Empirical case studies examine how new social movements interact with conventional political structures as individuals and groups experiment with new forms of political expression. The results indicate a changing democratic structure. This book focuses on the changin... Lees meer.

This volume assesses the importance of international organisations in global governance during the last ten years. The prestigious team of international contributors seek to determine the ways in which IO s contribute to the solution of global problems by influencing in... Lees meer.

Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of political science and to re-examine key concepts such as democracy securitization foreign policy analysis and international relations. Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of politic... Lees meer.

The onset of a new millennium has given renewed impetus to the study of religion and its place in the secular world. Religion and Mass Electoral Behaviour in Europe is an innovative cutting-edge study which focuses on the question of whether - and how - religion conti... Lees meer.

This comparative volume brings together a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories to study government formation. Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic... Lees meer.

This book analyses the impact of new information and communication technologies within representative democracy and examines how representative democracies are adapting to new ICTs. Electronic Democracy analyses the impact of new information and communication techn... Lees meer.

This collection confirms the robust relationship between level of economic development and democracy but suggests that globalization is a key variable in determining the tenuous nature of this relationship. Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship... Lees meer.

For the first time this new collection brings together country specialists researchers on the European Union and leading international relations scholars to tackle a crucial question. how compatible are today s new patterns of policy networks and multi-level gov... Lees meer.

This book considers empirically and theoretically the relationship between state welfare and territorial politics from a European perspective. This is a major contribution to our understanding of European integration. It analyzes for the first time in a highly syst... Lees meer.

This volume brings together comparative studies and in-depth case studies that research the diversity of party system change in Europe. In so doing it presents a model for change which challenges orthodox views of political evolution. This volume examines the recent... Lees meer.

Working from the basis of Arend Lijphart s 1968 work on divided societies the authors go on to look at such cultures and subcultures thirty years on bringing in new evidence and analysis to bear on the issue. They also examine the essential role of party politics with... Lees meer.

This study brings together a broad range of empirical case studies on topics of interest such as environmental movements human rights organizations and the international women s movement. Private Organisation in Global Politics is a groundbreaking study which bring... Lees meer.

This innovative book investigates the paradoxical situation whereby organized crime groups authoritarian in nature and anti-democratic in practice perform at their best in democratic countries. This innovative book investigates the paradoxical situation whereby org... Lees meer.

This timely volume puts emphasis on the effect of social capital on everyday life. how the routines of daily life lead people to get involved in their communities. Focussing on its micro-level causes and consequences the book s international contributors argue that so... Lees meer.

Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic development and democracy but suggests that globalization is a key variable in determining the tenuous nature of this relationship in the periphery of the world economy. It raises new... Lees meer.