Comparative Politics

This book analyzes the relationship between citizens and the state from a primarily bottom up perspective via factor analysis of data from the eighteen country cross-national Asia-Europe survey including identity, confidence and satisfaction...

This book is the first comprehensive examination of the citizenship regimes of the new states that emerged out of the break up of Yugoslavia. It offers an initial comparison of these regimes, and places them in the wider context of the enlargement of the European Union. _x005F_x000D_ This book was o..

This volume brings together leading authorities in the field of democratic citizenship and participation to address pertinent questions concerning the quality of the democratic political process at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Analysing causes and consequences of recent developments in..

This volume brings together leading authorities in the field of democratic citizenship and participation to address pertinent questions concerning the quality of the democratic political process at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Analysing causes and consequences of recent developments in..

This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies...

This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance...

This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change...

This book examines the role of civil society organizations in several advanced European democracies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specifically the book focuses on how voluntary organizations contribute to civic and democratic health and assesses the impact of ..

This book examines civil society in the Arab world and how authoritarian constraints impact on democratization. It includes case studies from across the region and analyses the divisions between Islamist organizations and secular/liberal ones...

This book uses thorough empirical research to expand the narrow understanding of civil society used in Chinese studies. Based on ethnographic research undertaken among activists in China and Taiwan, it examines issues such as inequalities within civil societies and technologies to maintain the bound..

The book focuses on the reaction of the Eurasia authoritarian regimes to the colour revolutions in the region and shows how autocratic rulers studied various democracy promotion techniques to combat regime change in their state._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Democratizat..

This book addresses the negative impact of social cleavages on the development of many African countries. This book provides a provocative discussion of how communication strategies can help to promote national integration and social, economic and political development...