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None Past the Post: Britain at the Polls, 2017 by Nicholas J. Allen 9781526133281
RRP: €101.15€32.12None past the post: Britain at the polls, 2017 tells the story of the unexpected 2017 British general election and its equally unexpected outcome: the Conservatives' loss of their parliamentary majority. Leading experts explore the Tories' record in... -
Northern Ireland and the Politics of Boredom: Conflict, Capital and Culture George Legg 9781526128867
RRP: €101.15€32.12This book provides a new interpretation of the Northern Irish Troubles. From internment to urban planning, the hunger strikes to post-conflict tourism, it asserts that concepts of capitalism have been consistently deployed to alleviate and exacerbate... -
Change and the Politics of Certainty by Jenny Edkins 9781526119018
RRP: €95.20€30.30How do we transform the world when we are ourselves inescapably part of it? If we cannot know what makes the world the way it is, or what impact our actions will have, where do we begin? Renowned politics scholar Jenny Edkins explores the imperative... -
Defense Policies of East-Central European Countries After 1989: Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty by James W. Peterson 9781526110428
RRP: €101.15€32.12The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions. Now more than ever, it is imperative to explore the defensive perceptions, reactions, and preparations of neighbouring... -
Promoting Democracy: The Force of Political Settlements in Uncertain Times by Manal A. Jamal 9781479811380
RRP: €97.58€34.05How Western donor assistance can both help and undermine democracy in different parts of the world Democracy promotion is a central pillar of the foreign policy of many states, but the results are often disappointing. In Promoting Democracy, Manal A... -
The Concert of Civilizations: The Common Roots of Western and Islamic Constitutionalism by Dr. Jeremy Kleidosty 9781472414809
RRP: €160.65€140.04Are Western and Islamic political and constitutional ideas truly predestined for civilizational clash? In order to understand this controversy The Concert of Civilizations begins by deriving and redefining a definition of constitutionalism that is... -
Religion and the State in Russia and China: Suppression, Survival, and Revival by Christopher Marsh 9781441112477
€46.11This comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries. "Religion and the State in Russia and China" explores the religious nature of man through... -
Federalism and the Response to COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis by John Light 9781032169873
RRP: €45.21€40.20The COVID-19 pandemic bared the inadequacies in existing structures of public health and governance in most countries. This book provides a comparative analysis of policy approaches and planning adopted by federal governments across the globe to battle... -
Can We Do Better?: Can Humankind Do Better than our Man-made History of Abuse, Exploitation and Harm? by Don Morris 9781035835355
RRP: €19.03€13.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035835355Author Don MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Global Perspectives on Anti-Feminism: Far-Right and Religious Attacks on Equality and Diversity by Judith Goetz 9781399505390
RRP: €107.10€87.2010 chapters from five continents (Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Africa) provide a global perspective on current anti-feminism and anti-gender discourses Provides an analytical understanding of anti-feminism as an intersectional ideology... -
Russia's Federal Relations: Putin's Reforms and Management of the Regions by Elena Chebankova 9781138993686
RRP: €52.35€45.74The development of centre-regional relations has been at the forefront of Russian politics since the formation of the Russian state and numerous efforts have been made by the country's subsequent rulers to create a political model that would be suitable... -
Gender, Ethnicity and Market Forces: Observations of Ethnic Chinese in Korea by Sheena Choi 9781138975040
RRP: €57.11€49.75First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138975040Author Sheena ChoiFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 290g -
Constitutional Bargaining in Russia, 1990-93: Institutions and Uncertainty by Edward Morgan-Jones 9781138971585
RRP: €49.97€43.73The years 1990-93 were a critical moment in Russia's political development. This book provides a systematic explanation of outcomes of constitutional bargaining processes in Russia, which radically reshaped the institutions of the Russian state: removing... -
Globalization and Welfare Restructuring in China: The Authoritarianism That Listens? by Huisheng Shou 9781138933897
RRP: €113.04€98.00In the past few decades, the change in China's welfare system has been characterised by a balanced distribution of benefits across social sectors and the institutionalization of welfare redistribution. This process has occurred without significant... -
Modern Middle East Authoritarianism: Roots, Ramifications, and Crisis by Noureddine Jebnoun 9781138929654
RRP: €57.11€49.75While the Arab uprisings have overturned the idea of Arab "exceptionalism," or the acceptance of authoritarianism, better analysis of authoritarianism's resilience in pre- and post-uprising scenarios is still needed. Modern Middle East... -
Germany Today: Introductory Studies by John P. Payne 9781138847903
RRP: €21.41€19.09This book, originally published in 1971, provides clear analysis of German affairs at the end of the 1960s. Without neglecting the historical dimension of recent developments, it examines some of the problems the German people faced in the post-war years... -
The Green Movement in West Germany by Elim Papadakis 9781138846296
RRP: €19.03€17.15This book explains the evolution of the ecology, peace and alternative movements in West Germany and the emergence of a Green Party. It assesses the challenge posed by the Green Movement to established groups both in proposing alternative policies and in... -
Honecker's Germany: Moscow's German Ally by David Childs 9781138846104
€109.00Picking up many of themes of David Childs' earlier book, The GDR: Moscow's German Ally, this book discusses the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1971 until the mid 1980s. Written at a time when the GDR was one of the most modern and successful... -
The Origins of Post-War German Politics by Barbara Marshall 9781138839526
RRP: €49.97€43.73This book discusses how the allies worked towards determining the political future of a defeated Germany. It oulines how the deep ideological divisions within the allied forces ultimately resulted in the division of Germany and discusses how indigenous... -
Political Culture in France and Germany: A Contemporary Perspective by John Gaffney 9781138838437
RRP: €21.41€19.09This book, originally published in 1991, assesses how attitudes, political orientations and social values changed during the five decades after the Second World War. The case studies in the book focus on key 'sites' in political culture: in France, on... -
