Recruitment to legislative office is one of the core functions of political systems, yet we know
little about how the process varies from one country to another. Passages to Power provides …

Book description: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a collection of 50,000
specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British …

" A very gripping read... a cautionary tale for our current leaders."—The New York Times As
zealots in Washington intensify their preparations for an American attack on Iran, the story of …

The winter of discontent continues to exert a powerful hold over the British political
imaginary. It acts as a discursive key to a collective mythology seemingly appealed to, and …

The public sphere is said to be in crisis. Dumbing down, tabloidisation, infotainment and
spin are alleged to contaminate it, adversely affecting the quality of political journalism and …

Recent findings show an apparent erosion in the United States over the post-war years of
'social capital'understood as the propensity of individuals to associate together on a regular …

In common with most large-scale projects this book has incurred many debts upon the way.
The British General Election Study Campaign Panel 1997 was conducted by the Centre for …

Under what conditions are governments within established democratic political systems
willing and able to launch ambitious reform programs? In other words, what conjunctural …

* What is the relationship between youth culture and popular music?* How have they
evolved since the second world war?* What can we learn from a global perspective? In this …

The histories of journalism and democracy are closely linked. The origins of journalism, as
we recognize it today, parallel the turbulent birth of the fi rst democratic societies nearly four …