Comparative European Politics

Edited by Josep M. Colomer

This is a clear, comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the institutional regimes of countries in Western Europe written by an outstanding group of political scientists....

Published July 21st 2008 by Routledge.

First Strike

Preemptive War in Modern History

By Matthew J. Flynn

Preemptive warfare is the practice of attempting to avoid an enemy’s seemingly imminent attack by taking military action against them first. It is undertaken in...

Published July 16th 2008 by Routledge.

Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada

By Miriam Smith

Lesbian and gay citizens today enjoy a much broader array of rights and obligations and a greater ability to live their lives openly in both...

Published June 24th 2008 by Routledge.

From Protest to Governance

Edited by Bruno Jobert, Beate Kohler-Koch

Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

A Comparative Study

Edited by Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay, Linda Trimble

The first book-length treatment of the political representation of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the Westminster model. Written by a major international...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Jan W. Van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm

This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies.

Research on the future and quality...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Dieter Fuchs, Jan Zielonka

What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Helmut Anheier, Siobhan Daly

This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe.

The leading contributors go beyond a quantitative profile...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

Power and Organizational Adaptation

Edited by Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther

This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.

The Europeanization of National Political Parties is...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

Normative power and social preferences

Edited by Zaki Laïdi

Written by leading experts in the field, this volume identifies European collective preferences and analyzes to what extent these preferences inform and shape EU foreign...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.