Government and Opposition

Published on behalf of Government and Opposition Ltd

Edited by:
Paul Taggart and Helen Thompson

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 64/99 Political Science
Impact Factor: 0.491

Government and Opposition has been a leading international journal of comparative politics for over 40 years. Its distinctive voice amongst politics journals has ensured a large, worldwide circulation. Government and Opposition's interests include:

• developments in the theory and practice of democracy, including significant elections
• the evolution of political parties, and the consequences of new political challenges for governments and oppositions
• the governance of the global economy and the implications of interdependence
• worldwide politics - including the politics of the European Union
• major issues of public policy, especially from a comparative perspective
• theoretical and ethical dimensions of political issues and policy.

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TopHighlights

The Western Ideology
Andrew Gamble

'The Empire Strikes Back!' An Uncanny View of the European Union. Part I - Do We Need a Theory of the European Union?
Jean Leca

Still the Anomalous and Democracy? Politics and Institutions in Italy
Martin Bull and James Newell

Analysing Women's Substantive Representation: From Critical Mass to Critical Actors
Sarah Child and Mona Lena Krook

The United States In, or Against, the World
James Cronin