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The Government and Politics of the European Union / 8th edition
2017 || Paperback || Neill Nugent || Bloomsbury Publishing
The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 8th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evolution of the EU. Major changes, recent developments, and the crises that have befallen the union in recent times are analysed within this context. This includes eurozone crisis, the migration crisis, and the UK's decision to leave the EU.
Acclaimed author and academic Neill Nugent has written a comprehensive text, enabling students wi...
Challenges of the Developing World / 9th edition
2019 || Paperback || Howard Handelman e.a. || Rowman & Littlefield
The updated ninth edition of Challenges of the Developing World examines political, social, and economic development in the diverse countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In doing so, it explores the political economy of policymaking, investigates the uncertain dynamics of democratization, highlights the impact of ethnic and religious tensions on developing countries, and looks at revolution and military intervention in politics. Key issues such as the environment, sus...
Destroying a Nation
The Civil War in Syria
2017 || Paperback || Nikolaos Van Dam || Bloomsbury Publishing
Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In this important book, former Special Envoy of the Netherlands to Syria, Nikolaos van Dam, explains the recent history of Syria, covering the growing disenchantment with the Asad regime, the chaos of civil war and the fract...
The Politics of Resentment / 1st edition
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
2016 || Paperback || Katherine Cramer || The University of Chicago Press
Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square, he was subsequently reelected. How could this happen? How is it that the very people who stand to benefit from strong government services not only vote against the candidates who support those...
Phenomenal Justice
Violence and Morality in Argentina
2020 || Paperback || Eva van Roekel || Rutgers University Press
How do victims and perpetrators of political violence caught up in a complicated legal battle experience justice on their own terms? Phenomenal Justice is a compelling ethnography about the reopened trials for crimes against humanity committed during the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. Grounded in phenomenological anthropology and the anthropology of emotion, this book establishes a new theoretical basis that is faithful to the uncertainties of justice...
Thinking the Impossible
French Philosophy Since 1960
2013 || Paperback || Gary Gutting || Oxford University Press || ook als eBook
The late 20th century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The work of French philosophers is wide ranging, historically informed, often reaching out beyond the boundaries of philosophy; they are public intellectuals, taken seriously as contributors to debates outside the academy. Gary Gutting tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the 20th century.
His aim is to arrive at an account ofwhat it was to 'do philosophy'...
Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations
2021 || Paperback || Andrew Heywood || Bloomsbury Publishing
This accessible guide to the major concepts in politics has now been revised and expanded to include over 60 international relations terms to take account of the increasing influence of globalization upon politics. Each concept is defined clearly and fully, and its significance for political understanding is explored.
Cases in Comparative Politics / 7th edition
2020 || Paperback || Patrick H. O'Neil e.a. || WW Norton & Co
Cases in Comparative Politics is the best-selling case book for the course because it uses a consistent framework to illustrate major concepts in comparative politics. Featuring coverage of the 13 most-taught countries, Cases combines foundational knowledge with the most ruthlessly up-to-date coverage to foster easier comparison across countries.
Analyzing Politics / 2nd edition
Rationality, Behavior, and Institutions
2010 || Paperback || Kenneth A. Shepsle || WW Norton & Co
Through case studies, illustrations, and examples, the author provides students with the means to analyze a wide variety of situations. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated cases and examples, new problem sets and discussion questions, and new "Experimental Corner" sections at the end of many chapters, describing experiments from social science literature.
Multi-Level Governance and European Integration
2001 || Paperback || Liesbet Hooghe e.a. || Rowman & Littlefield
European politics has been reshaped in recent decades by a dual process of centralization and decentralization. At the same time that authority in many policy areas has shifted to the suprantional level of the European Union, so national governments have given subnational regions within countries more say over the lives of their citizens. At the forefront of scholars who characterize this dual process as multi-level governance, Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks argue that its emergence in the sec...