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  • Understanding Federal Democracy

    by Arthur Benz ...
    Series series Understanding series
    This incisive book examines the relationship between federalism and democracy from a theoretical and comparative perspective. Arthur Benz proposes a novel understanding of why and how federal democracy can solve the dilemma of balancing effective governance with democratic legitimacy.Benz evaluates federal democracy as a complex system which is based on complementary principles that combine ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Constitutional Policy in Multilevel Government

    The Art of Keeping the Balance

    by Arthur Benz ...
    Series series Transformations In Governance
    The search for a robust balance of power is a continuous challenge for multilevel political system. Institutions like parliaments or courts can protect the existing order. However, necessary adjustments to economic, social, or international challenges or policies determined to improve ineffective structures or to prevent disintegration require constitutional amendments. Whereas constitutional ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Federal Democracies at Work

    Varieties of Complex Government

    Edited by Arthur Benz, Jared Sonnicksen ...
    Scholars widely agree that a federal system cannot work effectively without democracy. As a result of the division or sharing of powers between levels of government, there remains considerable uncertainty about how rules or patterns of politics between the executive and legislative branches interact. Combining theoretical analyses and selected case studies, Federal Democracies at Work contributes ... Read more

    $63.19 CAD

  • Governance and Democracy

    Comparing National, European and International Experiences

    Edited by Arthur Benz, Ioannis Papadopoulos ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    For the first time, this new collection brings together country specialists, researchers on the European Union, and leading international relations scholars to tackle a crucial question: how compatible are today’s new patterns of ‘policy networks’ and ‘multi-level’ governance with democratic standards?This important question is attracting attention both in political science and in political ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy

    Edited by Katrin Auel, Arthur Benz ...
    Series series Library of Legislative Studies
    This groundbreaking new study shows how the process of creating an ever closer European Union affects not only the policy-making, but also the politics and polity of the Member States. Empirical studies on the domestic impact of Europe identified different forms of Europeanization due to alternative mechanisms of internalising the new norms and rul ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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    Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance?

    by Frank Biermann ...
    Series series Global Environmental Governance
    In recent years, the debate on the establishment of a new international agency on environmental protection - a 'World Environment Organization' - has gained substantial momentum. Several countries, including France and Germany, as well as a number of leading experts and senior international civil servants have openly supported the creation of such a new international organization. However, a ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union

    Edited by Beate Kohler-Koch, Berthold Rittberger ...
    The discussion about a constitution for the European Union and its rejection by referendum in two of the EU founding member states has once again spurred public and scholarly interest in the democratic quality and potential of the European Union. Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union brings together distinguished thinkers from law, political science, sociology, and political ... Read more

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  • Contested Federalism

    by Herman Bakvis, Gerald Baier, Douglas Brown ...
    Federalism - particularly in Canada - involves an ongoing contestation of interests, ideas, and identities. It is a contestation that sometimes clarifies but often obscures the nature of conflicts and the manner in which they are resolved. Recognizing the great degree of ambivalence associated with federalism, the authors provide students with the conceptual tools and basic knowledge of various ... Read more

    $32.19 CAD

  • The Sociology of Globalization

    by Luke Martell ...
    The new edition of this accessible and wide-ranging book demonstrates the distinctive insights that sociology has to bring to the study of globalization. Taking in the cultural, political and economic dimensions of globalization, the book provides a thorough introduction to key debates and critically evaluates the causes and consequences of a globalizing world.Bringing the discussion right up to ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Governance

    Edited by David Levi-Faur ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in different levels and arenas of politics and policymaking. In doing so it establishes itself as the essential point of reference for all those studying ... Read more

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  • Should We Change How We Vote?

    Evaluating Canada's Electoral System

    Edited by Andrew Potter, Peter Loewen, Daniel Weinstock ...
    During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the “first past the post” electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. In early 2017, the Liberals reneged on their campaign promise, declaring that there was a lack of public consensus about how to reform the ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • The Politics of Immigration

    Contradictions of the Liberal State

    by James Hampshire ...
    Immigration is one of the most contested issues on the political agenda of liberal states across Europe and North America. While these states can be open and inclusive to newcomers, they are also often restrictive and exclusionary. The Politics of Immigration examines the sources of these apparently contradictory stances, locating answers in the nature of the liberal state itself.The book shows ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD