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  1. The Rise of Japanese NGOs

    Activism from Above

    By Kim D. Reimann

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    Over the past two decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have exploded in number and emerged as a new force in international and transnational politics. Why, however, do some countries nonetheless have more active NGO sectors than others? Using the case of Japan, this book uncovers...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Man's Dominion

    The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

    By Sheila Jeffreys

    In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy. Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism,...

    Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge

  3. The Comparative Approach to National Movements

    Miroslav Hroch and Nationalism Studies

    Edited by Alexander Maxwell

    Series: Association for the Study of Nationalities

    Miroslav Hroch’s Social Preconditions of National Revival has profoundly influenced the study of nationalism since it first appeared in English translation, particularly because of its famous three-phase model for describing and analyzing national movements in Eastern Europe. Contributors to this...

    Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge

  4. Perspectives of National Elites on European Citizenship

    A South European View

    Edited by Nicolò Conti, Maurizio Cotta, Pedro Tavares de Almeida

    Series: South European Society and Politics

    Over the last two decades, the process of European integration has become interwoven with the theme of citizenship and the debate on the democratic quality of the EU and of its institutions has become more salient. What are the views about Europe which emerge when we interrogate the national elites...

    Published October 2nd 2011 by Routledge

  5. Chinese Migrants in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Felix B. Chang, Sunnie T. Rucker-Chang

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    Much of the former Soviet bloc has become a destination for new Chinese migrants. Throughout Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Chinese migrants are engaged in entrepreneurial activities, primarily as petty merchants of consumer goods in unsteady economies. This book situates these migrants...

    Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge

  6. The UK General Election of 2010

    Explaining the Outcome

    Edited by Justin Fisher, Christopher Wlezien

    The 2010 general election was the most eagerly awaited contest in Britain since 1997. With opinion polls showing a closing gap between the parties, the result was uncertain right up to polling day. In the end, the election was particularly noteworthy for three reasons. First of all, there were...

    Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge

  7. The Politics of International Law and Compliance

    Serbia, Croatia and The Hague Tribunal

    By Nikolas M. Rajkovic

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    Leading the debate on the domestic effect of the growing influence of international adjudication, this invaluable text examines Serbia and Croatia’s erratic record of compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Since the demise of the Milosevic and Tudjman...

    Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge

  8. The Funding of Political Parties

    Where Now?

    Edited by Keith Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom, Joo-Cheong Tham

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    This book explores the problems associated with regulating the funding of political parties and election campaigns in a timely assessment of a topic of great political controversy. From interest in Obama's capacity to raise vast sums of money, to scandals that have rocked UK and Australian...

    Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge

  9. Pathways to Polling

    Crisis, Cooperation and the Making of Public Opinion Professions

    By Amy Fried

    In midcentury America, the public opinion polling enterprise faced a crisis of legitimacy. Every major polling firm predicted a win for Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election—and of course they all got it wrong. This failure generated considerable criticisms of polling and...

    Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge

  10. New Directions in Public Opinion

    Edited by Adam J. Berinsky

    Series: New Directions in American Politics

    The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the disciplines of psychology, economics, sociology, and even biology to learn how ordinary people come to understand the complicated business of politics. But much of the...

    Published August 22nd 2011 by Routledge