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What Is Populism?
2017 || Paperback || Jan-Werner Muller || Penguin Books Ltd
'This lucid guide is essential reading' GuardianFrom Donald Trump to Recep Erdogan, populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism bring government closer to the people or is it a threat to democracy? Who are "the people" anyway and who can speak in their name? These questions have never been more pr...
Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
2021 || Paperback || Cathy O'Neil || Crown
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric with a new afterword
A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent. Financial Times
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review The Boston Globe Wired Fortune Kirkus Reviews The Guardian Nature On Point
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasing...
Political Science
A Global Perspective
2021 || Paperback || Leonardo A. Morlino e.a. || SAGE
Approaching the subject from a focussed international and pluralist perspective, this book provides advanced-level treatment of all the core areas to give postgraduate students a wide-ranging and dynamic introduction
Beïnvloeding in Nederland en Europa, Achter de schermen van belangengroepen
achter de schermen van belangengroepen
2017 || Paperback || Rinus van Schendelen || Amsterdam University Press
Beïnvloeding gaat vaker op een domme dan op een intelligente manier. Meestal weinig doordacht, maar met grote negatieve gevolgen. Lobbyprofessor Rinus van Schendelen laat aan de hand van talrijke praktische voorbeelden zien dat intelligent beïnvloeden positieve effecten heeft op de korte en lange termijn. Met een blik achter de schermen beschrijft Van Schendelen de praktijken, achtergronden en uitkomsten van politieke en maatschappelijke beïnvloeding in Nederland, in de EU in onderling.
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An Introduction to Middle East Politics
2020 || Paperback || Benjamin MacQueen || SAGE
This new edition of An Introduction to Middle East Politics continues to provide an expansive survey of Middle East politics, thoroughly revised and restructured in response to events currently taking place. Written in a lively and accessible manner, MacQueen takes students on a tour of the region’s modern political history up to the present, clearly signposting key events and issues.
Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
2020 || Paperback || Evan M. Berman e.a. || CQ Press
Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this book remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them.
Politiek en economisch beleid
Ontwikkelingen in de Verenigde Staten en in Europese landen
2017 || Paperback || Ludo Cuyvers e.a. || Garant
In de westerse economieën hebben zich structurele transformaties voorgedaan. Ook hebben de strijd om de sociale voorzieningen, het toenemend beslag van de vergrijzing op de overheidsbestedingen, zware overheidsschulden, verzwakte vakbonden, veranderende politieke krachtsverhoudingen,... de aard en efficiëntie van het economisch beleid gewijzigd. In dit boek beantwoorden de auteurs hoe, afgezien van structurele wijzigingen en schokken, vooral sinds het einde van de "golden sixties" ook inter...
Populisme
2019 || Paperback || Cas Mudde e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
Over populisme wordt veel gesproken en geschreven, maar de betekenis van de term varieert. Wat is populisme echt? Wie zijn populistische leiders? En wat is de relatie tussen populisme en democratie? Dit Elementaire Deeltje beantwoordt deze vragen op een heldere manier.
Cas Mudde en Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser omschrijven populisme als een ideologie die de samenleving in twee groepen scheidt: die van het 'echte volk' versus die van de 'corrupte elite'. Aan de hand van diverse populistische be...
Principles of Comparative Politics (International Student Edition)
2020 || Paperback || William Roberts Clark e.a. || SAGE
This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. It also benefits from an international focus, taking into consideration nearly 200 countries.
Planning Theory
2017 || Paperback || Philip Allmendinger || Bloomsbury Publishing
In the 3rd edition of the leading introductory textbook to planning theory, Allmendinger provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date analysis of planning theories, how these relate to planning practice, and their significance. Moving away from a linear, chronological model of progress over time from one paradigm to another, Allmendinger explains how and why different theories have gained dominance in particular places at particular times, giving the reader a holistic view of the field of scholarsh...