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Book SynopsisA long-time public servant explicitly connects the various phases of our presidential election system to the content and conduct of American foreign policy.Trade ReviewMichael H. Armacost has created a detailed history of post-World War II American foreign policy, organized and interpreted in the phases of our presidential election process. His insights about the dynamic interplay between campaign politics and foreign policy do not reassure that the world's major power can produce leaders with the vision and experience to effectively manage America's international engagement. Yet despite political dysfunction, our presidents have shown skill in learning on the job and using our substantial national resources in the service of the security and international interests of the United States. -- Richard H. Solomon, former director of policy planning and assistant secretary of state, former president of the United States Institute of Peace, and senior fellow at the RAND Corporation Drawing on careful study as well as his own rich experience as a diplomat, Michael H. Armacost offers unique and nuanced insights. This is a superb discussion of U.S. foreign policy in the context of presidential politics since the elections of 1948. With less than two years to go before our next presidential contest, this is an especially timely and thoughtful read. -- John Negroponte, former deputy secretary of state ...fascinating study... Publishers Weekly Readers will find this a useful, accessible survey of the topic, enriched by Armacost's firsthand recollections from his diplomatic career. Library Journal Don't miss this thought-provoking read that places American politics in a uniquely global context. Biographile A readable, balanced, and detailed account. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Elections, Parties, and Politics 2. Quest for the Nomination: Appealing to the Base 3. Campaigns: Opportunities and Challenges for Incumbents 4. Campaigns: Opportunities and Obstacles for Challengers 5. Presidential Transitions 6. Launching a Presidential Term Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMichael H. Armacost has created a detailed history of post–World War II American foreign policy, organized and interpreted in the phases of our presidential election process. His insights about the dynamic interplay between campaign politics and foreign policy do not reassure that the world's major power can produce leaders with the vision and experience to effectively manage America's international engagement. Yet despite political dysfunction, our presidents have shown skill in learning on the job and using our substantial national resources in the service of the security and international interests of the United States. -- Richard H. Solomon, former director of policy planning and assistant secretary of state, former president of the United States Institute of Peace, and senior fellow at the RAND CorporationDrawing on careful study as well as his own rich experience as a diplomat, Michael H. Armacost offers unique and nuanced insights. This is a superb discussion of U.S. foreign policy in the context of presidential politics since the elections of 1948. With less than two years to go before our next presidential contest, this is an especially timely and thoughtful read. -- John Negroponte, former deputy secretary of state[A] fascinating study. * Publishers Weekly *Readers will find this a useful, accessible survey of the topic, enriched by Armacost's firsthand recollections from his diplomatic career. * Library Journal *Don't miss this thought-provoking read that places American politics in a uniquely global context. * Biographile *A readable, balanced, and detailed account. * Choice *For readers looking for one book to explain the possible effects of the 2016 U.S. presidential election on America’s foreign policy, Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains is a fantastic starting point. It provides a great read for newcomers and aficionados of U.S. politics alike. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Elections, Parties, and Politics2. Quest for the Nomination: Appealing to the Base3. Campaigns: Opportunities and Challenges for Incumbents4. Campaigns: Opportunities and Obstacles for Challengers5. Presidential Transitions6. Launching a Presidential TermConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisReassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to consider the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe, emphasizing the limits imposed by race, class, and inequality.Trade ReviewErgas, Jensen, and Michel have edited an important collection that crystallizes the unequal and uneven transformations in the legal, social, economic, and biological relations of motherhood in the twenty-first century. Together, Reassembling Motherhood explores what we know, pushes the boundaries of knowledge, and raises new questions for further research. The collection is provocative in the best sense. -- Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Negotiating "Mother" in the Twenty-First Century: Between Choice and Constraint, by Yasmine Ergas, Jane Jenson, and Sonya Michel 1. Certain Mothers, Uncertain Fathers: Placing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Historical Perspective, by Nara Milanich 2. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the Biological Bottom Line, by Linda G. Kahn and Wendy Chavkin 3. Multiple "Mothers," Many Requirements for Protection: Children's Rights and the Status of Mothers in the Context of International Commercial Surrogacy, by Claire Achmad 4. The Borders of Legal Motherhood: Rethinking Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Europe, by Letizia Palumbo 5. Pregnant Bodies and the Subjects of Rights: The Surrogacy-Abortion Nexus, by Yasmine Ergas 6. The Motherless Fetus: Ultrasound Pictures and Their Magic Disappearing Trick, by Anne Higonnet 7. Contracting for Motherhood: Postadoption Visitation Agreements, by Carol Sanger 8. Relinquishment and Adoption in Tamil Society: Mothers' Experiences with De-kinning, by Pien Bos 9. Marginalized Mothers and Intersecting Systems of Surveillance: Prisons and Foster Care, by Dorothy Roberts 10. Care and Gender, by Martha Albertson Fineman 11. The Double Lives of Transnational Mothers, by Sonya Michel and Gabrielle Oliveira 12. Euro-Orphans and the Stigmatization of Migrant Motherhood, by Helma Lutz 13. The New Maternalism: Children First; Women Second, by Jane Jenson Afterword: Crossing into the Future, by Alice Kessler-Harris Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisReassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to consider the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe, emphasizing the limits imposed by race, class, and inequality.Trade ReviewThis book is an important read for academics, as well as law and policy makers working in the fields of reproduction, families, and care work. * Canadian Journal of Sociology *What does motherhood mean in the twenty-first century? If you want informed and fascinating answers, read Reassembling Motherhood. A stellar interdisciplinary team of international scholars report on how technological advances, cultural changes, global migration, and variable state policies have transformed mothering. This landmark book will not only shape scholarly research but also instruct policymakers and engage a wide audience. -- Viviana A. Zelizer, Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the EconomyThis fabulous collection challenges our conventional understanding of motherhood and its connection to bodies, technologies, global migration, and policy, and pushes the debate to the next level. Ergas, Jenson, Michel and their contributing authors masterfully and convincingly trace the dismantling of the traditional notion of motherhood and the expansion of its choices, and show how these in turn create different forms of social inequalities, and physical, emotional, and global connections and disconnections. This volume is a must read for anyone interested in the issues of motherhood, care, social inequality, and public policy. -- Ito Peng, University of Toronto, coeditor of Gender, Migration, and the Work of Care: A Multi-Scalar Approach to the Pacific RimErgas, Jenson, and Michel have edited an important collection that crystallizes the unequal and uneven transformations in the legal, social, economic, and biological relations of motherhood in the twenty-first century. Together, Reassembling Motherhood explores what we know, pushes the boundaries of knowledge, and raises new questions for further research. The collection is provocative in the best sense. -- Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara, coauthor of Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare StateTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Negotiating “Mother” in the Twenty-First Century: Between Choice and Constraint, by Yasmine Ergas, Jane Jenson, and Sonya Michel1. Certain Mothers, Uncertain Fathers: Placing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Historical Perspective, by Nara Milanich2. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the Biological Bottom Line, by Linda G. Kahn and Wendy Chavkin3. Multiple “Mothers,” Many Requirements for Protection: Children’s Rights and the Status of Mothers in the Context of International Commercial Surrogacy, by Claire Achmad4. The Borders of Legal Motherhood: Rethinking Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Europe, by Letizia Palumbo5. Pregnant Bodies and the Subjects of Rights: The Surrogacy–Abortion Nexus, by Yasmine Ergas6. The Motherless Fetus: Ultrasound Pictures and Their Magic Disappearing Trick, by Anne Higonnet7. Contracting for Motherhood: Postadoption Visitation Agreements, by Carol Sanger8. Relinquishment and Adoption in Tamil Society: Mothers’ Experiences with De-kinning, by Pien Bos9. Marginalized Mothers and Intersecting Systems of Surveillance: Prisons and Foster Care, by Dorothy Roberts10. Care and Gender, by Martha Albertson Fineman11. The Double Lives of Transnational Mothers, by Sonya Michel and Gabrielle Oliveira12. Euro-Orphans and the Stigmatization of Migrant Motherhood, by Helma Lutz13. The New Maternalism: Children First; Women Second, by Jane JensonAfterword: Crossing into the Future, by Alice Kessler-HarrisContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisExplains the origins of poor governments in the formation of the modern state system and describes the way they govern.Trade ReviewM. A. Thomas is critical of our policy-rightly so-but refrains from relativism and bombast. She provides a useful contrarian perspective that is difficult to ignore. -- Michael Johnston, Colgate University In recent years, there has been a broad recognition in rich countries that poor government is a leading cause of poverty, and they have undertaken vast programs to stem corruption and dysfunctional politics. In Govern Like Us, M. A. Thomas exposes the illusions that have undergirded this effort and shows why the vast sums invested in places like Afghanistan and Iraq have yielded such meager results. This book should be required reading for anyone in the development field. -- Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University Wow. A hard-hitting analysis from a scholar/practitioner of the deep intellectual roots of the failures to create 'good governance' everywhere-and why that failure is ignored or blamed on others. A useful corrective to the conventional development wisdom. -- Lant Pritchett, Harvard University Govern Like Us delivers a thought-provoking and valuable reminder that sanctimonious insistence on moral perfection can be as self-defeating as moral indifference. -- Mark Moyar The Wall Street Journal Highly recommended. Choice Govern Like Us is a valuable guide to outsiders looking to familiarize themselves with some of the challenges of development. It also should be of great value to students, as it provides an excellent outline of the origins and operations of the neopatrimonial state and the challenges to escaping the poverty trap. -- Christopher Mitchell Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Blind Spot 2. The Governance Ideal 3. Paper Empires, Paper Countries 4. Poor Countries, Poor Governments 5. Governing Cheaply 6. The Rule of Law 7. Governance as It Is 8. A Different Conversation Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the warming of our planet.Trade ReviewThis text should have great appeal for teaching an introductory undergraduate course on climate change science as well as a broad survey for graduate students. The book is well written with concepts adequately explained. Mathez and Smerdon have done a great job at hitting many of the very important concepts for understanding past, present, and future climate change as well as what we can and should do about it. I particularly liked the “back of the envelope” sections that let students confront some quantitative thinking without getting bogged down in mathematical details. The many illustrations and beautiful photos should make the book appealing to students as well as the general public. -- Lonnie G. Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State UniversityMathez and Smerdon present a concise, accurate description of the workings of our climate system that is rich with historical context, vivid graphics, and concrete examples. The beauty and wonder of our atmosphere and oceans are on full display, even as many of their mysteries are revealed for the nonspecialist. Readers will not only understand the fundamental causes and implications of climate change, but they also will understand the diverse set of tools and approaches that scientists use to study the climate system in all its complexity. This book is a treasure trove of insights for anyone with an affinity for science and an interest in the future of our planet and its inhabitants. -- Kim M. Cobb, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of TechnologyA superb textbook, easily one of the best currently available. Very few texts are written as thoughtfully as this one. Mathez and Smerdon hit a home run! -- Scott Mandia, cofounder and chairman of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, Professor of Physical Sciences at Suffolk County Community CollegeThis book has great coverage of all the salient issues—the history of climate science, the climate science of (pre)-history, the scientists' own histories, and, most importantly, what this means going forward. The writing is clear while also comprehensive and the look and feel of the book make it a text you want to dive in to at random, confident that you'd find something interesting. -- Gavin Schmidt, climate scientistInformative and insightful, this textbook clearly explains the basic science of the Earth's climate system and the human influence on it. Superb illustrations bring the science to life, and the historical stories that accompany the key concepts paint a vivid picture of not only what we know, but how and why we learned it. -- Katharine Hayhoe, Co-Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech UniversityThis excellent updated text on climate change was written by scientists in geophysics and climate change....Recommended. All readers. * Choice *Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, this new second edition. . . is ideal and highly recommended as a climate change curriculum textbook. