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Book SynopsisA call for better child care policies, exploring the reasons why there has been so little headway on a problem that touches so many families. Working mothers are common in the United States. In over half of all two-parent families, both parents work, and women's paychecks on average make up 35 percent of their families' incomes. Most of these families yearn for available and affordable child carebut although most developed countries offer state-funded child care, it remains scarce in the United States. And even in prosperous times, child care is rarely a priority for U.S. policy makers. In In Our Hands: The Struggle for U.S. Child Care Policy, Elizabeth Palley and Corey S. Shdaimah explore the reasons behind the relative paucity of U.S. child care and child care support. They examine the history of child care advocacy and legislation in the United States, from the Child Care Development Act of the 1970s that was vetoed by Nixon through the Obama administration's CTrade ReviewPalley and Shdaimah's book is at its best in revealing the tensions among child care advocates. * The American Prospect *Adeep dive into the history of child care policy in the United States and an examination of the cultural forces which have influenced the debate as well as the lawmakers, advocates and stakeholders who have shaped the availability of child care in America today. * NBC News *[T]he book makes a scholarly contribution with its comprehensive approach and rich detail regarding the history and current status of child care policy. Use of policy theories, furthermore, contributes to our understanding of policymaking more broadly. * Political Science Quarterly *This books main contribution, and it is a valuable one, is to illuminate some of the specific organizational and strategic hurdles that lie in the way of a universal, government-supported child care system. Many commentators have lamented the United States failure to establish such a system, and indeed, as noted above, the first part of the book is mainly a synthesis of the substantial literature examining child care policy both outside and inside the U.S. However, Palley and Shdaimahs research into what child care advocates actually think about their own work brings a unique perspective on this issue. Their discussion of these interviews, which happily includes a number of quotes from subjects, is both interesting and thought-provoking. Based on this research, the authors are able to offer a remarkably fine-grained critique of current advocacy efforts, along with very specific recommendations for change. In Our Hands was clearly a labor of love for its two authors . . . . The book is scholarly in tone and scope, but there is an underlying note of urgency that amplifies the authors arguments. * Law and Politics Book Review *This book offers an approachable, intelligent treatment of child care that is suitable for undergraduate and graduate academic audiences, activists, policymakers, and the general public. * Journal of Women, Politics & Policy *The authors make a compelling case that for too long, child care has been marginalized as an issue, in part because it has been framed as a personal responsibility . . . As authors Elizabeth Palley and Corey Shdaimah document inIn Our Hands, this draconian choice between providing cash or care is not a personal failure. It is a collective failure reflected in the lack of a national child care policy. * Families and Work Institute *This book provides a great overview of barriers within the political system and illustrates many of the unmet needs of families and children in the current system. The analysis of the child care movement as an effective social movement adds to the current literature and provides insights for practitioners about how to move forward. * Affilia *A first rate comprehensive and contemporary analysis of the history of child care in the United States and the failure to address adequate policy for the poor. The book provides an extensive literature review and assessment of the political process at the national and state levels. Palley and Shadimah highlight the reasons for the inability of pro child care forces to develop an effective coalition. This book presents a long overdue look at the absence of national policy on child care and suggests some possible approaches to address this issue in the future. -- Joyce Gelb,Professor Emerita, City College and Graduate Center CUNYA first rate piece of public policy advocacy which advances in a most comprehensive form the issue of a national policy for child care in this country. [This book] incorporates the essence of many political debates and the actual language of the people who attempted to move forward with the child care agenda over the past decades. -- David Katner,Tulane UniversityIn their quest to understand why the United States lags so far behind Western Europe in supporting early child care, Dr. Palley and Dr. Shdaimah interviewed advocates, researchers and others who have been working to address the issue. -- Bonnie Eissner * Erudition *This book tells us why, despite a growing number of women in the workforce and the well-documented struggles of working families across the economic spectrum to access and afford child care, the U.S. has been unable to make any headway on a problem that touches so many families. Palley and Shdiamah look through the lens of social movement theory to remind us that in the context of U.S. culture and politics, building a broad based movement around child care is essential if we are to move from a piecemeal approach to comprehensive policy. The authors' conversations with long-time advocates and activists lead to provocative questions about how to reframe the child care issue toward building a broad-based movement in the context of today's challenges and opportunities. This book is a must-read for advocates, union leaders and activists, early childhood workers and educators. -- Denise