Government

Set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, and a debate over moral values, the 2004 presidential campaign presented voters with a choice that reflected divisions within the country. This collection analyzes the election, and its consequences, examining the aspects of the election including the strate..

This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government...

The media is often seen to reflect a changing political landscape as societies transition from authoritarian regimes to democracies. This book presents a comparative global investigation of the role of the media in the realignment from established policies to an emerging milieu of new communication ..

This text makes the case that several East Central European countries have emerged as full consolidated democracies. As such, they may be integrated into the mainstream of political science research, and not consigned to a transitional category encompassing countries that are not democratic at all...

The application of big data and analytics (BDA) techniques can greatly enhance the efficiency of private-sector organizations. This book present case studies with academic and practitioner viewpoints on BDA in public-sector agencies. It covers the application of BDA technologies and techniques...

This work examines the relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power. It examines various theories of class, state and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics and sociology...

Facing cutbacks in federal and state assistance and a new wave of taxpayer revolts, local governments have renewed interest in local government consolidation as a way of achieving efficiencies of scale in response to citizen demands for services. This volume presents case studies of consolidation ca..

Political belonging comes to be equated with specific norms, values and appropriate behaviour, with distinctions made between virtuous, desirable citizens and deviant, undesirable ones. This book analyzes the formulation, implementation, and contestation of normative framings of citizenship, both in..

This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies...

This book focuses on a comparative study of ministerial behaviour in Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. It discredits the assumption that ministers are ‘policy dictators’ in their spheres of competence, and demonstrates that ministers are consistently and extensively constrained when decid..

Introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. The author shows how narrow the standard approaches are and how much we miss as a consequence. His conceptual framework for state making, self making and mind making seeks to put notions such as "globalization" in a new light...

Introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. The author shows how narrow the standard approaches are and how much we miss as a consequence. His conceptual framework for state making, self making and mind making seeks to put notions such as "globalization" in a new light...