Governance Books

New and Published Books

1. Parliaments and Citizens

   Edited by Cristina Leston-Bandeira

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   The relationship between parliaments and citizens is one of the least studied subjects in legislative studies, yet this is a crucial dimension to understand parliaments and the role they play in our political systems. Furthermore, this relationship has gained considerable visibility over the...

   Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe

   Edited by Ian Bache, George Andreou

   This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance. In this respect, there are two points of departure: the first is...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Governing Women

   Women’s Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform

   Edited by Anne Marie Goetz

   Series: Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development

   Though the proportion of women in national assemblies still barely scrapes 16% on average, the striking outliers – Rwanda with 49% of its assembly female, Argentina with 35%, Liberia and Chile with new women presidents this year – have raised expectations that there is an upward trend in women’s...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Governance of HIV/AIDS

   Making Participation and Accountability Count

   Edited by Sophie Harman, Franklyn Lisk

   Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   Nearly thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, confusion over effective mechanisms of controlling and eradicating the illness remain prevalent. This book highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to governance, as responses to HIV/AIDS become increasingly focused upon the health...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Europe and the Management of Globalization

   Edited by Wade Jacoby, Sophie Meunier

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   European politicians often speak of their efforts to 'manage globalization.' At one level, this is merely a rhetorical device to make globalization more palatable to citizens and prove that policy-makers are still firmly in control of their country’s fate. This volume argues that the advocacy of...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Towards A New Executive Order In Europe?

   Edited by Deirdre Curtin, Morten Egeberg

   Series: West European Politics

   The executive branch of government in Europe is being gradually transformed in several significant respects. First, executive power has been continuously strengthened at the EU level in the form of the European Commission, EU-level agencies and diplomatic and military staff in the Union Council...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Transformation of UN Conflict Management

   Producing images of genocide from Rwanda to Darfur and beyond

   By Touko Piiparinen

   Series: Routledge Research on International Organisations

   The world has vowed "Never again" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by génocidaires. Yet, ever since the Holocaust, the international community has repeatedly betrayed its pledge, most notably in 1994 with regard to the Rwandan Tutsi, and again ten years later in Darfur...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy

   Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence

   Edited by Matt Qvortrup

   Democracy is above all about majority rule. But which majority should rule if a part of a country wants to secede and become independent? Should the majority of the whole country decide? Or only the majority in the part that seeks to become independent be allowed to vote? Referendums and democracy...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
9. Accountability and European Governance

   Edited by Deirdre Curtin, Peter Mair, Yannis Papadopoulos

   Series: West European Politics

   In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central focus the role of accountability in democratic governance, and attempts to...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
10. Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies

    Edited by Peter Burnell, Andre Gerrits

    This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral...

    Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge