Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet with the new needs of undergraduate students as they come to terms with a changing social and political landscape in Europe.
Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new ed...
The Third Edition of this successful textbook introduces students to the major concepts, models, and approaches surrounding the public sector. Now fully updated to include coverage of the New Public Management (NPM), The Public Sector is the most comprehensive textbook on theories of public policy and public administration. The Public Sector is introduced within a three-part framework: public resource allocation, redistribution and regulation. Jan-Erik Lane explains the basic concepts of each of these broad areas, and goes on to examine their consequences for various approaches to the making...
The Third Edition of this successful textbook introduces students to the major concepts, models, and approaches surrounding the public sector. Now ful...
Globalization is a common theme in the discourse of post-industrial society, yet it is a process that is ill understood. Is it basically a technological phenomenon or does its immense impulse derive from economic factors? Should it be regulated by government, and at what level? Questions such as these are debated continuously in the mass media, yet there are no simple answers available, as globalization is not only an amporphous but also a contested phenomenon.Government and the Economy is a completely reworked edition of Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson's popular text Comparative Political...
Globalization is a common theme in the discourse of post-industrial society, yet it is a process that is ill understood. Is it basically a technolo...
This is a new introductory textbook on comparative politics and government, providing students with a guide to the literature and a new approach to the subject.
This is a new introductory textbook on comparative politics and government, providing students with a guide to the literature and a new approach to th...
An overview of European politics, emphasizing convergence rather than divergence. This analytic approach to economic, cultural and political aspects of politics in Europe presents a Europe that has more in common in the late 1990s than ever before.
An overview of European politics, emphasizing convergence rather than divergence. This analytic approach to economic, cultural and political aspects o...
While some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies. It presents us with unknown challenges and, as governments start to discuss what to do about these challenges, it is becoming obvious that globalization is not manageable. With globalization the juggernaut of the 21st century, all countries of the world become interdependent in relation to the coming energy crisis, climate change, the sharper cleavages between rich and poor countries and people, and the emergence of a multicultural social structure. This interesting and erudite book...
While some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies. It presents us with unknown challenges and, ...
Muslim societies are struggling under the need for modernization and the drift towards Islamic fundamentalism. The balance between these two forces is struck differently in the various Muslim societies depending upon the constellation of groups as historical legacies. However, the tension is real. In this work, Jan-Erik Lane and Hamadi Redissi look at the underlying social consequences of religious beliefs to account for the political differences between major civilizations of the world against a background of the rise of modern capitalism. Offering a timely new appraisal of the political and...
Muslim societies are struggling under the need for modernization and the drift towards Islamic fundamentalism. The balance between these two forces is...
Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet with the new needs of undergraduate students as they come to terms with a changing social and political landscape in Europe.
Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new ed...
Starting from the principal-agent perspective, this book offers a new analysis of government. It interprets political institutions as devices designed to solve the omnipresent principal-agent game in politics. In other words how to select, instruct, monitor and evaluate political agents or elites so that they deliver in accordance with the needs and preferences of their principal: the population.
This book explores whether there are any evolutionary mechanisms in politics which guide mankind towards the rule of law regime, domestically and globally. It combines a cross-sectional...
Starting from the principal-agent perspective, this book offers a new analysis of government. It interprets political institutions as devices desig...
Since constitutional arrangements are what make politics work, they are a central concern of political theory. This book, now completely updated, was the first comprehensive exploration of the political theory of constitutions. Jan-Erik Lane begins by examining the origins and history of constitutionalism and answers key questions such as: what is a constitution? Why are there constitutions? From where does constitutionalism originate? How is the constitutional state related to democracy and justice? Constitutions play a major role in domestic and international politics in the early...
Since constitutional arrangements are what make politics work, they are a central concern of political theory. This book, now completely updated, was ...
