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Field Notes on Democracy
Haymarket Books 2009; US$ 20.00With anger and compassion, Arundhati Roy's new book maps India's turbulent present and possible futures. more...
Education and Democracy in Senegal
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00This book examines the role of nonformal education (NFE) in African languages in promoting democracy in Senegal. Using data from a survey of rural Senegalese citizens, this is the first study to empirically test the effects of NFE on political participation and attitudes. The results indicate that NFE stimulates community and political participation... more...
Parliaments and Political Change in Asia
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2005; US$ 65.90This study of the national parliaments of India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand is inspired by four major theoretical discourses: neo-institutionalism, parliamentarianism versus presidentialism, majoritarian versus consensus democracy, and transition theory. The book examines the specific role of parliaments in political decision-making,... more...
The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia
BRILL 2011; US$ 89.00Most governments in Africa, seeing the political mobilisation of ethnicity as a threat, have rejected the use of ethnic differences as an explicit basis for political representation. The one prominent exception is Ethiopia, which since 1991 has imposed a system of ethnic-based federalism that offers each ethnic group the right of self-determination.... more...
Rethinking African Politics
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 134.95This study examines the nature of government and political opposition in Zambia, in the years immediately following its independence in 1964. It shows how Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party's (UNIP) grip on the new nation-state was, in contrast to official rhetoric, partial, uneven and consistently prone to challenge. Drawing... more...
Strategieberatung im Zentrum der Macht
Springer Fachmedien 2010; US$ 39.99India Policy Fourm 2010-11 (Volume 7)
SAGE India 2011; US$ 34.95India Policy Forum is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that aims to examine Indias reforms and economic transition using policy-relevant empirical research.The objective of the IPF is to generate theoretically rigrous, empirically informed research on important current... more...
Indias 2009 Elections
SAGE India 2011; US$ 49.95India`s 2009 Elections is an inquiry into the 15th General Elections of India. It explores how the elections played out, what factors influenced the electorate, and how the elections are an important contribution to Indias democracy. Authored by renowned scholars and analysts from various backgrounds, the collection of articles critically examines... more...
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party
University of New South Wales Press 2011; US$ 19.95Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP)?one of the oldest labor parties in the world and the first to form a government?this short and lively book recounts ALP?s history from its origins during the late 19th century through present day. The book details the party?s numerous successes in winning government at all levels... more...
Innovative Trends in Public Governance in Asia
IOS Press 2011; US$ 170.00Public governance is one of the most important topics in public administration and political science worldwide. It is of special importance to many Asian countries struggling with governance issues related to environmental concerns, democracy, service delivery and economic growth. The purpose of these innovations is to bring about radical governance... more...









