Indigenous people: governance and politics

An exciting account of how government statistics in developing countries are social artefacts dynamically shaped by political and economic contexts.

Explores the local politics of mining in Africa, explaining when communities benefit, and when conflict and repression occur.

Explores the colliding trends of internal migration and nativism in developing countries.

Explores the local politics of mining in Africa, explaining when communities benefit, and when conflict and repression occur.

Studies the changing political economy of India post liberalisation in the 90s.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

Offers an examination of an African middle class, demonstrating how it is both bound to the state and alienated from it.

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

Investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 critically examining the logic of political violence.

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

Offers a new understanding of the evolution of authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia, revealing differences within and across authoritarian regimes.

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

This Element offers an insight into the ways in which the countryside in Southeast Asia''s has been transformed over the past half century.

This Element offers an insight into the ways in which the countryside in Southeast Asia''s has been transformed over the past half century.

Applying insights from cutting-edge theories of international cooperation, this study brings new understanding to China''s approach to contemporary global challenges.

By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.

Offers a new understanding of the evolution of authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia, revealing differences within and across authoritarian regimes.

Offers a pioneering study of state-making, religion, and development in contemporary Pakistan and its northern frontier.

By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.

Drawing on long-term fieldwork in the former Maoist heartland of Nepal, this book studies the war-time social processes during the civil war and their long-term legacy on the constitution of Nepali society.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

Offers an examination of an African middle class, demonstrating how it is both bound to the state and alienated from it.

Through the lens and experiences of civil society, Fortier demonstrates the volatility of democratization following the downfall of Tunisia''s authoritarian regime duringin the 2010–11 uprisings.

Addresses the socio-political factors such as ideas and interests of political actors, which produce the different levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in states of India.

A comprehensive presentation of political life in Israel from the pre-state formative period to the present.

A comprehensive presentation of political life in Israel from the pre-state formative period to the present.

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

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

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

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

The first scientific analysis of Indonesian voting behavior from democratization in 1999 to the most recent general election in 2014.

Using extensive research, this book argues that successful African leaders consolidate their rule by developing strategic rural coalitions.

Through a comparative study of Morocco and Tunisia, Feuer proposes a compelling theory accounting for complexities in religion-state relations across the Arab world.

Looks at the situation of Kurds in Turkey through the lens of multiculturalism, giving us a fresh and new comparative perspective.

This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America''s ''two lefts'' and the divergent fates of the region''s democratic regimes.

This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America''s ''two lefts'' and the divergent fates of the region''s democratic regimes.

This book asks: are politics local?

This collection of essays discusses the less well-known aspects and areas of Kashmir on the seventieth anniversary of Indian independence.

This work analyses the transformation of Pakistan''s structure of power during the military dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq.

Challenging the notion of China as merely a repressive dictatorship, Heurlin shows that policymaking has been surprisingly responsive to protests.

Challenging the notion of China as merely a repressive dictatorship, Heurlin shows that policymaking has been surprisingly responsive to protests.

This book explores Latino representation by taking a comprehensive look at the role of ethnicity throughout the legislative process in seven states.

This book explores Latino representation by taking a comprehensive look at the role of ethnicity throughout the legislative process in seven states.

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

This book examines when and how public bureaucracies work for disadvantaged citizens through a comparative study of primary education in rural India.

This book examines when and how public bureaucracies work for disadvantaged citizens through a comparative study of primary education in rural India.

This book shows how police and politicians in Latin America informally regulate drug markets using corruption and violence.

This book shows how police and politicians in Latin America informally regulate drug markets using corruption and violence.