Thomas Denk – författare

Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de uppbyggda och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? Det är några av de många frågor som behandlas i denna introduktion till komparativ politik. Här presenteras grundläggande begrepp och metoder, och jämförelser görs mellan centrala institutioner som parlament, regeringar och statsformer, liksom mellan aktörsgrupper som politiska partier, intressegrupper och medier. Därtill diskuteras former för jämförande analys av medborgares politiska värderingar och beteende.Syftet med boken är att ge läsaren en förståelse för hur politiska system är uppbyggda och fungerar samt hur dessa system varierar världen över. I denna tredje upplaga har de globala översikterna uppdaterats, samt nya forskningsresultat och aktuella utvecklingstrender beaktats.Komparativ politik riktar sig till studenter i statsvetenskap. Boken ger tillsammans med Komparativ politik: Elva politiska system (Studentlitteratur 2022) en fördjupad förståelse för komparativ politik utifrån teoretiska och empiriska perspektiv.

Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de utformade och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? I denna bok beskrivs hur politiska system är uppbyggda i elva länder: Storbritannien, Frankrike, Tyskland, USA, Brasilien, Indien, Kenya, Ryssland, Kina, Iran och Sydafrika. Varje land presenteras med sin politiska historia, regeringsform, statsform, partisystem och partier samt valsystem och val – allt för att möjliggöra och underlätta jämförelser. Texterna beskriver också politisk utveckling och pågående förändringar i respektive land.Komparativ politik: Elva politiska system ges här ut i en uppdaterad fjärde upplaga. Boken riktar sig till studenter i statsvetenskap och andra ämnen där en förståelse för politiska system har en central roll. I boken tillämpas de begrepp och modeller för politiska system som presenteras i Komparativ politik: Institutioner och beteende (Studentlitteratur 2024). Tillsammans ger dessa två böcker studenten en fördjupad förståelse för komparativ politik utifrån empiriska och teoretiska perspektiv.

This book examines the connection between two major developments in the world: state-formation and democratization. Since 1946, the number of states has increased from 66 to almost 200 independent states, but our knowledge of these state-formation processes is limited. The authors present a new database on state-formation and democratization, which enables novel classifications and analyses of these processes on the global level. They argue that the form of state-formation affects the probability for democratization in new states and that the initial regime that state-formation establishes at the time of independence has long-term effects on new states’ democratization.

This interdisciplinary volume presents a comprehensive framework to understand political awareness. Political awareness has become an important part of research on political attitudes and political behavior since the publication of John Zaller's work on political opinion. The authors elaborate on his theory and present a new conceptualization, which stipulates that political awareness is the attentiveness, knowledge, and understanding of politics. Hence, the book discusses different aspects, such as the concept of political awareness, its formation, significance, measurement, and exploration. The result is a new framework that addresses conceptual, theoretical, and methodological questions, such as: What does the concept mean? How to study political awareness? How is it connected to other orientations? How do children and youth develop political awareness? Addressing researchers and graduate students, as well as scholars in political science, sociology, and education, this book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of political awareness.

This interdisciplinary volume presents a comprehensive framework to understand political awareness. Political awareness has become an important part of research on political attitudes and political behavior since the publication of John Zaller''s work on political opinion. The authors elaborate on his theory and present a new conceptualization, which stipulates that political awareness is the attentiveness, knowledge, and understanding of politics. Hence, the book discusses different aspects, such as the concept of political awareness, its formation, significance, measurement, and exploration. The result is a new framework that addresses conceptual, theoretical, and methodological questions, such as: What does the concept mean? How to study political awareness? How is it connected to other orientations? How do children and youth develop political awareness? Addressing researchers and graduate students, as well as scholars in political science, sociology, and education, this book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of political awareness. 

