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  • Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox
    Richard J. Ellis
    Usually remembered for its slogan 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too,' the election of 1840 is also the first presidential election of which it might be truly said, 'It’s the economy, stupid.' Tackling a contest best known for log cabins, cider barrels, and catchy songs, this timely volume reveals that the election of 1840 might be better understood as a case study of how profoundly the...
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    43,53 €

  • Lincoln’s Last Card
    Richard J. Ellis
    There is a certain comfort in being able to see Lincoln-or any president-simply as either a hero or a villain. The truth, however, is more complicated. Lincoln’s Last Card helps us look beyond the myths to see Lincoln as the flawed and consequential leader that he was.Few presidential edicts are more famous or misunderstood than the Emancipation Proclamation. The traditional my...
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    35,93 €

  • The Development of the American Presidency
    Richard J. Ellis
    A full understanding of the institution of the American presidency requires us to examine how it developed from the founding to the present. This developmental lens, analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution, allows for a richer, more nuanced understanding. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is o...
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    140,16 €

  • The Development of the American Presidency
    Richard J. Ellis
    A full understanding of the institution of the American presidency requires us to examine how it developed from the founding to the present. This developmental lens, analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution, allows for a richer, more nuanced understanding. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is o...
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    252,44 €

  • Culture Matters
    Michael Thompson / Richard J Ellis
    This book explores the role of political culture studies as one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political science. It examines the areas of rational choice, institutions, theories of change, political risk, the environment, and practical politics. ...
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    267,91 €

  • Cultural Theory
    Aaron Wildavsky / Michael Thompson / Richard J Ellis
     Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the ...
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    267,73 €

  • Judging Executive Power
    Richard J Ellis / Richard J. Ellis / Richard JEllis
    Judging Executive Power introduces students to sixteen important Supreme Court cases that have shaped the power of the American presidency. The cases selected include the removal power, executive privilege, executive immunity, the line-item veto, as well as a president’s wartime powers from the Civil War to the War on Terror. The book both brings the courts back into the teachi...
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    55,60 €

  • Judging Executive Power
    Richard J Ellis / Richard J. Ellis / Richard JEllis
    Judging Executive Power introduces students to sixteen important Supreme Court cases that have shaped the power of the American presidency. The cases selected include the removal power, executive privilege, executive immunity, the line-item veto, as well as a president’s wartime powers from the Civil War to the War on Terror. The book both brings the courts back into the teachi...
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    158,17 €

  • Culture Matters
    Michael Thompson / Richard J Ellis
    This book explores the role of political culture studies as one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political science. It examines the areas of rational choice, institutions, theories of change, political risk, the environment, and practical politics. ...
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    97,48 €

  • American Political Cultures
    Richard J. Ellis
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    113,93 €

  • Cultural Theory
    Aaron Wildavsky / Michael Thompson / Richard J Ellis
     Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the ...
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    97,27 €