Comparative Politics

This book addresses the negative impact of social cleavages on the development of many African countries. This book provides a provocative discussion of how communication strategies can help to promote national integration and social, economic and political development...

This book examines the substance of European Union (EU) democracy promotion by comparing it with norms of governance that other international actors promote, among them the United Nations, the United States, Eastern EU member states, Russia, China and non-governmental organizations. Reflecting the n..

Conceputalising Comparative Politics breaks new ground by emphasising the role of thoroughly thinking through concepts and deep familiarity with the case that inform the conceptual reflection. In this thought-provoking book, established academics as well as emerging scholars in the field collect (an..

This title was first published in 2000:  The continent of Africa is undergoing great change. While on the one hand there is talk of a re-awakening of Africa, various countries in Africa are still plagued by poverty, intra- and interstate violence. In some countries the legacy of neo-colonialism and ..

This study provides a refreshingly in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of constitutional provisions for managing the challenges of race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, civil liberties and civil-military relations in Africa's transitional democracies...

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe the world has witnessed a rising tide of contentious elections ending in heated partisan debates, court challenges, street protests, and legitimacy challenges. Despite growing concern, until recently little research has studied this phenomenon. To understand contentious ..

This book is the first conceptual and comparative empirical work on the relationbetween corporatism and dictatorships, bringing both fields under a joint conceptual umbrella...

This book proposes an inclusive way of examining Turkish Government’s counterterrorism policies toward the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a guerilla insurgency and terrorist group. Contrary to most of the counterterrorism studies that focused on single aspect of the phenomenon, this book offers mult..

This book proposes an inclusive way of examining Turkish Government’s counterterrorism policies toward the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a guerilla insurgency and terrorist group. Contrary to most of the counterterrorism studies that focused on single aspect of the phenomenon, this book offers mult..

This volume systematically and comparatively analyses the reasons for regional integration and stalemate in European, Latin American and Asian regional integration. It examines whether regional integration systems change in crisis periods, or more precisely in periods of economic crises, and why the..

This volume systematically and comparatively analyses the reasons for regional integration and stalemate in European, Latin American and Asian regional integration. It examines whether regional integration systems change in crisis periods, or more precisely in periods of economic crises, and why the..

Since the global financial crisis, government debt has soared globally by 40% and now exceeds an astonishing $100 trillion. Not all countries, though, have fared the same. Indeed, even prior to the financial crisis, the fiscal fates of countries have been diverging, despite predictions that pressure..