Thiago Barbosa & Andre Blais 
Citizens Under Compulsory Voting: A Three-Country Study 

First published in 1999, this book describes what the International community of scientific institutions could do to reverse this trend, by pooling its know-how and resources in International and …

This volume of case studies examines the rise in violent extremism, terrorism and insurgency in South and South East Asia, and subsequent state responses. The South and South East of Asia has exper …

First published in 1998, this volume examines East Asia, especially Northeast Asia, which has been a region of considerable political security of importance for several key reasons. It features sever …

This book describes and analyzes the gravest crisis now facing constitutional democracy: the fundamental conflict between liberal and egalitarian values. Particularly stressed in this analysis are …

In January 1949 the first Arab-Israeli war ended. In October 1956 the second began with Israel’s invasion of Egypt. What happened in those intervening seven years to persuade the Israelis to attack i …

This book provides a conceptual toolkit to understand the changing technologies and dynamics of political campaigning in India. Examining political campaigning and party strategies across many Indian …

”Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free” Danny Dorling ”This book is dynamite – shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that ‘there is no al …

This book analyzes East-West economic and political relations in the context of the policies of the major Eastern and Western countries. The authors, a group of international scholars, examine the …

This book addresses the Soviet needs for external help to allow the Soviet leadership to carry out its program—in any version—of stabilization. It focuses on the scenarios outlined in the Shatalin pl …

‘This book is the result of long research, which started in early 1983 and aimed at examining Brazil”s economic adjustment following the two oil shocks of 1973 and 1979. Most of the information and …