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.

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.

The contributors to this book examine the issues of constitutional choice that face the governments and citizens of today s Europe. Divided into three sections this study addresses. questions of political legitimacy and the meaning of democratic deficit in the EU the... 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.

The mass media are playing an increasingly central role in modern political life that expands beyond their traditional function as mediators between the world of politics and the citizens. This volume explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects p... Lees meer.

Explores the promotion of sustainable development as an organizing principle for the emergence of new forms of governance practices in European Union member states and Norway. The book explores how implementation strategies engage sub-national regional and local ac... 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 examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Bridging existing literatures the authors analyse dominant parties at national and sub-national d... 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 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.

This is an original look at the political future of democracy exploring the latest ideas aimed at renewing popular power. Leading European American and Australian democratic theorists explore a range of contemporary themes. Democratic Innovation is an original loo... 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.

This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions international peacekeeping efforts armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset dynamics and the termination of civil wars. Written by leading researchers i... 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.

Electronic Democracy analyses the impact of new information and communication technologies ICTs within representative democracy such as political parties pressure groups new social movements and executive and legislative bodies. Arguing for the validity of social p... Lees meer.