This open access volume examines current threats to democracy with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These small democracies face unique challenges from climate change, hybrid security threats, and geopolitical tensions. The book examines...Loe edasi...
This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in Africa from various perspectives. It presents prior developments and current states of evaluation in 12 countries...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691195827)
What caused the world’s great republics to fall—and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies todayIn this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the people, events, and factors that le...Loe edasi...
This book tackles deep and enduring challenges that confront child protection and child welfare systems across international jurisdictions. Informed by universally applied concepts of child protection typology-building within a systemic framework, i...Loe edasi...
This book examines which factors promote or hinder older peoples access to social care in different Asian development contexts. It introduces a new theoretical framework which is applied to high-income (Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea) and middle...Loe edasi...
This book emphasizes the pressing necessity for the European Union (EU) to reduce its reliance on external actors and develop the ability to act independently in critical areas such as defense, energy, advanced technology, and raw materials. Buildin...Loe edasi...
In The Republican Civil War, Stephanie Muravchik and Jon A. Shields draw from years of on-the-ground research in Wyoming--the most Republican state in the nation--to show why its political class has been embroiled in a fierce battle for over...Loe edasi...
This textbook, written by respected experts on social science and political science research concerning Eastern Europe, offers a comprehensive overview of the political history of and contemporary domestic politics in Ukraine. The authors analyze th...Loe edasi...
An incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences....Loe edasi...
This book offers a timely and original contribution to the field of religion and politics by exploring how religion interacts with political institutions, political parties, law, and public discourse across Europe, North America, and the Middle East...Loe edasi...
This Open Access book offers a structured approach to thinking about the future, covering local, global, and cross-sectoral perspectives. It begins by posing three fundamental questions: What futures are normatively desirable? What trajectories do c...Loe edasi...
This book develops a new framework for explaining how political parties survive severe crises in Latin America. Challenging accounts that equate survival with electoral recovery, it argues that endurance emerges from elite incentives shaped by terri...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780190933340)
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissingers secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissingers day and provide a sweeping view of his era. ...Loe edasi...
This book offers new insights into the political representation of young people globally. The authors address key issues such as the effects of different levels...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691280998)
The hemispheric politics that shaped popular revolutions against European colonial rule In A New World of Revolutions, Arturo Chang reconstructs the histories, politics, and legacies of the Age of Revolutions (c. 17701850) from the vantag...Loe edasi...
This book challenges the conventional North-to-South direction of policy diffusion by examining how policy learning flows from the Global South to the Global North. Through a series of global case studies, it reveals successful, failed, and often co...Loe edasi...
US-China Rivalry offers a holistic analysis of the unfolding of US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific, using a novel theory called neo-offensive realism. It synthesises quantitative and qualitative data to examine the intensification of US-...Loe edasi...
This Element contributes to a better understanding of the question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. It focuses on the interplay between democracy and nationalism by focusing on the experiences of Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Isra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009734707)
This Element contributes to a better understanding of the question of why voters support politicians who subvert democracy. It focuses on the interplay between democracy and nationalism by focusing on the experiences of Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Isra...Loe edasi...
Many authoritarian regimes, including some of the worlds most populous autocracies do not make it clear what views, attitudes, and behaviors people may express openly without being sanctioned. This Element investigates how the uncertainty that this...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009731737)
Many authoritarian regimes, including some of the worlds most populous autocracies do not make it clear what views, attitudes, and behaviors people may express openly without being sanctioned. This Element investigates how the uncertainty that this...Loe edasi...
Skadi Siiri Krause, Norbert Campagna, Oliver Hidalgo
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, ISBN-13: 9783662724798)
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of Tocquevilles life, work and impact based on the current state of historical, philosophical and social science research. This volume is dedicated to an extremely multifaceted author who is still und...Loe edasi...
How is the rise of globalization-driven cultural conflict reflected in the metropolitan geography of public opinion and voting behaviour? This book answers that question by exploring divides between metropolitan centres and outskirts in contemporary...Loe edasi...
A comparative study of the political leadership of mayors, from New York, London, and Amsterdam, using a recent innovation in the field, the Leadership Capital Index, as a basis....Loe edasi...
