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Book SynopsisIn Demanding Devaluation, David Steinberg argues that the demands of powerful interest groups often dictate government decisions about the level of the exchange rate.Trade Review"In Demanding Devaluation, David A. Steinberg addresses an enduring and fundamental puzzle of developing economies: Why, despite sound economic theory and strong empirical evidence that an undervalued exchange rate benefits long-term growth, do so many countries have an overvalued exchange rate? For Steinberg, the answer is politics. Skillfully mixing quantitative tests and compelling case studies, Steinberg shows how sectoral policy interests and state power intersect to shape the exchange rate. Scholars, students, and policymakers interested in understanding the political foundations of economic performance in the developing world will benefit from Steinberg's insightful and lucid analysis." -- William T. Bernhard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, coauthor of Democratic Processes and Financial Markets: Pricing Politics"Why does China maintain an artificially weak currency whereas Argentina and Mexico have historically maintained overvalued currencies? In Demanding Devaluation, David Steinberg offers an analytical framework centered on the preferences of manufacturers, the rights of workers, and the extent of state control over the financial system. This excellent book—with its compelling quantitative tests and in-depth case studies—will quickly become an essential read in the field of exchange rate politics." -- David Andrew Singer, MIT, author of Regulating Capital: Setting Standards for the International Financial SystemTable of ContentsIntroduction1. A Conditional Preference Theory of Undervalued Exchange Rates2. Cross-Country Patterns in Exchange Rate Policy and Preferences3. Why China Undervalues Its Exchange Rate: The Domestic Politics of Currency Manipulation4. The Political Appeal of Overvaluation: Industrial Interests and the Repeated Overvaluation of the Argentine Peso5. Interests, Institutions, and Exchange Rates in South Korea, Mexico, and IranConclusionAppendix: Author Interviews References Index

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Book SynopsisThe quasi-federal European Union stands out as the major exception in the thinly institutionalized world of international politics. Something has led Europeans—and only Europeans—beyond the nation-state to a fundamentally new political architecture...Trade ReviewA Certain Idea of Europe is a political journey, from the immediate post-war period to the European Union of the late 1990s that follows the place of French ideas in the establishment and development of the European Union we know today.... Parsons succeeds in piercing the strategic skin of the French political approach to Europe for most of the 20th century and analysing the ideas beneath. -- Claire Herbert * Journal of European Affairs *Parsons provides a full and intricate history of French diplomacy on the question of European Community building. It stands in its own right as a new and scholarly contribution to French postwar history and politics up to the end of the 1970s. * International History Review *Parsons's book is a welcome addition to the study of the European Union.... Parsons provides a vivid discussion on the early dynamics of French efforts to influence the evolution of European institutions from their inception after World War Two.... The book is both substantively and theoretically rich, and provides a wealth of bibliographic resources, analytical footnotes, and a well-organized index.... Highly recommended. General readers and upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisIn the late 1970s, just as China was embarking on a sweeping program of post-Mao reforms, it also launched a one-child campaign. This campaign, which cut against the grain of rural reforms and childbearing preferences, was the culmination of a...Trade Review"Tyrene White knows as much about the one-child policy in China as anyone around. The narrative of China's Longest Campaign is presented in rich yet always pleasurably readable detail, and the research on which it is based is solid and comprehensive. White's analysis is cast, cleverly, in terms of a compelling set of puzzles: why would, and how could, the state undertake so unpopular a policy at a time of considerable political uncertainty, flux, and retrenchment? She offers an important, insightful correction to some of our best grassroots-centered theories of resistance and political change." -- Marc Blecher, Oberlin College"Tyrene White's careful reading of documentary evidence from the 1950s leads to a nuanced and interesting picture of internal debates within the Chinese leadership and among intellectuals about birth-control issues in a period prior to mandatory family planning. When discussing changes in mandatory family planning in the 1980s, White is able to rely on local evidence she collected, particularly in rural Hubei, on changes in the implementation of the policies she describes." -- Martin K. Whyte, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisInvestigating in depth how China implemented its economic policies between 1978 and 2010, Hsueh gives the most complete picture yet of China's regulatory state, particularly as it has shaped the telecommunications and textiles industries.Trade ReviewConceptually, theoretically, and empirically, China's Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization is a pivotal contribution to the discourse on China's development model and regulatory landscape, to the literature on government-business relations, and to the understanding of patterns of state control as part of the discipline of political economy. Hsueh has accomplished a painstaking task of uncovering a critical facet of economic liberalization in China, further exploration of which might unearth newer aspects of China’s development strategy or bring out newer interpretations.... The book, while interesting and useful for general readers, is indispensable for scholars, researchers and students of political economy, international business, and international economics. -- Romi Jain * Indian Journal of Asian Affairs *Hsueh's book [is] a valuable addition to the rich literature that probes the complicated relationship between the state and businesses in the reforming China... In contrast to conventional studies that treat Chinese industry as a whole distinct from the state, the sectoral model allows Hsueh to differentiate between various industries according to their sectoral characteristics—their values to China's national security and competitiveness, in this study—and then examine their respective relationships to the government... a sectoral model makes it more explicit that the different endowments and strategic values attached to each industry determine policy designs and outcomes... the book is an excellent application of important developments in the literature on international and comparative political economy.. to China's specific context. The comparative studies that include cases from both China and other East Asian developmental states are effective in illustrating the complexity of China’s reforms as well as placing them into a broader context. -- Huisheng Shou * Journal of Chinese Political Science *I have no reservation in recommending this book as the most theoretically advanced and comprehensive statement on industrial policy in the contemporary China studies field. For those of us who relish dense factual narrativesthe book is a compelling read for its rich detail on variations in state strategies toward several important industries. -- Kun-Chin Lin * The China Journal *Is China a developmental state like its regional neighborsor an example of some other form of capitalism? Roselyn Hsueh's China's Regulatory State tackles this taxonomicalissue through case studies of industrial strategyin comparative perspective.... Hsueh seeks to explain thenature of China’s developmental model, which is 'radicallydifferent from any we have seen before' (p. 2). Thisdeparture raises questions about the logic underlying itsparticular path.... differentiating state policy by sectorsheds light on common misconceptions of China’s politicaleconomy. The fact that China attracts more FDI thanany other country, for example, does not mean that it alsohas the most liberalized economy.... In China, patterns of state regulationin different sectors are tied to the strategic value framework,rather than a statist impulse to limit foreign capitaland pursue industrial policy across the board. -- Kellee Tsai * Perspectives on Politics *Roselyn Hsueh has written a very good book about the transformation of the Chinese economy in the decade since the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is a solid piece of workand it will be of interest to scholars of the Chinese economy as well as policy makers who are interested in China’s growing role in the global economy. -- Doug Guthrie * The China Quarterly *This book combines the accuracy and knowledge-based relevance of an academic studyby the best research standardswith a clearfluentand pedagogical way of introducing the reader to a rather complex set of issues. The quality of the book itself—a text perfectly editedbalanceddisplaying the appropriate tables and figures in the right places and allowing any level of readingfrom the layman up to the specialistdeserves compliments. -- Philippe Ratte * Governance *Through extensive interviews and painstaking research, Hsueh demonstrates a distinct pattern of government re-regulation even after China joined the WTO. In the process, she demolishes the myth of an increasingly unfettered Chinese economy.... This book is a must-read for students of political economy and for those seeking to make sense of contemporary China's complex economic landscape. -- Andrew Scobell * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: China's Liberalization Two-StepPART I. THE POLITICS OF MARKET REREGULATION 1. Liberalization Two-Step: Understanding State Control of the Economy 2. China’s Strategy for International Integration: The Logic of Reregulation 3. Telecommunications and Textiles: Two Patterns of State ControlPART II. STATE CONTROL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 4. Consolidating Central Control of Telecommunications in the Pre-WTO Era 5. State-Owned Carriers and Centrally Led Reregulation of Telecommunications in the WTO EraPART III: STATE CONTROL OF TEXTILES 6. Dismantling Central Control of Textiles in the Pre-WTO Era 7. Sector Associations and Locally Led Reregulation of Textiles in the WTO EraPART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA’S REGULATORY STATE 8. Deliberate Reinforcement in Strategic Industries 9. Decentralized Engagement in Nonstrategic Industries 10. China’s Development Model: A New Strategy for GlobalizationReferences Index

