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What makes terrorism a unique form of political violence is its underground nature. According to the conceptualization of the phenomenon offered in this book, terrorism is the kind of violence carried out when the perpetrators lack territorial control. There is a strong...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-04-17
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Civil Society Activism in the Middle East analyzes the impact of repression on civil society activism in the Middle East through analyzing the cases of Egypt and Jordan.
Sika argues that authoritarian regimes' repressive strategies toward civil society actors vary...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-04-15
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This open access book focuses on the nexus between “party system stability” and “democratic consolidation”, using Slovenia as a case study. Its findings are presented from a comparative perspective to illustrate the commonalities and differences found in research on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-03-19
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ANDY BURNHAM & STEVE ROTHERAM'S PLAN FOR BRITAINDescribed as:'A PATH-BREAKING BOOK' - Gordon Brown'HEARTFELT, AMBITIOUS' - Brian Groom'A PROGRAMME OF OPTIMISM' - Tribune'PERSUASIVE... A CLEAR PLAN' - The ObserverFor the very first time, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram,...
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Trapeze
Parution :
2024-03-07
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This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. The 2008 crash marked a critical stress test for...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-03-05
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Power-sharing serves as a popular conflict resolution device at war’s end. Yet, the performance record of such arrangements is highly variable, sometimes leading to peace and stability and at other times to immobilism and institutional collapse. This book explores the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-02-22
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Governing After War explores how wartime processes affects post-war state-building efforts when rebels win a civil war and come into power. Post-war governance is a continuation of war--although violence has ceased, the victor must consolidate its control over the state...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-02-15
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How do governments in Europe justify their budgets towards the national parliament? Are their socioeconomic policies shaped more by electoral pressures or by their commitments towards the European Union?
In Between Voters and Eurocrats, Johannes Karremans presents a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-01-28
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For the past decade and a half, the world has witnessed a precipitous decline of democratic countries and the consequent rise of autocrats. How Autocrats Rise: Sequences of Democratic Backsliding challenges the conventional wisdom and offers an institutional-ideological...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-01-13
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How do governments in Europe justify their budgets towards the national parliament? Are their socioeconomic policies shaped more by electoral pressures or by their commitments towards the European Union?
In Between Voters and Eurocrats, Johannes Karremans presents a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-01-13
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This book provides an appreciation of the work of renowned scholar Richard Rose. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Rose has explored a vast range of subjects related to British, American and comparative politics. His work, however, has always been concerned...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-12-06
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This book compares network governance practices and public service delivery in England and China. Adopting a political ethnographic approach, it assesses whether networked forms of governance are used in provision of care for the elderly and those with learning...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-30
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This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Historically many have claimed that revolution inevitably devolves into terror, best reflected in the way in which after coming to power the revolutionary elite turns on itself, and one section of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-30
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In today's evolving democratic landscape, "The Perils of Populism: The End of the American Century" offers an extensive investigation into the phenomenon of populism and its potential threats to U.S. democracy. Esteemed contributors and long-time populism observers...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-11-29
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This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Historically many have claimed that revolution inevitably devolves into terror, best reflected in the way in which after coming to power the revolutionary elite turns on itself, and one section of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-23
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This book examines anti-corruption policies in Latin America. It compares best practices in public procurement and state budgets in order to provide new insights into policy design for governments, civil society organisations and international organisations...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-07
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Political parties are nothing without their people and candidates are essential to parties' core functions - contesting elections, filling political offices, and shaping policy. Candidates are the literal 'face' of parties, yet they are not wedded to them permanently:...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-10-30
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By whatever name they are known (Parliaments, Legislatures, or Assemblies, to name but three) legislative assemblies in democratic societies face the twin challenges of institutional capacity and accountability to their citizens. In addressing these challenges,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-10-27
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By whatever name they are known (Parliaments, Legislatures, or Assemblies, to name but three) legislative assemblies in democratic societies face the twin challenges of institutional capacity and accountability to their citizens. In addressing these challenges,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-10-27
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Historically, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to be impeached twice and indicted. He fed the grotesque myth that the election was stolen and summoned his supporters to storm Congress on 6 January 2021 in a bid to thwart the certification...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-10-19
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