Comparative politics

This handbook assesses the phenomenon of populism-a concept frequently belabored, but often misunderstood in politics.

Ellermann examines the development of immigration policies in four democracies from the postwar era to the present.

Why have so many figures throughout American history proclaimed their life stories when confronted by great political problems?

Faith and Science in Russian Religious Thought provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between science and faith in Russian religious thought.

Ever since PlatosRepublic, the study of statecraft has been a staple of Western discourse, and so has the study of particular leaders.

Late Antiquity, the period of transition from the crisis of Roman Empire in the third century to the Middle Ages, has traditionally been considered only in terms of the 'decline' from classical standards.

This book analyses a middle position between single enumerations in a regular federal-like and a regular autonomy-like distribution of legislative powers by examining constitutional legislation in three countries (Canada, Denmark and Finland) that have established separate enumerations for the national level and the sub-state level.

In 1979, the Chinese government famously introduced The Single Child Policy to control population growth.

This book probes the hollow rhetoric of debt, deficits and austerity.

This book seeks to develop an understanding of the changes in contemporary forms of government and explores the nature and structure of the various corrupt, undemocratic, oppressive, and abusive governments that continue to emerge around the globe.

The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government is an historic undertaking.

The essays in this volume offer a groundbreaking comparative analysis of religious education, and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a whole.

The period since the 1980s has seen sustained pressure on Africa's political elite to anchor the continent's development strategies in neoliberalism in exchange for vitally needed development assistance.

This book explains the original meaning of the two religion clauses of the First Amendment: "e;Congress shall make no law [1] respecting an establishment of religion or [2] prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy provides a lens through which to explore critical questions relating to contemporary religion in public life, and the institutionalisation of Islam in particular.

Originally published in 1971, this book is an account of the development of the Nigerian Army in the critical ten years spanning independence.

Argues that the interaction of formal institutions and the quality of democracy explain patterns of private sector development across Africa.

Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive.

This book discusses the history and socioeconomic impact of Rerum novarum, the first Catholic social encyclical.

Ireland has enjoyed continuous democratic government for almost a century, an unusual experience among countries that gained their independence in the 20th century.

How do religious groups, operating as NGOs, engage in the most important global institution for world peace?

Explains why taxation is a vital topic in explaining weak government in the poorer world.

This book presents the remarkable constitutional reforms undertaken by the Blair and Brown governments in the UK.

Originally published in 1976, this book describes one of the most important and colourful episodes in black Africa's twentieth-century history.

After assuming power in 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) has sought to control the narrative of the struggle for liberation from colonialism, to the exclusion of other players such as the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU).

Between 1983 and 1987, mercenaries adopting the pseudonym GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion, Antiterrorist Liberation Group) paid by the Spanish treasury and relying upon national intelligence support were at war with the Basque militant group ETA (Euskadi (e)Ta Askatasuna, Basque Country and Freedom).

This book explores the activities of the local Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan.

This book examines the factors determining the character, depth, scope and outcomes of changes made by political parties in the aftermath of electoral losses.

The book investigates facets of global Protestantism through Anglican, Quaker, Episcopalian, Moravian, Lutheran Pietist, and Pentecostal missions to enslaved and indigenous peoples and political reform endeavours in a global purview that spans the 1730s to the 1930s.

This book provides a comprehensive study into the promotion of regional integration as a central pillar of European Union (EU) relations with the rest of the world.

The explosive growth of the immigrant population since the 1960s has raised concerns about its impact on public life, but only recently have scholars begun to ask how religion affects the immigrant experience in our society.

Religion, Postcolonialism and Globalization: A Sourcebook shows how the roots of our globalized world run deeper than the 1980s or even the end of WWII, tracing back to 15th century European colonial expansion through which the 'modern world system' came into existence.

This book studies systemic vulnerabilities and their impact on states and individual survival.

For many years Malise Ruthven has been at the forefront of discerning commentary on the Islamic world and its relations with the predominantly secularised and Christian societies of the West.

An original analysis of Russian politics, reflecting on the underlying features of Russia''s political system since 1991.

Reclaiming migration critically assesses the EU's migration policy by presenting the unheard voices of the so-called migrant crisis.

Using Christianity in Africa, this book demonstrates that cultural influences, specifically religious sermons, can impact political participation.

Der sozialstaatliche Entwicklungsprozess war im Österreich der Nachkriegsjahrzehnte durch eine beachtliche Expansion gekennzeichnet.

The project discusses Hezbollah's political ideology and how it evolves over time and the conditions that lead to the change of ideology.

This book examines key debates on religion and democratization from three main perspectives: Religious traditions have core elements which are more or less conducive to democratization and democracy; Religious traditions may be multi-vocal - but at any moment there may be dominant voices more or less receptive to and encouraging of democratization; Religious actors rarely if ever determine democratization outcomes.

This book identifies the different forms that protest voting can take in times when populism flourishes.

Examines core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and political orientations in six Confucian countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

This book is a reference work with an encyclopedic range, offering contemporary and systematic comparisons between the United States and 17 other economically advanced, stable liberal democracies, as well as some more global comparisons.

This book is a study of the increasing territorial variations in the development of sub-national welfare systems that have occurred as an effect of the decentralization of health care and social assistance policies in Italy, Spain and Great Britain.

This thoroughly annotated document collection gives students and researchers an authoritative source for understanding the evolving political and legal relationship between church and state from colonial times to the present day.

The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era.