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The Fate of Young Democracies
The recent backlash against democracy in such countries as Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia, and Georgia poses renewed concerns about the viability of this... Les mer
Crude Democracy
This book challenges the conventional wisdom that natural resource wealth promotes autocracy. Oil and other forms of mineral wealth can promote both... Les mer
The Economic Vote
This book proposes a selection model for explaining cross-national variation in economic voting: Rational voters condition the economic vote on... Les mer
Den nya världsfotbollen
Världen förändrades under 1990-talet. Planeten globaliserades, fotbollen kommersialiserades. Vad är egentligen kvar nu på andra sidan... Les mer
The Cost of Counterterrorism
In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive... Les mer
Strategic Rivalries in World Politics
International conflict is neither random nor inexplicable. It is highly structured by antagonisms between a relatively small set of states that... Les mer
The Politics of Extremism in South Asia
South Asia is home to a range of extremist groups from the jihadists of Pakistan to the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. In the popular mind, extremism and... Les mer
The Liberal Project and Human Rights
The ‘Liberal Project’ aims to transform society in accordance with liberal values and practices. This volume argues that the United Nations... Les mer
Mordet i Amsterdam
En kall novemberdag i Amsterdam 2004 cyklade den hyllade och kontroversielle Filmaren Theo van Gogh till jobbet. Han kom aldrig fram. Han mördades... Les mer
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Controlling Governments
How much influence do citizens have to control the government? What guides voters at election time? Why do governments survive? How do institutions... Les mer
Business and the State in Africa
The dominant developmental approach in Africa over the last twenty years has been to advocate the role of markets and the private sector in restoring... Les mer
The Politics of Official Apologies
Intense interest in past injustice lies at the centre of contemporary world politics. Most scholarly and public attention has focused on truth... Les mer
Advertising and Society
Organized in a “point/counterpoint” format, this up-to-date text examines the impact of advertising on society. It is designed to spark... Les mer
The Everyday Language of White Racism
In The Everyday Language of White Racism, Jane H. Hill provides an incisive analysis of everyday language to reveal the underlying racist stereotypes... Les mer
Running for Freedom
Running for Freedom, 3rd edition charts the monumental struggle for African-American civil rights and the impact of that movement in transforming the... Les mer
Central Banking as Global Governance
Money is a social convention, but with what social consequences? In this innovative study, Rodney Bruce Hall argues that those who govern the... Les mer
Fear of Security
Rarely has security been such a preoccupation of Australian politics, and rarely has it seemed so far from being achieved. This celebrated book... Les mer
Transforming Mozambique
Many of the economic transformations in Africa have been as dramatic as those in Eastern Europe. Yet much of the comparative literature on... Les mer
Social Sciences and Modern States
Modern social sciences have been committed to the improvement of public policy. However, doubts have arisen about the possibility and desirability of... Les mer
The Conservative Resurgence and the Press
Consumers of American media find themselves in a news world that has shifted toward more conservative reporting. This book takes a measured,... Les mer
The Environment and the Press
This history of environmental journalism looks at how the practice now defines issues and sets the public agenda evolving from a tradition that... Les mer
The Threat of Race
Written by a renowned scholar of critical race theory, The Threat of Race explores how the concept of race has been historically produced and how it... Les mer
Negotiation and the Global Information Economy
What role do diplomacy and negotiations play in economic globalization? Many argue that great powers shape diplomacy to their advantage, others that,... Les mer
Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia
The establishment of electoral systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan presents both a complex set of empirical puzzles and a theoretical... Les mer