Politiek, het is net een bordspel. Partijen rivaliseren met elkaar om de overheidsinstellingen te koloniseren. En ze bedienen zichzelf rijkelijk met belastinggeld. Om de vijf jaar laten de kiezers de dobbelstenen rollen. Daarmee verdelen ze de grondstoffen over de partijen. Maar wat doen die daarmee? Sommige spelers bouwen een sterk partijapparaat uit. Er zijn er die pretparken afhuren om leden te lokken. Anderen investeren in vastgoed of spenderen miljoenen aan Facebook-advertenties. Wat bez...

België is geen democratie maar een particratie. De instellingen vervullen de hen staatsrechtelijk toegewezen taken niet: het parlement controleert de regering niet, de regeringen regeren niet maar kibbelen wel, onafhankelijke instellingen zitten volgestouwd met partijcreaturen. Een tiental personen nemen alle beslissingen, zonder dat ze ook maar aan iemand verantwoording afleggen.

En de particratie werkt niet meer: het begrotingstekort is monumentaal, er worden al decennialang geen gr...

In Europees Verval maak je een reis door de wereld van de Europese

eenwording. Allereerst worden de historie en de werking van de

Europese eenwording beschreven en vervolgens wordt er ingegaan

op de problemen die de Europese Unie met zich meebrengt. Wie

problemen aan de kaak stelt moet ook met een oplossing komen, die

oplossing is er. Het volledig uitgewerkte soft-Nexit plan van Baten

toont aan dat Nederland uit de Europese Unie kan stappen zonder

de handel en voordelen te verliezen. Waarom d...

Encompassing everything from great power politics to everyday objects such as smart phones, geopolitics affects citizens, governments, and international bodies, and is far more than simply the impact of geographical features on political developments. This book considers both geopolitics' intellectual historical origins and its current concerns.

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...

An accessible, wide-ranging exploration of the effects of neoliberal globalization on the economy, culture and politics of nation states and individuals

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil (Hobbes' life spanned the reign of Charles I, the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, and the Restoration), Leviathan is an argument for obedience to authority grounded in an analysis of human nature. Since its first publication in 1991 Richard Tuck's edition of Leviathan has been recognised as the single most accurate and...

Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to students outside the United States. For courses in international economics, international finance, andinternational trade. A balanced, global approach to economic theory and policyapplications

International Economics: Theory and Policy providesengaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applicatio...

Public Policy Analysis, the most widely cited book on the subject, provides students with a comprehensive methodology of policy analysis. It starts from the premise that policy analysis is an applied social science discipline designed for solving practical problems facing public and nonprofit organizations. This thoroughly revised sixth edition contains a number of important updates: Each chapter includes an all-new "big ideas" case study in policy analysis to stimulate student interest in ti...

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...