Comparative politics Books

Winner of the 1999 PIOOM Human Rights Award""The Guatemalan Military Project is a remarkable achievement. As any journalist or diplomat who has spent time in Guatemala will attest, no group is more difficult to penetrate than the Guatemalan armed

The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into...

This volume brings together expert contributors to explore the intersection of two major contemporary themes: globalization, and the contribution that both domestic party politics and international party support make to democratization. Globalising...

A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gibt es in der deutschen Parteienlandschaft noch Volksparteien? In der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme allgemein und im Vergleich, Note: 1,3, Technische Universität Chemnitz (Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Die Regierungssysteme der USA und BRD im Vergleich, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,7, Freie Universität Berlin (Otto-Suhr-Institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre erleben rechtsextreme Parteien...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Sozialwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Partizipation: "Demokratie von unten", Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: EinleitungDas Thema Föderalismus gewinnt weltweit an Bedeutung. Zwar gibt es nur...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Universität Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Umkehr von einem Überangebot zu einem Unterangebot an qualifizierter Arbeitskraft könnte für...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme allgemein und im Vergleich, Note: 1,8, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nahezu unbeachtet von Medien, Wissenschaft und Politik hat der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1.0, Universität Potsdam, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Dem Bundespräsidenten sind nach dem GG nur wenige unmittelbare staatliche...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Universität Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Hausarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Instrument des Parteiverbots im Grundgesetz der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,3, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht anhand der Bundesländer Bayern und Hamburg,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Otto-Suhr-Institut), Veranstaltung: Politik und Wirtschaft im Politischen System der BRD, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Als...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, FernUniversität Hagen (Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gegenstand der Arbeit ist der Politikwandel in der deutschen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme allgemein und im Vergleich, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „[Aufgabe der Opposition ist es] die Regierung zu überwachen und zu...

The EU is a supranational organization, whose reach and influence extends well beyond its member states, especially to the many states that have signed various forms of association agreement with it. This book asks whether qualifying states who have...

Political discourse in much of the world remains mired in simplistic ideological dichotomies of market fundamentalism for efficiency versus substantial socialism for equity. Contemporary public policy design is far more sophisticated. It blends market,...

This book shows how voter anger, due to problems of corruption and poor representation, brings about party-system collapse and the rise of important outsider political leaders in South America.

The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two...

The Nature of Party Government examines on a comparative basis the relationship betwen governments and the political parties which support them. This book highlihts the fact that, if parties in western European democracies have a strong influence upon...

Do people starve in democratic politics? It is often claimed that since government must respond to public needs during times of crisis, democracy has reduced famine in India since independence. This book seeks to identify the processes which generate...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,8, Universität Potsdam (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, die Reformen des...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,7, Universität Koblenz-Landau (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Freiheitlich-demokratische und autoritäre Systeme im Vergleich: am Beispiel...

In 1961, Holm O. Bursum III led a group of enthusiastic Young Republicans (YRs) into an unprecedentedly close partnership with the senior wing of their party. From a family of prominent public servants, Bursum became a protégé of Republican Governor...

Never in modern times has there been a greater need for understanding of the Muslim world. Nothing in that world is more important than the relationship between Muslims and their Faith, yet now that Faith has become far more confusing and challenging. ...

This book addresses the complex origins of the Ukrainian crisis. It places the crisis in a longer-term perspective and shows how the domestic political regime interpreted, balanced and eventually chose between the competing integration offers of Russia...

The book provides an overview of the governmental accounting status quo in Europe by analysing the public sector accounting, budgeting and auditing systems in fourteen European countries. IT sheds light on the challenges faced by European countries as...

The book was inspired by observing the suffering caused to society by a national government with serious difficulties. An analysis of the causes behind those difficulties revealed that they are frequently the same as those of other governments, in...

We are used to distinguishing the despotic regimes of the 20th century - communism, fascism, National Socialism, Maoism - very precisely according to place and time, origins and influences. But what should we call that which they have in common? On this...

There is an urgent need for a book which combines the approaches of political science/sociology and history and particularly comparative politics with ethnic studies. There are currently many rapid and significant changes taking place in the world...

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF DESTRUCTION is the second of two books exploring war in all its complexity. In the first book, THE BOOK TO END ALL WARS, it was posited that war acts upon the human psyche like a destructive mental virus. The first book looked...

International environmental agreements provide a practical basis for countries to address environmental issues on a global scale. This book explores the workings and outcomes of these agreements, and analyses key questions of why some problems are dealt...

Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy...

How Political Parties Respond focuses specifically on the question of interest aggregation. Do parties today perform that function? If so, how? If not, in what different ways do they seek to show themselves responsive to the electorate?This fascinating...

Cross Channel Currents explores the understandings and misunderstandings that make up the Entente Cordiale - the hundred-year relationship between Britain and France, as well as the everyday common interests and shared pleasures that give it substance...

This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of social exclusion, the contributors look at its causes, effects and at the...