Comparative politics

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A History of Rwanda: From the Monarchy to Post-genocidal Justice provides a complete history of Rwanda, from the precolonial abanyiginya kingdom, through the German and Belgian colonial periods and subsequent independence, and then the devastating 1994 genocide and reconstruction, right up to the modern day.

Africa in World Politics provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the perfect introduction to the challenges faced by African states on an increasingly turbulent world stage.

Politics and Government in South Africa introduces readers to all aspects of government and politics in South Africa, from local, to provincial, national, and on to international considerations.

This book is an attempt to present the inside story of the Telangana movement that developed due to historical reasons.

A History of Rwanda: From the Monarchy to Post-genocidal Justice provides a complete history of Rwanda, from the precolonial abanyiginya kingdom, through the German and Belgian colonial periods and subsequent independence, and then the devastating 1994 genocide and reconstruction, right up to the modern day.

This book is an attempt to present the inside story of the Telangana movement that developed due to historical reasons.

Africa in World Politics provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the perfect introduction to the challenges faced by African states on an increasingly turbulent world stage.

A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Offers a new perspective on the relationship between states and social movements in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian contexts.

Examining constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa reveals how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems.

Why do only some incipient rebel groups become viable challengers to governments?

An original new textbook providing an up-to-date, critical perspective of how the EU works, and what issues it faces, in the post-crisis era.

Explores how public opinion affects policy-making in education and the conditions that make party and interest groups politics matter more.

While the ambitious objectives outlined in the EU's Green Deal aim at making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, national implementation greatly varies depending on local geographies, history, culture, economics, and politics.

This book is a survey of the field of development studies from a political economy perspective.

Dieser Band befasst sich mit einem Vergleich der Regierungssysteme der deutschen Länder aus politikwissenschaftlicher Sicht.

Diese Einführung in die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft integriert verschiedene Perspektiven: Ausgehend von zentralen Begriffen der Politikwissenschaft (z.

The link between the individual and the state or religious community on the other hand, does not occur without tension.

China's explosive transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one over the past three decades owes much to the charismatic reformer Zhu Rongji.

Das Handbuch präsentiert den „state of the art“ zu den Themen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung.

This book is a survey of the field of development studies from a political economy perspective.

The book shares the results of project research granted by the Castilla-La Mancha government, which has been composed by philosophers of law and criminal law researchers, whose main conclusions are represented by the manifestations and trends of the current crisis of the constitutional State.

Our nation is becoming ever more politicized.

Clearing up the confusion about religion, re-visioning the core elements of spiritual traditions, and transcending the fault line of secular-versus-religious.

This Element examines the ballot design consequences for voter behavior and candidate performance through an electoral reform in Argentina.

This monograph discusses the role of political parties in Paraguay's legislature.

This Oxford Handbook ambitiously seeks to lay the groundwork for the relatively new field of comparative foreign relations law.

What is the next chapter in Judaism's story, the next step in its journey?

The book provides a fresh and innovative interpretation of the new government of Zimbabwe led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, which emerged in late 2017 after the downfall of Robert Mugabe.

This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text.

This books explores the rise of civilizational populism throughout the world, and its consequences.

This book covers critical issues in Nigeria's external relations since 1960.

Dieser Band befasst sich mit einem Vergleich der Regierungssysteme der deutschen Länder aus politikwissenschaftlicher Sicht.

Der Band versammelt mobilitäts- und politikwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu verkehrspolitischen Entscheidungen und Richtungswechseln auf verschiedenen Ebenen (Bund, Land, Kommune) und zu verschiedenen Verkehrsträgern bzw.

This book interprets the relationship between Ireland and the European Union (EU).

Der Klimawandel gefährdet die Existenzgrundlage zukünftiger Generationen.

The debate on governance originates in the OECD world.

This book combines sociological theorising with studies on the Middle East and Islam.

This book examines the Europeanisation of party politics in Malta.

This book argues that the backsliding or stagnation of democracy should be interpreted in a wider perspective on irregular movements towards and away from contemporary liberal democracy.

Politische Partizipation ist ein wichtiges Element der Demokratie.

An insightful examination of how intersecting individual motivations and social structures mobilize spontaneous mass protests.

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

Understanding Economic Transitions explains the genesis, operation, and transformation of the centrally-planned socialist economy, which figured prominently in the lives of billions of people in twentieth-century Europe and Asia.