Politikk

Written by experts, this is the most complete, issues-led textbook on European Union politics. With contemporary issues and debates presented alongside thorough coverage of the theory, institutions, policies, and history of the EU, European Union Politics effortlessly guides students to a clear understanding of this complex area.

This book discusses that although the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is not a religious war, it cannot be understood without considering and analyzing religious elements and contexts of justification.

Secularism, Race, and the Politics of Islamophobia shows the ways secularism produces and enables racism and normalizes the racial categorization of "Muslim."

The world is facing an ever-changing array of complex threats to international security. Yet intelligence agencies have a mixed record of anticipating these threats. This book casts new light on past failures and suggests new frameworks for thinking about future threats and challenges.

This book examines the peacetime military relationship between the UK and Japan, spanning partnerships and interactions from the 1860s to the present day.

"In James Madison's Constitution, Eric T. Kasper and Howard Schweber have assembled a roster of ten prominent contributors to excavate Madison's thinking about key concepts and issues over questions of what the Constitution requires, permits, and prohibits. Madison's key role at the Constitution's drafting was instrumental in forging the document into what it is today. In many areas, the modern Constitution still reflects Madison's conception and design. In other areas, however, the Constitution as it emerged in a final text-and as it has been amended and interpreted to the present day-does not always conform to Madison's vision. Nevertheless, examining Madison's thinking across a range of constitutional issues has much to offer for understanding our nation's primary governing document today. Indeed, there are great disagreements among jurists, policymakers, journalists, academics, and the general public about how to interpret the Constitution and what various clauses mean. Frequently, Madison is cited as a source on both sides of political, scholarly, and legal debates over the meaning of various constitutional provisions"--

The public and its problems, est un livre classique et a été considéré comme important tout au long de l'histoire de l'humanité. Afin que ce livre ne soit jamais oublié, chez Alpha Editions, nous avons fait des efforts pour le préserver en le rééditant dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu. Ces livres ne sont pas constitués de copies numérisées de leur œuvre originale et le texte est donc clair et lisible.

This book is based on the premise that that a collection of personal narratives of descendants of Holocaust survivors who interviewed their parents\grandparents can greatly contribute to our understand of the Holocaust and particularly, its aftermath.

Beginning with a study of a suburb of Athens, this book charts the occurrence of a range of radical social changes as the locality adapts itself to processes of globalization, broadening its analysis to as to offer a theoretical account of the dynamic interaction of the local with the global wherever it occurs in (sub)urban space.

This book investigates how states and secessionists seek to resolve questions of de facto control in the aftermath of secessionist wars.

This book explores multifarious policy dimensions relevant to climate change and its associated vulnerabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.

Departing from the typical discourse about journalistic depictions of Africa, this book focuses on the underexplored journalistic representations created by African journalists reporting on African countries. The book demonstrates that African journalists are crucial actors in the marginalization of African voices through their coverage of Africa.

This book analyses agency and place of youth within the Pashtun tribal social order in Pakistan. It looks at Pashtun youth as a separate social category, analysing their changing trends of political leadership in Pakistan's former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Can football become a force for liberation or is it just another 'opium of the masses'?

Does the British monarchy still have a place in today's society? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'exit' cast light on institutional racism, multiple allegations around Prince Andrew highlighted troubling attitudes to gender and power, while the abolition of monarchy in Barbados accentuated its relationship to colonialism. But what is the monarchy actually for? Does it benefit the UK, or cause more harm than good? The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the dawn of the Carolean age makes these questions more pertinent than ever. Breaking longstanding myths around the monarchy, Clancy demystifies and evaluates the monarchy, showing why republicanism is nothing to be scared of.