Political Science / Comparative Politics

This book explores the structural political imbalances that exist within complex democratic federations.

This book offers a comprehensive outline of the world’s political systems and regimes, classifying all 195 sovereign countries.

Analysing over twenty countries from 1990 to 2015, this book systematically investigates the extent to which immigrants are excluded from social programs.

This book sheds light on both international and Canadian experiences of moving beyond GDP and bringing new ways to measure what matters into decisions about policy and societal priorities.

This edition of Empire and Communications enriches Harold A. Innis’s examination of the relationship between communications and power structures.

Jobs with Inequality provides a novel political explanation of growing inequality in Canada today.

The fifth edition of Centuries of Genocide combines highly informative essays on major genocides with powerful first-person survivor testimonies.

Judicializing Everything? focuses on judicial decision-making in parliamentary states that have recently adopted bills of rights.

This book introduces readers to the deep political tensions in the Asia-Pacific and offers classroom simulations designed to encourage students to delve deeper into the issues and dynamics of the region.

Drawing from a cross-national perspective and a range of comparative vantage points, Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of poverty.

This book analyses the actions and plans enacted by the ten Canadian provinces to prepare for the new reality of an aging society.

The book develops a capacity framework for policymakers and researchers alike in order to address elements that limit the development of local innovation clusters.

Weighing in on the euro-austerity debate, this book uses case studies from three countries to evaluate the distinctive politics of fiscal policy and welfare state reform during a key period in Europe.

Marked by a period of massive structural change, the 1970s in Europe saw the collapse of traditional manufacturing. The essays in this collection question aspects of the narrative of decline and radical transformation.

This multidisciplinary collection provides a unique insiders’ perspective on the major issues in Georgian politics, society, and economics in the twenty-five years since its independence from the Soviet Union.

This timely and thought-provoking collection makes an important contribution to the literature and will appeal to anyone interested in scientific research and its political and philosophical ramifications in democratic society.