Politics

Representation is more than a matter of elections and parties. This book offers a radical...

Recently there has been a convergence of party funding regimes across many states of Western...

This bold venture into political theory and comparative politics combines traditional concerns about democracy with...

The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions...

An almost universal point of agreement in contemporary political science is that 'institutions matter'. But...

What has been the impact of transitions to democracy on gender relations? What roles have...

This volume provides an challenging and controversial explanation of the recent events in Russia. It...

For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most...

This book deals with ongoing processes of European cooperation and integration, processes that may have...

The welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion...

A decline in religious belief, waning class values, rising postmaterialism, along with green values, feminism,...

Liberalism is often described as a theory about the proper relationship between the individual and...

The unifying idea of Gramsci's famous Prison Notebooks is the concept of hegemony. In his...

Mrs Thatcher has cited the breaking of the post-war political consensus, established with the support...

In the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination, the Congress party swept the polls in 1984....

Barack Obama swept into office in 2008, capitalizing on his fresh and compelling political persona,...

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been a key driver...

On the Road to Permissiveness? seeks to describe and explain how European countries have been...

Following the end of the Cold War, the economic reforms in the early 1990s, and...

This book is concerned with a large question in one small, but highly problematic case:...

From Global to Grassroots looks at how transnational activism aimed at combating violence against women...

The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements explores the historical, political, economic and social contexts...

Bringing together scholarship from several South Asian countries, this volume understands conflict resolution and cooperation...

India is an outstanding example of multiculturalism, with wide-ranging policies of group preference dating back...

This book assesses the evolution of the Indian Parliament as an institution. By focusing on...

How do political authorities build support for themselves and their rule? Doing so is key...

Employing an engaging question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores the revolutionary protests that have rocked...

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among...

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on...

In 1993, the nation exploded into anti-same sex marriage fervor when the Hawaii Supreme Court...

Despite the existence, since 1929, of legislation banning it, child marriage continues to be a...

The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its...

Turkey's Difficult Journey to Democracy provides a thorough examination of the evolution of Turkey's democracy...

The State as Cultural Practice offers a fully worked out account of the authors' distinctive...

The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and...

According to conventional international relations theory, states or groups make war and, in doing so,...

The promise of an ever-closer union that has guided Europe from the Treaty of Rome...

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament seeks to answer the question of how a political...

International Organization in Time investigates why reformers often pledge to unify international organizations (IOs), but...

This book presents a fascinating analysis of expertise and policy formation, based on an in-depth...

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013The...

In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of...

One of our foremost authorities on modern Afghanistan, Barnett R. Rubin has dedicated much of...

The last decade has seen a far-reaching revolution in the oil industry, both in the...