Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Type "Book"
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Title:Social movements and civil war : when protests for democratization fail Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; DONKER, Teije Hidde; HALL, Bogumila; POLJAREVIC, Emin; RITTER, Daniel P.Date:2018Citation:London : Routledge, 2018Type:BookAbstract:The main aim of this volume is to develop a theoretical explanation of the conditions under which and the mechanisms through which social movements’ struggles for democracy end up in civil war. While the empirical evidence ... -
Title:Party competition and political representation in crisis : a comparative perspective Editor(s):CONTI, Nicolò; HUTTER, Swen; NANOU, KyriakiDate:2018Citation:Special issue of Party politics, 2018, Vol. 24, No. 1Type:BookSeries/Number:[POLCON]Abstract:The aim of the special issue is to investigate through a comparative lens the impact of the recent economic crisis and consequent austerity measures on party competition and political representation in Europe. All six ...
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Title:Presidents and democracy in Latin America Editor(s):ALCANTARA, Manuel; BLONDEL, Jean; THIEBAULT, Jean-LouisDate:2018Citation:New York ; London : Routledge, 2018Type:BookAbstract:This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the presidents and presidential leadership in Latin America. Unlike other texts, Presidents and Democracy in Latin America integrates ... -
Title:Political participation, diffused governance, and the transformation of democracy : patterns of change Author(s):PETERS, YvetteDate:2018Citation:Abingdon : Routledge, 2018, Democratization studiesVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2011Type:BookAbstract:Although democratic governments have introduced a number of institutional reforms in part intended to increase citizens’ political involvement, studies show a continued decline in regular political engagement. This book ... -
Title:Managing Islam and religious pluralism : governing Islam in plural societies Editor(s):ELBASANI, Arolda; ROY, OlivierDate:2017Citation:Special issue of Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern studies, 2017, Vol. 19, No. 1Type:BookSeries/Number:[RELIGIOWEST]Abstract:This issue highlights the role of old and new dilemmas in shaping institutional arrangements for governing Islam and religious diversity in different cases. The empirical analysis revolves around a set of common questions: ... -
Title:Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective Editor(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; KULIC, Nevena; SKOPEK, Jan; TRIVENTI, MorrisDate:2017Citation:Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017Type:BookAbstract:Recognizing that social change over recent decades has strengthened the need for early childhood education and care, this book seeks to answer what role this plays in creating and compensating for social inequalities in ... -
Title:What does suburbia vote for? : changed settlement patterns and political preferences in three European countries Author(s):STRÖBELE, Maarit FelicitasDate:2017Citation:Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2017, Politik und Demokratie in den kleineren Ländern Europas ; Politics and governance in the smaller European democracies ; Bd. 14Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2013Type:BookAbstract:Is there such a thing as suburban political preference in Western Europe, and if so, how would such a finding be related to political cleavages? To answer these questions, this book combines approaches from political science ... -
Title:Jihad and death : the global appeal of Islamic State Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2017Citation:London : Hurst Publishers, 2017Version:Translated into English by Cynthia SCHOCH from the French original published by Le Seuil (2016).Type:BookAbstract:How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? ... -
Title:Centripetal democracy : democratic legitimacy and political identity in Belgium, Switzerland, and the European Union Author(s):LACEY, JosephDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2015Type:BookAbstract:Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political identity formation. Partisan modes ... -
Title:Reforming democracy : institutional engineering in Western Europe Author(s):BEDOCK, CamilleDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017, Comparative politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2014Type:BookAbstract:When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal ... -
Title:Uses of social investment Editor(s):HEMERIJCK, AntonDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Type:BookAbstract:The Uses of Social Investment' provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social ... -
Title:Electoral integrity and political regimes : actors, strategies and consequences Editor(s):GARNETT, Holly Ann; ZAVADSKAYA, MargaritaDate:2017Citation:Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2017Type:BookAbstract:Following a normative approach that suggests international norms and standards for elections apply universally, regardless of regime type or cultural context, this book examines the challenges to electoral integrity, the ... -
Title:The acceptance of party unity in parliamentary democracies Author(s):WILLUMSEN, David MunckDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2013Type:BookAbstract:Despite the central role of policy preferences in the subsequent behaviour of legislators, preferences at the level of the individual legislator have been almost entirely neglected in the study of parliaments and legislative ... -
Title:Transnational citizenship and migration Editor(s):BAUBÖCK, RainerDate:2017Citation:Abingdon ; New York ; London : Routledge, 2017, Library of contemporary essays in governance and political theoryType:BookAbstract:Transnational Citizenship is a puzzling concept if we think about citizenship as a relation between an individual, a state and the other citizens of that state. However, such a view of citizenship is no longer adequate in ... -
Title:In search of the lost Orient : an interview with Jean-Louis Schlegel Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2017Citation:New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2017Version:English translation by C. Jon Delogu of the French original 'En quête de l'Orient perdu : entretiens avec Jean-Louis Schlegel', Seuil, 2014Type:BookAbstract:Olivier Roy is one of the world's leading experts on political Islam. But he is not only a scholar-he is also a traveler. Roy's keen and iconoclastic insights emerge from a lifetime of study combined with intrepid exploration ... -
Title:Multiethnic regionalisms in Southeastern Europe : statehood alternatives Author(s):STJEPANOVIC, DejanDate:2017Citation:London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, Comparative territorial politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2012Type:BookAbstract:This book is based on a comparative study of regionalisms in Croatia’s regions of Dalmatia and Istria as well as Serbia’s Vojvodina. The monograph’s main focus is on regionalist political party strategies since 1990, and ... -
Title:The poor's struggle for political incorporation : the Piquetero movement in Argentina Author(s):ROSSI, Federico MatíasDate:2017Citation:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017, Cambridge studies in contentious politicsVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2011Type:BookAbstract:This book offers an innovative perspective on the ever-widening gap between the poor and the state in Latin American politics. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the main social movement that mobilized the poor and ... -
Title:Migration from Turkey to Sweden : integration, belonging and transnational community Editor(s):BASER, Bahar; LEVIN, Paul T.Date:2017Citation:London : I.B. Tauris, 2017, Library of modern Turkey ; 32Type:BookAbstract:The ‘refugee crisis’ and the recent rise of anti-immigration parties across Europe has prompted widespread debates about migration, integration and security on the continent. But the perspectives and experiences of immigrants ... -
Title:European modernity : a global approach Author(s):STRATH, Bo; WAGNER, PeterDate:2017Citation:London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017, Europe's legacy in the modern world. History collectionType:BookAbstract:It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world. This book questions that assumption and re-examines the question of European modernity in the light of world history. ... -
Title:The Oxford handbook of citizenship Editor(s):SHACHAR, Ayelet; BAUBÖCK, Rainer; BLOEMRAAD, Irene; VINK, Maarten PeterDate:2017Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017, Oxford handbooksType:BookAbstract:Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance. The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship brings together leading experts in law, philosophy, ...
