Government Books

New and Published Books

1. Fighting Corruption in Eastern Europe

   A Multilevel Perspective

   Edited by Diana Schmidt-Pfister, Holger Moroff

   Anti-corruption programmes, projects and campaigns have come to constitute an essential aspect of good governance promotion over the last two decades. The post-communist countries in Eastern Europe have presented one of the first key targets of transnational anti-corruption efforts, and indeed most...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict

   The Development and Impact of Nationalist Rhetoric

   By Beata Huszka

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

   Discourses creating ethnically exclusive identities can alienate minorities and lead to inter-ethnic tensions and violent conflict, while an ethnically inclusive discourse can contribute to inter-ethnic peace. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis

   Edited by Salvatore Babones, Christopher Chase-Dunn

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences. The best world-systems scholarship, however, is spread across multiple methodologies and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Corruption and Organized Crime in Europe

   Illegal partnerships

   By Philip Gounev, Vincenzo Ruggiero

   Series: Organizational Crime

   In Corruption and Organised Crime in Europe, Gounev and Ruggiero present a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU’s 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work the editors carried out, respectively, within the Center for the Study of...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. War Beyond the Battlefield

   Edited by David Grondin

   In an effort to make sense of war beyond the battlefield in studying the wars that were captured under the rubric of the "War on Terror", this special issue book seeks to explore the complex spatial relationships between war and the spaces that one is not used to thinking of as the battlefield...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. Women in the Judiciary

   Edited by Ulrike Schultz, Gisela Shaw

   Does gender matter in judging? And if so, in what way? Why were there so few women judges only two or three decades ago, and why are there so many now in most countries of the Western world? How do women judges experience their work in a previously male-dominated environment? What are their...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
7. Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America

   Edited by Marleen Brans, B.Guy Peters

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by no means unique, and many countries have experienced political over the pay and perquisites of public...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Weak Constitutionalism

   Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power

   By Joel Colón-Ríos

   Series: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law

   It has been frequently argued that democracy is protected and realized under constitutions that protect certain rights and establish the conditions for a functioning representative democracy. However, some democrats still find something profoundly unsettling about contemporary constitutional...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Fear and Crime in Latin America

   Redefining State-Society Relations

   By Lucía Dammert

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Lobbying the New President

    Interests in Transition

    By Heath Brown

    Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

    Presidential transitions offer the chance for new ideas, policies, and people to inhabit the White House. Transitions have triggered policy change for decades and eager interest groups have sought ways to capitalize on this often chaotic phase of US politics. President-Elect Barack Obama declared...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge