Comparative politics Books

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Immer wieder rückt das Thema interkommunale Kooperation in den...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,3, Technische Universität Dresden (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Die NPD - Bedrohung der Demokratie oder Überschätzung der braunen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,7, Universität Regensburg (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Einführung in den Vergleich westl. Regierungssysteme, Sprache:...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,5, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (Insititut der Politischen Wissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Welche Rolle spielt die Frage der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,3, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Großbritannien liegt nicht nur geographisch auf einer Insel. Im Zuge der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1996 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Veranstaltung: Proseminar "Wahlen und Abstimmungen", Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 17...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Veranstaltung: Lobbyismus in Europa, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Europäische Union ist,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,3, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Veranstaltung: Direkte Demokratie in Deutschland, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Antike, als...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Potsdam (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Probleme und Lösungsansätze der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Universität Konstanz, Veranstaltung: Lokale Demokratie und kommunale Selbstverwaltung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Institutions...

This book examines the rise and fall of a handful of progressive and leftist third party efforts over the last century, from the 1920s to the present, including the Progressive Party of 1924, the Labor Party Movement of the 1930s, The Progressive Party...

The legal maxims of Roman law. Originally published: London: John W. Parker and Son, 1856. xxiv, 408 pp.In this study of important principles and maxims of Roman law, Phillimore provides commentary on selected maxims of Papinian, Ulpian, Paulus,...

This is a workbook to guide readers through their reading and study of Aristotle's Politics. This book is designed to help readers better get an understanding of not only the overall things being taught, but get a better hold of various problems or...

by Peter Coffey THE BACKGROUND Once again, Europe finds itselfata majorcrossroads. In January, 1999, the Euro, the European currency, was launched. This major undertaking does reaffinn the EuropeanUnion'scommon international...

The ageing, financial and labour market challenges facing the old age pension systems of the member states of the European Union are well known. Those who cast doubt on the ability of the present system of pension provision...

This new edition brings Daniel C. Hellinger's brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to Latin America up to date for a new generation of educators. In crisp detail, Hellinger gives a panoramic overview of the continent and offers a unique...

This book reviews the political significance of COVID-19 in the context of earlier pandemic encounters and scares to understand the ways in which it challenges the existing individual health, domestic order, international health governance actors, and,...

Presented through an investigation of Sengoku Japan and Republican China, this book proposes an innovative explanation of state formation that focuses on ideational and geographic factors.This study addresses the question; why are some collapsed states...

Reformulating a problem of both constitutionalism and liberalism discussed in the works of Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Hannah Arendt, and Alexis de Tocqueville, the book examines one generally overlooked manifestation of constitutionalism: the role of...

This book deals with the difficulty democracies face in conducting asymmetric warfare in highly populated areas without violating international humanitarian law. On numerous occasions, democratic nations have been singled out by human rights NGOs for the...

This project compares rebel media use in three Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil war and the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. The three conflicts were waged under similar conditions over a twenty-year period, b

This book studies the proportion of women in national parliaments. More precisely, it seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. The author seeks to...

In this book, Rochlin applies Revolution in Military Affairs theories to explain the various strategic victories and losses for assorted social forces in Colombia and Mexico. These countries form the ideal comparative case study, with Colombia as an...

Are world views once formed during childhood and adolescence stable over life or do they change when they come under pressure from new institutional contexts? This book seeks the answer by re-visiting an aged political generation growing up in...

Maria de Luna was one of late medieval Spain's most intriguing female personalities. In a period characterized by powerful male rulers, she combined patronage and a pious cultural program to extend her political power, both formally and informally. ...

In recent years, scholarly attention has shifted away from debates on ethnicity to focus on issues of migration and citizenship. Inspired, in part, by earlier studies on European guestworker migration, these debates are fed by the new "transnational...

Through comparative analysis this book examines and explains the official rhetoric of agency reform across consensus and adversarial political cultures. It traces the trajectory of talk about agency reform in The Netherlands, Sweden and Australia and...

An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been...

Drawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, Ten Years of New Labour provides a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of the ideas, institutions and policies that shaped the Blair Governments' decade in office. The reader is provided...

This book addresses the question: how, and to what degree, are political institutions important in explaining the state of post-Communist political systems today? More specifically, it analyses the nature of political leadership and explains how, and...

The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It...

The Political Marketing Game identifies what works in political marketing, drawing on 100 interviews with practitioners. It also shows that authenticity, values and vision are as much a part of a winning strategy as market-savvy pragmatism.

This book seeks to compare two important regulatory regimes in the EU, those relating to pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs, in terms of a theoretical framework derived from rational institutionalism.

This book looks ahead to consider the most likely results of the encounter between China and the international system. Environmental, cultural and perceptual matters are considered as well as more traditional economic and military issues. Underpinning...

Introduction to Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal text for students studying management for the first time, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Covering all of the functional areas of management, it provides a framework for students to...

This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the regulatory state and governance. It examines both key concepts and theories and important policy domains, and utilises comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. A critical theme is...

Why are regional nationalisms threatening the old nations? This book explores examples such as why Scotland might become independent, why Wales wants more autonomy, and why Catalonia emphasizes its distinctive language and institutions but does not want...

Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations in elderly care policy by...

Using the cases of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria, the author examines state-building as practiced by informal states. Exploring symbolic and economic dimensions of state-building projects and using insights from political sociology, she investigates...

After a decade and a half of decentralization reforms in post-communist states, we still know very little about their impact on local populations. This study, which examines local social services and economic promotion in the Czech Republic, Hungary,...

A reconceptualisation of the widelyheld concept of the "resource curse," which contends that resource booms inevitably lead to numerous political, social and economic problems. This book counters that these problems are by no means inevitable, but are...

This book argues that although labor market needs have been an important element in the development of immigration policy, they have been filtered through a political process: the politics of immigration. It is this process that drives immigration policy...

"Nourishing Nations: Deciphering Food Provisioning Politics in the UK, France, andAustralia" embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the intricate political landscapesgoverning food provisioning in three distinct nations. This insightful study...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Universität Bremen (Zentrum für Sozialpolitik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Spätestens seit PISA wird der Kindertagesbetreuung verstärkte politische...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,3, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (FG Politikwissenschaften, FB Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Alle Staatsgewalt geht vom Volke...