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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...
Partisan Polarization in the US Electorate
Matthew S. Levendusky
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Partisan Polarization in the US Electorate Introduction The literature on party polarization in American politics focuses on two distinct (tho...
Party Networks
Seth Masket
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Party Networks Introduction The study of party networks is a subset of social network analysis within political science. Social network analys...
Political Thought of the American Founders, The
Alan Gibson
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
The Political Thought of the American Founders Introduction The historical importance of the American founders as revolutionaries and state bu...
Politics and Policy in Contemporary Argentina
Ana Margheritis
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Politics and Policy in Contemporary Argentina Introduction Argentina is a fascinating and intriguing case to study politics and policies. Its ...
Politics of Higher Education in the U.S.
Ann Cohen
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Politics of Higher Education in the United States Introduction By many measures, American higher education has been a success. Growing from a ...
Politics of Natural Disasters, The
Daniel P. Aldrich
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
The Politics of Natural Disasters Introduction People around the world are far more likely to encounter death or harm because of mudslides, co...
Post-Communist Democratization
Joshua Tucker
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Post-Communist Democratization Introduction In addition to forever changing the lives of hundreds of millions of people, the collapse of commun...
Preferential Trade Agreements, Politics of
Mark Manger
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Politics of Preferential Trade Agreements Introduction Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are international agreements to reduce the barriers...
Public Opinion in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Russell J. Dalton
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Public Opinion in Advanced Industrial Democracies Introduction In the field of public opinion, research spans several aspects of the social sci...
Public Opinion in New Democracies and Developing Nations
Russell J. Dalton, Doh Shin
Subject: Political Science »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Public Opinion in New Democracies and Developing Nations Introduction Although political development depends on many factors, an important comp...
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