Komparativ politik

All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this...

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'Deftly punctures popular misconceptions... Could a history book be more timely?' The Economist 'Engaging and persuasive' New Statesman 'A compelling and timely study of what drove history's most influential civilisations... the book comes with im...

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**A Sunday Times Bestseller** **An Economist Best Book of the Year** The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks...

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In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine, aimed at re-establishing Russian control over the Ukrainian state, economy and society, similar in many ways to the Soviet period. This goal, however, was not achieved, an...

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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the rise of populism and uncertainties about the future direction of US politics and foreign policy have created a troubling new international environment for Europe. Against this background, Security in 21st Cen...

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**A Sunday Times Bestseller** **An Economist Best Book of the Year** The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks...

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'The most important book of the Trump era' The Economist How does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from a...

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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the ...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart 'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smit...

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The end of the Cold War was a "big bang" reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the World Wars in 1919 and 1945. Here John Ikenberry asks the question, what do states that win...

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Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de uppbyggda och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? Det är några av de många frågor som behandlas i denna introduktion till komparativ politik. Här presenteras grundläggande begrepp och metoder, och jämföre...

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Hur fungerar politiska system? Hur är de utformade och hur skiljer de sig åt länder emellan? I denna bok beskrivs hur politiska system är uppbyggda i elva länder: Storbritannien, Frankrike, Tyskland, USA, Brasilien, Indien, Kenya, Ryssland, Kina, ...

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A fully revised fourth edition of a popular introduction to the comparative politics of Europe, written by a highly respected authority on the subject. This lively and thematically organised text provides an accessible guide to the institutions an...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I will recommend to everyone' Alastair Campbell 'There are lots of moments when you can't help but have a shudder through the spine . . . a really novel, interesting book.' Lewis Goodall, The News Agents podcast ******...

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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turned conventional wisdom on its head. They started from a single assertion: leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"-o...

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European Union Politics is the most complete and issues-led introductory textbook on the European Union. Written by an expert team of contributors, it fully equips students to understand the European Union and the topical debates that surround it....

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Sunday Times Smart Thinking Book of the Year 2022 * New York Times Bestseller * WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD * BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, The Times, Esquire, Prospect 'When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war t...

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***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*** FT Best books of 2020: Business 'In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Henderson rightfully argues for the refoundation of capitalism and offers thought-provoking i...

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Authoritarian populist parties have advanced in many countries, and entered government in states as diverse as Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. Even small parties can still shift the policy agenda, as demonstrated by UKIP'...

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The rich archive of twentieth-century debates on fascism can steer a path through an increasingly authoritarian present. Developing anti-fascist theory is an urgent and vital task. From the 'Great Replacement' to campaigns against critical race th...

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In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account of mankind's emergence as a politica...

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Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politics. If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to unders...

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*** A Financial Times best political book of the year*** 'The transformation of the US into an autocracy has advanced... It might be irreversible [and] will change almost everything in the world. Nobody has outlined this danger more compellingly t...

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Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform. Even in Australasia extensive measures of fiscal...

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Russia's war on Ukraine has not only destroyed millions of human lives, it has also been catastrophic for the environment. Forests and fields have been burned to the ground, animal and plant species pushed to the brink of extinction, soil and wate...

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In World Order, Henry Kissinger - one of the leading practitioners of world diplomacy and author of On China - makes his monumental investigation into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations. World Order is the summation of Hen...

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From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' T...

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