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceProloguePart I. The Climate System1. The Atmosphere2. The World Ocean3. Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions4. The Carbon Cycle and How It Influences Climate Part II. Climate Change and Its Drivers5. The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change6. Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System7. Learning from the Climate of the Distant PastPart III. Consequences of Climate Change8. The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History9. Observing the Change10. Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea-Level RisePart IV. The Future11. Climate Models and the Future12. Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future13. Energy and the FutureEpilogueNotesGlossary BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisData Love considers the changes big data has brought to the human condition from a philosophical standpoint. Roberto Simanowski explores our entanglements with algorithmic analysis and data mining, as we contribute to the amassing of ever more data about our lives, leading to the statistical evaluation and individual profiling of our selves.Trade ReviewDigital interactive space is not only a technical condition: it mobilizes larger ecologies of meaning that cannot be captured by an exclusive focus on those technical features. Roberto Simanowski gives us a brilliant exploration of one such ecology, an ironic and critical take on contemporary society's ambivalent relationship with data. -- Saskia Sassen, author of Expulsions With the advent of the Web, digital technologies seem to contain alternatives to the consumerist models implemented by the culture industry as described by Adorno and Hockheimer. Simanowski shows how data economy turns this dream into a nightmare of hyperconsumption founded on hypercontrol. -- Bernard Stiegler, author of States of Shock: Stupidity and Knowledge in the 21st Century With this book, Simanowski joins Evgeny Morozov as an indispensable critic of our obsession with big data. What sets Data Love apart from other accounts is its determined shift of attention away from the sinister machinations of government agencies to the impact of seemingly harmless commercial data-service providers, as well as its informed historical focus, which ties modern data mining to the venerable project of enlightenment. Seek and you will find, a famous text promised two millennia ago. Search engines such as Google have renewed the pledge, but Simanowski leaves no doubt that the digital platform supporting this promise is turning it into a threat: Seek and you will be found. -- Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, author of Kittler and the Media Simanowski proffers a much more profound history and theoretical basis to the debate, a contribution unparalleled in its findings and with conclusions that are neither too radical nor too conservative. Without question, Data Love is the most comprehensive and philosophically rich contribution on this subject that I have read. -- Creston Davis, Global Center for Advanced Studies Compelling... Simanowski makes an excellent case that the most essential struggle is not with the NSA or Facebook but with ourselves. -- Jennifer Howard Times Literary Supplement Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Part I. Beyond the NSA Debate 1. Intelligence Agency Logic 2. Double Indifference 3. Self-Tracking and Smart Things 4. Ecological Data Disaster 5. Cold Civil War Part II. Paradigm Change 6. Data-Mining Business 7. Social Engineers Without a Cause 8. Silent Revolution 9. Algorithms 10. Absence of Theory Part III. The Joy of Numbers 11. Compulsive Measuring 12. The Phenomenology of the Numerable 13. Digital Humanities 14. Lessing's Rejoinder Part IV. Resistances 15. God's Eye 16. Data Hacks 17. On the Right Life in the Wrong One Epilogue Postface Notes Index

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Book SynopsisJim Krane takes readers inside the monarchies to consider the conundrum facing the Gulf states. He traces the history of their energy use and policies, looking in particular at how energy subsidies have distorted demand.Trade ReviewBravo to Jim Krane for his thoughtful and well-researched book that explains the important roles oil has played in the domestic economies and internal politics of the Persian Gulf states, and the hard choices they will have to make as they try to wean their citizens from a troubling reliance on it. -- James A. Baker, sixty-first U.S. secretary of state under President George H.W. BushJim Krane’s compelling narrative provides a ringside view of the economic and social transformation underway in the Gulf region. His realism leaves you in no doubt as to the scale of the challenge and the new politics rising to meet it. -- David Hobbs, head of research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, RiyadhIs it possible that oil exports from Gulf countries could be seriously threatened by skyrocketing demand in domestic consumption? In his scintillating book, Jim Krane offers a probing analysis of how these oil-rich nations are grappling with the lavish energy subsidies that are intrinsic to their political stability and modern state building. -- Sophia Kalantzakos, New York University/NYU Abu DhabiJim Krane is a marvelous storyteller, and his book provides one of the best views of the world of oil as lived by everyday Arab Persian Gulf citizens, not just policy wonks. In the process, he gores a few sacred cows of academia, like the rentier state theory or the condescending dismissal of local Gulf achievements. The book is a must for all who have an interest in the impact energy has on the societies of the Gulf—and, by extension, on ours. -- Jean-François Seznec, senior fellow at the Global Energy Center, the Atlantic CouncilPerhaps never before has the energy industry played such a pivotal role in the world’s economic, geopolitical, and environmental future. At the heart of it all is the Persian Gulf region. Energy Kingdoms is a timely take on the challenges and complexities faced by the leaders of the Persian Gulf kingdoms, as well as the knock-on effects for the rest of the world. It is a meaningful contribution to our understanding of and response to those challenges. -- Bobby Tudor, chairman, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.Krane tackles a central question for the Gulf monarchies: can rulers reduce subsidies, amending the ‘rentier’ social contract, without losing popular support? While prevailing wisdom has long assumed the answer is “no,” Krane makes a convincing case that such adaptation is not just necessary but also possible. Deftly combining journalistic flair with scholarly rigor, Energy Kingdoms is essential reading for anyone interested in the political and economic future of the Gulf states. -- Gerd Nonneman, Georgetown University–QatarA fascinating look at the double-edged sword that is the Gulf monarchies' greatest resource. * Science *A concise history of the region’s oil and gas boom and its consequences with an illuminating critique of the two main political science theories that have attempted to explain what oil riches mean for the region’s politics. -- Justin Fox * Bloomberg Opinion *Energy Kingdoms should be an essential read for anybody concerned about the future of the Gulf. * Arab News *Energy Kingdoms is an outstanding work for those wanting to better understand the Gulf Arab oil-producing states. -- John Bowlus * Energy Reporters *Ultimately, the clarity of the book's central arguments and its well-researched economic analysis make it unmissable for anyone interested in the Gulf's political and economic future. * Petroleum Economist *Energy Kingdoms is obviously relevant for any researcher interested in energy policy in the GCC, but it also delivers insights for those interested in related energy policy contexts beyond the region. Krane weaves the history, characters, culture, geopolitics, and domestic politics into a rich and insightful story about how these states evolved and the quandaries they now face. * Energy Journal *Energy Kingdoms offers a superb panorama of the political economies of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. . . Essential. * Choice *Energy Kingdoms is a must read for anyone wanting to understand oil and political economy in the Gulf. For those without a background in the area, Krane’s use of jargon is minimal and the concepts he develops easy to understand. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Before Oil2. The Oil Age Arrives3. The Big Payback4. From Energy Poverty to Energy Extremism5. Unnaturally Cool6. We Have a Serious Problem7. Iran and Dubai Lead the Way8. Shifting Gears in Saudi Arabia9. The Politics of ReformConclusion: The Climate HedgeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisJim Krane takes readers inside the monarchies to consider the conundrum facing the Gulf states. He traces the history of their energy use and policies, looking in particular at how energy subsidies have distorted demand.Trade ReviewBravo to Jim Krane for his thoughtful and well-researched book that explains the important roles oil has played in the domestic economies and internal politics of the Persian Gulf states, and the hard choices they will have to make as they try to wean their citizens from a troubling reliance on it. -- James A. Baker, sixty-first U.S. secretary of state under President George H.W. BushJim Krane’s compelling narrative provides a ringside view of the economic and social transformation underway in the Gulf region. His realism leaves you in no doubt as to the scale of the challenge and the new politics rising to meet it. -- David Hobbs, head of research, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, RiyadhIs it possible that oil exports from Gulf countries could be seriously threatened by skyrocketing demand in domestic consumption? In his scintillating book, Jim Krane offers a probing analysis of how these oil-rich nations are grappling with the lavish energy subsidies that are intrinsic to their political stability and modern state building. -- Sophia Kalantzakos, New York University/NYU Abu DhabiJim Krane is a marvelous storyteller, and his book provides one of the best views of the world of oil as lived by everyday Arab Persian Gulf citizens, not just policy wonks. In the process, he gores a few sacred cows of academia, like the rentier state theory or the condescending dismissal of local Gulf achievements. The book is a must for all who have an interest in the impact energy has on the societies of the Gulf—and, by extension, on ours. -- Jean-François Seznec, senior fellow at the Global Energy Center, the Atlantic CouncilPerhaps never before has the energy industry played such a pivotal role in the world’s economic, geopolitical, and environmental future. At the heart of it all is the Persian Gulf region. Energy Kingdoms is a timely take on the challenges and complexities faced by the leaders of the Persian Gulf kingdoms, as well as the knock-on effects for the rest of the world. It is a meaningful contribution to our understanding of and response to those challenges. -- Bobby Tudor, chairman, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.Krane tackles a central question for the Gulf monarchies: can rulers reduce subsidies, amending the ‘rentier’ social contract, without losing popular support? While prevailing wisdom has long assumed the answer is “no,” Krane makes a convincing case that such adaptation is not just necessary but also possible. Deftly combining journalistic flair with scholarly rigor, Energy Kingdoms is essential reading for anyone interested in the political and economic future of the Gulf states. -- Gerd Nonneman, Georgetown University–QatarA fascinating look at the double-edged sword that is the Gulf monarchies' greatest resource. * Science *A concise history of the region’s oil and gas boom and its consequences with an illuminating critique of the two main political science theories that have attempted to explain what oil riches mean for the region’s politics. -- Justin Fox * Bloomberg Opinion *Energy Kingdoms should be an essential read for anybody concerned about the future of the Gulf. * Arab News *Energy Kingdoms is an outstanding work for those wanting to better understand the Gulf Arab oil-producing states. -- John Bowlus * Energy Reporters *Ultimately, the clarity of the book's central arguments and its well-researched economic analysis make it unmissable for anyone interested in the Gulf's political and economic future. * Petroleum Economist *Energy Kingdoms is obviously relevant for any researcher interested in energy policy in the GCC, but it also delivers insights for those interested in related energy policy contexts beyond the region. Krane weaves the history, characters, culture, geopolitics, and domestic politics into a rich and insightful story about how these states evolved and the quandaries they now face. * Energy Journal *Energy Kingdoms offers a superb panorama of the political economies of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. . . Essential. * Choice *Energy Kingdoms is a must read for anyone wanting to understand oil and political economy in the Gulf. For those without a background in the area, Krane’s use of jargon is minimal and the concepts he develops easy to understand. