This book analyses Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings' plans for radical democratisation in Ghana, involving ordinary people directly in the country's political and economic decision-making processes.

This book captures forms of democratic regression and autocratization, examines how Asia-Pacific experiences fit into debates about democracy's deepening global recession and what Asia-Pacific experiences contribute to understanding of causes…

This book argues the clash of civilizations, first explored by Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington three decades ago, ideologically informs right-wing populist politicians in the United States and Europe as…

This book examines the political activities of selected religious actors in Christian, Muslim and Judaist contexts in Europe and the Middle East. It explores the challenges these religious actors face…

This book identifies and examines the political activities of selected religious actors, in both domestic and international contexts, in relation to democracy, human rights and civilisational interactions, and asks why…

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance. This handbook responds to that development, providing important results of…

This book offers an accessible and broadly conceived examination of the impact of globalization on comparative politics. Written in a lucid and lively style, it assumes no prior knowledge of…

The author examines the continuing importance of religion, in global politics using examples drawn from a range of religious groups around the world.