Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Lauth, Hans-Joachim / Bein, Simon, Vergleichende Demokratieforschung: Einfuehrung. (NomosBibliothek) 250 S. 2025:3 (Nomos, GW) <745-618>
ISBN 978-3-7560-1524-5 paper ¥5,596.- (税込) EUR 24.00

Das Buch bietet einen grundlegenden Einstieg in die Vergleichende Demokratieforschung. Dafuer werden erstens zentrale empirische Befunde vorgestellt, zweitens ein Ueberblick ueber gaengige Typologisierungen gegeben und drittens theoretische Erklaerungsansaetze zusammengefasst. Weiterfuehrende Literaturtipps, ein Register zur schnellen Orientierung sowie Wissensboxen bereiten die Inhalte verstaendlich auf. Mit einem umfassenden Kapitel zu Staerkungsmoeglichkeiten der Demokratie will der Band ausserdem einen Beitrag zur Debatte um die Zukunftsfaehigkeit dieser Ordnungsform liefern. Der Band richtet sich an Studierende der Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften sowie alle Interessierten, die einen Ueberblick ueber aktuelle Diskussionen im Forschungsfeld Demokratie erhalten wollen.

Thiel, Andreas / Baldwin, E. / Stephan, M. et al. (eds.), Modes of Coordination and Performance in Polycentric Governance: Disentangling Complexity. (Transformations in Governance) 272 pp. 2025:9 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <745-638>
ISBN 978-0-19-894469-0 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

Governance becomes ever more interconnected and multilevel, and polycentric governance has been developed as a lens to analyze this complexity. At an aggregate level, it explores whether multiple autonomous actors are able to coordinate across interdependent sectors, scales, and decision-making arenas. It remains unclear, however, which factors shape polycentric governance in a particular social-ecological context, and what performance results from this governance; there has been no systematic way of mapping the shape that coordination adopts in polycentric governance. This volume develops and illustrates an approach to disentangling hybrid modes of coordination in polycentric governance, its determinants and outcomes. The authors build on the Institutional Analysis and Development framework, the flagship analytical tool of the Bloomington School of institutional analysis, and on the idea of governance hybrids. They propose that polycentric systems can be systematically characterized by looking at how competitive, cooperative, and hierarchical governance solutions coexist in providing multi-level coordination among actors. The framework is applied across five empirical chapters that explore diverse cases of water, energy, infrastructure, and mining governance in the United States, Switzerland, Mongolia, and Uganda, leading to the suggestion of context-dependent types of hybrids. The analytical approach, its ontological underpinnings, and its methodological implications are further reflected in two chapters suggesting alternative perspectives on the analysis of hybrids. Transformations in Governance is a major academic book series from Oxford University Press. It is designed to accommodate the impressive growth of research in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, federalism, and environmental and urban studies concerned with the dispersion of authority from central states to supranational institutions, subnational governments, and public-private networks. It brings together work that advances our understanding of the organization, causes, and consequences of multilevel and complex governance. The series is selective, containing annually a small number of books of exceptionally high quality by leading and emerging scholars. The series is edited by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Walter Mattli of the University of Oxford.

Arbeitsgruppe Kultur der Grossregion (Hrsg.), Schicksal(e) der Grossregion / Destin(s) de la Grande Region. (Denkart Europa. Schriften zur europaeischen Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur 36) 151 S. 2024:12 (Nomos, GW) <745-639>
ISBN 978-3-7560-2329-5 paper ¥4,430.- (税込) EUR 19.00

Was macht eine Region aus? Und wie erzaehlt man sie? Im Mittelpunkt stehen Menschen und ihre Schicksale: Wir erzaehlen fuenf Geschichten ueber Lebenswege in der Grossregion, dem Kooperationsraum zwischen Belgien, Luxemburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, dem Saarland und Lothringen. Wir stellen Pioniere der Zusammenarbeit und des vereinten Europas (neu) vor, aber auch Geschichten aus dem grenzueberschreitenden Alltag, von einer lebendigen europaeischen Swingtanz-Szene und dem Schicksal einer Unternehmerfamilie am Rhein ist die Rede. Diese Einzelschicksale fuegen sich zum Bild einer Grenzregion, die nach jahrhundertelangen Konflikten auf dem Weg nach Europa ist. Mit Beitraegen von Kerstin Adam Baptiste Bouchet Stephanie Bruel Florian Lisson Christine Longin Hans-Juergen Luesebrink Benjamin Pfannes Luitpold Rampeltshammer Stefan Seidendorf Frederic Stiefenhofer

Kolodziejczyk, Kamila, Breaking the Cycle of Political Alienation: The Impact of Youth Representation on Democratic Engagement. (SpringerBriefs in Political Science) 102 pp. 2025:5 (Springer, GW) <745-641>
ISBN 978-3-031-84462-1 paper ¥10,490.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

市民生活の自己形成
Kutz, Christopher, Publics in Action: The Self-Making of Civic Life. 304 pp. 2025:7 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <745-642>
ISBN 978-0-19-769276-9 hard ¥8,305.- (税込) US$ 39.95

投票者の啓発と連合政治
Martin, Lanny W. / Vanberg, Georg, Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics: How Ideological Awareness Shapes Government Formation in Multiparty Democracies. (Comparative Politics) 304 pp. 2025:8 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <745-644>
ISBN 978-0-19-897329-4 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

When negotiating the formation of governments in multiparty democracies, do party leaders consistently consider the policy preferences of their voters? Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics introduces a theoretical framework that places voters-particularly their ideological sophistication-at the heart of coalition bargaining. It challenges existing approaches that portray elite bargaining as isolated from voter reactions, demonstrates that parties anticipate and respond to potential voter backlash during government formation, and traces the impact of these anticipations on government participation, the choice of coalition partners, and expected policy consequences. The book develops a unified empirical model of coalition negotiations, bridging two traditionally separate approaches in the study of government formation: one focused on coalition attributes and the other on party characteristics. This innovative framework sheds light on how party leaders navigate the dual pressures of coalition dynamics and voter expectations. By combining institutional analysis with behavioral insights, it provides new tools to explore the relationship between legislative bargaining, elite strategies, voter behavior, and democratic responsiveness. Based on an analysis of more than a thousand party bargaining decisions across 16 parliamentary democracies over the past 50 years, the book reveals that voter ideological sophistication profoundly shapes coalition outcomes. By offering a new perspective on the alignment-or misalignment-between coalition negotiations and voter expectations, this book deepens our understanding of democratic representation in multiparty systems. Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterized by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu . The series is edited by Nicole Bolleyer, Chair of Comparative Political Science, Geschwister Scholl Institut, LMU Munich and Jonathan Slapin, Professor of Political Institutions and European Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich.

van Zomeren, Martijn, Social Protest: The Science and Art of Motivation and Mobilization for Effective Change. 264 pp. 2025:9 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <745-646>
ISBN 978-0-19-778231-6 hard ¥20,582.- (税込) US$ 99.00

欧州の空間における共和国大統領の一般選挙
Herzog, Geoffroy, L'election populaire du president de la Republique dans l'espace europeen. (Bibliotheque des theses) 715 p. 2025:1 (Mare & Martin, FR) <745-382>
ISBN 978-2-38600-082-9 paper ¥13,525.- (税込) EUR 58.00