Comparative politics

This book is a timely resource for the debate around "e;revitalizing"e; Canada's public diplomacy, bringing together some of the top scholars of Canadian public diplomacy and practitioners past and present to build a one-stop shop for thinking on the past, present, and future of Canadian engagement with foreign publics.

A syncretistic and millenarian religious movement, the Yiguandao (Way of Pervading Unity) was one of the major redemptive societies of Republican China.

This new history of the Christian right does not stop at national or religious boundaries.

This is the first comparative study of the distinctive literatures and cultures that have developed in Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland since political devolution in the late 1990s, especially surrounding Brexit.

This book compares how the American draft system and the French conscription system came to be.

By examining social networks in North America, Europe and Australia, this book argues segregation, not diversity reduces trust between people.

This book is the first to link the modern appreciation for democratic freedom directly to Jewish political thought in seventeenth-century Amsterdam.

This book develops a novel way of thinking about crises in world politics.

This is a one-of-kind volume bringing together leading scholars in the economics of religion for the first time.

'Witty, knowledgeable and mind-expanding' RICHARD FISHER | 'A joyful romp' TOM HARFORD | 'A fun and inspiring teaser for curious minds' J R MIE HARRISEvery so often, a new idea comes along that changes everything.

The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive religious organizations been missing in action in recent struggles for racial justice?

As India has risen economically and militarily in recent years, its political influence on the global stage has also seen a commensurate increase.

Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the challenges facing parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of social welfare system in a rentier state, Qatar, tracing its evolution and institutional development.

Während die normative Begründung von Demokratie seit der Antike ein zentrales Thema der politischen Ideengeschichte darstellt, erhält die Rechtfertigung autoritärer Herrschaft bisher relativ wenig Aufmerksamkeit.

On January 2009, President Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government.

Die jüngsten Debatten um Großprojekte wie Stuttgart 21, das wachsende Misstrauen gegenüber politischen Akteuren, die rasanten Wahlerfolge populistischer Parteien und die verstärkte Protestbereitschaft in Deutschland sind Anzeichen dafür, dass die klassische repräsentative Demokratie nicht mehr in der Lage ist, den heutigen Anforderungen gerecht zu werden.

A comprehensive assessment of immigration and migration and their policy implications in twentyfirst-century Europe.

Although the moral and ethical dimensions of NATO presence in Afghanistan has been the focus of debate by politicians and media alike, questions of the religious culture and spirituality that underlie the complexities of both the conflict and convictions of those affected have rarely been discussed.

How will the future leaders of Russia regard the world scene?

Erodiert die Legitimität der Demokratie in Deutschland?

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.

The development of societies during and after periods of authoritarian or totalitarian rule is among the most interesting research topics in social sciences.

The relationship between early Mormons and the United States was marked by anxiety and hostility, heightened over the course of the nineteenth century by the assassination of Mormon leaders, the Saints' exile from Missouri and Illinois, the military occupation of the Utah territory, and the national crusade against those who practiced plural marriage.

This book explores different kinds of colonialism and how these result in differing levels of economic prosperity and social well-being.

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

Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars, this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a democratic state.

This book examines the various ways in which colonialism in Zimbabwe is remembered, looking both at how people analyse, perceive, and interpret the past, and how they rewrite that past, elevating some players and their historical agency.

There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization.

The modern Chinese state has traditionally affected every major aspect of domestic society.

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

This volume explores the governance of the transforming Arctic from an international perspective.

This book provides a timely reconceptualization of Zimbabwe's anti- colonial liberation struggle, resisting simple binaries in favour of more nuanced, critical analysis.

This book addresses the discourses, agendas and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.

This volume examines the rise (or revival) of political meritocracy and what it will mean for political developments in China and the rest of the world.

In recent American politics, the term OmoralityO has come to be used in a way almost entirely restricted to private family and sexual issues, leaving aside responsibility for immensely consequential decisions about initiating wars, oppressive policies, regressive tax structures, and disregard of the United Nations and international law.

This book examines the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the ''founding period'' of constitutionalism in the Americas.

Explores the value of an organization-centered approach to understanding parties and their role in democratic representation.

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This book argues that ancient and modern African indigenous knowledges remain key to Africa's role in global capital, technological and knowledge development and to addressing her marginality and postcoloniality.

What role does, could or should theology play in current discussions about our political realities?

Energy has been an important element in Moscow’s quest to exert power and influence in its surrounding areas both before and after the collapse of the USSR.

The book offers new insights into how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity interact within the context of Ukrainian political reform, and indicates how these reforms affect social cohesion among ethno-cultural groups.

';War is a terrible thing, but we should see if there is justice in it.

Iran's presidents have defined the Islamic Republic's attitudes towards the rest of the world.

Challenging a widespread belief that religious people are politically intolerant, Marie Ann Eisenstein offers compelling evidence to the contrary.