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Populism
Aims to show that populism has suffered from being considered, usually in relation to particular contexts, and has therefore become a rather fractured and elusive concept. This book also seeks to provide a different definition of populism, a survey of other definitions and perspectives, and a guide to populist politics around the world.
Art Workshop with Paul Taggart
The secret of Paul Taggart's approach to painting is that anyone can paint or draw if given the right help. The step-by-step approach used in this book gives readers the confidence to start and detailed help to enable painting in any medium chosen including watercolours, pastels, oils and acrylics. The book includes a final secion dealing with mixing colours, with a list of materials needed and the author's own paintings which are used for demonstration purposes.
Art Workshop with Paul Taggart
Each watercolour technique is examined in a separate chapter Line and Wash, Wet on Dry, Wet and Wet and Combination Techniques and each chapter has advice on materials, preparation, starting off, finishing off and common problems. There are detailed step-by-step instructions in the form of artstrips - each one hand painted by Paul Taggart himself - as well as sample projects for painting from a photograph and painting in the field for each method. There is also advice on colour mixing and general hints.
The New Populism and the New Politics
Two of the major forces that have made an impact on West European politics in recent years have been Green and New Populist parties. While they differ radically in their ideological positions, policy prescriptions and bases of support, taken together they represent the left and right versions of a protest against the general direction and form of contemporary politics. Surveying the fortunes of these two types of parties in different countries, the author develops a framework for explaining their relative success and failure. Using the specific cases of two Swedish protest parties, the Green Party and New Democracy, a systematic comparison is made of their electoral constituencies, party organization and elite behaviour to show that there are common origins, similar difficulties but divergent strategies. The case study reveals the different way in which political systems incorporate contemporary left and right forms of protest.
Europeanised Defiance – Czech Euroscepticism since 2004
Why is there so much reservation and scepticism among the Czech public as well as politicians towards the European Union? Has the experience of the Czech Republic as a member of the EU changed Czech Euroscepticism since 2004? The authors provide a detailed analysis of the dynamics of Euroscepticism using the concept of Europeanisation. The unique connection of the concepts of Euroscepticism and Europeanisation creates an innovative research framework.
EU Enlargement and Referendums
A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the European integration issue and how it interacts with domestic politics, and of the dynamics of referendums in general and referendums on the European issue in particular. This book therefore provides a set of focused comparisons between these different cases. Each of the individual chapters provides an authoritative analysis of the referendum campaign and outcome in each of the countries concerned by a leading specialist on the politics of that country. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics.
Nationalism and Populism
Nationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union were supposed to become more important in international relations. But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early 21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more and more votes in elections that are often characterized by nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who...
When Ideas Matter
A study of ideas, their substance, origins and salience, in government decision-making during credibility crises in India and developing democracies.
Opposing Europe?: The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism
This set provides a comprehensive review of Euroscepticism in contemporary European politics. Leading scholars address the strength and breadth of Euroscepticism across a range of EU member and candidate states, and draw out comparative lessons on the nature of political parties and party systems.
