Comparative politics

A key exploration of political legitimacy in East Asian societies undertaken by normative political theorists and empirical political scientists.

This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the much neglected angle of political responsibility.

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration.

Trump, Wilders, Salvini, Le Pen - during the last decades, radical right-wing leaders and their parties have become important political forces in most western democracies.

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment.

Exciting developments in research among, with and by Indigenous scholars and communities are enriching a wide range of disciplines, methodologies and trans-disciplinary conversations.

How safe is Turkey's liberal democracy?

This book analyses the relationship between the media and politics in new democracies in Europe and other parts of the world.

This book shows that liberalizing governments across Ibero-America often forge alliances with protected actors such as unions and domestic business.

How do urbanization and development intersect with religious dynamics to shape contemporary African cityscapes?

This book brings together perspectives on resource exploitation to expose the continued environmental and socio-political concerns in post-colonial Africa.

Beyond the Gatekeeper State explores the dynamic changes occurring within and between African states, and the international system since the turn of the century.

A study of the role of clan networks in Central Asia from the early twentieth century through 2004.

This analysis of budgetary systems and policies across the world examines how politics, culture, and economics influence public finance.

Sam Haselby offers a new and persuasive account of the role of religion in the formation of American nationality, showing how a contest within Protestantism reshaped American political culture and led to the creation of an enduring religious nationalism.

The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable.

A bold re-interpretation of democracy''s historical rise in Europe, Ziblatt highlights the surprising role of conservative political parties with sweeping implications for democracy today.

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.

Although the most pernicious consequences of the crisis have apparently abated, the long-term political repercussions remain unclear.

This book examines the increasing territorialisation of party competition and the relaxation of unitarian rule through devolution, presenting a long-term analysis of electoral developments in the United Kingdom since the end of the Second World War.

This book is the first study of political and legal thinking about the partitions of India and Palestine in 1947.

Whether in the northern provinces of Argentina, the central states of Mexico, or the southern states of the United States, less-than-democratic subnational regimes are often found within democratic national political systems.

This important work offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Orthodox Church available, providing a detailed account of its historical development, as well as exploring Orthodox theology and culture Written by one of the leading Orthodox historians and theologians in the English-speaking world Offers an in-depth engagement with the issues surrounding Orthodoxy's relationship to the modern world, including political, cultural and ethical debates Considers the belief tradition, spirituality, liturgical diversity, and Biblical heritage of the Eastern Churches; their endurance of oppressions and totalitarianisms; and their contemporary need to rediscover their voice and confidence in a new world-order Recipient of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 award

Media reporting on Islam and Muslims commonly relate stories about terrorism, violence, or the lack of integration with western values and society.

This provocative book is anchored on the insurgent and resurgent spirit of decolonization of the twenty-first century.

Catholic polemical works, and their portrayal of Protestants in print in particular, are the central focus of this work.

One of the most persistent puzzles in comparative public policy concerns the conditions under which discontinuous policy change occurs.

This book reviews Cabral's intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics.

Bringing together the expertise of dozens of Latin American scholars, Latin America's Multicultural Movements examines multicultural rights recognition in theory and in practice.

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the international order.

Courts and Terrorism examines the response of judiciaries in nine separate nations to terror tactics and the common themes experienced.

An original and comprehensive study of the sociological and psychological forces driving individual choices in French Presidential elections.

This book analyzes the place and influence of religion in European politics.

Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.

In the wake of the protests that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and early 2011, Islamist movements of varying political persuasions have risen to prominence.

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue.

How can religion contribute to democracy in a secular age?

This study analyzes how elected leaders and high courts in Argentina and Brazil interact over economic governance.

A comparative and empirical analysis of proportionality in the case law of six constitutional and supreme courts.

Although the Genocide Convention was already adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1945, it was only in the late 1990s that groups of activists emerged calling for military interventions to halt mass atrocities.

In exploring the connections between religion, violence and cities, the book probes the extent to which religion moderates or exacerbates violence in an increasingly urbanised world.

Perhaps no other nation is or has ever been as religiously diverse as the United States.

Christianity in the United States has long been organized around congregations and denominations.

A cutting-edge description of subnational democracy combined with a ground breaking explanation for why some regions are much less democratic than others.

This book is about how opinion polls are reported in the media.

Late in life, William F.

Political culture refers to the basic values, ideas, beliefs and political orientations by which countries, societies, and whole regions are guided.