Constitution: Government & The State

Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sect...

In Badges and Incidents, Michael J. Kaufman undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of American education law and pedagogy. By weaving togeth...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...

Developing an original theoretical approach to understanding the roots of regional conflict and cooperation, International Relations in the Middle ...

A lot has happened to the UK Constitution in the last seven years. We've witnessed the UK's exit from the EU, further devolution to Scotland and Wa...

Over the last decade, law enforcement agencies have engaged in increasingly intrusive surveillance methods, from location tracking on cell phones t...

The Syrian crisis has confounded political leaders and experts who forecast a rapid fall of the regime. This monumental error of interpretation has...

Do political leaders matter for development in Africa? Political leaders south of the Sahara have taken centre stage since countries in the region ...

China is widely viewed as a global powerhouse that has achieved a remarkable economic transformation with little political change. Less well known ...

In 2015 the Supreme Court made history by ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. The third edition of ...

Why would the removal of authoritarian institutions in some developing countries lead to sustained socio-economic crisis, while others experience e...

Africa is home to many of the world's fastest-growing economies. This powerful book traces new continental institutions for development and their c...

Africa is home to many of the world's fastest-growing economies. This powerful book traces new continental institutions for development and their c...

The success of democratic governance hinges on an electorate's ability to reward elected officials who act faithfully and punish those who do not. ...

America is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islamist extremis...

In recent years a series of crises have erupted on the European Union's eastern borders. Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent conflict ...

What does the US Constitution mean for you?One of the most revered, imitated, and controversial governmental documents in the world, the US Constit...

In recent years a series of crises have erupted on the European Union's eastern borders. Russia's annexation of Crimea and the subsequent conflict ...

'Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic', warned Bhimrao Ambedkar, the principal architect ...

By examining the system of authoritarianism in eight Arab republics, Joseph Sassoon portrays life under these regimes and explores the mechanisms u...

Congress is frequently said to be 'broken', 'dysfunctional', and 'weak', but how does the contemporary Congress really work? Does Congress have the...

The ninth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics. Informed by the autho...

The Iraq War of March 19, 2003 was an implausible war at the outset. We now understand that it could have been averted and never should have been w...

The book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Res...

This book places the 2010 elections in Florida in historical context and offers insight into and an explanation for the substantial gains made by t...

In Part One, the uses of divine revelation in the Western world are reviewed by recalling authors that include Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, ...

A new reading of The Prince, arguing that the classic text is neither a scientific treatise on politics nor a patriotic tract but rather an artful,...

Democratization is a sociopolitical process and the society that may grow out of it where people make decisions on matters affecting them. It is an...

Today, 70 percent of the American public supports reforms that would limit the number of terms a state legislator may serve, and the advocacy group...

In Hybrid Constitutions, Vicki Hsueh contests the idea that early-modern colonial constitutions were part of a uniform process of modernization, co...

'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York Time...

*Winner of the James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize 2022* In Ireland, 2018, a constitutional ban that equated the life of a woman to the life of a fertili...

The Civic Education Crisis: How We Got Here, What We Must Do is a call to action, an effort to save our republic through better civic education. Am...

To a large extent, elite politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen hold the fortunes of their societies in their hands. This edited volume describe...

Across the globe, more powers are being devolved to local and regional levels of government. This book provides an innovative analysis of such dece...

The FLOTUS Effect emphasizes the import of agency on the part of Michelle Obama in relation to her politics as evidenced in her positionality and p...

A new afterword by Max Holland details developments since the original 2003 publication, including the revelation of Mark Felt as the infamous Deep...

States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-...

A revealing look at the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from Woodrow Wilson through Donald J. Trump Drawing from t...

In Visions of Statesmanship: A Statesmans Imagination and Autonomy, David Hansen provides a critical examination of the figure of the statesman as ...