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Before Oil2. The Oil Age Arrives3. The Big Payback4. From Energy Poverty to Energy Extremism5. Unnaturally Cool6. We Have a Serious Problem7. Iran and Dubai Lead the Way8. Shifting Gears in Saudi Arabia9. The Politics of ReformConclusion: The Climate HedgeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume revisits the role of industrial policy, discussing the most effective use of industrial policies in learning economies, development finance, and promoting investment in regional and global contexts. Also included are in-depth case studies of Japan and India’s experience with industrial policy in the banking and private sector.Trade ReviewLearning and ideas are public assets; capital markets have deep problems in managing longer-term risk. That is enough to tell us that market structures and government policies around finance and technology are likely to be critical to growth in all economies whether more advanced or less advanced. That means that industrial policy matters. The challenge is how to do it well and in a way that fosters rather than hinders entrepreneurship and creativity. That is why this book is so important. It is full of insight and empirical investigation and covers a very broad range of countries and economies. It is an immensely valuable contribution. -- Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics and Political Science and President, British Academy An excellent addition to the literature on learning, industrial, and technology policies. The links between capabilities, learning and productivity are complex and unlikely to spontaneously emerge. Effective policies have to take into account differences in political contexts, capability levels and structures of national economies, as well as global institutions and opportunities. This book adds to our understanding of the complexity of these challenges as well as the necessity of addressing them. -- Mushtaq Khan, SOAS, University of London The works collected in the volume offer theoretical as well as comparative applied insights... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of Contents1. Learning, Industrial, and Technology Polices: An Overview, by Akbar Noman and Joseph E. Stiglitz Part 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations 2. Industrial Policies in Learning Economies, by Mario Cimoli and Giovanni Dosi 3. Dynamic Efficiency: Structural Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries, by Jose Antonio Ocampo Part 2: Development Finance 4. Uncertainty, Investment, and Financing: The Strategic Role of National Development Banks, by Joao Carlos Ferraz 5. The Roles of Development Banks: How They Can Promote Investment in Europe and Globally, by Stephany Griffith-Jones and Giovanni Cozzi 6. Inside the Black Box of Japan's Institution for Industrial Policy: An Institutional Analysis of the Development Bank, Private Sector, and Labor, by Go Shimada 7. Development Banks and Industrial Finance: The Indian Experience and Its Lessons, by Deepak Nayyar Part 3: Practice and Proposals 8. Industrial Policy Revisited: A New Structural Economics Perspective, by Justin Yifu Lin 9. Varieties of Industrial Policy: Models, Packages, and Transformation Cycles, by Antonio Andreoni 10. Industrial Strategies: Toward a Learning Society for Quality Growth, by Akio Hosono 11. Could Technology Make Natural Resources a Platform for Industrialization? Identifying a New Opportunity for Latin America (and Other Resource-Rich Countries), by Carlota Perez 12. Manufacturing Development: The Role of Comparative Advantage, Productivity Growth, and Country-Specific Conditions, by Nobuya Haraguchi 13. Does Manufacturing Colocate with Intermediate Services? Analyzing the World Input-Output Database, by Ming Leong Kuan Acknowledgments Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of recent essays by the influential sociologist Herbert J. Gans brings together the many themes of Gans’s wide-ranging career—the city, poverty, ethnicity, employment and political economy, and the relationship between race and class—to make the case for a policy-oriented vision for sociology.Trade ReviewHow good to have this exceptionally stimulating collection of essays that deploy decades of learning to probe fundamental challenges of political economy, race, and bases of identity. Written by a master sociologist in his characteristically lucid, accessible prose, these deep and compelling ruminations offer challenges to thought and action on every page. -- Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University These essays remind us of the balance and the wonderful clarity and compassion that inform all of Gans's work on urban and other social problems. And they remain acutely insightful and compelling at this perilous moment in American history. -- Frances Fox Piven, the Graduate Center, City University of New York Herbert J. Gans is among the most original and prolific students of American urban society. For over fifty years, he has taken up some of the nation's most vexing problems-racism, poverty, immigration-writing with clarity, urgency, and keen intelligence. In my own work, I find myself going back to Gans again and again, learning something new each time. Uncompromising yet pragmatic, clear-eyed yet hopeful, this brilliant new collection of essays is essential reading. -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City A valuable reader for undergraduate classes in urban, economic, and race sociology, as well as a book valuable to policy analysts and makers. A great contribution to the field. -- Deirdre Oakley, Georgia State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsPart I: The City1. Some Problems of and Futures for Urban Sociology: Toward a Sociology of Settlements2. The Sociology of Space: A Use-Centered View3. Involuntary Segregation and the Ghetto: Disconnecting Process and Place4. Concentrated Poverty: A Critical AnalysisPart II: Poverty5. Studying the Bottom of American Society6. The Challenge of Multigenerational Poverty7. The Benefits of PovertyPart III: Jobs and the Political Economy8. Superfluous Workers: The Labor Market’s Invisible Discards9. Work-Time Reduction: Possibilities and Problems10. Basic Income: A Remedy for a Sick Labor Market?11. Seeking a Political Solution to the Economy’s Problems12. High School Economics Texts and the American EconomyPart IV: Race and Class13. Race as Class14. “Whitening” and the Changing American Racial Hierarchy15. The Moynihan Report and Its Aftermaths: A Critical AnalysisPart V: Ethnicity16. The Coming Darkness of Late-Generation European-American Ethnicity17. The End of Late-Generation European Ethnicity in America?Appendix: Working in Six Research Areas—a Multi-Field Sociological Career

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Book SynopsisThe technological leadership of the United States increasingly involves collaboration with other countries, especially China and India. The Conflicted Superpower explores these relationships through in-depth case studies of U.S. policies toward skilled immigration, foreign students, and offshoring.Trade ReviewThis is a subject that has only now begun to elicit serious scrutiny, and Kennedy's book will be among the first to investigate this issue seriously. Kennedy's explanations are well thought out and eminently defensible. Superb. -- Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceKennedy has provided a historically and theoretically rich explanation of why the United States has for so long embraced openness as essential to technological innovation. The Conflicted Superpower will be essential reading for policy makers and analysts who want to understand the United States’ complex science and technology relationship with India and China. -- Adam Segal, Council on Foreign RelationsIn this groundbreaking book, Andrew Kennedy addresses the puzzle of why the United States has continued to collaborate with China and India on technological innovation despite economic and strategic rivalries. Through impeccably researched case studies, Kennedy shows how U.S. high-tech firms and research universities have been the drivers of open U.S. policies, and how their interests have often triumphed on issues such as immigration of skilled labor and offshoring of R&D. -- John Ravenhill, director, Balsillie School of International AffairsA must-read for policymakers but one that's not too wonkish for lay readers. * Kirkus Reviews *Kennedy's book provides important insights that help us better understand the possible outcomes of this epochal rivalry. It is essential reading for all interested in the dynamics of global innovation. * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. The Rise of Global Innovation 2. Innovation Leadership and Contested Openness3. The Swinging Door: Skilled Workers4. The Open Door: Foreign Students5. The (Mostly) Open Door: Global R&DConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEmpowering the Great Energy Transition demonstrates that a transition away from carbon-intensive energy sources is inevitable—if we can overcome the forces supporting incumbent technologies. It provides an expert analysis of the achievable steps that citizens, organizational leaders, and policy makers can take.Trade ReviewAnyone offering or believing that bumper sticker solutions exist for reconciling global energy and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century should be humbled after reading this book. Valentine, Brown, and Sovacool offer an erudite, sobering, and compelling analysis of the complicated challenges, tradeoffs, and opportunities involved in transitioning globally to a renewable energy future. Writing in prose accessible to experts and laypersons alike, the authors adroitly integrate a multidisciplinary body of research (pro and con) to make a full-throated case for shifting to a renewable energy future. Readers may or may not agree with their arguments for an energy reset, but they cannot ignore the data, realpolitik, and strategic analysis the authors provide to explain and address the often halting and mostly patchworked progress made so far. -- Robert F. Durant, professor emeritus, American University, and coeditor of Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and OpportunitiesEnergy is back. After years in the wilderness, the future of energy is once again one of the world’s most important geopolitical, economic, environmental, and technological issues. Scott Valentine and colleagues thoughtfully survey the issues—and argue that energy will stay firmly on the agenda, not least because of the imperative of cutting carbon emissions that harm the climate. They open windows into the academic literatures, and deftly draw out the practical implications for individuals, organizations, and government policy makers who want to have an impact. -- David Victor, professor and codirector, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, University of California at San DiegoValentine, Brown, and Sovacool have once again lent their wealth of knowledge and experience to the rest of us. At this critical time they have focused their attention on the most important topic of the day. Empowering the Great Energy Transition underscores the urgency of kicking our addiction to carbon-based fuels. But their contribution does not stop there. It does not just tell us why we should do it, but how we can do it. For those who have already caught a whiff of the climate-change catastrophe looming just over the horizon, finally here is a book that lays out with compelling detail, breadth, and logic the necessary energy policies to achieve a low-carbon future that can save our children, our grandchildren, and ourselves. Among the many books on energy transition, this eclipses them all. -- Martin J. Pasqualetti, Arizona State University[A] useful survey of the nexus between global energy use and climate change. * Foreign Affairs *A clear-eyed review of the challenges posed by climate change and convey the urgency of transitioning to more equitable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy infrastructure. * Energy *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Great Energy Transition2. Sneak Preview of the Challenges to the Energy Transition3. The Uncertainties of Climate Change4. Managing Uncertainties While Promoting Technological Evolution5. Fostering and Financing the Energy Infrastructure Transition6. Policies for Driving Innovation and Expediting the Transition7. Consumers as Agents of Change8. Minimizing Governance Barriers and Creating Polycentric Networks9. Faster, Further, Farther: Empowering the Great Energy TransitionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisCurtis R. Ryan explains how Jordan weathered the turmoil of the Arab uprisings. Crossing divides between state and society, government and opposition, and struggles over elections, reform, and identity. Jordan and the Arab Uprisings is a definitive analysis of Jordanian politics before, during, and beyond the Arab Spring.Trade ReviewI know of few analysts who understand the Kingdom of Jordan better than Curtis Ryan. Here he has provided an invaluable look into how this small nation, nestled in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, has managed not only to remain stable and thrive, but to rise as a major power in the Middle East. -- Reza Aslan, author of Zealot and God: A Human HistoryJordan and the Arab Uprisings is a masterful analysis of Jordan’s domestic complexities—cultural, political, and economic—ever mindful of the impact of regional events. The description of identity politics is insightful, as is the description of issues that activate political movements. With discernment Ryan notes continuity and change as he unfolds the Jordan that exists today and provides wisdom for understanding what may follow. -- Edward "Skip" Gnehm, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 2001-2004Ryan argues that Jordan did have an uprising beginning in 2011, and that fact that it took a different path from some of the other states does not mean that Jordan was exceptional. Jordan is often treated merely as a case of “regime survival,” but Ryan unpacks how the regime maneuvered on multiple fronts during its uprising. His expertise as a scholar of both international relations and comparative politics enables him to advance an innovative argument with theoretical import well beyond a case study. -- Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College, CUNYRyan's book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of government and opposition throughout the region and the Hashemite Kingdom. Highly recommended. * Choice *Ryan’s analysis is a must-read for those interested in contentious politics, public policy, international relations of the region, and — of course — Jordanian politics. