Category Archives: Book review

Kicking out at Kicking Off

Posted on 10 February 2013 by

It’s not a good idea to read the books you got for Christmas 2011 some time after Christmas 2012. But it does at least allow you to read zeitgeist-y political books with some perspective.  This is very much the case with Paul Mason’s … Continue reading →

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Party government: All we want for Christmas is you…?

Posted on 27 December 2012 by

At an eye-watering £75 Hans Keman and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel’s new Party Government in the New Europe which came out earlier this year with Routledge is unlikely to have made it to under many people’s Christmas trees this year. It does, … Continue reading →

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Uncorking democracy

Posted on 10 July 2012 by

Like a good wine or an old cheese, comparative research on democratisation is often described as a ‘mature’ academic literature and, as such, one that can lay claim to have accumulated some real knowledge about one of the central trends … Continue reading →

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“Can you recommend a good book on Czech politics?”

Posted on 8 September 2011 by

No trouble. I’m always happy to help people working on CEE politics, especially our former research students. And forecasting and analysis for real world organisations concerned with political risk is always an interesting challenge. But then I rather hesitate. Trouble … Continue reading →

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Abe Lincoln on the beach

Posted on 3 August 2011 by

This small coastal town of Brittany is swathed with mist so early in the morning. There are only a couple places open to have breakfast, but there are a few people out and about including a woman with two small … Continue reading →

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Tweeting 1848?

Posted on 1 July 2011 by

 Having had a few very interesting conversations about the historical turn in political science with students in my Comparative Methods class and also used the Arab Spring as an example issue for research design, I was interested to pick up … Continue reading →

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