Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books
Africa in International Politics
External Involvement on the Continent
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
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 framework in order to study how these powers have...
The Future of Europe
Integration and Enlargement
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
In 2004, the European Union's Intergovernmental Conference finalized the historic process of enlarging the EU from fifteen to twenty-five members. This book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the state of the European Union's biggest enlargement so far, and also considers its future prospects...
Reputation and International Cooperation
Sovereign Debt across Three Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? Michael Tomz sheds new light on this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. Tomz develops a reputational theory of cooperation between sovereign governments and foreign investors. He explains...
A Constitutional Democracy
Voices and Votes
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Consent to be governed includes rights and responsibilities of the citizenry to ensure that freedom, justice, and equality prevail over narrowed special interests. It can be challenging for citizens to grasp the consequences of their disengagement without knowledge of fundamental democratic principles,...
by Barnett R. Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
One of our foremost authorities on modern Afghanistan, Barnett R. Rubin has dedicated much of his career to the study of this remote mountain country. He served as a special advisor to the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke during his final mission to the region and still serves the Obama administration...
by Paul Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development...
The North American Idea
A Vision of a Continental Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
In its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade and quintupled foreign investment among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, increasing its share of the world economy. In 2001, however, North America peaked. Since then, trade has slowed among the three, manufacturing...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline. However, so far no book has synthesized the ongoing debate on how to study the populist phenomenon. This handbook provides state of the art...
Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion
Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of "Afghanistan," we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan--and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. In Talibanistan, an unparalleled...
Lions and Lambs
Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A bold new interpretation of Germany’s democratic transformation in the twentieth century, focusing on the generation that shaped the post-Nazi reconstruction Not long after the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, Germans rebuilt their shattered country and emerged as one of the leading nations...
The Arab Uprisings
Catalysts, Dynamics, and Trajectories
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The uprisings of 2011 have radically altered the political, economic, and social landscapes of the Middle East and North Africa. A clearer view of the recent past now provides greater perspectives on the causes and the consequences of these events. This collection of essays challenges the common tendency...
by Hilary Bergsieker, Daniele Conversi, Emilian Kavalski
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Nationalism remains one of the key political, societal, and sociopsychological phenomena in contemporary Europe. Its significance for the justification of state policies and the stability of political systems, particularly in the context of advanced democracies, and its significance for people's basic...
Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity
Cross-National Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The movement to broaden access to public universities, the dominant strategy during the 1970s and 1980s, has largely shifted to enable the marketplace, rather than the government, to shape the contours of higher education. Government funding is being reduced, affirmative action and other programs...
Voice and Vote
Decentralization and Participation in Post-Fujimori Peru
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
In the months following disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight to Japan, Peru had a political crisis on its hands. The newly elected government that came together in mid-2001 faced a skeptical and suspicious public, with no magic bullet for achieving legitimacy. Many argued that the future...