"Is a plural, polyethnic, democratic society possible? Starting with Ernest Gellner's observation that 'culturally plural societies worked well in the past', but 'genuine cultural pluralism ceases to be viable under current conditions', this study explores pluralism in three set…
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
This book gathers together papers that present research on public policies in Latin America, all of which adopt a cognitive approach. This theoretical framework is based on the analysis of public policy from a cognitive and normative perspective; more specifically, through the c…
A systematic and wide-ranging survey of the scholarship on regionalism, regionalisation, and regional governance. Unpacking the major debates, leading authors of the field synthesise the state of the art, provide a guide to the comparative study of regionalism, and identify futu…
"This study of police governance draws on over ninety interviews conducted with Argentine police officers. In Argentina, a rising fear of crime has led to the politics of Seguridad, a concept that amalgamates personal safety with state security. As a new governing rationale, Seg…
"Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides a comprehensive, comparative examination of how parties choose their leaders and the impact of the differe…
"Internationally renowned scholars write on their areas of speciality, which integrate and synthesise the most recent research in the fields of elections. This book will be an invaluable addition to the literature already available".
