Comparative Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. International Relations in France

   Writing between Discipline and State

   By Henrik Breitenbauch

   Series: Worlding Beyond the West

   Why is the French International Relations (IR) discipline different from the transnational-American discipline? By analysing argument structures in research articles across time, this book shows how the discipline in France is caught between the American character of the discipline and the French...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Religion in International Relations Theory

   Interactions and Possibilities

   By Nukhet Sandal, Jonathan Fox

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

   There is a growing realization among international relations scholars and practitioners that religion is a critical factor in global politics. The Iranian Revolution, the September 11 attacks, the ethno-religious conflicts such as the ones in the former Yugoslavia and Sri Lanka are among the many...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Independence Movements in Subnational Island Jurisdictions

   Edited by Eve Hepburn, Godfrey Baldacchino

   The dynamics for any moves for political independence in the 21st century are very different from those of the 20th. The aspirations of former colonies to independence are grinding to a halt; the rationale for selfdetermination is increasingly driven by strategic and pragmatic economic arguments,...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. The United States, Israel, and the Search for International Order

   Socializing States

   By Cameron G. Thies

   Series: Role Theory and International Relations

   How do emerging states become full, functioning members of the international system? In this book, Cameron G. Thies argues that new and emerging states are subject to socialization efforts by current member states, which guide them in locating their position in the international system. Thies...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Routledge Handbook of Regionalism & Federalism

   Edited by John Loughlin, John Kincaid, Wilfried Swenden

   Almost all states are either federal or regionalized in some sense. It is difficult to find a state that is entirely unitary and the Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism necessarily takes in almost the entire world. Both federalism and regionalism have been subjects of a vast academic...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
6. Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies

   Congress, Judiciary and Civil Society

   Edited by Moira B. MacKinnon, Ludovico Feoli

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   Legislatures, the judiciary and civil society are important actors in representative democracies. In what ways and how well do they represent? And how effectively do they carry out their institutional and social roles? Both questions refer to the key dimensions of democracy analyzed in this book:...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

   Uganda in Comparative African Perspective

   By Roger Tangri

   Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations

   This book considers the causes of high-level state corruption as well as the political constraints of countering corruption in Africa. It examines elite corruption in government as well as in the political and military spheres of state activity, and focuses on illegal behaviour on the part of state...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
8. Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

   Edited by Paul Hare, Gerard Turley

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Transition from central planning to a market economy, involving large-scale institutional change and reforms at all levels, is often described as the greatest social science experiment in modern times. As more than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Party Politics in the Western Balkans

   Edited by Vera Stojarová, Peter Emerson

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition. Beginning with a thematic overview of the electoral systems and their link to the party systems, the authors...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. New Norms and Knowledge in World Politics

    Protecting people, intellectual property and the environment

    By Preslava Stoeva

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    This book examines the process of norm development and knowledge creation in international politics, and assesses these processes in case studies on protection from torture, intellectual property rights and climate change. Drawing on the theories of constructivism and the sociology of scientific...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge