Approaching Democracy addresses the evolving nature of the American experiment in democratic government. It teaches students the theory and basics of American political science and the nation's political history. It provides the critical thinking skills needed to analyze these e…
In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to those who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and deve…
American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and …
Since the early 1990s, a burgeoning Chinese economy has overshadowed global interest in the island country of Japan. A recent resurgence of the Japanese economy on the world stage, however, has sparked renewed curiosity for the 'Land of the Rising Sun'. The fourth edition of thi…
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This text explores American democracy using well-developed stories and highlighting debates that have shaped the country's politics. It views aspects of government and politics through the four theoretical perspectives of Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and Lincoln.
Africa is often seen as a place to be pitied or feared as an area of instability. This book challenges these complacent assumptions, showing how our demand for oil contributes to the chronic problems plaguing the continent. Douglas A. Yates shows how the 'scramble' by the great …
Politics in Russia is highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage, up-to-date scholarship, and comparative framework. This book is an authoritative overview of Russia's contemporary political system and its recent evolution. Area specialist Thomas Remington focuses on four ar…
Challenging the modern belief that democracy and bondage are incompatible, Paulin Ismard directs our attention to the cradle of Western democracy, ancient Athens, where the functioning of civic government depended crucially on highly skilled experts who were literally public ser…
Offers an understanding on the meaning of the 'Obama phenomenon'. This work looks at Obama in relation to contemporary issues of class, race, war, and empire. It considers Obama in the context of our nation's political history, with comparisons to FDR, JFK, Bill Clinton, and oth…
A comprehensive analysis of the broad spectrum of India's politics, the book explains the key feature of Indian politics in a comparative and accessible narrative, illustrated with relevant maps, life stories, statistics and opinion data. Using familiar concepts of comparative p…
Grundbog om det politiske system i EU, herunder gennemgang af den lovgivende magt, den dømmende magt, valg og udvalgte politikområder
