Politics and Current Affairs

About the Book Bringing together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities and rigorously edited for coherence and accessibility, this...

Still the world's largest state, Russia has been making a complex and uneven transition to a postcommunist system that has strong elements of autho...

About the Book Taking as its starting point the elections of 2003 and 2004, Developments in Russian Politics 6 brings together a tightly-edited set...

About the Book Developments in German Politics 3 provides authoritative coverage and wide ranging analysis of politics and policy in the Federal Re...

About the Book Edited by a new team on leading authorities of French politics Developments in French Politics 3 brings together specially written c...

East and Central Europe has experienced dramatic changes since the collapse of communism. This volume brings together specially commissioned chapte...

About the Book Bringing together a set of specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities, this book provides an accessible introduction to ...

This volume traces India’s developmental strategies and governance systems from state-led to market-driven models over seven decades, highlighting ...

This comprehensive textbook addresses the role that the agencies of administrative development play in the functioning of a government, especially ...

South Asian Americans, one of the largest groups of immigrants in the United States, are the most diverse community defined by religious, linguisti...

About the Book In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national s...

About the Book The generation into which each person is born, the demographic composition of that cohort, and its relation to those born at the sam...

About the Book This book explores alternative ways of solving political conflicts between ethnic groups in deeply divided societies. Through a deta...

Since its inception, the Indian model of development has the twin objectives of economic development and social justice woven together. This has sh...

The Fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and of dictatorships in Latin America brought new attention to democratic movements worldwide. Most...

About the Book As the U.S. strives to establish democracy in Iraq and contemplates its own democratic system in the wake of a series of controversi...

About the Book This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on...

About the Book Republicans and Democrats increasingly distrust, avoid, and wish harm upon those from the opposing party. They also increasingly res...

About the Book Many books on sustainability have been written in the last decade, most of them dealing with agricultural systems, communities, and ...

About the Book With the end of the Second World War a new world order arose based on the prohibition of military force in international relations, ...

Civil society is often expected to rise above historical and contemporary socio-economic forces such as the neoliberal economic policy and undertak...

About the Book High-profile controversies surrounding the funding of political parties have shown how inequalities in wealth can enter the politica...

About the Book The concept of community is tainted by the events of the twentieth century, frequently appropriated by totalitarian regimes for the ...

Specially compiled for students, this invaluable reader gathers key statements from political thinkers, explained and contextualised with editorial...

This book studies the deliberative dynamics in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations? specialised agency for regulating...

In 1960, President Kennedy warned of a dangerous future, rife with nuclear-armed states and a widespread penchant for conflict by the end of the ce...

Deep Currents and Rising Tides: The Indian Ocean and International Security

About the Book By consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians, Michael W. S. Ryan finds jihadist terrorism strategy has mo...

About the Book Based on exhaustive research, this book explains how the European Union makes decisions in seven major policy sectors. Written in a ...

Categorizing the centrality of foreign policy decision-making as being intrinsic to external relations, China and India are evolving new methodolog...

About the Book What arguments have critics of American wars and interventions put forward, and what arguments do they currently employ? Thomas Jeff...

This ground-breaking study addresses a key question for contemporary liberal democracies—how can inequalities between groups be addressed, while su...

About the Book How to handle Russia? This question has become ever more prominent as the Euro-Atlantic community's relations with Russia languish i...

The real truth behind the assassination of our 16th president Written by the critically acclaimed author of Ghosts of Cape Sabine, Dark Union reve...

About the Book The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis is adapted to survive in hostile marine environments of the northern hemisphere, including ...

About the Book The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him...

About the Book The world has been sleep-walking into cyber chaos. The spread of misinformation via social media and the theft of data and intellect...

About the Book Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and di...

The third edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary China offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of Xi Jinping’s strategies to address critica...

About the Book Leading anthropologists and political scientists are brought together in this volume to debate the problem of comparison, taking up ...

About the Book Crisis in American Institutions provides an array of engaging articles on important topics. Consistently introducing framing materia...

About the Book Food has a fundamental position in society, ensuring health, happiness and political stability. Consequently, the management of food...

About the Book Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again?Counter Re...

About the Book Cosmopolitanism: Uses of the Idea offers an illuminating and dynamic account of an often confusing and widespread concept. Bringing ...

About the Book Is it possible and desirable to translate the basic principles underlying cosmopolitanism as a moral standard into effective global ...

About the Book Pablo Picasso was one of the most prodigious and revolutionary artists in the history of Western painting. Gertrude Stein was an ava...

Corporate governance is part of an economy's system which has today become the most important mechanism for resource allocation. It is affected by ...