Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2002

Global in its scope, this encyclopedia contains 188 analytical, highly readable entries by leading scholars. Coverage refers both to the long-established democracies of North America, Western Europe, and Australasia, and includes studies of those more recently established in Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Users will find coverage of topics such as agonism, consensus, sovereignty * statelessness, welfare, and more.