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Interparliamentary Relations and the Future of Devolution in the UK provides a political analysis of interparliamentary relations at a time when devolved legislatures are more evidently asserting their influence. Chapters provide the context necessary to understanding current complexities, considering the future of UK politics in response to critical circumstances such as Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Margaret Arnott recognises how tensions between competing narratives about the future working of devolution in the UK, particularly over the future relationship of the devolved nations to the UK, were all too evident in contemporary political narratives. Written at a time of intensified political debates and the increasing questioning of models of democracy, Interparliamentary Relations and the Future of Devolution in the UK addresses a significant gap in academic literature to consider both the collective future of UK governance and that of the individual nations who form it.

"Telling the story of the Egyptian uprising through the lens of education, Hania Sobhy explores the everyday realities of citizens in the years before and after the so-called 'Arab Spring'. With vivid narratives from students and staff from Egyptian schools, Sobhy offers novel insights on the years that led to and followed the unrest of 2011. Drawing a holistic portrait of education in Egypt, she reveals the constellations of violence, neglect and marketization that pervaded schools, and shows how young people negotiated the state and national belonging. By approaching schools as key disciplinary and nation-building institutions, this book outlines the various ways in which citizenship was produced, lived, and imagined during those critical years. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 The Dynamics of Issue Evolution -- 2 The Politics of Race: From Roosevelt to Reagan -- 3 The Politics and Policy of Race in Congress -- 4 Political Activism and the Party System -- 5 The Ideological and Partisan Transformation of Racial Issues -- 6 Modeling Change in Mass Identification -- 7 On the Structure and Sequence of Issue Evolution -- 8 Racial Issue Evolution: Strategy, Chance, and Opportunity -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

"Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She proposes radical solutions for political funding and participation, including "Democratic Equality Vouchers" and a "Mixed Assembly" model where disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are guaranteed a significant fraction of seats"--

A history of electoral violence and human rights violationsExplaining political violence in Kenya; Legitimacy of State institutions; A culture of impunity; Dealing with electoral-related violations; Notes; References; The Circus Comes to Town: Performance, Religion and Exchange in Political Party Campaigns; From the Street Notebook; Enter the politics of money; Romance sweeps into the theatre of the absurd; Speech acts and allied dances in the street; The power of prayer, praying for power; "Kuuza sura, [ha]wataki kuuza sera": What didn't they sell?!; Conclusion; Notes; References.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. How Taiwan Became Democratic -- 2. The Japanese and Kuomintang Colonial Regimes -- 3. The Lee Teng-hui Presidency to Early 1996 -- 4. The 1996 Presidential Election and the Taiwan Straits Crisis -- 5. Lee Teng-hui as an Elected President and the 2000 Presidential Election -- 6. The Presidency of Chen Shui-bian -- 7. The Kuomintang Regains Power -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Body Matter; Introduction; A Reminder from Leviathan; The Ethics of Redistribution; Two Cheers for Democracy; An Introduction to Philosophy of History; Liberty or Equality; The Problem of Power; The Liberal Anglican Idea of History; Freedom: A New Analysis; The Vocabulary of Politics; The Letters of Jacob Burckhardt; Anarchy and Order; Politics and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century; Political Parties; The Conservative Mind; Memoirs of Dr Eduard Beneš; The Hungry Sheep; Reason and Revolution.