Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

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1. Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

   Edited by Jeffrey Haynes

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   In the early twenty-first century, it is now clear that religion is increasingly influential in the political realm in ways which call into question the principles and practices of secularism. The Iranian revolution of 1978-9 marked the decisive ‘reappearance’ of political religion in global...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. European and North American Policy Change

   Drivers and Dynamics

   Edited by Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   The issue of policy dynamics is a key one in policy studies and one which is particularly amenable to comparative policy research. This edited volume brings together some of the leading scholars in the field to examine the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of policy change....

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Referendums and Representative Democracy

   Responsiveness, Accountability and Deliberation

   Edited by Maija Setälä, Theo Schiller

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This volume analyses how the use of referendums affects the central functions and characteristics of representative democracy. It provides a balanced account of the interaction between referendums and representative institutions and actors, seeking to evaluate whether referendums supplement or...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. Education in Political Science

   Discovering a neglected field

   Edited by Anja P. Jakobi, Kerstin Martens, Klaus Dieter Wolf

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This pioneering volume is devoted to the analysis of education from the perspective of political science, applying the full range of the discipline’s analytical perspectives and methodological tools. The contributions demonstrate how education policy can be explored systematically from a variety...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. The Future of Political Community

   Edited by Gideon Baker, Jens Bartelson

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book explores the alternative futures of political community and moves beyond the critique of what is wrong with existing, state-based forms of political community. It does so not with the defence of a particular normative model of political community in mind, but rather in the quest for new...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality

   Stretching, Bending and Policy-Making

   Edited by Emanuela Lombardo, Petra Meier, Mieke Verloo

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book explores the discursive constructions of gender equality and the implications of these understandings in a broad range of policy fields. Using gender equality as a prime example, a number of internationally renowned scholars offer a new vocabulary to identify and study processes of the...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule

   A Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Francesco Cavatorta

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change. This book moves beyond traditional notions of civil society and explains the complexity of state-society relations in authoritarian contexts outside the framework...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Migration and Organized Civil Society

   Rethinking National Policy

   Edited by Dirk Halm, Zeynep Sezgin

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
9. Party Government in the New Europe

   Edited by Hans Keman, Ferdinand Muller-Rommel

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies. The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly...

   Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict

    Edited by Magnus Öberg, Kaare Strøm

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars. Written by leading researchers in the field of conflict...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge