Suchergebnisse

"The Politics of African Literature" published on by Oxford University Press.

"International Relations and the Study of Global Environmental Politics: Past and Present" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Origins and Theory of Climate Change Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.

By ROBERT SPOO

Review of Reading the Obscene: Transgressive Editors and the Class Politics of US Literature, by Jordan S. Carroll, and A Matter of Obscenity: The Politics of Censorship in Modern England, by Christopher Hilliard

"Normative Debates and Policy Responses in Climate Change Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.

"The Politics of Climate Change" published on by Oxford University Press.

By MAKSYMILIAN DEL MAR

Review of The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language, and Longing in World Politics, by Gerry Simpson

Die Literatur zur wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Reformpolitik hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten ausgiebig mit der Frage beschäftigt, welche Parteien sozialstaatliche Kürzungspolitik betreiben. Während Paul Piersons Pionierstudie zu den "New Politics of the Welfare State" nahelegt, dass die Unterschiede zwischen den Parteien verschwinden, haben andere Arbeiten Anzeichen für die Persistenz von "old politics" gefunden – also den traditionellen Befund, wonach sozialdemokratische Regierungen den Sozialstaat ausbauen, oder zumindest weniger stark zurückbauen als konservative Parteien. Im Gegensatz dazu argumentiert eine dritte Gruppe von Studien, ....

"The literature on interest group politics in the European Union has come of age. The last ten years we have seen a remarkable shift from a literature consisting of mainly empirics driven studies that remained detached from sophisticated conceptual reflection, to a firmly theory-informed field of empirical political science. The study of EU interest group politics has become more professionalised, as researchers have moved away from studies that had their merits on their own but often suffered from theoretical grandstanding or idiosyncratic topics and/or sui generis explanations, to studies that link theoretical and conceptual development with sound empirical hypothesis testing. The reason for this transformation is to be sought in changes in the discipline of political science and adjacent disciplines, but certainly just as well in the transformation of European politics with its decline of electoral party politics and the migration of the 'authoritative allocation of values' into policy networks and negotiation systems in which interest groups and civil society organisations assume prominent positions." (excerpt)

"Homosexuality Under Socialism in the German Democratic Republic" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Domestic-International Conflict Linkages" published on by Oxford University Press.