Comparative Politics

Analyses of state power in Morocco have always been mired in exoticism or exceptionalism. The Kingdom is said to be a prototype of political immobi...

Over the last twenty-five years, the Africa Rising discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from prev...

Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This...

Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This...

Law is a fast globalizing field and many lawyers, judges, and political leaders are engaged in a process of comparative 'borrowing'. But this new f...

Traditionally, popular music has long been said to intrinsically contest, resist, and defy the powers that be. This new book challenges this long-s...

This book examines European countries engagement in promoting regional integration in the East African Community (EAC). In addition to their usage ...

The Portuguese Colonial War and the African Liberation Struggles: Memory, Politics and Uses of the Past presents a critical and comparative analysi...

This book analyses the main events and turning points in the building of pre- and post-independent South Sudan. It covers the historical perspectiv...

Authoritarian regional organizations have experienced a remarkable rise in numbers and importance. Autocracies across the world have joined organiz...

This book explores how political, economic and social crises in Europe have led to electoral realignments, territorial forms of politics and new na...

This handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration. It endeavours to present a sing...

This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15...

The most internationalist of all party families, the radical left has paradoxically always lagged behind in its cooperation at the EU level. The pr...

This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistance across diverse religious ...

Using autoethnography to examine the social construction of whiteness in Puerto Rico. Guillermo Rebollo Gil draws from artistic, activist and popul...

This book investigates Nigerias soft power capabilities in West Africa, demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the cou...

In 2020, after three and a half years of bitter negotiations, Britain left the European Union. For some it was a day of freedom, for others a trage...

In 2020, after three and a half years of bitter negotiations, Britain left the European Union. For some it was a day of freedom, for others a trage...

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African member of the...

'Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.' John Humphrys'A pure pleasure to read.' Polly Toynbee'Extraordinary.' Kirsty WarkA landmark history of t...

The complex and ever-evolving relationship between the public sector and civil society at large is high on the policy and political agenda for the ...