Comparative politics

This book analyzes the implementation of peace processes in Northern Ireland and Guatemala, with emphasis on the role of mid-level civil society and religious organizations, or "e;the voluntary sector.

This edited volume covers the development of the thought of the political realist Hans J.

It humanizes high-level debates over indicators and data in development aid, showing how they are used to make life-or-death decisions.

This book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state.

Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s.

This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European Union (EU).

​​Dietmar Klumpp untersucht die Transformation von Rechtssystemen in Brasilien anhand von Fallbeispielen aus den Favelas von Rio de Janeiro.

Considers political theologies formulated in Iran and Israel over the course of the twentieth century.

This book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powers-the US, China, Japan, and France.

Substantially revised and rewritten in the light of the 1997 General Election and Devolution referendum, the 2nd edition of this widely-used text provides an up-to-date assessment of Scottish politics under Blair and the likely impact of the new Scottish Parliament.

The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one.

Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010.

A unique and comprehensive analysis of the special nature of political and public leadership in major crises.

Populism has become a favourite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the challenge of protest parties or movements.

This book addresses one main question: whether the United States has a cohesive foreign policy for Africa.

This book offers a synthesis of the main achievements and pending challenges during the thirty years of transitional justice in Chile after Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

West Africa''s precolonial kingdoms left behind social norms and identities that affect elite behavior and subnational development today.

Anspruche auf Burgerschaft steigen unter Bewohner:innen informeller Siedlungen Nairobis.

This book provides insights on regulatory effectiveness in the field of food safety, by focusing on the variety of institutional factors affecting regulatory outcomes.

Can we conceptualise a kind of citizenship that need not be of a nation-state, but might be of a variety of political frameworks?

The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments.

How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politicsWhy do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents better off?

This books explores the rise of civilizational populism throughout the world, and its consequences.

This comparative work examines the political role played by armed forces in South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

Der Sammelband widmet sich der Analyse zweier bisher eher vernachlässigter Faktoren, die sich allein oder in Kombination signifikant auf das Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Recht in politisch-administrativen Systemen auswirken können: Kleinstaatlichkeit und monarchische Regierungsform.

Law, Politics and Society is the sixth and latest addition to the European Union Studies Association series, State of the European Union.

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies.

Examining the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to today.

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Europe is imbued with a multitude of social, cultural, economic and political meanings.

The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health.

Providing the first book-length analysis of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), this volume asks how can it be ensured that the AfCFTA is effectively implemented to deliver inclusive trade in Africa.

This book documents what happens when people encounter public officials.

A comparison of Turkey''s and Egypt''s diverging foreign policies during the Cold War in light of their leaderships'' nation making projects.

The dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends.

How do European states adjust to international markets?

In this book Uslaner suggests that the roots of corruption lie in economic and legal inequality and low levels of generalized trust.

Der Sammelband bietet einen breiten Überblick zu Energiewende-Konflikten und dem Umgang mit Populismus in Energiewende-Diskursen.

This book studies party leaders from selection to post-presidency.

This book aims to establish a dialogue around the various "e;urban sanctuary"e; policies and other formal or informal practices of hospitality toward migrants that have emerged or been strengthened in cities in the Americas in the last decade.

The relationship between populism and democracy is contested among scholars.

This book introduces the concept of rightful resistance and explains how it operates in rural China.

The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies.

While the discussions among Brexiters mainly focus on the referendum of 2016 or David Cameron's "e;great miscalculation"e; and its repercussions, this book looks at the Brexit as a process that began decades earlier.

This book is an ethnography of politics of waiting.