Comparative politics

Over the past decades, governments have increasingly been confronted with problems that transcend their boundaries.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

Contemporary international affairs are largely shaped by widely differing thematic issues and actors, such as nation states, international institutions, NGOs and multinational companies.

Though geographically far apart, Turkey and Australia are much closer than many would think.

Comparative perspective identifies common drivers of protective state-building and cross-national differences in the politics of protection.

This is a sweeping history of the relationship between law and religion in America from the colonial era to the present day.

This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965).

Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan's challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena.

This volume shows how and why legal empowerment is important for those exercising their religious rights under various jurisdictions, in conditions of legal pluralism.

Examines how the private sector in China manages to grow without secure property rights.

The left and right in America are now divided by politically irreconcilable worldviews, and the root of that divide is authoritarianism.

This scarce antiquarian book is a reprint of the original.

This book examines radical right parties in Europe and how electoral systems impact their success.

If there is a "e;culture war"e; taking place in the United States, one of the most interesting, if under-the-radar, battlegrounds is in local school board elections.

Das Buch des bekannten deutschen Parteienforschers Elmar Wiesendahl stellt die Entwicklung, theoretischen Perspektiven, Forschungsansätze und Untersuchungsfelder der Parteienforschung mit Blick auf den aktuellen Diskussionsstand dar.

How do ideologies shape international relations in general and Middle Eastern countries' relations with the United States in particular?

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment.

Theology and the Globalized Present focuses on the world's future in God and God's creativeness.

This book introduces the prominent role that fundamentalists play in religious, cultural, and political arenas.

Explores the role played by Athos in the spread of Orthodoxy and Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond.

In a time of political turmoil, how should we pray?

This book investigates whether legislative institutions, state and national, in Nigeria's Fourth Republic have been able to harness constitutional powers to impact public policy.

This book proposes and tests a 'theory of separatism' to determine if there are key commonalities as to why separatist movements rise and what fuels them.

Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns.

This book explores the rise and impact of violent non-state actors in contemporary Africa and the implications for the sovereignty and security of African states.

In the months following disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight to Japan, Peru had a political crisis on its hands.

This book contains fresh insights into ecumenism and, notwithstanding claims of an "e;ecumenical winter,"e; affirms the view that we are actually moving into a "e;new ecumenical spring.

Gender, Genocide, Gaza and the Book of Esther bridges the gap between gendered and geopolitical analyses by interrogating both the sexual and ethnic violence embedded in the Book of Esther.

The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "e;great game.

This book explores the political dimension of Pope Francis' theology from a variety of perspectives and makes a unique contribution to the ongoing historiography of his pontificate.

This book shows how the introduction of  intermediation is relevant in studying political and public policy processes, as they are increasingly accompanied by grey spaces in public and non-public arenas that cannot be categorized as purely representative or purely participative.

An updated, comprehensive analysis of the European and US approaches to the exhaustion doctrine in the online and offline world.

The Religious Right came to prominence in the early 1980s, but it was born during the early Cold War.

Maurice Duverger is arguably the most distinguished French political scientist of the last century, but his major impact has, strangely enough, been largely in the English-speaking world.

This book critically examines the current social policy in post-apartheid South Africa and proposes an alternative social policy agenda to create a new development pathway for the country.

This revised edition of Religion and Politics in South Asia presents a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of religion and politics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

This book describes the foundations of stateless societies, why and how states emerge, and the basis of political obligation.

Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa considers the overlap between legal and everyday struggles for social and spatial justice in the particular context of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Studies the design of health systems in Asia and assesses their efforts to achieve and sustain universal health care.

This book argues that strengthening policing, and the rule of law is pivotal to promoting human rights, equity, access to justice and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa.

Original oral and ethnographic sources inform this conceptual history of power in central Africa, imagined through the lens of Kitawala religious practices.