'Climate refugees' are often presented as the human face of climate change. Despite media coverage of some emblematic (but often anecdotal) cases of displacement, no authoritative analysis has yet appeared. Migration and Climate Change provides a... Zobraziť viac
This book is a testament to the accomplishments of Republican studies during the 1980s and early 1990s. Leading scholars review many aspects of contemporary research on the Republican era, ranging from the influence of fascism on Chiang Kai-Shek to the... Zobraziť viac
Long before reinventing government came into vogue, the Urban Institute pioneered methods for government and human services agencies to measure the performance of their programs. This comprehensive guidebook synthesizes more than two decades of Harry... Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
Samuels and Shugart provide an analysis of the way that the separation of powers shapes parties' relationships with their leaders - either directly elected presidents or appointed prime ministers. Their work provides the first systematic study of how... Zobraziť viac
This volume brings together essays by leading scholars of comparative constitutional design from myriad disciplinary perspectives. The authors collectively assess what we know - and do not know - about the design process as well as particular... Zobraziť viac
The book explains why it is warranted to speak of the European constitution even after the debacle of the EU Constitutional Treaty. It explains how European constitutionalism seeks to achieve its legitimating task through its interaction with national... Zobraziť viac
News and News Sources offers a fresh introduction to the sociology of news... Zobraziť viac
What causes some countries to naturalize large numbers of foreigners as citizens, while other countries keep foreigners at arm's length from their societies? This study shows how two factors over centuries frame each country's choice between... Zobraziť viac
Focuses on women's Islamic activism in Egypt to challenge binary representations of religious versus secular subjectivities Zobraziť viac
Propaganda came of age in the Twentieth Century. The development of mass- and multi-media offered a fertile ground for propaganda while global conflict provided the impetus needed for its growth. Propaganda has however become a portmanteau word, which... Zobraziť viac
A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent... Zobraziť viac
A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it's taken us 250 years to build--and they'll start by canceling our shared history, ideals, and culture. Traditional areas of civic agreement are vanishing. We can't agree on what makes America... Zobraziť viac
This book argues that protest by ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia brought about policy changes and integrated Hungarian minorities into the democratic process. Ethnic protest allowed groups to learn about the nature and limits of each other's... Zobraziť viac
The twentieth century has seen immense worldwide shifts in population. Whether it is Europe to North America, the Caribbean to the United Kingdom, or East Asia to Australia, migration is one of the major factors that influences the global political and... Zobraziť viac
This book proposes a strategic pressure theory that argues that in emerging democracies, political competition eggs on rather than restrains power-hungry politicians. Using data from Russia and Ukraine in 1998–2004, the author finds that independent... Zobraziť viac
The Shi'is of Iraq provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of... Zobraziť viac
The British General Election of 2019 is the definitive account of one of the most consequential and controversial general elections in recent times, when Boris Johnson gambled everything calling an early election to 'Get Brexit Done', and emerged... Zobraziť viac
Beiser's edition of 'The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics' comprises all kinds of texts relevant for understanding the political ideas of the early romantic circles in Berlin and Jena--essays, lectures, aphorisms, chapters from books,... Zobraziť viac
Over the last thirty years, the European Union has created a system of environmental governance in Europe. This work seeks to understand this new system of environmental governance both at the European level and at the level of member states. It argues... Zobraziť viac
