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  • Ten Years of Federalism Reform in Germany

    Dynamics and Effects of Institutional Development

    Edited by Nathalie Behnke, Sabine Kropp ...
    This book investigates the politics of federalism reform in Germany which has spanned over more than a decade. Different from reform attempts in other federal countries, the German reform was split up in three distinct steps: an adjustment of legislative powers between the federal and the state level, followed by the introduction of the ‘debt brake’; and, finally, the reform of fiscal equalization ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Emerging Federal Structures in the Post-Cold War Era

    Edited by Soeren Keil, Sabine Kropp ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book conceives federalism not as a static institutional architecture, but as a dynamic formation always in flux. This may entail processes of federalization, but in some cases also lead to de-federalization. It looks at emerging federal structures worldwide and analyses federal structures: their emergence, operation and categorization. The contributors highlight that the “emergence” of these ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Governance in Russian Regions

    A Policy Comparison

    Edited by Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Sabine Kropp, Jørn Holm-Hansen, Johannes Schuhmann, Aadne Aasland ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates the emergence and working of governance networks in contemporary Russia. Drawing on a case study design, it provides a novel comparison of seven policy issues each investigated across various Russian regions or over time. Its authors reveal that governance networks are a ubiquitous phenomenon emerging in different regime types. It sheds light on how and why state authorities ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Accommodation of Regional and Ethno-cultural Diversity in Ukraine

    Edited by Aadne Aasland, Sabine Kropp ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book offers new insights into how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity interact within the context of Ukrainian political reform, and indicates how these reforms affect social cohesion among ethno-cultural groups. While the individual chapters each focus on one or a few facets of the overall research question, together they draw a nuanced picture of the multifaceted challenges to ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • How Patronal Networks Shape Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation in a Hybrid Regime

    A Comparative Analysis of Five Cities in Ukraine

    by Oleksandra Keudel, Andreas Umland ...
    Series Book 245 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
    Oleksandra Keudel proposes a novel explanation for why some local governments in hybrid regimes enable citizen participation while others restrict it. She argues that mechanisms for citizen participation are by-products of political dynamics of informal business-political (patronal) networks that seek domination over local governments. Against the backdrop of either competition or coordination ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

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    Policy Responses to Digital Dominance

    Edited by Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ...
    Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and ... Read more

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  • E-government in Europe

    Re-booting the State

    Edited by Paul G. Nixon, Vassiliki N. Koutrakou ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
    This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes.Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe:the degree to which e-government translates into genuine reform of government and public administrationthe dual role of the EU as ... Read more

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  • Mapping BRICS Media

    Edited by Kaarle Nordenstreng, Daya Kishan Thussu ...
    Series series Internationalizing Media Studies
    Mapping BRICS Media is the first comprehensive and comparative study of the emerging media landscape in the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing markets. This pioneering collection focuses on one of the key topics in contemporary international relations - the emergence of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) - a grouping that includes some of the world’s largest populations ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Fragile States

    by Lothar Brock, Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorenson, Michael Stohl ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to ... Read more

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  • The Internet and National Elections

    A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning

    Edited by Randolph Kluver, Nicholas Jankowski, Kirsten Foot, Steven M. Schneider ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Political Communication
    This volume provides a comparative analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in countries around the world for political campaign purposes.Drawing upon a common conceptual framework - the ‘Web sphere,’ and a shared methodological approach called Web feature analysis - in order to examine how the Internet is used by a variety of political actors during periods of electoral activity. Research teams ... Read more

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  • Comparative Politics

    Principles of Democracy and Democratization

    by John T. Ishiyama ...
    Series Book 8 - Principles of Political Science
    By revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances.Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic developmentReveals that democracy may not be the ... Read more

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  • China's Influence and American Interests

    Promoting Constructive Vigilance

    Edited by Larry Diamond, Orville Schell ...
    While Americans are generally aware of China's ambitions as a global economic and military superpower, few understand just how deeply and assertively that country has already sought to influence American society. As the authors of this volume write, it is time for a wake-up call. In documenting the extent of Beijing's expanding influence operations inside the United States, they aim to raise ... Read more

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