To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be... Zobraziť viac
Democratic Innovation is an original look at the political future of democracy, exploring the latest ideas aimed at renewing popular power. Featuring new writings by leading European, American and Australian democratic theorists, this book explores the... Zobraziť viac
The philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy that examines the... Zobraziť viac
Russia's state system has changed significantly since 1991, but the question of how the country should be governed has not been fully answered. This book argues that establishing an effective and regulated relationship between Russia's center and its... Zobraziť viac
This work evaluates the pros and cons of NATO enlargement. It explains why NATO offered membership to three of its Cold War adversaries and makes recommendations about which countries, if any, should be offered membership in the future. Zobraziť viac
Evaluation is a controversial and little understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision-making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a recent... Zobraziť viac
Experimental philosophy is one of the most exciting and controversial philosophical movements today. This book explores how it is reshaping thought about philosophical method. Experimental philosophy imports experimental methods and findings from... Zobraziť viac
Academic Discourse and Global Publishing offers a coherent argument for changes in published academic writing over the past 50 years. Demonstrating how published writing represents academics’ decisions about how best to present their work, their... Zobraziť viac
This innovative book seeks to explain what factors account for the consolidation of young democracies in over thirty countries in Latin America and Europe throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century. Zobraziť viac
This book offers a critical synthesis of social psychology's contribution to the study of contemporary racism, and proposes a critical reframing of our understanding of prejudice in European society today. Chapters place a special emphasis on the... Zobraziť viac
In the post-September 11 climate, Europe's regional security environment and the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states have become more than ever a focus for attention but remain ill-understood. The connections between these two groups... Zobraziť viac
The ideology of Islamic fundamentalists is of central importance in the modern world, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the international media. This insightful study provides a detailed analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-... Zobraziť viac
This book offers a systematic treatment of the requirements of democratic legitimacy. It argues that democratic procedures are essential for political legitimacy because of the need to respect value pluralism and because of the learning process that... Zobraziť viac
Chronic childhood disease brings psychological challenges for families and carers as well as the children. Roger Bradford explores how they cope with these challenges, the psychological and social factors that influence outcomes and the ways in which... Zobraziť viac
This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers... Zobraziť viac
This book examines accountability in the European Union from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. Zobraziť viac
Explores the promotion of sustainable development as an organizing principle for the emergence of new forms of governance practices in European Union member states and Norway. Zobraziť viac
This study provides the first sustained analysis of the process by which images of Africa were transformed into the illustrations of the continent that appeared in nineteenth-century European travel books. Koivunen examines the actual production... Zobraziť viac
Across many social and commercial domains, governments regulate the official names used to identify individuals, groups, places, companies & products, and even diseases. This innovative volume investigates the relationship between names and the law,... Zobraziť viac
This book examines why postcommunist states continue to comply with international institutions’ rules and prescriptions even after those states have won the ultimate prize of European Union membership. This book was published as a special issue of... Zobraziť viac
