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  • Ruling The Void

    The Hollowing Of Western Democracy

    by Peter Mair ...
    In the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair’s new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century of democratic aspiration, electorates are deserting the political arena. Mair examines the alarming ... Read more

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  • Democracy and the Cartelization of Political Parties

    Series series Comparative Politics
    Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state, and each other have evolved since the rise of liberal democracy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Going into the 21st century, it appears that parties losing popular support, putting both parties, and potentially ... Read more

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  • Political Representation and European Union Governance

    Edited by Peter Mair, Jacques Thomassen ...
    Series series Journal of European Public Policy Series
    This book confronts and discusses different conceptions of political representation with respect to their application to the system of multi-level governance in the European Union. Political representation is an essentially contested concept. Its meaning has evolved with the development of representative democracy at the level of the nation state, and normative theories of political representation ... Read more

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  • Accountability and European Governance

    Series series West European Politics
    In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central focus the role of accountability in democratic governance, and attempts to position a broad understanding of the notion of accountability within the overall context of the ... Read more

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  • European Politics

    Pasts, presents, futures

    Series series West European Politics
    This book arises out of a specially commissioned issue of West European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It examines the profound changes in the European political landscape over the last three decades, including the fall of Communism; progressive European integration; territorial restructuring; public sector reforms at European, national, regional and local levels; changes in ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Understanding Party System Change in Western Europe

    by Peter Mair ...
    Published in the year 1990, Understanding Party System Change in Western Europe is a valuable contribution to the field of Politics. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Enlarged European Union

    Unity and Diversity

    Edited by Peter Mair, Jan Zielonka ...
    Focusing upon the emerging patterns of unity and diversity in the enlarged European Union, this study explores enlargement from the East and the impact this will have on the future identity of Europe. ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms.Divided into three parts, this book offers both empirical and theoretical analyses of social integration, supranationality and global competition. Drawing on Critical Political Economy research, ... Read more

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  • Social Democracy

    A Comparative Account of the Left-Wing Party Family

    by Hans Keman ...
    The Social Democratic party family is a central part of political life in the West. This book focuses on this party family as well as a unique political force in the industrialised world. It provides a critical comparative survey of when, where, how and why Social Democracy developed within established capitalist democracies.The book explains the electoral fortunes of Social Democratic parties, ... Read more

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  • Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century

    The Changing World Political Map

    Edited by Nurit Kliot, David Newman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Geopolitics
    An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social orderThese essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an ... Read more

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    From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science...Moving beyond mainstream "traditional" approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science.A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this ... Read more

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  • Policy Paradigms, Transnationalism, and Domestic Politics

    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    Policy Paradigms, Transnationalism, and Domestic Politics offers a variety of perspectives on the development of policy paradigms — the ideas that structure thinking about what can and should be done in a policy domain. In this collection, international experts examine how both transnational actors and domestic politics affect the structuring of these paradigms.As well as theoretical chapters, ... Read more

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