Comparative politics

This groundbreaking book is an indispensable contribution to appreciating the dilemmas facing Ireland in the 'age of Brexit'.

This edited collection draws on case studies from around the world to shed light on the sometimes contentious topic of populism.

A comprehensive study of dynasticism in modern democracies, providing a new perspective on where dynasties come from and why they matter.

Nicht nur mit fragilen Staaten weltweit, sondern insbesondere in ihnen begegnen uns neue Einheiten, deren Eigenschaften klassischen Definitionen von Staatlichkeit nahekommen.

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.

Providing a comprehensive view of the constitutional architecture of federations, contributors address change and development in federal states from the standpoint of constitutional revision and reform.

This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistance across diverse religious institutions.

Sheds new light on social protest and its implications on power, rules, legitimacy, and resistance in modern societies.

Global, national and subnational change (political, economic, social and demographic) are forcing local governments to search, reactively or proactively, for alternative organizational patterns and management styles.

Innovationen sind Ursache und Folge des sozialen Wandels, politischer Umbrüche und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklungen.

Using original, difficult-to-gather survey data, Zeira advances a new theory of participation in anti-regime protest that focuses on the mobilizing role of state institutions.

Examines the role of the media in shaping and representing political life, arguing that ''media decadence'' is harmful for democracy.

Using historical process tracing, this book examines state interaction with religious elites, institutions, and attachments in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey.

How do political authorities build support for themselves and their rule?

This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs.

This book shows that liberalizing governments across Ibero-America often forge alliances with protected actors such as unions and domestic business.

Recent decades have seen growing concern about problems of electoral integrity.

An original ''international political ecology'' analysis of the implications of climate change and water scarcity for twenty-first-century conflict and security.

The mythical ''demographic timebomb'' can be defused through policies that reduce inequalities between and within generations.

This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia's relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia's development.

Rather than an unintended by-product of poor state capacity, weak political and legal institutions are often weak by design.

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How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century?

This book analyzes the triumphs and failures of the Castro regime in the area of race relations.

This edited volume examines child exploitation in the Global South.

Linking Citizens and Parties addresses familiar questions about political representation: Are parties responsive to their core supporters or to the public in general?

The work examines how the attitudes and preferences of various Christian groups in the United States can influence U.

Coalition government among different political parties is the way most European democracies are governed.

This book examines the politics of policing in Greater China, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.

In 1949 the bamboo curtain clattered down over one-fifth of the people of the world.

Presents a theoretically and methodologically sophisticated remapping and analysis of political-institutional power diffusion in democracies.

In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways--they compete, for instance, over who is more "e;masculine.

A comprehensive treatment of contemporary surveillance technologies and regulatory strategies with an emphasis on policing and national security.

This exploration of local and global conflicts over access to water provides a socio-legal perspective on transnational governance.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the public policy and management issues that are encountered in the regulation of infrastructure and utilities.

This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa's relations with global actors.

In What if there were no whites in South Africa?

This book focuses on the making and implication of AUKUS for Australians in their relations with their own state and governance, the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world.

'A groundbreaking analysis of what used to be an impenetrable mystery: how and why do cultures differ?

The new fifth edition of this leading textbook provides a clear and comprehensive account of governance and politics in the Netherlands.

This study provides empirical evidence on the considerable but often unnoticed impact of EU accession on the mobility and integration of migrants from Bulgaria in Germany.

Die dänische Konsensdemokratie, die fortschrittliche Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik und der umfassende dänische Wohlfahrtsstaat werden von vielen als Vorbild gesehen.

Few people today would challenge the legitimacy of democracy as the form of government most congenial to modern-day citizenship, as it requires its members to treat each other as equals and to cooperate in the shared pursuit of conditions that maximize both the individual's potential and the achievement of a public welfare.

Uses the tools of political, legal, moral and historical analysis to describe a ''just return'' process for repatriating refugees.

Leadership in Democracy develops and applies an innovative leadership theory of democracy and political evolution, based upon Schumpeter's famous theories of democracy and economic entrepreneurship.

This book presents in-depth analyses of the wave of political protest and unrest that spread throughout Latin America between 2010 and 2015 in order to answer a question that has been challenging social scientists all over the region: why some countries have faced a divorce between their social movements and political parties while others have not?