General Politics


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  • Cover scan of Gender And Political Recruitment
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    Gender And Political Recruitment: Theorizing Institutional Change
    Meryl Kenny - Hardback - Palgrave Macmillan
    This work explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the insights of feminist institutionalism, it extends the supply and demand model of political recruitment via a micro-level case study of the candidate selection process in post-devolution Scotland.
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    Grounding Cosmopolitanism: From Kant To The Idea Of A Cosmopolitan Constitution
    Garrett Wallace Brown - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    This book outlines a Kantian form of cosmopolitan theory in relation to the requirements for a constitutional global order. In addition it provides a comprehensive defence of cosmopolitan ethics against realist, pluralist and communitarian critiques.
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    The Government Of Scotland: Public Policy Making After Devolution
    Michael Keating - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    A critical challenge to Scotland's new system of government is the making and implementation of public policy. This book offers a comprehensive account of the policy process in contemporary Scotland.
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    George Younger: A Life Well Lived
    David Torrance - Hardback - Birlinn
    George Younger was a senior figure in Scottish and UK public life. Written with access to letters, political papers, diaries, and family members, this title reveals the man behind the public persona and offers insights into Thatcher's leadership, Conservative attitudes to Scottish devolution and the acquisition of NatWest by RBS.
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    Global Fire: 150 Years Of International Anarchism And Syndicalism
    Michael Schmidt; Lucien Van der Walt - Paperback - AK
    In this volume the authors look at anarchism as it has been practised around the world - and indeed how it provides a living political philosophy for a growing number of people across the planet today.
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    A Glossary Of UK Government And Politics
    Duncan Watts - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    A reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to British government and politics. The book offers a series of definitions and explanations of the key terminology and sharp vignettes of the leading characters who have graced the political scene in recent years.
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    Granny Made Me An Anarchist
    Stuart Christie - Paperback - Scribner
    Charged and convicted with trying to assassinate General Franco in the 1960s, Stuart Christie then earned another conviction by being part of the Angry Brigade, an anarchist group that had blown up several London embassies. This is his story, of political anarchism and a belief that the world can be changed.
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    Geography, Science And National Identity: Scotland Since 1520
    Charles W. J. Withers - Hardback - Cambridge University Press
    Withers brings together work on the history of geography and the history of science with extensive archival analysis to explore how geographical knowledge has been used to shape an understanding of the nation.
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    Gordon Brown: The First Year In Power
    Hugh Pym; Nick Kochan - Hardback - Bloomsbury
    Pym and Kochan had access to unique sources for the writing of this biographical account of Gordon Brown's first year in post as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The book gives the reader an insight into his life inside and outside of Downing Street.