Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around...

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing, researching and teaching the EU. Using the general theories of political science to understand how the EU works, this text covers each of the main processes in the EU political system - executive, legislative and judicial politics, public opinion, interest groups and democracy, and regulatory, monetary and foreign po...

The trusted series of workbooks by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards continues with A Microsoft Excel (R)Companion to Political Analysis. In this new guide, students dive headfirst into actual political data from all major subfields working with the ubiquitous Excel software.

Political Behavior of the American Electorate, Fifteenth Edition, attempts to answer this question by interpreting data from the most recent American National Election Study to provide a thorough analysis of the 2020 elections and the current American political behavior.

Voor veel mensen is het lastig grip te krijgen op de Europese Unie: wat gebeurt daar en hoe kun je hier invloed op uitoefenen? Je hoeft de televisie maar aan te zetten en je hoort politici beweren dat ‘Brussel’ iets heeft besloten over onze natuurgebieden, het klimaat of de economie. Zo lijkt het vaak alsof de EU maatregelen neemt waar we helemaal geen invloed op hebben. Dat is niet waar, maar hoe gaat het dan wel?

In Retourtje Brussel praten Chris Aalberts en Mendeltje van Keulen met Ned...

Extremely well written and organized in an accessible way without talking down to the reader, drawing the reader in with its conversational, exploratory style. Provides a unique, brief set of conceptual tools (the five principles) that is pulled through the entire text to help make sense of the broader field of political communication. Excellent use of examples and case studies that illustrate major concepts, including framing and media effects.

A multi-perspective approach (political elites,...

A vital tool for any policy writer or analyst, Public Policy Writing That Matters is a book for everyone passionate about using writing to effect real and lasting change.

Human Rights, now in its fourth edition, is an introductory text that is both innovative and challenging. Its unique interdisciplinary approach invites students to think imaginatively and rigorously about one of the most important and influential political concepts of our time.

Tracing the history of the concept, the book shows that there are fundamental tensions between legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights. This analysis throws light on some of the most contr...

Geen enkele minderheid had de afgelopen twee eeuwen zo’n grote invloed in Nederland als de gereformeerden. Ze maakten nooit meer dan een tiende van de bevolking uit, maar zorgden wel voor politieke omwentelingen en leverden verschillende minister-presidenten. Uitgerekend de eerder zo conservatieve gereformeerden sloegen vanaf 1960 voortdurend linksaf en hadden zo een sleutelrol bij de progressieve kanteling van Nederland.

Zonder de links afgeslagen gereformeerde politici van de ARP was er g...

With unrivalled coverage of a wide range of issues - from terrorism, inter-state conflict and nuclear deterrence, to environmental security, health, and transnational crime - Contemporary Security Studies is the definitive introduction to Security Studies. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars, it provides a student-friendly guide to traditional and critical theoretical approaches, as well as the most important contemporary issues that dominate the modern security field. The s...