Existing theories of party organisation, and political communication and marketing, address the issue of party evolution and electoral behaviour from opposing and largely one-dimensional angles. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a more integrated perspective to party camp…
Hassan II ruled as the highly-centralized king of Morocco from 1961 through 1999, one of the longest uninterrupted reigns in late twentieth-century history. Unlike most other Arab kings who survived the sociopolitical pressures encapsulated by Samuel Huntington as "the king's di…
This study investigates the complex processes of political change taking place in Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq. The primary task is to explain the dynamics of the transition toward democratization by analyzing how political actors pursue their preferences in a milieu of autocratic co…
This project examines the impact of religiosity and religious organizations on the cultural and civic integration processes of Muslim immigrant women in non-Muslim host societies. Using a multi-method research design consisting of original survey data and qualitative interviews …
In the last two decades, we have seen a significant surge in the number of Islamic fundamentalist movements, and there has not been a concise reason as to why. The main objective of this research is to determine the causes of Islamic fundamentalism, and, in so showing that an Is…
Why do Muslim-majority states adopt some policies to improve women's lives but reject others? Despite concerted local and international pressure on states to adopt policies promoting women's rights, not all policies are adopted. Existing explanations focus on the role of women's…
This book is a bold prescription for local government reform that moves well beyond the old arguments regarding consolidations (also referred to as amalgamations) and co-operation (sometimes referred to as shared services) to paint a picture of an efficient, effective tier of go…
This book examines a selection of themes that have become salient in contemporary debates on constitutional democracies. It focuses in particular on the experiences of India and Germany as examples of post-war and post-colonial constitutional democracies whose trajectories illus…
India and the European Union in a Turbulent World
The book examines how the European Union, which in the past had tended to be seen by India as an undervalued partner, is now increasingly part of most conversations in fields like the economy, technology, standards, best practices, development, defence and security. The book sho…