Essential reading for anyone hoping to understand the national controversy about set-asides and other forms of affirmative action.This path-breaking study examines the accomplishments and limitations of the set-aside programs that have moved to the center of national political debate about affirmative action in the United States.Balanced yet ......
The second edition of this pathbreaking, highly innovative comparative study in state-building by a major political scientist is a fully updated examination of the problems of making democratic government work. Sartori begins by assessing electoral systems. He attacks the conventional wisdom that their influence cannot be predicted and also ......
This comprehensive textbook is the first to go beyond a West European perspective and provide a clear overview of the whole of European politics. Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson address the similarities of key political features among states in Western, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Europe and look forward to political developments at ......
In this award-winning study of the Phaedrus, Charles Griswold focuses on the theme of "self-knowledge." Relying on the principle that form and content are equally important to the dialogue's meaning, Griswold shows how the concept of self-knowledge unifies the profusion of issues set forth by Plato. Included are a new preface ......
Looking at why the Republican party seems most receptive to evangelicals, this book assesses the religious base of support for both major parties. It includes a survey of census data, religious membership surveys, public opinion polling data, and more.
Explores the many roles of media within the fundamental political, economic and cultural changes taking place during the turbulence of 1980-85 in Eastern Europe. The author examines the central elements underlying these changes: power, the state, societal change, the economy, institutionalized racism, ethnic insurgency, secrecy and surveillance.
Public management stands at the unique intersection of theory and practice. It seeks to help scholars frame questions that will improve their understanding of how policy ideas become transformed into practice and to help government managers see past the narrow issues on their desks to the broader implications of their work. In The State of ......
Describes the main contours of how religion and government interact in Canada. This book reflects the traditions that have developed a somewhat different style of church-state relationships in our neighbour to the north. It focuses on religion's impact on education, law, and politics.
We didn't know. For half a century, Western politicians and intellectuals have so explained away their inaction in the face of genocide in World War II. This book covers a collection of critical, reflective, essays that offer detailed sociological, political, and historical analyzes of western responses to the war.
