Interests, Identities, and Institutions in Comparative Politics – serie
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14 produkter
Growing Apart
Oil, Politics, and Economic Change in Indonesia and Nigeria
Av Peter Lewis
Häftad, 2007
398 kr
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"Growing Apart is an important and distinguished contribution to the literature on the political economy of development. Indonesia and Nigeria have long presented one of the most natural opportunities for comparative study. Peter Lewis, one of America's best scholars of Nigeria, has produced the …
Re-Forming the State
The Politics of Privatization in Latin America and Europe
Häftad, 2002
353 kr
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With evidence drawn from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Great Britain, and Hungary, Re-forming the State examines the processes leading to, and the political effects of, market reform experiments and focuses specifically on the patterns of collective action and coalition building that drive …
Gendering Politics
Women in Israel
Av Hanna Herzog
Inbunden, 1999
1401 kr
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What are the cultural and structural mechanisms that exclude women from politics in general and from local politics in particular? What meaning is ascribed to women's political activity?Gendering Politics explores the place of women in democratic politics by means of a detailed study of women in …
Origins of Liberal Dominance
State, Church, and Party in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Inbunden, 1999
1159 kr
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How did liberal movements reshape the modern world? Origins of Liberal Dominance offers a revealing account of how states, churches, and parties joined together in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany to produce fundamentally new forms of organization that have shaped contemporary …
Altering Party Systems
Strategic Behavior and the Emergence of New Political Parties in Western Democracies
Av Simon Hug
Inbunden, 2001
1195 kr
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New political parties have regularly appeared in developed democracies around the world. In some countries issues focusing on the environment, immigration, economic decline, and regional concerns have been brought to the forefront by new political parties. In other countries these issues have been …
Political Science as Puzzle Solving
Häftad, 2001
338 kr
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Each of the essays in this volume addresses a particular empirical puzzle involving decisions or outcomes that, at least on the surface, seem difficult (if not impossible) to explain. In the first three essays, the authors look at the behavior of an individual or an organization such as trade union …
Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil
Av Barry Ames
Häftad, 2002
504 kr
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Many countries have experimented with different electoral rules in order either to increase involvement in the political system or make it easier to form stable governments. Barry Ames explores this important topic in one of the world's most populous and important democracies, Brazil. This book …
Growing Apart
Oil, Politics, and Economic Change in Indonesia and Nigeria
Av Peter Lewis
Inbunden, 2007
1401 kr
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"Growing Apart is an important and distinguished contribution to the literature on the political economy of development. Indonesia and Nigeria have long presented one of the most natural opportunities for comparative study. Peter Lewis, one of America's best scholars of Nigeria, has produced the …
Democracy without Associations
Transformation of the Party System and Social Cleavages in India
Inbunden, 1999
1195 kr
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India's party system has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. The Congress Party, a catch-all party that brought independence in 1947 and governed India for much of the period since then, no longer dominates the electoral scene. Political parties which draw support from …
Political Science as Puzzle Solving
Inbunden, 2001
1195 kr
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Each of the essays in this volume addresses a particular empirical puzzle involving decisions or outcomes that, at least on the surface, seem difficult (if not impossible) to explain.In the first three essays, the authors look at the behavior of an individual or an organization such as trade union …
Institutions and Innovation
Voters, Parties, and Interest Groups in the Consolidation of Democracy - France and Germany, 1870-1939
Inbunden, 2001
1195 kr
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If all parties need votes to get elected, why do some parties court voters more ardently than others? To answer this question, the book analyzes how political institutions determine the degree to which parties behave as entrepreneurial agents of voters or as inert, bureaucratic behemoths and how …
Managing "Modernity"
Work, Community, and Authority in Late-Industrializing Japan and Russia
Av Rudra Sil
Inbunden, 2002
1401 kr
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In Managing "Modernity," Rudra Sil examines how institution-builders respond to the competing influences of institutional models and inherited social legacies as they attempt to generate and sustain authority in late-industrializing societies. Through a historical and comparative study of …
Re-Forming the State
The Politics of Privatization in Latin America and Europe
Inbunden, 2002
1126 kr
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With evidence drawn from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Great Britain, and Hungary, Re-forming the State examines the processes leading to, and the political effects of, market reform experiments and focuses specifically on the patterns of collective action and coalition building that drive …
Protest and the Politics of Blame
The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages
Inbunden, 2003
1263 kr
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The wage arrears crisis has been one of the biggest problems facing contemporary Russia. At its peak, it has involved some $10 billion worth of unpaid wages and has affected approximately 70 percent of the workforce. Yet public protest in the country has been rather limited. The relative passivity …
