Politics & International Relations

A welcome addition to the literature on democracy and civil society. This book demonstrates that new mechanisms being introduced in Western Europe can, and do, offer the potential to strengthen the democratic process...

A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion...

Parties, Polarization and Democracy in the United States..

Studies of partitions have usually focused on individual cases. These innovative volumes use comparative analysis to fill the gap in partition studies...

Focusing on the relationships between health services and local government, particularly since New Labour's rise to power in 1997, this collection of essays provides a historical overview of joint working, explores key theoretical issues, and draws..

This is a new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe. It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political scienti..

This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition...

This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition...

This book examines political party system change from a party-centric perspective and assesses how, and to what extent, established political parties in western Europe can maintain their dominant positions...

Based on analysis of political party systems in 212 countries, the authors provide a range of invaluable insights into how to build good governance...

A timely study of Lipset and Rokkan's classic work, this book examines the significance of the original volume for the history of political sociology and assesses its theoretical and empirical relevance to the present day...

A timely study of Lipset and Rokkan's classic work, this book examines the significance of the original volume for the history of political sociology and assesses its theoretical and empirical relevance to the present day...