Comparative politics

This book reveals aspects of the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left, their conceptualization of Marxism and ideological formations.

This book presents in detail the negotiations on the budget of the European Union, which take place every seven years, and discusses the central elements of this European budgetary system.

This book introduces a new theory of pathways to globalization and development, which identifies national configurations of sectoral models.

Compassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human history to the present.

This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice.

This book critically interrogates the neoliberal peacebuilding and statebuilding model and proposes a popular progressive model centred around the lived realities of African societies.

This book interrogates the sharp contrast that emerged between demands of the norms of international rule of law and the interests of conflict resolution at a local level in northern Uganda.

This book presents in a concise and accessible way why the EU institutional system exists in its present form, how the EU fits into the world as a system of governance, and who is involved in EU policy processes.

Dealing with Peace presents the struggles of the Guatemalan campesino (peasant) social movement during the country's post-conflict transition from 1996 to the present, focusing on efforts to obtain land and improve livelihoods within a shifting, yet consistently hostile, political-economic environment.

This book examines the emergence of authoritarian populist regimes, analyzing Brazil as a case study.

The end of the Cold War and the 'War on Terror' has signalled a shift in the security policies of all states.

This book investigates how African authors and artists have explored themes of the future and technology within their works.

Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years?

Decentralization may help preserve peace in one country or in one region, but may have the opposite effect in others.

Demonstrates that the political institutions of authoritarian regimes and consolidated democracies are better equipped to create attractive policies for investors.

Why have so many figures throughout American history proclaimed their life stories when confronted by great political problems?

A guide to the increasingly important effects of the interaction between globalisation and various different forms of regional economic integration.

This edited volume discusses and analyses the impact of neoliberal policies and ideologies on public and private care practices in Nordic, Central, and East European welfare states.

A new study of the personal, political, and institutional impacts of social movements.

This book explores the relationship between federalism, social divides and conflict in African countries.

A fully-updated second edition of the presentation of the structure and workings of the national cabinets in Western European countries today.

This is the first study to demonstrate the role of cultural change in the global rise of freedoms.

This book shows how a constructivist account of bargaining sheds new light on the emergence of impasse situations in international trade negotiations.

This book brings together twelve scholars six Americans and six Chinese to explore the ways America and China think about international order.

Focusing on the distinct identities and diverse lived experiences of women in a wide range of countries and cultures, this book provides a comprehensive overview of women in local, regional, and national politics around the world.

Analyses various causes of religious-based discrimination against 771 religious minorities in 183 countries over a twenty-five year period.

Why are unions weaker in the US than they are in Canada, despite the countries'' many similarities?

This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the group's historical context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories.

Western democracy is being questioned around the world.

The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem.

What explains the variety of responses that states adopt toward different refugee groups?

This book represents a revolutionary approach to political science, revealing the practical human basis of why the world works.

This book accounts for whether and how the path of the European Union (EU) has developed towards potential disintegration.

In this book, Brian Lund builds on contemporary housing crisis narratives, which tend to focus on the growth of a younger 'generation rent,' to include the differential effects of class, age, gender, ethnicity and place, across the United Kingdom.

What drove the horizontal spread of authoritarianism and corporatism between Europe and Latin America in the 20th century?

This book examines the nexus of collective intelligence (CI), a feature of online projects in which various types of communities solve problems intelligently, and open policymaking, as a trend of large groups of people shaping public policies.

Explains cross-national differences in the political and partisan representation of low-income voters, focusing attention on the electoral geography of income.