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Divided Korea
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 27.95Roland Bleiker suggests profound structural problems within and between the two Koreas that have not been acknowledged until now. Expanding the discussion beyond geopolitics and ideology, Bleiker places peninsular tensions in the context of a struggle over competing forms of Korean identity. Divided Korea examines both domestic and international attitudes... more...
Constitutionalism and the Role of Parliaments
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 97.20The role of parliaments in contemporary democracies continues to evolve as parliaments are faced with new challenges. This book sets the historic scene, gives a comparative overview of the modern history of a selection of major European deliberative institutions. It then looks at themes around the doctrine of separation of powers. more...
Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95This report assesses the tradecraft of intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and recommends improvements. The report makes a number of recommendations for improving analysis for a world of threats very different from that of the Cold War. It focuses... more...
Legislative Voting and Accountability
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00Carey examines individualistic and collective representation in democracies and how it is shaped by legislative party unity. more...
Constitutionalism and Political Reconstruction
BRILL 2007; US$ 136.00This book offers a unique interdisciplinary comparison of the dominant trends in constitutional developments and legal change across different regions of the world in the last half century, bringing together the constitution-making of the post-colonial era with the post-communist political reconstruction and globalization of constitutionalism. more...
Changing Local Governance, Changing Citizens
The Policy Press 2009; US$ 42.95Mixing policy discussion and empirical work by leading researchers in the field, "Changing local governance, changing citizens" aims to explain what debates about local governance mean for local people. more...
Public Administration Singapore-Style
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 144.95Singapore was ranked first for the competence of its public officials from 1999 to 2002 by The Global Competitiveness Report. While research has been done on various aspects of public administration in Singapore, there is to date no comprehensive study of the Singapore Civil Service and the statutory boards and their contribution to the attainment... more...
The Black Box of Governmental Learning
World Bank Publications 2010; US$ 14.99Little is known about how governments learn best or what exactly makes them change their behavior in a targeted way. Governments consist of thousands of state officials and numerous institutional unitsthe executive branch, parliaments, the judiciary, and the civil servicewhich function under unique political conditions and environments.... more...
Die Umwandlung einer Personengesellschaft in eine Kapitalgesellschaft und vice versa
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.59Die bei der Gründung eines Unternehmens einmal gewählte Rechtsform kann sich aufgrund der ständigen Veränderung der wirtschaftlichen, rechtlichen und steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen im Laufe der Zeit gegenüber einer anderen Rechtsform als ungünstiger erweisen. Aufgrund dieser Dynamik kann es sinnvoll sein, die Unternehmensform durch Umwandlung anzupassen.... more...
The Darling Diaries
Dundurn 1996; US$ 14.99A stalwart Tory, Stan Darling was a Member of Parliament for twenty-one years. In The Darling Diaries, he looks back on his career in politics, the places he has been, and some of the poeple he has met -- Libyan dictator Gaddafi, President Bush, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Never afraid of the press or anyone else foolish enough to quarrel with him,... more...









