Stephen E. Hanson & Jeffrey Kopstein 
Comparative Politics [PDF ebook] 
Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order

Highlighting the high price paid by the United Nations and international peace builders that under-utilize the reflexive new paradigm approach to international relations (IR), this study develops an …

With the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has risen steadily during the last decade. This book trace …

A distinguished selection of contributors provide the theoretical background to the restructuring of Europe that is currently underway. It attempts to situate the ethical debates in a historical, leg …

In a country famous for having the most CCTVs in the world, how safe are your rights? Six types of execution are practiced in the industrialized world, torture is openly sanctioned by America, and in …

First Published in 2005. Since the breaching of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent end of the Cold War, there has been a marked increase in attention paid to multinational military forces. Ad …

John E. Roemer, one of the founders of analytical Marxism, draws on contemporary mathematical economics to put forward a refined extension of the Marxian theory of exploitation, labour value and clas …

In 2012, on the eve of Vladimir Putin”s inauguration for a controversial third term as president, mass protests ended in violent clashes between demonstrators and the police. ”;They ruined my big d …

Much has been said about the driving forces of region-building processes or regionalization worldwide, yet few systematic and comparative studies have been conducted on how regions can contribute to …

Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concern …

The Group of Eight has become a central actor in global governance with a steadily expanding role and agenda. The leaders” summits remain at the apex of the G8 system, but the leaders” work is comp …