An examination of China's accommodation of Western constitutional values, in the light of the pending return of British Hong Kong to China. The Joint Declaration which governs the return guarantees a continuance of these values, and this study looks at the resulting tensions between East and West.
This book analyzes in a comparative perspective the causes, the modalities and the prospects of political changes in three regions: Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia.
The Reagan administration has been both eulogised and reviled. This book explores the Reagan policy, style and substance and considers the initial aspirations of the two Reagan administrations, examines the constraints they endured and assesses the legacy of achievement and failure.
Examines the changing roles and relationships of the Prime Minister, ministers and civil servants. Edited by Rod Rhodes and written by a team of distinguished political scientists and historians these volumes provide an authoritative account of how British government has changed over the past fifty years.
This textbook covers the A/S-level government and politics syllabuses offered by the main examination boards. Clearly written, with checklists, bullet points, chapter summaries, boxes and charts, revision notes and sample examination questions, it should be an ideal information source for students.
This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.
This work asks, How do culturally determined political conflicts arise? , and suggests that most religions share core values, and that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it.
This study of Magreb's erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. It examines the role of the media in particular as contested, but often compliant, terrain between governments and dissidents.
This study of Magreb's erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. It examines the role of the media in particular as contested, but often compliant, terrain between governments and dissidents.