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Continuity and Change Amid the Arab Uprisings2. The Arab Spring Protests in Jordan3. Political Parties and the “Traditional” Opposition4. The Hirak and Changes in Political Activism5. Identity Politics, Real and Imagined6. Struggles Over Elections and Electoral Systems7. Rebooting Reform8. War, Refugees, and Regional Insecurity9. Jordanian Politics Beyond the Arab UprisingsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy do Peace Corps volunteers often return having lost their idealism? In The Death of Idealism, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement.Trade ReviewWith no places to discuss their potentially life-changing experiences with fellow volunteers, and with many rules to follow and forms to fill out, volunteers in the Peace Corps often encounter an organizational void where their political imaginations and hopes might have bloomed. The Death of Idealism confronts the consequences of this void, and makes important contributions to theories of organizations, the history of American volunteering, and the history of the Peace Corps in particular. -- Nina Eliasoph, author of Making Volunteers: Civic Life After Welfare's EndProfessionalization is typically seen as universally good in the worlds of government, nonprofit, and development organizations. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman shows in her insightful study of the U.S. Peace Corps how it can kill idealism and lead to the failure of development. This is a must-read for anyone interested in public service and civic engagement. -- Angela M. Eikenberry, coeditor of Reframing Nonprofit Organizations: Democracy, Inclusion, and Social ChangeA fascinating account of the conflict between professionalization and idealism in the Peace Corps. Kallman presents an important lesson in how organizational practices affect people’s ideas and values in ways that have long lasting consequences for their lives, professional careers, and, in this case, the trajectory of international development practice in the United States. -- Jennifer E. Mosley, coeditor of Human Service Organizations and the Question of ImpactIs a must-read for all those who have a keen interest in international development and fighting poverty since the two are interdisciplinary in the contemporary world. * Voluntas *This strong critique of the program is also a powerful endorsement of the critical ways that volunteering, in this program and more generally, can shape individuals and their lives. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Peace Corps and Its Volunteers2. The Development of Development: The Peace Corps and USAID3. Ethical and Procedural Professionalization Among Peace Corps Staff4. Volunteers in the Field5. Home Again: Political, Civic, and Occupational Consequences of VolunteeringConclusionAppendix: Book MethodologyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.Trade ReviewAmy Paeth’s book is a study of why poetry is, as T. S. Eliot claimed, so stubbornly national. Focusing on poet laureates, Cold Warriors, cultural diplomats, and inaugural poets, she historicizes and complicates this relationship. It’s the best sort of literary scholarship: smart, surprising, and field-changing. -- Juliana Spahr, author of Du Bois's Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentThe American Poet Laureate is a compelling tale of intrigue, clashing nationalist politics, and the forging of what Paeth chillingly calls “state verse culture.” Starting with the amazing tale of Ezra Pound’s Bollingen Prize quickly followed by a detailed account of Robert Frost’s triumphalist inaugural poem, Paeth shows how the state’s investment in poetry often masks the ideological construction of both poetry and America. -- Charles Bernstein, author of Topsy-TurvyWhy The American Poet Laureate hasn’t been written until now is perplexing, but Amy Paeth’s enterprising report makes the wait worthwhile. Her diligent archival trawl is put to vivid and informative use throughout, and bringing the story up to the present combines historical perspective with news of the day. This is not just a book, it’s a public service, deftly revealing how “craft” is always also statecraft. -- Jed Rasula, author of The American Poetry Wax Museum: Reality Effects, 1940-1990The U.S. poet laureateship was established during eras of global hot and then cold wars. Thus it was bound to get caught up in every manner of issue and problem except, even, at times, the poetic! Can one poet’s verse be aptly deemed official? Can a multi-regional, multi-cultural immigrant nation successfully and persuasively choose a single notion of verse to represent it? Does the poet’s characteristic ambivalence toward power ever befit a nationalist honor? Amy Paeth tells the whole fascinating story for the first time here. This book is a triumph of convergent modes of literary and institutional history. -- Al Filreis, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a surprising, provocative, and convincing history of ongoing efforts by poetry’s advocates to borrow authority from state agencies. Poets from Robert Frost to Joy Harjo make plans for readers, could-be readers—even politicians. Now this art has honorable, reasonable intentions. Problem solved? -- Robert von Hallberg, author of Lyric PowersThe American Poet Laureate is an important book, and one that should be pondered in creative writing programmes, by prize administrators and in the editorial offices of well-funded magazines. -- A. E. Stallings * Times Literary Supplement *Recommended. * Choice Reviews *Having spent over a decade in the Library of Congress archives, Paeth is well equipped to tell this history . . . [The American Poet Laureate] offer[s] up a fresh analysis of how the US government and private entities have shaped the field of poetry. -- Christina Obolenskaya * Harvard Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945–19562. Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956–19653. The Politics of Voice: The Poet-Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965–19904. Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990–2022Epilogue: “An Invisible Berlin Wall”—the Cold War, the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State VerseAppendix I: Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry OfficeAppendix II: Fellows in American Letters at the Library of CongressAppendix III: U.S. Inaugural PoetsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.Trade ReviewAmy Paeth’s book is a study of why poetry is, as T. S. Eliot claimed, so stubbornly national. Focusing on poet laureates, Cold Warriors, cultural diplomats, and inaugural poets, she historicizes and complicates this relationship. It’s the best sort of literary scholarship: smart, surprising, and field-changing. -- Juliana Spahr, author of Du Bois's Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentThe American Poet Laureate is a compelling tale of intrigue, clashing nationalist politics, and the forging of what Paeth chillingly calls “state verse culture.” Starting with the amazing tale of Ezra Pound’s Bollingen Prize quickly followed by a detailed account of Robert Frost’s triumphalist inaugural poem, Paeth shows how the state’s investment in poetry often masks the ideological construction of both poetry and America. -- Charles Bernstein, author of Topsy-TurvyWhy The American Poet Laureate hasn’t been written until now is perplexing, but Amy Paeth’s enterprising report makes the wait worthwhile. Her diligent archival trawl is put to vivid and informative use throughout, and bringing the story up to the present combines historical perspective with news of the day. This is not just a book, it’s a public service, deftly revealing how “craft” is always also statecraft. -- Jed Rasula, author of The American Poetry Wax Museum: Reality Effects, 1940-1990The U.S. poet laureateship was established during eras of global hot and then cold wars. Thus it was bound to get caught up in every manner of issue and problem except, even, at times, the poetic! Can one poet’s verse be aptly deemed official? Can a multi-regional, multi-cultural immigrant nation successfully and persuasively choose a single notion of verse to represent it? Does the poet’s characteristic ambivalence toward power ever befit a nationalist honor? Amy Paeth tells the whole fascinating story for the first time here. This book is a triumph of convergent modes of literary and institutional history. -- Al Filreis, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a surprising, provocative, and convincing history of ongoing efforts by poetry’s advocates to borrow authority from state agencies. Poets from Robert Frost to Joy Harjo make plans for readers, could-be readers—even politicians. Now this art has honorable, reasonable intentions. Problem solved? -- Robert von Hallberg, author of Lyric PowersThe American Poet Laureate is an important book, and one that should be pondered in creative writing programmes, by prize administrators and in the editorial offices of well-funded magazines. -- A. E. Stallings * Times Literary Supplement *Recommended. * Choice Reviews *Having spent over a decade in the Library of Congress archives, Paeth is well equipped to tell this history . . . [The American Poet Laureate] offer[s] up a fresh analysis of how the US government and private entities have shaped the field of poetry. -- Christina Obolenskaya * Harvard Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945–19562. Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956–19653. The Politics of Voice: The Poet-Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965–19904. Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990–2022Epilogue: “An Invisible Berlin Wall”—the Cold War, the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State VerseAppendix I: Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry OfficeAppendix II: Fellows in American Letters at the Library of CongressAppendix III: U.S. Inaugural PoetsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisRamon Pacheco Pardo provides a groundbreaking analysis of South Korea’s foreign policy from its transition to democracy in the late 1980s through the present day, arguing that the country’s approach to the world constitutes a grand strategy.Trade ReviewRamon Pacheco Pardo’s mastery of South Korea and South Korea’s grand strategy are well presented in this book. A must for all who want to see how South Korea has achieved autonomy and freedom of action in approaching the world. -- Sung-han Kim, former South Korean national security adviserRamon Pacheco Pardo’s new book South Korea’s Grand Strategy is an outstanding assessment of the country’s remarkable journey to become an influential and respected middle power. This book is required reading for those who study South Korean foreign policy as well as scholars of grand strategy. -- Terence Roehrig, author of Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella: Deterrence After the Cold WarIn South Korea’s Grand Strategy, Ramon Pacheco Pardo offers a theoretically compelling and empirically rich account explaining how a small, initially inward-looking country developed a formidable grand strategy. Scholars and practitioners interested in grand strategy, foreign policy, East Asian affairs and South Korean politics will benefit greatly from this book. -- Andrew Yeo, Brookings InstitutionThis is an incredibly useful book that illuminates how South Korea thinks about its place in the world, what it aspires to achieve, and how it pursues its objectives. With its lucid and comprehensive presentation of South Korea as an international actor, the book is an excellent text for students and researchers alike. -- Ji-Young Lee, American UniversitySouth Korea’s Grand Strategy makes some important points, and while more suited to academics and policymakers than general readers, it provides a broad context to the thinking of its leaders as well as a useful historical overview. * Asian Review of Books *In this remarkable book, South Korea’s Grand Strategy: Making Its Own Destiny, Ramon Pacheco Pardo pushes the boundaries of the study of grand strategy by applying it to middle powers... a terrific contribution to the literature on grand strategy, middle powers, and South Korea in particular that will serve as a reference for years to come. -- Yves Tiberghien * Asia Policy *With South Korea’s Grand Strategy: Making Its Own Destiny, Ramon Pacheco Pardo has written a pathbreaking, scholarly book that explains comprehensively, systematically, and persuasively why South Korea has swiftly emerged as a middle power shaping its own future -- Lam Peng E * Asia Policy *An excellent contribution to the literature on South Korean strategic thinking. * Foreign Policy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Grand Strategy of Middle Powers2. Historical Background, 1948–19873. South Korea’s Grand Strategy: Factors, Ends, and Means4. Triangular Core: Inter-Korean Relations, the U.S. Alliance, and China’s Rise5. East Asia: Regionalism and Regionalization6. Greater Eurasia and the Indian Ocean7. The Rest of the World and Global GovernanceConclusion: The Past, Present, and Future of South Korea’s Grand StrategyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThrough powerful firsthand accounts, A Story to Save Your Life offers new insight into the harrowing realities of seeking protection in the United States. Sarah C. Bishop argues that cultural differences in communication shape every stage of the asylum process, playing a major but unexamined role.Trade ReviewThis brilliant book features the powerful voices of asylum seekers, government officials who have run the deportation machine, and advocates and researchers who make sense of mass migration. Bishop humanizes the lived experiences of those seeking asylum with stunning emotional depth and insight. A must-read for all who care about immigration. -- Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law SchoolAll storytelling is cultural. It’s about time Western gatekeepers understood that. With thought-provoking research and moving stories, A Story to Save Your Life is a leap toward that vital education. -- Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell YouBishop invites us into the room where asylum decisions are made. A Story to Save Your Life is a disturbing account of how everyone from asylum seekers to judges tries to communicate across cultural and bureaucratic barriers in a messy process where the consequences of misinterpretation are devastating. -- David Scott FitzGerald, author of Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum SeekersThis beautifully written book uncovers the problematic ways the legal structures for assessing asylum claims ignore, misinterpret, and otherwise skew the narratives asylum seekers must share to qualify for asylum. Bishop elucidates how the asylum process perpetuates trauma and results in asylum denials of people who should qualify. A Story to Save Your Life is an essential perspective on this vital topic. -- Beth Caldwell, Southwestern Law SchoolThis book is an essential read to better understand the challenges that asylum applicants encounter when sharing their stories. Bishop provides a clear and in-depth analysis of the relationship between communication and asylum outcomes. