Comparative politics

Winner of the Mormon History Association Best Book AwardWhat do Americans really think about Mormons, and why?

Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault.

Throughout their shared history, Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches have lived through a very complex and sometimes tense relationship - not only theologically, but also politically.

This book analyzes the contemporary politics of the Hajj in countries of Africa, the Near East, and Southeast Asia.

For over a hundred years, millions of Americans have joined together to fight a common enemy by campaigning against diseases.

Questions how the church and state should be related, through an examination of the relationship between divine and political authority.

Engaging with some of the central issues in the sociology of religion, this volume investigates the role and significance of churches and religion in contemporary Western and Eastern Europe.

Among the violent acts perpetrated by radical Islamist groups in Europe, the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris has been one of those that has arguably challenged established categories of public debate the most.

Kai Hafez''s book overturns arguments denouncing political Islam as a terrorist or fascist movement at odds with Western democratic ideology.

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South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which engages with the failure of the newest African State to transition itself successfully to a state and nation after its independence in July 2011.

This volume examines the enduring nature of religious nationalism in modern Europe.

Beyond Belief: Surviving the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France presents a demographic study of the behaviors of Protestants and Catholics in a town in southeastern France between 1650 and 1715.

One Nation Under God?

A short walk from the glistening Nile nestled in a dusty Cairo street lies the Coptic Church of St.

Tracing local trajectories of conflict, Mazur explains how the Syrian uprising became a civil war fought largely along ethnic lines.

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.

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar?

The relationships between Africa and Europe are of high strategic importance.

The South Seas in the Modern World (1942) surveys the economic, social, educational and strategic problems facing the islands of the Pacific dependencies on the eve of the Second World War.

While the Arab Uprisings presented new opportunities for the empowerment of women, the sidelining of women remains a constant risk in the post-revolutionist MENA countries.

Presents a new theory for why democracies and dictatorships emerge and then survive or collapse via analyses of political regimes in Latin America since 1900.

The attacks in Paris in January and November 2015 heralded the beginning of a new wave of terrorism - one rooted in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq.

Christianity and Imperialism in Modern Japan explores how Japanese Protestants engaged with the unsettling changes that resulted from Japan's emergence as a world power in the early 20th century.

Completely revised and enlarged edition (1951) of a book which has become a standard work on comparative government.

Conditionality has become a popular instrument for achieving policy change in the European Union (EU).

American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analysis of adolescence.

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The Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa.

Drawing from multiple scholarly fields, Kenyon examines free speech''s positive dimensions of enablement and how they can be pursued.

This book focuses on the history, key industry and policy actors, and political economic outcomes in oil-producing African states.

Comparative analysis of case studies across East Asia provides new insights into the relationship between state building, stateness, and democracy.

This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework.

This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for office-and to whom they are indebted and expected to repay.

This collective work aims to critically reflect upon contemporary citizenship aspirations and practices in sub-Saharan Africa.

The 19th century was a pioneering age for vernacular texts in India.

In the face of ongoing religious conflicts and unending culture wars, what are we to make of liberalism's promise that it alone can arbitrate between church and state?

Is Vladimir Putin macho, or is he a "e;fag"e;?

Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history?

2021 Book Award Winner, The Gospel Coalition (Public Theology & Current Events)Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Baptist Studies)Christians are often thought of as defending only their own religious interests in the public square.

The seventeenth century English philosopher, John Locke, is widely recognized as one of the seminal sources of the modern liberal tradition.

Explores Africa in the late twentieth century, focusing on the logic of political order and the foundations of the state.

This volume is centred around the theme of veiling in Islam and provides multifarious aspects of the discussion regarding veiling of Muslim women, especially in the West.