This is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women s parliamentary representation across the world.
This is important reading for all those working to increase women s influence in politics, because it scrutinizes under what circumstances gender quotas do increase women s representation and why they sometimes fail.
These distinguished international scholars also show how gender balance in politics has become important to a nation s...
This is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comp...
This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerging democracies outside of Europe.
Semi-presidentialism is where there is both a directly-elected fixed-term president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature. For the most part, semi-presidentialism is seen as being a risky choice for new democracies because it can create potentially destabilizing competition between the president and prime minister. And yet, there are now more than fifty semi-presidential countries in the world. Moreover, many of these countries are in Africa, the...
This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerging democracies outside of Europe.
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the development of democracy in central and eastern Europe after the fall of communism?
These core questions are tackled by an impressive range of twenty political scientists, sixteen of which are based in the central and eastern European countries covered in this essential new book. Their analyses draw on a unique set of data collected and processed by the contributors to this volume within the...
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientati...
The first book-length treatment of the political representation of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the Westminster model.
Written by a major international team of authors, this new study features twelve chapters on both new and established parliaments, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It tests the latest theories about women's political representation within Westminster style assemblies and is organized into three key sections that:
examine the extent to which the descriptive representation of women...
The first book-length treatment of the political representation of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the Westminster model.
This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy and is a companion volume to Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies.
This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy and is a c...
This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies. Research on the future and quality of contemporary democracy is usually restricted to focus either on political participation, on particular aspects of citizenship, or on social activities, exclusively. This new book offers the first empirical investigation of the relationships both between social and political involvement, and between "small-scale" and "large-scale" democracies. "Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies" offers...
This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies. Re...
This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe.
The leading contributors go beyond a quantitative profile of foundations in Europe, and probe deeper into their role and contributions in meeting the economic, cultural, environmental and educational needs of European societies. Includes a mapping and appraisal of foundation visions, policies and strategies, and an overall assessment of the current and future policy environment in which they operate. The Politics of Foundations combines the detailed comparative analysis of...
This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe.
This new book from Norman Schofield is the first to explain the spatial model of voting from an economics/mathematical/game-theoretic perspective. As such, it is at the cutting edge of research within politics and economics and will be required reading in these spheres.
This new book from Norman Schofield is the first to explain the spatial model of voting from an economics/mathematical/game-theoretic perspective. As ...
Compares and explores how social democratic governments had to adapt to globalization, European integration, and social change; and whether they successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in light of the devaluation of traditiona
Compares and explores how social democratic governments had to adapt to globalization, European integration, and social change; and whether they succe...
Examines the international dimensions of democratization processes, showing the degree to which international actors have an influence on what were once thought of as exclusively domestic processes of political change.
Examines the international dimensions of democratization processes, showing the degree to which international actors have an influence on what were...
