The ECPR Venture into Retrieval

Sartori, G. (2005) Parties and Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis . Colchester: ECPR Press.
Parry, G. (2005) Political Elites . Colchester: ECPR Press.
Lukes, S. (2006) Individualism . Colchester: ECPR Press.
Kaplan, M. A. (2005) System and Process in International Politics . Colchester: ECPR Press.     

What's So “Special” About Airport Authorities? Assessing the Administrative Structure of U.S. Airports

An ample academic literature discusses airports' utility as economic development anchors for metropolitan areas, yet very little is known about the administrative apparatus of these important local government enterprises. To better understand airport structure and management in the United States, directors of primary airports were surveyed. Based on this national survey, the administrative structure and position of airports with regard to local government—i.e., special district or functional department—were examined to determine the place these entities occupy on the local government management landscape, as well as the implications of retaining airport authorities in studies of special-purpose governments. This essay concludes that airport authorities do not follow the conventional form and function of special-purpose governments. Consequently, analyses of special-purpose governments should exclude airport authorities because these nonconforming entities may cloud rather than clarify our true understanding of special-purpose governments.     

Terrorism and guerrilla warfare theory and practice: Al‐Qaeda and Sudan's SPLA

A comparative study of how terrorist organisations differ from each other, looking at case studies of al‐Qaeda and the Sudan People's Liberation Army.