englischGlobal sustainability policy has developed more than any other policy area in recent decades and has recently undergone a profound and groundbreaking redefinition. Formerly based on the conceptual guidelines of the Brundtland Commission on Sustainable Development, the UN Sustainable [...]

englischKnowledge of the politics of India – the world's largest democracy – is fundamental to understanding its rise as an economic and political power, and its response to global challenges of climate change, trade conflicts, mass migration, poverty, and security. This book provides a [...]

englischParliamentarism is a globally widespread form of the organisation and legitimation of political rule. Parliaments can be found on various political levels and in countless political systems—not only in democratic ones. This book deals fundamentally and comprehensively with this centuries-old [...]

englisch The Swiss political system with its developed concordance, direct democracy, and federal structures, is in many respects both a model and a special example of a functioning democracy in the 21st century. This textbook, now in its fifth fully updated edition, covers the main political [...]

englischThe second, updated edition of the textbook offers a compact introduction to central issues of migration policy. It deals with basic terminology, institutional arrangements and important research strands. Examples from German and international practice illustrate the chapters and are linked [...]

englischThis textbook presents the Polish political system, focusing especially on the country’s domestic political changes since the PiS party came to power. The authors analyse, among other things, Poland’s shift from political liberalism to an illiberal democracy. In particular, the book explains [...]

englischThis book outlines the key elements of the theory of political institutions. Its aim is to surpass singular analyses of parliaments or governments and to understand how institutions work in relation to citizens. In a democracy, citizens themselves act as agents towards political institutions [...]

englischThis textbook analyzes Russia’s political system and the trajectories of its post-Soviet evolution. It covers the main features of Russia’s political institutions, relevant political and societal actors, public opinion, etc. Guided by the theoretical perspective of institutionalist [...]

englischThe reference work contains definitions of concepts of international security and peace. It is oriented towards the current state of research, which distinguishes it from the usual keyword collections in traditional and electronic dictionaries. With some 800 terms and over 1000 definitions [...]

englischIs Hungary an autocracy? This is the central question of this textbook, which takes an internal look at the Hungarian political system and analyses factors that are relevant to the system. Historical legacies such as the Habsburg monarchy, so-called goulash communism, system change and [...]