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  • Foundations of Comparative Politics

    Democracies of the Modern World

    by Kenneth Newton, Jan W. van Deth ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Comparative Politics
    Now in its fourth edition, this textbook gives a clear and concise account of the government and politics of democratic states, comprehensively updated with recent developments. It provides an ideal guide for undergraduate students who want to understand how and why democratic systems differ between countries and how they are changing in the modern world. It is written and structured in an easy to ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Political Participation in a Changing World

    Conceptual and Empirical Challenges in the Study of Citizen Engagement

    by Yannis Theocharis, Jan W. van Deth ...
    In the last decades, political participation expanded continuously. This expansion includes activities as diverse as voting, tweeting, signing petitions, changing your social media profile, demonstrating, boycotting products, joining flash mobs, attending meetings, throwing seedbombs, and donating money. But if political participation is so diverse, how do we recognize participation when we see it ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Equivalence in Comparative Politics

    Edited by Jan van Deth ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    This book tackles the issues involved and explores strategies to deal with many of the problems of establishing equivalence. Each contribution focuses on a theoretically relevant theme, such as: tolerance; political values; religious orientations; gender roles; voluntary associations; party organizations and party positions; democratic regimes, and the mass media. Each chapter covers different ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Social Capital and European Democracy

    Edited by Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton, Jan Van Deth, Paul Whiteley ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital. Theoretical discussion is combined with detailed case studies to provide a new explanation of : * the origins and nature of social capital * its effects on political participation and policy-making * ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies

    A Comparative Analysis

    Edited by Jan W. Van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies.Research on the future and quality of contemporary democracy is usually restricted to focus either on political participation, on particular aspects of citizenship, or on social activities, exclusively. This new book offers the first empirical ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society

    Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action

    Edited by Jan van Deth, William Maloney ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    This book examines citizen engagement in contemporary democratic politics and the development of new participatory forms. Based on empirical information gathered from citizens, activists and organizations, it examines the changing face of democratic participation.Advanced democracies are ‘plagued’ by the complex problem of basing political decisions on the active engagement of citizens and ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Civil Society and Activism in Europe

    Contextualizing engagement and political orientations

    Edited by William A. Maloney, Jan W. Van Deth ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    This book examines the role of civil society organizations in several advanced European democracies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specifically the book focuses on how voluntary organizations contribute to civic and democratic health and assesses the impact of different organizational types on social capital.Building on Citizenship and Involvement in European ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Private Groups and Public Life

    Social Participation and Political Involvement in Representative Democracies

    Edited by Jan W. van Deth ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    This book focuses on the changing relationship between social and political involvement in Western Europe. Empirical case studies examine how new social movements interact with conventional political structures as individuals and groups experiment with new forms of political expression. The results indicate not a declining, but a changing democratic culture. ... Read more

    $265.00 USD

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    The New Institutionalism

    by Professor B. Guy Peters ...
    Institutional Theory in Political Science provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary institutional theory, an essential tool to understand the world of politics and government.Written by B. Guy Peters, a prominent expert in the field, the book argues that the new institutionalism comprises eight variations on the theme of institutional analysis. Through a series of questions, the author ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

    Edited by Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature of our times. It analyzes the ideology in unusually wide-ranging terms as a movement that not only opened markets but also introduced new logics into ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Handbook of Public Policy Analysis

    Theory, Politics, and Methods

    Edited by Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller ...
    Series series Public Administration and Public Policy
    The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems.Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Security

    Dialogue across Disciplines

    Edited by Philippe Bourbeau ...
    Security is a vital subject of study in the twenty-first century and a central theme in many social science disciplines. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which the concept of security is theorized and studied across different disciplines. The book has two objectives: first, to explore the growing diversity of theories, paradigms, and methods developed to study security; ... Read more

    $35.29 USD