Offering a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, this new edition helps students to understand not just the institutions and political cultures of their own countries but also those of a wide range of democracies and authoritarian regimes from around the world. This new edition offers:-A revised structure to aid navigation and understanding-New learning features, 'Using Theory' and 'Exploring Problems', designed to help students think comparatively...

Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector. This Seventh Edition encourages active learning for students through skill-building exercises, problem-solving tasks, and new sections on critical thinking.

European Union Politics is the most complete and issues-led introductory textbook on the European Union. Written by an expert team of contributors, it fully equips students to understand the European Union and the topical debates that surround it. Alongside rigorous coverage of the theory, institutions, and policies of the EU, the book engages with contemporary debates, and current crises.

The seventh edition has been substantially updated, with significantly revised chapters on Brexit and th...

The compelling story of the inescapable return of Hong Kong to China, published for the 25th anniversary of the handover

British Hong Kong ended in the last minutes of 30 June 1997. Diplomacy Ends at Midnight traces the extraordinary twists and turns of Hong Kong's long drawn out, but unavoidable, reunion with China, when its 99-year leasehold on much of the colony's territory expired. 25 years ago, Britain did not want to return Hong Kong to its once and future owner, and most Hong Kongers d...

Kissinger's six leaders are Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew, and Margaret Thatcher. All of them were formed in a period when established institutions collapsed all over Europe, colonial structures gave way to independent states in Asia and Africa, and a new international order had to be created from the vestiges of the old. Kissinger penetratingly analyses each of these leaders' careers through the highly individual strategies of statecraft which h...

The gold standard for navigating the literature about policy implementation and governance, this modern classic is the leading introduction to the study of implementation.

De Verenigde Staten staan op een tweesprong. Polarisatie, ongelijkheid en politieke verlamming in Washington tekenen een verdeeld land dat niet langer de wereld naar zijn hand kan zetten. De komende jaren worden allesbepalend: krijgt Amerika weer grip op zichzelf of raakt het land verder op drift? Onder Joe Biden is het land bezig zichzelf opnieuw uit te vinden. Tegelijk keert het Trumpisme in nog extremere vorm terug. In dit verslaggevende essay laat Amerika-correspondent Casper Thomas zien ...

An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York Times columnist

“Anand Giridharadas shows the way we get real progressive change in America—by refusing to write others off, building more welc...

The third edition of the manual for community organizers tells readers how to most effectively implement community action for social change, clearly laying out grassroots organizing principles, methods, and best practices.

Harde discussies in talkshows. Verscherping van debatten in de Tweede Kamer. Avondklokrellen. Klimaatgekkies. Brexit. De bestorming van het Amerikaanse Capitool. In Nederland maar ook daarbuiten lijken we getuigen te zijn van toenemende polarisatie. Tegenstellingen tussen groepen nemen toe en mensen komen steeds sterker tegenover elkaar te staan. Voor het desastreuze effect van groeiende belangenconflicten wordt vaak gewaarschuwd. De fundamenten van de democratische rechtsstaat kunnen erdoor ...