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The post-crisis Irish voter

Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System

The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme stress, if not crisis, as it seems to be losing its legitimacy with at least some segments of its constituency.

Making social democrats

Amidst 'Brexit', a divided and out of power Labour Party, and the wider international rise of populism, contemporary British social democracy appears in a state of crisis.

The politics of everyday China

China's rise from the poverty, isolation and stagnation of the 1970s to the world's second largest economy is a transformative event perhaps unequalled in human history.

The TransAtlantic reconsidered

Is the Atlantic World in a state of crisis?

The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty

Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order

Two of America's leading national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the United States and the world order in the 21st Century.

Parliamentary Agency and Regional Integration in Europe and Beyond: The Logic of Regional Parliaments

This comparative book analyses the development of regional integration parliaments in three different continents of the world.

The Eye and the Whip: Corruption Control in the Americas

In order for transparency measures to fight corruption, they must be paired with enforcement. Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others.

Why Citizen Participation Succeeds or Fails: A Comparative Analysis of Participatory Budgeting

Matt Ryan's landmark comparative review of participatory budgeting, or collective decisions on how public money is spent, reveals the factors behind its success in achieving democratic engagement.

Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies

Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable. It involves negotiations over the very nature of the state and the implications of self- determination.

Critique of Philippine Economy And Politics: Sison Reader Series, #3

Critique of Philippine Economy and Politics seeks to explain comprehensively the basic character of Philippine society and the basic problems that afflict the Filipino people, especially the toiling masses of workers and peasants.

Is Europe Good for You?: EU Spending and Well-Being

Throughout the history of European integration, economic wealth has increased to the benefit of citizens in the European Union (EU).

Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives

Journalism Research That Matters

It is now well-established that the long-time economic model on which the news industry has relied is no longer sustainable. Facebook, Google, and declining levels of popular trust in the media have been major contributors to this situation.

Nowhere to Run: Race, Gender, and Immigration in American Elections

Why has the underrepresentation of women and racial minorities in elected office proved so persistent?

On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism: Sison Reader Series, #2

On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism demonstrates Jose Maria Sison's comprehensive and profound knowledge of the epochal stages through which the theory and practice of the world proletarian revolution have developed.

Land beyond the Border, The: State Formation and Territorial Expansion in Syria, Morocco, and Israel

Uses an innovative theoretical framework to comparatively explore the dynamics of state expansion and contraction in Syria (1976-2005), Morocco (since 1975), and Israel (since 1967).

Anarchist Pedagogies: Collective Actions, Theories, and Critical Reflections on Education

Education is a challenging subject for anarchists. Many are critical about working within a state-run education system that is embedded in hierarchical, standardized, and authoritarian structures.

After Brexit and Other Essays

'Being more like America again and less like Europe is the heart of the UK model of capitalism … [but] there are many respects in which Britain remains unlike America despite its strong appeal to the British political class.

Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000

An "analytically sophisticated and heavily documented" study of two Latin American countries in their economic and political move toward democracy (Choice).

On Culture, Art and Literature: Sison Reader Series, #1

Jose Maria Sison: "Inasmuch as culture is a reflection of economics and politics, literature and art are the finest and most sensitive ideological forms for summing up social reality.

An American Perspective: Volume Five

Garrison Gibson wrote numerous brief contemporary history essays on current events during 2020 and 2021 for this volume. The essays are analytical, prescriptive and objective comments on political and social affairs concerning the U.

Farewell to Arms: How Rebels Retire Without Getting Killed

How, in the absence of institutional mechanisms, do Maoist rebels in India quit an ongoing insurgency without getting killed?

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic: The Deep State and The Unitary Executive

The Appearance of Corruption: Testing the Supreme Court's Assumptions about Campaign Finance Reform

A critical analysis of the connections that the United States Supreme Court has made between campaign finance regulations and voters' behavior.

Brexit: The Establishment Civil War

Wrapped up in a story of the British public's' rejection of the establishment is a much darker story about shady money, untoward digital campaign tactics, and a fraught battle exploding from the highest rungs of British politics and society.

Religious Parties and the Politics of Civil Liberties

A data-driven explanation of when successful religious parties reduce the civil liberties of their citizens in Muslim-majority countries and when they don't. Religious parties are increasingly common across the world.

Fed Power: How Finance Wins

An eye-opening analysis of the Federal Reserve's massive and unwarranted power in American life and how it favors the financial sector over everyone else.

The New Entrepreneurial Advocacy: Silicon Valley Elites in American Politics

The role of business in American politics has provoked much controversy and attention over recent years.

Special Elections: The Backdoor Entrance to Congress

Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death, scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special elections are held to fill vacancies.

Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites

""They don't think I'm viable, because I'm a Black woman with natural hair and no husband.

The Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society

This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood.

Accessible Elections: How the States Can Help Americans Vote

Recent years have witnessed widespread changes in state voting and registration laws. These include same day registration, automatic voter registration, early voting, mail voting, and no-excuse absentee voting where people mail in their ballots.

Movers and Stayers: The Partisan Transformation of 21st Century Southern Politics

As migration alters the southern political landscape, partisan battle lines will be drawn between the Democrat-leaning areas of growth and the increasingly Republican areas of decline and stagnation.

The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela

What's Luck Got to Do with It?: How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream

The American dream of equal opportunity is in peril. America's economic inequality is shocking, poverty threatens to become a heritable condition, and our healthcare system is crumbling despite ever increasing costs.

Mammon and American Politics

Take look at the President's own words and the religious leaders who have backed him regardless of the gap between what is espoused and what is promoted by his own words.

Resist Neoliberalism, Fascism, and Wars of Aggression

International Dimension of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict, The: A Post-Eurocentric Approach

Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level.