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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...
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...
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,...
Latin America, Social Movements in
Fernanda Somuano Ventura
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Social Movements in Latin America Introduction As is the case with many concepts in social sciences, there are many definitions of social move...
Legal Mobilization
Lisa Vanhala
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Legal Mobilization Introduction Debates about the role and power of law, legal actors, and legal institutions in movements for social change an...
Local Governments in the United States
Jisun Youm, Richard Feiock
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Local Governments in the United States Introduction The study of local governments has a long tradition in political science and has provided ...
Mechanisms of Representation
Will Jennings
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Mechanisms of Representation Introduction “Mechanisms of representation” relate to the organization of politics and its consequences, and the p...
Media Effects in Politics
James Druckman
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Media Effects in Politics Introduction Most of what citizens know about politics comes from what they learn via the media. Scholars began study...
NATO, Politics of
Mark Webber
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Politics of NATO Introduction The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 and so straddles the Cold War and the post-Cold ...
North America, Comparative Politics of
Miriam Smith
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Comparative Politics of North America Introduction Comparative politics is a subfield of political science that compares the domestic politics ...
Oil, Politics of
Steve Yetiv
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Politics of Oil Introduction The politics of oil emerged in the 20th century as one of the most critical dimensions shaping domestic and global...
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