Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By William Maloney, Sigrid Rossteutscher
April 29, 2009
This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy, providing a detailed comparative assessment of the potential that voluntary organizations offer citizens for social and political participation in several ...
Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict: Challenging the Nation-State
1st Edition
Edited
By Haldun Gülalp
February 27, 2009
Making a new case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions. In ...
Party Policy in Modern Democracies
1st Edition
By Kenneth Benoit, Michael Laver
February 27, 2009
A new and wide-ranging empirical overview of party policy in 47 modern democracies, including all of the new democracies of Eastern Europe. It updates and radically extends Policy and Party Competition (1992), which established itself as a key mainstream data source for all political ...
The Politics of Foundations: A Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Helmut Anheier, Siobhan Daly
October 02, 2008
This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe. The leading contributors go beyond a quantitative profile of foundations in Europe, and probe deeper into their role and contributions in meeting the economic, cultural, environmental and ...
Women, Quotas and Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Drude Dahlerup
December 05, 2006
This is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women’s parliamentary representation across the world. This is important reading for all those working to increase ...
Democratic Revolutions: Asia and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
By Mark R. Thompson
December 09, 2003
Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic uprisings against unyielding dictatorships that have occurred in the two regions. The book explores the kind of non-democratic ...
Democratization: A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries
1st Edition
By Tatu Vanhanen
October 21, 2003
This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen constructs a compelling argument, concluding that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource ...