This textbook offers a systematic and up-to-date introduction to politics and society in the Middle East. Taking a thematic approach that engages with core theory as well as a wide range of research, it examines postcolonial political, social and economic developments in the region, while also scrutinising the domestic and international factors that have played a central role in these developments. Topics covered include the role of religion in political life, gender and politics, the Israel-...

This book studies the Lega Nord in Italy and the Front national in France, and tackles how gender shapes the parties’ strategies as well as their activists’ experiences. It will be of interest to those studying gender, as well as nationalism, racism, social movements, radical politics and party politics.

Drawing on mainstream and critical theoretical approaches, International Organizations offers a comprehensive examination of international organizations' political and structural role in world politics. This text details the types and activities of international organizations and provides students with the conceptual tools needed to evaluate their effectiveness. Surveying key issue areas from international and human security to trade and the environment, International Organizations looks at p...

Known for encouraging step-by-step problem solving and for connecting techniques to real-world scenarios, this title covers a range of local government practices - from the foundational to the advanced. It includes chapters that opens with a problem in a hypothetical city and then introduces a tool to address it.

The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy.

Helps students understand the larger patterns of the policy making process in the US.

This new edition of An Introduction to Middle East Politics continues to provide an expansive survey of Middle East politics, thoroughly revised and restructured in response to events currently taking place. Written in a lively and accessible manner, MacQueen takes students on a tour of the region’s modern political history up to the present, clearly signposting key events and issues.

A diverse collection of regional experts explore contemporary trends, alternative visions, and new directions for sociological research, raising issues that reflect the complexity of challenges facing future projects on a shared planet.

Great Powers and World Order: Patterns and Prospects is a supplementary text for the Intro to IR course that focuses on the struggle for primacy among the great powers over issues of world order.

Written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists, this collection of non-partisan reports offers an in-depth examination of today's most pressing global issues.