Indigenous people: governance and politics

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

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.

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.

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

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

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

Over the second half of the 20th century, American politics was reorganized around race as the tenuous New Deal coalition frayed and eventually collapsed.

Over the second half of the 20th century, American politics was reorganized around race as the tenuous New Deal coalition frayed and eventually collapsed.

Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric focused on a tale of two cities: rich and poor New York.

Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric focused on a tale of two cities: rich and poor New York.

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

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

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century.

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Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay.

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

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

Increased flows of people, capital, and ideas across geographic borders raise urgent challenges to the existing terms and practices of politics.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

As migration alters the southern political landscape, partisan battle lines will be drawn between the Democrat-leaning areas of growth and the increasingly Republican areas of decline and stagnation.

As migration alters the southern political landscape, partisan battle lines will be drawn between the Democrat-leaning areas of growth and the increasingly Republican areas of decline and stagnation.

If there has been a unifying theme of Barack Obamas presidency, it is the inexorable growth of the administrative state.

"e;Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North.

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In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue.

America's complex system of multi-layered government faces new challenges as a result of rapidly changing economic, technological, and demographic trends.

In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

This completely updated and revised edition of Levy's highly regarded work examines the important changes in the economic world faced by communities since publication of the first edition in 1981.

Designed for local government managers and administrators, this pioneering work offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the use of strategic planning techniques in the public sector.

Reclaiming the Climate Agenda: Indigenous Knowledge and Global Sustainability is a pioneering volume that challenges the dominant climate discourse and advocates for a more inclusive approach to sustainability.

Reclaiming the Climate Agenda: Indigenous Knowledge and Global Sustainability is a pioneering volume that challenges the dominant climate discourse and advocates for a more inclusive approach to sustainability.

How material conditions and social contradictions remake indigeneity Indigenous studies struggles to analyze class, yet class reshapes the cultural, political, and economic terrain of indigeneity.

How material conditions and social contradictions remake indigeneity Indigenous studies struggles to analyze class, yet class reshapes the cultural, political, and economic terrain of indigeneity.