Min-hyung Kim, "Power Relations and Comparative Regionalism: Europe, East Asia and Latin America "
English | ISBN: 0367763796 | 2021 | 220 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Three trends have dominated the political economy of integration during the last two decades: globalization, economic nationalism, and regionalization. This book explores comparative regional integration, focusing on both intra regional integration and relations among regions in the context of power.

Toshiaki Tachibanaki, "Confronting Income Inequality in Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Causes, Consequences, and Reform"
English | ISBN: 0262201585 | 2005 | 247 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Contrary to general belief, and to Japan's own self-image, inequality of income and wealth distribution in Japan has grown in the past two decades. In this well-written and accessible book, Toshiaki Tachibanaki analyzes the movement toward more income inequality in Japan and offers policy recommendations to counter the trend. Tachibanaki, Japan's leading expert on income distribution, draws on new statistical data covering wealth, inheritance, farm and business holdings, salary, and other relevant factors, to demonstrate that Japan can no longer be thought of as a "90 percent middle-class society."

Gloria Maité Hernández, "Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics"
English | ISBN: 0190907363 | 2021 | 248 pages | PDF | 17 MB
Savoring God is a comparative study that examines the creative interaction of poetry and theology in two mystical poems central to the Christian and the Hindu traditions, the sixteenth-century Spanish Cántico espiritual (Spiritual Canticle), by Saint John of the Cross, and the Sanskrit Rāsa

Preventing Terrorism and Controlling Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Control Orders in the UK and Australia By Susan Donkin (auth.)
2014 | 89 Pages | ISBN: 1461487048 | PDF | 2 MB
​This Brief takes a provocative look at existing socio-legal literature with a comparative study of terrorism control orders, focusing on how the concept of pre-emption fits within a traditional criminological framework. This timely work examines how such measures might be conceived and interpreted within a situational crime prevention approach. Over the past decade, socio-legal scholars have identified a rise in pre-emptive control mechanisms to respond to terrorism and other threats in the post-9/11 world. Many have argued that this pre-emptive rationale has been used to justify the introduction of measures that transcend established legal and risk frameworks, to deal with individuals or groups thought to pose a threat to the state or its citizens. ​Preventing Terrorism and Controlling Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Control Orders in the UK and Australia will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice, particularly with a focus on terrorism, risk assessment, and human rights.​

Anders Berg-Sørensen, "Contesting Secularism: Comparative Perspectives "
English | ISBN: 1409457400 | 2013 | 262 pages | PDF | 1212 KB
As we enter the twenty-first century, the role of religion within civic society has become an issue of central concern across the world. The complex trends of secularism, multiculturalism and the rise of religiously motivated violence raise fundamental questions about the relationship between political institutions, civic culture and religious groups. Contesting Secularism represents a major intervention into this debate. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars from across the world it analyses how secularism functions as a political doctrine in different national contexts put under pressure by globalisation. In doing so it presents different models for the relationship between political institutions and religious groups, challenging the reader to be more aware of assumptions within their own cultural context, and raises alternative possibilities for the structure of democratic, multi-faith societies. Through its inter-disciplinary and comparative approach, Contesting Secularism sets a new agenda for thinking about the place of religion in the public sphere of twenty-first century societies. It is essential reading for policymakers, as well as for scholars and students in political science, law, sociology and religious studies.

Kelly Bulkeley, "Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative History"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 0814799574, 0814799566 | EPUB | pages: 344 | 3.0 mb
From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh's dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. In this widely shared view, dreams are a powerful medium of transpersonal guidance offering the opportunity to communicate with sacred beings, gain valuable wisdom and power, heal suffering, and explore new realms of existence. Conversely, the world's religious and spiritual traditions provide the best source of historical information about the broad patterns of human dream life

Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics, Second edition by Patrick H. O'Neil , Karl J. Fields
English | December 1, 2020 | ISBN: 0393532895 | 864 pages | EPUB | 132 MB
Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics gets students out of the text and into the real world.

Strategies of North and South: A Comparative Analysis of the Union and Confederate Campaigns by Gerald L. Earley
2021 | ISBN: 1476685665 | English | 310 pages | PDF | 21.5 MB
Since the Antebellum days there has been a tendency to view the South as martially superior to the North. In the years leading up to the Civil War, Southern elites viewed Confederate soldiers as gallant cavaliers, their Northern enemies as mere brutish inductees. An effort to give an unbiased appraisal, this book investigates the validity of this perception, examining the reasoning behind the belief in Southern military supremacy, why the South expected to win, and offering an cultural comparison of the antebellum North and South. The author evaluates command leadership, battle efficiency, variables affecting the outcomes of battles and campaigns, and which side faced the more difficult path to victory and demonstrated superior strategy.

Lore Van Praag, "Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union "
English | ISBN: 1138048070 | 2018 | 270 pages | PDF | 1350 KB
Early School Leaving in the European Union provides an analysis of early school leaving (ESL) in nine European Union countries, with a particular focus on young people who were previously enrolled in educational institutions inside and outside mainstream secondary education. The comparative approach employed by this volume adds to the existing body of knowledge on ESL and develops an understanding of how young people navigate through different educational systems.

Patrick H. O'Neil, "Essentials of Comparative Politics"
English | 2017 | pages: 449 | ISBN: 0393624587 | PDF | 28,9 mb
The most accessible conceptual text