This cutting-edge collection examines Latin America's rich history in the study of global political economy and governance. The Handbook of South American Governance engages with current discussions in comparative studies and international political economy, offering new theoret…
"Around the world, citizens have lost faith in their political and economic institutions -- leading to unprecedented levels of political instability and economic volatility. From Moscow to Brussels, from Washington to Cairo, the failure of democracies and autocracies to manage t…
This text conceptualises China's central-local relations from a behavioural perspective. Although China does not have a federalist system of government, the author believes that, with deepening reform and openness, China's central-local relations is functioning increasingly on f…
Governance in turbulent times
This collection's central thesis is straightforward: long-distance communication plays a key role in the cohesion and stability of early states and in turn, these states invest heavily in long-term communication strategies and networks. As reliable and fast long-distance communi…
Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner -- Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynarova -- State corresponde…
Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner -- Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynarova -- State corresponde…
This collection's central thesis is straightforward: long-distance communication plays a key role in the cohesion and stability of early states and in turn, these states invest heavily in long-term communication strategies and networks. As reliable and fast long-distance communi…