Political Science category: 78432 books
Democracy, Participation and Contestation
Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The establishment of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic has not been a smooth evolution towards an idealized presumed endpoint. Far from it, democratization has been marked by setbacks and victories, a process often referred to as ‘contested democracy’. In view of recent mobilizations such...
State-Market Interactions in China's Reform Era
Local State Competition and Global Market Building in the Tobacco Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
China today has the largest communist political regime and one of the most dynamic, fastest-growing, and largest economies in the world. Using a case study of China’s tobacco industry, this book analyses how the Chinese government was able to cultivate big state-owned firms that have successfully...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Online platforms have widened the availability for citizen engagement and opportunities for politicians to interact with their constituents. The increasing use of these technologies has transformed methods of governmental communication in online and offline environments. (R)evolutionizing Political...
Reclaiming Representation
Contemporary Advances in the Theory of Political Representation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Representation is integral to the functioning and legitimacy of modern government. Yet political theorists have often been reluctant to engage directly with questions of representation, and empirical political scientists have closed down such questions by making representation synonymous with congruence....
International Political Economy in Context
Individual Choices, Global Effects
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Although many international political economy texts offer good descriptions of what events have occurred in global economic and political relations, they fail to develop explicit theoretical frameworks explaining why. Andrew C. Sobel's International Political Economy in Context: Individual Choices,...
Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World
The Politics of Natural Rights
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely recognized as one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy. Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World not only provides a concise and accessible introduction to Nozick's ideal rights-based, minimal libertarian state, but for the...
Protest State
The Rise of Everyday Contention in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, this book answers this question through a focus on recent trends in the quality of governance...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Political instability can harm economic performance and is likely to shorten policymakers’ horizons, leading to sub-optimal short-term macroeconomic policies. This instability can also lead to a more frequent switch of policies, creating volatility and negatively affecting macroeconomic performance....
Less Than a Human
The Politics of Legal Protection of Migrants with Irregular Status
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Migrants in irregular situations are confronted with dangerous circumstances during their journeys toward Western countries and upon their arrival in those countries of destination. While continuously disputed by social and political forces, migrants and their children continue to live an isolated...
Diploma Democracy
The Rise of Political Meritocracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma democracies - ruled by those...
The Return of the Native
American Indian Political Resurgence
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 1990
An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the 16th century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations have shaped the Native American political identity and tactics in the ongoing struggle for power. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians...
Political Campaign Craftsmanship
A Professional's Guide to Campaigning for Public Office
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Over one billion dollars are spent in presidential election years on an expensive art form: political campaigns. Many political observers believe that at least half that amount is wasted. But, which half? Edward Schwartzman answers that question based upon experience gained in seventy-five campaigns....
Persons, Identity, and Political Theory
A Defense of Rawlsian Political Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book examines the conception of the person at work in John Rawls’s writings from Theory of Justice to Justice as Fairness: A Restatement. The book aims to show that objections to Rawls’s political conception of the person fail and that a Rawlsian conception of political identity is defensible....
The Digital Party
Political Organisation and Online Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
From the Five Star Movement to Podemos, from the Pirate Parties to La France Insoumise, from the movements behind Bernie Sanders to those backing Jeremy Corbyn, the last decade has witnessed the rise of a new blueprint for political organisation: the digital party.*BR**BR*Paolo Gerbaudo addresses...