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Changing Government Relations in Europe
The past quarter of a century has seen extensive change throughout Europe. There have been significant changes in local government, and the European Union has come to play an …
Citizenship, Democracy and Justice in the New Europe
The contributors to this study address the question of how political theory is relevant to the construction of new Europe and the tie-in issues of citizenship, social justice and …
Participatory Democracy and Political Participation
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 …
Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict
This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources …
Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies
This book examines how political communication and the mass media have played a central role in the consolidation of emerging democracies around the world.Covering a broad range of …
The New Politics of Unemployment
The problem of mass unemployment in western Europe has persisted since the early 1980s. Clearly the policies implemented by national governments and the EU have not been successful …
Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life
This timely volume puts emphasis on the effect of social capital on everyday life: how the routines of daily life lead people to get involved in their communities. Focussing on its …
The Discursive Politics of Gender Equality
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 …
Religion and Politics in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
In the early twenty-first century, it is now clear that religion is increasingly influential in the political realm in ways which call into question the principles and practices of …
Public Opinion and the International Use of Force
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the relationship between public opinion and foreign policy in Western democracies. This international board of contributors …
New Regionalism and the European Union
The debates on regionalism have been polarized between European Union (EU) scholars and non-EU scholars, with the assumption being that regionalism within the EU and other regions …
The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities
In 2005, almost 700,000 immigrants acquired the citizenship of a member state of the European Union; over 600,000 became US citizens; nearly 100,000 became Australians and …