Political Science - General

Provides a broad description of the multifaceted aspects of health and development across the globe and focusses on the critical issues linked with environmental impact, poverty and health, factors in HIV/AIDS and health care resourcesAuthor: David PhillipsISBN-10: 1138178012ISBN-13: 9781138178014Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2016Pages: 348Format: HardcoverWeight:...

The public and private spheres are conceived to be separate and complementary; taking the usefulness of this model as a focus, these essays ask how the spheres interpenetrate.Author: Paula R. BackscheiderISBN-10: 1138180114ISBN-13: 9781138180116Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2017Pages: 280Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

This is a timely exploration of national identity in Great Britain over nine hundred years of history. In his vigorous new survey, Professor Robbins provides the background to the changing attitudes to the nation state. He considers the development as well as the possible...

Europeanization as Discursive Practice adopts a poststructuralist reading of Europeanization to study the effects of EU accession in the light of political territoriality and consequent state-building processes in the EU and Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and the Western Balkans, from 1990-2013. Focusing...

Through theoretical discussions and case studies, this volume explores how processes of contestation about knowledge, norms, and governance processes shape efforts to promote sustainability through international environmental governance.The epistemic communities literature of the 1990s highlighted the importance of expert consensus on scientific knowledge for...

The fifth volume of the [Institute] series "Comparative Studies in Economics and Economic Systems" treats the problems of monetary relations between East and West. The author, Dr. Adam Zwass brings his extensive knowledge of monetary relations in Eastern Europe, gained while he held a...

This title was first published in 1975. The Young People of Leningrad by E. K. Vasil'eva (which was first published in the USSR under the title The Socio-Occupational Level of Urban Youth) is an important attempt to unravel the complex process by which young...

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the fentanyl supply chain, discussing the nature of criminal and state actors and the links between regions around the globe. Fentanyl will be an excellent resource to students and researchers across the social sciences.Author: Jonathan D. RosenISBN-10:...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This Element studies how career support from romantic partners affects career patterns and costs in politics. It argues that a lower level of career support from romantic partners leads to a lower likelihood for political promotion among women politicians (the partner support hypothesis), as...

The Feeling, Thinking Citizen　illustrates the centrality of Lodge's work in constructing a psychologically plausible model of the democratic citizen.Author: Howard LavineISBN-10: 0815379390ISBN-13: 9780815379393Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2018Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Work and Politics develops a historical and comparative sociology of workplace relations in industrial capitalist societies. Professor Sabel argues that the system of mass production using specialized machines and mostly unskilled workers was the result of the distribution of power and wealth in eighteenth-...

In this book, first published in 1958, the social choice theorist and economist Duncan Black aims to formulate a pure science of politics. Focusing on the mathematics of committees and, accordingly, of elections, Black's writing engages with the theories of Condorcet, Borda and Laplace...

A coherent text that tracks the historical development of diplomatic relations and methods from the earliest period to current transformations in today's post Cold War world.Author: Keith Hamilton, Richard LanghorneISBN-10: 0415497655ISBN-13: 9780415497657Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2010Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d

This book includes papers, presented at the workshop on "Reduction and Predictability of Natural Disasters" held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994, on various ways to reduce and mitigate the occurrence of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and landslides.Author: John...

This book explores the regional governing of metropolitan America in a comprehensive and systematic fashion. It reviews the financial system of state and local government at the broadest possible level and explores the relationships between the federal government and the fifty state governments.Author: David...

This book describes how American society has evolved over the past half century by examining the cultural context for political change. It explores the profound alterations that have occurred in American political process and discusses the reforms that have altered the American politics.Author: G....

This book traces the changing role of race within the American political system since the Civil Rights Movement. It charts the author's striking evolution of political ideas, moving toward a political analysis of multicultural democracy, social justice, and egalitarian pluralism.Author: Manning MarableISBN-10: 0367318016ISBN-13: 9780367318017Publisher:...

This book focuses on a particular cultural domain, surveying the historical origins of Russian beliefs and behaviors, and exploring their Soviet and post-Soviet permutations. It raises provocative questions about the social, political, and economic sources of cultural change.Author: Dmitri N. ShalinISBN-10: 0367317818ISBN-13: 9780367317812Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

This book examines the intellectual problem of Latin American poverty, and discusses some of the explanations scholars have traditionally used to account for it. It focuses on its political and military dimensions of revolution and counterrevolution in the postwar era.Author: John W. ShermanISBN-10: 0367316560ISBN-13:...

This book shows how ethics in Washington has changed over two centuries while offering new interpretations of past ethics cases. It analyzes the politicization of the ethics and reveals in telling detail the forces that drive the modern lawmaker into a maelstrom of fierce...

A discussion of how political rhetoric shapes the debate on welfare policy in the United States. The author considers topics such as how welfare became a programme fraught with problems and abuses, and why and when welfare was the answer to a problem and...

Investigating the complex interrelations between culture and politics in a variety of social movements in Latin America, this book focuses on the cultural politics enacted by social movements as they struggle for new visions and practices of citizenship, democracy, social relations and development.Author: Sonia...

This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa and the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global and comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, and historical contexts.Author: George Clement Bond, John...

