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  • Religion and Regimes

    Support, Separation, and Opposition

    This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include separation, support, and opposition. In general, the contributors find that most countries have a majority or plurality religious tradition, which ... Read more

    $71.69 CAD

  • Pope Francis Reconsidered

    The Politics and Theology of a 21st Century Global Leader

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume revisits the role of religion in the public square with a focus on the unprecedented work of Pope Francis. As a continuation of their 2018 volume, Pope Francis as a Global Actor, the editors bring together interdisciplinary scholars to explore the myriad of ways that politics, theology, and dramatic social change met under the papacy of Francis I. Global challenges and social questions ... Read more

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  • Pope Francis as a Global Actor

    Where Politics and Theology Meet

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Pope Francis confuses many observers because his papacy does not fit neatly into any pre-established classificatory schemes. To gain a deeper appreciation of Francis’s complicated papacy, this volume proposes that an interdisciplinary approach, fusing concepts derived from moral theology and the social sciences, may properly situate Pope Francis as a global political entrepreneur. The chapters in ... Read more

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  • Spain and Portugal in the European Union

    The First Fifteen Years

    Series series South European Society and Politics
    This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition in both countries paved the way for full membership in the European Community in 1986. Drawing on ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare

    Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Africa and Latin America

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The case studies in this volume examine the activities of faith-based institutions in a representative sample of African and Latin American countries, including societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and states with different levels and types of government-provided social services. Among other questions, the chapters examine the types of social service activities faith-based ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare

    Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Western Europe

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based ... Read more

    $108.89 CAD

  • Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare

    Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Eastern Europe

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Path of American Public Policy

    Comparative Perspectives

    Among all the worlds’ democracies, the American system of government is perhaps the most self-conscious about preventing majority tyranny. The American constitutional system is predicated on an inherent ideational and institutional tension dating back to the foundation of the nation in the eighteenth century, which constrains innovative policy development. Namely, the framers designed a system ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Religion and Politics in a Global Society

    Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World

    Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World, edited by Paul Christopher Manuel, Alynna Lyon, and Clyde Wilcox, explores the legacy of the Portuguese colonial experience, with careful consideration of the lasting impression that this experience has had on the cultural, religious, and political dynamics in the former colonies. Applying the ... Read more

    $62.29 CAD

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    The Global Challenge of Political Polarization

    A must-read for anyone concerned about the fate of contemporary democracies.-Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleWhy divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal themAs one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Comparing Media Systems

    Three Models of Media and Politics

    Series series Communication, Society and Politics
    Building on a survey of media institutions in eighteen West European and North American democracies, Hallin and Mancini identify the principal dimensions of variation in media systems and the political variables which have shaped their evolution. They go on to identify three major models of media system development (the Polarized Pluralist, Democratic Corporatist and Liberal models) to explain why ... Read more

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  • Democracy and the Left

    Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America

    Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage.In Democracy and the Left, Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens argue that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. In addition ... Read more

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