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This book explains a long-standing puzzle in American politics: why so many Americans support downwardly redistributive social welfare programs, when such support seems to fly in the face of standar……続きを見る

Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship has little impact on voter behavior in Brazil; what matters most is pork-barreling, incumbent performance, and candidates' charisma. This book shows th……続きを見る

Policy analysis in Canada brings together original contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars. Contributors chronicle the evolution of policy analysis in Canada over the past 50 years a……続きを見る

If Russia is to become a viable democracy, it will need a viable state to make and enforce decisions that nurture societal cohesion and sustain complex economic activity. Armed forces are essential ……続きを見る

In the spirit of the time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 called for nondiscrimination for American citizens, seeking equality without regard for race, color, or cree……続きを見る

The Anatomy of Thatcherism explains how, for the first time in British history, a prime minister's name has become an 'Ism'ーa symbol of a profound social change. Letwin argues that Thatcherism prom……続きを見る

Great intellectual effort has gone into the development of sophisticated designs and methodologies to study individual policies, programs, and projects. Costly efforts to find the smallest evidence ……続きを見る

This book provides a definitive overview of the relationships of influence between civil society and intelligence elites. The secrecy surrounding intelligence means that publication of intelligence ……続きを見る

National borders are permeable to all types of illicit action and contraband goods, whether it is trafficking humans, body parts, digital information, drugs, weapons, or money. Whilst criminals exis……続きを見る

This book provides a rigorous and cross-disciplinary analysis of this Melanesian nation at a critical juncture in its post-colonial and post-conflict history, with contributions from leading scholar……続きを見る

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics. It addresses the approaches of both established and rising powers and ……続きを見る

This up-to-date analysis of the Supreme Court’s landmark rulings on civil rights and liberties is a discussion of the facts, legal issues, and constitutional questions surrounding those rulings. Dom……続きを見る

In today’s world, citizenship is increasingly defined in normative terms. Political belonging comes to be equated with specific norms, values and appropriate behaviour, with distinctions made betwee……続きを見る

While every constitution includes a provision over the right to equal protection of the laws, perhaps with different terminology, this book interprets this right in a new way. Theories of the right ……続きを見る

The collection brings together scholars from Public Policy and Foreign Policy to address the theme of policy fiascos. So far research on failure and fiascos in both Public Policy and Foreign Policy ……続きを見る

Muslime in Europa stehen im Fokus. Sie werden beäugt, beforscht und vermessen. Von diesem geballten öffentlichen und politischen Interesse ist auch die akademische Forschung nicht ausgenommen. Der B……続きを見る

The modern countryside is the result of centuries of environmental change, but also brutal class struggle. While Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt is well known, and Jack Cade and Robert Kett are remembe……続きを見る

In Österreich wächst die allgemeine Unzufriedenheit. Ausländerfeindlichkeit und Chauvinismus sind wieder salonfähig, die Menschen suchen nach einfachen Lösungen für eine komplexer werdende Welt. Wan……続きを見る

„Mögest Du in interessanten Zeiten leben!“, lautet ein Spruch aus dem alten China. Er ist als Fluch gemeint. Gegenwärtig, in allgemeiner Weltunordnung, scheint er sich dramatisch zu bestätigen. „Die……続きを見る

Psychologe und Management-Top-Coach Michael Schmitz, ZDF-Ex-Chefreporter, kennt die Mächtigen dieser Welt und weiß, wie Macht funktioniert. Macht betrifft jeden: Sie ermöglicht Lebensgestaltung, gib……続きを見る

Ein 23-Jähriger klagt an! Bernhard Winklers Vorwürfe sind hart: Die Politik hat keine Ideale mehr und kümmert sich nicht um die Perspektiven der Jugend: bei der Jobsuche, in der Bildungspolitik, bei……続きを見る

This book argues that public relations is not merely an organizational tool, but a powerful influence on social and political life. From carefully considered communication by multinational corporati……続きを見る

In writing The Psychology of Politics, Hans Eysenck had two aims in mind: to write a book about modern developments in the field of attitude studies which would be intelligible to the layman; and on……続きを見る

I was a liberal by default. I asked no questions. I had no answers. I just pulled the lever to vote for Democrats as was expected of me. Most of my fellow Black Americans do not fully understand wha……続きを見る

Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since ……続きを見る

The 2016 presidential election was unlike any other in recent memory, and Donald Trump was an entirely different kind of candidate than voters were used to seeing. He was the first true outsider to ……続きを見る

The Indian Specific Claims Commission (ICC) was formed in 1991 in response to the Oka crisis. Its purpose was to resolve and expedite specific claims arising out of promises made to Indigenous natio……続きを見る

Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of ……続きを見る

Lucas Morel examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self-governing society. Lincoln's understanding of the requirements of republican government led ……続きを見る

When it was ratified in 1791, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States sought to protect against two distinct types of government actions that interfere with religious liberty: t……続きを見る