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Book SynopsisIn Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and whims of half a century ago have shaped today''s Saudi state and are reflected in its policies. Starting in the late 1990s, Saudi Arabia embarked on an ambitious reform campaign to remedy its long-term economic stagnation. The results have been puzzling for both area specialists and political economists: Saudi institutions have not failed across the board, as theorists of the rentier state would predict, nor have they achieved the all-encompassing modernization the regime has touted. Instead, the kingdom has witnessed a bewildering mélange of thorough failures and surprising successes.Hertog argues that it is traits peculiar to the Saudi state that make sense of its uneven capacities. Oil rents since World War II have shaped Saudi state institutions in ways that are far from uniform.Trade ReviewPrinces, Brokers, and Bureaucrats is an extraordinary book. Impressively researched, insightful, and lucidly written, Steffen Hertog has laid bare the complexity of the Saudi state, including its history, the ways the state functions, the impact of oil wealth on its institutions, and the behavior of its bureaucrats.... It is no exaggeration to write that Hertog's book is the finest book ever written on politics and the state in Saudi Arabia, an unparalleled achievement.... Hertog’s work reveals a number of wrinkles in the conventional wisdom on Saudi Arabia and the politics of oil states. Inefficiency and corruption exist in Saudi Arabia but so, too, do efficiency and professionalism. Where rentier theory predicts uniform patterns of government behavior, particularly in regard to corruption and paralyzing rent seeking, Hertog finds diverse patterns of behavior.... This book is the clearest and best documented work yet on the nuts and bolts of the Saudi government as well as its complicated bureaucracy and distribution of power. -- Toby C. Jones * International Journal of Middle East Studies *It is an ability to see how politics shapes the structure and operations of the contemporary Saudi state that distinguishes Hertog's book. In a work characterized throughout by rigorous analysis, astute historical reflection and sharp observation, Hertog brilliantly illustrates the complexities and contradictions of an Arab rentier state. -- G. J. H. Dowling * Middle East Policy *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Unpacking the Saudi State: Oil Fiefdoms and Their Clients Part I: Oil and History 2. Oil Fiefdoms in Flux: The New Saudi State in the 1950s 3. The Emerging Bureaucratic Order under Faisal 4. The 1970s Boom: Bloating the State and Clientelizing Society Part II: Policy-Making in Segmented Clientelism 5. The Foreign Investment Act: Lost between Fiefdoms 6. Eluding the "Saudization" of Labor Markets 7. The Fragmented Domestic Negotiations over WTO Adaptation 8. Comparing the Case Studies, Comparing Saudi Arabia

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Book SynopsisAlthough economic explanations for the Great Recession have proliferated, the political causes and consequences of the crisis have received less systematic attention. This is the first book to focus on it as a political rather than an economic crisis.Trade ReviewKahler and Lake bring together a wide range of scholars in the areas of political science, international relations, and risk management to systematically analyze the political causes and consequences of the great recession from a different perspective. By disregarding an economic explanatory framework of the great recession in favor of a political genesis perspective of the crisis, the contributors offer sound analyses of past and contemporary endogenous events that contributed to the crisis, shaped choices by political actors, and produced varying consequences. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Anatomy of Crisis: The Great Recession and Political Change by Miles Kahler and David A. LakePart I. Crises and Politics: Is This Time Different?1. Economic Crisis and Global Governance: The Stability of a Globalized World by Miles Kahler2. Politics in Hard Times Revisited: The 2008–9 Financial Crisis in Emerging Markets by Stephan Haggard3. Partisan Financial Cycles by J. Lawrence Broz4. The Politics of Hard Times: Fiscal Policy and the Endogeneity of Economic Recessions by Pablo M. PintoPart II. Interests, Coalitions, and Consequences5. The Political Origins of Our Economic Discontents: Contemporary Adjustment Problems in Historical Perspective by Peter A. Hall6. Puzzles from the First Globalization by Suzanne Berger7. Portfolio Politics in the New Hard Times: Crises, Coalitions, and Shareholders in the United States and Germany by James Shinn8. Coalition of Losers: Why Agricultural Protectionism Survives during the Great Recession by Megumi Naoi and Ikuo Kume9. Crafting Trade Strategy in the Great Recession: The Obama Administration and the Changing Political Economy of the United States by Peter Cowhey10. Worlds in Collision: Uncertainty and Risk in Hard Times by Peter J. Katzenstein and Stephen C. NelsonAfterword: Yet More Hard Times? Reflections on the Great Recession in the Frame of Earlier Hard Times by Peter A. GourevitchReferences About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSocial work and social policy in the United States have always had a complex and troubled relationship. In this book, John H. Ehrenreich offers a critical interpretation of their intertwined histories.Trade ReviewEhrenreich's respect for the profession of social work is demonstrated by his careful analysis of the various schools of thought—the painstaking unraveling of the two tangled threads of social control and social reform. Ehrenreich patiently considers the complicated intellectual framework of social work, respecting the complexity of the issues involved while at the same time proposing a provocative and unified thesis. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisIn her examination of the culture of Italian fascism, Mabel Berezin focuses on how Mussolini''s regime consciously constructed a nonliberal public sphere to support its political aims. Fascism stresses form over content, she believes, and the regime tried to build its political support through the careful construction and manipulation of public spectacles or rituals such as parades, commemoration ceremonies, and holiday festivities. The fascists believed they could rely on the motivating power of spectacle, and experiential symbols.In contrast with the liberal democratic notion of separable public and private selves, Italian fascism attempted to merge the public and private selves in political spectacles, creating communities of feeling in public piazzas. Such communities were only temporary, Berezin explains, and fascist identity was only formed to the extent that it could be articulated in a language of pre-existing cultural identities. In the Italian case, those identitiesTrade ReviewAn excellent interdisciplinary work. Progressing from a commemorative period that made the 1922 March on Rome the centerpiece of rituals to a mobilization phase after 1934, which emphasized athletic and military bodies, Berezin delineates the phases in which rituals of the piazza passed from emphasizing the myth of national revolution to that creating the myths of the new Roman empire.... Berezin's work is a splendid addition to literature on fascist politicization of culture and civic life. * Choice *This excellent book explores how politics, culture, and identity intersected in interwar Italy so as to make the 'fascist project': a creation of the self and of new identities as citizens of fascist Italy.... This is a rich and rewarding book; the writing is engaging and the theory challenging. It is an important contribution to our understanding of fascism and of the making of modern identities. * Virginia Quarterly *Instantly accessible.... An admirable monograph based on a wide range of readings intelligently deployed. Historians will appreciate the factual content and will find the sociological insights stimulating. * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisKiren Aziz Chaudhry shows how state and market institutions are created and transformed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, two countries that typify labor and oil exporters in the developing worlds.Trade ReviewAn interesting and thought-provoking book, well researched and well argued. It fills a vacuum in studies on both the Middle East and political economy and is recommended to all those who are interested in these fields. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Chaudry has written three books in one. The most important is an account of the connection between Saudi Arabia's government and economy. Using previously unknown Saudi archival material, her chapter on the 1914–73 period is spectacularly rich. * Choice *Chaudry is a first-rate political economist who does careful and methodical research.... In her hands, this fascinating subject causes one to rethink theories about social modernization, economic development, and political change. * Perspectives on Political Science *Drawing on Saudi sources never before used by scholars, Chaudry has written a brief but definitive account on the connection between the Saudi state and economy. * Middle East Quarterly *This is a solid two-case study that instead of the usual grand theories offers more contextual and multicausal explanations. * Foreign Affairs *What is most remarkable about this volume is that it makes a valuable theoretical contribution while also containing such a rich and much needed account of the political economic development of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Arab Republic.... A rich odyssey through the political and the economic histories of these two countries, well-documented and cogently written. * Middle East Policy *

