Comparative politics

Why are unions weaker in the US than they are in Canada, despite the countries'' many similarities?

Civil Society, Post-Colonialism and Transnational Solidarity originates from Louvet's observation of the strong commitment of a layer of Irish civil society- from the man on the street to political parties, associations and trade unions- to the defence of  one  antagonist  or  the  other  in  the  Israeli-Palestinian  conflict, beginning with the  Six  Day  War  in  1967 and increasingly so after the Lebanon Wars at the start of the 1980s and the Second Intifada (2000-2005).

This book investigates drivers and trends in nuclear proliferation in the Global South.

This book explores the impact of electoral rules on political party development in Central and East Europe.

Tunisian women have received significant attention for their active participation in preserving and extending women's rights since 2011.

Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political identity formation.

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 'big men' across Africa's fifty-four states.

How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection and social justice?

Punishing the Black Body examines the punitive and disciplinary technologies and ideologies embraced by ruling white elites in nineteenth-century Barbados and Jamaica.

"e;In their comparative analysis of several universities from different parts of the world, the authors make a case for the critical roles that higher education institutions can play in building the civic framework in a society.

This volume argues that a renewed commitment to sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms is needed for countries in South East Europe, or 'the Balkans' achieve to sustainable prosperity, along with enhanced support from the international community.

The New Kremlinology is the first in-depth examination of the development of regime personalization in Russia.

Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical regions: Europe, Latin America and the United States.

This book assesses parliamentary speeches given by Arab representatives in the Israeli Knesset over the last 70 years, in order to throw light on the representation of political minorities.

This book addresses whether Islamist groups are a threat to democratization.

This book presents the results of extensive international comparative research into the effects of the economic and financial crisis on democratic institutions and social cohesion policies.

Modern capitalism, incorporating creative destruction, creates economic losers and winners.

First published in 1999, this volume follows the interactions between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which had adopted more revolutionary strategies after their banning in 1960, over the period 1983-87.

This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government.

This title examines Sub-Saharan Africa's relations with states such as the US, India, China, the EU, and Britain as well as with non-state actors.

Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of democracy as we know it all over the world.

Using 12 pivotal cases, this book brings comparative politics to life by highlighting the key differences in political systems around the world.

Through a comparative study of Morocco and Tunisia, Feuer proposes a compelling theory accounting for complexities in religion-state relations across the Arab world.

Foreign Policy in North Africa explores how the foreign policies of North African states, which occupy a peripheral and subaltern position within the global system, have actively responded to the constraints and opportunities stemming from multi-level transformations in the 2010s.

Examines how science and scientists influence policy-making, using the examples of eugenics, Keynesian economics and climate policy.

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

Argues that the global order is constructed from sovereign hybridity, where power flows without regard to public and private boundaries.

A comprehensive presentation of political life in Israel from the pre-state formative period to the present.

This book analyzes the transformation of ethnic and religious political parties in Turkey with special focus on their role in the country's democratization and regime changes.

In light of the public and scholarly debates on the challenges and problems of established democracies, such as a lack of participation, declining confidence in political elites, and the deteriorating capabilities of democratic institutions, this volume discusses the question whether democracy as such is in crisis.

Dieses Lehrbuch präsentiert in 14 Beiträgen einen komprimierten Überblick über den Themenkreis "Governance.

Launches a new research agenda on one of the most common but overlooked features of the democratization experience worldwide: authoritarian successor parties.

World Out of Balance is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the constraints on the United States' use of power in pursuit of its security interests.

The book focuses on the legal framework for the use of the bridging clauses of Article 48(7) TEU as well as on parliamentary participation in the process of activating these clauses.

This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and considers whether and how the differences can be attributed to contrasting institutional settings and political economies.

Most recently, various groups have drawn attention to their political causes by demonstratively breaking the law, whether it is violating compulsory education in Fridays for Future demonstrations or refusing to abide by pandemic containment measures among critics of the Corona policy.

Explains how the former communist countries became market economies from 1989 to 2006.

This book explores questions such as: How do adversaries communicate?

This book contributes to our understanding of the trajectories and prerogatives of female political leaders in the varying context of democratization, political institutions and cultural norms.

This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition.

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

Das Handbuch gewährt einen umfassenden Überblick über Tocquevilles Leben, Werk und Wirkung auf dem aktuellen Stand der historischen, philosophischen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung.