Regional, state and other local government policies

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

An introduction to African history and politics since decolonization, emphasising the political, economic and socio-economic diversity of the continent.

An introduction to African history and politics since decolonization, emphasising the political, economic and socio-economic diversity of the continent.

Applying insights from cutting-edge theories of international cooperation, this study brings new understanding to China''s approach to contemporary global challenges.

Explores reasons why a specific group of organized conservatives threaten its own leadership, and what could improve its likelihood of success.

Explains how and why some national mandates for participatory policymaking develop into powerful institutions for citizen engagement.

Multiple studies conducted during the Trump era reveal that Americans are far less resistant to factual information than is commonly surmised.

Explains how and why some national mandates for participatory policymaking develop into powerful institutions for citizen engagement.

Focuses on the transformation of the Vietnamese state as it transitioned away from a centrally planned socialist regime.

A comprehensive presentation of political life in Israel from the pre-state formative period to the present.

A comprehensive presentation of political life in Israel from the pre-state formative period to the present.

The first analysis of how victims of crime and human rights abuses access justice in Latin America through private prosecution.

The first scientific analysis of Indonesian voting behavior from democratization in 1999 to the most recent general election in 2014.

This book explains how religious politics, repressive institutions, and leaders'' political strategies intersected in the US Global War on Terror.

This book explains how religious politics, repressive institutions, and leaders'' political strategies intersected in the US Global War on Terror.

Explores the political and social consequences of establishing a new legal system in the wake of violent conflict.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

Examines the political dynamics of constitutional review in hybrid regimes in the context of China''s Special Administrative Regions.

Who Judges?

This book shows how police and politicians in Latin America informally regulate drug markets using corruption and violence.

This book shows how police and politicians in Latin America informally regulate drug markets using corruption and violence.

This Element provides an institutional analysis of the lobbying decisions of state and local governments in the United States.

This Element provides an institutional analysis of the lobbying decisions of state and local governments in the United States.

Studies how habits of governance create institutional rigidities that dislodge law-given local autonomy to improve urban public services.

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures.

Welfare experiments conducted at the state level during the 1990s radically restructured the American welfare state and have played a critical-and unexpected-role in the broader policymaking process.

How might the entire citizenry of a country make the decisions that affect them?

While the gambling industry is indisputably large and powerful, it has received little attention from political scientists.

Nationally recognized scholars and practitioners examine opportunities in which services traditionally provided by local governments are offered by the private sector though a contract or are transferred to a private business completely.

From the growth of a multi-billion-dollar high-technology corridor in Malaysia to conflict over housing development in Chicago, the practice of regional and local economic development around the world is both dynamic and diverse.

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities.

An introduction to the European Union from a comparative politics perspective, systematically analysing its functioning through comparison with national political systems.

This timely book explores the often stormy French-U.