Political Institutions

Adapting to European Integration describes how the political institutions in eight small member states and two non-members responded to the internal and external demands springing from the process of European integration in general and EC/EU membership in particular. The study makes a distinction be..

This text describes how the political institutions of eight small member states and two non-member states have responded to the internal and external demands springing from the process of European integration in general and EC/EU membership in particular...

This book combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies...

This book presents a novel interpretation of Hong Kong’s governance crisis, moving beyond an opposition-centred explanation of post-1997 politics, to a state-centric perspective based on governing coalition building and state capacity. By establishing the causal relationship between the failure of t..

This book presents a novel interpretation of Hong Kong’s governance crisis, moving beyond an opposition-centred explanation of post-1997 politics, to a state-centric perspective based on governing coalition building and state capacity. By establishing the causal relationship between the failure of t..

This book presents a novel interpretation of Hong Kong’s governance crisis, moving beyond an opposition-centred explanation of post-1997 politics, to a state-centric perspective based on governing coalition building and state capacity. By establishing the causal relationship between the failure of t..

Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace. Although human rights norms have been incorporated and institutionalized by various ..

Most of the contemporary debates about the European Union - about its role, its institutional arrangements, its development dynamic, its expansion and possible futures - revolve around the issue of political legitimacy. Legitimacy and the European Union addresses the fundamental issues at the heart ..

New Directions in Congressional Politics brings together leading scholars of Congress to provide a general overview of the entire field. Each chapter covers the cutting edge developments on its respective topic. As the political institution responsible for enacting laws, the American public regularl..

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies, this volume offers a broad comparative assessment of the many faces of parliamentary opposition in different political, legal and cultural settings...

This book assesses the relationship between parliaments and citizens in a wide range of case studies. It explores the extent to which the last decade has brought significant changes to this relationship._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Journal of Legislative Studies...

This book examines how over the last twenty years two basic types of post-communist parliaments have persisted, with underlying changes in their party systems, and how they function in practice._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Journal of Legislative Studies...