Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books
Building Legitimacy
Exploring State–Society Relations in Northeast India
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
This book compares two states in the Northeast with different socio-political trajectories—a relatively orderly Mizoram and a troubled Manipur—in order to understand the sources of political turmoil in the region. Taking the region as a case study, it examines the larger debates on success and...
Russia's Federal Relations
Putin's Reforms and Management of the Regions
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
The development of centre-regional relations has been at the forefront of Russian politics since the formation of the Russian state and numerous efforts have been made by the country’s subsequent rulers to create a political model that would be suitable for the effective management of its vast territory...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the European integration issue and how it interacts...
Multiple Democracies in Europe
Political Culture in New Member States
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
This book provides an in-depth discussion and analysis of democracy in Europe, with a focus on the new EU member states, and makes an important and original contribution to the debate on the future of European democracy.
Author Paul Blokker seeks to provide a critical reconceptualization of...
Zhu Rongji on the Record
The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Zhu Rongji served as party secretary and mayor of Shanghai from 1987 to early 1991. During that time, he began to reorganize state-owned industries, cracked down on bureaucratism, planned major reforms in land leasing and public housing, initiated massive infrastructure projects, launched construction...
by Aqil Shah
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
In sharp contrast to neighboring India, the Muslim nation of Pakistan has been ruled by its military for over three decades. The Army and Democracy identifies steps for reforming Pakistan's armed forces and reducing its interference in politics, and sees lessons for fragile democracies striving to bring the military under civilian control.
The Politics of Crisis Management in China
The Sichuan Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
This book analyzes the ways in which the Chinese government and military responded to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province. It adopts a comparative and historical perspective in studying the responses of the Chinese government in the first critical 72 hours, the mobilization of the People’s...
The Trishanku Nation
Memory, Self, and Society in Contemporary India
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Taking a cue from the story of Trishanku—the mythological king who aspired to reach heaven while still alive—Deepak Kumar builds a compelling narrative on the state of contemporary India. Much like Trishanku, who only succeeded in being stuck in limbo between heaven and earth, India appears to...
A Ruined Fortress?
Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2003
This challenging book argues convincingly that research on European integration has lagged behind important theoretical developments in the fields of international relations, international political economy, and international organization. The contributors contend that prevailing theories of integration—despite...
by Richard S. Katz, Peter Mair
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state, and each other have evolved since the rise of liberal democracy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Going into the 21st...
Euroclash
The EU, European Identity, and the Future of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
The European Union's market integration project has dramatically altered economic activity around Europe. This book presents extensive evidence on how trade has increased, jobs have been created, and European business has been reorganized. The changes in the economy have been accompanied by dramatic...
The Practice of Fiscal Federalism
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2007
Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how relationships...
Politics in North America
Redefining Continental Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
It is no longer sufficient to examine discrete nation-states in isolation from each other. In Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations, prominent authors from Canada, the United States, and Mexico explore the politics of redefining the institutional, economic, geographic, and cultural...
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Political science scholars consider the four-volume work Transitions from Authoritarian Rule to be a foundational text for studying the process of democratization, specifically in those cases where an authoritarian regime is giving way to some form of democratic government. The most important of the...