Elections and referenda / suffrage

This book analyses the impact of socio-structural variables, such as social class, religion, urban/rural residence, age and gender, on influencing an individual's voting preferences.

This book brings together a team of specialists to explore why some left-wing politicians are able to communicate their message effectively, whereas others struggle to connect with the public.

This book shows how the introduction of  intermediation is relevant in studying political and public policy processes, as they are increasingly accompanied by grey spaces in public and non-public arenas that cannot be categorized as purely representative or purely participative.

This book examines how the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, commonly known as The New York Convention, has been understood and applied in [insert number] jurisdictions, including virtually all that are leading international arbitration centers.

This book examines the presidency in twentieth century America and explores why some presidents succeed as makers of U.

This book, the second of two volumes, examines the presidency in last half of twentieth century America and explores the successes and failures of presidents in their foreign policy initiatives.

This book examines the legal principle of judicial independence in comparative perspective with the goal of advancing a better understanding of the idea of an independent judiciary more generally.

In light of the transformation of the Front National (FN) to a major player in French politics, this book examines how the unprecedented boost in positive opinions towards the FN as well as its increasing membership and electoral success have been possible.

Democracy is on the run, and elected governments are suffering from a legitimacy crisis.

This book comprises findings from the author's wide-ranging research since 1948 on the unresolved Arab/Israel protracted conflict.

This book investigates the tensions between EU law and international commercial arbitration, i.

This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices.

This Brief discusses the adoption of the mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system in New Zealand and its subsequent effect on representation for women.

This book analyses the instruments and approaches offered by public international law to resolve cultural heritage related disputes and facilitate the return of illicitly transferred objects to their countries of origin.

This book explains how the Greens went from obscurity to England's third largest party in just one year, quadrupling their vote share and securing their place in Britain's refigured party system on the way.

This book offers a unique exploration of the 2015 General Election from the perspectives of those most intimately involved as strategists, journalists and analysts.

This book is the definitive analysis of the 2016 Irish general election and is the eighth book in the well-established How Ireland Voted series.

This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project.

This edited volume considers the extent to which the Obama presidency matched the promises of hope and change that were held out in the 2008 election.

Based on in-depth interviews conducted with British politicians, this book analyses the different impacts of leaving political office.

This book provides a detailed study into whether Ministers in the Council vote the same way as Members of the European Parliament if they are from the same national party.

This book addresses the issue of privacy and confidentiality in the broader context of the Egyptian legal system.

This book explores the forces that shape Latino political preferences, arguing that social identities are at the center of Latino partisanship.

This book is unique in illuminating and comparing the charismatic role of two political leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru and David Ben-Gurion, along with assessments of many other 20th century political leaders.

This book examines the history and role of election posters as one of the most crucial forms of political communication, especially in electoral campaigns, in a number of countries around the globe.

'This starkly lucid and timely book absorbs the nuances of the largest festival - the elections - of the world's largest democracy.

This edited volume looks at supreme courts in China and the West.

This book takes a completely new and innovative approach to analysing the development of EU law.

This book adopts an international perspective to examine how the online sale of insurance challenges the insurance regulation and the insurance contract, with a focus on insurance sales, consumer protection, cyber risks and privacy, as well as dispute resolution.

By means of the analysis of more than 20 national jurisdictions of different legal and geographical origin this book provides a general understanding of the developments that civil and commercial mediation is currently undertaking across the world.

This book investigates how a North African solar thermal power plant can be set up under the guidance of European investors (e.

This book identifies institutional mechanisms that can be used to promote consumer confidence in direct online sales with businesses (B2C e-commerce).

This book provides theoretical and practical insights for effective decision making in situations that involve various types of conflict cleavages.

The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and epitomizes the very notion of international judicial institution.

This book explores the importance of autonomy in family law.

This book offers an analysis of the current trends and developments in Nordic civil litigation and is divided into four main parts.

The book is a brief journey through centuries and jurisdictions and expands on examples of enactment practices of states that support, challenge or even reject communication during pending litigations.

Language and the Right to Fair Hearing in International Criminal Trials explores the influence of the dynamic factor of language on trial fairness in international criminal proceedings.

International arbitration has become the favored method of resolving disputes between business partners in almost every aspect of international trade, commerce, and investment.

Román Sabaté wundert sich über seinen rasanten Aufstieg in der aufstrebenden neuen Partei Pragma.

Die Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit erlaubt es den Parteien, ihre Rechtsstreitigkeiten unter gewissen Voraussetzungen von einem privaten Gericht (Schiedsgericht) nach einem von ihnen bestimmten Verfahren entscheiden zu lassen.

While significant attention in political science is devoted to national level elections, a comprehensive look at state level political dynamics in the United States is so far sorely missing, and state level electoral developments and shifts are treated as mere reflections of national-level dynamics and patterns.

Der Managementansatz Partnering gewinnt in der deutschen Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft zunehmend an Bedeutung.

Mediationsgesetz von 2012 geht über die rechtliche Regelung der Mediation weit hinaus: Von einem Paradigmenwechsel ist die Rede und auch einem Jahrhundertgesetz, das die Rechtskultur verändere.

Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister sind die zentralen Ansprechpartner/-innen der lokalen Politik.

This book discusses how technological innovations have affected the resolution of disputes arising from electronic commerce in the European Union, UK and China.

This book examines how the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, commonly known as The New York Convention, has been understood and applied in [insert number] jurisdictions, including virtually all that are leading international arbitration centers.

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed chapters reflecting on the Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (AEUFTA).

This work focuses on the EU's participation in the Dispute Settlement Proceedings (DSP) of the WTO for matters of non-conferred competences.

This book explores engagement between the trade and investment law regimes and the extent to which this is being driven by Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements (PTIAs).