Governance Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Jon Unruh, Rhodri Williams

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority,...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Regional Organizations in African Security

   Edited by Fredrik Soderbaum, Rodrigo Tavares

   The African continent is plagued by some of the most brutal and violent conflicts in the world. At the same time that warfare is changing, so has the state’s capacity to provide security and political stability to its citizens. This book deals with the role of regional organizations in Africa’s...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Political Leadership, Parties and Citizens

   The personalisation of leadership

   Edited by Jean Blondel, Jean-Louis Thiebault

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Social structure may historically have been of primary importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the significance of personality in political leadership...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe

   Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making

   By Rainer Eising

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Political Economy of Europe's Incomplete Single Market

   Edited by David Howarth, Tal Sadeh

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   Progress in European market integration over the past two decades has come at the expense of growing flexibility, or differentiation, in the laws that govern the Single Market (SM) as well as the way that these laws are implemented. This volume examines how the completion of the SM has been held...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Post-communist Regime Change

   A Comparative Study

   By Jørgen Møller

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   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 between 1990 – 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Lula, the Workers' Party and the Governability Dilemma in Brazil

   By Hernán F. Gómez Bruera

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   While scholars, activists and pundits from around the world have heralded the Lula years as a breakthrough for poverty reduction and the forthcoming emergence of Brazil as a dynamic economic superpower, many of their counterparts in the country as well as a number of Brazilianists elsewhere, have...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Chinese Communist Party and China’s Capitalist Revolution

   The Political Impact of Market

   By Lance Gore

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   The Chinese Communist Party and China’s Capitalist Revolution examines issues of political change and development in China. In the last 30 years China has experienced a profound political transformation and a degree of political progress but these are largely mired in the assumption that the free...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Intellectual Property in Global Governance

    A Development Question

    By Chidi Oguamanam

    Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

    Intellectual Property in Global Governance critically examines the evolution of international intellectual property law-making from the build up to the TRIPS Agreement, through the TRIPS and post-TRIPS era. The book focuses on a number of thematic intellectual property issue linkages, exploring the...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge