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  • Democratic Dilemmas

    Why democracies ban political parties

    by Angela Bourne ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    This book examines how democratic communities resolve dilemmas posed by anti-system parties or, more specifically, the question of why democracies take the grave decision to ban political parties. On the one hand, party bans may ‘protect’ democracies, usually from groups deemed to undermine the democratic system or its core values, territorial integrity or state security. At the same time, banning ... Read more

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  • The European Union and the accommodation of Basque difference in Spain

    by Angela Bourne ...
    Series series Europe in Change
    How does the European Union affect devolution and nationalist conflict in member states? Does the EU reduce the scope of regional self-government or enhance it? Does it promote conflict or cooperation among territorial entities? These are pressing questions in Spanish politics, where devolution has been an important tool for managing nationalist disputes, and for the Basque Country, where ... Read more

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  • Responding to Populist Parties in Europe

    The 'Other People' vs the 'Populist People'

    Responding to Populist Parties in Europe: The 'Other People' vs the 'Populist People' provides a new theoretical tool kit exploring how those who disagree with populist parties oppose them and what kinds of opposition initiatives work, why, and to what ends. It argues that analogies with the interwar rise of fascism and postwar communist takeover to the East do not easily fit the reality of today ... Read more

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  • Democratic Defence as Normal Politics

    Everyday Opposition to Populist Parties in Multilevel Europe

    Edited by Angela K. Bourne ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Populist parties in Europe attract many more votes than they did just a fewdecades ago and are now much more likely to govern. They have also become keyplayers in the international sphere. At the same time, the relationship betweendemocracy and populism is subject to substantial scholarly and public debate.This raises questions about opposition to this controversial set of politicalactors: do ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • European Social Movements and the Transnationalization of Public Spheres

    Anti-austerity and pro-democracy mobilisation from the national to the global

    Edited by Angela Bourne ...
    Many contemporary social movements observe, copy, learn from, coordinate and cooperate with other movements abroad, and some mobilise to influence processes of global governance. Can these transnational dimensions of mobilization transform the territorial scale of political debate on issues of common concern in public spheres? In contrast to many existing studies, which focus on the media as ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association TXOK Research AwardDesigning for Autism Spectrum Disorders explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of ... Read more

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    Edited by Gianluca Passarelli ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains why the level of party presidentialization varies from one country to another. It considers the effects of constitutional structures as well as the party's original features, and argues that the degree of party presidentialization varies as a function of the party's genetics. ... Read more

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  • Populism

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who are the populist leaders? And what is the relationship between populism and democracy? This book answers these ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Protecting Democracy in Europe

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    by Tom Theuns ...
    The future of Europe as a community of democratic states is deeply uncertain. The European Union, founded to promote 'ever closer' integration, aims nominally for peaceful, prosperous cooperation. But this ideal has been battered by a series of bruising crises, and now by war. Protecting Democracy in Europe examines how, in this brave new world, the EU can and must safeguard democratic governance ... Read more

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  • Thinking about Democracy

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    Arend Lijphart is one of the world's leading and most influential political scientists whose work has had a profound impact on the study of democracy and comparative politics.Thinking about Democracy draws on a lifetime's experience of research and publication in this area and collects together for the first time his most significant and influential work. The book also contains an entirely new ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Backsliding

    Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World

    Series series Elements in Political Economy
    Assaults on democracy are increasingly coming from the actions of duly elected governments, rather than coups. Backsliding examines the processes through which elected rulers weaken checks on executive power, curtail political and civil liberties, and undermine the integrity of the electoral system. Drawing on detailed case studies, including the United States and countries in Latin America, ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Relations between Immigration and Integration Policies in Europe

    Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives in Selected EU Member States

    Written from a pan-European perspective, this book examines the decision-making processes in immigration and integration policies in Europe across decades, focusing on several key moments of Europe’s postwar history.The analysis of factors taken into consideration by states in key moments of immigration policy (re)formulation shows that Europe is moving away from rational, economic arguments ... Read more

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