Comparative politics

Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around ''embedded cohesiveness''.

In the USA, politically conservative and right-wing apocalyptic evangelicals hold that climate change science and Covid-19 are fabrications governed by manifest evil.

For years the European Union has been looked on as a potential model for cosmopolitan governance, and enjoyed considerable influence on the global stage.

The rising importance of community organizing in the US and more recently in Britain has coincided with the developing significance of social movements and identity politics, debates about citizenship, social capital, civil society, and religion in the public sphere.

This book critically explores the relationship between mobility patterns, transport provision and urban development in East African cities.

National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives.

This book explores how and why established parties undermine niche parties or use them against other mainstream opponents.

The title of this publication, "e;The Tradition of the Adoration of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church,"e; implies the phenomenon of the Virgin Mary as one of the basic values of mankind.

Based on a constructive reading of Scripture, the apostolic and patristic traditions and deeply rooted in the sacramental experience and spiritual ethos of the Orthodox Church, John Zizioulas offers a timely anthropological and cosmological perspective of human beings as “priests of creation” in addressing the current ecological crisis.

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform.

This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity in the Ottoman Empire.

For Christians living as a persecuted minority in the Middle East, the question of whether their allegiance should lie with their faith or with the national communities they live in is a difficult one.

This book explains why conflicts in Africa are sometimes ethnic and sometimes religious, even when the opponents remained unchanged.

Using the work of Edward Said as a point of departure, this book dissects the concept of Orientalism through the lens of 19th century missionary impressions of Kurdistan.

Shows how colonial indirect rule and land tenure institutions create state weakness, ethnic inequality and insurgency in India, and around the world.

Tunisian women have received significant attention for their active participation in preserving and extending women's rights since 2011.

Analyzes how increases in international trade, finance, and production have altered voter decisions, political party positions, and the issues that parties focus on in postindustrial democracies.

Using a key religious freedom Act, the book analyzes legislative process, Supreme Court jurisprudence, and discusses the role of religion in public life.

Populism and Antitrust examines the influence of populism on competition law and shows how populism can lead to illiberal changes.

A powerful dissection of one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise.

The concept of hyper-active Governance shows how politicians govern complex networks, in light of the politicisation of expertise.

This book analyzes transnational advocacy by conservatives, examining combat over issues such as gay rights and gun control.

The global, regional, and local energy landscape has changed dramatically in the twenty-first century.

This volume brings together many of the leading international figures in development studies, such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Paul Krugman, Dani Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, Daniel Cohen, Olivier Blanchard, Deepak Nayyar and John Williamson to reconsider and propose alternative development policies to the Washington Consensus.

This cutting-edge analysis of Islamic politics and economics shows how Islam builds trust in communities and serves as a collective identity.

One cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel's special status, its election.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

The extent to which citizens control government.

Eduardo Silva offers the first comprehensive comparative study of anti-free market movements in Latin America and a resulting shift in governmental intervention in the economy and society.

This first comprehensive history of the Russian Bible demonstrates how scriptural translation exposed serious divisions in modern Russian religious culture.

Immigration and race are contentious issues in North America.

The authors investigate the exceptional political economy of the ten inhabited islands whose territory is divided amongst two or more countries: that are unitary geographical spaces but fragmented polities.

The story of the birth of the Religious Right is a familiar one.

Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda.

Frequently in partnership, but sometimes at odds, religious institutions and public health institutions work to improve the well-being of their communities.

This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades.

Ongoing struggles over core principles of democratic governanceThe regime questionoften boiled down to ';democracy or autocracy?

This book surveys the development of the religious landscape in Suriname and Guyana, focusing on the interaction between Hindus, Muslims, and Christians and responses to Christian dominance.

Given the profound moral-ethical controversies regarding the use of new biotechnologies in medical research and treatment, such as embryonic research and cloning, this book sheds new light on the role of religious organizations and actors in influencing the bio-political debates and decision-making processes.

There are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea.

Interest in pacifism-an idea with a long history in philosophical thought and in several religious traditions-is growing.

Three unprecedented large-scale democratic experiments have recently taken place.

The Formation of Modern Lebanon (1985) examines the critical period around the 1920 establishment of Greater Lebanon and its impact on the political development of the country.

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

This is a book about the struggle of Orthodox Christianity to establish a clear identity and mission within modernity--Western modernity in particular.

Informal workers make up over two billion workers or about 50% of the global workforce.

Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept.

This book critically examines the intersection of religion, public health and human security in Nigeria.