Political structure and processes

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party.

Some Christians may be uncomfortable to think of Jesus as being political, since the word "e;politics"e; or "e;political"e; has evolved to have negative overtones and connotations in our world today, particularly in Africa, where this monograph from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Malawi has originated.

Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament breaks new ground in the study of legislatures.

Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy.

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.

The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive religious organizations been missing in action in recent struggles for racial justice?

Winner of the THESEUS promising award for Research on European Integration 2011.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East.

This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research.

From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the U.

In this all-new collection of conversations, Noam Chomsky explores immediate and urgent international concerns including Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections and its ramifications for the future.

Samuel Koteliansky (1880-1955) fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many of Britain's literati and intellectuals, who were fascinated by his homeland's more civilized side: the Ballets Russes, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.

If there is a "e;culture war"e; taking place in the United States, one of the most interesting, if under-the-radar, battlegrounds is in local school board elections.

Public disenchantment with and distrust of American government is at an all-time high and who can blame them?

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Zhu Rongji served as party secretary and mayor of Shanghai from 1987 to early 1991.

From discussions on democracy, to attempts to widen the scope of citizenship beyond the confines of the nation-state, Western thinking of the political community has continued to assume a unifying principle of sameness, reflected in history, space, language, or reason, as the condition of possibility of the community.

Social scientists have regularly proclaimed the end of territory under successive waves of modernization, yet it continually re-emerges as a key principle of social, economic, and political organization.

The ground upon which campaigns and elections are contested has been shifting rapidly in the last decade.

Illiberal democracies are not quasi-authoritarian but plebiscitarian regimes.

Whilst many assume that conservative evangelical support for Trump is motivated by his position on social issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, or a nostalgia for an imagined American golden age, this book shows that the reality is much more complex by looking at a more recent and understudied trend of Evangelicalism in America.

 This handbook explores contemporary Mormonism within a global context.

This book puts forward a new epistemological framework for a theory of religion and gender's role in the public sphere.

This book proposes a new theory of identity politics in elections, explaining why it is difficult for democracies to address rising inequality.

This book explores the existence of gaps between public preferences and institutional designs in democracies, and specifically cases in which such gaps are maintained for a long period of time without being challenged by the electorate.

Constitutional democracy is more fragile and less 'natural' than autocracy.

The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world.

This book systematically explains why some countries are democracies while others are not.

A new lens on development is changing the world of international aid.

Wer berät die Regierung in kommunikativen Fragen und mit welcher Wirkung?

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Voting difficulties hung over America's presidential election in 2000 like a dark cloud.

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined.

Fresh new look at the life of Cicero, Rome's greatest orator and one of the key figures of the 1st century.

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This book provides a richer understanding of democratic local politics in Indonesia after the implementation of local direct elections in 2005.

This book is about political ambition - who has it, how it is fostered and how it evolves.

This highly topical volume presents pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control.

This book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcoming of efforts to move beyond market democracy in Bolivia and Venezuela.

Protestant Christian historiography has persistently erased unmarried, childless women from the story of faith in Australia.

In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.

Focusing on the roles of Russian Orthodoxy and Islam in constituting, challenging and changing national and ethnic identities in Russia, this study takes Tsarist and Soviet legacies into account, paying special attention to the evolution of the relationship between religious teachings and political institutions through the late 19th and 20th centuries.

'A rich and thoughtful book.

"e;This book on Hillary - really tough.

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration.

This book critically examines Obama's presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

Trump, Wilders, Salvini, Le Pen - during the last decades, radical right-wing leaders and their parties have become important political forces in most western democracies.