Comparative politics

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The personalization of politics, whereby politicians increasingly become the main focus of political processes, is a prominent phenomenon in modern democracies that has received considerable scholarly attention in national politics.

The personalization of politics, whereby politicians increasingly become the main focus of political processes, is a prominent phenomenon in modern democracies that has received considerable scholarly attention in national politics.

The Law and Ethics of Medicine: Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life explains the principle of the inviolability of human life and its continuing relevance to English law governing aspects of medical practice at the beginning and end of life.

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In 1973, Billy Graham, "e;America's Pastor,"e; held his largest ever "e;crusade.

In 1973, Billy Graham, "e;America's Pastor,"e; held his largest ever "e;crusade.

Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political concerns.

In the period from the close of the Napoleonic Wars up through the immediate post-World-War II era the image of Martin Luther was transposed in Germany from a religious reformer and advocate of freedom to a symbol of volkisch nationalist identity, such that with the seizure of power by the Nazis, Luther was used to portray a symbiosis between the new regime and the tradition of Protestant religiosity.

There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate efforts.

If you tune into televised newscasts or read any newspaper, it is impossible to ignore the increased polarization of political discussion.

If you tune into televised newscasts or read any newspaper, it is impossible to ignore the increased polarization of political discussion.

Why do some militaries support and others thwart transitions to democracy?

This book offers a systematic exploration of the role of religion and religiosity in electoral politics in Catholic, Protestant, and religiously mixed countries across Western Europe and in the United States.

This book offers a systematic exploration of the role of religion and religiosity in electoral politics in Catholic, Protestant, and religiously mixed countries across Western Europe and in the United States.

The executive branch in Western democracies has been granted a virtually impossible task: expected to 'imperially' direct the life of the nation through thick and thin, it is concurrently required to be subservient to legislation meted out by a sovereign parliament.

Why is American politics so intense and emotionally competitive today, and how did we get here?

Communities across the world engage in gender practices that are seen by many as in conflict with women's rights, such as Muslim women's face veils and polygyny.

Geneva was hated and loved in sixteenth-century France.

There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate efforts.

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Seeing the Church in danger from the government in 1833, the clergyman John Henry Newman wanted to 'look to the people' for help.

How do parties survive when newness is their only selling point?

Why do reforms so often fail to deliver the results they promise?

Tanzania 2025 Contested Elections: The Handcuffed Election – Volume 8Was Tanzania's 2025 General Election a democratic exercise, a managed political process, or something in between?

The constitutional background of both legislatures and their procedures are described and where possible compared.

Thecla, a disciple of the apostle Paul, became perhaps the most celebrated female saint and 'martyr' among Christians in late antiquity.

During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition.

Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities.

A novel explanation for why politicians insult, accuse, and threaten their opponents, even though voters say they don't like it.

A novel explanation for why politicians insult, accuse, and threaten their opponents, even though voters say they don't like it.

Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities.

The vast majority of the world's countries are experiencing a demographic revolution: dramatic, sustained, and likely irreversible population aging.

What does the battle between conservative Christians and LGBTQ+ people look like from the vantage point of those who are both?

A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to China's political history, contemporary political system, and key policy areas, such as the environment, population management, and public health.

One of the primary goals of the 1970s-era conservative legal movement was to undo New Deal policies that favored labor at the expense of capital.

Transgender rights have emerged as an important topic of everyday conversation across the country in recent years and become, in many ways, the flashpoint du jour of the American culture wars.

Tanzania at the Crossroads: Essays on Democracy, Justice, and Electoral PoliticsThis compilation presents twenty-nine analytical essays examining the legal, institutional, and political dynamics shaping Tanzania's 2025 electoral cycle.

This book investigates allegations of politically targeted abductions, torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial detention in Tanzania between 2023 and 2026.

This book examines the conduct of Tanzania's legal profession during the 2025 electoral cycle, with particular focus on the Public Bar Association (PBA) and its institutional rivalry with the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS).

Few issues besides evolution have so strained Americans' professed tradition of tolerance.

In From a Far Country Catharine Randall examines Huguenots and their less-known cousins the Camisards, offering a fresh perspective on the important role these French Protestants played in settling the New World.

This book offers a comprehensive political and institutional analysis of Tanzania's 2025 electoral cycle, examining the intersection of party nomination processes, electoral administration, legal contestation, and campaign rhetoric.

Volume Two analyzes Tanzania's 2025 electoral environment through 26 interlinked case studies covering opposition fragmentation, ruling-party strategy, legal governance, media control, campaign economics, and political symbolism.

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States declared war on terrorism.

Community-oriented policing (COP) is the ideology and policy model espoused in the mission statements of nearly all policing forces throughout the world.

The complex and multifaceted relationship between economic factors and conflictIn this book, Stephen Brooks provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of how economic factors influence security affairs.

The complex and multifaceted relationship between economic factors and conflictIn this book, Stephen Brooks provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of how economic factors influence security affairs.

How resistance to extraction shaped Indigenous demands for autonomy, integration, or assimilationFrom the onset of colonialism, Indigenous communities have faced seizure of their land, labor, and resources by non-Indigenous actors.