Title:Politics of Segmentation: Party competition and social protection in Europe
Author(s):PICOT, GeorgDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a ...
Title:Politische Vernunft: Ihre Struktur und Dynamik
Author(s):RINDERLE, PeterDate:1998Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Das vorliegende Werk ist von doppeltem Wert: es entfaltet eine Theorie der politischen Vernunft, die sowohl der Maximierung des Allgemeinwohls verpflichtet ist, als auch Fragen der nationalen Selbstbestimmung und der ...
Title:Politisierte Religion: Der Kopftuchstreit in Deutschland und Frankreich
Author(s):AMIR-MOAZAMI, SchirinDate:2007Abstract:Ausgehend von den anhaltenden Debatten um das islamische Kopftuch in staatlichen Bildungseinrichtungen Deutschlands und Frankreichs analysiert Schirin Amir-Moazami die Logiken der Diskursproduktion über den Islam und bringt ...
Title:Post-communist Regime Change: A comparative study
Author(s):MOLLER, JorgenDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991.
Considering the trajectories of individual states ...
Title:Post-democracy
Author(s):CROUCH, ColinDate:2004Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Themes for the 21st century
Title:Power, realism, and constructivism
Author(s):GUZZINI, StefanoDate:2013Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their ...
Title:Private interest government : beyond market and state
Author(s):STREECK, Wolfgang; SCHMITTER, Philippe C.Date:1985Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Market liberalism and state interventionism are both challenged as modes of democratic government by this book. It suggests that the development of private interest governments might be a more viable policy alternative for ...
Title:The Problem-Centred Interview: Principles and practice
Author(s):WITZEL, Andreas; REITER, HerwigDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Interviewing is among the most commonly used methods in qualitative research. It is a pragmatic and reliable tool for collecting information and can be adapted to diverse situations and purposes. The discursive-dialogic ...
Title:Promises and Limits of Web-deliberation
Author(s):KIES, RaphaëlDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Does the increasing usage of online political forums lead to a more deliberative democracy? This book answers to this question by presenting the evolution of the public spaces in a historical perspective, by defining and ...
Title:Protection for Exporters: Power and Discrimination in Transatlantic Trade Relations, 1930–2010
Author(s):DÜR, AndreasDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The liberalization of transatlantic trade relations since the Great Depression is one of the key developments in the global political economy of the last hundred years. This period has seen the negotiated reduction of both ...
Title:Public Broadcasting and Political Interference
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Public broadcasters, like the BBC and the Italian broadcaster RAI, are some of the most important media organisations in the world. Politicians are often tempted to interfere in the workings of these broadcasters and when ...
Title:The Puzzles of Politics: Inquiries into the genesis and transformation of international relations
Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, FriedrichDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Puzzles of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking has developed over the last 30 years. It addresses topical ...