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Book SynopsisToday more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Initially published in 1997 in the United Kingdom, the book is now...Trade ReviewA valuable source book that outlines a comprehensive view of world food production as seen through the needs of the world's hungry.... A book that begins with a disconcerting prediction leaves us instead with a realistic vision of a future where no one goes hungry. * Boston Book Review *The author provides a clear and concise guide to a key part of what is possibly the most critical question facing humanity. * New Scientist *

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Book SynopsisWherever there is money, there is money politics-a subject demanding ever greater attention at a time when monetary policies lead and the real economy follows. A principal defining characteristic of the contemporary global economy, Jonathan Kirshner contends, is the rise and preeminence of monetary phenomenainternational financial crises, Central Bank Independence and inflation fighting, the creation of the euro, and monetary reform in emerging economies, to name only a few. Moreover, unlike most debates in political economy (such as those regarding trade policy), which are generally recognized as political, monetary phenomena and macroeconomic policies are typically represented as expressly apolitical. In Monetary Orders, a distinguished group of scholars explores the inescapable political origins of choices about money. The essays in Monetary Orders each address a specific issue or puzzle relating to money and its management. Their authors focus on markeTrade ReviewMonetary Orders is a must read for anyone interested in the political economy of global money and finance.... In substantive terms it is cutting edge, providing a valuable guide to the the thinking of the latest generation of specialists in the field. -- Benjamin J. Cohen, University of California at Santa Barbara * Perspectives on Politics *

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Book SynopsisNonprofit corporations, cooperatives, and credit unions constitute an alternative avenue of hope and action for communities that have come up short in the normal operation of the market economy. These organizations comprise the third sector, which...Trade Review"Christopher Gunn illuminates one of the hidden recesses of our nation's vast nonprofit subcontinent and uncovers a mother lode of innovative organizations effectively mobilizing nonmarket impulses to offset some of the structural shortcomings of our market system. The result is a fascinating account of how third-sector organizations bring hope and progress to those left behind in the march of globalization." -- Lester M. Salamon, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies and author of The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America"Christopher Gunn's Third-Sector Development highlights an engine for prosperity long overlooked by economists inside and outside of government. Gunn meticulously describes the contours, mission, and evolution of the nation's nonprofits and cooperatives—which together make up the fastest-growing sector in the economy—and then provides two dozen engaging case studies. Rich in data, stories, and insight, Third-Sector Development should be in the hands of the nation's expanding army of do-gooders as proof of the claim that they are the real foundation for America's economic future." -- Michael H. Shuman, author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age"Perhaps the greatest achievement of Christopher Gunn's Third-Sector Development is to take seriously the economic contribution and potential of the independent sector. Not only does he remind us that we are talking about 10 percent of the current economy but he proceeds to sketch the dimensions of the sector's qualitative contributions. In a series of penetrating case studies accompanied by hardheaded analysis, he gives color and depth to arguably the most creative undertakings in today's economy. If indeed mainstream private-sector growth seems increasingly unable to solve social deficits (and may, in fact, be exacerbating them) while public-sector efforts shrink in the face of yawning economic deficits, we would be well advised to look more carefully to where Gunn points: the socio-frontier of third-sector development." -- Robert Friedman, Chair, Corporation for Enterprise Development

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the history of the Ingutsheni Lunatic Asylum (renamed a mental hospital after 1933), situated near Bulawayo in the former Southern Rhodesia, Surfacing Up explores the social, cultural, and political history of the colony that became Zimbabwe after gaining its independence in 1980. The phrase surfacing up was drawn from a conversation Lynette A. Jackson had with a psychiatric nurse who used the concept to explain what brought African potential patients into the psychiatric system. Jackson uses Ingutsheni as a reference point for the struggle to domesticate Africa and its citizens after conquest. Drawing on the work of Frantz Fanon, Jackson maintains that the asylum in Southern Rhodesia played a significant role in maintaining the colonial social order. She supports Fanon''s claim that colonial psychiatric hospitals were repositories for those of indocile nature or for those who failed to fit the social background of the colonial type.Through reconstruction aTrade ReviewLynnette Jackson's Surfacing Up carries on the project of exposing what Franz Fanon called the 'pathology of colonialism.' This book is important in three major ways. First, it comes in the wake of Achille Mbembe's critique of this genre of defining and writing the 'African' experience as a 'cult of victimization,' and his call for a robust self-reflexive reappraisal of the authenticity and redemption of African nationalism. Second, Jackson approaches these broader debates on Africa—inspired by Fanon, Aime Cesaire, and others—from the standpoint of health and healing in Africa. She tells her story within the thematic of therapeutic options available to Africans during the colonial moment, dwelling on the limits of such latitude, especially for those judged insane. Third, and overall, Surfacing Up is a theoretical and methodological statement on the fate of western-designed artifacts, ideas, and people that travel beyond metropolitan societies to colonies. Hence the book speaks to scholars—particularly historians—of Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, colonial and postcolonial studies, science and technology, psychiatry, gender, women's studies, and feminism. * H-SAfrica *

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Book SynopsisThe deterioration in the economic performance of the advanced industrial democracies during the 1970s has provoked an intense debate about the role of government in economic adjustment and growth. In Governments, Markets, and Growth, John Zysman makes a significant contribution to our understanding of these critical international issues by demonstrating that there is a direct relationship between a nation''s financial system and its government''s ability to restart the growth engine. Professor Zysman argues that there are three distinct types of financial systems, each with different consequences for the political ties between financial markets, industry, and government. Zysman tests his argument by analyzing and comparing the patterns of industrial adjustment in five advanced nations. He contrasts the differing strategies of industrial adjustments primarily in France and Great Britain, but also in Japan, West Germany, and the United States. Governments, Markets, and GrowtTrade ReviewAs the title suggests, this first-rate book covers a lot of ground. At the core is a pioneering analysis of the way national financial systems facilitate or hinder the conduct of industrial policy. A broader focus is on how the different relations of government and market in Japan, France, Germany, Britain, and the U.S. affect each country's ability to cope with changes in the international economy. All these financial systems are shown to be subject to new challenges that differ a good bit from one another. What they have in common, the author reminds us, is that they have provided the foundations for acceptable political systems which may also be called into question if they cannot cope with economic problems. * Foreign Affairs *