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on the Cover Art1. Halted ExpectationsIn Their Own Words: Josh Childress, Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent2. Long Stories ShortIn Their Own Words: Alina Das, Immigration Attorney3. Emotional LaborIn Their Own Words: Ethan Taubes, Asylum Officer Trainer4. Nonverbal Communication and CredibilityIn Their Own Words: Dr. Renée Sicalides, Psychologist5. Deterring AsylumIn Their Own Words: Jeffery Chase, Former Immigration Judge6. The ReturnIn Their Own Words: Rafael, Detained Asylum SeekerPostscriptAppendix: Methods and Trauma-Informed Research DesignNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExamining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.Trade ReviewAt this critical crossroads in human history, Schlegelmilch and Carlin expose the cracks in how we prepare and respond to disasters and call on us to develop and execute strategies for achieving a more sustainable and resilient future. -- Shay Bahramirad, senior vice president of Engineering, Asset Management, and Capital Program, LUMA Energy, and president-elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy SocietyThis critical analysis offers fresh insight into the ways that the very structures we rely on to keep us safe from disasters are falling short. In exploring disincentives for readiness within and among sectors and the vulnerabilities they enable, the authors also provide a path forward and a reason to believe that a more resilient future is possible. -- Tom Daschle, commissioner, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense and former Senate majority leaderA critical examination of recent events and our capacity to prepare and respond to them. With this work, the authors review the key drivers of disaster infrastructure, and the incentives that sustain them. As we reflect on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and observe the landscape ahead, this book is a valuable resource. -- Nicolette Louissaint, senior vice president of policy, Healthcare Distribution AllianceThis is a true ‘must read’ for anyone interested in how we’ve managed large-scale disasters since the 9/11 attacks. Chronicling the evolution of key policies and protocols while still being an accessible and compelling story, it is an essential guide for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the safety and security of our world in the years to come. -- Irwin Redlener, MD, founding director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia UniversityThis book is an essential read to better understand why different sectors respond the way they do, and how that sets the stage for our own preparedness planning for surviving disasters. -- Les Stroud, survival expert and award-winning filmmaker and producerTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001)2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002–2007)3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008–2012)4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013–2021)Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way5. Disaster Politics6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector7. Disaster Nonprofits8. Disaster AcademicsPart III. In Search of Disaster Resilience9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty10. Reimagining the ModelNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExamining twenty years of disasters from 9/11 to COVID-19, Jeff Schlegelmilch and Ellen Carlin show how flawed incentive structures make the world more vulnerable when catastrophe strikes.Trade ReviewAt this critical crossroads in human history, Schlegelmilch and Carlin expose the cracks in how we prepare and respond to disasters and call on us to develop and execute strategies for achieving a more sustainable and resilient future. -- Shay Bahramirad, senior vice president of Engineering, Asset Management, and Capital Program, LUMA Energy, and president-elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy SocietyThis critical analysis offers fresh insight into the ways that the very structures we rely on to keep us safe from disasters are falling short. In exploring disincentives for readiness within and among sectors and the vulnerabilities they enable, the authors also provide a path forward and a reason to believe that a more resilient future is possible. -- Tom Daschle, commissioner, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense and former Senate majority leaderA critical examination of recent events and our capacity to prepare and respond to them. With this work, the authors review the key drivers of disaster infrastructure, and the incentives that sustain them. As we reflect on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and observe the landscape ahead, this book is a valuable resource. -- Nicolette Louissaint, senior vice president of policy, Healthcare Distribution AllianceThis is a true ‘must read’ for anyone interested in how we’ve managed large-scale disasters since the 9/11 attacks. Chronicling the evolution of key policies and protocols while still being an accessible and compelling story, it is an essential guide for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the safety and security of our world in the years to come. -- Irwin Redlener, MD, founding director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia UniversityThis book is an essential read to better understand why different sectors respond the way they do, and how that sets the stage for our own preparedness planning for surviving disasters. -- Les Stroud, survival expert and award-winning filmmaker and producerTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. A Recent History of Disasters: Events, Trends and Organizational Responses1. The Birth of the Modern Era of U.S. Disaster Management and Its Global Implications (2001)2. A Pandemic Warning, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina, and a Bird Flu (2002–2007)3. An Influenza Pandemic, Earthquake in Haiti, Fukushima Disaster, and Superstorm Sandy (2008–2012)4. Ebola, Hurricanes, Wildfires, and a Pandemic for the Ages (2013–2021)Part II. How Organizations Respond to Disasters and Why They Behave That Way5. Disaster Politics6. Disaster Markets and the Private Sector7. Disaster Nonprofits8. Disaster AcademicsPart III. In Search of Disaster Resilience9. Humans Are Bad at Risk, and Even Worse with Uncertainty10. Reimagining the ModelNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAgainst Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of the “happiness agenda,” revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice.Trade ReviewHappiness studies started as an idealistic project but took shortcuts and so did not fulfill its ambitions. This important and trustworthy book takes us back to the drawing board to rebuild the foundations of this field. The new vision won’t make the science and policy of happiness easier, but it will make them more humane, more inclusive, and truer to life. -- Anna Alexandrova, author of A Philosophy of Science for Well-BeingReading this book made me happy, but more importantly, I learned a great deal from it. This book is a tour de force: written in a lively, accessible manner; well argued; and empirically well-informed. It is the best available critique of the ideology of the ‘happiness agenda,’ which confuses subjective positive mental states and reported life satisfaction with what really matters. -- Allen Buchanan, author of Our Moral Fate: Evolution and the Escape from TribalismHumankind has been preoccupied with happiness since we invented philosophy. We try to cultivate happiness with pithy little sayings, like 'Happiness is a journey, not a destination' and 'Happiness is a state of mind.' We regulate happiness with religion. We judge the quality of a life by the amount of happiness achieved, and the success of a country by the average happiness of its citizens. And yet, no one can agree on exactly what happiness is or what it's worth. Against Happiness masterfully reveals that happiness is not a single experience, physical condition, or unified state of meaning. It's a population of instances that vary across situations and cultures (as are all other categories of emotion). And each instance blooms from unexamined assumptions and preconceptions that likewise vary by situation and culture. This book is a must-read for anyone who has felt happy, hungered for more happiness, or pondered the emotional lives of humans and how happiness matters to the quality of a life. -- Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the BrainIf you are happy read this book. If you are not happy read this book. Either way you will learn about the complexity of the very idea and how it is widely sprinkled throughout our mental space while still remaining an elusive reality. -- Michael Gazzaniga, author of Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of MindThis book is an attempt at doing cross-cultural and thus real philosophy in that it is the love of the wisdom of all peoples, rather than that of the WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) people. It is also an attempt at interdisciplinary works and thus grounded philosophy. While showing the relativity of happiness, it also insists on the universality of certain human goods, such as human rights and sustainable development goals. -- Bai Tongdong, author China: The Middle Way of the Middle KingdomAgainst Happiness moves beyond the one-dimensional and reductionist approaches that have hitherto limited our understanding of happiness to narrow aspects or have obliterated non-western, non-white, and marginalized experiences of well-being. The authors persuasively outline shortcomings of definitions of happiness across different disciplines and different cultural philosophical traditions, a crucial step for investigating more accurate, inclusive, and expansive definitions of happiness in the future. -- Liya Yu, author of Vulnerable Minds: The Neuropolitics of Divided SocietiesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Happiness Philosophy and Happiness Science1. Introduction: The Happiness Agenda2. Varieties of Theories and Measures of Well-Being and Happiness3. How Should We Think About the Emotion of Happiness Scientifically? Lessons from the Science of Fear4. Why Averaging Happiness Scores and Comparing Them Is a Terrible IdeaPart II: Culture and Happiness5. Positive and Negative Emotions: Culture, Content, and Context6. Happiness and Well-Being as Cultural Projects: Immigration, Biculturalism, Cultural Belonging7. Happiness and Well-Being in Contemporary ChinaPart III: Race, Racism, Resignation8. Happiness, Race, and Hermeneutical Justice: The Case of African American Mental Health9. Interpreting Self-Reports of Well-BeingPart IV: Conclusions10. Recommendations for Policy Use of Happiness Metrics11. Universal Rights, Sustainable Development, and Happiness: Two out of Three Ain’t BadPart V: Responses by Four Critics12. On Ersatz Happiness, by Jennifer A. Frey13. Why the Analysis and Assessment of Happiness Matters, by Hazel Rose Markus14. Three out of Three Is Better, by Jeffrey D. Sachs15. What the Gallup World Poll Could Do to Deepen Our Understanding of Happiness in Different Cultures, by Jeanne L. TsaiNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow do upcoming elections influence presidents’ behavior during wartime? War on the Ballot examines how electoral politics shaped presidential decisions on military and diplomatic strategy during the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq.Trade ReviewAndrew Payne has written a truly excellent book. From the Korean and Vietnam Wars to the recent conflict in Iraq, his copiously researched and cogently argued case studies persuasively underline the importance of elections in shaping crucial presidential decisions. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of America’s wars. -- Steven Casey, author of The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against JapanWith its razor-sharp conceptual framework and meticulously researched cases—backed up by a treasure trove of sources—this book opens a new window on the many and often surprising effects of the U.S. electoral cycle on presidential decision-making in times of war. -- Louise Fawcett, author of Iran and the Cold WarAndrew Payne has written an important book on the impact of the electoral cycle on American foreign policy. His well-conceived model for how domestic political considerations affect decision-making is grounded on finely crafted and well-researched case studies of the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. An important contribution to a crucial dimension of American foreign-policy making. -- William B. Quandt, author of Camp David: Peacemaking and PoliticsWar on the Ballot is a richly detailed account of how electoral constraints affect presidential decision-making in war. In this important study of domestic politics and war, Payne shows how the shadow of an upcoming election can shape presidents’ choices—often with results that do not serve the voters well. -- Elizabeth N. Saunders, author of Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military InterventionsPayne effectively demonstrates that domestic electoral politics does indeed affect presidential decisions, often decisively. He presents the argument in such a systematic and persuasive way that it will be very difficult to read his book and still see the recent American wars in the same light. -- Thomas A. Schwartz, author of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political BiographyAndrew Payne’s War on the Ballot is replete with compelling evidence that attests to the influence of the electoral cycle on the military strategy of United States presidents. -- Jonny Hall, London School of Economics and Political Science * International Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Presidents, Politics, and War2. Korea: Truman, Eisenhower, and America’s First Limited War3. Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson and the “Americanization” of the War4. Vietnam: Richard Nixon and the “Vietnamization” of the War5. Iraq: George W. Bush and the Decision to Double Down6. Iraq: Barack Obama and the EndgameConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHow do upcoming elections influence presidents’ behavior during wartime? War on the Ballot examines how electoral politics shaped presidential decisions on military and diplomatic strategy during the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq.Trade ReviewAndrew Payne has written a truly excellent book. From the Korean and Vietnam Wars to the recent conflict in Iraq, his copiously researched and cogently argued case studies persuasively underline the importance of elections in shaping crucial presidential decisions. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of America’s wars. -- Steven Casey, author of The War Beat, Pacific: The American Media at War Against JapanWith its razor-sharp conceptual framework and meticulously researched cases—backed up by a treasure trove of sources—this book opens a new window on the many and often surprising effects of the U.S. electoral cycle on presidential decision-making in times of war. -- Louise Fawcett, author of Iran and the Cold WarAndrew Payne has written an important book on the impact of the electoral cycle on American foreign policy. His well-conceived model for how domestic political considerations affect decision-making is grounded on finely crafted and well-researched case studies of the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. An important contribution to a crucial dimension of American foreign-policy making. -- William B. Quandt, author of Camp David: Peacemaking and PoliticsWar on the Ballot is a richly detailed account of how electoral constraints affect presidential decision-making in war. In this important study of domestic politics and war, Payne shows how the shadow of an upcoming election can shape presidents’ choices—often with results that do not serve the voters well. -- Elizabeth N. Saunders, author of Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military InterventionsPayne effectively demonstrates that domestic electoral politics does indeed affect presidential decisions, often decisively. He presents the argument in such a systematic and persuasive way that it will be very difficult to read his book and still see the recent American wars in the same light. -- Thomas A. Schwartz, author of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political BiographyAndrew Payne’s War on the Ballot is replete with compelling evidence that attests to the influence of the electoral cycle on the military strategy of United States presidents. -- Jonny Hall, London School of Economics and Political Science * International Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Presidents, Politics, and War2. Korea: Truman, Eisenhower, and America’s First Limited War3. Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson and the “Americanization” of the War4. Vietnam: Richard Nixon and the “Vietnamization” of the War5. Iraq: George W. Bush and the Decision to Double Down6. Iraq: Barack Obama and the EndgameConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended."--Choice"A wide-ranging collection of essays examining the divergent pathways of urban change in contemporary Chicago. This is an original and up-to-date account of the ongoing transformation of the city."--Nik Theodore, coauthor of Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bold and wide-ranging overview of seven decades of media, telecommunications, and information sector developments in China. Professor Hong manages both to stay engaged with the minutiae of this complex story, but also to identify the critical trends and themes that animated its unfolding. This is no mean achievement, and marks out Professor Hong as a notable scholar of information technology studies as well as a perspicacious observer of China."--Journal of Information Policy"This is one of the most enlightening pieces of writing on the evolution of the information and communications technology sector in China."--Chinese Journal of Communication"Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy provides a much needed critical assessment of China's engagement with ICTs, telecommunications and media. . . . The book represents the most well-articulated discussion of the imminent rise of techno-nationalism and economic development in China."--Asian Communication Research"Recommended."--Choice"Yu Hong's book Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy is an important contribution to the increasing body of literature on Chinese digital media and communication. . . . The book is well written and exemplary in research."--China Quarterly"Hong shines a bright light on the high cost and precarious prospects of making telecoms, the internet, ICTs and media the center of a nation's economic development strategy. It's a must-read for all who want to understand China's embrace of digital capitalism and the political economy of communication therein."--Mass Communication and Society"In great detail and with the careful reflection of a seasoned scholar, Yu Hong describes the astounding growth of digital technology in China and its complex and powerful ramifications at home and abroad."--Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World"Yu Hong's book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the role China's cutting-edge information technology sector has played in the nation's unprecedentedly rapid economic development. She provides excellent insight into the nuances of state policies on key communications systems, and does so with a keen, discerning eye for the vital issues affecting the present and future course of China's networked economy."--Eric Harwit, author of China's Telecommunications Revolution

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"American Oligarchy is a terrific, honest, bracing, book. It reminds me of the great muckraking journalists of the last century, telling a portrait of power through gripping individual stories. Formisano, in chapter after chapter, pulls back the curtain on how elites in America really operate. It is a story of class, of self-delusion, and of greed masked with public service."--Zephyr Teachout"This book is a sobering look at just how awry our political system has gone. . . . Recommended."--Choice"A desperately needed contribution to political education for those citizens and political pundits seeking to gain a better understanding of the impact of the latest massive shift in economic and political power and struggling to overcome the antidemocratic consequences of the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of so few. In combining sure theoretical and conceptual political and historical analysis with example after example and case study after case study of rising plutocrats and their political minions reshaping our body politic, Formisano strips away the myths and illusions of mainstream apologists of our present state and illuminates the changing face of political-economic power in America that no previous work has managed so far to achieve. While not for the faint of heart, it speaks loudly and boldly to those progressive forces searching for avenues of renewal for our current political plight." --Ernest J. Yanarella, author of North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain"The book is painstaking and thorough in tracing the paths through which some individuals use their money and political power to accumulate more of the same." --Political Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisA city's infrastructure influences the daily life of residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But uniting the hard infrastructure of roads and bridges with the soft infrastructure of parks and public art creates significant political challenges. Planners at all stages must work at an intersection of public policy, markets, and aesthetics--while also accounting for how a project will work in both the present and the future. The latest volume in the Urban Agenda series looks at pressing infrastructure issues discussed at the 2017 UIC Urban Forum. Topics include: competing notions of the infrastructure ideal; what previous large infrastructure programs can teach the Trump Administration; how infrastructure influences city design; the architecture of the cities of tomorrow; who benefits from infrastructure improvements; and evaluations of projects like the Chicago Riverwalk and grassroots efforts to reclaim neighborhood parks from gangs. Contributors: Philip Ashton, Beverly S. Bunch, BiTrade Review"When a word such as 'infrastructure' means everything to everyone's hopes for jobs, urban progress, and quality of life it is time to be very careful, to dig deeper. That is exactly what this book does. It leads us to soberly reflect upon real meanings and true potentials."--Henry Cisneros, cofounder and chairman, CityView"In today's urban environment the distinction between the infrastructure needed to support services; production, work, and the physical foundation devoted to tourism; entertainment; and leisure has all but vanished. The essays in this volume explain the far-reaching consequences of this development."--Dennis Judd, coauthor of City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mullen marries investigation and a well-executed idea of story in this well-researched piece of scholarship on black art, black literature and literary publications, and the cultural politics of Chicago's African American community."-- Choice"Mullen's mission is to refresh our cultural memories. He wants to remind us not only of African American cultural production in the 'Chicago Renaissance' that took place before and during World War II, but also that the U.S. Left--in the form of the Communist Party and the individuals and organizations of its Popular Front--played a significant role in the period."-- American Historical Review"All readers who are interested in the history of Chicago, African American culture, and leftist politics are sure to find some benefit from Mullen's richly detailed and boldly revisionist study."-- Journal of Illinois History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended."--Choice"A wide-ranging collection of essays examining the divergent pathways of urban change in contemporary Chicago. This is an original and up-to-date account of the ongoing transformation of the city."--Nik Theodore, coauthor of Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bold and wide-ranging overview of seven decades of media, telecommunications, and information sector developments in China. Professor Hong manages both to stay engaged with the minutiae of this complex story, but also to identify the critical trends and themes that animated its unfolding. This is no mean achievement, and marks out Professor Hong as a notable scholar of information technology studies as well as a perspicacious observer of China."--Journal of Information Policy"This is one of the most enlightening pieces of writing on the evolution of the information and communications technology sector in China."--Chinese Journal of Communication"Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy provides a much needed critical assessment of China's engagement with ICTs, telecommunications and media. . . . The book represents the most well-articulated discussion of the imminent rise of techno-nationalism and economic development in China."--Asian Communication Research"Recommended."--Choice"Yu Hong's book Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy is an important contribution to the increasing body of literature on Chinese digital media and communication. . . . The book is well written and exemplary in research."--China Quarterly"Hong shines a bright light on the high cost and precarious prospects of making telecoms, the internet, ICTs and media the center of a nation's economic development strategy. It's a must-read for all who want to understand China's embrace of digital capitalism and the political economy of communication therein."--Mass Communication and Society"In great detail and with the careful reflection of a seasoned scholar, Yu Hong describes the astounding growth of digital technology in China and its complex and powerful ramifications at home and abroad."--Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World"Yu Hong's book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the role China's cutting-edge information technology sector has played in the nation's unprecedentedly rapid economic development. She provides excellent insight into the nuances of state policies on key communications systems, and does so with a keen, discerning eye for the vital issues affecting the present and future course of China's networked economy."--Eric Harwit, author of China's Telecommunications Revolution

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"American Oligarchy is a terrific, honest, bracing, book. It reminds me of the great muckraking journalists of the last century, telling a portrait of power through gripping individual stories. Formisano, in chapter after chapter, pulls back the curtain on how elites in America really operate. It is a story of class, of self-delusion, and of greed masked with public service."--Zephyr Teachout"This book is a sobering look at just how awry our political system has gone. . . . Recommended."--Choice"A desperately needed contribution to political education for those citizens and political pundits seeking to gain a better understanding of the impact of the latest massive shift in economic and political power and struggling to overcome the antidemocratic consequences of the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of so few. In combining sure theoretical and conceptual political and historical analysis with example after example and case study after case study of rising plutocrats and their political minions reshaping our body politic, Formisano strips away the myths and illusions of mainstream apologists of our present state and illuminates the changing face of political-economic power in America that no previous work has managed so far to achieve. While not for the faint of heart, it speaks loudly and boldly to those progressive forces searching for avenues of renewal for our current political plight." --Ernest J. Yanarella, author of North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain"The book is painstaking and thorough in tracing the paths through which some individuals use their money and political power to accumulate more of the same." --Political Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"When a word such as 'infrastructure' means everything to everyone's hopes for jobs, urban progress, and quality of life it is time to be very careful, to dig deeper. That is exactly what this book does. It leads us to soberly reflect upon real meanings and true potentials."--Henry Cisneros, cofounder and chairman, CityView"In today's urban environment the distinction between the infrastructure needed to support services; production, work, and the physical foundation devoted to tourism; entertainment; and leisure has all but vanished. The essays in this volume explain the far-reaching consequences of this development."--Dennis Judd, coauthor of City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy

