Forthcoming Political Lobbying & Interest Groups Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Transnational Labour Solidarity

   Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European Trade Union movement

   By Katarzyna Gajewska

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   The book examines the integration of European trade union movement and explores the prospects for European or transnational solidarity among workers. Contrary to much existing research and despite national differences, Gajewska examines how trade unions cooperate and the forms in which this...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Another Europe

   Conceptions and practices of democracy in the European Social Forums

   Edited by Donatella Della Porta

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Given the recent focus on the challenges to representative democracy, and the search for new institutions and procedures that can help to channel increasing participation, this book offers empirical insights on alternative conceptions of democracy and the actors that promote them. With a...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Grassroots Elections in China

   Edited by Kevin O'Brien, Suisheng Zhao

   Twenty years after the launch of village elections, the time is ripe to assess the progress and impact of China’s most notable political reform. Where have elections been conducted well and where have they been conducted poorly? How have procedures changed over the years and have elections truly...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Global Political Justice

   Edited by Terry Macdonald, Miriam Ronzoni

   Scholarly debate on the subject of global justice has been overwhelmingly focused so far on the socio-economic aspects of justice. Much less attention has been given to those political aspects of global justice concerned with arrangements for public decision-making and the collective exercise and...

   To Be Published July 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. Small States in Multilateral Economic Negotiations

   Edited by Amrita Narlikar

   This book addresses the puzzle, Can David take on Goliath in multilateral economic negotiations, and if so, then under what conditions? The question of how the weak bargain with the strong in international politics is exciting theoretically and empirically. In a world of ever-increasing...

   To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Politics of Interest Groups

   Evolution, Form and Capacity

   By Darren Halpin

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Interest groups form an important part of the development of political and social systems. The Politics of Interest Groups goes beyond current literature in examining the survival and ‘careers’ of such groups beyond their formation. The book looks at the necessary factors of...

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Personal and the Professional in Aid Work

   Edited by Anne-Meike Fechter

   Series: ThirdWorlds

   This book considers how the personal and the professional dimensions are related, and how they matter for aid work. The contributions to this edited volume are based on the assumption that all actors are relevant in development, including national and international aid workers. A key question which...

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge
8. Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy

   Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence

   Edited by Matt Qvortrup

   Democracy is above all about majority rule. But which majority should rule if a part of a country wants to secede and become independent? Should the majority of the whole country decide? Or only the majority in the part that seeks to become independent be allowed to vote? Referendums and democracy...

   To Be Published August 5th 2013 by Routledge
9. Voters and Parties in the Spanish Political Space

   Edited by Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, Elias Dinas

   Series: South European Society and Politics

   This book deals with the structure of Spanish politics: how citizens and parties locate themselves in political space, and how these actors make decisions based on their positions in the various dimensions this space consists of. The authors of this volume address the questions surrounding the...

   To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edited by Elliott Green, Johanna Söderström, Emil Uddhammar

    Series: Democratization Special Issues

    This book takes a closer look at the role and meaning of political opposition for the development of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. Why is room for political opposition in most cases so severely limited? Under what circumstances has the political opposition been able to establish itself in a...

    To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge