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1. Georgia: Revolution and War

   Edited by Rick Fawn

   The post-Soviet country of Georgia has generated surprise upon surprise. Its Rose Revolution in 2003 marked the first time an existing leadership of a post-Soviet state was forced to surrender power peacefully. The new leadership of Western-educated Mikheil Saakashvili initiated wide-ranging...

   Published September 1st 2013 by Routledge
2. Choosing China's Leaders

   Edited by Chien-wen Kou, Xiaowei Zang

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   Political elites are a key topic in contemporary China studies, and have been investigated in relation to factional politics, generation politics, technocracy, and crucially, institutionalization. The institutionalization of elite replacement began in China in the 1980s and quickly accelerated...

   Published August 12th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Politics and Economics of Britain's Foreign Aid

   The Pergau Dam Affair

   By Tim Lankester

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid. Because of its high cost, it was a poor candidate for aid funding. It was provided in part to honour a highly irregular promise of civil aid in connection with a major arms deal. After two parliamentary...

   Published July 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Campaigning for President 2012

   Strategy and Tactics, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Dennis W. Johnson

   In this important and timely volume, Dennis W. Johnson has assembled an outstanding team of political scientists and political professionals to examine one of the fiercest and most closely fought presidential elections of our time. Like its predecessor on the 2008 race, Campaigning for President...

   Published July 7th 2013 by Routledge
5. Party Politics in the Western Balkans

   Edited by Vera Stojarová, Peter Emerson

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition. Beginning with a thematic overview of the electoral systems and their link to the party systems, the authors...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
6. Political Leadership, Parties and Citizens

   The personalisation of leadership

   Edited by Jean Blondel, Jean-Louis Thiebault

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Social structure may historically have been of primary importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the significance of personality in political leadership...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. Russia after 2012

   From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

   Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
8. Women as Political Leaders

   Studies in Gender and Governing

   Edited by Michael A. Genovese, Janie S. Steckenrider

   Series: LEADERSHIP: Research and Practice

   Over the past several years, the fields of Leadership Studies and of Women's Studies have grown tremendously. This book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. In Defense of Politicians

   The Expectations Trap and Its Threat to Democracy

   By Stephen K. Medvic

   Series: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation

   Politicians are reviled. From jokes on late-night TV talk shows to radio show rants and from public opinion polls to ubiquitous conventional wisdom—politicians are among the most despised professional class in modern society. Drawing on seminal work in political science, Stephen K. Medvic...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. Nigeria at Fifty

    The Nation in Narration

    Edited by Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi

    Nigeria, Africa’s most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010. As the cliché states, ‘As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa’. This book frames the socio-historical and political trajectory of Nigeria while examining the many dimensions of the...

    Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge