Provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and transregional perspective on the Kashmir dispute. Examines diverse people’s struggles to establish processes of democratic accountability. Initiates a dialogue on the ways in which state power and border regimes have shaped scholarship. Read more about “The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies” here.

Investigates the ‘how’ of recruiting and selecting more women into politics Claims that much of the actual potential of policy measures to enhance gender equality depends on their implementation Produces innovative comparative knowledge on women’s representation across Europe. Read more about Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas here.

This book takes stock of German gender equality in several policy fields after 16 years of governments led by Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democratic Party (CDU). While maintaining its status as an economic engine in Europe, Germany has historically been a laggard in adopting gender equality measures. The European Gender Equality Index, however,

Provides the definitive account of Japan’s 2021 general election Is the fourth volume in the Japan Decides series and brings together leading scholars from Japan, the US, and Europe Features chapters on the Abe legacy, the state of the LDP, the political impact of Coronavirus, and the Olympics Read more about Japan Decides 2021 here.

The study of Japanese politics is a vibrant field that has changed substantially over time. This work provides an in-depth exploration of current research. Moreover, it addresses theoretical questions and empirical issues that will guide research on Japan for years to come and thus serves as a key resource for scholars, students, and practitioners. Through

This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings in the fields of neuroscience and cultural evolution. The centrality in Chinese culture of a deep reverence for the lives of preceding generations, filial piety,

A close reading of postrevolutionary Russian and Yiddish literature and film recasts the Soviet Jew as a novel cultural figure: not just a minority but an ambivalent character navigating between the Jewish past and Bolshevik modernity. The Russian Revolution of 1917 transformed the Jewish community of the former tsarist empire. In particular, the Bolshevik government

Co-Author: Scott Radnitz with Harris Mylonas Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 2022 The first work solely devoted to the comparative study of fifth-column politics Convenes a group of scholars representing different social science fields Includes case studies from numerous countries and uses primary sources in eight languages Includes new interpretations of well-known events Read a Q&A

Key party goals serve to advance a policy brand and maximize seats in the legislature. This book offers a theory of how political parties assign their elected members — their “personnel” — to specialized legislative committees to serve collective organizational goals, here known as “party personnel strategies”. Individual party members vary in their personal attributes,