Political structure and processes

The book utilises Gramsci's concepts of hegemony, counter-hegemony, organic intellectuals, and integral state to interrogate how modes of engagement between the state and civil society have contributed to a polarised polity in Zimbabwe, and in turn how this has impacted democratisation processes.

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals.

Demonstrates the enormous impact that the use of technology is having, and will continue to have, on arbitration.

Originally published in 1990, The Politics of Ethnic Pressure examines and evaluates the lobbying activities of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) between 1906 and 1917.

Drawing upon unique and unprecedented survey data, this book shows how and why Brexit has changed British politics.

This book is one of two volumes that examines the successes and failures of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic from a political, public administration and public policy viewpoint.

Bringing together experts on regionalism and federalism this collection explores the impact of legislative regions on parties and voters.

This book explores how policies of decentralisation and community participation adopted in Cameroon in 1996 have played out on the ground since 2004.

Dieses Taschenbuch bietet Europa zum Nachschlagen: In über 100 Sachbeiträgen erklären renommierte EuropaexpertInnen wissenschaftlich fundiert und zugleich verständlich alle wichtigen Themen und Begriffe aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Geschichte der europäischen Einigung.

This book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism.

Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands.

The Impact of Legislatures brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first 25 years of publication, enabling the reader to make sense of the impact of legislatures in the modern world.

Political corruption is one of the globe's most pressing yet seemingly permanent problems.

In the eyes of many historians, Union general George B.

Historically speaking, our vices, like our virtues, have come in two basic forms: intellectual and moral.

This book focuses on the varied support for the populist radical right in the Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The book explains why and when laws go unenforced in developing countries.

This ground-breaking collection of writings explores how progressive third parties in the U.

In the spring of 2018 the U.

Many important contemporary debates cross economics and religion, in turn raising questions about the relationship between the two fields.

Explores how multiple, overlapping majorities can have control in a democracy.

Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN.

The received wisdom about the nature of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire is that Sultan Mehmed II reestablished the Patriarchate of Constantinople as both a political and a religious authority to govern the post-Byzantine Greek community.

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia for membership in NATO.

Policy Analysis in the Czech Republic is a vital addition to the International Library of Policy Analysis series.

This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career.

This book discusses theories of crisis management and the radical right, to shed light on how responses to crisis influence radical right parties in their presence, discourse, and evolution.

Provides a comprehensive global survey on multi-tier dispute resolution, examining its trends, its strengths and weaknesses, and the way forward.

New York Times Bestseller In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.

This book analyzes the contemporary politics of the Hajj in countries of Africa, the Near East, and Southeast Asia.

This volume examines the state of democracy in South Asia after the first two decades of the millennium.

Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics examines the intersection of climate skepticism and Christianity and proposes strategies for engaging climate skeptics in productive conversations.

While the Arab Uprisings presented new opportunities for the empowerment of women, the sidelining of women remains a constant risk in the post-revolutionist MENA countries.

Proposing a novel approach to understanding the contemporary political landscape, Akram draws on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Margaret Archer on agency and argues the need for an in-depth engagement with concepts of agency to improve the reach and scope of political analysis.

A novel framework for understanding the role and relevance of coherence in international dispute settlement and judicial reasoning.

Karl Barth was well-known for his criticism of German nationalism as a corrupting influence on the German protestant churches in the Nazi era.

This book compares the constitutional politics in Canada and the United Kingdom - two complex, multilevel, plurinational states.

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

China has traditionally been held up around the world as the archetype of centralised governance and a top-down system of public administration.

Examines human rights in relation to religion and the role of religion in perennial issues of war and peace.

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections, Sixth Edition, offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting corrections in the United States-prisons and jails, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sexual assault offender laws.

Djupe and Gilbert investigate how membership in organized religious bodies shapes the political life of members.

Explores the central role of petitions in reshaping the political culture of the United Kingdom in their nineteenth-century heyday.

Violations of religious freedom and violence committed in the name of religion grab our attention on a daily basis.

This book discusses the major issues currently affecting the accountability of executive power in Europe.