This book focuses on the methods and approaches in comparative politics while tracing the evolution of the discipline. E......more

This book focuses on the methods and approaches in comparative politics while tracing the evolution of the discipline. E......more

This book analyses the relationship between socio-spatial transformation, styles of leadership and nature of constituent......more

Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws (1748) is one of the most important political texts of the eighteenth century, exercisi......more

Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws (1748) is one of the most important political texts of the eighteenth century, exercisi......more

In Defense of Sovereignty recounts the history of the Oneida Nation and its struggles for self-determination. Since the ......more

In recent times Australia has developed into one of the world’s leading liberal democracies. Its governments have delive......more

This book contains an Open Access chapter. Public policy actors spend considerable time writing policy, advising politic......more

The book presents six articles written at intervals of about a decade between 1960 and 2020, all of which relate to the ......more

Dive into the intricate world of economic theories and their practical implementations across the globe. "Blueprints of ......more

From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American ......more

An essential primer on impeachment for today’s divided public square We are witnessing an unprecedented moment in Americ......more

This book provides a series of specific predictions about the distinct impact of populist ideas. In this sequel to the f......more

This book provides a series of specific predictions about the distinct impact of populist ideas. In this sequel to the f......more

In 1988, Brazil’s Constitution marked the formal establishment of a new democratic regime. In the ensuing two and a half......more

Defending the Status Quo explores political elites’ resistance to electoral gender quota reforms. In order to explain th......more

This volume, now available in English, explores how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shap......more

This volume, now available in English, explores how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shap......more

This book aims to explain the gap between Western theories and the Chinese administration reform experiences....more

This volume, with a focus on Southeast Asia, Africa and North America, considers the intersection between disease, polit......more

Donald Trump is unquestionably the most unique and charismatic figure in American politics in a generation. Yet despite ......more

Corruption is rampant in many authoritarian regimes, leading most observers to assume that autocrats have little incenti......more

The condition of my country I love so much pushed me to write this book. The country is deteriorating, insecurity, infla......more

The condition of my country I love so much pushed me to write this book. The country is deteriorating, insecurity, infla......more

Over the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes - from shifting relations between so......more

Polarizing images of authoritarian, socialist or culturalist otherness compromise analyses of the Chinese state. Still, ......more

In the unpredictable tangle of British Columbian politics, people and the parties they represent can appear, ascend, and......more

Informed by critical theory, this book employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the ever-increasing impact that ......more

Informed by critical theory, this book employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the ever-increasing impact that ......more

This book explores the rise and fall of Latin America’s ’left turn’, or movement towards more progressive economic or so......more

This book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcoming of efforts to move beyond market democ......more

Discover the fascinating and unexpected intersection of doughnuts and politics in this groundbreaking book. From the sym......more

Rabbi Meir Kahane is a member of the Israeli Knesset. According to public opinion polls, the movement he heads is gainin......more

Why do nations actively publicize previously overlooked disputes? And why does this domestic mobilization sometimes fail......more

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Surveillance permeates every aspect of our lives today. Once ......more

Originally published in 1987, this book documents the perceptions and policies of all the major interest groups in South......more

Rules of Order Rules or Rules of Parliamentary Procedure are intended to help a group have orderly meetings while also a......more

The question of the United Kingdom’s survival, once taken for granted, looms large in British politics. This book uncove......more

The Presidential Difference and Iran’s Foreign Policy Under Khatami from 1997 to 2005 explores the paradigm shift, one t......more

New Zealand was one of a handful of countries that held a national election in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Its p......more

With trust in Parliament and politicians at a seriously low level, there is an increasing need to rebuild our public ins......more

With trust in Parliament and politicians at a seriously low level, there is an increasing need to rebuild our public ins......more

The Will of the People: Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America argues that while populist leaders typically......more

How did the division of power work in Ancient Greece? This groundbreaking study reveals Ancient Greek political decision......more

There has hardly ever been a long period of world history without wars and violent conflicts, of one or another kind, in......more

"Answers to over 500 questions about how your federal and state governments work, including the history of the U.S. Cons......more

’Corruption’ in public procurement typically involves procurement decisions taken in favour of preferred bidders in exch......more

"Answers to over 500 questions about how your federal and state governments work, including the history of the U.S. Cons......more

This book examines the important role which civil society organisations in South Africa play in challenging poor corpora......more

The close connection between time and politics is central to many political debates. Turbulence, emergencies, and crisis......more

This comprehensive volume offers a wide range of in-depth empirical research from different disciplinary perspectives an......more

This volume investigates the history of the representative assemblies of Sweden (the Riksdag), Poland (the sejm) and Hun......more

This book determines why current Asian democracies have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritaria......more

This book takes a case study approach to explore the crisis of legitimacy in American political culture....more

This book examines the intersection of caste and politics in North India and highlights its contribution to the anthropo......more

Portugal joined the European Union (EU) in 1986, but the enduring legacies of the country’s transition process from auth......more

A different way of looking at politics. Like an aging monument, democracy is crumbling. Increasing polarization makes ef......more

What is unique about political advertising? Is it really all that effective in changing votes? And why does it have to b......more

How Government Built America challenges growing, anti-government rhetoric by highlighting the role government has played......more

What happens to Buddhist monks and nuns who commit crimes? Buddhism in Court is the first book to uncover an important, ......more

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The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science sketches the landscape of a new approach to political science: Behav......more

’’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts - moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT A ......more

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As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty, Captain Chesley B. Sully Sullenberge......more

This book offers a crash course in contemporary Russian politics. An updated version of the bestselling 2016 edition, it......more

Despite the existence of a large literature on themes relating to trust and distrust in politics, there has been no sust......more

Updated and revised, with four new chapters!This new edition drills deeper into challenges of leadership through crises ......more

The second edition of this introductory textbook provides students with an overarching understanding of social, politica......more

The second edition of this introductory textbook provides students with an overarching understanding of social, politica......more

This book challenges the traditional view that meaningful analogies cannot be drawn between domestic and international p......more

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was a war long in the making and is the latest in a series of military intervention......more

This book examines contemporary militant democracies in post-communist states in the European Union....more