This comprehensive and comparative book makes clear what party families are, and, in doing so, helps categorize and make sense of parties in different countries It describes the ideology of the families in Western Europe as well as classifying political parties accordingly.

This insightful text rigorously examines and accounts for contemporary developments – and crucially a reversal of ‘democraticness’ - in democratic polities and related political processes comparing 38 democracies across the world. The focus is on contemporary developments and recent volatile levels of democraticness.

A broad, interdisciplinary and critical exploration of the range of security challenges caused by the global impacts of the climate crisis.

‘Veiligheid Opnieuw Doordenken’ introduceert en ontwikkelt het concept 'inclusieve veiligheid' als alternatief voor het vigerende militaire veiligheidsbeleid. Dit concept benadrukt de noodzaak van samenwerking en het overstijgen van eigenbelang voor nationale, Europese en mondiale veiligheid, uitgaande van de kerngedachte dat uiteindelijk niemand veilig is tenzij iedereen veilig is. Die kerngedachte wordt ondersteund door vier basisprincipes: internationale samenwerking, het respecteren e...

In this book, Josep M. Colomer argues, against much conventional wisdom, that political polarization is embedded in the constitutional design.

In this book, Graham Wright argues that traditional deliberation through persuasion faces serious challenges, and that an alternative method based on the process of integration can better aid democratic decisions. The Will of the Whole is a fresh approach to debates around democracy and the value of democratic deliberation.

International organizations are increasingly important to global politics, law, and culture. Now in its fifth edition, this leading textbook provides the definitive introduction to modern international organizations by examining a dozen prominent global institutions. With a mix of legal, empirical, and theoretical approaches, the author examines timely cases where IOs are in the headlines today including on migration, Brexit, trade wars, and border disputes.

This new edition is fully revised ...

The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South is the first academic study—adopting an interdisciplinary and international perspective—to offer a comprehensive and groundbreaking framework for understanding the emergence and consolidation of different radical-right movements in Global South countries in the twenty-first century.