This interdisciplinary volume presents a comprehensive framework to understand political awareness. Political awareness has become an important part of research on political attitudes and political behavior since the publication of John Zaller's work on political opinion. The authors elaborate on his theory and present a new conceptualization, which stipulates that political awareness is the attentiveness, knowledge, and understanding of politics. Hence, the book discusses different aspects, such as the concept of political awareness, its formation, significance, measurement, and exploration. The result is a new framework that addresses conceptual, theoretical, and methodological questions, such as: What does the concept mean? How to study political awareness? How is it connected to other orientations? How do children and youth develop political awareness? Addressing researchers and graduate students, as well as scholars in political science, sociology, and education, this book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of political awareness.

This book examines the connection between two major developments in the world: state-formation and democratization. Since 1946, the number of states has increased from 66 to almost 200 independent states, but our knowledge of these state-formation processes is limited. The authors present a new database on state-formation and democratization, which enables novel classifications and analyses of these processes on the global level. They argue that the form of state-formation affects the probability for democratization in new states and that the initial regime that state-formation establishes at the time of independence has long-term effects on new states’ democratization.

This book examines the connection between two major developments in the world: state-formation and democratization. Since 1946, the number of states has increased from 66 to almost 200 independent states, but our knowledge of these state-formation processes is limited. The authors present a new database on state-formation and democratization, which enables novel classifications and analyses of these processes on the global level. They argue that the form of state-formation affects the probability for democratization in new states and that the initial regime that state-formation establishes at the time of independence has long-term effects on new states’ democratization. 

Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de uppbyggda och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? Det är några av de frågor som behandlas i Komparativ politik - Institutioner och beteende. Utöver en presentation av grundläggande begrepp och metoder jämförs centrala institutioner, som till exempel parlament, regeringar och statsformer, och aktörsgrupper som politiska partier, intressegrupper och media. Därtill görs jämförelser mellan medborgares politiska beteenden, politiska kulturer och värderingar. Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de utformade och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? I Komparativ politik - Elva politiska system beskrivs hur politiska system är uppbyggda i elva länder: Storbritannien, Frankrike, Tyskland, USA, Brasilien, Indien, Kenya, Ryssland, Kina, Iran och Sydafrika. För varje land presenteras den politiska historien, regeringsform, statsform, partisystem och partier, valsystem och val, vilket möjliggör och underlättar jämförelser.Tillsammans ger dessa böcker studenten en fördjupad förståelse för komparativ politik utifrån empiriska och teoretiska perspektiv. Boken riktar sig till studenter i statsvetenskap och andra ämnen där en förståelse för politiska system har en central roll.

Being the only place in the northern North Atlantic yielding late Cainozoic terrestrial sediments rich in plant fossils, Iceland provides a unique archive for vegetation and climate development in this region. This book includes the complete plant fossil record from Iceland spanning the past 15 million years. Eleven sedimentary rock formations containing over 320 plant taxa are described. For each flora, palaeoecology and floristic affinities within the Northern Hemisphere are established. The exceptional fossil record allows a deeper understanding of the role of the “North Atlantic Land Bridge” for intercontinental plant migration and of the Gulf Stream-North Atlantic Current system for regional climatic evolution.’Iceland sits as a “fossil trap” on one of the most interesting biogeographic exchange routes on the planet - the North Atlantic. The fossil floras of Iceland document both local vegetational response to global climate change, and more importantly, help to document the nature of biotic migration across the North Atlantic in the last 15 million years. In this state-of-the-art volume, the authors place sequential floras in their paleogeographic, paleoclimatic and geologic context, and extract a detailed history of biotic response to the dynamics of physical change.’Bruce H. Tiffney, University of California, Santa Barbara ’This beautifully-illustrated monograph of the macro- and microfloras from the late Cenozoic of Iceland is a worthy successor to Oswald Heer’s “Flora fossilis arctica”. Its broad scope makes it a must for all scientists interested in climatic change and palaeobiogeography in the North Atlantic region. It will remain a classic for years to come.’David K. Ferguson, Universityof Vienna