Böcker i Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science-serien

This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions.

This book provides an overview of, and new contributions to the study of political discussion in comparative politics. It examines deliberation and discussion as the object of analysis and the consequences of political discussion and deliberation.

This book analyses the impact of new information and communication technologies within representative democracy, and examines how representative democracies are adapting to new ICTs.

This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural studies', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science.

Provides a detailed examination of policy change with European and American case studies on welfare reform, education reform, the World Bank, tobacco control policy, energy policy, agricultural policy, pension reform and the impact of public opinion.

This pioneering volume is devoted to the analysis of education from the perspective of political science, applying the full range of its analytical perspectives and methodological tools.

This book explores the alternative futures of political community and moves beyond the critique of what is wrong with existing, state-based forms of political community.

This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change.

Migrant organizations are of vital importance for incorporating their clientele into the societies of arrival, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. This book focuses on the differing roles that transnational migrant organizations play in international migration and in social, cultural and political integration of migrants.

This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and examines the role and the function of party government in contemporary European parliamentary democracies.

It offers a valuable and long overdue assessment of the role of political parties in the theory and practice of consociational demococracy. Combining valuable theoretical and comparative analyses with sensitive in-depth case studies.

With a strong comparative framework, this book examines fourteen countries with parliamentary or semi-presidential systems of government to provide a detailed investigation into the mechanisms by which governments determine the agendas of their parliaments.

This book offers a comparative analysis of recent developments in intergovernmental relations in twelve countries across Europe.

This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters use data from Europe, Africa and Latin America.

This book examines the ways in which the relationship between public opinion and the use of military force has developed since the end of the Cold War. It addresses the question of whether a democratic foreign policy is possible.

This title provides a reflective assessment of recent developments, social relevance and future of environmental political theory. This book will appeal to students and researchers of the social sciences.

This book examines the issues of constitutional choice that face the governments and citizens of today's Europe. It discusses the meaning of democratic deficit in the EU and the rights of citizenship that should be protected.

This comparative volume explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments.

This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Combining theoretical and empirical research and bringing together leading experts in the field, it features case studies on Japan, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy, France and South Africa.

Theories of Secession presents a systematic analysis of the rise of secessionist movements in global politics. Bringing together a collection of experts in the field, it provides a timely forum for debate in this contentious area of study.

This book aims to contribute to current debates on republicanism by examining the relationship between republican theory and practice in a variety of contexts.

Focussing on the health sector, this book analyses the closely interwoven relationship between the European Union and Member States.

International contributors assess the development of sexual equality policies in Europe, analysing national variations in implementation and success. The actual commitment to equality of opportunity in different west European countries is explored.

Explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars.

A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion.

This book presents a comparative study examining assisted reproductive technology policies in North America and Europe. Based on original and detailed research, this up-to-date volume establishes a knowledge base for understanding policy debates on topics such as embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning.

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a "bureaucrat's paradise" and by using the results of original research, this text investigates this organization's relationship to politics.

This book systematically links the EU's external relations to existing political theories, showing how existing theories need to be modified in order to deal with specific characteristics of the EU as an international actor.