A comprehensive assessment of the nature and evolving character of authoritarian regimes, their changing character and the main theoretical explanations of their incidence, character and performance. The third edition covers the rise of new forms of disguised dictatorship and semi-competitive democracy in the 21st Century.
A comprehensive assessment of the nature and evolving character of authoritarian regimes, their changing character and the main theoretical explanatio...
The fully revised third edition of this popular text provides a thematically organised introduction to the governance and politics of Europe. An accessible, up-to-date guide, it covers the institutions and issues that matter, and uses nine representative countries as case studies throughout.
The fully revised third edition of this popular text provides a thematically organised introduction to the governance and politics of Europe. An acces...
Begins by introducing the origins and historical development of the European Community and then progresses to provide an analysis of the powers, influence and functioning of its principal institutions and political actors as well as analysing its policy interests and processes.
Begins by introducing the origins and historical development of the European Community and then progresses to provide an analysis of the powers, influ...
The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historical existence of extremist parties on the left and right, an economy which struggles to adapt, the cleavage between a developed north and an underdeveloped south, the challenge posed by terrorist groups and organized crime, high public debt, and governments that last on average only ten months. Paradoxically, however, Italy continues to muddle through from one political crisis to another with one of the world's highest standards of living and...
The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historica...
