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Politics in Asia Activism and Authoritarian Governance in Asia (Hardcover)

This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia. Demonstrating the limitations of existing conceptual approaches in accounting for... more

Soft Governance in Hard Politics: European Coordination of Anti-Poverty Policies in France and Germany (Paperback)

The present study addresses the governance architecture of the much debated Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the field of social inclusion and evaluates its implementation in France Germany and at EU-level. Based on extensive variable-based... more

Pre-Owned International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance (Paperback)

The third edition of the award-winning International Organizations has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new developments and shifting power relations since 2009 as well as the most current scholarship. As before the authors... more

West European Politics Accountability and European Governance (Hardcover)

In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central focus the role of... more

Pre-Owned Academic Governance : Research on Institutional Politics and Decision Making 9780821101186

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Routledge Contemporary Asia: The Politics of Civic Space in Asia (Paperback)

This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. Using case studies of contemporary city life throughout the... more

Executive Politics and Governance: Auditing Good Government in Africa: Public Sector Reform Professional Norms and the Development Discourse (Hardcover)

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research... more

Global Covenant : The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus 9780745633534 Used / Pre-owned

one of the world s leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics in the aftermath of 9/11 and the war against Iraq. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good... more

Global Institutions: Reducing Armed Violence with NGO Governance (Paperback)

NGOs have proliferated in number and become increasingly influential players in world politics in the past three decades. From the 1970s with the access of social movements and private NGOs to local and international institutions NGOs have enjoyed... more

Governance of Energy Megaprojects : Politics Hubris and Energy Security

Governance of Energy Megaprojects : Politics Hubris and Energy Security more

American Governance: Politics Policy and Public Law: Electoral Capitalism: The Party System in New York s Gilded Age (Hardcover)

Vast fortunes grew out of the party system during the Gilded Age. In New York party leaders experimented with novel ways to accumulate capital for political competition and personal business. Partisans established banks. They drove a speculative... more

Routledge Advances in European Politics European Integration and the Postmodern Condition: Governance Democracy Identity (Hardcover)

This is the first book to look at the process of European integration by drawing on both established and new trends in postmodern thinking and analysis. The book asks how we can study the process of European integration in the current climate and... more

Routledge Advances in European Politics European Governance and Supranational Institutions: Making States Comply Book 14 (Hardcover)

This book examines the influence of the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in the political and legal enforcement of member state compliance in the EU. The authors show how the EU s supranational institutions have played an... more

Politics in Asia Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific: Political and Civil Society (Hardcover)

This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. Examining a variety of country cases and themes addressing the theoretical tension between governance and democracy it... more

Routledge Advances in Climate Change Res Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives (Hardcover)

This volume showcases the diversity of the politics and practices of climate change governance across Southeast Asia. Through a series of country-level case studies and regional perspectives the authors in this volume explore the complexities and... more

Routledge Studies on Government and the Public Ethics at the European Commission: Politics Reform and Individual Views (Paperback)

Since the early 2000s reforms in the area of public ethics have represented a significant part in the European Commission s efforts to improve its internal governance and democratic legitimacy and address the crisis of public confidence in European... more

Rethinking World Politics: Rethinking Global Governance (Paperback)

The world currently faces a number of challenges that no single country can solve. Whether it is managing a crisis-prone global economy maintaining peace and stability or trying to do something about climate change there are some problems that... more

Governance and Limited Statehood: Local Politics and Contemporary Transformations in the Arab World: Governance Beyond the Center (Paperback)

The contributors link innovative analytical concepts and ethnographic in-depth case studies from the Arab world. Based on the debates on politics from below and dynamic concepts of state all the chapters focus on informal institutions non-elite... more

Pre-Owned A New Weave of Power People and Politics: The Action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation (Paperback) 1853396443 9781853396441

This field manual provides a well-tested approach for promoting citizen participation. It breaks down the traditional boxes separating human rights rule of law development and governance and reconnects them in order to create an integrated approach... more

