Political structures: democracy

Religionen werden zunehmend als relevante Partner in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit betrachtet.

This book provides a concise overview of the institutions of government in modern democracies, including constitutions, legislatures, heads of state and of government, variations of federalism, and electoral systems.

Since his death in 1950, George Orwell has been canonised as England's foremost political writer, and the standard-bearer of honesty and decency for the honourable 'Left'.

This comparative analysis of the sometimes fraught process of achieving democratic governance of security intelligence agencies presents material from countries other than those normally featured in the Intelligence Studies literature of North America and Europe.

Deportation has again taken a prominent place within the immigration policies of nation-states.

This book argues that 'social democratic criminology' is an important critical perspective which is essential for the analysis of crime and criminal justice and crucial for humane and effective policy.

Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics.

Written to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the GFA, this book argues that the seeds of recent problems were sown in the 1998 agreement.

This book delves into the theory and praxis of human security in South Asia.

This book explores the way in which the state has become commercialised under reform as party and government officials have gone into business and considers the impact that this has had on politics within Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Why is the classical social democratic vision of development based on social justice by democratic means losing ground?

All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise.

Studies citizens'' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies.

An indispensable guide to Islamic political thought from Muhammad to the twenty-first centuryThe first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond.

This book explores the alternative futures of political community and moves beyond the critique of what is wrong with existing, state-based forms of political community.

Electoral gender quotas have emerged as one of the most critical political reforms of the last two decades, having now been introduced in more than 130 countries worldwide.

The last two decades have ushered in what has become known as a participatory revolution, with consultants, advisors, and non-profits called into communities, classrooms, and corporations alike to listen to ordinary people.

In 2014 a new progressive party, Podemos, emerged on the Spanish political scene.

In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.

Ernesto Laclau has blazed a unique trail in political theory and philosophy since the early 1970s.

This is the story of Gandhis spiritual evolution the turning points and choices that made him not just a great political leader but also a timeless icon of nonviolence.

America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs.

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This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world, and thus fulfil the aims of the American mission and its application of the democratic peace.

Civil war and conflict within countries is the most prevalent threat to peace and security in the opening decades of the twenty-first century.

Why does 1919 deserve further study and debate a hundred years later?

This book asks how the European Union can tackle the constitutional conundrum caused by the Euro crisis.

A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive-if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying?

The Church of England finds itself colliding with society at large on regular occasion.

The study of international relations, has traditionally been dominated by Western ideas and practices, and marginalized the voice and experiences of the non-Western states and societies.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceOne of Kirkus Reviews' ten best US history books of 2022A leading historian tells the story of the United States' most enduring political party and its long, imperfect and newly invigorated quest for "e;moral capitalism,"e; from Andrew Jackson to Joseph Biden.

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy.

This book analyses the evolution of key Islamist movements and parties in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco.

The Politics of Capitalist Transformation is the only book-length study of the highly protectionist Brazilian informatics policy from its origins in the early 1970s to the collapse of the market reserve in the early 1990s and its impact in subsequent decades.

Eve Tibbs offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church for Western readers.

"e;Giroux refuses to give in or give up.

This book explores the often assumed but so far not examined proposition that a particular U.

An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attackGun sellers sell more than just guns.

Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline.

In Feeding a Divided America, third-generation Montana rancher and international agriculture development specialist Gilles Stockton explores the causes of what he refers to as the rural-urban divide and how this widening chasm between rural America and urban centers threatens our democracy.

Democracy promises rule by all, not by the few.

Political participation in America-supposedly the world's strongest democracy-is startlingly low, and many of the civil rights and economic equity initiatives that were instituted in the 1960s and '70s have been abandoned, as significant proportions of the populace seem to believe that the civil rights battle has been won.

The concept of individualism has gone through a fundamental change, according to distinguished political theorist Nadia Urbinati.

Galtieri, Lukashenka, and Putin are some of the dictators whose untrammelled personal power has been seen as typical of the dog-eat-dog nature of leadership in authoritarian political systems.

This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from the end of the Cold War to the present, offering an integrated analysis of both continuity and change.

A new theoretical analysis of the rise of Donald Trump, Marine le Pen, Nigel Farage, Geert Wilders, Silvio Berlusconi, and Viktor Orbán.

This is a book about voting - what people think they are doing when they cast a vote.