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Failed and Weak States in Theory and Practice
Robert I. Rotberg
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Failed and Weak States in Theory and Practice Introduction A failed state is a country with a government that cannot or will not deliver essen...
Federalism in the United States
Troy Smith
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Federalism in the United States Introduction Federalism is one of America’s unique contributions to modern political systems. Generally, federa...
Filibuster, The
Gregory Koger
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
The Filibuster Introduction Filibustering is the strategic use of delay in a legislative setting. The term is derived from a 19th-century term...
Global Inequality
Ayse Kaya
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Global Inequality Introduction The study of global economic inequality focuses primarily on the income inequalities across states or across in...
Governance in Africa
Bruce Baker
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Governance in Africa Introduction Definitions of governance in Africa in the early 1990s emphasized public sector management, efficiency, and o...
Hegemony
Mark Beeson
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Hegemony Introduction The word “hegemony” is of Greek origin and originally referred to the dominant or preponderant position of one state ove...
Immigrant Incorporation in Canada
Irene Bloemraad, Mireille Paquet
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Immigrant Incorporation in Canada Introduction Scholars of immigration want to understand why people move across international borders, and wha...
Impact of Campaign Contributions on Congressional Behavior, The
Christopher Witko
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
The Impact of Campaign Contributions on Congressional Behavior Introduction How campaign contributions influence the behavior of members of Co...
Income Dynamics and Politics in North America and Europe
Austin Nichols
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Income Dynamics and Politics in North America and Europe Introduction Income dynamics and politics encompasses several disparate fields of the...
Indigenous Rights and Governance in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Kirsty Gover
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Indigenous Rights and Governance in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand Introduction Indigenous rights are now a core part of the constitutional...
Intellectual Property in International Relations
Susan Sell
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Intellectual Property in International Relations Introduction Intellectual property refers to patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In making p...
Interest Groups in American Politics
Darren R. Halpin, Anthony J. Nownes
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Interest Groups in American Politics Introduction This article considers interest groups in American politics. Interest groups are variously d...
International Conflict Management
Fen Hampson, Chester Crocker, Pamela Aall, Simon Palamar
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
International Conflict Management Introduction International conflict management (ICM) studies are focused on applying the insights of theory a...
International Political Economy of Illegal Drugs
David Mares
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
International Political Economy of Illegal Drugs Introduction The subject of the illegal drug trade crops up in all the subfields of political ...
Iran, Political Development of
Huss Banai
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Political Development of Iran Introduction It is quite rare for a country to have experimented with two fundamentally different forms of govern...
Israeli Politics
Gideon Rahat
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Israeli Politics Introduction Israel is a parliamentary democracy that was established in 1948. However, the foundations of its political syst...
Judicial Supremacy and National Judicial Review
Ken I. Kersch
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Judicial Supremacy and National Judicial Review Introduction Judicial review is the power of a court to assess the constitutionality of legisla...
Latin America, Democratic Transitions in
Reynaldo Yunuen Ortega Ortíz
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Democratic Transitions in Latin America Introduction Since gaining their independence at the beginning of the 19th century, the Latin American ...
Latin America, Environmental Policy and Politics in
Jose Carlos Orihuela
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Environmental Policy and Politics in Latin America Introduction The study of environmental policy and politics has undergone a rapid and comple...
Latin America, Guerrilla Insurgencies in
David S. Palmer, Thomas A. Marks
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Guerrilla Insurgencies in Latin America Introduction Insurgency in Latin America, though employing a variety of violent and nonviolent tactics,...
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