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Book SynopsisThis text discusses topics in modern domestic policy reform, such as health, entitlements, environment and taxation, as well as changes that have occurred in the policy-making institutions of Congress, the executive branch, the states and the courts.Trade Review"Leading political scientists [argue that] national politicians, far from being gridlocked, have acted with alacrity to implement fundamental and often surprising reforms in fields as diverse as education, immigration, and tax reform. In some of these areas the powerful lobbyists have been, literally, banished from the Congressional committee rooms, confounding most text books on American politics. This is an important book, which teaches the value of ideas in the post-utilitarian world of modern America. Political StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. IntroductionChapter 1. Of Interests and Values: The New Politics and the New Political SciencePart II. Adversarial Legalism and the Rights RevolutionChapter 2. Separation of Powers and the Strategy of Rights: The Expansion of Special EducationChapter 3. The Politics of Rapid Legal Change: Immigration Policy in the 1980sChapter 4. Adversarial Legalism and American GovernmentPart III. Taxing and SpendingChapter 5. Policy Models and Political Change: Insights from the Passage of Tax ReformChapter 6. The Politics of the Entitlement ProcessChapter 7. Elusive Community: Democracy, Deliberation, and the Reconstruction of Health PolicyPart IV. Regulation and DeregulationChapter 8. The New Politics of Environmental PolicyChapter 9. Policy making in the Contemporary Congress: Three Dimensions of PerformancePart V. ConclusionChapter 10. New Politics, New Elites, Old PublicsChapter 11. Two-Tier Politics and the Problem of Public PolicyChapter 12. The new Politics of Public PolicyNotesList of ContirbutorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThelin, University of Kentucky; Mary Louise Trammell, University of Arizona; David J. Weerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Zumeta, University of WashingtonTrade ReviewA rational voice... Send this book to members of your board-and, perhaps, to members of your state legislature come budget time. -- Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti University Business 2005 Not only informative but even novel to an experienced observer... It will appeal to a sophisticated audience of policy analysts, politicians literate in the social sciences, and educational leaders whose opinions... matter. -- Rick Tilman Journal of Economic Issues 2005

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Book SynopsisFinally, he draws thoughtful comparisons of the American experience of radio broadcasting and political culture with those of Australia, Britain, and Canada.Trade ReviewAn impressively researched and useful study... Craig subtly winds his interpretive, critical thread of the unfulfilled promise of radio as an engine of a more expansive democracy into a larger narrative about the institutional and ideological sway of commercial radio interests. -- Brett Gary Journal of American History Douglas Craig's main goal was to write a political history of radio broadcasting in the United States before World War II; however, he has also succeeded in producing the best general study yet published on the development of radio broadcasting during this crucial period when key institutional and social patterns were established. -- Hugh R. Slotten Technology and Culture Fireside Politics is the most complete study so far of the interactions between broadcasting and the U.S. political system during the 'golden age' of radio... Likely to become a leading reference in continuing discussions over communication history, technology, and democracy. -- Stephen Ponder H-Pol, H-Net Reviews A fascinating study making good use of archival material as well as prior research. CBQ 2005Table of ContentsList of Maps, Illustrations, Figures, and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAbbreviationsPart I: Making the Medium, 1895-19401. The Radio Age: The Growth of Radio Broadcasting, 1895–19402. Radio Advertising and Networks3. Regulatory Models and the Radio Act of 19274. The Federal Radio Commission, 1927–19345. A New Deal for Radio? The Communications Act of 19346. The Federal Communications Commission and Radio, 1934–1940Part II: Radio and the Business of Politics, 1920-19407. The Sellers: Stations, Networks, and Political Broadcasting8. The Buyers: National Parties, Candidates, and Radio9. The Product: Radio Politics and Campaigning10. The Consumer: Radio, Audiences, and VotersPart III: Radio and Citizenship, 1920–194011. Radio and the Problem of Citizenship12. Radio at the Margins: Broadcasting and the Limits of Citizenship13. Radio and the Politics of Good TasteConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rick Surpin, Independence Care System.Trade ReviewThis text would be helpful for teaching students in medicine, nursing, social work, and health care administration. -- Tina Kenyon, ACSW Family Medicine 2005 This book can be recommended to family caregivers, health care staff, and policy-makers-as well as to those teaching courses in health care, policy, and gerontology. -- Anne P. Glass Journal of Women and Aging 2006 A must read for those who are planning to work in the healthcare field and for those currently employed in it. -- Molly Ranney Journal of Women and Aging 2005 A well-researched and fascinating historical recount of the cultural differences between the family members, health professionals and policy makers... Recommended background reading for geriatric care managers and professionals seeking policy changes in caregiving. -- Kathleen Wall Inside GCM 2005 Editors Levine and Murray and their contributors demonstrate a broad understanding of the culture of caregiving and families. Choice 2005 The collaboration and talents brought together to write this book are phenomenal... This book should be considered an instrument in building and solidifying the bridge between caregivers and the medical community. -- David Sigel Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 2005 Levine and Murray have taken us beyond complaining about conflicts and problems in providing healthcare across the cultural divide. Instead, they offer insights, knowledge, and, most important, direction for creating remedies to problems. -- Peggy Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D. JAMA A well-written and thought-provoking book written by professionals in the health care industry, some who are family caregivers themselves. Family Caregiver Alliance The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers is a well-crafted book. -- Fahmida Hussain Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedTable of ContentsList of Contributors ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Caregiving as a Family Affair: A New Perspective on Cultural DiversityPart I: Perspectives on Family Caregiving: Data, Diversity, and Personal ExperienceChapter 1. Family Caregivers and the Health Care System: Findings from a National SurveyChapter 2. On Loving Care and the Persistence of Memories: Reflections of a Grieving DaughterChapter 3. The Weight of Shared Lives: Truth Telling and Family CaregivingPart II: Home Care Past and PresentChapter 4. Family Caregiving in New England: Nineteenth-Century Community Care Gives Way to Twentieth-Century InstitutionsChapter 5. Nurses and Their Changing Relationships to Family CaregiversChapter 6. The Culture of Home Care: Whose Values Prevail?Part III: The Societal ContextChapter 7. Explaining the Paradox of Long-Term Care Policy: An Example of Dissonant CulturesChapter 8. Family Caregivers in Popular Culture: Images and Reality in the MoviesPart IV: Bridging the Gap among CulturesChapter 9. Integrating Medicine and the Family: Toward a Coherent Ethic of CareChapter 10. Project DOCC: A Parent-Directed Model for Educating Pediatric ResidentsChapter 11. Changing Institutional Culture: Turning Adversaries into PartnersConclusion: Building on Common GroundIndex

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Book Synopsispopulation, and present a balanced-and reassuring-assessment of the future.Trade ReviewJames Schulz and Robert Binstock unquestionably take places of honor among the elders of the gerontological tribe. Decades of study, teaching, civic engagement, writing, and speaking to peers, lawmakers, and informed citizens have secured their reputations as knowledgeable, judicious, respected experts on the economics and politics of aging, respectively. -- W. Andrew Achenbaum, PhD Journal of Aging and Social Policy 2008 This is a useful primer for any person who wants a sneak preview of the difficult days ahead. -- Steve Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive 2008 This timely book offers a worthwhile read for anyone interested in learning about the history of pension plans in the United States, their administration, and their economic impact on retirees. -- Marvin Pelaez Monthly Labor Review 2009 Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review 2008Table of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition1. Baby Boomers and the Merchants of Doom2. The Phony Threat of Population Aging3. The Search for Security with Dignity4. Dealing with Risk5. The Company Pension: Altruism or Self-Interest?6. The Pension Lottery: Personal Pension Accounts7. To Work or Not to Work: That Is the Question8. Health and Longevity: What Lies Ahead?9. A Gerontocracy? The Politics of Aging10. Framing the Issues for an Aging NationNotesIndex