Global Issues: Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: Governance Politics and Plural Perceptions (Paperback)

Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World is a powerful and original statement on why well-intended attempts to alleviate pressing social ills too often derail and how effective efficient and broadly acceptable solutions to social problems can be found. more

Seguridad: Crime Police Power and Democracy in Argentina (Hardcover)

This study of police governance draws on over ninety interviews conducted with Argentine police officers. In Argentina a rising fear of crime has led to the politics of Seguridad a concept that amalgamates personal safety with state security. As a... more

French Politics Society and Culture: Regional Governance and Power in France: The Dynamics of Political Space (Paperback)

In the shadow of a French national narrative which demonises and rejects local specificities highly differentiated territorial political spaces have been created shaped by identity decentralisation and public policy. This book analyses regional... more

Themes in European Governance Immigration and Politics in the New Europe: Reinventing Borders (Hardcover)

Gallya Lahav s study examines the issue of immigration in the context of a Europe where the role of the nation state is in question as the logic of the single market clashes with national policymaking. Immigration is a central issue in European... more

Executive Politics and Governance: Auditing Good Government in Africa: Public Sector Reform Professional Norms and the Development Discourse (Paperback)

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research... more

Political Analysis Democracy in Crisis?: Politics Governance and Policy Book 32 (Paperback)

This major new text provides an original and comprehensive assessment of key contemporary trends in democratic politics and governance across major established democracies of the world. more

African Governance The Politics of Contemporary Ethiopia (Hardcover)

This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country s political elites. The book argues that these patterns have enabled the resilience and survival of... more

Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance (Paperback - Used) 0691133816 9780691133812

Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron WorldCom and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers shareholders and workers jockey for... more

The Europeanization of National Administrations (Paperback)

Drawing on comparative politics and social network analysis this book examines how the domestic institutional and organizational settings as well as the network governance patterns determine variation in administrative responses to EU s Common... more

Political Corruption and Governance: The Politics of Public Spending (Hardcover)

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of public money and its political and societal implications. Drawing on evidence from central and eastern Europe it offers an innovative insight into public responses to various... more

Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics: Democratic Governance in Taiwan (Hardcover)

This book employs a policy-based approach to examine the emerging governance structure in Taiwan one of several countries in East Asia where democratic consolidation is firmly established. Each chapter provides a detailed investigation of reforms... more

African Governance Development and Lea Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria s Fourth Republic (Hardcover)

This book provides a detailed analysis of the process of political party financing in Nigeria from 1999 to the present. Babayo Sule links the party financing process with the electoral process and explores issues of democratic accountability... more

Global Institutions: Reducing Armed Violence with NGO Governance (Hardcover)

NGOs have proliferated in number and become increasingly influential players in world politics in the past three decades. From the 1970s with the access of social movements and private NGOs to local and international institutions NGOs have enjoyed... more

The governance of India as it is and as it may be; a handbook of progressive politics by Govinda Das (1917) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1917 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations... more

Pre-Owned The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance -- And Why Politics Will Never Be the Same (Paperback) 082651541X 9780826515414

9780826515414. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 288. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Beneath the national radar the relationship between citizens and government is undergoing a dramatic shift. More... more

Pre-Owned Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet (Paperback) 0791431185 9780791431184

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Balkan Politics and Society: Security Governance in Times of Complexity: The EU and Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans 1991-2013 (Paperback)

Framed by complexity-thinking this book uses the prism of security sector reform (SSR) to trace the co-evolution of the Western Balkans as part of the EU/Europe security community and the European Union (EU) as a security actor. It aims to analyse... more

Pre-Owned Governance and Politics of the Netherlands 9781403935304 /

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics: The Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies (Hardcover)

Parliamentary democracy involves a never-ending cycle of elections government formations and the need for governments to survive in potentially hostile environments. These conditions require members of any government to make decisions on a large... more