Indigenous people: governance and politics

This is the third of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure of governance above and below the central state.

This work studies the world''s most multifaceted and complex political turmoils - Kashmir, using the protracted social conflict theory.

There are many different ways to do political science research.

LBJ and Grassroots Federalism: Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas reveals the local ramifications of federal policy.

This book describes the levels of unequal electoral participation in thirty-six countries worldwide.

Why Democracy Deepens explains how socio-economic changes in India are shaping its politics to promote grassroots democracy.

In most municipalities across Canada, the top public servant is the chief administrative officer (CAO) or city manager.

Demonstrates how specific dimensions of democracy - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development and well-being.

Why Democracy Deepens explains how socio-economic changes in India are shaping its politics to promote grassroots democracy.

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

This book is the hearing that took place on September 14th 2005 before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on the recovery efforts (or lack thereof) from Hurricane Katrina.

This book argues that the structure of the policy-making process in Nigeria explains variations in government performance better than other commonly cited factors.

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations.

"e;Mafia"e; has become an indigenous South Asian term.

San Antonio boasts one of the countrys fastest-growing metropolitan regions, thanks to visionary personalities, key politicians, a vibrant citizenry, and a bit of luck.

This book studies representation in Chinese local congresses, drawing on qualitative fieldwork and quantitative surveys of congressmen and women.

Unser Wissen über Brasilien beschränkt sich oft auf festgetretene Klischees: Strand, Samba, Fußball und leider auch Abholzung des Regenwalds, Gewalt, Korruption und Rassismus.

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment 'A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia' Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert "e;Poppy"e; Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill.

Hafizullah Emadi, a recognized authority on the Ismaili sect of Islam, has produced an extensively researched report on the community in Afghanistan whose leaders ("e;Pirs"e;) deployed their sacred authority to build a cult of personality and dominate the social affairs of their followers.

With humour and humanity, Surviving City Hall reveals the workings of the municipal world based on author Donna Macdonald's nineteen years as a city councillor.

This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence.

Since 2000, the Gulf Coast states - Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida - have experienced a series of hurricanes, multiple floods and severe storms, and one oil spill.

Vers le milieu du douzieme siecle un clerc inconnu se faisant appeler Turpin, archeveque de Reims, ecrivit une 'histoire' de 'Charlemagne et Roland' en latin.

Sources of Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Behavior delves into the nature and importance of the relationship between sources of knowledge and entrepreneurial behavior, and should be of interest to both academics and policy-makers.

In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration.

Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the day: America's Mayor, the father figure we could all rely on to be tough, to be wise, to do the right thing.

The transformation of British local government into a new and complex system of local governance raises fundamental theoretical questions as well as empirical ones.

Studies how habits of governance create institutional rigidities that dislodge law-given local autonomy to improve urban public services.

This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy.

Migrant children separated from their parents.

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.

Winner of the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, Canada at a Crossroads draws on group position theory, settler colonial studies, critical race theory, and Indigenous theorizing.

As things stand, a commitment to weak democracy and strong constitutionalism ensures that a range of elite groups, actors, and institutions - political, economic, intellectual, and legal - hold considerable sway over constitutional matters, leaving less room for the participation of ordinary people.

In recent years, Republicans and Democrats have drifted toward polarized immigration policy positions, forestalling congressional efforts at comprehensive reform.

New York City's municipal government is the largest and most complex in the nation, perhaps in the world.

The Balanced Scorecard is the leading methodology for implementing performance management systems and improving efficiency.

An innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa between 1960 and 2018, drawing on an entirely new dataset.

The Sinews of State Power seeks to explain why rural China has been so unstable since 2000, despite numerous national reforms.

Using a traditional historical-institutional approach, The Canadian Regime introduces students to the idea of the regime, which is a lens through which they can see how institutions interact with the basic principles of the political order.