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1. The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality

   Stretching, Bending and Policy-Making

   Edited by Emanuela Lombardo, Petra Meier, Mieke Verloo

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book explores the discursive constructions of gender equality and the implications of these understandings in a broad range of policy fields. Using gender equality as a prime example, a number of internationally renowned scholars offer a new vocabulary to identify and study processes of the...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule

   A Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Francesco Cavatorta

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change. This book moves beyond traditional notions of civil society and explains the complexity of state-society relations in authoritarian contexts outside the framework...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
3. Migration and Organized Civil Society

   Rethinking National Policy

   Edited by Dirk Halm, Zeynep Sezgin

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
4. Party Government in the New Europe

   Edited by Hans Keman, Ferdinand Muller-Rommel

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This truly comparative volume examines the "life cycle" of party governments in Europe from 1990 onwards, and analyses its role and function in contemporary European parliamentary democracies. The life and the performance of party governments in Europe became more and more volatile and publicly...

   Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict

   Edited by Magnus Öberg, Kaare Strøm

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars. Written by leading researchers in the field of conflict...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Participatory Democracy and Political Participation

   Can Participatory Engineering Bring Citizens Back In?

   Edited by Thomas Zittel, Dieter Fuchs

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion. Combining theory and empirical case studies, this is a systematic evaluation of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. Parliamentary Roles in Modern Legislatures

   Edited by Magnus Blomgren, Olivier Rozenberg

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book gathers the most influential authors on role research and legislative studies to examine the different roles that MPs are playing in modern-day legislatures. It provides a comprehensive and critical overview of current research on legislative roles, summarises previous research, presents...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
8. Transnational Private Governance and its Limits

   Edited by Jean-Christophe Graz, Andreas Nölke

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This volume explores a variety of forms of transnational private governance where non-state actors cooperate across borders to establish rules and standards accepted as legitimate by other agents. Transnational private governance is a core feature of the devolution of power that we observe in the...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
9. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society

   Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action

   Edited by Jan van Deth, William Maloney

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book examines citizen engagement in contemporary democratic politics and the development of new participatory forms. Based on empirical information gathered from citizens, activists and organizations, it examines the changing face of democratic participation. Advanced democracies are ‘plagued’...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
10. Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies

    Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics

    Edited by Pieter Vanhuysse, Achim Goerres

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences. This volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe...

    Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge