This book is a full-length study of the rights of indigenous peoples in international law,
focusing in particular on instruments of human rights. The primary reference point is …

Examining the effects of economic and political restructuring on regions in Europe and North
America, the main themes here are: international economic restructuring; political …

In theory, parliamentary elections are a contest between political parties whose leaders do
not have a separate identity from their party in the public eye. This case study of Britain …

An historical study of British policy towards European integration from the Second World War
to the creation of the single European market. Whilst focusing on government policy, the …

This book uses Sweden as a test case to analyze how parliament and elected
representatives function in a representative democracy. Despite the status of Scandinavian …

Why do people living in different areas vote in different ways? Why does this change over
time? How do people talk about politics with friends and neighbours, and with what effect …

The book incorporates three alternative conceptions of class. Erik Olin Wright's structural
Marxist account is set alongside John Goldthorpe's occupational class schema, and the …

From the taunting videos of Osama Bin Laden to the partisan euphoria of the embedded
journalist, from the visual rhetoric of the anti-globalisation movement to the empire of spin to …

In election communication, the reality is quite different. Once a campaign is announced, a
common element in both the United States and Britain is the unleashing in earnest of an …

In recent years the changes in rural life wrought by the mechanization of agriculture and the
consequent'drift from the land'have been both subtle and far-reaching. Yet the views of …