Rowman Littlefield International: 550 books
New Perspectives on Negative Campaigning
Why Attack Politics Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Have you ever seen a politician fiercely attacking his opponent? Sure you have. Election campaigns without attacks on the rival candidate's performance, policy propositions and traits simply do not exist. Negative campaigning makes up a substantial part of election campaigns around the world. Though...
The Social Reality of Europe After the Crisis
Trends, Challenges and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
The economic crisis of recent years continues to have a profound effect on the lives of European citizens. Economically, politically and socially, the crisis has led to fundamental change for many people's lives. As well as creating new concerns, the crisis has simultaneously exacerbated existing...
Towards a New Pensions Settlement
The International Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This volume presents the recent experiences of pension reform in seven countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Faced with common problems of ageing societies and constraints on taxation levels, all are increasingly passing responsibility for saving...
Owning the Future
How Britain Can Make it in a Fast-Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
There are huge opportunities for Britain in a world where the global middle class is expected to treble to five billion people in the next two decades. This text brings together leading experts, business leaders, entrepreneurs and politicians with ideas for how Britain can thrive in this context,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
From small-scale experiments, deliberative mini-publics have recently taken a constitutional turn in Europe. Iceland and Ireland have turned to deliberative democracy to reform their constitutions. Estonia, Luxembourg and Romania have also experienced constitutional process in a deliberative mode....
Direct Democracy in the EU
The Myth of a Citizens' Union
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
The European Union is grappling with a democracy problem. The succession of crises which have plagued the increasingly executive EU for years, has led to a rising cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project. Yet despite the seismic shock of the Brexit referendum and...
by Richard Rose
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Richard Rose’s memoir vividly describes first-hand experience of the transformation of politics in Europe and the United States since 1940. He has been teargassed in Chicago, seen walls go up in Belfast and come down in Berlin. The author’s education in the streets and in the corridors of political...
Conditional Democracy
The Contemporary Debate on Political Reform in Chinese Universities
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Little is known about the political views of non-dissident Chinese intellectuals. For this book, Émilie Frenkiel has been granted unprecedented access to the discussions of politically committed Chinese who have been part of the intellectual debate on post-Tiananmen reform. Her in-depth research...
Can the EU Spend Better?
An EU Budget for Crises and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
The main parameters of the EU budget are decided upon every seven years when the MFF (Multi-annual Financial Framework) is negotiated. Before the end of 2016, EU institutions will undertake a mid-term review of the EU’s 2014-2020. This comes in a context of severe turbulences for the EU project:...
Sharing in the Success of the Digital Economy
A Progressive Approach to Radical Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
The digitally-enabled economy is unleashing a new wave of change, something we are only just beginning to feel and understand. The economic evidence shows that this innovation—the development and adoption of new products, services, processes and business models—is vital to support rising living...
The Future of Retail Financial Services
What Policy Mix For a Balanced Digital Transformation?
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
In recent years, the digitalisation of retail financial services – retail payments, current/savings accounts, consumer/housing credit, car insurance, property insurance and health insurance – has accelerated significantly. While policy-makers are gradually creating the necessary conditions to...
Europe's Untapped Capital Market
Rethinking Financial Integration After the Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The quality of financial integration is one of Europe’s principal concerns in the aftermath of the great crisis. The lack of risk sharing lies at the heart of the financial instability produced by the rapid retrenchment of capital flows within national boundaries. The limited cross-border banking...
Why aren't they there?
The Political Representation of Women, Ethnic Groups and Issue Positions in Legislatures
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Why Aren't They There? is a comprehensive study of political representation in a cross-national format. It examines the representation of women, ethnic groups, and policy positions in a cross-country comparison. The book includes an analysis of the representation of women over time, and presents...
Aiming High
Progressive Politics in a High-Risk, High-Opportunity Era
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Progressive politics finds itself in an incredibly testing era. The accelerating economic, social and political shifts put vast pressure on progressive movements. Being electorally challenged by the conservative right and the radical left they struggle to appeal to voters or bear the fruits of their...