All 13 episodes from the first two series of the critically-acclaimed BBC comedy, written by and starring Ruth Jones and James Corden. Gavin (Mathew Horne) from London and Stacey (Joanna Page) from Cardiff have been conducting their romance online and by telephone for the last 18 months. After they finally meet, they fall in love and get married, despite some last minute doubts. Meanwhile, their best friends Smithy (James Corden) and Nessa (Ruth Jones) also team up. When Gavin and Stacey return from their honeymoon, they soon have to get used to life in the real world, while Smithy learns, to his horror, that he's going to be a father.

Gavin is an ordinary boy from England, Stacey is an ordinary girl from Wales. After speaking on the phone to each other every day at work - they finally met, fell in love and got married. Now in Series 2, the honeymoon's over for the newlyweds, and their married life begins in earnest at the Shipman family home in Essex.

But, as the reality of living so far away sinks in, Stacey starts missing her home in Barry Island along with her mum and her Uncle Bryn. Meanwhile, Gavin and Stacey's best friends, Smithy and Nessa, are coming to terms with their own stark reality: they're not even friends and yet they're having a baby together!

All three series of the BBC sitcom written by and starring Ruth Jones and James Corden, which chronicles the ongoing romance between Essex boy Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Cardiff lass Stacey (Joanna Page). The 2008 Christmas special is also included.

A growing majority of humanity lives in sprawling, interconnected urban regions. Diversified metropolitan geographies have replaced the centuries-old divide between urban and rural areas, and transformed the local sources of electoral politics. The resulting patterns of electoral support and participation have shifted axes of partisan competition to the right. This volume undertakes the first international comparative analysis of metropolitan political behaviour. The results support a powerful new thesis to explain many recent shifts in political behaviour: the metropolitanisation of politics.

A growing majority of humanity lives in sprawling, interconnected urban regions. Diversified metropolitan geographies have replaced the centuries-old divide between urban and rural areas, and transformed the local sources of electoral politics. The resulting patterns of electoral support and participation have shifted axes of partisan competition to the right. This volume undertakes the first international comparative analysis of metropolitan political behaviour. The results support a powerful new thesis to explain many recent shifts in political behaviour: the metropolitanisation of politics.

There are considerable differences in environmental performance and outcomes across both democracies and autocracies, but there is little understanding of how levels of democracy and autocracy influence environmental performance. This book examines whether analysing the effects of individual democratic features separately can contribute to a better understanding of cross-national variance in environmental performance. The authors show that levels of social equality in particular, as well as the strength of local and regional democracy, contribute significantly to explaining cross-national variation in environmental performance. On the other hand, a high level of political corruption affects a country's ability to adopt and implement environmental policies effectively. In exploring the inter-relationship between democratic qualities, political corruption, and environmental performance, this book presents policymakers and political theorists with a clear picture of which aspects of democratic societies are most conducive to producing a better environment.

There are considerable differences in environmental performance and outcomes across both democracies and autocracies, but there is little understanding of how levels of democracy and autocracy influence environmental performance. This book examines whether analysing the effects of individual democratic features separately can contribute to a better understanding of cross-national variance in environmental performance. The authors show that levels of social equality in particular, as well as the strength of local and regional democracy, contribute significantly to explaining cross-national variation in environmental performance. On the other hand, a high level of political corruption affects a country's ability to adopt and implement environmental policies effectively. In exploring the inter-relationship between democratic qualities, political corruption, and environmental performance, this book presents policymakers and political theorists with a clear picture of which aspects of democratic societies are most conducive to producing a better environment.

Fur die Studie zur Baden-Wurttembergischen Landtagswahl 2000 wurden Mitglieder der Stuttgarter Parteien CDU, SPD, FDP und Bundnis 90/Die Grunen befragt. Untersucht wird, ob sich aktive und passive Parteimitglieder in ihren Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen unterscheiden."

In welchen Masse vertreten Politiker Burgerinteressen tatsachlich? Es besteht keine Einigkeit daruber, mit welchen Methoden die Orientierung der Abgeordneten am Wahlerwillen adaquat untersucht werden kann."