Comparative politics

Bringing together scholars from Europe and North America, this book examines the engagement of legislatures across the world in foreign and security policy.

Bringing together scholars from Europe and North America, this book examines the engagement of legislatures across the world in foreign and security policy.

This book spotlights, analyzes and explains varying forms and patterns of state-society relations on the African continent, taking as point of departure the complexities created by the emergence, proliferation and complicated interactions of so-called a big men across Africa's fifty-four states.

This book spotlights, analyzes and explains varying forms and patterns of state-society relations on the African continent, taking as point of departure the complexities created by the emergence, proliferation and complicated interactions of so-called a big men across Africa's fifty-four states.

This book analyses the role of the European Union in the process of institutional change in its Eastern neighbourhood and explains why EU policies arrive at contradictory outcomes at the sectoral level.

This book analyses the role of the European Union in the process of institutional change in its Eastern neighbourhood and explains why EU policies arrive at contradictory outcomes at the sectoral level.

The statistics detailing the socioeconomic growth of Russia and China are impressive.

The statistics detailing the socioeconomic growth of Russia and China are impressive.

Analysis and debate about economic and political justice rarely involves research on the views of the common person.

Analysis and debate about economic and political justice rarely involves research on the views of the common person.

The parliamentary elections of 2015-16 in Greece, Spain and Portugal had extraordinary consequences, bringing repeat elections, unprecedented processes of government formation and uncharted government outcomes.

The parliamentary elections of 2015-16 in Greece, Spain and Portugal had extraordinary consequences, bringing repeat elections, unprecedented processes of government formation and uncharted government outcomes.

The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics is a comprehensive overview of Scandinavian politics provided by leading experts in the field and covering the polity, the politics and the policy of Scandinavia.

In the third volume of this annual series, Robert G.

In the third volume of this annual series, Robert G.

The theme of Daniel Yankelovich's Zetterberg Lecture is timely and urgent: how do societies learn?

The theme of Daniel Yankelovich's Zetterberg Lecture is timely and urgent: how do societies learn?

The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections.

The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections.

The Politics of Aristocratic Empires is a study of a political order that prevailed throughout much of the world for many centuries without any major social conflict or change and with hardly any government in the modern sense.

The Politics of Aristocratic Empires is a study of a political order that prevailed throughout much of the world for many centuries without any major social conflict or change and with hardly any government in the modern sense.

The elections to the 18th Knesset (legislature of Israel) were held on February 10, 2009, almost three years after the elections to the 17th Knesset and approximately twenty months before the original date set for them to be held.

The elections to the 18th Knesset (legislature of Israel) were held on February 10, 2009, almost three years after the elections to the 17th Knesset and approximately twenty months before the original date set for them to be held.

Religion no longer plays a dominant role in the everyday consciousness of modern Western society.

Religion no longer plays a dominant role in the everyday consciousness of modern Western society.

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This book represents the first discussion from a political science perspective of the concept of Multiple Modernities in three dimensions.

This book represents the first discussion from a political science perspective of the concept of Multiple Modernities in three dimensions.

Across representative democracies, there is a strong variation in the rules that govern the electoral process.

Across representative democracies, there is a strong variation in the rules that govern the electoral process.

Efforts by governments to promote sustained domestic economic development have been mixed.

Efforts by governments to promote sustained domestic economic development have been mixed.

Turkmenistan is a country which is almost sealed off from the rest of the world but it has attracted foreign attention due to the eccentricities of its late president Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmenbasy, whose ideological construction and dynamics of power have remained in place after his death.

Turkmenistan is a country which is almost sealed off from the rest of the world but it has attracted foreign attention due to the eccentricities of its late president Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmenbasy, whose ideological construction and dynamics of power have remained in place after his death.

This book focuses on the design and operation of power-sharing in deeply divided societies.

This book focuses on the design and operation of power-sharing in deeply divided societies.

This book investigates how liberal parties have evolved over time as a party family, in a comparative perspective.

This book investigates how liberal parties have evolved over time as a party family, in a comparative perspective.

Ethiopia is the darling of development economists: since 2005, the country's economic growth rate has consistently been over the 10% mark.

Ethiopia is the darling of development economists: since 2005, the country's economic growth rate has consistently been over the 10% mark.

Deliberative democracy is an approach to democracy that requires collective decision-making to be preceded by reasoned, inclusive, and respectful debate for it to be legitimate.

Deliberative democracy is an approach to democracy that requires collective decision-making to be preceded by reasoned, inclusive, and respectful debate for it to be legitimate.

In the current environment, most political violence occurs between internal communities, such as ethnic and religious groups, rather than between states.

In the current environment, most political violence occurs between internal communities, such as ethnic and religious groups, rather than between states.

This book explores how the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leading centre of spiritual authority in the Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, coped with political developments from Ottoman times until the present.

This book explores how the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leading centre of spiritual authority in the Orthodox Church, based in Istanbul, coped with political developments from Ottoman times until the present.

The conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe.

The conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe.

The year 2011 will go down in history as a turning point for the Arab world.