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1. Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America

   Edited by Marleen Brans, B.Guy Peters

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by no means unique, and many countries have experienced political over the pay and perquisites of public...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Comparative Metropolitan Policy

   Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis

   By Jen Nelles

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. New Challenger Parties in Western Europe

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Airo Hino

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of ‘new challenger parties’ across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by addressing issues neglected by existing parties can succeed and fail. Systematically comparing 229 elections...

   Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Parliamentary Oversight Tools

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Riccardo Pelizzo, Frederick Stapenhurst

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book investigates Parliaments’ capacity to oversee government activities, policies and expenditures. Utilising a comparative approach, the book presents a new examination of oversight tools and discusses the conditions under which such tools are employed effectively. The result of a 9-year...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
5. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State

   The Cult of the Individual

   By Richard Münch

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines the increasingly international division of labour, which promotes transnational integration. It analyses the change in worker solidarity as it moves from collective national welfare to a transnational inclusion of workers from various links in the production chain. Examining...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Politics of International Law and Compliance

   Serbia, Croatia and The Hague Tribunal

   By Nikolas M. Rajkovic

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Leading the debate on the domestic effect of the growing influence of international adjudication, this invaluable text examines Serbia and Croatia’s erratic record of compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Since the demise of the Milosevic and Tudjman...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Funding of Political Parties

   Where Now?

   Edited by Keith Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom, Joo-Cheong Tham

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book explores the problems associated with regulating the funding of political parties and election campaigns in a timely assessment of a topic of great political controversy. From interest in Obama's capacity to raise vast sums of money, to scandals that have rocked UK and Australian...

   Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
8. Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan

   A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change

   By Rie Watanabe

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan compares two decades of climate policy development in Germany and Japan. It examines whether there is any difference between the types and levels of policy change in the two countries, and, if so, what factors account for the difference. Using a...

   Published June 26th 2011 by Routledge
9. African Parliamentary Reform

   Edited by Frederick Stapenhurst, Rasheed Draman, Andrew Imlach, Alexander Hamilton, Cindy Kroon

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Some of the most far-reaching and innovative parliamentary reform is occurring in Africa. While these reforms are not yet widespread across the continent, parliaments in some African countries are asserting their independence as policymakers, as overseers of government and as the guardian of...

   Published June 1st 2011 by Routledge
10. Consociational Theory

    McGarry and O’Leary and the Northern Ireland conflict

    By Rupert Taylor

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    Consociational power sharing is increasingly gaining ground, right around the world, as a means for resolving political conflict in divided societies. In this volume, edited by Rupert Taylor, nineteen internationally-respected scholars engage in a lively debate about the merits of the theory...

    Published May 19th 2011 by Routledge