Political science and theory

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

I am nothing, but I may be everything, John Adams, the first vice president, wrote of his office.

Show how the pervasive influence of competition reorganised military, economic, political, and cultural power, thereby forming modern liberal society.

Emerging over the past ten years from a set of post-structuralist theoretical lineages, non-representational theories are having a major impact within Human Geography.

Allein aufgrund politischer Affären mussten in den vergangenen Jahren einige Bundesminister zurücktreten, mehrere Parteifunktionäre ausscheiden und sogar ein Bundespräsident sein Amt niederlegen.

First Published in 1982.

Das Jahrbuch Terrorismus des Instituts für Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Kiel ist ein Standardwerk der deutschsprachigen Terrorismusforschung, von dem nun der achte Band vorliegt.

The Spirit of Philadelphia is America's story told through the history of ideas and a cautionary tale of what happens when a nation's Spirit goes dormant.

This book questions whether the institutions and practices of the emerging EU diplomatic system conform to established standards of the state-centric diplomatic order; or whether practice is paving the way for innovative, even revolutionary, forms of diplomatic organisation.

An illuminating look at how national political parties nominate presidential candidatesThis innovative study blends sophisticated statistical analyses, campaign anecdotes, and penetrating political insight to produce a fascinating exploration of one of America's most controversial political institutions-the process by which our major parties nominate candidates for the presidency.

The first book dedicated to the sociology of privatized security, this collection studies the important global trend of shifting security from public to private hands and the associated rise of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and their contractors.

Nation and Aesthetics is a unique attempt to examine the ambiguous nature of nationalism and nation by examining them through aesthetics.

A novel empirical study of the ''resource curse'' and the state response in contemporary China.

Fünfzig Jahre sind seit der ungarischen Volkserhebung im Herbst 1956 verg- gen.

This book explores and comparatively assesses how Armenians as minorities have been represented in modern Turkey from the twentieth century through to the present day, with a particular focus on the period since the first electoral victory of the AKP (Justice and Development Party) in 2002.

Legitimacy in International Society addresses collective legitimization of emergent norms at international meetings and its effect on state behaviour.

This book sheds light on the intricate history of Indigenous America's struggle for identity and sovereignty.

Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, this book explores how Muslim migrants in Europe contribute to a changing European landscape, focusing on Muslim Moroccan migrants.

How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progressThe Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm between state and society, the failure of governing elites to address citizens' genuine grievances, massive economic mismanagementall made worse by repeated interventions by Western powers.

The attempt in 2004 to draft an interim constitution in Iraq and the effort to enact a permanent one in 2005 were unintended outcomes of the American occupation, which first sought to impose a constitution by its agents.

​Kaum ein Konzept in der jüngeren politischen Theoriegeschichte kann auf eine solch steile und, wie sich mittlerweile gezeigt hat, auch langanhaltende Karriere zurückblicken wie das der Deliberation.

The book analyses the two decades of the brutal civil war of northern Uganda.

John Gray has become one of our liveliest and most influential political philosophers.

Jean Bodin, homme aux talents multiples ; tour à tour philosophe, économiste, jurisconsulte, historien, théoricien politique, livre avec Les Six livres de la République sa maîtresse œuvre.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The international crime of "e;crimes against humanity"e; has become integral to contemporary political and legal discourse.

The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development.

This book showcases the best new international relations research on hierarchy and moves the discipline forward in this new direction.

This book is concerned with developing an in-depth understanding of contemporary political and spatial analyses of cities.

This book presents a reassessment of the fundamental principles of the Tea Party movement.

How do states prevent the recognition of territories that have unilaterally declared independence?

Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first to draw attention to Americans' propensity to form voluntary associations-and to join them with a fervor and frequency unmatched anywhere in the world.

The book examines how hegemonic development ideas and practices emerged in the context of the changing world order post-1945 and how this transformation was characterized by neoliberalism and securitization of development and security.

Die Rentenpolitik der EU-Mitgliedstaaten ist in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend in den Blick europäischer Politik geraten.

Ailsa Henderson analyses each nation's linguistic, racial, cultural, economic, and political diversity within a historical and contemporary context.

Investigates the EU policy-making process and why this process has taken major steps to advance environmental regulation in some areas and not others.

A pressing question at the forefront of current global political debates is: how can we salvage the democratic project in the context of 'globalization'?

It explores the formation of India''s rural middle class, which rests on a complex, and often contradictory, set of processes that began unfolding with growing industrialisation in rural areas.

This book deals with the lasting impact and the formative legacy of removal, dispossession and the politics of genocide in the last decade of the Ottoman Empire.

This edited collection brings together international leading scholars to explore why the education of Muslim students is globally associated with radicalisation, extremism and securitisation.

Ce livre retrace une longue marche : celle des Parlements sur les scènes politiques africaines, aussi variées que tumultueuses ces dernières décennies.

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This study outlines the emerging cultural turn in Peace Studies and provides a critical understanding of the cultural dimension of reconciliation.

This book argues that democracies emerging from peaceful protest last longer, achieve higher levels of democratic quality, and are more likely to see at least two peaceful handovers of power than democracies that emerged out of violent resistance or top-down liberalization.