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The dynamics of revenue and expenditure policy in contemporary Mexico / Gabriel Farfán-Mares -- Empresarios, sociedad civil y esquemas de gobernanza / Cristina Puga -- Candidaturas independientes en México : un caso de movilización del cambio jurídico / Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón -- Campaigns and elections : five assumptions about mediated politics / Yolanda Meyenberg Leycegui -- La comunicación presidencial en México : Fox, Calderón y Peña / Rubén Aguilar Valenzuela -- The Mexican agenda in Latin America : the Pacific Alliance / Natalia Saltalamacchia -- What is actually happening with the "Mexican moment?" / Amalia D. García Medina -- A panorama of Mexico : governance, crime and justice information / Mario Palma Rojo and Victoria Bonilla -- Modernization of the municipal government in Mexico / Mauricio Valdés Rodríguez

Studies show that top civil servants in Danish local government emphasize giving political advice. This finding has been used to deduce information about the role that top municipal officials across countries play vis-à-vis politicians. The existing literature has examined this through questionnaires, but in this article, I propose studying role perceptions through interviews, which provide access to thick descriptions of the role of top officials. Through 12 interviews, I show that top municipal officials perceive their role as translators, liaisons and mediators, implying a frequent interaction between the political and administrative level. While officials find it important to serve the political level, it is also a central part of the role perception that they understand themselves as politically neutral. This creates a cross-pressure that officials try to balance by employing three strategies to shield them from inappropriate political interference: They seek advice, educate and restrict access.

If one compares the literature on American government and politics with that which concerns continental Europe, it is quite evident that the two fields of study in the last decades have proceeded on somewhat different assumptions as to the scope and methods of political science. This divergence is of relatively recent origin. Before World War I a substantial number of leading American students in this field had their training in European centers of learning, and brought back with them the rich tradition of European historical, philosophical, and legal scholarship.With noteworthy exceptions the study of continental European political institutions still tends to be dominated by this historical, philosophical, and legal emphasis. The continuity of scholarship in the continental European area has been broken by the two world wars, by totalitarian regimes, by enemy occupation, and by the persistence of internal antagonism and cleavages. With the exception of a few years in the 1920's, the entire era since World War I has been one of catastrophe or the atmosphere of catastrophe in which scientific inquiry and the renewal of the scientific cadres could be carried on only for short periods, under the greatest handicaps, and with inadequate resources.

Differentiated integration (DI) was a more important issue prior to Malta's accession to the European Union in 2004. It has turned up very rarely in Parliamentary debates or its standing European and Foreign Affairs Committee, and almost never in statements by politicians or electoral manifestos. Its occasional salience has been mainly to affirm the Maltese Government's position, shared with the Opposition, on upholding solidarity and the rule of law. Once part of the EU, the rhetoric of Malta's main political parties is one that (largely) expects EU member states to 'play ball' and respect the principles of solidarity and working together, certainly in relation to particular policy fields – such as how to negotiate with UK officials and their commitment to secure Brexit – and (especially for Malta) in the face of the Mediterranean migration issue. ; This [report/publication/etc] is part of the InDivEU project which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822304. The content of this document represents only the views of the InDivEU consortium and is its sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains. ; peer-reviewed

Why does policy succeed or fail? Nick Raynsford, a former member of the UK parliament, government minister, and campaigner, pulls back the curtain on the front lines of policy making. Drawing on more than forty years of experience working at the very heart of both local and national government and the voluntary sector, he explores what works and what doesn't in making and implementing policy and legislation.

The 2nd Orbán government and the more than two-thirds parliamentary majority behind a relatively heavy heritage took over in the summer of 2010. The left-liberal governments of GDP in 2006-2009, reaching 12% of the size of austerity (expenditure cuts and tax lifting) as a result of Hungary's policy is not developed in a similar situation as the crisis in Greece. The most difficult years of the crisis – between March and June 2009 – the international debt financing market premium for loans fall from six percent to two, the euro exchange rate is reduced from 270 to 315 HUF. The 2ndOrbán government's so-called unorthodox economic policies – which happened to break with the IMF and serious political disagreements with the EU has been associated with – as a result of increased to HUF exchange rate of 300, the premium at the end of 2011 exceeded 6% again; currently around 3%, although the EU abolished the excessive deficit procedure against Hungary, and the sixth year of the current account is positive. Hungary's GDP after a 6.7% decline in 2009, in 2010 – faster than expected – increased by 1.2%, in 2011 was only 0.7% in 2012 and 1.7 % drop. Accelerated use of the 2007-2013 periods, EU investment funds due to a 1-1.5% in 2014 and expected in 2013 2-2.5% growth. The Hungarian economic performance in the last decade since EU accession has been at average of less than 0.5% per year increased. The durable and – at least – from 2.5 to 3.5% growth per year have failed to materialize in the domestic political economy foundations between 2010 to 2014.

Canada in international affairs -- Streams in the investment policy process -- The evolution of foreign investment policy -- Streams in the trade policy process -- The evolution of international trade policy -- Streams in the defence policy process -- The evolution of national defence policy -- Streams in the development policy process -- The evolution of international development policy -- Streams in the human security policy process -- The evolution of human security policy -- Canada's international policies -- Case Studies. Introduction -- Policy making and the culture/trade quandry / Lisa Baroldi -- Negotiating the Convention on anti-personnel landmines / John Cadham -- Sino-Canadian relations, 1949-2005 / Anemone Fritzen -- Canada-US relations and the Devils Lake dispute / Kevin Ma -- Turning the corner on the Kyoto Protocol / Maite Ormaechae -- International assistance to secure access to essential medicines / Kate Press

"I cannot praise the author enough for rising to the challenge of providing students with an accessible trip through time to show the emergence of the one-party South and how the South evolved over time." -Keith Lee, Georgia College Taking a hard look at the changing demographics in the American South, The Dynamics of Southern Politics discusses how this region remains exceptional while also addressing how that exceptionalism is eroding. Author Seth McKee tells a historically rich story going back to the end of the Civil War, tracks electoral changes to the present, and explores some of the most significant components contributing to partisan change. Supported by a host of detailed tables and figures, this book pairs a strong historical foundation with an in-depth analysis of the contemporary region.