Politics and Government

Given the extremely high cost of overseas military operations today, the author offers readers scholarly insights as to what motivates kingdoms, co...

Key events in Asia’s recent history have included the end of the Cold War, the Asian Economic Crisis and the ‘war on terror’. This is a critical as...

The Euro-crisis of 2009-2012 vividly demonstrated that European Union policies matter for the distribution of resources within and between European...

Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster. ...

Originally published in 1928, this volume examines the idea of being Europasian - that is Russia's uniqueness as a country belonging to and influen...

This title was first published in 2003. From its position as one of Africa's major investors, and a top provider of development assistance, Tokyo's...

In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful institutional means of dispersing political power and accom...

A collection of some of the writings of Generalfeldmarschall Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, one of the more intriguing of Imperial Germany's military ...

Once in a while the world astonishes itself. Anxious incredulity replaces intellectual torpor and a puzzled public strains its antennae in every po...

Drawing on the work of Arend Lijphart, this book focuses on consensus democracies. These democracies entail a complex set of democratic institution...

It is often assumed that democracy is both desirable and possible in global politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics provides an importa...

This book examines Muslims in Singapore, analysing their habits, practices and dispositions towards everyday life, and also their role within the b...

LGBTQ Lobbying in the United States argues that the issues and tactics prioritized by the mainstream gay lobbying community fail to serve LGBTQ int...

Fiscal Crisis of the State refers to the tendency of government expenditures to outpace revenues in the U.S. in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but...

Defining and conceptualizing Northeast Asia’s security complex poses unique quandaries. The security architecture in Northeast Asia to date has bee...

Corruption is once again high on the international policy agenda as a result of globalization, the spread of democracy, and major scandals and refo...

This volume brings together advanced concepts from leading academic scientists, educationalists, administrative policymakers, and researchers on th...

Security and Migration in Asia explores how various forms of unregulated and illegal forms of human movement within Asia and beyond the region have...

Based on a study of 12,000 elementary school children in eight large and medium-sized American cities, this book presents the first large-scale stu...

European Union Enlargement offers an intense and detailed analysis of the almost ten-year process of preparing and negotiating the accession of Eas...

The political changes in South Africa have led to the country being viewed as a standard bearer for democracy within the African continent, and a b...

This accessible introduction to the system of public administration uses a clear, country by country analysis to the contemporary system of public ...

Machiavelli drew on 2000 years of history to develop theories on how to make war, how to win battles, and how to gain power and keep it. Using Mach...