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  • Democracy, Dictatorship, and Term Limits

    by Alexander Baturo ...
    Series series New Comparative Politics
    A national constitution or other statute typically specifies restrictions on executive power, often including a limit to the number of terms the chief executive may hold office. In recent decades, however, some presidents of newly established democracies have extended their tenure by various semilegal means, thereby raising the specter—and in some cases creating the reality—of dictatorship ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The New Kremlinology

    Understanding Regime Personalization in Russia

    by Alexander Baturo, Jos Elkink ...
    Series series Comparative Politics
    The New Kremlinology is the first in-depth examination of the development of regime personalization in Russia. In the post-Cold War period, many previously democratizing countries experienced authoritarian reversals whereby incumbent leaders took over and gravitated towards personalist rule. Scholars have predominantly focused on the authoritarian turn, as opposed to the type of authoritarian rule ... Read more

    $61.49 CAD

  • Handbook on Opposition Politics

    Edited by Eoin O’Malley, Francesco Cavatorta, Alexander Baturo ...
    Series series Elgar Handbooks in Political Science
    This comprehensive Handbook examines the role of political opposition across different political systems. Contributors draw on a series of in-depth case studies, including specific chapters on country-cases to explore the impact of opposition within democracies, anocracies (or hybrid regimes), and autocracies.Leading experts explore political opposition through a theoretical and comparative ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Presidential Term Limits

    Edited by Alexander Baturo, Robert Elgie ...
    Presidential term limits restrict the maximum length of time that presidents can serve in office. They stipulate the length of term the presidents can serve between elections and the number of terms that presidents are permitted to serve. While comparative scholarship has long studied important institutions such presidentialism vs. parliamentarism and the effects of different electoral systems, we ... Read more

    $157.79 CAD

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    How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior

    by David J. Samuels, Matthew S. Shugart ...
    This book provides a framework for analyzing the impact of the separation of powers on party politics. Conventional political science wisdom assumes that democracy is impossible without political parties, because parties fulfil all the key functions of democratic governance. They nominate candidates, coordinate campaigns, aggregate interests, formulate and implement policy, and manage government ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy

    by Michael Albertus, Victor Menaldo ...
    This book argues that - in terms of institutional design, the allocation of power and privilege, and the lived experiences of citizens - democracy often does not restart the political game after displacing authoritarianism. Democratic institutions are frequently designed by the outgoing authoritarian regime to shield incumbent elites from the rule of law and give them an unfair advantage over ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Investment Law within International Law

    Integrationist Perspectives

    Edited by Freya Baetens ...
    Developments within various sub-fields of international law influence international investment law, but changes in investment law also have an impact on the evolution of other fields within international law. Through contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this book analyses specific links between investment law and other sub-fields of international law such as the law on armed ... Read more

    $64.79 CAD

  • The Future Catches Up

    Selected Writings of Ralph M. Goldman

    by Ralph M. Goldman ...
    Professor Goldman has contributed articles and books in divers fields of political science. This is a partial collection of his principal published and unpublished journal articles as well as brief references to his principal books.Volume I focuses on the emergence of transnational political parties. His researches have led Goldman to conclude that transnational parties are the precursors of a ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Immigration In America's Future

    Social Science Findings And The Policy Debate

    by David Heer ...
    Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. The bitter national debate over California's Proposition 187, the influx of Cuban refugees into Miami, and the continuous, often illegal, crossings over the Mexican border into Texas and California are just a few of the episodes that have created a furor on local, state, and federal levels.In this timely and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Comparing Political Regimes

    A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition

    by Alan Siaroff ...
    Comparing Political Regimes provides a current and comprehensive empirical assessment of the world’s 195 sovereign states. Alan Siaroff analyses and classifies countries in terms of economic development, political evolution, and state strength, ultimately outlining and contrasting the aspects of four regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-open autocracies, and closed ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

    by Arend Lijphart ...
    In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important—and unexpected—conclusions about what type of democracy works best.Praise for the previous edition:"Magnificent. . . . The best ... Read more

    $23.09 CAD

  • Russia Against Modernity

    by Alexander Etkind ...
    Putin’s war is a “special operation” against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labor. By trading oil and gas, promoting Trump and Brexit, spreading corruption, boosting inequality and homophobia, subsidizing far-right movements and destroying Ukraine, Putin’s clique aims ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD