The research in this edited volume analyses central questions in South Asian politics. It identifies new, emerging areas of research. The book entails both general political theory and context-specific case studies. The research combines area-specific expertise with theory-driven, generalizable...

It happened a third time! Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan, got ousted from office. On 28 July 2017, the country's Supreme Court (SC) unanimously disqualified Sharif as member of the national parliament and, in consequence, Sharif resigned as the country's Premier. The judges...

On June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (UK) — mostly those residing in England and Wales — held a referendum that resulted in an overall vote to leave the European Union (EU). This so called ‘BREXIT', a fusionist portmanteau of the words ‘Britain' and...