Comparative politics

This edited volume provides a critical account of the theories and policies that have informed work in the field of early childhood and explores how they have operated in practice.

Recent research demonstrates that the quality of public institutions is crucial for a number of important environmental, social, economic, and political outcomes, and thereby human well-being.

Using original fieldwork, Violent Resistance explains when, where, and how communities form militias to defend themselves in civil wars.

Maoism and Grassroots Religion explores grassroots religious life under and after Mao in Rui'an County, Wenzhou of southeast China, a region widely known for its religious vitality.

Using interview evidence and archival data from Argentina, the book examines why and when women collaborate in Congress.

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To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers?

Since the introduction of the fast track land reform programme in 2000, Zimbabwe has undergone major economic and political shifts and these have had a profound impact on both urban and rural livelihoods.

Explaining Religious Party Strength explores why religious political parties are electorally successful in some countries but not in others.

This book explains why the Nordic Model retains its influence, especially on the Anglo-American left, notwithstanding internal problems.

Comparative politics involves both a comparative study of the political structures and functions of national political systems of various states and also a comparative study of the political institutions at work within a single state.

Decentralization may help preserve peace in one country or in one region, but may have the opposite effect in others.

A sweeping account of Southern political economy in the New Deal era.

The current refugee crisis sweeping Europe, and much of the world, closely intersects with largely neglected questions of religion.

Surveying theological literature produced in the Christian East from the first through the 20th century, Eastern Christianity in its Texts explores different theological themes (analytical and mystical), genres (epistles, treatises, and poetry), and milieux (Greek, Armenian, Western and Eastern Syriac, Russian and Romanian).

This volume interrogates the implications of the persistence of nationalisms and newer, ethnic-religious identities for the emergence of a robust European identity.

Climate change, economic crises, migration, and terrorism are among the many problems that challenge public governance in modern societies.

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Stoll studies how society shapes democratic political competition, with a focus on the number of political parties.

This book situates comparative-historical analysis within contemporary debates in political science and explores the latest theoretical and conceptual advances.

Millions of enfranchised people live in abject poverty in democracies around the world.

Der Band setzt sich mit den Krisen und Transformationsherausforderungen unserer Zeit, deren Management und der demokratischen Gestaltung mutiger Zukunftsvisionen auseinander.

In fragile states, domestic and international actors sometimes take the momentous step of sharing sovereign authority to provide basic public services and build the rule of law.

For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate.

Over the past 50 years, the architects of the religious right have become household names: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson.

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States.

This book argues that the principles and institutions of political liberalism are necessary conditions for achieving reliable stability amid conditions of pluralism.

This book presents a novel approach to the study of contemporary social movements and activism.

Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises explores various dimensions of the interrelations between the individual, community, and religion.

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Digital networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized everyday human interaction by facilitating the search for, and access to, information, entertainment, and social connection.

A ground-breaking account of popular protest in the Middle East and North Africa from the eighteenth century to the present.

A comprehensive analysis of how the Yugoslav successor states have coped with the challenges of building democracy since 1990.

This book explores the agency of Jinn, the so-called "e;demons of Islam"e;.

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A groundbreaking study of the foundations of nationalism, exposing its antiquity, strong links with ethnicity and roots in human nature.

This book explains why industrialization is the most important factor driving assimilation and ethnic change in the modern world.

This book analyzes China's attitude to international law based on historical experiences and documents, and provides an explanation of China's approaches to international legal issues.

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This book raises questions about the just war tradition through a critical examination of its revival and by juxtaposing it with a literary phenomenology of war.

Zionism and Jewish Culture examines the history of Zionism from a new perspective, arguing that Zionism was not only a political project, but also a major cultural force in modern Jewish life.

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States.

Contrasts democratic and authoritarian approaches to international law, explaining how their interaction will affect the world in the future.

The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics provides the most comprehensive and thorough English language book on Danish politics ever written.

This edited book draws on a cross-cultural and historical lens to theoretically and practically analyse gambling regulations and the use of gambling revenue.