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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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File No. 786
DUGAN et al., EXECUTORS OF CLARKE, v. THE UNITED STATES, 16 U.S. 172 (1818)
Author: American Slavery as it is
Author: The Associated Press V. National Labor Relations Board
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Category : Collective bargaining
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Digest of Income Tax Rulings
Author: The Political Economy of Democracy and Tyranny
Author: Norman SchofieldPublisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
One theme that has emerged from the recent literature on political economy concerns the transition to democracy: why would dominant elites give up oligarchic power? This book addresses the fundamental question of democratic stability and the collapse of tyranny by considering a formal model of democracy and tyranny. The formal model is used to study elections in developed polities such as the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, and Israel, as well as complex developing polities such as Turkey. The key idea is that activist groups may offer resources to political candidates if they in turn adjust their polities in favor of the interest group. In polities that use a "first past the post" electoral system, such as the US, the bargaining between interest groups and candidates creates a tendency for activist groups to coalesce; in polities such as Israel and the Netherlands, where the electoral system is very proportional, there may be little tendency for activist coalescence. A further feature of the model is that candidates, or political leaders, like Barack Obama, with high intrinsic charisma, or valence, will be attracted to the electoral center, while less charismatic leaders will move to the electoral periphery. This aspect of the model is used to compare the position taking and exercise of power of authoritarian leaders in Portugal, Argentina and the Soviet Union. The final chapter of the book suggests that the chaos that may be induced by climate change and rapid population growth can only be addressed by concerted action directed by a charismatic leader of the Atlantic democracies.
History of Hancock County, Indiana
Author: John H. BinfordPublisher:
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Category : Greenfield (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians
Author: John Hill WheelerPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta, 1833-1902
Author: Pioneer citizens' society. AtlantaPublisher:
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Category : Atlanta (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Marriage in Ireland, 1660–1925
Author: Maria LuddyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108788467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
What were the laws on marriage in Ireland, and did church and state differ in their interpretation? How did men and women meet and arrange to marry? How important was patriarchy and a husband's control over his wife? And what were the options available to Irish men and women who wished to leave an unhappy marriage? This first comprehensive history of marriage in Ireland across three centuries looks below the level of elite society for a multi-faceted exploration of how marriage was perceived, negotiated and controlled by the church and state, as well as by individual men and women within Irish society. Making extensive use of new and under-utilised primary sources, Maria Luddy and Mary O'Dowd explain the laws and customs around marriage in Ireland. Revising current understandings of marital law and relations, Marriage in Ireland, 1660–1925 represents a major new contribution to Irish historical studies.
Author: Griffith John McRee