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Who Speaks for Nature?: Indigenous Movements, Public Opinion, and the Petro-State in Ecuador by Todd A. Eisenstadt
RRP: $109.65$85.97In 2009, Ecuador became the first nation ever to enshrine rights for nature in its constitution. Nature was accorded inalienable rights, and every citizen was granted standing to defend those rights. At the same time, the government advanced a policy of... -
Europe and Japan Cooperation in the Fight against Cross-border Crime: Challenges and Perspectives Shin Matsuzawa (Waseda University, Japan) 9781032257259
RRP: $46.43$40.88This book is the first to map and critically analyse the legalisation of EU-Japan cooperation in criminal justice matters, charting the existing legal instruments which regulate cooperation in the fight against crime between European states and Japan. It... -
Christian Democracy in Western Germany: The CDU/CSU in Government and Opposition, 1945-1976 by Geoffrey Pridham
RRP: $54.17$47.92This important study analyses the developoment of the CDU/CSU as a political force in West Germany from the Second World War to the late 1970s, with special reference to its role both in Government (1949-69) and Opposition (1969-76) and considers how it... -
One Hundred Years of Communist Experiments by Vladimir Tismaneanu
RRP: $109.65$100.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789633864050Author Vladimir TismaneanuFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Central European University PressPublisher Central European University... -
Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places by Joanne McEvoy
RRP: $107.07$93.54Power sharing may be broadly defined as any set of arrangements that prevents one political agency or collective from monopolizing power, whether temporarily or permanently. Ideally, such measures promote inclusiveness or at least the coexistence of... -
Settlers in Contested Lands: Territorial Disputes and Ethnic Conflicts by Oded Haklai
RRP: $30.95$26.88Settlers feature in many protracted territorial disputes and ethnic conflicts around the world. Explaining the dynamics of the politics of settlers in contested territories in several contemporary cases, this book illuminates how settler-related... -
Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy by Eric C. Bjornlund
$28.16Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy draws on worldwide experience since the mid-1980s to evaluate international election monitoring and domestic monitoring, and their contributions to democracy promotion and democratic... -
Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America by Merilee Serrill Grindle
RRP: $32.25$28.42Audacious Reforms examines the creation of new political institutions in three Latin American countries: direct elections for governors and mayors in Venezuela, radical municipalization in Bolivia, and direct election of the mayor of Buenos Aires in... -
Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe by Jane S. Jaquette
RRP: $32.25$28.42Women and Democracy offers a unique look at the political experiences of women in two regions of the world-Latin America and Eastern and Central Europe-which have moved from authoritarian to democratic regimes. At first glance, the roles and attitudes of... -
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited by Larry Diamond
RRP: $36.12$31.66Fifty years ago, Joseph Schumpeter published "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy", his classic study of the relationship between political democracy and alternative economic systems. Although Schumpeter's work continues to be widely read,... -
The Robust Federation: Principles of Design by Jenna Bednar
RRP: $30.95$26.28The Robust Federation offers a comprehensive approach to the study of federalism. Jenna Bednar demonstrates how complementary institutions maintain and adjust the distribution of authority between national and state governments. These authority... -
Dimensions of African Statehood: Everyday Governance and Provision of Public Goods by Randi Solhjell
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book argues that the way in which we use the concept of "state" in many African countries must involve a deeper engagement of the complex workings of state-society relations, rather than a master narrative of European state formation. ... -
Israel's Leadership: From Utopia to Crisis by Jacob Abadi
$107.38This book analyzes Israel's leadership from the rise of the Zionist movement to the present. That leadership, Abadi holds, has been declining since David Ben Gurion, the founder and first prime minister of the state, retired from politics. Not only were... -
Strengthening Peace in Post - Civil War States: Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders by Matthew Hoddie
RRP: $39.99$38.95Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars - from Yugoslavia to Congo - frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approaches... -
Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy by Larry Diamond
$34.74After an introduction by the volume editors, the book offers a look at the complex relationship between nationalism and democracy. The authors then examine the special challenges facing democracy in ethnically divided societies.Book InformationISBN... -
The British Tradition of Minority Government by Timothy Peacock
RRP: $109.65$34.82Conservative plans for a coalition government, a snap General Election, prime ministers considering whether to resign after an electoral or referendum defeat, and the prospect of Labour and Conservative deals with the Liberals, SNP and Northern Ireland... -
Framing Referendum Campaigns in the News Marina Dekavalla 9781526119896
RRP: $109.65$77.62This book discusses the framing of referendum campaigns in the news media, focusing particularly on the case of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Using a comprehensive content analysis of print and broadcast coverage as well as in-depth... -
Fighting for Rights: From Holy Wars to Humanitarian Military Interventions by Tal Dingott Alkopher
RRP: $174.15$151.29In the light of NATO's humanitarian war in Kosovo is it possible to understand or explain wars as an outcome of perceptions of rights? How did rights, be they divine rights in the Middle Ages, territorial rights in the eighteenth century, or human... -
Coalition Agreements as Control Devices: Coalition Governance in Western and Eastern Europe by Heike Klüver
RRP: $90.30$82.22Many coalition cabinets negotiate lengthy coalition contracts outlining the agenda for the time in office. Not only does negotiating these agreements take up time and resources, but compromises have to be made, which may result in cabinet conflicts and... -
Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire by Adria K. Lawrence
