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Forthcoming Political Behavior and Participation Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism

    The “Politics of the Past” in Southern European Democracies

    Edited by Antonio Costa Pinto, Leonardo Morlino

    In recent years the agenda of how to ‘deal with the past’ has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Africa's Contemporary Challenges

    The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral

    Edited by Carlos Lopes

    This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals...

    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. Oppositional Discourses and Democracies

    Edited by Michael Huspek

    Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

    When citizens take to the streets or pack assembly halls or share their ideas through the minority press, they often give voice to truths and logic that have otherwise been given little or no airing through the available institutional channels offered by democratic states. Such discourses offer new...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  5. Parliaments and Citizens

    Edited by Cristina Leston-Bandeira

    Series: Library of Legislative Studies

    The relationship between parliaments and citizens is one of the least studied subjects in legislative studies, yet this is a crucial dimension to understand parliaments and the role they play in our political systems. Furthermore, this relationship has gained considerable visibility over the...

    To Be Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge

  6. Race and the Politics of the Exception

    Equality, Sovereignty, and American Democracy

    By Utz McKnight

    Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

    The traditional assumption today about race is that it is not political; that it has no political content and is a matter of individual beliefs and attitudes. In Race and the Politics of the Exception, Utz McKnight argues that race is in fact political and defines how it functions as a politics in...

    To Be Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge

  7. American Government and Popular Discontent

    Stability without Success

    By Steven E. Schier, Todd E. Eberly

    Popular distrust and the entrenchment of government by professionals lie at the root of America’s most pressing political problems. How did U.S. politics get to this point? Contemporary American politics got much of its shape from the transformations brought about from the 1950s to the 1980s....

    To Be Published June 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  8. Religion in the Context of Globalization

    Essays on Concept, Form, and Political Implication

    By Peter Beyer

    Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

    Peter Beyer has been a central figure in the debate about religion and globalization for many years, this volume is a collection of essays on the relation between religion and globalization with special emphasis on the concept of religion, its modern forms and on the relation of religion to the...

    To Be Published June 17th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia

    A Comparative Regional Study

    By Asnake Kefale

    Series: Routledge Series in Federal Studies

    This book examines the impact of the federal restructuring of Ethiopia on ethnic conflicts. The adoption of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia was closely related with the problem of creating a state structure that could be used as instrument of managing the complex ethno-linguistic diversity of the...

    To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union

    By Elizabeth Radziszewski

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    Although political conversations on European integration are common, they are not part of existing explanations for attitude formation on the EU. This book examines the impact of social interactions, specifically interpersonal and informal discussions, on shaping individuals’ views on European...

    To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge