Comparative politics

State Building in Latin America explores why some countries in the region developed effective governance while others did not.

This volume assembles renowned scholars to address, for the first time, the relationship between minorities and populism in South Asia and Europe from a critical perspective.

Fox examines the extent of government involvement in religion across the globe using both qualitative and quantitative methodology.

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The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the resulting 'Great Recession' merely accelerated an already worrisome trend: the shift away from an employer-based social welfare system in the United States.

This new edition covers everything students need to know about the key institutions, people, parties and policies in Russian government and politics, as well as covering political behaviour, participation and communication.

Populists are conventionally maligned as impediments to effective policymaking.

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar?

Im Bereich der, Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft' beziehungsweise eom­ parative po/Wes haben sich im letzten Jahrzehnt bemerkenswerte Änderun­ gen vollzogen.

The book explores the ways in which Latin American states are capitalizing or failing to capitalize on the initiatives of China in world affairs.

The first major study of India''s regional parties which discusses why, when, and where they are electorally successful.

This book re-examines the claim of the Conservative Party to be the 'national party' and in its politics to express the enduring 'national interest'.

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership dominated politics.

This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the Rwenzururu movement in Western Uganda.

Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa examines the complexities of government and obstacles facing constitutional democracy in transitional African societies.

This book explores why Islam becomes politicized in some countries and not in others, comparing diverse cases including Turkey, Algeria, and Senegal.

Empirically analyzes Islam and human rights in constitutions of Muslim-majority states and theorizes why some adopted Islam in their constitutions.

Die Autorin analysiert ein Schlüsselthema linker Politik und Rhetorik in Deutschland und Frankreich: Solidarität.

Presents an interview-based study of how political and professional agendas affect government statistical agencies in five liberal democracies.

Drawing on field-based data and experiences from the practice of democratic decentralization and local governance over the last three decades in Ghana, this book examines whether and how democratic decentralization and local governance reforms in developing countries have produced the anticipated development outcomes.

This book investigates the ways in which the war on terror has transformed the postcolonial state in Africa.

Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) werden von staatlichen AkteurInnen verstärkt als kompetente PartnerInnen in der Konfliktbewältigung anerkannt.

This book offers an analytic history of Britannia (first England and Wales and then Great Britain) over eight hundred years of political turmoil, intermingled with economic stagnation, followed by the engine of the industrial revolution.

Digital networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized everyday human interaction by facilitating the search for, and access to, information, entertainment, and social connection.

A newly updated edition of a concise and evidence-based approach to strategic crisis leadership.

Governing the Embedded State integrates governance theory with organization theory and examines how states address social complexity and international embeddedness.

The authors suggest that some of the problems of the public sector are self-inflicted and that current policies may only deliver partial success 'at a price we cannot afford'.

The politics of Englishness provides a digest of the debates about England and Englishness and a unique perspective on those debates.

The book analyzes different critical attitudes towards European integration from a multidisciplinary perspective.

This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century.

Leading experts examine the threats posed by populism to human rights and the international systems and explore how to confront them.

This book offers new insight into why oil politics has a central role in global peace and conflict.

Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history?

Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation offers a groundbreaking analysis of the strategic role Africa plays in the global capitalist economy.

Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies.

This volume comprises various viewpoints representing a Catholic perspective on contemporary practices in medicine and biomedical research.

This book examines employee welfare in British and German companies from the 19th century through to the present day.

In the light of mass migration, the rise of nationalism and the resurgence of global terrorism, this timely volume brings the debate on border protection, security and control to the centre stage of international relations research.

While the ambitious objectives outlined in the EU's Green Deal aim at making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, national implementation greatly varies depending on local geographies, history, culture, economics, and politics.

This book draws on interviews and primary sources to argue that the protection of judicial independence is a political achievement.

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Miyazawa Kiichi played a leading role in Japan's government and politics from 1942 until 2003, during which time he served as Prime Minister, and also as Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Director General of the Economic Planning Agency, and Chief Cabinet Secretary.

This book adopts the multidimensional nature of innovation as its point of focus and offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary governance issues in Bangladesh.