Comparative politics

African liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in terms of thought.

This fascinating book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistans fixation with blasphemytales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal.

Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making, and this book provides the backstory.

The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for bread, freedom and dignity.

Although Irans Islamic Revolution had an electrifying effect on Shiite movements in Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf and Saudi Arabia, there exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably linked to Iranian foreign policy.

This book is a major reinterpretation of politics in Pakistan.

Hindu Nationalism in South India engages with a range of factors that shapes the trajectory of Hindu nationalism in Kerala, the southern state of India.

Part literary criticism, part jeremiad, and part metaphysical inquiry, Heretics is G.

This book is about the 100 years of World Wars and Regional Collaboration in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, investigating and considering how to foster Good Governance and New World Order.

The revered Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus explores the Christian culture warsthe debates over church and statefrom a biblical perspective, exploring the earliest tensions evident in the New Testament, and offering a way forward for Christians today.

The Catholic Reformation (1999) provides a dynamic and original history of this crucial movement in early modern Europe.

Radical Religious Movements in Early Modern Europe (1980) examines Western European history during three crucial centuries of transition.

Radical Religious Movements in Early Modern Europe (1980) examines Western European history during three crucial centuries of transition.

The Catholic Reformation (1999) provides a dynamic and original history of this crucial movement in early modern Europe.

'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam ChomskyUnder Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically.

Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures.

A comparison of the faith and politics of former Confederate chaplains with intriguing insights about the evolution of their postwar beliefs and the Lost Cause Pulpits of the Lost Cause: The Faith and Politics of Former Confederate Chaplains during Reconstruction is the first in-depth study of former chaplains that juxtaposes their religion and politics, thereby revealing important insights about the Lost Cause movement.

In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

This book examines the failure of Islamic politics in becoming a hegemonic force in Indonesia and the far-reaching consequences for current practices of democracy and of Islam itself.

A popular look at the separation of church and state: what it is, what it isn't, and why it matters for the future of religion in America.

Environmental protection has not equally established itself as a permanent fixture in the political systems of all countries: to date, governments and entire societies have responded to environmental challenges in a variety of ways, and concrete environmental policy is still a highly national matter.

The author of Crude Politics and Infiltration offers an analysis of public policy's role in the 2008 financial crisis.

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.

This book examines the dynamics of neoliberal urban governance through a comparative analysis of Buenos Aires and Chicago, with a special focus on gentrification processes in both cities from 2011 to 2021.

At a time of widespread disillusion, citizens keep telling us how "e;frustrated"e; they feel with their democracies.

'Jesús y John Wayne' es una amplia historia revisionista de los últimos setenta y cinco años del evangelismo blanco que revela cómo los evangélicos han trabajado para sustituir al Jesús de los Evangelios por un ídolo de la masculinidad ruda y el nacionalismo cristiano, o en palabras de un capellán moderno, por "un malote espiritual".

«Este libro reúne textos de Joseph Ratzinger/Benedicto XVI en torno a un hilo conductor: su gran apuesta —a los creyentes y a los no creyentes— de vivir y organizar nuestra convivencia 'como si Dios existiera'.

While primary elections are most often associated with presidential candidates in the United States, similar methods for selecting party leaders and candidates are becoming increasingly common in parliamentary democracies around the world.

For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell's masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality.

The story of Africa is a ghost story with two plots.

In Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, central governments historically pursued mono-nationalist ideologies and repressed Kurdish identity.

This book examines the emergence of different forms of capitalism in Central-Eastern states in Europe and Mekong states within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

With theoretically-rich contributions from an international group of political scientists, historians, and economists, this volume addresses the puzzle of why the Middle East has produced no single dominant and acknowledged regional power, despite contenders such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Turkey.

This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy.

Intellectual property is one of the most valuable forms of property in the modern world.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) famously began the Reformation, a movement that shook Europe with religious schism and social upheaval.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) famously began the Reformation, a movement that shook Europe with religious schism and social upheaval.

Si l'on en croit l'historien Denis Vaugeois, les gens inventent des histoires depuis soixante ans à propos du gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis.

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The nation-state is a double sleight of hand, naturalizing both the nation and the state encompassing it.

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Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable.

Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable.

The nation-state is a double sleight of hand, naturalizing both the nation and the state encompassing it.

Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clich s, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clich s about religion, focusing on clich s that a new generation of students are most familiar with.