This book provides a first-hand perspective on the monumental failures of the Polish version of socialism, which were largely due to decisions that led nation-state down a distinctly capitalist path to agrarian development. It is useful to those interested in Eastern European and socialist...

This book provides an insightful approach to understanding the contemporary circulations of feminist repertoires and shows how the international/transnational circulations of gender are interconnected, even coextensive, with the globalization process itself. Author: Ioana CîrstoceaISBN-10: 0367190443ISBN-13: 9780367190446Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2019Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.30h x...

Politics Is a Joke! situates late night comedy in the historical context of political humor and demonstrates how the public turn to this venue for political information, and are in turn affected by it.Author: S. Robert LichterISBN-10: 0367097605ISBN-13: 9780367097608Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2019Pages: 270Format: HardcoverWeight:...

Revised and updated throughout, this multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history, politics, and society features chapters on individual countries by invited authorities. This fifth edition provides an essential foundation for introductory courses on Latin America.Author: Jan Knippers BlackISBN-10: 0367097060ISBN-13: 9780367097066Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2019Pages: 620Format:...

This chronologically organized text provides comprehensive historical coverage of Latin America's politics and development from colonial times to the twenty-first century.Author: Ronald M. SchneiderISBN-10: 0367096927ISBN-13: 9780367096922Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2019Pages: 716Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d

Yugoslavia managed to survive from its inception in 1918 until the early 1990s, but ethnic and regional conflicts have irrevocably fragmented the country. This updated edition explores the original concept of the "Yugoslav idea", evaluates its history and looks to the future.Author: Lenard J....

Get ready to unravel the complexities of world politics with Kesselman/Krieger/Joseph/Brown/Bauer's INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS: POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND CHANGING AGENDAS, 9th EDITION. Dive into the captivating events that have shaped the world, from the dramatic Brexit vote to the impeachment of Brazil's president, and...

What will the future of work, social freedom, and employment look like? In an era of increased job insecurity and social dislocation, is it possible to reshape economics along democratic lines in a way that genuinely serves the interests of the community? Of Labour...

Global Sex is the first major work to take on the globalization of sexuality, examining the ways in which desire and pleasure--as well as ideas about gender, political power, and public health--are framed, shaped, or commodified by a global economy in which more and...

Based on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s, this book examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent, autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily.Author: Hyung-A KimISBN-10: 0415323290ISBN-13: 9780415323291Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2003Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.50h x...

Author: Sigge Winther NielsenISBN-10: 8712804290ISBN-13: 9788712804291Publisher: Gads ForlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2025Pages: 438Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 8.86h x 5.91w x 1.13d

Author: Sigge Winther NielsenISBN-10: 8712804282ISBN-13: 9788712804284Publisher: Gads ForlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2025Pages: 438Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 8.86h x 5.91w x 0.97d

Author: Darin L. GaubISBN-13: 9798349505577Publisher: Darin L. GaubLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2025Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.60d

"Social Psychology: The Psychology Of Political Domination" explores the psychological underpinnings of power and influence within social and political contexts. Delving into the dynamics of political domination, this work examines the psychological mechanisms that enable certain individuals or groups to exert control over others....

Author: Mary Anne MadeiraISBN-10: 1009651285ISBN-13: 9781009651288Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2025Pages: 236Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Mary Anne MadeiraISBN-10: 1009651269ISBN-13: 9781009651264Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2025Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

Relying on governmental data, national polling organizations, and a combination of scholarly and media articles, Blue and Red: A Divided America identifies and examines the fundamental differences in values that Americans hold regarding issues of democracy, racial injustice, and equal economic opportunity.The main argument...

This book presents a genealogy of the social networks and power struggles of the major influential group of Indonesian-educated Muslims called "intelligentsia". In this effort, the longue durée approach is combined with an interactive, inter-disciplinary and inter-textual method to better understand the various underlying...

The thesis offers to demonstrate the evolution of the lobbying activity and its influence over the European Union. It also proposes a framework for possible resolutions of the current situation and improvement suggestions that should contribute to the amelioration of the future lobbying activity...

In this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt...

Security is a contentious concept, which reaches its limits when applied in a non-Western context. With a strong war-like rhetoric and a strategy called 'Democratic Security, ' Alvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2006) promised to defeat the insurgency and to strengthen the Colombian state. Uribe's strategies...

This special re-print edition of Liberty Hyde Bailey's book "The State and the Farmer" is a look at the relationship between farmers and the government during the early 20th century. Written in 1911, this classic text was originally based on a lecture given by...

A day on the border among asylum seekers.In 2017, not long after Donald Trump moved into the White House, Fomite began publishing a series of essays, contemplations and provocations in reaction, a collection called Fomite Interrogations that ultimately featured seventeen titles discussing content from...

Capitalism has long since reached the stage of monopoly, and the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, are driving our civilization into the ground. Now it is up to the proletariat, the working class, to overthrow the capitalists, smash the existing state apparatus, and establish scientific...

John Lloyd argues that the media are now no longer functioning as an inquiring check on the political class. Instead they have become an alternative establishment, dedicated to a theatrical distrust of individual politicians and a furious indifference to the real-life intricacies of world...

When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents. This was not simply about tearing down an outward symbol of British...