Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books

Efforts have been made toward the application of electronic government in the developing world, yet questions of how to best implement governance systems and address concerns from officials and citizens alike remain to be answered. Emerging Issues and Prospects in African E-Government explores relevant...

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - Germany, grade: 1,0, Emory University (Candler School of Theology), course: History of Christian-Muslim Relations, language: English, abstract: 'Islam does not belong to Germany.' This statement, which is taken out of the...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 2,0, Southern Connecticut State University (Department of Political Science), course: Proseminar: Comparative Politics, 5 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 'Comparativists...

Modern criminal justice institutions globally include police, criminal courts, and prisons. Prisons, unlike courts which developed out of an old aristocratic function and unlike police which developed out of an ancient posse or standing army function, are only about 200 years old and are humanitarian...

A research-based guide to political psychology that is filled with critical arguments from noted experts Political Psychology is solidly grounded in empirical research and critical arguments. The text puts the emphasis on alternative approaches to psychological enquiry that challenge our traditional...

Since the end of the Cold War, more and more countries feature political regimes that are neither liberal democracies nor closed authoritarian systems. Most research on these hybrid regimes focuses on how elites manipulate elections to stay in office, but in places as diverse as Bolivia, Georgia,...

Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative democratization and to an important strand in normative democratic theory. Analyzing the relationship between direct democracy...

Political, social, and economic transformation is a complex historical phenomenon. It can adequately be analysed only by a multidisciplinary approach. The Handbook brings together an international team of scholars who are specialists in their respective research fields. It introduces the most important...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - Germany, grade: 1,0, University of East London, course: BA (Hons) International Politics with Psychology, language: English, abstract: This dissertation sets out to examine the phenomenon of right-wing extremism in East...

Now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition, this classic text provides the most authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems Russia confronts, considering a comprehensive array of economic, political,...

This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia. The studies included advance a unique perspective in the literature by focusing on the concept of institutionalization and by analyzing parties in democratic settings as well...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2+, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Fachbereich1- Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Schaut man sich traditionelle Modelle der repräsentativen Demokratie von Rousseau...

Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 1,7, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 8 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Einleitung Die schweizerische Form der Demokratie wird immer dann als Vorbild genannt,...