Comparative politics

This book analyzes Spanish political parties and institutions in comparative theoretical perspective.

The book represents original research in a field of study rarely pursued while analysing the intellectual dimensions of disputes over ethically sensitive issues that occur in European Union politics.

State crackdowns on drug cartels often backfire, producing entrenched ''cartel-state conflict''; deterrence approaches have curbed violence but proven fragile.

Power-sharing serves as a popular conflict resolution device at war's end.

Der Band bietet eine Einführung in das politische System des Landes Brandenburg seit 1990.

A comprehensive overview of the latest research in religion and conflict resolution, this collection of twenty three essays brings together leading scholars in the field examining the contribution religious actors have made and are making towards peace and resolving.

This handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration.

Explains how economic development leads to democracy by exploring how authoritarian governments manipulate the agricultural sector.

Adopted in 2007, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples establishes self-determination--including free, prior, and informed consent--as a foundational right and principle.

National-level elections receive more attention from scholars and the media than elections at other levels, even though in many European countries the importance of both regional and European levels of government has grown in recent years.

The Euro crisis catapulted the EU into its most serious political crisis since its inception, leaving it torn between opposing demands for more sovereignty and solidarity.

This book develops a novel argument about how government revenues of all kinds affect political regimes and their leaders.

This book offers a comparative, theory-grounded study of Maghrebi political parties since the Arab uprisings, specifically focused on Tunisia and Morocco in the first decade after the 2011 watershed elections.

Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault.

This book is the first to systematically document and analyze the atrocities surrounding the Cultural Revolution in China.

Southeast Asia is a vast, populous and diverse region.

This book explores the QAnon movement by examining its history, fluctuations, and evolution, stemming from the likelihood of multiple users behind the "e;Q"e; account, as well as from the changes in the sociopolitical landscape since the creation of the movement.

This book presents a theory to account for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war.

This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia.

A global debate has emerged within Islam about how to coexist with democracy.

This book examines key issues in Christianity from various philosophical points of view.

This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America.

Examines the origins of mass killing by analyzing and comparing multiple forms of political extremism.

This book is the first in-depth comparative study of Scottish devolution and the first to analyse the impact of the European dimension.

Decolonisation after Democracy addresses the provocative idea that we need to rid higher education of lingering forms of colonial knowledge.

Dieses Buch ist aus einem Projekt am Institut für Friedensforschung und Sich- heitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH) hervorgegangen, das von 2003 bis 2006 von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) sowie der Wiss- schaftsförderung der Universität Hamburg finanziell unterstützt wurde.

The first examination of the impact of reforms intended to promote government transparency and increase public participation in China.

This book provides a range of essays on aspects of the British Conservative Party from the late 19th century to the present day.

This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.

Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players.

This book addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time: Is democracy threatened by globalisation?

In Between Heaven and Hell, eminent and up-and-coming scholars representing a diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints address the question of non-Muslim salvation: according to the Islamic ethos (however understood), what can be said about the status and fate of non-Muslims?

Establishes links between lack of societal peace, structural causes of human suffering, recurrent patterns of political violence and forced migration in the Global South.

Examines how emotions caused by economic crises inflame racial, ethnic, and regional tensions, consequently promoting populism, extremism, and conspiracy theories.

It is often assumed that modern democratic government has a special link with Christianity or was made possible due to Christianity.

The post-cold war era has seen an unmistakable trend toward the proliferation of violent non-state groups-variously labeled terrorists, rebels, paramilitaries, gangs, and criminals-near borders in unstable regions especially.

Listening closely to the religious pitch in Rousseau's voice, Cladis convincingly shows that Rousseau, when attempting to portray the most characteristic aspects of the public and private, reached for a religious vocabulary.

While there is a vast literature on women's political interests, there is hardly any consensus about what constitutes "e;women's interests"e; or how scholars should approach studying them.

​In fast allen liberalen Demokratien des Westens sind vor dem Hintergrund der Globalisierung zwei komplementäre Entwicklungen zu beobachten: zum einen eine zunehmende Skepsis der Bürgerinnen und Bürger gegenüber den repräsentativen Institutionen und Akteuren, zum anderen zunehmende Ansprüche nach direkter Beteiligung an Entscheidungsprozessen.

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

Considerably expanded to include the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this new edition of Waging Peace provides a unique insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East.

Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and concerns across India and China.

This book examines major conceptual challenges confronting freedom of religion or belief in contemporary settings.

Wie verfahren demokratische Verfassungsstaaten mit politischen Extremisten, die offen oder verdeckt eine diktatorische Ordnung anstreben, sich dabei jedoch zunächst keiner physischen Gewalt bedienen?