Comparative politics

This book provides tractable computational analyses of the crucial but complex processes of government formation and survival.

This Elements proposes an explanatory scheme on the rise to power of a new right in Latin America.

When regions like Canada, the US and the EU have disagreed over the legitimacy of risk perceptions they have placed science at the centre of international trade conflict.

Parlamentarische Herrschaft selbst lässt sich durch gerichtliche Verwaltungskontrolle soweit brechen und wird zugleich justiziell derart übertroffen, dass Demokratie insgesamt gestört wird, lautet die Ausgangsvermutung dieser Studie.

This book provides an original argument that rejects the idea of national MPs having but one 'standard' mode of representation.

"e;[An] executive summary of modern political history studded with sweeping assertions and telling anecdotes.

The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa.

Regional governance is a topical public policy issue and is receiving increased attention from scholars, government officials and civic leaders.

Der Band versammelt mobilitäts- und politikwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu verkehrspolitischen Entscheidungen und Richtungswechseln auf verschiedenen Ebenen (Bund, Land, Kommune) und zu verschiedenen Verkehrsträgern bzw.

In the context of massive environmental problems in Southeast Asia, the countries in the region have decided - at least in some instances - to create regimes to solve these problems jointly.

Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries.

Comparative analysis of the public bureaucracy''s implementation of two ASEAN policies in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

This book addresses the field of populisms from a contemporary perspective.

During the last decade of the 20th century, Africa has been marked by a "e;constitutional wind"e; which has blown across the continent giving impetus to constitutional reforms designed to introduce constitutionalism and good governance.

The book offers new insights into how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity interact within the context of Ukrainian political reform, and indicates how these reforms affect social cohesion among ethno-cultural groups.

Mass attachment to religion is rapidly declining in most of the world; Why, and What comes next?

This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country's political elites.

For a long time, volunteering lacked standardized data sets allowing methodologically robust comparative analyses and global policy making.

Winner of the European Association of Agricultural Economists Book AwardFood and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries.

The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies.

This book provides the first political theory of post-Communist Europe, discussing liberty, rights, transitional justice, property, privatization, and rule of law.

Shows that judgment of party competence is at the heart of electoral choice in contemporary Britain.

This book reveals how taken-for-granted political structures have shaped the fate of religion in Australian and American public life.

Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault.

Technocratic appeals to expertise and populist invocations of 'the people' have become mainstays of political competition in established democracies.

Building, or re-building, states after war or crisis is a contentious process.

Provides researchers with a novel methodological tool to study interactions between governments, challengers, and third-party actors.

This book sets out to explain the variation in nations' reactions to their defeats in war.

This book examines the political economy of the states of Pacific Asia, stretching from Japan to Burma since the end of WWII.

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Beständigkeit alter Strukturen im Pflegesektor und nimmt dabei die Rolle der Wohlfahrtsverbände in den Blick.

In this comparative, historical survey of three East Asian countries, Jong-sung You explores how inequality hinders democratic control of corruption.

This book challenges whether the protection and privilege of religious belief and identity should be prioritized over any other right.

When do rising powers fail to establish legitimate regional leadership and instead face contestation by their regional challengers?

This book explores, theoretically and empirically, the consequences of ''Big Data'' for the politics of social protection.

This book examines the populist communication of mainstream parties in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Spain.

By focusing on the construction and practice of democracy aid, this book shows how democracy aid can reinforce, rather than challenge authoritarian regimes.

This edited volume investigates the ethical and emotional challenges of conducting fieldwork in Africa.

This is the first in-depth study of Sharpeville, the South African township that was the site of the infamous police massacre of March 21, 1960, the event that prompted the United Nations to declare apartheid a "e;crime against humanity.

This timely work, contributed by noted authorities, explains the crucial events in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that led to the UN resolution to partition Palestine into two states on November 29, 1947.

Why efforts to moderate harmful content on social media fail to stop extremistsContent moderation on social media has become one of the most daunting challenges of our time.

The rise of populism in the West has led to attacks on the legitimacy of scientific expertise in political decision making.

US families have been pushed to the wall.

The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political interest.