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A burgeoning literature studies compulsory voting and its effects on turnout, but we know very little about how compulsory voting works in practice. In this Element, the authors fill this gap by providing an in-depth discussion of compulsory voting rules and their enforcement in Australia, Belgium, and Brazil. By analysing comparable public opinion data from these three countries, they shed light on citizens' attitudes toward compulsory voting. The Element examines citizens' perceptions, their knowledge of the system, and whether they support it. The authors connect this with information on citizens' reported turnout and vote choice to assess who is affected by mandatory voting and why. The work clarifies that there is no single system of compulsory voting. Each country has its own set of rules, and most voters are unaware of how they are enforced.

"This book explores the growing attention that sociology has started to give to environmental issues in terms of peace and social justice. With a focus on sociological theory and its development, it reconstructs the long journey made by the social sciences towards the reconstruction, in a single theoretical paradigm, of the problems associated with the implementation of conditions of peace and sustainability. Beginning from the premise that environmental issues are never purely environmental, but entail political, economic and social implications, Sustainable Development and Peace offers an understanding of where we are heading, and how, reflecting on present challenges and possible directions for the future. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology, social theory, development studies, politics and environmental studies"--

The first comprehensive analysis of the shrieval system, 1485-1603, showing sheriffs to be among the most important local office-holders in early modern England, responsible for executing legal process, holding local courts, making arrests, executing criminals, collecting royal revenue, holding parliamentary elections, and many other vital duties.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface: The Strange Career of the American Mediterraneans -- Introduction: Beginning with Humboldt -- 1. American Mediterraneans: A Space-Timeline -- 2. Nineteenth-Century Geographers and Their Mediterraneans -- 3. 1890s California-Pacific Mediterraneans -- 4. 1940s Gulf-Caribbean Mediterraneans -- Epilogue: Ending with Braudel -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Gallery.

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PERMISSIONS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- Part One: The Development of the Governorship in Texas -- 1 The Executive Office -- 2 The Development of the Executive Article in Texas Constitutions -- 3 Occupants of the Executive Office -- Part Two: The Governor as Executive and Administrator -- 4 The Executive Office: Duties and Staff -- 5 The Governor in the Executive Branch: Primus inter Pares -- 6 Special Functions of the Governor of Texas -- Part Three: The Governor and the Legislature -- 7 The Governor and the Legislature: The Veto -- 8 The Governor and the Legislature: The Message Power -- 9 The Governor and the Legislature: Special Sessions -- 10 The Politics of Executive-Legislative Relationships -- Part Four: The Political Role of the Go -- 11 The Nomination Process -- 12 The Gubernatorial Campaign -- 13 The Governor as Political Leader -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

First published in 1934, Artists in Uniform confronts what the author describes as two of the worst features of the Soviet experiment' following Lenin's death - bigotry and bureaucratism - and shows how they have functioned in the sphere of arts and letters. It is divided into three parts: The Artist's International; A Literary Inquisition; and Art and the Marxian Philosophy.

This book argues that a basic problem in thinking about understanding, temporality, and selfhood is due to "imitative" modes of thought found in much traditional Western philosophy and theology. Given this, the book examines the complex role that "image" and "imitation" play in understanding and its world of meaning, the import of language and narrative for configuring human temporality, and the existence of self. The author's contention is that when critically understood, mimesis, with its roots in performative enactment, holds resources for reconsidering these basic dimensions of human life beyond imitative paradigms of thought

1. Researching the Activists: Understanding Methods, Data, and Approaches -- 2. The Vanguards of Radicalism in the UK -- 3: Al Muhajiroun: The Early Days (1996-2004) -- 4. The Ideology of Al Muhajiroun -- 5. The Post Al Muhajiroun Years (2005-2014): Proscription and Other Means of Deterrence -- 6. The Impacts of the Islamic State and Strategies of Control -- 7. Comparing Ideologies: Al Muhajiroun, Al Qaeda, and Islamic State -- 8. Understanding and Managing the Threat -- 9. Conclusion: Summing up the Activists.

"The book features an in-depth analysis of pre-modern Chinese discourses on artistic style especially the concept of Vitality-Charm (氣韻). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines Vitality-Charm and related topics from the perspectives of aesthetics, stylistics, semiotics, cosmology, art history, and socio-cultural history. It reviews the development of, and examines the relations between, the concepts of poetic vision, spiritual resonance, spiritual expressiveness, Vitality-Charm and so on in the tradition of Chinese art (including literature, music, dancing, and drama). The book also attempts to clarify confusions caused by the overlapping and indistinct demarcations between the concepts when they are used in the discourse of, and even the training of art — especially traditional Chinese art."--