Political Science - General

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the various schools of Qur'anic exegesis, from the earliest periods through to the present day.Author: Hussein Abdul-RaofISBN-10: 1138110477ISBN-13: 9781138110472Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2017Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d

This book brings together scholars from various disciplines to explore current issues and trends in the rethinking of migration and citizenship from the perspective of three major immigrant democracies - Australia, Canada, and the　United States. These countries share a history of pronounced immigration and...

Originally published in 1984. The authors of this study address a number of major themes related to the analysis of public services: the role of public choice theory, the importance of professors and organisations, the value of neo-Marxist theories and the importance of space....

This book examines lobbying in EU foreign policy-making and the activities of non-state actors (NSAs), focusing on EU foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It sheds light on the interactions between the EU and NSAs as well as the ways in which NSAs attempt...

The Camorra of Napes has risen to a level of strength that rivals the Sicilian mafia. This book traces its origins from the mid 19th century to its present dominance of the Campania region.Author: Tom BehanISBN-10: 1138006734ISBN-13: 9781138006737Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/2015Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize:...

This book focuses on major aspects of post Cold War defence expenditure reduction. Key problems obstructing optimal market response are identified and possible remedial action by government and others considered.Author: Derek BraddonISBN-10: 1138002321ISBN-13: 9781138002326Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2014Pages: 306Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.69h x 6.85w x...

This Element provides a concise review of the existing literature on content, antecedents and consequences of economic news coverage. It tests and refines prominent assumptions and hypotheses in this area. Relying on communication science theories such as framing, news values and media dependency theories,...

A common presupposition in contemporary moral and political philosophy is that individuals should be provided with some basic threshold of goods, capabilities, or well-being. But if there is such a basic minimum, how should this be understood? Dale Dorsey offers an underexplored answer: that...

This book explores the process of monumentalisation of Indo-Islamic historical places and their remaking as political sites in contemporary India situating these within the Muslim political discourse.Author: Hilal AhmedISBN-10: 1032849835ISBN-13: 9781032849836Publisher: Routledge IndiaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2025Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d

Ecosocialism: Climate Change, Socialism and Democracy maps out a political path for green transition which is both desirable and practicable - without avoiding its difficulties - giving the fight for climate justice real mobilizing power.Author: Paul MagnetteISBN-10: 1032827416ISBN-13: 9781032827414Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2025Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Collective remembering is a dynamic process, through which narratives about the past, about 'us' and 'them' as well as beliefs, values and affective conditions contained in these stories, are produced and reproduced. This book reflects the geographical breadth and empirical depth of the field...

Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and reshapes communities.Author: Kristof Van Assche,Monica GruezmacherISBN-10: 1032696680ISBN-13: 9781032696683Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2025Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Politburo (1992) is the definitive history and political analysis of this institution. Extensive use of new Soviet sources permitted the authors to provide a comprehensive analysis of the way in which the Politburo operated and a sociological...

Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War. The author met Stalin, Molotov and other leading personalities in Russia, and here records his conversations with them in full detail. The book looks at the destruction caused by the war, and...

Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union's attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers. Prominent Soviet scientists analyse the use of ecological resources in desert ranges to produce more productive grazing...

The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s. It claimed to offer a new social, economic and political order and this book looks at the extent of its success. It surveys the major components of...

The Limits of Destalinization in the Soviet Union (1986) examines the forms, aspects and significance of the phenomenon of rehabilitation in the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1980, when victims of Stalin's terror were released from camps or posthumously rehabilitated.Author: Albert P. Van GoudoeverISBN-10:...

Gorbachev at the Helm (1987) analyses the policy decisions taken at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February-March 1986, declared at the time by the Soviet government as a major turning point in Soviet history.Author: R. F. MillerISBN-10:...

The Road to Intervention (1988) uses rarely-seen British government papers to analyse the position of the Allied and Russian governments in the last year of the First World War, as the Russian revolution ended their participation in the war.Author: Michael KettleISBN-10: 1032676191ISBN-13: 9781032676197Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

Soviet Communism (1989) contains the full text of the 1986 significantly revised foundational documents of Soviet Communism, the Programme and Party Rules - changes agreed following Gorbachev's call for the radical and democratic reform of the Party and the Soviet political system.Author: Stephen WhiteISBN-10:...

Providing in-depth insight into different types of knowledge and skills partnerships in youth justice, this book illustrates the importance of collaborative working between academics and professionals, drawing on empirical research and practice examples. Author: Jayne PriceISBN-10: 1032532629ISBN-13: 9781032532622Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2024Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize:...

Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the cultural and artistic damage done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous losses England suffered from their activities.Author: A. L. RowseISBN-10: 1032467746ISBN-13: 9781032467740Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2024Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the political impact of the COVID-19 emergency in central and eastern Europe and Eurasia.Author: Margarita ZavadskayaISBN-10: 1032429135ISBN-13: 9781032429137Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2024Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d

Shaping Nations and Markets employs a mixed methods approach to contend that economic ideas, organization of domestic interests and their economic power, asymmetries of information, and political institutions do not sufficiently explain the formation of national interests in processes of trade liberalization.Author: Vinícius Guilherme...