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Book Synopsispolitics, and national security policy.Trade ReviewAmerican Civil-Military Relations is a valid and vital updating of Huntington's work and should be on every military reading list today. -- Colonel (Ret.) Robert Killebrew Parameters 2010Table of ContentsForeword, by Jim MarshallForeword, by Barry R. McCaffreyAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Are Civil-Military Relations Still a Problem?Chapter 3. A Broken Dialogue: Rumsfeld, Shinseki, and Civil-Military TensionChapter 4. Before and After Huntington: The Methodological Maturing of Civil-Military StudiesChapter 5. Hartz, Huntington, and the Liberal Tradtion in America: The Clash with Military RealismChapter 6. Winning Wars, Not Just Battles: Expanding the Military Profession to Incorporate Stability OperationsChapter 7. Professionalism and Professional Military Education in the Twenty-first CenturyChapter 8. Responsible Obedience by Military Professionals: The Discetion to Do What Is WrongChapter 9. The Military Mind: A Reassessment of the Ideological Roots of American Military ProfessionalismChapter 10. Changing Conceptions of the Military as a ProfessionChapter 11. Militaries and Political Activity in DemocraciesChapter 12. Enhancing National Security and Civilian Control of the Military: A Madisonian ApproachChapter 13. Building Trust: Civil-Military Behaviors for Effective National SecurityChapter 14. ConclusionsNotesList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAnecdotes and interviews with other government relations officers illustrate the challenges they face on and off campus.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Rise of Government Relations OfficesYou Can Run, but You Can't Hide: University Presidents2. You, You Can Hide: University Faculty3. Enmesh: Local Governments4. Ensare: State Governments5. Enslave: The Federal Government6. No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Lobbyist Today7. Free Lunches: The Higher Education Associations8. Community Colleges, Private Universities, and Signs of the Apocalypse9. Economic Development: The Crux of Politics10. Interviews with Higher Education GovernmentRelations Professionals11. Have a Nice Life: The Government Relations Officer's CareerBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe object of this study is to investigate the effects that complete and formal integration of the Canadian with the American capital market would have on the Canadian economy. It is based largely on recent trade statistics, particularly those of the period when the exchange rate floated. In summary, the short- and long-run effects could both be beneficial to Canada. This study is a convenient summary of a longer work by the same authors to be published in 1970.

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Book SynopsisWhile the unemployment rate for young people has always tended to be well above the average, this tendency has been greatly accentuated in recent years. There is a large turnover in the youth labour force, and the employment of experience of those between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five has been marked by seasonal variations. This study discusses the factors which contribute to the high youth unemployment rate, examines the historical record of labout force participation, and provides some projections into the future.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays, written by scholars and policymakers from Canada, Japan and the United States, explores their countries' evolving alliance and illustrates the growing strength in its collective global leadership.

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Book SynopsisIndustry and Humanity was first published in 1918. In it William Lyon Mackenzie King, then a prominent public servant who had forged a respectable reputation among business leaders as an expert in labour affairs, discussed the process of national and industrial reconstruction then about to begin. The book reviewed several momentous crises in North American labour-management relations, revealed the background to various important pieces of Canadian legislation in the field of social welfare, and provided a broad rationale for the establishment of a new programme of democracy in industry.Industry and Humanity is not only a history of King's career as industrial relations expert and consultant for the Canadian government and several giant American corporations. It also contains illustrations and analogies from his urban industrial and educational experiences. He did settlement work, examined working conditions and trade unionism in his graduate studies at unive

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Book SynopsisIn the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulate and angry labor movement protesting against the excesses of modern industry. Through the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital we can perhaps gain our best insight into the everyday world of workers and capitalists in late nineteenth-century Canada. The commission gathered evidence in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and talked to thousands of workers, businessmen, and other concerned citizens. This edited version of its investigation includes much of the best testimony; it describes working class living conditions, the emergence of organized labor, and the attitudes of businessmen to industrial capitalism. The testimony takes us with the commissioners o

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Book SynopsisIn Toronto, in April 1975, three Canadians and one American each presented a paper at a conference on what has become the key issue in current industrial relations – collective bargaining in the essential and public service sectors.This book presents those papers along with transcripts of the substantial and lively discussions that followed each one and involved many of the leading Canadian figures in this field. The status of government employees is one of the most prominent of the issues discussed.The speakers, Ben Aaron, University of California, Jean Boivin, Université Laval, James Matkin, Government of British Columbia, and Paul Phillips, University of Manitoba, deal with the causes of unrest in the essential and service sectors of the economy, the interrelationship of market and political forces, the results of various forms of government intervention, and also with international comparison of procedures for dispute settlement.There was a considerab

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Book SynopsisThis book begins with a historical review of how authority in the Canadian workplace has changed over the past century. It proceeds to outline a theory of organization which provides a broad conceptual framework for the empirical analysis which follows. This theory is based on five concepts: the values of organizational members; the administrative structure of the organization; the interpersonal and intergroup processes; the reactions and adjustments of organization members; the social, political, economic, and cultural environments of the organization.A sample of 20 industrial organizations was selected to examine the effects of significant employee participation and to test the theory. They are matched pairs: ten permit some form of participation, and ten—similar in size, location, industry, union/non-union status, and work technology—follow conventional hierarchical design.The resulting data demonstrate that greater productivity results from employee par

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Book SynopsisWith its roots in nineteenth-century poor relief, welfare is Canada’s oldest and most controversial social program. No other policy is so closely linked to debates on the causes of poverty, the meaning of work, the difference between entitlement and charity, and the definition of basic human needs. The first history of welfare in Canada’s richest province offers a new perspective on our contemporary response to poverty.Struthers examines the evolution of provincial and local programs for single mothers, the aged, and the unemployed between 1920 and 1970, when the modern welfare state first took shape. He analyses the roles of social workers; women’s groups; labour and the left; federal, provincial, and local welfare bureaucrats; and the poor themselves. The Story evolves through depression, war, and unprecedented postwar affluence. A wealth of detail supports this account of all the forces that have shaped welfare policy; bureaucratic imperatives, politic

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Book SynopsisRisky Business is a comprehensive look at Canada''s science-based policy and regulatory regime. It asks what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment. The first part of this book focuses the reader''s attention on diverse and major themes and issues that pervade science-based regulatory regimes today. The second part suggests a framework for analysis and endeavours to present both sympathetic and critical perspectives on the inner-workings of regulatory departments and agencies in the area of the protection of human and environmental health and safety.Covering such topics as the organizational evolution of regulatory agencies, regulatory bodies'' changing sources and levels of funding, a review of the independence of science, and the increased potential for realization of risk, these essays point to the need for these regulators to operate with open

