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This book confronts the threats of epistemic relativism and Pyrrhonian scepticism to analytic philosophy. Epistemic relativists reject absolute notions of knowledge and justification, while sceptics claim that knowledge and justification of any kind are...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-07-21
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From Haryana to Gujarat to Maharashtra, numerous Indian states have been witness to protests by backward classes pressing for quotas and reservations. In stark contrast is the exemplary case of Tamil Nadu, which has managed to effectively integrate economic and...
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OUP India
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2018-06-26
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Vor dem Hintergrund der dynamischen Veränderungen des Europäischen Integrationsprozess der letzten Jahre, beschäftigt sich Alena Kerscher mit der grundlegenden Frage: Wie gestaltet sich der Handlungsraum christdemokratischer Parteien in Westeuropa zum Thema Europäische...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-05-31
Collection :
Empirische Studien zur Parteienforschung
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Elena Frech addresses the issue of candidate (re-)selection for the European elections. Studying German parties, the author investigates both, the rules and practice of candidate selection. The study is one of the first to shed light on the goals political parties...
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Springer VS
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2018-04-03
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No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-03-15
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Im Vorfeld der eidgenössischen Wahlen 2011 wurde erstmals in der Schweiz ein Rolling Cross-Section Survey realisiert. Thomas De Rocchi nutzt die damit erhobenen Daten, um kurzfristige Einstellungs- und Präferenzänderungen der Wählerschaft im Verlauf der Kampagne zu...
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Springer VS
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2018-02-26
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Dieser Band bündelt Analysen zu den Präsidentschafts- und Kongresswahlen 2016 in den USA, die durch teilweise unerwartete Ereignisse überraschten. Während in der Wahl um die Präsidentschaft mit harten Bandagen gekämpft wurde und kaum eine populistische Rhetorik...
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Springer VS
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2018-01-08
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This edited volume assesses the quality of democracy in the Republic of Korea three decades after its formal democratization in 1987. It has been argued that Korea’s two subsequent power turnovers prove that its democracy has been successfully consolidated, despite its...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-15
Collection :
Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office. Populism and Patronage shows that the populists such as Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi win elections when the institutionalized ties between non-populist parties...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-22
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Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office. Populism and Patronage shows that the populists such as Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi win elections when the institutionalized ties between non-populist parties...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-09-15
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Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of politics. Relationships of many types drive political institutions, processes, and decision-making. Therefore, it is imperative for the study of politics to include network...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-08-23
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When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-05-19
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From the Arab Spring to the Spanish Indignados, from Occupy Wall Street in New York to Nuit Debout in Paris, contemporary protest bears the mark of citizenism, a libertarian and participatory brand of populism which appeals to ordinary citizens outraged at the arrogance...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-05-15
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When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse. An authoritarian party without...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-04-03
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The study of voting behaviour remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-02-27
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This book provides a detailed study into whether Ministers in the Council vote the same way as Members of the European Parliament if they are from the same national party. The author explores the voting behavior of national representatives at the EU level, and this...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-10
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Was ist eigentlich der Sinn und Zweck des Wählens? Warum gelten Wahlen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert für nahezu alle Staaten als unverzichtbar? Um die Erfolgsgeschichte und die variierenden Bedeutungen von Wahlen zu verstehen, gilt es, die historische Dimension zu...
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Springer VS
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2016-11-21
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Katrin Praprotnik analysiert die Wahlversprechen der Parteien in Österreich zwischen 1990 und 2013. Sie betrachtet das politische Angebot von Parteien im Wahlkampf, das inhaltliche Ergebnis von Koalitionsverhandlungen sowie die politische Bilanz von Regierungen. Die...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2016-10-21
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Though they work largely out of the public eye, political consultants-"image merchants" and "kingmakers" to candidates-play a crucial role in shaping campaigns. They persuaded Barry Goldwater to run for president, groomed former actor Ronald Reagan for the California...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-10-18
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This book examines the
formation and operation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition
government from May 2010 to May 2015. The authors outline the factors that
enabled the union, including economic circumstances, parliamentary politics,
the initially...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-04
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