Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
About the Book Series
The Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research - the leading organisation concerned with the growth and development of political science in Europe. The series presents high-quality edited volumes on topics at the leading edge of current interest in political science and related fields, with contributions from European scholars and others who have presented work at ECPR workshops and research groups.
Do Political Campaigns Matter?: Campaign Effects in Elections and Referendums
1st Edition
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By David M. Farrell, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck
June 28, 2002
This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state of this sub-discipline. The individual chapters present the most recent studies on campaign effects in North America, Europe ...
Development and Democracy: What Have We Learned and How?
1st Edition
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By Ole Elgström, Goran Hyden
March 29, 2002
Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic development and democracy, but suggests that globalization is a key variable in determining the tenuous nature of this relationship in the periphery of the world economy. It raises new questions about the role of...
Democracy and Political Change in the Third World
1st Edition
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By Jeffrey Haynes
August 09, 2001
This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. It considers the patchy democratic record of such countries, as well as investigating the relationship between external and domestic factors to democratisation. The contributors ...
Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
1st Edition
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By Michael Laver
June 28, 2001
This book gives an up to date reference on the state of the art in this highly important methodological area, which is central both to theoretical models of party competition and to empirical accounts, whether these are case studies or comparative analyses. It looks at subjects including tracking ...
Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
1st Edition
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By B.Guy Peters, Jon Pierre
June 01, 2001
Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at administrative reform in a comparative perspective. The contributors - experts on administrative ...
Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life
1st Edition
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By PAUL DEKKER, ERIC M. USLANER
May 29, 2001
This timely volume puts emphasis on the effect of social capital on everyday life: how the routines of daily life lead people to get involved in their communities. Focussing on its micro-level causes and consequences, the book's international contributors argue that social capital is fundamentally ...
Religion and Mass Electoral Behaviour in Europe
1st Edition
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By David Broughton, Hans-Martien ten Napel
January 29, 2001
The onset of a new millennium has given renewed impetus to the study of religion and its place in the secular world. Religion and Mass Electoral Behaviour in Europe is an innovative, cutting-edge study, which focuses on the question of whether - and how - religion continues to influence and shape ...
Democratic Innovation: Deliberation, Representation and Association
1st Edition
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By Michael Saward
January 25, 2001
Democratic Innovation is an original look at the political future of democracy, exploring the latest ideas aimed at renewing popular power. Featuring new writings by leading European, American and Australian democratic theorists, this book explores the following themes: * the importance of public ...
Private Organisations in Global Politics
1st Edition
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By Karsten Ronit, Volker Schneider
January 25, 2001
Private Organisation in Global Politics is a groundbreaking study which brings together a broad range of case-studies to examine the role and character of private organisations in the process of political globalization. Focusing on areas such as human rights organisations, the international women's...
Federalism and Political Performance
1st Edition
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By Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt
January 22, 2001
Federalism and Political Performance compares the political performance of federal and non-federal states and evaluates the impact of different types of federation. The contributors draw together focused case-studies to illustrate their arguments on a wide range of countries, including Russia, ...
The Survival of the European Welfare State
1st Edition
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By Stein Kuhnle
June 13, 2000
'Crisis'. 'Breakdown'. 'Dismantlement.' Since the 1970's, these have become the catchphrases used to describe the condition of the welfare states in Europe, in academic and media analyses alike. This book provides an alternative, more optimistic interpretation. It aims to increase both theoretical ...
Democratic Governance and New Technology
1st Edition
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By Jens Hoff, Ivan Horrocks, Pieter Tops
June 01, 2000
Drawing on case studies from Denmark, The Netherlands and the UK, this book discusses new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Contributors argue that ICTs play an important role in the process of restructuring and redefining basic relations within the political systems of Western ...