Comparative politics

This edited volume compares the internal dimension, politics and society in Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine.

This book investigates the forgotten years of Kurdish nationalism in Iran, from the fall of the Kurdish republic to the advent of the Iranian revolution.

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The book offers a processual and discursive perspective on how individuals exit the Muslim Brotherhood.

This book questions how policies for the metropolis become Europeanised.

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.

This book uses various concepts of 'age' to examine young people's voting behaviour in six European countries between 1981 and 2000.

This volume explores the connections between Thomas Aquinas' doctrine of natural law and contemporary social thought.

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 is based on a comparative study of regionalisms in Croatia's regions of Dalmatia and Istria as well as Serbia's Vojvodina.

This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United States according to the political theory of John Locke.

This book highlights historical explanations to and roots of present phenomena of violence, insecurity, and law enforcement in Central America.

This book presents a comparative analysis of the organizing trajectories of indigenous women's movements in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia.

This book discusses the current tendencies in women's representation and their role in politics in Latin American countries from three different perspectives.

This book analyzes how international organizations and the European Union engage with civil society to pursue their policy goals.

Tourists killed in Tunisia, Jihadi John targeted by drone strikes, carnage in Paris and hundreds of thousands of Syrians risking everything to reach Europe in an attempt to escape the violence.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL - Exploration of the Devil's Role in the History of Civilization: The Political and the Religious Aspects"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

An exploration of military responses to revolutions and how to predict such reactions in the futureWe know that a revolution's success largely depends on the army's response to it.

The religious beliefs of America's founding fathers have been a popular and contentious subject for recent generations of American readers.

The intellectual legacy of Confucianism has loomed large in efforts to understand China's past, present, and future.

This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought.

Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where conflicting parties have different religious identities.

Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religionsWhy does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions?

Is Confucianism a religion?

This engaging, knowledgeable book traces the American path France has followed since resolving its searing Algerian conflict in 1962.

How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy?

How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago.

As the world focuses on the conflict in Iraq, the most important political players in that country today are not the Sunni insurgents.

The Evolution of the Trade Regime offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody.

How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politicsWhy do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents better off?

What do the occult sciences, seances with the souls of the dead, and appeals to saintly powers have to do with rationality?

As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas.

How Machiavelli's Christianity shaped his political thoughtTo many readers of The Prince, Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check.

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states.

How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilienceConventional wisdom holds that the rising middle classes are a force for democracy.

The life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events.

A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities What would you do if you questioned your religious faith, but revealing that would cause you to lose your family and the only way of life you had ever known?

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWhy the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrongThe Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East.

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet.

An exploration of how key provinces in China shape urban and regional development The rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has been a double-edged sword: although big cities function as economic powerhouses, concentrated urban growth can worsen regional inequalities, governance challenges, and social tensions.

Journalism is complicated business: journalists are paid by management but work for the citizens; they tend to be self-taught (there is little evidence of mentoring and much disdain for journalism schools); and they need to be objective even when they're not impartial.

This innovative and timely reassessment of political theology opens new lines of critical investigation into the intersections of religion and politics in contemporary Asia.

German philosopher Jurgen Habermas has written extensively on the European Union.

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.

This book traces the evolution of the postcolonial state and the social contract in Egypt.

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

"e;Anyone who is losing hope for America must read The Seed of a Nation.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt founded the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, newspapers relating to the organization were launched almost immediately.

This book compares the postcolonial populations of Britain and France, examining the ways in which they are redefining citizenship.