A sibling of interwar Europe's other fascist regimes, Franco's Spain survived them all, growing to a feeble old age in an era of liberal democracy. This book looks beyond the mythology surrounding the origins of Franco's dictatorship to provide a critical overview of the regime as a whole. All phases of this history are covered: the dictatorship's emergence out of a bloody uprising against a democratic government; the "high period" of Francoism with all its poverty, hunger, and fear, as followed by a complex time of change and economic growth; and the final demise of Franco's reign amid open...
A sibling of interwar Europe's other fascist regimes, Franco's Spain survived them all, growing to a feeble old age in an era of liberal democracy. Th...
An examination of the vital role played by some of the countries in the semi-periphery within the global order. The text examines their responses and reactions to global change, and the place of regionalism within their foreign economic policy. It represents an analysis of the role of the semi-periphery in creating the new regionalism which is emerging in the 1990s. Case studies cover Brazil and Mercosur, Chile, South East Asia, China, South Africa, the Maghreb, Turkey and Australia. These are framed by introductory chapters focusing on the creation of the semi-periphery in the context of...
An examination of the vital role played by some of the countries in the semi-periphery within the global order. The text examines their responses and ...
This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters utilise empirical data from Europe, Africa and Latin America.
This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three diff...
Two decades of neoliberalism in Latin America have left legacies of uneven growth, inequity and lackluster democracy. This book offers an original and grounded discussion of what governance after neoliberalism means in Latin America and examines how states are pursuing more independent development strategies and models of democracy.
Two decades of neoliberalism in Latin America have left legacies of uneven growth, inequity and lackluster democracy. This book offers an original and...
The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies on labour, migration, children and development that explore the actual nature of governance policies in the GPE.
Jean Grugel and Nicola Piper clearly show how global governance, the creation of global norms and regimes to regulate polities, economic and social actors, suggests and promotes ideals such as stable politics, democracy, human rights and individualism, with a strategy to create a more ordered and ultimately better world....
The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies o...
The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies on labour, migration, children and development that explore the actual nature of governance policies in the GPE.
Jean Grugel and Nicola Piper clearly show how global governance, the creation of global norms and regimes to regulate polities, economic and social actors, suggests and promotes ideals such as stable politics, democracy, human rights and individualism, with a strategy to create a more ordered and ultimately better world....
The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies o...
The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contemporary world. It has been systematically revised and updated throughout to cover recent developments, from the impact of 9/11 and EU enlargement to the war in Iraq.
The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contempo...
The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contemporary world. It has been systematically revised and updated throughout to cover recent developments, from the impact of 9/11 and EU enlargement to the war in Iraq.
The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contempo...
The politics of claiming rights and strategies of mobilisation exhibited by marginalised social groups lie at the heart of this volume. In so doing, the book bridges the literature on contentious politics, the politics of claiming social justice, and everyday politics of resistance.
The politics of claiming rights and strategies of mobilisation exhibited by marginalised social groups lie at the heart of this volume. In so doing,...
International development is a dynamic, vibrant and complex field - both in terms of practices and in relation to framing and concepts. This collection draws together leading experts from a range of disciplines, including development economics, geography, sociology, political science and international relations, to explore persistent problems and emergent trends in international development. Building from an introduction to key development theories, this Handbook proceeds to examine key development questions relating to the changing donor and aid landscape, the changing role of citizens...
International development is a dynamic, vibrant and complex field - both in terms of practices and in relation to framing and concepts. This collec...
