Indigenous people: governance and politics

The rise of China will undoubtedly be one of the great spectacles of the twenty-first century.

Sunni Islam has played an ambivalent role in Turkey's Kurdish conflict--both as a conflict resolution tool and as a tool of resistance.

Whether in the northern provinces of Argentina, the central states of Mexico, or the southern states of the United States, less-than-democratic subnational regimes are often found within democratic national political systems.

San Diego and Tijuana are the site of a national border enforcement spectacle, but they are also neighboring cities with deeply intertwined histories, cultures, and economies.

In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America.

Socialist cities have special qualities which endure in particular, subtle, and often under-theorized ways.

This groundbreaking study of the politics of secession combines traditional political history with current work in anthropology and gender and ritual studies.

Das Bayerische Jahrbuch verzeichnet Behörden, Ministerien, Körperschaften und mit ihnen verbundene Einrichtungen des öffentlichen Lebens im Freistaat Bayern:

• Behörden und Dienststellen der staatlichen und kommunalen Verwaltung
• die Gerichtsbarkeit
• Interessenverbände und andere Organisationen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Kunst usw.

Samuel Koteliansky (1880-1955) fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many of Britain's literati and intellectuals, who were fascinated by his homeland's more civilized side: the Ballets Russes, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.

Are the world's oldest democracies failing?

Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.

Whether in the northern provinces of Argentina, the central states of Mexico, or the southern states of the United States, less-than-democratic subnational regimes are often found within democratic national political systems.

This book analyzes the place and influence of religion in European politics.

Examines how Salafism, a globally influential Muslim movement, is reshaping religious authority in Nigeria, Africa''s most populous country.

This book presents a cutting-edge analysis of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation.

This is a revision and update of Zimmerman's classic study of relations between state and local government.

In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson's extensive research into the development of Texas's oldest city.

Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around ''embedded cohesiveness''.

Analyzes how increases in international trade, finance, and production have altered voter decisions, political party positions, and the issues that parties focus on in postindustrial democracies.

In 1992, Florida voters approved an amendment to the state's Constitution creating eight-year term limits for legislators-making Florida the second-largest state, after California, to implement such a law.

In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services today.

This volume makes visible the many innovative resistances and solutions emanating from the Global South, in response to the injustices of the current global ecological crises.

This book places the 2014 elections in Florida in historical perspective and provides an analysis of the outcomes of each of the state and federal races held in that year: Governor, State Constitutional Offices, the US Congress and the Florida State House of Representatives and the State Senate.

It departs from the scholarship produced on Sri Lanka, and re-introduces the neo-Marxist approaches through the works of Antonio Gramsci.

The growth in power of government bureaucracies is one of the more profound developments of 20th-century society.

A brilliant book based on a brilliant and true concept.

Why has America experienced an explosion in crime rates since 1960?

Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy.

This volume makes visible the many innovative resistances and solutions emanating from the Global South, in response to the injustices of the current global ecological crises.

European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU.

China has undergone dramatic change in its economic institutions in recent years, but surprisingly little change politically.

Este trabajo pretende reconstruir la disputa en torno al sentido de la plurinacionalidad, así como analizar las tensiones mantenidas entre el presidente y la CONAIE desde el inicio de la Asamblea Constituyente de Montecristi (2007) hasta la Declaración de Ambato (2010), con la que la principal organización indígena del país desconocía al Gobierno, tras su intento de sacar adelante una Ley de Aguas que, a juicio de la dirigencia indígena, había carecido de la necesaria negociación.

Nominated for the Governor-General's Award for Non-Fiction, Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois in Power has been described as the classic work on one of the most important periods in recent Quebec history.

The author of Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans explores the state’s unique mindset and culture.

Tools for people seeking to improve their communitiesThis significant guide puts the tools of democracy into everyones hands.

Barbara Olschner believes in her party's founding principles: lower taxes, less regulation, limited government, and individual accountability.

The Russian state presents a mystery to outside observers.

Civic Revolutionaries offers a practical guide for renewing the great American tradition of spirited, breakthrough community leadership.

Volume Two of the daily diaries of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan.

Asked in 2010 about his pugnacious approach to federal-provincial relations, Newfoundland premier Danny Williams declared “I would rather live one more day as a lion than ten years a jellyfish.

Judicial review by Israel's Supreme Court over actions of Israeli authorities in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 is an important element in Israel's legal and political control of these territories.

Since the mid-1990s, Morocco has sought to present itself as a model of genuine and gradual reform, with decentralisation as a key tenet of this.

CALIFORNIA: THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY, 10th Edition, explores the uniqueness and excitement of California's political environment through two key themes: diversity and hyperpluralism.

What implications does the GDA approach have for federal-provincial relations?

Political Economy in the Modern State is Harold Innis's transitional and, in some respects, his most transformative book.

Local Tax Policy: A Primer provides the definitive discussion of how local governments raise revenue.