The flourishing role of the private sector in security management over the last twenty years has challenged state control of the legitimate use of force. Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. She... Zobraziť viac
This volume analyzes the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s. It makes a major contribution to work on recent democratic regime transition in... Zobraziť viac
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe is the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of subnational democracy in Europe. It is the only book to analyse subnational democracy in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and... Zobraziť viac
This detailed volume examines a highly topical subject which embraces such diverse matters as grand political strategy, economic imperatives, national sovereignty, "mad cow disease" and fishing quotas. Zobraziť viac
Jan Gross describes the terrors of the Soviet occupation of the lands that made up eastern Poland between the two world wars: the Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia. His lucid analysis of the revolution that came to Poland from abroad is based on... Zobraziť viac
'Deliberative democracy' dominates democratic theory, but has become too narrowly focused on small-scale consultation exercises. This volume reopens the field, showing how states, and even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic. It... Zobraziť viac
This book opens with an examination of values themselves, grappling with western assertions of individual human rights and the eastern emphasis on duties, and analysing selected Asian philosophical and religious traditions. Several case studies follow... Zobraziť viac
Dewey's Critical Pragmatism centers on the idea that Dewey is a more radical thinker than he has previously be credited as. His critical pragmatism has a great deal to offer contemporary deliberative democracy theory and practice. Zobraziť viac
Among the world's authoritarian governments there have always been those based not on ideology, nor a leader's personal mission, nor even charisma, but simply on raw power sustained by fear of punishment and hope of reward. Here a distinguished group... Zobraziť viac
This book is concerned with the emergence and construction of the Libyan nation. It charts the rise of nationalism out of the colonial era and shows how nationalism developed through an external Libyan diaspora and the influence of Arab nationalism. Zobraziť viac
An introduction to the international relations of the Middle East by a leading scholar in the field. Zobraziť viac
This book analyzes the development of the European Parliament's (EP) committees and their relationship with national political parties in the light of the EP's increased legislative role over the last three decades... Zobraziť viac
Encompassing the whole spectrum of the history and theory of politics from Socrates to Rawls, this is the most comprehensive and scholarly reference work available on the subject. Zobraziť viac
This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on subsequent human rights protection and democratic practice and features cross-national case studies on South Africa, El Salvador, Chile and Uganda. Zobraziť viac
The European Union seems to have rescued its single currency, but it has not yet put an end to the crisis. In this major new book, a group of fifteen international philosophers, economists, political scientists, sociologists, and legal experts compare... Zobraziť viac
This work details the state of British counterinsurgency knowledge by 1945, and shows how wartime special forces and unconventional warfare affected many postwar counterinsurgencies. The vital role of the Special Air Service (SAS) is revealed here for... Zobraziť viac
Janet Coleman′s two volume history of European political theorising, from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance is the introduction which many have been waiting for. Zobraziť viac
A compelling account of Cold War politics and secret negotiations Zobraziť viac
Examining questions of statehood, biopolitics, sovereignty, neoliberal reason and the economy, Governmentality explores the advantages and limitations of adopting Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality as an analytical framework. Contributors... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on the best scholars in the field from around the world, The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability showcases conceptual and normative as well as the empirical approaches in public accountability studies. Zobraziť viac
