Regional Government

This book addresses issues of national identity and nationalism in Scotland from a political and linguistic perspective. It compares a variety of a...

While electorally weak, the Communist Party of Great Britain and its Welsh Committee was a constant feature of twentieth century Welsh politics, in...

The meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundits odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of ...

Known in his day as the man who built the Town Hall, Abel Heywood was a leading Manchester publisher who entertained royalty at his home and twice ...

Despite the destabilizing potential of governing of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People...

The ambition of the Scottish Government is to create a wealthier and fairer nation. Following the devolution acts of 1998, 2012 and 2016, it has ex...

The aim of a well-designed decentralisation programme is to deliver effective services to all citizens and to deepen democracy through active popul...

Winston and Gail Ramsey This book focuses on the systems used by the Axis powers for the governance of the countries that they occupied during the...

Raised in a political family on Chicago's South Side, Harold Washington made history as the city's first African American mayor. His 1983 electoral...

In The Kingdom to Come, Peter Hennessy records the run-up to the Scottish Independence Referendum in September 2014, its immediate aftermath and de...

This is a topical, comparative study of the economic, social and political development of Norway and Scotland since 1800. How did the development o...

Most social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on civil society associations, voluntary associations independent from state contr...

A fresh interpretation of London's early Victorian political culture, devoting particular attention to the relationship which existed between Whigs...

A masterful study of Florida politics. --Gary R. Mormino, author of Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams In this sweeping overview of modern Florida p...

New Jerseys legal system was plagued with injustices from the time the system was established through the mid-twentieth century. In Battleground Ne...

Most people will recognize the name Robert Blagojevich as the brother of ill-fated Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. But many don't know why Rober...

The instant New York Times-bestselling memoir from the outspoken former governor--an explosive (Guardian) must read (Hugh Hewitt) account of Ch...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. While the debate on regulating prostitution usually focuses on national policy, it is local policy me...

In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the ec...