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Book SynopsisRecent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now, however, there has been little scholarly consideration of the legal and social regulation of drug use in Canada. In The Real Dope, Edgar-Andre Montigny brings together leading scholars from a diverse range of fields—including history, law, political science, criminology, and psychology—to examine the relationship between moral judgment and legal regulation.Highlights of this collection include rare glimpses into how LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy have historically been treated by authority figures. Other topics explored range from anti-smoking campaigns and addiction treatment to the relationship between ethnicity and liquor control. Readers will find intriguing links across arguments and disciplines, providinTrade Review'Highly informative, carefully constructed, and politically provocative.' -- Stuart Henderson Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol 29:02:2012 'The Real Dope is the real deal for anyone wishing to engage in an informed debate of drug policy in Canada.' -- Jordan Richards Saskatchewan Law Review, vol 76:2013Table of ContentsPreface Introduction * Setting Public Policy on Drugs: A Choice of Social Values by Line Beauchesne (University of Ottawa) * Unmaking Manly Smokes: Church, State, Governance and the First Anti-Smoking Campaign in Montreal, 1892-1914 by Jarrett Rudy (McGill University) * From Flapper to Sophisticate: Canadian Women University Students as Smokers, 1920-1960 by Sharon Anne Cook (University of Ottawa) *"Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle": Liquor Control & Ethnicity in Ontario, 1927-44 by Dan Malleck (Brock University) * Becoming a "Hype": Drug Law, Subculture Formation and Resistance in Canada, 1945-61 by Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph) *"Just Say Know": Criminalizing LSD and the Politics of Psychedelic Expertise, 1961-68 by Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan) * Setting Boundaries: LSD Use and Glue-Sniffing in Ontario in the Sixties by Marcel Martel (York University) * From Beverage to Drug: Alcohol and Other Drugs in 1960s and 1970s Canada by Greg Marquis (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) * Considering the Revolving Door: The Inevitability of Addiction Treatment in the Criminal Justice System by Dawn Moore (Carleton University) * Biopolitics, Geopolitics and the Regulation of (Club) Drugs in Canada by Kyle Grayson (York University) * Afterword: A Personal Reflection on the Law and Illicit Drug Use by Alan Young (Osgoode Hall Law School) Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn The Real Dope, Edgar-Andre Montigny brings together leading scholars from a diverse range of fields to examine the relationship between moral judgment and legal regulation in the debate surrounding the potential decriminalization of marijuana.Trade Review'Highly informative, carefully constructed, and politically provocative.' -- Stuart Henderson Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol 29:02:2012 'The Real Dope is the real deal for anyone wishing to engage in an informed debate of drug policy in Canada.' -- Jordan Richards Saskatchewan Law Review, vol 76:2013Table of ContentsPreface Introduction * Setting Public Policy on Drugs: A Choice of Social Values by Line Beauchesne (University of Ottawa) * Unmaking Manly Smokes: Church, State, Governance and the First Anti-Smoking Campaign in Montreal, 1892-1914 by Jarrett Rudy (McGill University) * From Flapper to Sophisticate: Canadian Women University Students as Smokers, 1920-1960 by Sharon Anne Cook (University of Ottawa) *"Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle": Liquor Control & Ethnicity in Ontario, 1927-44 by Dan Malleck (Brock University) * Becoming a "Hype": Drug Law, Subculture Formation and Resistance in Canada, 1945-61 by Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph) *"Just Say Know": Criminalizing LSD and the Politics of Psychedelic Expertise, 1961-68 by Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan) * Setting Boundaries: LSD Use and Glue-Sniffing in Ontario in the Sixties by Marcel Martel (York University) * From Beverage to Drug: Alcohol and Other Drugs in 1960s and 1970s Canada by Greg Marquis (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) * Considering the Revolving Door: The Inevitability of Addiction Treatment in the Criminal Justice System by Dawn Moore (Carleton University) * Biopolitics, Geopolitics and the Regulation of (Club) Drugs in Canada by Kyle Grayson (York University) * Afterword: A Personal Reflection on the Law and Illicit Drug Use by Alan Young (Osgoode Hall Law School) Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis innovative work provides both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism," of how these laws came to be passed. The author shows why immigration is a policy arena in which a polity chooses what it will be.Table of Contentsi. Introduction a 2. The Puzzle o ITnmigration Policy and Theories of Policyiaking 22 3. Insuttutions, IPoi ymaking, and Innmigration Policy 54 4. The Development and Expansion of a Sectoral State: Federal Immnigration Policy, 1879-1924 96 5. The Articulation of a Sectoral State: linigration Policy, 1924-41 145 6. The Redefinition of the State: Iinugration Policy During and 7. Aftr World War II 1941- !7P Establishing t oundaes or the Bounris for the Conter pouar Era, 19i -5 o6 8. Conclusions inmmigration, the State aind the National Identity 22a 9

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Book SynopsisIn his final work, Murakami confronts three crucial questions: How and in what form can a harmonious and stable post-cold-war world order be created? How can the world maintain the necessary economic performance while minimizing conflicts and environmental deterioration? What must be done to safeguard the freedoms of all peoples?Trade Review"At last we have a translation of a major work explaining how the world looks from a Japanese perspective. . . . Murakami undertakes a thorough analysis of liberalism, the nation-state, national security, and East-West relations. His thinking is complex and subtle. . . . This book offers an important perspective from a major thinkers." —Choice Table of ContentsTranslator's preface Translator's introduction 1. On progress 2. Nationalism and transnationalism 3. The theory of hegemonic stability: a compromise between economic liberalism and nationalism 4. The demise of the classical belief 5. An economics of decreasing cost 6. Developmentalism as a system 7. The increasing complexity of the international economy A scenario for a new international system: the rules for polymorphic liberalism 9. Developmentalism, heterogeneity, and parliamentary politics 10. Understanding 'understanding' Afterword Notes Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book conducts a comprehensive investigation of how much business influences agenda building and environmental policymaking in the United States over time.Trade Review"Kamieniecki's book is more thorough and inclusive than any other work on the link between business and environmental policy. The extent of influence of business groups in environmental and natural resource policy is a highly contested area, and the author's analysis is quite balanced." -- Helen Ingram, University of California"There is no doubt that business plays a significant role in environmental policy making and implementation, and rightly so. Yet there is little empirical data on why business groups take the positions they do, how they affect media coverage and public policy development, and the degree to which they affect decision making. These are critically important questions about the role of business in environmental policy, and Corporate America and Environmental Policy significantly advances our understanding of them." -- Michael Kraft, University of Wisconsin * Green Bay *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Preface iii List of Abbreviations iii @toc2:1 Business and American Democracy 000 2 Interest Groups and Environmental Policymaking 000 3 Theories of Issue Definition, Framing, and Agenda Building 000 4 Agenda Building in Congress 000 5 The Influence of Business in Federal Agencies and Courts 000 6 Corporate Involvement in Regulatory Policy 000 7 Corporate Involvement in Natural Resource Policy 000 8 Conclusion 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic?Trade Review"SARS in China not only makes a significant contribution to China studies but also provides important clues about the state of preparation for global health challenges such as avian flu."—China Review International"This book has lined up a remarkable team of authors to try to answer the question: what can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? And its value lies in the significant issues that it has highlighted."—The China ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface vii Contributors xi Introduction: SARS in Social and Historical Context 1 arthur kleinman and james l. watson Part I. The Epidemiological and Public Health Background 1. The Epidemiology of SARS 17 megan murray 2. The Role of the World Health Organization in Combating SARS, Focusing on the Efforts in China 31 alan schnur 3. SARS and China's Health-Care Response: Better to Be Both Red and Expert! 53 joan kaufman Part II. Economic and Political Consequences 4. Is SARS China's Chernobyl or Much Ado About Nothing? 71 tony saich 5. SARS and China's Economy 105 thomas g. rawski 6. SARS in Beijing: The Unraveling of a Cover-Up 122 erik eckholm Part III: Social, Moral, and Psychological Consequences 7. Psychological Responses to SARS in Hong Kong-- Report from the Front Line 133 dominic t. s. lee, m.d., and yung kwok wing, mrcpsych 8. Making Light of the Dark Side: SARS Jokes and Humor in China 148 hong zhang Part IV: Globalization and Cross-Cultural Issues 9. SARS and the Problem of Social Stigma 173 arthur kleinman and sing lee 10. SARS and the Consequences for Globalization 196 james l. watson Notes 205 Index 235