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Book SynopsisMedia in Postapartheid South Africa examines recent political developments in South Africa, using media as a narrator of social transition from the days of the struggle against apartheid to a capitalist consumer economy.Trade Review"Sean Jacobs take a unique approach to tell a comprehensive story of postapartheid South Africa and African society. Media consolidates and enacts the victory of a particular image of what South Africa ought to be. This is an incredibly powerful story, which is much bigger than media, but to which media gives us access."—Herman Wasserman, author of Tabloid Journalism in South Africa"Sean Jacobs proposes a new agenda for the study of culture in contemporary South Africa by focusing on media infrastructures that condition, select, and edit the sorts of information that are available. Jacobs's work will be read for its revelations about the nature of citizenship and public engagement in our media saturated age."—Daniel R. Magaziner, author of The Law and the Prophets: Black Consciousness in South Africa , 1968–1977

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Book SynopsisIn Rebuilding an Enlightened World, Bill Ivey explores how folklore offers a unique and compelling new way to understand and counteract the underlying forces disrupting the world today.Trade ReviewAn erudite, insightful, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national dialogue in this current 'Age of Trump' with its resurgence of racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and the rise of a self-acknowledged sexual predator to the presidency of the United States, Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America should have as wide a readership as possible. * Midwest Book Review *[Ivey] has written a dense and provocative book that delves into Enlightenment principles including liberty, tolerance, fraternity, and the separation of church and state, while exploring concepts of identity, tradition, and the unwritten norms that shape human behavior. * Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo *Ivey's book stands out as an all-too-rare connection of folkloristic perspectives to worldview, ethical philosophy, and political action. * Journal of Folklore Research *"Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America, offers hope and solutions for those worried about the future." * WSMV *"An erudite, insightful, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national dialogue in this current 'Age of Trump' with its resurgence of racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and the rise of a self-acknowledged sexual predator to the presidency of the United States, "Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America" should have as wide a readership as possible." * MBR Bookwatch *"This important book explores our modern moment, skillfully examining the journey that brought us to this precipice." * Chapter 16 *

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Book SynopsisFocusing on Romania from 1945 to 2016, Socialist Heritage explores the socialist state's attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the legacy of that project. Contrary to arguments that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist cities, Emanuela Grama shows that the communist state in Romania sought to exploit the past for its own benefit. The book traces the transformation of a central district of Bucharest, the Old Town, from a socially and ethnically diverse place in the early 20th century, into an epitome of national history under socialism, and then, starting in the 2000s, into the historic center of a European capital. Under socialism, politicians and professionals used the district's historic buildings, especially the ruins of a medieval palace discovered in the 1950s, to emphasize the city's Romanian past and erase its ethnically diverse history. Since the collapse of socialism, the cultural and economic value ofTrade ReviewThe volume presents a nuanced analysis of material heritage and its strategic use during the socialist period in Romania's capital city Bucharest and its continued legacy today. What is refreshing in this book, apart from the careful documentation and wealth of archival sources consulted, is the fact that the author brought together sources from fields that are not seemingly directly connected to heritage studies. Grama gracefully moves across different areas through with her use of secondary sources, bringing together urban planning, political studies, economic and social analyses. Grama also brings together key anthropological research studies on Romania, both national and international. -- Cristina Clopot * International Journal of Heritage Studies *The strengths of this book are the breadth of the data sources, which have enabled the author to uncover in detail how change in a particular historic urban landscape is shaped by broader issues of power and identity (in both socialist and post-socialist contexts). Socialist Heritage will be of interest to postgraduate students and academic researchers in disciplines such as history, anthropology, human geography, urban studies and sociology. For anybody wanting to understand Bucharest's Old Town there is no better source available. Indeed, over the course of 25 years I have frequently wandered around the Old Town and found myself asking "why is it like this?". Now, after reading Socialist Heritage, I know. -- Duncan Light * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Grama does a brilliant job bringing this story to our attention and explaining why we should care about it. Her book deserves to be widely read. * Survival *An outstanding contribution in the field of anthropology of heritage. -- Dana Domsodi * Sociologia *Grama takes us through a journey of how the heritage discourse was first constructed and operationalized through archaeological, historiographic, and urban planning activities under state socialism, and then repurposed as well as contested after 1989, with results that show profound fissures in the ability to deploy "heritage" as a successful legitimating tool. . . . Overall, the book offers a vivid and provocative analysis of the politics of urban planning in Bucharest after World War II. The arc of the narrative highlights the huge gaps between policy makers and citizens who bear the brunt of these heritage entrepreneurs' ambitions for power and money. -- Maria Bucur * ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY *The book is beautifully written, and readers from different disciplinary backgrounds interested in topics as diverse as socialism and postsocialism, the materiality of the state and city, architecture and its political power, including the making of urban heritage, will find enough to enrich their own reflections. -- Antonela Capelle Pogacean * H-Urban *Emanuela Grama's Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania is a compelling exploration of heritage making as state-making through the lens of the postwar and postcommunist transformations of Bucharest's Old Town. . . . A theoretically dense but engagingly written book, Socialist Heritage is a must-read not only for specialists of (post)socialist Romania and eastern Europe, but also for students and researchers of nationalism, urbanization and heritage making, history (re)writing, the role of experts under socialism, postcommunist efforts of Europeanization, and privatization as gentrification, or ruination as commodification. -- Diana Georgescu * Slavic Review *This book is well-grounded in empirical data, especially archival (for the socialist period) and ethnographic (for both socialist and especially postsocialist circumstances)—the interpretation of the sources and the extracts from the documents and interlocutors' statements vividly reveal discourses of politics, experts and residents related to the Old Town's (re)making, and not just regarding the area's heritage. -- Srdjan Radovic * Comparative Southeast European Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Tensed Urban Visions: Making Bucharest into a Socialist Capital2. Matters of State: Archaeology, Materiality, and State-Making 3. Time-Travelling Houses and Histories Made Invisible 4. Lipstick and Lined Pockets: Strategic Devaluation and Postsocialist Wealth 5. Displacements: Property, Privatization, and Precarity in a Europeanizing CityConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents an overview of politics and international relations in the Middle East. This book offers strategies for students and specialists undertaking research on the Middle East and other world regions.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Area Studies Controversy, Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey, Anne Banda1. Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory, Lisa Anderson2. State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study, John P. Entelis3. Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems, Augustus Richard Norton4. Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory, Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler5. Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action, Clement Henry6. Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt, Magda Kandil7. Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis, Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg9. Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy, Laurie Brand10. International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East, Baghat KoranyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The fourth wave of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and humanities. The contributors to Immigration and the Border address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S. side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants; chTrade Review“With Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century, editors David L. Leal and José E. Limón have gathered an impressive group of contributors from diverse fields to provide an understanding of immigration dynamics in contemporary American political and civic life. Written in an accessible style, this fine volume delivers extensive coverage of political and border issues, making it valuable for students in many Latino studies courses.” —Jorge Chapa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"This volume makes an original contribution by presenting new research in the field of Latino studies. The varied perspectives of the contributors make the book appealing to scholars and students in political science, sociology, anthropology, education, Latino studies, and border studies. Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century will also appeal to Latino organizations and policy advocates." —Raquel Marquez, University of Texas at San Antonio“Immigration and the Border is an invaluable repository of information, and a welcome contribution to public and college library shelves.” —The Midwest Book Review"Other than its interdisciplinary approach, the collection's helpfulness results from its inclusion of youth (a sector of the Latino population that is exploding but often not understood or studied), the fact that in several essays the researchers point to policies that are more productive, and an approach that does not ignore those left behind in the sending countries." —Theological Studies

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of the origins, development and rising electoral prominence of Mexico's Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). The authors discussion of how and why political parties adjust to changes in the political landscape is particularly relevant to scholars of Latin America.Trade Review“Yemile Mizrahi’s fine analysis of the PAN's evolution over the decades sheds important light on the organizational and ideological problems plaguing the party’s transformation from a longstanding opposition force to a governing party that can effectively consolidate its electoral support. This thoroughly researched and theoretically sophisticated volume is highly recommended to Mexicanists in particular and Latin Americanists in general.” —Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin"...will certainly become standard fare for students of new Mexican politics." —Latin American Research Review“...an important book....” —CHOICE“Mizrahi’s account of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has both analytical power and clear policy implications. PAN leaders would be wise to take her suggestions about party organization and rules seriously.” —Joseph Klesner, Kenyon College"...excellently argued and presented... ...essential to anyone wanting to understand the current political climate of Mexico." —Multicultural Review“Mizrahi’s findings raise important questions about the future of Mexican politics. This clearly written and convincing study is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican politics.” —Perspectives on Political Science“We still have too few excellent books on specific political parties in Latin America. Mizrahi’s admirable study of the Mexican PAN, which draws on many years of careful research, is therefore an invaluable building block in the larger effort to create an empirically sound comparative literature on parties. Through analyzing the remarkable trajectory of the PAN, the book likewise provides welcome and timely insight into contemporary Mexican politics.” —David Collier, University of California, Berkeley"The strength of this insightful work stems from the author's extensive field research in Mexico, and her contact and ultimately friendships with numerous leading politicians and businessmen engaged in wresting control of the political system long before PAN achieved success on the national level. She argues that the PAN developed numerous characteristics strengthening its ability to survive in the hostile environment the PRI created, but that the party now faces different challenges as a governing party and has not adequately met those challenges. Her major thesis is that the party's internal rules severely limit the PAN's flexibility to adapt to a more competitive environment." —The Americas, vol. 61 no. 2, October 2004

