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1. Parliamentary Roles in Modern Legislatures

   Edited by Magnus Blomgren, Olivier Rozenberg

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book gathers the most influential authors on role research and legislative studies to examine the different roles that MPs are playing in modern-day legislatures. It provides a comprehensive and critical overview of current research on legislative roles, summarises previous research, presents...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Transnational Private Governance and its Limits

   Edited by Jean-Christophe Graz, Andreas Nölke

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This volume explores a variety of forms of transnational private governance where non-state actors cooperate across borders to establish rules and standards accepted as legitimate by other agents. Transnational private governance is a core feature of the devolution of power that we observe in the...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society

   Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action

   Edited by Jan van Deth, William Maloney

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This book examines citizen engagement in contemporary democratic politics and the development of new participatory forms. Based on empirical information gathered from citizens, activists and organizations, it examines the changing face of democratic participation. Advanced democracies are ‘plagued’...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies

   Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics

   Edited by Pieter Vanhuysse, Achim Goerres

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences. This volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Politics of Religion in Western Europe

   Modernities in conflict?

   Edited by François Foret, Xabier Itçaina

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of political science and to re-examine key concepts, such as democracy, securitization, foreign policy analysis, and international relations. The secularization of Europe is often understood according to the concept of ‘multiple modernities’...

   Published August 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. New Regionalism and the European Union

   Dialogues, Comparisons and New Research Directions

   Edited by Alex Warleigh-Lack, Nick Robinson, Ben Rosamond

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   The debates on regionalism have been polarized between European Union (EU) scholars and non-EU scholars, with the assumption being that regionalism within the EU and other regions of the world are quite distinct, with little to be learnt from dialogue with each other. This book challenges such...

   Published May 26th 2011 by Routledge
7. Puzzles of Government Formation

   Coalition Theory and Deviant Cases

   Edited by Rudy W. Andeweg, Lieven De Winter, Patrick Dumont

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories; however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual...

   Published March 31st 2011 by Routledge
8. Policy-Making Processes and the European Constitution

   A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries

   Edited by Thomas König, Simon Hug

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   This new volume presents a wealth of fresh data documenting and analyzing the different positions taken by governments in the development of the European Constitution. It examines how such decisions have substantial effects on the sovereignty of nation states and on the lives of...

   Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. Administrative Reforms and Democratic Governance

   Edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans, Jon Pierre

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   After a quarter of a century of implementation of New Public Management (NPM) reform strategies, this book assesses the major real outcomes of these reforms on states and public sectors, at both the organisational level and a more political level. Unlike most previous accounts of reform, this book...

   Published March 15th 2011 by Routledge
10. New Parties in Government

    In Power for the First Time

    Edited by Kris Deschouwer

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    Party literature is largely focused on the rise and success of new parties and their effects on party systems and older parties. This book, on the other hand, provides a valuable and original addition to such literature by analyzing what happens to a party when it enters government for the first...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge