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Knowledge of taxes and how they are shaped by political factors is critical to understanding how governments function at the federal, state and local levels. Taxes provide governments the means with which to implement public programs, but they are also used by governments to encourage and…
Paperback – 2017-02-22
Routledge
Politics of American Public Policy
As a fast growing global peasant movement with members in 80 countries around the world, La Vía Campesina (LVC) has planted itself firmly on the international scene. This book explores the internationalization of the movement, with a specific focus on the engagement of peasants in the processes of…
Hardback – 2017-02-21
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
The Jewish community in Turkey today is very diverse with extremely different views as to whether Jews are reluctant or enthusiastic about living in Turkey. Many see themselves primarily as Turks and only then as Jews, while some believe quite the opposite. Some deny there are any expressions of…
Hardback – 2017-02-17
Routledge
Israeli History, Politics and Society
Together, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights comprise the constitutional foundation of the USA. These—the oldest governing documents still in use in the world—urgently need an update, just as the constitution of other countries have been updated and revised. This book brings together…
Paperback – 2017-02-14
Routledge
A natural hazard is a physical event but a disaster is a social and political phenomenon. Natural hazards are, for the most part, unavoidable and apolitical. However, they carry with them serious political, economic and social consequences. Disasters also have adverse consequences on human rights…
Paperback – 2017-02-14
Routledge
Non-territorial autonomy is an unusual method of government based on the notion of the devolution of power to entities within the state which exercise jurisdiction over a population defined by personal features (such as opting for a particular ethnic nationality) rather than by geographical…
Hardback – 2017-02-13
Routledge
Association for the Study of Nationalities
Over the past decade there has been an unprecedented mobilization of street protests worldwide from the demonstrations that helped bring progressive governments to power in Latin America to the Arab Spring to Occupy movements in the United States and Europe to democracy protests in China. This…
Hardback – 2017-02-01
Routledge
Rethinking Globalizations
This book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characterized by tolerance, compassion, generosity, hospitality, self-control, correct behaviour, equality and consensus. The author argues that present day…
Hardback – 2017-01-31
Routledge
Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Contemporary European societies are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, certainly in terms of the diversity which has stemmed from the immigration of workers and refugees and their settlement. Currently, however, there is widespread, often acrimonious, debate about ’other’ cultural and religious…
Paperback – 2017-01-28
Routledge
Cultural Diversity and Law
Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility. In these environments, political factions fail to establish long-term connections with the electorate and thus regularly rise and fall from the political arena. This book provides an organizational…
Paperback – 2017-01-25
Routledge
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Membership of political parties is diverse. Not everyone participates and those who do, do not participate in the same way. This book engages with the debate over the significance and future of political parties as membership organisations and presents the first broad comparative analysis of party…
Paperback – 2017-01-25
Routledge
Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites
In this book, Ian Taylor examines how a social movement, the anti-Iraq War movement in the UK, engaged with the media as a part of their campaigning against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Moving beyond content analysis to draw upon interviews with locally based journalists and activists,…
Hardback – 2017-01-24
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society