RRP: $96.75$73.13During the first half of the twentieth century, movements seeking political equality emerged in France's overseas territories. Within twenty years, they were replaced by movements for national independence in the majority of French colonies,... -
New Mentalities of Government in China by David Bray
RRP: $56.75$49.59China continues to transform apace, flowing from the forces of deregulation, privatization and globalization unleashed by economic reforms which began in late 1978. The dramatic scope of economic change in China is often counterposed to the apparent lack... -
Rule-Making Rules: An Analytical Framework for Political Institutions by Stefano Bartolini
RRP: $109.65$99.33Stefano Bartolini argues that, despite the growth of a large theoretical literature about institutions and institutionalism over the last thirty years, the specific nature of political institutions has been relatively neglected. Political institutions... -
Expertise, Policy-making and Democracy Johan Christensen (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 9780367617769
RRP: $59.33$51.77This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-making and democracy. It uniquely combines an overview of recent research on the policy role of experts with discussions in political philosophy and the philosophy... -
Standardizing Diversity: The Political Economy of Language Regimes by Amy H. Liu
RRP: $85.14$73.96Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can... -
Cities, Business, and the Politics of Urban Violence in Latin America by Eduardo Moncada
RRP: $79.98$69.09This book analyzes and explains the ways in which major developing world cities respond to the challenge of urban violence. The study shows how the political projects that cities launch to confront urban violence are shaped by the interaction between... -
Modern Caribbean Politics by Anthony Payne
RRP: $34.19$30.04During the 1980s, the nature of modern politics in the Caribbean changed in significant ways. New themes came to dominate political debate in the region, notably the emphasis on "democracy" as a political mechanism, "structural adjustment" on the... -
The IMF and Economic Development by James Raymond Vreeland
RRP: $33.53$28.37Why do governments turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and with what effects? This book argues that governments enter IMF programs for economic and political reasons, and finds that the effects are negative on economic growth and income... -
Nation-Building and Identity in the Post-Soviet Space: New Tools and Approaches Rico Isaacs (University of Lincoln, UK) 9780367281359
RRP: $51.59$45.23Nation-building as a process is never complete and issues related to identity, nation, state and regime-building are recurrent in the post-Soviet region. This comparative, inter-disciplinary volume explores how nation-building tools emerged and evolved... -
African Presidential Republics by Jean Blondel
RRP: $174.15$151.29This book provides a systematic assessment of the behaviour of some relatively successful presidents in African presidential republics, examining the part played by presidents in the development of their countries. Using two groups of case studies,... -
Democratic Transition in the Muslim World: A Global Perspective by Alfred Stepan
RRP: $113.52$88.69In early 2011, widespread protests ousted dictatorial regimes in both Tunisia and Egypt. Within a few years, Tunisia successfully held parliamentary and presidential elections and witnessed a peaceful transition of power, while the Egyptian military went... -
The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe Are Alike by Peter Baldwin
RRP: $29.01$21.63There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. But are the US and Europe so different? Peter Baldwin, one of the world's leading historians of comparative social policy, thinks not, and in this bracingly argued but... -
Coalition Governance in Central Eastern Europe by Torbjorn Bergman
RRP: $154.80$131.52Coalition government among different political parties is the way most European democracies are governed. Traditionally, the study of coalition politics has been focused on Western Europe. Coalition governance in Central Eastern Europe brings the study... -
Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism: India, Pakistan, and Turkey by Karen Barkey
RRP: $40.62$37.29A collection of essays that situates and furthers contemporary debates around the prospects of democracy in diverse societies within and beyond the West. Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning... -
Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age by Mohamed Zayani
RRP: $32.25$28.42In recent years, the Middle East's information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalising on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of... -
The Roots of Populism: Neoliberalism and Working-Class Lives Brian Elliott 9781526136978
RRP: $109.65$77.62Since the emergence of neoliberalism in the early 1980s, the interests of the working class have become progressively more marginalized within mainstream politics in the United Kingdom. Years of austerity politics following the financial crash of 2008... -
Roads to the Radical Right: Understanding Different Forms of Electoral Support for Radical Right-Wing Parties in France and the Netherlands by Koen Damhuis
RRP: $113.52$102.94Trump, Wilders, Salvini, Le Pen - during the last decades, radical right-wing leaders and their parties have become important political forces in most western democracies. Their growing appeal raises an increasingly relevant question: who are the voters... -
More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America by Jack Santucci
RRP: $51.59$44.16Americans want electoral reforms so that they can have more choice in elections. Recent surveys show that 20 to 50 percent of Americans are open to a new electoral system, while demand for a third party has crept upward since Gallup began asking in 2003... -
State Transformations: Classes, Strategy, Socialism by Greg Albo
RRP: $45.15$29.72It is often remarked that critical - and especially Marxist - state theory began to lose its central place in the study of comparative politics in the 1980s. Ironically, this shift occurred just as neoliberal policies were transforming the social form... -
Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams by John Feffer
$24.34In this unique, panoramic account of faded dreams, journalist John Feffer returns to Eastern Europe a quarter of a century after the fall of communism, to track down hundreds of people he spoke to in the initial atmosphere of optimism as the Iron Curtain... -
Honecker's Germany: Moscow's German Ally by David Childs
RRP: $36.11$31.32Picking 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...