Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books
Christian Democracy in Western Germany (RLE: German Politics)
The CDU/CSU in Government and Opposition, 1945-1976
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This important study analyses the developoment of the CDU/CSU as a political force in West Germany from the Second World War to the late 1970s, with special reference to its role both in Government (1949-69) and Opposition (1969-76) and considers how it was instrumental in the formulation of governmental...
Labour Market Deregulation in Japan and Italy
Worker Protection under Neoliberal Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Japan and Italy encountered severe economic problems in the early 1990s, and the governments had to deal with those issues effectively under the increasing neoliberal pressures of globalisation. In this context, labour market deregulation was considered an effective tool to cope with those economic...
Race, Ethnicity, and the Participation Gap
Understanding Australia's Political Complexion
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Race, Ethnicity, and the Participation Gap begins with the argument that political institutions in settler and culturally diverse societies such as Australia, the United States, and Canada should mirror their culturally diverse populations. Compared to the United States and Canada, however, Australia...
Decentering the Regime
Ethnicity, Radicalism, and Democracy in Juchitán, Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 1997
Since 1989 an indigenous political movement—the Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI)—has governed the southern Mexican city of Juchitán. In Decentering the Regime, Jeffrey W. Rubin examines this Zapotec Indian movement and shows how COCEI forged an unprecedented...
The West's East
Contemporary Baltic Defense in Strategic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
In 2004 the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - finalized their return to the West by joining NATO and the EU after definitively throwing off their 'captive nations' status by regaining independence in 1991. This has not, however, halted resurgent Russian revanchism in the region; given Russia's...
Who Speaks for Nature?
Indigenous Movements, Public Opinion, and the Petro-State in Ecuador
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2019
In 2009, Ecuador became the first nation ever to enshrine rights for nature in its constitution. Nature was accorded inalienable rights, and every citizen was granted standing to defend those rights. At the same time, the government advanced a policy of "extractive populism," buying public support...
Making Autocracy Work
Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Can meaningful representation emerge in an authoritarian setting? If so, how, when, and why? Making Autocracy Work identifies the trade-offs associated with representation in authoritarian environments and then tests the theory through a detailed inquiry into the dynamics of China's National People's...
Combating Terrorism
Strategies and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Countering terrorism tops the list of America’s devilish set of problems. Americans deal with terrorism and the threat of terrorism through enhanced investigative tools in hopes of interdicting terrorism before it strikes; as a law enforcement issue; as a matter for international cooperation and...
Federalism
A Normative Theory and its Practical Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Using case studies from around the world, this book develops a new theory of federalism, showing that it can enhance deliberative democracy and civil society.
The Convergence of Civilizations
Constructing a Mediterranean Region
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
Recent efforts by the United States and its allies to promote democracy, security, and stability in the Middle East owe much to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) – also known as the Barcelona Process – an important region-building plan in the Mediterranean region since 1995. The Convergence...
Conflict, War, and Peace
An Introduction to Scientific Research
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Introducing students to the scientific study of peace and war, Conflict, War, and Peace: An Introduction to Scientific Research, edited by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and John A. Vasquez, provides an overview of current scholarship in this dynamic area of study. Focusing on the factors that shape relationships...
The Wartime Origins of Democratization
Civil War, Rebel Governance, and Political Regimes
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Why do some countries emerge from civil war more democratic than when they entered into it, while others remain staunchly autocratic? Observers widely depict internal conflict as a pathway to autocracy or state failure, but in fact there is variation in post-civil war regimes. Conventional accounts...
by Andreas Dür, David Marshall, Patrick Bernhagen
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Many citizens, politicians, and political activists voice concern about the political influence of business in the European Union. But do business interests really pull the strings in Brussels? Contrary to expectations, this book shows that business interests are no more influential than other interests...
Sharia or Shura
Contending Approaches to Muslim Politics in Nigeria and Senegal
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This book explores the differences in Muslim attitudes and approaches to the public square in sub-Saharan Africa via a comparative-historical analysis of Muslim politics in Northern Nigeria and Senegal since independence in 1960. While Northern Nigeria has been mired in intermittent religious conflicts...