Comparative Politics

Many countries in the Arab world have incorporated Islam into their state- and nation-building projects, naming it the 'religion of the state'. Reg...

The book analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. It does this by conducting a comparative histo...

Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is ...

Within recent years a new body of literature has emerged within international relations on transnationalism and foreign policy. This literature has...

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relatio...

Is Confucianism compatible with democracy? Ongoing debates among political theorists revolve around the question of whether the overarching goal of...

Why are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality...

At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potentia...

Principles of Comparative Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. In ...

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived b...

Social policies can transform the lives of the poor and marginalized, yet inequitable implementation often limits their access. Uneven Social Polic...

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive...