abortion and gun rights. This book investigates wh...
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    22,04 €

  • Starting Over
    Edward A. Lynch / Edward ALynch / Edward Lynch
    This book traces the remarkable political career of former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen, which has featured multiple returns from seeming oblivion. The author provides a balanced look at Allen’s successes and failures, and the reader will learn as much about recent American politics as about Allen himself. ...
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    63,98 €

  • STATE & CIVIL SOCIETY
    ZHENGLAI DENG
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    196,99 €

  • EU Federalism and Constitutionalism
    Andrew Glencross
    EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli is the first book-length study devoted not only to how Spinelli's advocacy for a federal Europe shaped European integration but also how Spinelli's ideas are essential to understanding the EU constitutional system today. The volume integrates perspectives from law, history, and political science to offe...
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    133,56 €

  • Why Is There No Labor Party in the United States?
    Robin Archer
    Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party--an expla...
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    56,40 €

  • The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics
    Rob Christensen
    How can a state be represented by Jesse Helms and John Edwards at the same time? Journalist Rob Christensen answers that question and navigates a century of political history in North Carolina, one of the most politically vibrant and competitive southern states, where neither conservatives nor liberals, Democrats nor Republicans, have been able to rest easy. It is this climate ...
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    36,41 €

  • Eliminating the Property Tax in Texas
    Richard D Cunningham
    Economic analysis of Texas state and local tax policy, including development of recommendations for phasing out local ad valorem property taxes in favor of new and/or additional state and local sales taxes. ...
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    36,19 €

  • The Rhetoric of Black Mayors
    Deborah F Atwater / Deborah F. Atwater / Deborah FAtwater
    This book explores rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities. Atwater discusses and analyzes the process of creating coalitions by each mayor by dealing with the news coverage of the mayors by both the black and mainstream press and including interviews. ...
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    43,48 €