1989
in The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics
January 2012; published online January 2012.
Reference Entry. Subjects: comparative politics. 1962 words.
Starting with roundtable negotiations in Poland in February and culminating in the fall of the Berlin Wall in November, 1989
9/11
in The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics
January 2012; published online January 2012.
Reference Entry. Subjects: comparative politics. 1828 words.
Judging the significance of any major event is never easy. Inevitably, new events come along to make what once appeared
A ‘new politics’ of participation?
in Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict
September 2012; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 6361 words.
This concluding chapter takes up points in the introductory one about the popular component of constitutional democracy since wider participation had a high profile in devolution politics in the UK –...
‘A Second Chance, not a Way of Life’: Welfare as Workfare in the USA
in In The Name of Liberalism
September 1999; published online November 2003.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 13153 words.
King discusses the history and politics of workfare in the US, the practice of requiring work activity in exchange for welfare benefits. He analyses the late nineteenth‐century Poor Law deterrent...
‘A Tradition We Don’t Mess With’: Party Patronage in Bulgaria
in Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies
June 2012; published online September 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 8879 words.
This chapter situates the contemporary practice of party patronage in Bulgaria in the context of the communist legacy and party politics in Bulgaria. It describes the extent and nature of patronage...
Abortion
in The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics
January 2012; published online January 2012.
Reference Entry. Subjects: comparative politics. 5 words.
The Abortion Debates in Belgium 1974–1990
in Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State
November 2001; published online November 2003.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 10271 words.
It took 15 years and many debates before women's movement activists persuaded the Belgian politicians to liberalize the old abortion law dating from the Napoleonic Penal code of 1910. In this...
Abortion Debates in Germany
in Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State
November 2001; published online November 2003.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 10147 words.
Abortion law reform was a mobilizing issue for the women's movement actors in Germany. Despite their activism, abortion debates returned again and again to the goal of protecting unborn fetal life....
Abortion Debates in Ireland: An Ongoing Issue
in Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State
November 2001; published online November 2003.
Chapter. Subjects: comparative politics. 10132 words.
The direction of abortion policy in Ireland began with criminal restrictions and proceeded towards constitutionally based prohibitions on legalized abortion. Pressure for reform has been eased...
Abortion Politics, Women's Movements, and the Democratic State
November 2001; published online November 2003.
Book. Subjects: comparative politics. 340 pages.
This work presents the results of a comprehensive and integrated research project in comparative abortion policy and politics in post‐industrial democracies. It focuses on the questions of state...