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Book SynopsisThis book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States.Trade Review"Combining masterfully historical institutionalist and feminist approaches to welfare state scholarship in comparative perspective, Morgan... provides a rich and highly prescient analysis of the politics of gender and the state over time—one which links the past, present and future in both a scholarly and applied way... [Her] book is an outstanding contribution to a burgeoning scholarship on gender, religion and politics, and the welfare state that should be on the shelf of every scholar who works on these issues and be adopted into a wide variety of curricula." -- Journal of Women, Politics and Policy"From the politics of child care in France to the consolidation of the private market model in America, Working Mothers and the Welfare State astutely dissects each implementation, exposing its strengths and weaknesses as well as its implications for future generations of mothers and children. A thoroughly researched critical examination especially recommended for women's studies shelves."The Bookwatch"In this rich historical and comparative analysis, Morgan illuminates the ways religion—both historic cleavages as well as contemporary orientations—has entered policymaking and partisan politics with profound consequences for how we structure our collective arrangements for care, employment, welfare, and gender." -- Ann Shola Orloff * Northwestern University *"The book is well written and modest in length, yet full of details." -- CHOICE"This is a terrific book: concise, well written, and packed with useful information on cases that will be of great interest to readers. Morgan's argument about the centrality of the religious cleavage, taking a page from Stein Rokkan, will become a touchstone in discussions of the origins of policies towards women's employment and the welfare state." -- Jonah D. Levy, University of California * Berkeley *"This bold and original study makes an important contribution to the literatures on gender and social policy in (and across) several disciplines. Morgan offers a richly documented account of the history and current state of policies toward wage-earning mothers, focusing primarily on child care, in four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Sweeping and persuasive, the comparison reveals previously hidden nuances of policy and shows, surprisingly, that religion played a major role in all four cases. Working Mothers and the Welfare State belongs on every reading list." -- Sonya Michel * University of Maryland *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter One. The Politics of Mothers' Employment Chapter Two. The Religious Origins of the Gendered Welfare State Chapter Three. The Politics of Mothers' Employment Policy During the "Golden Age" of the Welfare State, 1945-1975 Chapter Four. The Politics of Child Care and Parental "Choice" in Sweden and France, 1975- present Chapter Five. The Consolidation of the Private Market Model in the United States Chapter Six. Openings for Change? The Politics of Mothers' Employment in the Netherlands Conclusion. The Future of Work and Family Policies Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States.Trade Review"Combining masterfully historical institutionalist and feminist approaches to welfare state scholarship in comparative perspective, Morgan... provides a rich and highly prescient analysis of the politics of gender and the state over time—one which links the past, present and future in both a scholarly and applied way... [Her] book is an outstanding contribution to a burgeoning scholarship on gender, religion and politics, and the welfare state that should be on the shelf of every scholar who works on these issues and be adopted into a wide variety of curricula." -- Journal of Women, Politics and Policy"From the politics of child care in France to the consolidation of the private market model in America, Working Mothers and the Welfare State astutely dissects each implementation, exposing its strengths and weaknesses as well as its implications for future generations of mothers and children. A thoroughly researched critical examination especially recommended for women's studies shelves."The Bookwatch"In this rich historical and comparative analysis, Morgan illuminates the ways religion—both historic cleavages as well as contemporary orientations—has entered policymaking and partisan politics with profound consequences for how we structure our collective arrangements for care, employment, welfare, and gender." -- Ann Shola Orloff * Northwestern University *"The book is well written and modest in length, yet full of details." -- CHOICE"This is a terrific book: concise, well written, and packed with useful information on cases that will be of great interest to readers. Morgan's argument about the centrality of the religious cleavage, taking a page from Stein Rokkan, will become a touchstone in discussions of the origins of policies towards women's employment and the welfare state." -- Jonah D. Levy, University of California * Berkeley *"This bold and original study makes an important contribution to the literatures on gender and social policy in (and across) several disciplines. Morgan offers a richly documented account of the history and current state of policies toward wage-earning mothers, focusing primarily on child care, in four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Sweeping and persuasive, the comparison reveals previously hidden nuances of policy and shows, surprisingly, that religion played a major role in all four cases. Working Mothers and the Welfare State belongs on every reading list." -- Sonya Michel * University of Maryland *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter One. The Politics of Mothers' Employment Chapter Two. The Religious Origins of the Gendered Welfare State Chapter Three. The Politics of Mothers' Employment Policy During the "Golden Age" of the Welfare State, 1945-1975 Chapter Four. The Politics of Child Care and Parental "Choice" in Sweden and France, 1975- present Chapter Five. The Consolidation of the Private Market Model in the United States Chapter Six. Openings for Change? The Politics of Mothers' Employment in the Netherlands Conclusion. The Future of Work and Family Policies Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAll in the Family demonstrates how policymakers employ family across a host of policy areas to achieve their "non-family" goals and the consequences this has for policy stability over time.Trade Review"Strach gets beyond overheated political rhetoric and the so-called Culture Wars to examine how our conceptions of what families are and should be infuse many aspects of public policy, and to ask what happens to public policy when the structure and practice of family diverges from those expectations." -- Christina Wolbrecht"[Patricia Strach] does contribute to this grand narrative by exploring the intricate relationships between family and state in contemporary America and by examining how policymakers use the concept of the family in fashioning, promoting, and opposing particular programs. The careful balance between quantitative and qualitative methods, the effort to avoid an ideological vantage point, and the attempt to incorporate findings from public policy in other areas make this a valuable work." -- Political Science Quarterly"Patricia Strach lucidly and persuasively contrasts the ideal of the family in public policy with the more complex and changing reality. The book will be of interest not only to political scientists but to those interested in gender and social policy, a burgeoning field of academic debate." -- Cambridge Journal"This book brings family into the academic study of policy in a new way, with significant payoffs for both the study of how family functions as an institution connected to governance and for political science more generally." -- Julie Novkov"Strach provides a wealth of new data that highlights the strategic use of family by policy makers as a rhetorical device in the policy process... [This] book will be valuable to researchers and graduate students who study public policy and the US Congress." -- CHOICETable of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Family and American Public Policy 2. Family in the Policy Process 3. Changing Social Practices, Changing Policy 4. Family Criteria in Immigration Policy 5. Taxing the Family 6. Rhetoric and Reality: The Family Farm 7. Conclusion Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBased on the author's 30+ years of studying and teaching about the U.S. health care system, Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Health Care System provides clear and comprehensive tools to improve our declining health care system.Trade Review"A thorough, detailed and clear explication of the convoluted workings of the US health care system, it is helpful and timely. . . Readers will find this book a useful guide to a health care system on the brink of change and to reform debates that are far from over." -- Beatrix Hoffman * Social History of Medicine *"In this extraordinarily timely book, Steve Davidson proposed a comprehensive revamping of our health care system based on a small set of eminently reasonable tenets. The critique of the current system is on target, and his proposed solution is fashioned with an acute awareness of the political realities." -- Thomas Rice, Professor * UCLA School of Public Health *"Although many books have been written about the U.S. health care system, in Still Broken Stephen Davidson does an excellent job summarizing the many and complex difficulties of that system. Beyond simply a thorough summary, however, Davidson also translates the information into a strategy for solving the health care system's problems. . . [A]n indispensable reference work. . . [A] must-have." -- Rochelle R. Henderson * Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law *"Davidson's Still Broken provides an important, rich understanding of how enduring and persistent problems in the American health care system have evolved over time. Admirably, he also offers a way out of this vicious cycle by changing the incentives in the delivery system and proposing how Congress might agree to a transformative shift." -- Colleen M. Grogan, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration * University of Chicago *

