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It was the 1917 Russian Revolution that transformed the scale of the Communist Manifesto, making it the key text for socialists everywhere. On the centenary of this upheaval, this volume pairs Marx ……続きを見る

Barack Obama was one of the most popular candidates who bid for the presidency in modern time when he ran in 2008. His popularity plummeted immediately after taking the oath for the Oval Office What……続きを見る

**GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 **Winner of best memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards** 'Compelling ... She has guts to spare ... An important story ... Role model? You bet' T……続きを見る

Laws have colonised most of the corners of political practice, and now substantially determine the process and even the product of democracy. Yet analysis of these laws of politics has been hobbled ……続きを見る

America is so ethnically, geographically, socially, and spiritually diverse that a book on party strength in any other country would be less complex. The American state of democracy, however, is a p……続きを見る

Never before has the story been told of the dramatic turning point when Ronald Reagan found his voice as a presidential contender and overcame the Republican establishment. Reagan's Comeback is the ……続きを見る

The shock Brexit result highlighted a worrying trend: underemployed white men and women who have seen their standard of living fall, their communities disintegrate and their sense of value, function……続きを見る

During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called ‘populist parties’. The electorate confirmed its deep dissatisfaction wit……続きを見る

First published in 1983, this book is concerned with the prospects for socialist politics in contemporary Britain, in particular with the limitations of political analysis produced both by Marxist s……続きを見る

The confrontation between asylum seeking and sovereignty has mainly focused on ways in which the movement and possibilities of refugees and migrants are limited. In this volume, instead of departing……続きを見る

The British Labour Party is in crisis. A prolonged period of government between 1997 and 2010 saw the party intellectually exhausted. The subsequent leadership of Ed Miliband ultimately failed with ……続きを見る

The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasing……続きを見る

Wenn Menschen ihre Angst verlieren, können sie Unglaubliches bewegen Sie sind jung, sie sind frech, sie verweigern sich dem System und fordern den Staat heraus. Sie wollen sich nicht mehr anpassen. ……続きを見る

Parliamentarism has been a presiding characteristic of the Turkish political tradition since the 1876 Ottoman constitution. In 1923, with the founding of the Turkish Republic, modern parliamentarism……続きを見る

China watching is anything but being boring because Chinese politics is filled with dramas almost on a daily basis. In the past three years since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese C……続きを見る

"Bracing and immediate." - The Washington Post Once at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the ……続きを見る

This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future. Firstl……続きを見る

Canadian Parties in Transition examines the transformation of party politics in Canada and the possible shape the party system might take in the near future. With chapters written by an outstanding ……続きを見る

Politicians are polarized. Public opinion is volatile. Government is gridlocked. Or so journalists and pundits constantly report. But where are we, really, in modern American politics, and how did w……続きを見る

"Seit die Zeit der arrangierten Ehen vorbei ist, sind unsere Liebesbeziehungen voller Überlegungen, ob ein Partner der Richtige ist", schreibt der Psychoanalytiker Wolfgang Schmidbauer. Nur was soll……続きを見る

Der Soziologe Florian Süssenguth beschreibt in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 die schwindende Rolle der Piraten-Partei in einer politischen Landschaft, die sich zunehmend der Digitalisierung annimmt……続きを見る

Die Frage des Politikwissenschaftlers Joachim Behnke ist ernst: Wozu Wahlen? Wozu Ergebnisse auszählen? Wozu aufwendig herumrechnen? Er liefert die Antworten in seinem Beitrag im Kursbuch 174 gleich……続きを見る

"Wo man nur wählen, nicht aber abwählen kann, ist der demokratische Machtkreislauf außer Kraft gesetzt", so meint der Soziologe Armin Nassehi und legt in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 die Bedeutsam……続きを見る

Dirk Lüddecke, Professor für Politische Theorie, fragt in seinem Beitrag in Kursbuch 174 nach der Rolle der FDP in einer immer freieren Gesellschaft – und warum es so schwer ist, liberal zu sein. De……続きを見る

Eine Wahl haben wir immer – nicht nur zu Wahlzeiten. Nur welche ist die richtige? Bevor sich Michael Zöller, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Dirk Lüddecke, Ralf Fücks, Rainer Rilling und Florian Süssenguth all……続きを見る

The period of the union between the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada which preceded the general federation of the British North American provinces in 1867 is a fruitful field of investigation for……続きを見る

In an age when men have come to believe that their destinies can be determined by human actions rather than by fate, the question looms large of what a leader can do to fulfill the aspirations of th……続きを見る

Sierra Leona is unique among African states in the extent of its commitment to competition between individuals and parties for political office. Until 1967 it maintained a political system marked by……続きを見る

Since the day Aaron Burr, the sitting vice president of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers, the Democratic Party has been at war with America. With a ……続きを見る

Donald Trump, who rocketed to the top of the polls in the early GOP primary race, is an unlikely Republican front-runner: a longtime supporter of Democratic politicians with a history of taking view……続きを見る