Kenneth P. Miller 
Direct Democracy and the Courts [PDF ebook] 

Angola is poised between a past marked by civil war and corruption, and a future of potential economic development. This book examines the post-Civil War period which began in 2002 and saw the rise o …

Healthcare in most developed countries face a complex and partly contradictory mix of financial, social and political challenges. Fiscal strains combined with New Public Management agendas have cause …

This book analyses the determinants behind the openings in party leader selection rules (leaders” selectorate) in 10 Western European countries and more than 55 parties between the mid-1980s and the …

In recent years serious concerns emerged over the state of European democracy. Many democracy indices are reporting a year-on-year drift towards less liberal politics in the countries of the European …

This book maps Indo-US relations from the turn of the last century. Amidst the changing world order, the bilateral ties between two of the world’s greatest democracies have evolved from the thorny ex …

”Soft power” is an oft-used term and commands an instinctive understanding among journalists and casual observers, who mostly interpret it as ”diplomatic” or somehow ”persuasive”. ”Hard power’ …

This book argues that our current lack of recognising and understanding the different forms meta-theorising takes hampers the ways in which fruitful engagement between meta-theories can be conducted. …

In the late 1960s representative democracy was under fire from various directions even in countries, like Britain and America, where it had appeared to be most secure and successful. Must democracy b …

The Making of Eurasia investigates the multi-layered spectrum of China and Russia”s Eurasian policies towards each other, ranging from competition to cooperation, as well as the role of regional act …