Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics-Who rules? What explains political behavior? Where and why?-Introducing Comparative Politics, Fifth Edition integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries directly into the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topically-not separated from theory or in a separate volume-and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book's hybrid org...

Premier Mark Rutte schreef parlementaire geschiedenis. Hij leidde drie kabinetten, vertegenwoordigde het land in Brussel en trad aan als crisismanager.

Is Mark Rutte een politiek genie? Hij bleek pragmatisch, wendbaar en resultaatgericht. Zijn contactuele vaardigheid, dossierkennis, debatkwaliteit en taallenigheid kwamen van pas om meerderheden te verwerven en uit te bouwen. Hij past in een tijd waarin regeren ook reageren en improviseren is. Steeds meer Nederlanders schonken hem het vertrouwen.

In dit boek worden de sterke en zwakke kanten van de premier op een rij gezet. Kreeg het premierschap meer allu...

The Muslim presence in Western societies is a major topic that has been drawing massive amounts of attention to the Muslim as a political focal point for two decades now. This considerable political attention has not exactly been positive; on the contrary this focus on Islam and Muslims has been experiencing too much negative social impact. This book addresses the identity question and its challenging existence of the Muslim individual in the secular liberal Western democratic life.

This book...

*Winner of the 2020 Lionel Gelber Prize*FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, PROSPECT and EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKA landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectualsWhy did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance?In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. And yet the transformation of Eastern European countries gave rise to a bitter repudiation of liber...

The most accessible and practical guide to research methods written especially for politics and international relations students.

A clear and accessible introduction to the complex issues surrounding mental health.

Interactive, interconnected and participatory, journalism today is a constant live-stream of outrage, terror, polarised politics and fake news. With a news landscape that's dominated by emotionally charged material, Stephen Jukes investigates emotionality's impact on the practice of journalism and the journalists themselves.

Introduction to Cyber Politics and Policy is a comprehensive introductory textbook for cyber politics and security courses that bridges the gaps between the intricacies of technology and the theories of political science.

How do victims and perpetrators of political violence caught up in a complicated legal battle experience justice on their own terms? Phenomenal Justice is a compelling ethnography about the reopened trials for crimes against humanity committed during the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. Grounded in phenomenological anthropology and the anthropology of emotion, this book establishes a new theoretical basis that is faithful to the uncertainties of justice...

Het vertrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek is laag, daarom nu: de Black Box Democratie!

Met het huidige politieke systeem in Nederland is van alles mis. Stemmers voelen zich niet gehoord, in debatten gaat het alleen nog maar over de randzaken, de vertegenwoordiging komt voortdurend in opspraak wegens deze of gene misstap. Het vertrouwen in de politiek is laag, maar zonder politiek is een land geen land.

Daarm stelt Dilara Bilgiç een alternatief politiek systeem voor: de Black Box Democratie. ...