This book identifies nine strategies dictators use to legitimate their rule in the eyes of regime insiders, and then shows how these strategies have been used over the life of the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes. Drawing on analysis of the experience...Loe edasi...
This book highlights pressing challenges confronting liberal democracy and the rule of law by presenting a series of compelling narratives from individuals who experience the expression of dissensus over liberal democracy in their professional lives...Loe edasi...
This book examines the persistent instability in Pakistans regime addressing how we understand the shifts in the combination of authoritarian and democratic tendencies, and why is it that the regime does not go beyond the threshold of a transitionin...Loe edasi...
This book presents a political history of corporate identity politics, showing how corporations borrowed strategies from liberal movements in order to gain privileges designed for the benefit of natural persons. Looking beyond the courtroom, Kathle...Loe edasi...
Over the last twenty-five years, the Africa Rising discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals. This book critically examines that discourse, analyzing recurring theme...Loe edasi...
This book examines energy policymaking processes from a cross-national perspective. It presents 19 in-depth country studies written by experts with extensive experience in the respective country or region. Each study explores the countrys unique app...Loe edasi...
This book considers the importance of African values, not only in catalysing development, but in sustaining it. Arguing for an urgent need for rapprochement between African politicians and intellectuals, the book discusses how African values and ide...Loe edasi...
This book uncovers how womens movements in the Global South are changing the face of transnational activism in their mobilisations against militarism and conflict-related GBV. The book will interest researchers of international relations, decolonisa...Loe edasi...
This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies. It will be of interest to readers across the fields of global development, African studies, an...Loe edasi...
Using the case study of postcolonial Zimbabwe, this book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions, exploring how those in postcolonial states relate to and with institutions which were originally designed...Loe edasi...
This book investigates whether African cultures can appropriate some useful aspects of Western cultures, or whether doing so risks falling into the metaphysical empire and diluting African identity....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529225235)
Filling a significant gap in current scholarship, the book positions nationalism as a driving force behind Central and Eastern Europe’s political transformation and challenges. In particular, it demonstrates how rising populism and authoritarian regr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009726917)
Democratic Drain links two of the most compelling topics of our time: immigration and democracy. With a blend of rich storytelling and data analysis, this accessible book explores how global migration filters people with liberal democratic values ou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009750035)
Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? This book answers these questions by explaining why some Latin American political systems have been among the most unstable-and how others escaped from chronic i...Loe edasi...
Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? This book answers these questions by explaining why some Latin American political systems have been among the most unstable-and how others escaped from chronic i...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and measuring global justice across nations. By integrating theoretical foundations with empirical assessment, it offers a pioneering approach that bridges the gap between abstract philo...Loe edasi...
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO WINNING AN ARGUMENT WITH A LIBERAL. Antifa leftists may still burn this book, but more than a few center-left individuals will read 13 1/2 Reasons Why NOT to Be a Liberal and develop a new respectful understanding...Loe edasi...
Sari: The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN-13: 9780806196756)
Written in a clear and engaging style, A Case for Congress challenges readers to think against the grain and appreciate the Congress we have, not an ideal Congress that never in fact existed. “The bathwater is dirty,” the author acknowledges,...Loe edasi...
Non-sovereign nations are fragile: not because they lack identity but because their futures depend on sustained collective efforts to preserve institutions, cultures, and political autonomy while they remain unequal partners within constitutional fr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816557240)
State Formation in the Liberal Era offers a nuanced exploration of the uneven nature of nation making and economic development in Peru and Mexico. Zeroing in on the period from 1850 to 1950, the book compares and contrasts the radically different pa...Loe edasi...
This book assesses a range of contemporary scholarly approaches to public policy. Bringing together leading scholars in policy studies, each chapter addresses a different theoretical approach to policy desi...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as the author’s own interviews,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197796849)
An authoritative history of the radical environmental movement in the United States, No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis. ...Loe edasi...
Exploring how the boundary between the extremist far right and centre-right parties and politics became blurred, Normalization of the Global Far Right deconstructs one of the most pressing issues of today: the rise of the far right....Loe edasi...
Sari: Oxford Studies in African Politics and International Relations
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198902454)
This book provides a captivating, multifaceted portrait of the many ways in which power relations and the daily lives of individuals are negotiated all around the African continent, in places that are often discrete and far removed from the classic...Loe edasi...