Iran's Unresolved Revolution by Mark Downes 9781138720299
RRP: €91.62€79.79This title was first published in 2002. As Iran enters into the third decade since the 1979 revolution, the prospect of socio-political unrest remains ever present. Iran's political structure, its version of Islamic governance and the role of pluralism... -
Middle East and North Africa: Governance, Democratization, Human Rights by Paul J. Magnarella 9781138268913
RRP: €52.35€45.74This collection contains articles by highly regarded scholars assessing governance, democratisation and human rights in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. It also assesses the role that Islam plays in these areas. In the spirit of the 50th... -
Community Indicators Measuring Systems Rhonda Phillips 9781138266513
RRP: €52.35€45.74Community indicators measuring systems represent a mechanism to improve monitoring and evaluation in planning, incorporating citizen involvement and participation. They reflect the interplay between social, environmental and economic factors affecting a... -
Manipulating Political Decentralisation: Africa's Inclusive Autocrats by Lovise Aalen 9781138203037
RRP: €160.65€139.56Can autocrats establish representative subnational governments? And which strategies of manipulation are available if they would like to reduce the uncertainty caused by introducing political decentralisation? In the wake of local government reforms,... -
Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance Jessica C. Teets (Middlebury College, USA) 9781138094932
RRP: €54.73€47.75Despite a centralized formal structure, Chinese politics and policy-making have long been marked by substantial degrees of regional and local variation and experimentation. These trends have, if anything, intensified as China's reform matures. Though... -
Party Politics and Decentralization in Japan and France: When the Opposition Governs by Koichi Nakano 9781138018099
RRP: €52.35€45.74Decentralization is a curious policy for a central government to pursue. If politics is essentially about the struggle for power, why would anyone want to give away the power that one struggled for and won? This book argues that it is precisely party... -
Rule and Rupture: State Formation Through the Production of Property and Citizenship Christian Lund (University of Roskilde) 9781119384731
RRP: €24.69€21.80Rule and Rupture - State Formation Through the Production of Property and Citizenship examines the ways in which political authority is defined and created by the rights of community membership and access to resources. * Combines the latest theory on... -
Political Psychology: A Social Psychological Approach by Christopher J. Hewer 9781118982396
RRP: €85.62€77.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118982396Author Christopher J. HewerFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher John Wiley & Sons IncWeight(grams) 770g -
Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Government in EU Regions by Nicholas Charron 9780857936936
€123.30In this book the authors tackle the concept of 'quality of government' (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first time for 172 NUTS... -
Dangerous Thresholds: Managing Escalation in the 21st Century Forrest E. Morgan 9780833042132
RRP: €29.74€24.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833042132Author Forrest E. MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 233mm * 154mm * 17mm -
Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt and Syria by Joshua Stacher 9780804780629
RRP: €108.29€93.91The decades-long resilience of Middle Eastern regimes meant that few anticipated the 2011 Arab Spring. But from the seemingly rapid leadership turnovers in Tunisia and Egypt to the protracted stalemates in Yemen and Syria, there remains a common outcome:... -
Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation by Larry Diamond 9780801861567
RRP: €31.54€27.72In this book noted political sociologist Larry Diamond sets forth a distinctive theoretical perspective on democratic evolution and consolidation in the late twentieth century. Rejecting theories that posit preconditions for democracy-and thus dismiss... -
Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond by Raymond Taras 9780748699018
RRP: €124.95€113.51This is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events. Raymond Taras explains why France, Poland and Sweden have become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why... -
Citizenship in Contemporary Europe by Michael Lister 9780748633425
RRP: €34.50€32.02In the era of globalisation, European integration, mass migration, and changing patterns of political participation and welfare state provision, the precise shape and structure of citizenship in Europe seems to be altering. This book explores these... -
Social Movements in Times of Austerity: Bringing Capitalism Back Into Protest Analysis by Donatella Della Porta 9780745688589
RRP: €65.45€56.80Recent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life... -
Environmental Politics in the European Union: Policy-Making, Implementation and Patterns of Multi-Level Governance by Christoph Knill 9780719075803
RRP: €95.20€67.46This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the development, making and implementation of European Union environmental politics and identifies the central areas and instruments of EU environmental policy. It analyses the factors influencing not... -
Political Responsibility and the European Union by Myrto Tsakatika 9780719075155
RRP: €101.15€71.60This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the much neglected angle of political responsibility. It develops an original communitarian approach to legitimacy based on Alasdair MacIntyre's ethics of virtues and... -
Contesting the State: Lessons from the Irish Case by Maura Adshead 9780719075094
RRP: €101.15€71.60This is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, and draws on a range of theoretical approaches to analyse its origins, its evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic success. The book begins by outlining the fragmentary... -
Polemical Austria: The Rhetorics of National Identity from Empire to the Second Republic by Anthony Bushell 9780708326046
RRP: €89.25€72.04Austria today offers the picture of a small, neutral, and economically successful country in the heart of Europe. Yet modern Austria is the product of a complex and violent history. After the First World War, Vienna changed overnight from being the... -
Northern Ireland After the Troubles: A Society in Transition by Colin Coulter 9780719074400
RRP: €101.15€71.60In the last generation, Northern Ireland has undergone a tortuous yet remarkable process of social and political change. This collection of essays aims to capture the complex and shifting realities of a society in the process of transition from war to...