Capital Redefined presents a unique perspective on the nature of "capital," departing from the prevailing reductionist accounts. Hosseini and Gills offer an expanded perspective on Marxian value theory by addressing its main limitations and building their own integrative value theory.Author: S. A. Hamed Hosseini,Barry...

The contributors to this volume consider whether a conception of unpredictability did inform Trump's foreign policy as a coherent doctrine. This book also takes the issue further to problematize what the very concept of unpredictability means in respect to International Relations.Author: Michelle BentleyISBN-10: 1032364785ISBN-13:...

This volume explores the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the sustainability of the present global political and economic system and the extent to which that system may as a result be undergoing transformation. The chapters in this book were originally published as a...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of caste in contemporary India. This volume will be of importance to scholars and researchers of Dalit studies, social justice, exclusion studies, caste studies, affirmative action, political studies, sociology, social anthropology, and South Asian politics.Author: Paul D'SouzaISBN-10: 103232886XISBN-13:...

This book examines the medical biotechnology industry in India through the lens of critical political economy. It discusses the sharp trajectory of growth in the biotechnology business and the state of investments, subsidies and patents which propelled the rise of the industry in India....

This book presents a broad overview of the challenges posed by COVID-19 in India and its neighboring countries. It studies responses to COVID-19 infections across South Asia, the variegated impact of the pandemic on its societies, communities and economies, and emerging challenges which require...

This book critically reflects on the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by exploring the impact and possible future outcomes in a region already struggling with the effects of a decade of uprisings, failed or difficult political...

First published in 1929, the discussion of nationality begins by surveying its main factors - race, language, religion, the homeland, tradition, literature and the will to live together. Going on to study the historical origins of nationality, it returns to the discussion of the...

Originally published in 1968, this book deals with the process of public legislation in modern Britain at the time, not in terms of constitutional formulae, but by a realistic appraisal of the relationships between the political institutions and forces which gave the process its...

Must democracy be a sham because 'the people' are too ignorant and irrational? What, in any case, does or can representative government mean in a complex industrial society - and what does it mean to be rational in politics? It is to these and...

First published in 1975, this was a new approach to the study of environmental planning and problems. Planning had hitherto been described as a technical exercise, involving the solving of biological and economic problems. Here it is seen as an ideological activity.Author: Lincoln AllisonISBN-10:...

This book is a judicial, military and political history of the period 1941 to 1954. As such, it is also a United States legal history of both World War II and the early Cold War. Kastenberg and Merriam present a clearer picture as to...

Koivula examines the discursive space related to the use of military force by the European Union (EU). By examining the EU's relationship to its use of military force during the course of its history and by demonstrating that the contemporary discursive space of the...

Gone are the days when researchers, policymakers, and practitioners each worked in isolation.　 In recent years, a few interrelated issues have emphasized the need for greater collaboration among researchers, policymakers and practitioners: the increased emphasis on results and accountability (particularly where public funds are...

The Korean Economy: From Growth to Maturity takes an in-depth, amalgamated look at the evolution of Korea's globalization drive from the early 2000s (Kim Dae-jung regime, 1998-2003) to the present period (Park Geun-hye, 2013-2017). The book discusses the role of foreign companies on the...

Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies contains chapters that focus on healthcare, environment, education, social welfare, immigration and science and technology policy.Author: Iris Geva-MayISBN-10: 1032081880ISBN-13: 9781032081885Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2021Pages: 520Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.86lbsSize: 9.69h x 6.85w x 1.05d

This book offers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to scientific theories, and the evolution of science and mathematics through the centuries.Author: Jayant V. NarlikarISBN-10: 1032066245ISBN-13: 9781032066240Publisher: Routledge IndiaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2021Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d

Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems is a collection of eight cutting-edge studies of fine spatial resolution remote sensing, including species mapping of biogenic and coral reefs, seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes, and grasslands. Author: Qi ChenISBN-10: 1032042672ISBN-13: 9781032042671Publisher:...

Challenging the focus on great powers in the international debate, this book explores how rising middle power states are engaging with emerging major military innovations and analyses how this will affect the stability and security of the Indo Pacific. Author: Austin WyattISBN-10: 1032001550ISBN-13: 9781032001555Publisher:...

Benedict of Spinoza's "A Theological-Political Treatise, Part 1" remains a foundational text in political philosophy and theology, offering a groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between religious authority and political power. This meticulously prepared edition presents Spinoza's seminal work, which delves into the interpretation of...

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 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 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 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 is a political-motivational book based on the Toqueville Effect, where a small improvement in social conditions catalyzes a powerful and sudden increase in discontent. The author believes in the political efficacy of self improvement and high investment parenting, particularly in the abhorrent social...

In the summer of 2013, author and journalist Miles Howard headed deep into the American landscape to chronicle the lives of young adults as they hacked their way through a recession economy and mountains of debt. The goal: find out what kind of future...