Book Series
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
New & Published Titles:
The Politics of Women's Interests
New Comparative Perspectives
This new study reveals how institutional practices and discourses shape the way men and women are conceived of, and how through this process, gender stereotypes…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36834-6 (Routledge)
Democratic Revolutions
Asia and Eastern Europe
Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic uprisings against unyielding dictatorships that… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40682-6 (Routledge)
Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies
Social Capital, Institutions and Politics
Citizens of many democracies are becoming more critical of basic political institutions and detached and disaffected from politics in general.
This is a new comparative…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34066-3 (Routledge)
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How Political Parties Respond
Interest Aggregation Revisited
How Political Parties Respond focuses specifically on the question of interest aggregation. Do parties today perform that function? If so, how? If not, in what… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34797-6 (Routledge)
Determinants of the Death Penalty
A Comparative Study of the World
Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33398-6 (Routledge)
Democratization
A Comparative Analysis of 170 Countries
This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31860-0 (Routledge)
Social Democracy and Labour Market Policy
Developments in Britain and Germany
This highly topical study reflects on the current problems faced by social democratic parties in government when espousing policies of severe pragmatism and fiscal prudence,… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29977-0 (Routledge)
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Reward for High Public Office
Asian and Pacific Rim States
The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30349-1 (Routledge)
Sub-State Nationalism
A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Design
A major feature of the political development of Western democracies is the growth of indigenous, ethnic and national groups striving for political self-determination. This book… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24967-6 (Routledge)
Democracy and Post-Communism
Political Change in the Post-Communist World
The collapse of communism was widely heralded as the dawn of democracy across the former Soviet region. However, the political outcome has been much less… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27205-6 (Routledge)
Forthcoming Titles:
Representing Women in Local Government: An International Comparative Study
Edited by Barbara Pini
To be published December 10th 2009
Democratization and Market Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries: Think Tanks as Catalysts
By James G. McGann
To be published January 4th 2010
Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights: Controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic Countries
Edited by Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Sun Zhongxin, Qi Wang
To be published March 25th 2010
Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualising engagement and political orientation
Edited by William A. Maloney, Jan W. Van Deth
To be published March 25th 2010
Democratization and the European Union: Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries
Edited by Leonardo Morlino, Wojciech Sadurski
To be published April 30th 2010
The Global Politics of Motherhood: Transformation and Fragmentation
Edited by JaneMaree Maher, Wendy Chavkin
To be published May 30th 2010
The Global Politics of Motherhood: Transformation and Fragmentation
Edited by JaneMaree Maher, Wendy Chavkin
To be published May 30th 2010
The Funding of Political Parties
Edited by Keith Ewing, Joo-Cheong Tham, Jacob Rowbottom
To be published June 30th 2010