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of the origins, development and rising electoral prominence of Mexico's Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). The authors discussion of how and why political parties adjust to changes in the political landscape is particularly relevant to scholars of Latin America.Trade Review“Yemile Mizrahi’s fine analysis of the PAN's evolution over the decades sheds important light on the organizational and ideological problems plaguing the party’s transformation from a longstanding opposition force to a governing party that can effectively consolidate its electoral support. This thoroughly researched and theoretically sophisticated volume is highly recommended to Mexicanists in particular and Latin Americanists in general.” —Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin"...will certainly become standard fare for students of new Mexican politics." —Latin American Research Review“...an important book....” —CHOICE“Mizrahi’s account of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has both analytical power and clear policy implications. PAN leaders would be wise to take her suggestions about party organization and rules seriously.” —Joseph Klesner, Kenyon College"...excellently argued and presented... ...essential to anyone wanting to understand the current political climate of Mexico." —Multicultural Review“Mizrahi’s findings raise important questions about the future of Mexican politics. This clearly written and convincing study is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican politics.” —Perspectives on Political Science“We still have too few excellent books on specific political parties in Latin America. Mizrahi’s admirable study of the Mexican PAN, which draws on many years of careful research, is therefore an invaluable building block in the larger effort to create an empirically sound comparative literature on parties. Through analyzing the remarkable trajectory of the PAN, the book likewise provides welcome and timely insight into contemporary Mexican politics.” —David Collier, University of California, Berkeley"The strength of this insightful work stems from the author's extensive field research in Mexico, and her contact and ultimately friendships with numerous leading politicians and businessmen engaged in wresting control of the political system long before PAN achieved success on the national level. She argues that the PAN developed numerous characteristics strengthening its ability to survive in the hostile environment the PRI created, but that the party now faces different challenges as a governing party and has not adequately met those challenges. Her major thesis is that the party's internal rules severely limit the PAN's flexibility to adapt to a more competitive environment." —The Americas, vol. 61 no. 2, October 2004

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Book SynopsisWhile mandatory retirement has been eliminated in the US, a myriad of policies and practices have an impact on an older worker's decision to work or retire and an employer's decision to retain and train an older worker. Teresa Ghilarducci and John Turner address many of the issues considered on a daily basis by employees and employers.Trade Review“This conference volume is a collection of 11 articles that examine the economic and labor-relations aspects of an aging workforce in the United States. While the articles span a variety of topics, the underlying question throughout the book is: given the inevitability of demographic changes, how can we make the continued labor force participation of older works a positive experience for both employers and employees? This book considers a variety of policy options that may encourage or facilitate work at older ages. Those interested in issues surrounding employment and older workers will find the collection of interest.” —Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

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Book SynopsisWhen the Spanish invaded the Inca empire in 1532, the cult of the ancestors was an essential feature of pre-Columbian religion throughout the Andes. The dead influenced politics, protected the living, symbolized the past, and legitimized claims over the land their descendants occupied, while the living honored the presence of the dead in numerous aspects of daily life. A central purpose of the Spanish missionary endeavor was to suppress the Andean cult of the ancestors and force the indigenous people to adopt their Catholic, legal, and cultural views concerning death. In her book, Gabriela Ramos reveals the extent to which Christianizing death was essential for the conversion of the indigenous population to Catholicism.Ramos argues that understanding the relation between death and conversion in the Andes involves not only considering the obvious attempts to destroy the cult of the dead, but also investigating a range of policies and strategies whose application demanded contiTrade Review“Death and Conversion in the Andes: Lima and Cuzco, 1532-1670 looks at death rituals of the people of South America during this time and how traditional native American beliefs fell to the wayside and how Christian rituals came into power. Gabriela Ramos executes this history well and provides much insight into the period . . . a solid addition to any world or native American history collection.” —The Midwest Book Review“Gabriela Ramos makes a compelling case that death was at the center of the spiritual encounter between Andeans and Spaniards in colonial Peru. . . . Ramos’s work is based on a close reading of nearly five hundred wills written by indigenous residents of Lima and Cuzco . . . her deep research in previously underused sources offers abundant evidence of the importance of death in the encounter between Christians and indigenous people.” —Church History“[Ramos’s] interdisciplinary analysis finds that elite burials in consecrated ground contributed to the spread and acceptance of Christianity among urban sectors of the Andean population. . . . She portrays the church and its dictates as both a destructive force (of traditional beliefs and practices) and one that ordered an emerging colonial society.” —The Americas“Ramos exploited the difficult to access and use notarial records in Lima and Cuzco to amass a corpus of some 500 Indian testaments for her section on wills, graves, and funerary rites. This is a major effort and her analysis of them is exceptional. The result compares favorably to well-known studies of Spanish wills of the period, and provides for the possibility of comparison with the attitudes of the outsiders.” —Renaissance Quarterly“Ramos’s subject is post-conquest Andean peoples’ adaptive creativity in relation to beliefs and practices surrounding death, as well as the ways in which society was remade and relationships between its members restructured, by means of adaptations in the conceptualization of death and their expression in everyday actions and rituals. The book is one of the more original contributions of recent years, and makes a fine complement to Gose.” —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Gabriela Ramos has produced a deeply researched study that argues that the Christianization of death was crucial to the conversion of indigenous Andean peoples and to the construction of a colonial order. . . . a fine and important work of scholarship that is key to Andean studies and will contribute to ongoing discussions of how and why native Andean peoples responded, adapted, and made sense of Catholic tenets about the here and now and the hereafter.” —The Catholic Historical Review“Deserving a featured place in the already excellent scholarship on religion in the Andes, Ramos’s work should contribute to graduate courses on empire, colonialism, evangelization, and ritual, as well as surveys of Latin American history. While future scholarship will have to examine death outside of Lima and Cuzco, Ramos’s careful study should serve as a point of departure for future work on religious conversion in colonial Latin America.” —Sixteenth Century Journal“. . . Ramos examines the establishment of indigenous hospitals and parishes, will-making, confraternities, burial places and rites and, together with the detailed figures provided in the appendices, she succeeds in producing a well-written, systematic and pioneering study of an important aspect of early modern Andean society.” —Ecclesiastical History“Ramos has meticulously revised hundreds of archival documents in the production of this study, and her account of urban Andeans’ readiness to accept Christianity is a welcome corrective to previous accounts of conversion that highlight resistance. . . . This is a valuable study, particularly where it touches on matters of the individual and personhood.” —Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“Death and Conversion in the Andes is more than just another approach to the colonization and evangelization of the New World. It is also an innovative research on the birth of Andean Catholicism, a hybrid creed, which proves the strength of ancient beliefs on the one hand, and the adaptability of humans—in this case Andeans and Spaniards alike—to changing political, religious, and cultural circumstances, being, in Ramos’s words, ‘actors in a major cultural transformation.’” —European History Quarterly

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Book SynopsisThe book evaluates America’s new political landscape in light of the 2008 election and examines presidential politics, foreign policy, history, and celebrity culture.Trade Review“Readers who enjoy the works of the great International Herald Tribune columnist William Pfaff and the estimable New York Times reporter and columnist Thomas Friedman will find comparable delight in Schmuhl’s book. . . . [T]he book ranges confidently across presidential politics, foreign policy, history, the celebrity culture and the present crisis of the news business, all with impressively sure footing.” —Chicago Tribune“Bob Schmuhl is the guy I read when I want to understand how things political, cultural, and journalistic interact—and how the world works as a result. He’s an analyst who is cool and collected, and so it’s cool to know that he’s collected, between two covers.” —David M. Shribman, Pulitzer Prize winner and executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“I’ve known and respected the work of Bob Schmuhl my entire professional life. This expanded version of his work shines with enthusiasm for journalism, American culture, and the English language.” —Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar, The Poynter Institute, and author of Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

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Book SynopsisFor business to flourish, society must flourish. In today''s global economy, business serves the common good not only by producing goods and services but also by reaching out to the many who are not even in the market because they lack marketable skills and the resources to acquire them. Sustainable Development: The UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN Global Compact, and the Common Good contains twenty-two essays that document the work of Western companies, working through the UN Global Compact and its Principles of Responsible Investment and the Principles for Responsible Management Education, to shape more peaceful and just societies. Seven case studies by leading businesses and private-public partnershipsincluding Microsoft, Merck, Sumitomo Chemical, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Novartis, and Levi Straussoutline their projects, especially those advancing the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) designed to alleviate dire poverty. Twelve chapters reflect on some of the conceptual issues Trade Review"This book offers critical insight into the role businesses must play in cooperation with governments, the United Nations, and civil society to develop more sustainable and healthy societies. Sustainable Development eloquently captures the unmistakable correlation between the private sector and the common good: where equality, human rights and ethics thrive, so too does business." —Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact “Against a sombre picture of global challenges painted by Bishop Kevin Dowling, Fr. Oliver Williams has assembled an outstanding collection of contributions demonstrating how six diverse multinationals have addressed these challenges both in their core businesses, through their supply chains, and where they have voluntarily taken on projects to advance human rights in the wider society. Papers from academia and civil society then frankly analyse what such corporate efforts really mean in terms of delivering benefits to both shareholders and society, as well as discussing criticisms.” —Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the United Nations Global Compact Foundation "The United Nations Global Compact is a major initiative in the worldwide effort to ensure the fair distribution of the enormous wealth generated by the globalization of corporate capitalism, an initiative of interest to all nations, corporations public and private, and the present and future citizens of the world. These papers are the state of the art in the scholarly examination of the international efforts on the part of private enterprise to assist in economic development and forging peace." —Lisa H. Newton, Fairfield University“The book contains twenty-two essays, seven case studies, and reflections regarding the work of Western companies working through the U.N. Global Compact to shape more peaceful and just societies and alleviate dire poverty.” —Notre Dame Magazine Online“The contributors include representatives from academic institutions, corporations as well as the public sector. Parham (in Chapter 11) presents case studies to illustrate the role of partnerships between governments, the private sector and the civil society in achieving [Millennium Development Goals]. . . This book’s main contribution is in bringing to the reader a diverse range of perspectives on sustainable development.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies

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