Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books
Feminist Activism at War
Belgrade and Zagreb Feminists in the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This book describes, compares, explains, and contextualises the positionings, i.e. discourses and activities, which feminists in Belgrade, Serbia and Zagreb, Croatia produced in relation to the (post-)Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Two types of positionings are analysed: those which the feminists have...
Cosmopolitan Political Thought
Method, Practice, Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Cosmopolitan Political Thought asks the question of what it might mean for the very practices of political theorizing to be cosmopolitan. It suggests that such a vision of political theory is intimately linked to methodological questions about what is commonly called comparative political theory--namely,...
Sozialstaat und Grundeinkommen
Eine Analyse der Eignung eines Grundeinkommens als mögliche Alternative zum gegenwärtigen System sozialer Sicherung in Deutschland
Language: German
Release Date: February 5, 2010
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 1,3, Universität Kassel, Veranstaltung: Normen, Steuerung, Struktur - Sozialstaat und Demokratie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die heutige Zeit ist geprägt durch hohe Arbeitslosigkeit,...
by Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The number of women elected to Latin American legislatures has grown significantly over the past thirty years. This increase in the number of women elected to national office is due, in large part, to gender-friendly electoral rules such as gender quotas and proportional electoral systems, and it...
by Barbara Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This book discusses how the allies worked towards determining the political future of a defeated Germany. It oulines how the deep ideological divisions within the allied forces ultimately resulted in the division of Germany and discusses how indigenous political movements were impeded by a deeply...
Authoritarian Regionalism in the World of International Organizations
Global Perspective and the Eurasian Enigma
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
The interconnection between international organizations (IOs) membership and democratization has become a topic of intense debate. However, the main focus of the literature so far has been on IOs created by democratic states and comprised mostly of democracies, for examples the European Union. In...
by Kathrin Baumann
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 1,3, University of Mannheim (School of Social Sciences), language: English, abstract: Domestic election observers sometimes endorse elections even though those cannot be characterized as...
Foundations of Comparative Politics
Democracies of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The new edition of this leading overview of comparative politics once again blends theory and evidence across democratic systems to provide unparalleled coverage. The student-friendly structure and clear, concise writing ensure that complex issues are clearly explained and students engage with the...
by Aina Gallego
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Highly educated citizens vote at much lower rates than less educated citizens in some countries. By contrast, electoral participation exhibits no such bias in other countries as diverse as Spain, Denmark, and South Korea. This book describes the levels of unequal participation in thirty-six countries...
Why did Anticorruption Policy Fail?
A Study of Anticorruption Policy Implementation Failure in Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
This book examines the cases of implementation failure of the Indonesian Anticorruption Law 1971 of the authoritarian New Order regime, and of the Anticorruption Law 1999 of the democratic Reform Order regime. It investigates to what extent and for what reasons the implementation of these Laws failed...
This American Moment
A Feminist Christian Realist Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
According to this book, the United States is currently in a moment of crisis, fomented by anxieties around race and gender politics. Unlike fear, which is usually focused on a particular object, anxiety is indeterminate and uncertain. It is also the emotion that led to the election and continued support...
by Van Khanh Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book presents research focusing on the Vietnam Nationalist Party (Việt Nam Quốc dân đảng) from 1927 to 1954. It elaborates on the party’s establishment, political ideology and organizational structure, the Yen Bai Uprising, the party’s downfall, and its role in the Vietnamese Revolution....
by Joe Majerus
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 2,0, University of Luxembourg, language: English, abstract: A brief overview of 19th century philosopher's Samuel Hirsch views on what role Judaism should play in the organisation and governance of modern secular states.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Public Security in Federal Polities is the first systematic and methodical study to bring together the fields of security studies and comparative federalism. The volume explores the symbiotic relationship between public security concerns and institutional design, public administration, and public...