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ECPR Research Methods eBook Series

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  • Comparative Policy Studies

    Conceptual and Methodological Challenges

    Edited by I. Engeli, C. Rothmayr Allison ...
    Series series ECPR Research Methods
    In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies across regional and national boundaries. ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

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  • Foundations of Digital Government

    Leading and Managing in the Digital Era

    by Daniel Veit, Jan Huntgeburth ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Digital government consists in the purposeful use of information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the internet, to transform the relationship between government and society in a positive manner. This book focuses on the current status, prospects and foundations of digital government. Integrating examples and cases from administrative practice, it covers all important aspects of ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Balancing Control and Flexibility in Public Budgeting

    A New Role for Rule Variability

    by Michael Di Francesco, John Alford ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work explores how reshaping budget rules and how they are applied presents a preferred means of public sector budgeting, rather than simply implementing fewer rules. Through enhanced approaches to resource flexibility, government entities can ensure that public money is used appropriately while achieving the desired results.The authors identify public budgeting practices that inhibit ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Homicide Data Sources

    An Interdisciplinary Overview for Researchers

    by Adam Dobrin ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This Brief provides a detailed guide to national data sources that collect and report data on homicides in the United States, and some key international sources abroad. It provides in-depth coverage of well-known sources, and highlights more obscure sources, providing a useful tool for research design and planning across disciplines.This Brief includes detailed discussions of the benchmark sources ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • High-level Political Appointments in the Philippines

    Patronage, Emotion and Democracy

    by Rupert Hodder ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. Its focus is on high-level political appointees in the Philippines, but its implications for development processes and policy are far-reaching. Patronage stimulates the emergence of democracy and welfare, and constitutes formal organizations. So intimately connected is it with the health of democracy and ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Electronic Democracy in Europe

    Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics, E-Participation and E-Voting

    Edited by Ralf Lindner, Georg Aichholzer, Leonhard Hennen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited book is the first of its kind to systematically address the intersection of e-democracy and European politics. It contributes to an improved understanding of the role that new media technologies play in European politics and the potential impact that Internet-based political participation processes may have on modern-day representative democracy in Europe. A unique, holistic approach ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Hybrid Governance in European Cities

    Neighbourhood, Migration and Democracy

    by C. Skelcher, Helen Sullivan, S. Jeffares ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Political Economy of Governance

    Institutions, Political Performance and Elections

    Edited by Norman Schofield, Gonzalo Caballero ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Understanding the governance of nations is a key challenge in contemporaneous political economy. This book provides new advances and the latest research in the field of political economy, dealing with the study of institutions, governance, democracy and elections. The volume focuses on issues such as the role of institutions and political governance in society, the working of democracy and the ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Governance in Modern Society

    Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions

    Edited by Oscar van Heffen, Walter J.M. Kickert, Jacques J.A. Thomassen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is the immediate result of the co-operation of a great number of scholars in the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG). NIG is an interuniversity research school. As such it has a double task. In addition to offering a Ph.D program to students in Public Administration it also is a research institute in which a great number of scholars from seven Dutch universities participate and ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Parliamentary Socialisation

    Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour?

    by M. Rush, P. Giddings ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work. ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Max Weber's Vision for Bureaucracy

    A Casualty of World War I

    by Glynn Cochrane ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume examines Max Weber’s pre-World War I thinking about bureaucracy. It suggests that Weber’s vision shares common components with the highly efficient Prussian General Staff military bureaucracy developed by Clausewitz and Helmuth von Moltke. Weber did not believe that Germany’s other major institutions, the Civil Service, industry, or the army could deliver world class performances since ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe

    A Rainbow Europe?

    by Phillip Ayoub, David Paternotte ...
    Series series Gender and Politics
    This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD