Indigenous people: governance and politics

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

Due to state and federally mandated programs, local governments are increasingly resorting to innovative and alternative means of performing their functions because taxpayers are becoming more resistant to tax increases.

An examination of the political and economic power of a large African American community in a segregated southern city; this study attacks the myth that blacks were passive victims of the southern Jim Crow system and reveals instead that in Jacksonville, Florida, blacks used political and economic pressure to improve their situation and force politicians to make moderate adjustments in the Jim Crow system.

First published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada's history.

Unsettling Colonial Automobilities explores the vehicle's role in imposing colonialism on Indigenous people and proposes an Indigenous automobility that reclaims sovereignty over place and centricity.

This book analyzes how the paradox of the poor often voting against their material interests emerged in India.

In an effort to bridge the gap between budget theorists and practitioners, this book approaches local government budgeting as the internal resource allocation process of a highly differentiated organization that operates in a very political environment, and whose boundaries are particularly permeable during the formal budget process.

At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government.

The Mediterranean, or 'Middle Sea', has long been regarded as the symbolic centre of European civilization.

Federalism in Canada tells the turbulent story of shared sovereignty and divided governance from Confederation to the present time with three main objectives in mind.

Privatization of government services in the United States has accelerated in the last two decades, especially at the state and local levels.

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

Modern Russian identity and historical experience has been largely shaped by Russia's imperial past: an empire that was founded in the early modern era and endures in large part today.

The Mississippi Secession Convention is the first full treatment of any secession convention to date.

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

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

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

By state law, graduates of public colleges and universities in Georgia must demonstrate proficiency with both the U.

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

Buildings and other public facilities can have very long and productive service lives, providing efficient shelter and serving a wide range of activities.

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.

In this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents.

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika – ein Land der Freiheit, Unabhängigkeit und Chancen.

In this important new text, Rajiv Prabhakar reviews the evidence for different models of public services arguing that a combination of state, market and civil society provision is essential in the 21st century and drawing out the implications for different contexts, services and forms of provision.

Through much of the 1990s, a newly hatched snake wreaked political havoc in the South.

Policies forged by all levels of government affect the lives of urban residents.

Established as the leading text in the field, this thoroughly revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive account of the current issues, set in a clear historical context.

Gibson explains how subnational authoritarianism is part of democratic politics and strategic interactions between local authoritarians and national democratic leaders.

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

Examines the transformation of the Russian electricity system during post-Soviet marketization, arguing for a view of economic and political development as mutually constitutive.

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

This book examines why Western European states have recently introduced citizenship tests, integration courses, contracts, and oath ceremonies.

Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799.

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

We live in an age of digital ID.

Devlet ist keine wehleidige Kritik an vergangenen und zeitgenössischen politischen Systemen, sondern ein konstruktiver und bahnbrechender Ansatz, um Politik und Gesellschaft neu zu überdenken.

Latin America is caught in a middle-quality institutional trap, combining flawed democracies and low-to-medium capacity States.

This Element explores the government response to protests in China, and its consequences for the mobilization of collective action.

From their experience in nonprofit operations and their understanding of the realities of urban politics, the editors of this wide-ranging volume and their contributors dig into issues seldom explored in the literature.

Focussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland.

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

City Politics in Canada offers a new perspective on Canadian municipal politics.

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 threats to the property rights of business owners and investigates what makes these rights secure.

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