Comparative politics

Over the course of the last four decades as China's ideological realm has been transformed, it has become significantly more complicated.

What happens to the citizen when states and nations come into being?

What happens to the citizen when states and nations come into being?

Combining normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework, this volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy.

Combining normative analysis and theory-driven empirical research in a comparative framework, this volume clarifies and explains the connections between regional international governance, legitimacy and democracy.

La Constitución no protege ni los sentimientos religiosos ni los dogmas, creencias o símbolos de tal naturaleza.

Examining the changing nature of health care federalism within a competitive global context, Comparative Health Care Federalism provides a rich and nuanced account of the way in which the interplay of federal relationships impact health care within an array of systems.

Examining the changing nature of health care federalism within a competitive global context, Comparative Health Care Federalism provides a rich and nuanced account of the way in which the interplay of federal relationships impact health care within an array of systems.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states.

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states.

Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement.

Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement.

At a time when some EU member states are attracting attention for the rise to power of illiberal, anti-democratic political movements, this book's analytical focus on ideas and identities helps explain why institutional progress is not necessarily reflected in the formation of liberal, democratic publics.

At a time when some EU member states are attracting attention for the rise to power of illiberal, anti-democratic political movements, this book's analytical focus on ideas and identities helps explain why institutional progress is not necessarily reflected in the formation of liberal, democratic publics.

Since the end of the Cold War the global arena has become a place for dynamic change, in particular for federal political units.

Since the end of the Cold War the global arena has become a place for dynamic change, in particular for federal political units.

This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians.

This book presents the first debate between the contemporary movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians.

This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theology of 'blurred encounter' - a physical, social, political and spiritual space where once solid hierarchies and patterns are giving way to more fluid and in many ways unsettling exchanges.

This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theology of 'blurred encounter' - a physical, social, political and spiritual space where once solid hierarchies and patterns are giving way to more fluid and in many ways unsettling exchanges.

Charting the path from intervention to integration Europe and the Post-Yugoslav Space examines the role of Europeanization on the development of the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Charting the path from intervention to integration Europe and the Post-Yugoslav Space examines the role of Europeanization on the development of the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

The hidden federal features of the European Union help explain the challenges of legitimacy, democracy and freedom that face an unfinished political community.

The hidden federal features of the European Union help explain the challenges of legitimacy, democracy and freedom that face an unfinished political community.

This book investigates the intersection of theology and social theory in the work of JArgen Moltmann.

This book investigates the intersection of theology and social theory in the work of JArgen Moltmann.

What makes a terrorist?

What makes a terrorist?

Since the end of the Second World War, a set of democratic European countries have established a decentralized system of government based on federal or regional patterns.

Since the end of the Second World War, a set of democratic European countries have established a decentralized system of government based on federal or regional patterns.

Freedom of speech and expression is considered in the West a high public good and an important social value, underpinned by legislative and ethical norms.

Freedom of speech and expression is considered in the West a high public good and an important social value, underpinned by legislative and ethical norms.

How do terrorists become politicians?

How do terrorists become politicians?

The US, Switzerland and Canada are wealthy democracies that should be conducive to effective decentralized or cooperative environmental policy-making.

The US, Switzerland and Canada are wealthy democracies that should be conducive to effective decentralized or cooperative environmental policy-making.

The emergence of green parties throughout Europe during the 1980s marked the arrival of a new form of political movement, challenging established models of party politics and putting new issues on the political agenda.

The emergence of green parties throughout Europe during the 1980s marked the arrival of a new form of political movement, challenging established models of party politics and putting new issues on the political agenda.

In recent years, a conservative majority of the U.

In recent years, a conservative majority of the U.

Scholars and analysts seeking to illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation evident in European medieval cultures and their afterlives have thus far neglected the important role of religious heresy.

Scholars and analysts seeking to illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation evident in European medieval cultures and their afterlives have thus far neglected the important role of religious heresy.

Reading God's will and a man's Last Will as ideas that reinforce one another, this study shows the relevance of England's early modern crisis, regarding faith in the will of God, to current debates by legal academics on the theory of property and its succession.

Reading God's will and a man's Last Will as ideas that reinforce one another, this study shows the relevance of England's early modern crisis, regarding faith in the will of God, to current debates by legal academics on the theory of property and its succession.

Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy.

Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy.

This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges and redefines national constitutional and legal frameworks and concepts, within the context of education.

This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges and redefines national constitutional and legal frameworks and concepts, within the context of education.