This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together. It covers the time between the telescope's pivotal invention in the 1600's up to the modern era of space-based telescopes.
This volume examines Western India’s contributions to the spread of ideas, beliefs and other intangible ties across the Indian Ocean world.
This book argues that the relationship between political parties, civil service and party insider groups in... Læs mere
It argues that deliberative democracy’s tense relationship with power is not a pathology but constitutive of deliberative practice.
Examining diverse contexts including North America, Latin America, Europe, New Zealand, and Russia, the authors employ different approaches to populist... Læs mere
This book investigates how social movements form their political strategies in their quest for social change and -when they shift from one strategy to another- why and how that happens.
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the instrumental value of democracy in a comparative perspective. The author also raises... Læs mere
This book provides a scholarly assessment and analysis of the Trump campaign and early presidency.
While political actors used norms to legitimize their ideas for institutional change, the complex and dynamic nature of these norms also provided the breeding ground for contestation and, sometimes, institutional sclerosis and failure.
This book looks at the fundamental components of national identity as understood by ordinary nation members, and the way in which it is mobilised by political elites.