Political Lobbying & Interest Groups Books

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41. Sexual Justice / Cultural Justice

    Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice

    Edited by Barbara Arneil, Monique Deveaux, Rita Dhamoon, Avigail Eisenberg

    Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

    This key volume explores the relationship between cultural justice and sexual justice in multicultural societies in a new light. The authors challenge the framing of ‘feminism and multiculturalism’ as one of inevitable conflict, as well as the portrayal of liberal sexual equality and cultural...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
42. Transnational Activism in the UN and the EU

    A comparative study

    Edited by Jutta Joachim, Birgit Locher

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    Comparing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the United Nations and the European Union across a range of different issue areas, this volume examines how the choice of venue and institution affects the strategies of NGOs. Despite significant differences with respect to their scope, membership...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
43. Strategy in Information and Influence Campaigns

    How Policy Advocates, Social Movements, Insurgent Groups, Corporations, Governments and Others Get What They Want

    By Jarol B. Manheim

    Information and influence campaigns are a particularly cogent example of the broader phenomenon we now term strategic political communication. If we think of political communication as encompassing the creation, distribution, control, use, processing and effects of information as a political...

    Published December 7th 2010 by Routledge
44. Power and Transnational Activism

    Edited by Thomas Olesen

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    This book focuses on global activism and uses a power perspective to provide an in-depth and coherent analysis of both the possibilities and limitations of global activism. Bringing together scholars from IR, sociology, and political science, this book offers new and critical insights on global...

    Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge
45. Negotiation Theory and the EU

    The State of the Art

    Edited by Andreas Dür, Gemma Mateo, Daniel Thomas

    Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

    Negotiations are central to the ethos and functioning of the European Union, yet the dynamics of EU negotiations have received far too little systematic scholarly attention. This volume offers a thematic and forward-looking survey of cutting-edge research on EU negotiation dynamics, identifying...

    Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge
46. The New Politics of European Civil Society

    Edited by Ulrike Liebert, Hans-Jörg Trenz

    Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

    Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil society has emerged as a...

    Published November 9th 2010 by Routledge
47. Globality, Democracy and Civil Society

    Edited by Terrell Carver, Jens Bartelson

    Series: Democratization Studies

    Globality, Democracy and Civil Society explores the relationship between the concepts of democracy and civil society through a comparison of their meaning and function in different historical and cultural contexts. This volume presents detailed contextual studies in Europe, North America, Japan,...

    Published October 14th 2010 by Routledge
48. Arguing Global Governance

    Agency, Lifeworld and Shared Reasoning

    Edited by Corneliu Bjola, Markus Kornprobst

    Series: New International Relations

    This book deals with the questions of how global governance can and ought to effectively address serious global problems, such as financial instability, military conflicts, distributive injustice and increasing concerns of ecological disasters. Providing a unified theoretical framework, the...

    Published September 8th 2010 by Routledge
49. The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities

    Voters, Parties and Parliaments in Liberal Democracies

    Edited by Karen Bird, Thomas Saalfeld, Andreas M. Wüst

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    In 2005, almost 700,000 immigrants acquired the citizenship of a member state of the European Union; over 600,000 became US citizens; nearly 100,000 became Australians and approximately 200,000 Canadians. 2005 was not an exceptional year. During the past decades, many advanced liberal democracies...

    Published August 12th 2010 by Routledge
50. The Arab Lobby and US Foreign Policy

    The Two-State Solution

    By Khalil Marrar

    Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

    The US foreign policy stance on Israel-Palestine has shifted considerably in recent years, from a position of "Israel only" to one which embraces both Israel and Palestine in a call for peace. This volume assesses why the US stance has evolved in the way that it has, concluding that while...

    Published June 9th 2010 by Routledge