12,154円 There is a widely acknowledged evaluation gap in the field of e-participation practice and research, a lack of systematic evaluation with regard to process organization, outcome and impacts. This book addresses the state of the art of e-participation research and the existing evaluation gap by re...

5,822円 Since the discovery of abundant oil resources in the 1920s, Venezuela has had an economically privileged position among the nations of Latin America, which has led to its being treated by economic and political analysts as an exceptional case. In her well-known study of Venezuela’s political econ...

4,172円 The opening events of the French Revolution have stood as some of the most familiar in modern European history. Traumatic Politics emerges as a fresh voice from the existing historiography of this widely studied course of events. In applying a psychological lens to the classic problem of why the ...

6,905円 When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that such direct elections would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Parliament. Moreover, the elections were expected to raise public interest, engagement and support for the Eur...

1,374円 Career Behaviour and the European Parliament seeks to answer the question of how a political institution, such as the European Parliament, can impact the career ambitions and behaviours chosen by European politicians. Long considered a 'second order' legislature in its degree of political importa...

5,970円 Democratization from Above seeks to explain why some national and state governments in the developing world introduce reforms to make local governance more democratic while others neglect or actively undermine democracy at local levels of government. The study challenges conventional wisdom that ...

5,777円 From the “Great Arab Revolt” against Ottoman rule in World War I to the upheavals of the Arab Spring, this text analyzes a century of modern Arab history through the lens of three intertwined notions: the idea of a single Arab nation, the reality of multiple Arab states, and the competition betwe...

5,777円 Every political system, either developed or adopted, has an impact on the structure of society and the level of development. This book analyzes the evolution and nature of political institutions and their effect on Africa’s development. The challenges Africa face in developing viable institutions...

4,085円 Eine Weltregion ist eine Subagglomeration, die sich durch eine signifikant höhere Interaktionsdichte in einem umfassenderen, heute globalen Weltsystem auszeichnet. Stellt Ostasien – von China, Korea und Japan im Norden bis Indonesien im Süden – eine solche Weltregion dar? Zur Beantwortung der Fra...

5,452円 Die neuen Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts, wie der weltweite islamistische Terrorismus, aber auch der drohende Klimawandel und die daraus hervorgehenden Naturkatastrophen führen zu weit reichenden Veränderungen im System der Inneren Sicherheit. Standen bislang hauptsächlich der Bereich der...

3,064円 Nicaragua, das zweitärmste Land Lateinamerikas, durchlebte in den letzten 25 Jahren zwei extreme politische Experimente: sozialistische Revolution gefolgt von radikalem Marktliberalismus. Nach gängigen Indikatoren für internationale Vergleiche von Entwicklungsniveaus ist Nicaragua sehr weit davon...

567円 Andreas Maisch untersucht den Personalaustausch zwischen öffentlichem Dienst und Privatwirtschaft, der in der Öffentlichkeit teilweise als eine neue Form des Lobbyismus betrachtet wird. Dabei analysiert der Autor, wie sich die Anzahl der externen Mitarbeiter seit dem Jahr 2008 entwickelt hat und ...