199 products in Political Science

The German Historical School of Economics, that exerted a strong influence on the German-speaking world throughout the 19th century, was a reaction to rationalism and enlightenment and challenged British Classical Economics. This

This book is a completely revised edition of the popular first edition, Politics & Society in the Third World. The author has bought the book in line with the major changes in

The first book to offer an authoritative account of women's history throughout the nineteenth century. It offers a major reinterpretation of the French past in relation to gender throughout these tumultuous decades

This book demonstrates that a federal Europe is not a serious threat to the survival of the nation-state. Essential reading for all those interested in European federalism, European politics and the history

This is the first book to look at the process of European integration by drawing on both established and new trends in post-modern thinking and analysis.

Now that Soviet style socialism has collapsed upon itself and liberal capitalism offers itself as the natural, necessary and absolute condition of human social life on a worldwide scale. This book insists

No set of international relations is as thoroughly analyzed, commented on, taken apart and critiqued as the ties between Europe and the United States. A period of post-Cold War integration has been

This book rejects the notion that the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis was further evidence that ultimately capitalism can only develop within liberal social and political institutions.

This book offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy and explores the effectiveness of the voucher system in an international context.

This volume presents a comparative survey exploring the challenges of the implementation e-government in Europe, the US, Australia and Asia. It examines national government strategies and their institutional framework of coordination.

Deals with the reasons and consequences of the so called 'democratic deficit' in a systematic way that enables the reader to develop a well-rounded sense of the area and its main debates.

This book provides an innovative and in-depth account of the contemporary political economy of capitalist development in the Southern Cone countries of Latin America - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years. It argues that the political relationship

The Commonwealth consists of only a quarter of the world's states and yet the Commonwealth Secretariat and Foundation have made and continue to make a significant contribution to global politics. Commonwealth

A new examination of contemporary federalism and federation, which delivers a detailed theoretical study underpinned by fresh case studies. It is grounded in a clear distinction between 'federations', particular kinds of states,

There is currently widespread interest in the Chinese economy, due to its huge and rapid growth, and the consequent impact on world business and the world economy. At the same time, there

Provides a coverage of four key areas such as: the challenge - contradictions, outcomes and global affairs; the profession - community, globalized space and international relations; globalization - complexities, contradictions and theory;

Although inter-state tensions have generally been easing after the Cold War, military power remains a dominant factor in Asian regional politics. As China, operating the world's largest army, grows stronger, there are

One of the most remarkable aspects of South Korea's transition from impoverished post-colonial nation to fully-fledged industrialized democracy has been the growth of its independent and dynamic labour movement. Korean Workers and