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Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 122.00This book introduces a new hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. The book finds support for the hypothesis in a wide array of evidence, including findings based on a new survey of experts in West European political systems. more...
The Study of Public Management in Europe and the US
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95This book presents an overview of the scientific study of public management, gathering together some of the most authoritative experts in this area of study in Europe and the United States, writing specifically about their respective countries. These essays seek to present the national distinctiveness of the study of public management, in the context... more...
The Politics of Protest
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 132.00Peter Joyce provides a comprehensive account of the extra-parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970. The issues discussed include demonstrations, direct action, counter-cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder and politically motivated violence. The book concludes with an examination of the extent... more...
The Civil Service in the 21st Century
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 115.00The role and position of the civil service as core actors in the public sector has been seriously questioned in recent years. This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems in Asia, Western Europe and Africa. The cast of international contributors provide new insights. more...
Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation
SAGE India 2004; US$ 78.95This book discusses good governance in democratic societies in the context of globalisation from a cross-cultural perspective. India and the European Union - democratic unions representing old histories, rich cultures and new aspirations - are viewed comparatively in order to assess what they can learn from each other. more...
The Theory of Multi-level Governance
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 94.99This book explores the theoretical issues, empirical evidence, and normative debates elicited by the concept of multi-level governance (MLG). The concept is a useful descriptor of decision-making processes that involve the simultaneous mobilization of public authorities at different jurisdictional levels as well as that of non-governmental organizations... more...
Electoral Systems and Voting in the United Kingdom
Edinburgh University Press 2010; US$ 32.28A key feature of the New Labour governments constitutional reform agenda has been the introduction of a number of alternative methods of voting for both existing elections and for those to new political institutions. This book examines the workings of these various systems of elections, looking specifically at how they operate within the United... more...
Political Communications
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 115.00This offers a unique insight into the 2005 British General Election from the perspectives of those responsible for organizing, reporting, and understanding the campaign. It contains definitive accounts of what happened from those most intimately involved in preparing the main party strategies as well as leading academic, media and polling experts. more...
Pass the New Life in the UK Test
NIACE 2013; US$ 8.95A complete, fully updated, step-by-step study guide, containing all the official Home Office material, to support you all the way to passing the 2013 Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test. more...
Securing Democracy:Pol Parties
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 170.00Provides the first systematic comparative analysis of Southern Europe's development towards democratic consolidation, looking particularly at Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of politics, European Studies and Development Studies. more...









