American Difference: American Politics from a Comparative by Lori Poloni-Staudinger,Michael R. Wolf

Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia: Singapore and Malaysia (Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series)

In Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia, Rodan rejects the proposal that the 1997-98 Asian fiscal concern was once additional proof that finally capitalism can merely strengthen inside of liberal social and political associations, and that new expertise inevitably undermines authoritarian keep watch over.

Margin of Victory: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections (New Trends and Ideas in American Politics)

This e-book illuminates sleek political expertise, analyzing very important applied sciences, businesses, and folks; placing fresh suggestions into historic context; and describing the prospective destiny makes use of of expertise in electoral politics.

Spain's 'Second Transition'?: The Socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (South European Society and Politics)

Few might have imagined the advancements and the level of reforms that happened below Spanish best Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero among 2004 and 2008. below Zapatero, Spain quickly withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, held a really public political debate at the Spanish Civil struggle and the Franco dictatorship, handed very innovative social laws that included homosexual marriage and adoption as good as a sweeping gender equality act, and extended autonomy in six of Spain’s 17 areas.

Four Crises of American Democracy: Representation, Mastery, Discipline, Anticipation

Within the final decade, observers of Western governments became more and more all for an obvious difficulty of democracy. They argue that endemic corruption, insufficient prone, and lengthening voter disaffection have produced a dire end result: a world resurgence of authoritarianism. The political weather surrounding the 2016 presidential election within the usa has purely strengthened the conception of democratic problem.