Politics/Current Affairs

This dynamic introduction to contemporary France analyzes the problems and possibilities of democracy in a globalizing world.

Building trust and professionalism in the management of electoral processes remains a major challenge for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), institutions and/or bodies responsible for managing elections. The 'credibility gap' -- the diminished public confidence in the integrity and diligence for many ...

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

France is in crisis. In this provocative book, Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is collapsing inward on itself, the result of good intentions, bad policies, and vested interests who employ the rhetoric of 'solidarity' and the specter of globalization to prevent change.

An insider's account of the British left and the Labour Party, past and future, by one of its figureheads

Challenges mainstream accounts of the 'Greek Crisis' and situates it within a regional context and ultimately a critique of the world economic system.

A compelling account of the years of political struggle in Egypt unfolding from January 2011 to the summer of 2015

A deep, cutting edge analysis of the politics and state mechanisms that perpetuate human rights abuses in South Asia.

A comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers' movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrative

An original ethnography looking at childhood socialisation in schools and in families, under the Welfare State

A completely revised third edition of a classic development studies textbook

Traces the historical trajectories that leftist movements underwent since the 1940s and argues that Marxism is alive and well in Nigeria.

The series is rounded off by this volume which focuses on "immigrant" policy, i.e., the ensemble of institutions, laws and social practices that are designed to facilitate the integration of immigrants and refugees into the receiving countries after they arrive. The chapters bring both theoretical and empirical analysis to bear on the processes...

This volume considers an array of power-sharing systems in divided cities and states, with critical evaluations of their merits and defects as well as explanations of their emergence, maintenance, and failings.

This is the history of the development of the profoundly undemocratic American Capitalism

A vivid collection of texts from the movements and uprisings of the 'long 1968'.

Laying the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in France, this volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring, processes of government and governance and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process and an outcome.

This collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in civil service organisations. It covers the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women's lives.

International contributors from academia, research, policy and practice use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends.