Central Government Policies

What are the factors of Lukashenka's longevity at the helm of power? This question is addressed in the context of Belarusian history and identity, ...

What are the principal drivers of recent higher education reforms? This study investigates whether the soft governance mechanism of transnational c...

How do bank supervisors strike a balance between market self-regulation and pro-active regulatory intervention? This book investigates the choice o...

China's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic discontent. Th...

This study of five key policy areas, from welfare reform to foreign policy, demonstrates that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition failed to...

Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Ana...

This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls a...

What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional m...

This book provides the first English-language account of the history of Danish sociology, examining it from the late 19th century to the present da...

We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresis...

Home to Ellis Island, New Jersey has been the first stop for many immigrant groups for well over a century. Yet in this highly diverse state, some ...

A new history shows how FDR developed a vision of national security focused not just on protecting Americans against physical attack but also on en...

In Imposing Standards, Martin Hearson shifts the focus of political rhetoric regarding international tax rules from tax havens and the Global North...

This edited book is an outcome of the selected papers presented at the International Conference on Electrical Systems & Automation, (ICESA 2023...

A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transn...

Going behind the doors of the Treasury and Number 10, this book explores why successive British Prime Ministers from Callaghan to Blair have been h...

Going behind the doors of the Treasury and Number 10, this book explores why successive British Prime Ministers from Callaghan to Blair have been h...

Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It exa...

To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. T...

To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. T...

Through the use of a historical-institutional perspective and with particular reference to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; this s...

Philippe Zittoun analyses the public policymaking process focusing on how governments relentlessly develop proposals to change public policy to add...

Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveal...

The Public Sector R&D Enterprise combines a primer on how government R&D programs actually work with a sophisticated methodology for prospe...