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The Rise of Think Tanks in China
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Despite continuing criticism of the Chinese authoritarian political system, the range of participants in the decision-making process has widened, with different social actors now playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese policymaking process. Accordingly, the role of think tanks in the policymaking process has generated great interest... more...
China's Changing Political Landscape
Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 32.95While Chinas economic rise is being watched closely around the world, the countrys changing political landscape is intriguing, as well. Forces unleashed by market reforms are profoundly recasting state-society relations. Will the Middle Kingdom transition rapidly, slowly, or not at all to political democracy? In Chinas Changing Political... more...
Transatlantic Trends in Democracy Promotion
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 144.95In this systematic, comparative analysis of European, American and Canadian efforts to assist elections and transform governance in conflict zones Rouba Al-Fattal greatly advances the empirical knowledge of electoral assistance and provides the first steps needed to reform electoral assistance policy to cope with the challenges of the twenty-first... more...
Citizenship as Cultural Flow
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99The book addresses the very topical subject of citizen making. By delving into a range of sources - among them survey questions, historical documents, political theory, architectural design, and public policy - the book provides a unique analysis of when and why citizenship has taken root in India. Each chapter highlights the constant innovation of... more...
State-centric to Contested Social Governance in South Korea
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as the governance system in Korea changes from a state-centric to a contested one. This book... more...
Democratic Transition in the Middle East
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95Popular uprisings and revolts across the Arab Middle East have often resulted in a democratic faragh or void in power. How society seeks to fill that void, regardless of whether the regime falls or survives, is the common trajectory followed by the seven empirical case studies published here for the first time. This edited volume seeks to unpack... more...
Negotiating Political Power in Turkey
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 145.00This edited collection looks at how political parties in Turkey actually work, inside and out. Departing from traditional macro-level analyses, the book offers a new sociological approach to the study of political parties, treating them as non-unitary entities composed of many different groups and individuals who both cooperate and compete with one... more...
Handbook of China?s Governance and Domestic Politics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 300.00This Handbook provides an in-depth overview of how China is governed, how its domestic political system functions and the critical issues that it currently faces. Governed by the world?s largest political party in the world?s longest-ruling Communist regime, China is undergoing a transitional period of rapid economic and social development. How this... more...
Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 300.00Governance in the Middle East is topic of interest to scholars, activists and policy makers. The currently proposed book is intended to present the first comprehensive framework of the question of governance in the Middle East in its various forms and manifestations: political, economic, and government performance. This study will supply the context... more...
Political Parties in Palestine
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00Party Politics in Palestine is an up-to-date elucidation of the fractious Palestinian political scene, providing for the first time a lively and comprehensive discussion of the ideological outlook, historical development, and political objectives of all of Palestine's major political actors. more...









