"This book provides a wise and engaging how-to guide that meets the central challenge of policy analysis: combining scientific evidence and social goals to craft practical, real-world solutions." -Thomas S. Dee, Barnett Family Professor of Education, Stanford University

A fresh introduction to the European Union that helps students take an analytical look at this dynamic institution.

The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union offers students and scholars a comprehensive understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. It particularly examines these processes in a more politicized context.

This book discusses the ways civil society initiatives open communities to newcomers and why, how,and under what circumstances some are more welcoming than others,exploring importance of transgressive cosmopolitanism as a basis for creating more inclusive and pluralistic societies.

This comprehensive text explores the psychological origins of political behavior and introduces undergraduate students to a broad range of theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity to illustrate that behavior.

This volume provides a state-of-the-art analysis on the fourth wave of far-right politics in Germany by leading scholars in the field.

Focusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and contemporary context. In this comprehensive and highly readable text, renowned expert Brigitte Nacos clearly defines terrorism’s diverse causes, actors, and strategies; outlines anti- and counterterrorist responses; and highlights terr...

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership attempts to explore the core psychodynamics that appear to characterize Vladimir Putin’s presidency.

The Polycentric Republic presents a compelling and innovative critique of modern social contract theory. It reveals how the social contract theory systematically neglects the interests and prerogatives of non-state associations.

Written in an informal and easy-going style suitable for a wide range of readers, this textbook uses real-world examples to teach the institutional details of healthcare and health insurance and explain the economics that underpin the behaviour of key players in these markets. A complete one-stop-shop for learning about the economics of healthcare.