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the way that social democracy makes sense of a new economic and social order based on knowledge.Trade Review"Excellently conceived and tightly focused, The Library and the Workshop is an original and illuminating analysis of the contemporary transformations of northern European social democracy in progress since the 1980s. It provides a sympathetic but telling explanation of what exactly the exponents of 'Third Way' politics think they are trying to achieve."—Geoff Eley, University of Michigan"No serious scholar interested in social democratic 'modernization' can ignore this book. Where others have found 'betrayals' or 'necessary breaks', Jenny Andersson provocatively reveals the lineages of the Third Way in social democratic ideological traditions." -- Magnus Ryner * Oxford Brookes University *

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Book SynopsisPresents results from a study of working conditions from nations around the world. This book offers recommendations for how individuals and nations can improve their own working conditions in economically viable ways, based on lessons from those that have gotten it right.Trade Review"Those interested in understanding the nuances of the data or details of the authors' macro-economic analyses of the effects of social welfare legislation on unemployment rates will find much of this information in the appendix or notes . . . [S]ociologists—especially those interested in gender, work, and family—will find this book an invaluable resource . . . With its numerous world maps depicting the availability of various work-related policies, Raising the Global Floor provides a valuable 'big picture' look at the global landscape."—Amy S. Wharton, Contemporary Sociology"How can we improve the daily conditions we all face at work and still live in countries that economically succeed? Heymann and Earle bring a decade of extraordinary research and exceptional insight to this critical question. Raising the Global Floor is a must read for anyone who cares about all our lives at work--the middle class and poor, at home and abroad."—Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, and Former U.S. Secretary of Labor"Heymann and Earle train a critical eye on international labor standards and ask what kinds of reforms would make a difference in the lives of workers, their children, and their communities. The issues are compelling, the research rich and thoughtful. Essential reading for anyone concerned about workers' rights in the United States and around the world."—Katherine Newman, Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies"This important new book comes at the perfect moment. There is a desperate need for change and openness to new solutions. Heymann and Earle's careful and expansive research comes to the radical conclusion that decent work is not just a right—it is possible. Everyone who seeks to make the most of this moment needs this book."—Karen Nussbaum, Executive Director, Working America"This book provides an inspiring, accessible, and comprehensive guide to making the world a better place."—Nancy Folbre, MacArthur Award-winning Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts"A major contribution to the global human rights movement"—Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood and former economics reporter for the New York Times"This is an unprecedented study—an outstanding mix of government reports, surveys, and data comparing countries across the globe on key policies surrounding work, family and community. The authors demonstrate quite convincingly that governments can enact legislation on working conditions for all without hurting companies and countries economically. Their data show that, indeed, there is global consensus on certain labor practices, which alone makes this book required reading for policymakers and human resource personnel."—Rosanna Hertz, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wellesley College"This is a well-written, thoroughly researched, compelling, and important book. Policy-makers, especially in the United States, should give it close attention."—Ron Saunders, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto"Raising the Global Floor is among the most persuasive, eye-opening, and timely books I've ever read. Every employer, activist, and policy maker should read this remarkable book!"——John de Graaf, Executive Director, Take Back Your Time

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comparative study of the different distributional and poverty outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico.Trade Review"Three analytic features of the book—at least in combination—distinguish it from these other accounts: a direct focus on social outcomes rather than on social policy; a sustained focus on 'social forces,' or underlying class dynamics rather than on institutions, and particularly democracy; and analysis of how historical sequences condition the causal effect of key variables . . . The strength of Teichman's contribution is in its broad historical and sociological reach." -- Stephen Haggard * Perspectives on Politics *"The deliberate juxtaposition of Asian and Latin American outcomes under a single, unifying rubric is most appealing . . . Recommended." -- J. Bhattacharya"Teichman treats the known economic and political trajectories of Chile, Mexico, and South Korea in a truly original way and provides a compelling explanation of their paths to widely different levels of poverty and inequality. This is a must read for scholars interested in the political economy of development." -- Evelyne Huber"South Korea, Chile, and Mexico form an instructive triangle around which the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality are investigated. In emphasizing the role of key social actors in various historical struggles, Teichman employs a novel analytical lens to understand important human development outcomes." -- Wendy Hunter * The University of Texas at Austin *

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Book SynopsisThe book explains why certain public groups, such as Jews, lawyers, and gun-owners, develop substantially more representation than others and why certain organizations, like the National Rifle Association, become the presumed spokespersons for these groups across media and all branches of government.Trade Review"Offering an insightful explanation of why some interests are better represented than others, Matt Grossmann's The Not-So-Special Interests is destined to become one of the most important books on interest groups in this decade. His impressive collection and analysis of original data supports a conceptual framework rooted in the tradition of Truman but thoroughly modernized to engage contemporary questions. Not only does the book make a powerful argument, it's a pleasure to read as well." -- McGee Young, Assistant Professor of Political Science * Marquette University *"In The Not-So-Special Interests, Matt Grossmann's focus is resolutely on the bigger picture of organized interests in Washington, D.C., and is rigorously empirical . . . This is an extremely useful book, one that will spur debate, discussion, and certainly subsequent research." -- David S. Meyer * American Journal of Sociology *"With new ideas, new perspectives, and new data, Matt Grossmann revisits an old idea. He offers a fresh view of how major societal interests promote their ideas, seek policy advantage, and fit within the overall mosaic of American political life. Drawing upon an impressive new dataset of 1,600 advocacy organizations, Grossmann lays out how pluralism can and does become institutionalized across many venues. The Not-So-Special Interests presents an important addition to how we understand the politics of faction in the United States." -- Burdett Loomis, Professor * University of Kansas *"Grossmann's contributions of behavioral pluralism and individual pluralism should become staples for those seeking to understand organized interest behavior and influence . . . Recommended." -- R. M. Alexander * CHOICE *"The Not-So-Special Interests is an elegant and well-grounded study." -- Edward Ashbee * Journal of American Studies *"Grossmann's work is a major contribution—breathtaking in its scope and innovative in its theories of American pluralism at the dawn of the twenty first century. The book should be read by everyone concerned about whose voices really count in Washington." -- Kristin A. Goss, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy * Duke University *"In The Not-So-Special Interests, Matthew Grossmann sheds new light on one of the central questions in democratic theory and politics—who is represented? Skillfully combining information about the political attitudes and behavior of a wide range of social groups with original data about the organizations that claim to speak for them in Washington, he explains why some advocacy organizations succeed while others fail. His analyses offer new and often surprising insights about the sources and consequences of cumulative inequalities produced by interest group mobilization, power, and access." -- Dara Z. Strolovitch * Associate Professor, University of Minnesota and author of Affirmative Advocacy: Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics *"This book is one of the more-impressive theoretically constructed and empirically executed studies of the aggregation and mobilization of interests available. It is conscientiously grounded in the available research, and the database, most of it self-generated, provides comprehensiveness in relation to the universe studied, public advocacy groups in Washington, DC. This allows for an intensity of analysis that results in an original, well-executed, and significant contribution to our understanding." -- William Crotty * Political Science Quarterly *"The Not-So-Special Interests provides a refreshingly clear-eyed assessment of the landscape of interest group politics in Washington. . .Cutting through the folklore about interest groups is no small task, but blazes and impressive trail. It dispassionately devises sensible theories. It mingles real-world insights with heaps of illuminating quantitative data, most of which the author created from scratch using techniques that combin methodological rigor and common sense. The end result is a book that has important implications for the study of interest groups and for other questions in the field." -- Nicholas Carnes * American Review of Politics *

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