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  • Fascismby Kevin Passmore

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 9.99

    Kevin Passmore opens his book with a series of "scenes from fascist life". He shows how fascism used and uses propaganda and popular culture to propagate itself and how it exported its ideas outside Europe, through Nazi and Spanish post-war escape routes to Latin America, for instance. more...

  • Out of and into authoritarian lawby A. Sajo

    BRILL 2002; US$ 192.00

    The essays in this collection reflect on the promises, hopes and fears dominant in the narratives on and realities of doing away with authoritarian regimes. They combine first-hand insider accounts with interdisciplinary scholarly analysis. more...

  • Comparative Federalismby Michael Burgess

    Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 47.95

    A new examination of contemporary federalism and federation, which delivers a detailed theoretical study underpinned by fresh case studies. It is grounded in a clear distinction between 'federations', particular kinds of states, and 'federalism', the thinking that drives and promotes them. It also details the origins, formation, evolution and operations... more...

  • Designing Democracyby Hans Gersbach

    Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 89.99

    This book presents a number of ideas for drawing up new rules to improve the functioning of democracies. The first part examines ways of combining incentive contracts with democratic elections. The second part presents new rules for decision-making, agendas and agenda settings. more...

  • Democratizing the Hegemonic Stateby Ilan Peleg

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 23.00

    Provides a new, comprehensive framework for the examination of majority-minority relations. more...

  • Explaining Federalismby Jan Erk

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95

    This book deals with the theoretical and empirical questions of federalism in the context of five case studies: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. The central argument is that in the long run the political institutions of federalism adapt to achieve congruence with the underlying social structure. This change could be in the centralist... more...

  • Imperialism in the Twentieth Centuryby A.P. Thornton

    University of Minnesota Press 1978; US$ 72.00

    “Nothing is filed under the heading ‘imperialism’ in the archives of any nation-state that owned an empire. Foreign affairs, or external relations, are catalogued there, and a place is found for imperial administration and colonial trade; but ‘imperialism more...

  • Life of One's Ownby David Kelley

    Cato Institute 1998; US$ 11.00

    David Kelley subjects the institutions of the contemporary welfare state to sustained and withering criticism. A Life of One's Own is a devastating refutation of the flawed concept of "welfare rights." Kelley presents empirical evidence of the welfare state's effects on behavior, historical research on the origins of the welfare state... more...

  • The Robust Federationby Jenna Bednar

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00

    The Robust Federation offers the first holistic and comprehensive approach to the study of federalism. more...

  • Latin Fascist Elitesby Paul H. Lewis

    ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 99.00

    Examines three Latin fascist tyrants—Mussolini, Franco, and Salazar—and shows how they perpetuated their rule. more...