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The Howard Miracle
The Text Publishing Company 2011; US$ 23.95Every Thursday evening, at the end of ABC TV's 7:30 Report, John Clarke and long-time collaborator Bryan Dawe conduct a mock interview in which they satirise a current political issue or personality. In The Howard Miracle John Clarke presents a new collection of interviews, spanning the life of the Howard government. more...
Indian Democracy
Anthem Press India 2009; US$ 99.00Indian Democracy is an attempt to understand the development of democratic polity in India. more...
Rethinking Indian Political Institutions
Anthem Press 2005; US$ 85.00A far-reaching and extensive rethinking of India's political and economic structures at every level, engagingly presented by a team of eminent academics and practitioners. more...
Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice
University of New South Wales Press 2010; US$ 32.95Expanding traditional theories of policymaking through comparisons between policies implemented in Australia and New Zealand, this textbook shows how good analysis and advice improves the decisions of public officials. Aimed at managers, administrators, and students who want an integrated perspective on policy analysis and advising, the chapters cover... more...
Wertordnung und Verfassung
Mohr Siebeck 2007; US$ 109.10Hauptbeschreibung Das wertorientierte Grundrechts- und Verfassungsverständnis des Bundesverfassungsgerichts bleibt als prätorische Rechtsschöpfung in seiner Rationalität und Legitimität prekär. Thilo Rensmann legt mit der Einbeziehung des grenzüberschreitenden Kontexts eine 'Rationalitätsreserve' frei, die bislang noch nicht hinreichend gewürdigt... more...
Gewährleistung im Recht
Mohr Siebeck 2009; US$ 131.15Hauptbeschreibung Immer weniger gelingt es, die Herausforderungen des Rechts in der Dichotomie von Staat und Markt zu verarbeiten. Das gilt auch für die Aufgaben der Daseinsvorsorge unter dem neuen Leitbild des Gewährleistungsstaates. Claudio Franzius zeigt die Notwendigkeit eines Regelungsmodells öffentlicher Dienstleistungen auf. Hierfür muss vom... more...
Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India
Anthem Press 2012; US$ 99.00This volume critically unpacks the concept of ?political society?, formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in a postcolonial context. more...
The Politics of the Governed
Columbia University Press 2004; US$ 24.99Partha Chatterjee argues that the rise of ethnic or identity politics-particularly in the postcolonial world-is a consequence of new techniques of governmental administration. Using contemporary examples from India, his book shows how local forms of popular politics have transformed both community and global society. Chatterjee's analysis explores... more...
Lineages of Political Society
Columbia University Press 2011; US$ 26.99Partha Chatterjee, a pioneering theorist, is known for his wide disciplinary range, incorporating the concerns of South Asian studies, postcolonialism, the social sciences, and the humanities with remarkable dexterity. His versatility made his early work, Politics of the Governed , a widespread hit, and it continues to draw audiences in an era of... more...
Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 155.00This book looks at the link between voters and political party systems in Asian democracies, focusing on India, Indonesia, Korea and the Philippines. It discusses this link in terms of three distinct elements: the formation of voters preferences, the translation of preferences into votes, and the translation of votes into seats. The book goes on to... more...









