Comparative politics

This extensive reference examines extreme political movements and the political, cultural, and economic conditions that breed them, from the alt-right in the United States to the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen and the question of Taiwan's independence.

This book investigates the Communist political phenomenon, including the origins and development of Communism as well as the revolutions that led to the rise of the major Communist states around the world.

Providing a valuable resource for secondary school and college students as well as the general public investigating the process of governance in different countries, this book provides a comprehensive comparative summary of how governments are constituted and operated worldwide.

Child protection systems differ across the four countries of the United Kingdom, and understanding the differences provide important opportunities for learning and improving day-to-day practice.

High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy.

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

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

The second edition of this introductory textbook on foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice.

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

One World Currency presents a serious study about the need for a single stable currency with timely, historical references and skillful economic analysis by noted economist Jose Rafael Abinader.

This highly-regarded text provides a wide-ranging introduction to the social, political, cultural and economic life of South Africa.

A comprehensive assessment of the nature and evolving character of authoritarian regimes, their changing character and the main theoretical explanations of their incidence, character and performance.

The Polarized Congress: The Post-Traditional Procedure of Its Current Struggles argues that the rise of the polarized Congress means a totally different Congressional procedure, especially after 2007, compared to the accustomed "e;traditional"e; one.

The Jonathan Presidency provides a comprehensive and unique analysis of Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan's first twelve months in office.

On the Boundaries focuses on the connections between international relations, comparative politics, and foreign policy.

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

Why cities often cope better than nations with today's lightning-fast changesThe British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse.

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Why cities often cope better than nations with today's lightning-fast changesThe British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse.

Subaltern Geographies is the first book-length discussion addressing the relationship between the historical innovations of subaltern studies and the critical intellectual practices and methodologies of cultural, urban, historical, and political geography.

The United States may be headed toward a disastrous conflict with China unless Washington updates its understanding of contemporary Chinese societyAfter four decades of engagement, the United States and China now appear to be locked on a collision course that has already fomented a trade war, seems likely to produce a new cold war, and could even result in dangerous military conflict.

How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantageUntil recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere.

“America First” is “America Alone”Foreign policy is like physics: vacuums quickly fill.

On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed presidential contest between George W.

Referendums have become an undeniably important, and perhaps inescapable, peacemaking tool in contemporary peace processes.

On April 11, 1981, two neighboring Palestinian Arab towns competed in a soccer match.

Child protection systems differ across the four countries of the United Kingdom, and understanding the differences provide important opportunities for learning and improving day-to-day practice.

In this powerful collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today, as we stand in this period of monumental change, preparing for a more hopeful tomorrow.

Government did not create our social problems and it can't solve them for us.

Liz Truss's journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain's shortest-serving Prime MinisterThe Sunday Times Politics Book of the YearA Guardian Politics Book of the Year 2023'An insightful and at times riotously entertaining account of the lengthy rise and abrupt fall of Britain's 56th Prime Minister.

Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else.

This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.

Decisions about "e;"e;who gets what, when, and how"e;"e; are perhaps the most important that any government must make.

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

On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed presidential contest between George W.

While much has been written about economic competition between the United States and Japan, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that their relationship is founded essentially on each sides' domestic political concerns.

Wie konnte es zu der Krise westlicher Demokratien kommen?

Wie konnte es zu der Krise westlicher Demokratien kommen?

This book is about my belief that the Trump administration has been the most assertive presidency since the Franklin Roosevelt administration of the 1930s and 40s.

Por siglos, el secularismo agresivo ha intentado conseguir el lugar que Dios y la ciencia una vez ocuparon en la sociedad occidental.

This book examines policy responses to Covid-19 in Uruguay and France, in order to shed light on an important new concept in contemporary political science: political knowledge regimes.

Providing an analytical framework through illustrations of real-world practices, this novel and important volume investigates policy analysis in the context of high inequalities in Asia from critical and pragmatic perspectives.

What are Executive Orders (EOs), and what impact do they have?

What the World Can Learn from the Fall of the West is a dramatic title for a profound unease that has been festering for some time.

Education after October 7: Essays about Teaching and Learning in the Jewish Diaspora is the first book dedicated to exploring how the October 7, 2023, terror attacks affected teaching and learning about Israel in the Jewish diaspora.