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Draws together a group of international policy analysts and researchers to examine the Academies policy and implementation. This book shows how the Academies Programme in England is an important site for examining the growth of neoliberal ideas and practices in the framing and delivery of public services such as education.

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Provides a comparative-historical analysis of the state and revolution in the 20th century. Examining the competing theories of the state and revolution in classical social theory, this book provides an analysis of the nature and dynamics of major socialist revolutions, including the Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban, and Nicaraguan revolutions.

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Although the state's role in society has clearly expanded since the 1930s, its independent effect on social structure and change has been given little weight in modern political theories. To bring theory more into line with reality, Stepan proposes a new model of state autonomy which he shows to be particularly well suited for understanding politic

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In the 1920s Turkey and Iran faced political upheaval as both states attempted to find their routes to modernity. This study observes this process by examining the measures adopted by the political regimes of the late Ottomans, Ataturk and Reza Shah, as well as by exploring how different social levels contributed to the drive for modernity.

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Written to be read as both a political and philosophical commentary and anthropological investigation, this work has theoretical implications for comparative studies of political systems, particularly regarding the relation between self-deception and the ideological manufacture of legitimacy.

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This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve.

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Sandler contends that the impact of the nation in foreign policy is not synonymous with that of the State. As such, the work is of concern to all students of Israeli politics and foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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The thousands of organizations that comprise America's private nonprofit sector represent a national treasure. Yet serious pressures are altering the playing field on which nonprofits operate, and many are responding in ways that may undermine their popular support.

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Undoubtedly, this collection of essays on key states, charting the rise and fall of state welfare, examines a monumental 20th century event and will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and students involved with social welfare issues, as well as policy makers and concerned citizens.

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This book engages broadly with the tradition of state theory, arguing that contemporary state theory must account for multiple sites of power. The authors build on and expand traditional state theory offering tools to rethink how we analyze the state.

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A profile of the school superintendency, this work offers an examination of superintendents' personal characteristics, professional experience, and professional preparation and training; superintendent/school board relations; other issues affecting education and leadership; and the history of the school superintendent in American public education.

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This essential party primer includes new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to Americas political parties and the effects of new media and campaign finance laws, and the implications of all these things on future policymaking and electoral prospects moving forward.

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This essential party primer includes new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to Americas political parties and the effects of new media and campaign finance laws, and the implications of all these things on future policymaking and electoral prospects moving forward.

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The years of Tory Goverment have revealed the shortcomings of a free-market economy: a big shift of economic power to the employers and a sharp rise in in equality.

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The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We're In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty years. It is now updated for the paperback edition.

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An important contribution to the growing body of work on Latin American policy making in education, this volume presents a critical analysis of the conflicts and contradictions inherent in educational policy planning in Mexico since the early 1970s.

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"First published in Great Britain 2005"--T.p. verso.