Dowell ,Early Learning and Care Programs, CSEAWhether you are a parent, provider or policy wonk, this book will help you understand why quality child care is so difficult to find and even more challenging to afford. It will then lift your spirits with some reasonable solutions. -- Dana E. Friedman,Founder and President, The Early Years InstitutePalley and Shdaimah have done a commendable job at tackling such a difficult task. Given the fragmentation of U.S. childcare policy, their rich, historical analysis provides an important integration of multiple sources of data and literature. Their interviews with respondents from a variety of interest groups, experts, and childcare advocates provide key insights into how childcare isframed and why it is not viewed as a necessary public good in the USA . . . . [T]his book makes an important contribution. It clearly shows the mechanisms underlying childcare policy developments in the USA and israther unique in its social movement approach to understanding childcare advocacy. * Community, Work & Family *Palley and Shadaimah have produced an excellent mixed methods study on the state of child-care policy in the US. . . . This excellent book will help readers understand a difficult problem and serve as a call to arms for change. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Framing 3 History 4 The Role of Interest Groups 5 Current U.S. Child Care Policies 6 Women and Child Care 7 Strategic Framing of Child Care 8 Child Care as a Social Movement 9 If We Have a Major Social Problem, Why Is There No Movement for Change? Afterword Appendix 1: A Brief Note on Research Methods Appendix 2: Interview Guide for Interest Groups and Organizations Including Unions Appendix 3: Study Respondents by Organization and Role Appendix 4: Conservative Organization Websites Reviewed Notes References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThe story of Depo-Provera joins the national struggle over the drug''s FDA approval to the state legal issues raised by its contraceptive and criminal justice uses.Depo-Provera is known as an injectable hormonal birth control method, but few are familiar with its dark and complicated history. Depo-Provera was tested on women since the mid-1960s without their informed consent until it was FDA-approved in 1992, but never FDA-approved as chemical castration for male sex offenders.Contraceptive Risk is William Green''s landmark study of Depo-Provera. Based on a fascinating combination of archival materials and interviews, the book is framed as three interconnected stories told by Judith Weisz, who chaired the FDA''s Public Board of Inquiry on Depo-Provera, a scientific court; by Anne MacMurdo who brought a products liability suit against Upjohn, the drug''s manufacturer, for the deleterious side effects she suffered from the drug''s use; and by Roger Gauntlett, an UpjTrade ReviewBy far the most thorough account of the Depo-Provera story to date. Though we may never get clear answers about whether Depo-Provera has done more harm than good over the past few decades, this well-researched history will be of great interest to those in the public health and women and gender studies fields, as well as many women contemplating the use of Depo-Provera themselves. -- Judy Norsigian, co-author and co-founder of Our Bodies Ourselves and the Boston Women’s Health Book CollectiveWilliam Greens fascinating tale of the use and misuse of Depo-Provera highlights the complex and faulty world of & risk management, the competing powerful interests at stake in drug approval and use, and the misuse of contraceptive drugs in controlling reproduction and sexual deviance. -- Karen L. Baird, co-author of Beyond Reproduction: Women's Health, Activism, and Public PolicySeldom has a study connected the micro with the macro, the personal with the legal, the individual with the structural in the manner and depth present in Contraceptive Risk. Using three concurrent and overlapping stories, Green explores in dizzying fashion, the politics of contraceptive risk management. * New Genetics and Society *

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Book SynopsisAnswers the calls of grassroots communities pressing for integration and increased education funding with a complete rethinking of school disciplineIn the era of zero tolerance, we are flooded with stories about schools issuing draconian punishments for relatively innocent behavior. One student was suspended for chewing a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. Another was expelled for cursing on social media from home. Suspension and expulsion rates have doubled over the past three decades as zero tolerance policies have become the normal response to a host of minor infractions that extend well beyond just drugs and weapons. Students from all demographic groups have suffered, but minority and special needs students have suffered the most. On average, middle and high schools suspend one out of four African American students at least once a year. The effects of these policies are devastating. Just one suspension in the ninth grade doubles the likelihood that a student wiTrade ReviewBlack convincingly explains how the nations inflexible, exclusionary and counterproductive approach to school discipline has swung far out of balance. This extraordinarily important book carefully outlines the legal and policy thinking that should serve as a cornerstone for the lawyers, policymakers and judges who must re-balance this destructive system. -- Kevin Welner, co-editor,Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give All Children an Even ChanceIn Ending Zero Tolerance, Professor Derek Black sheds light on how both law and policy are inviting schools to harshly punish students in ways that greatly harm the disciplined student, his or her peers, academic outcomes and our national commitment to equal educational opportunity. He also proposes insightful and attainable legal reforms that could end this crisis. Ending Zero Tolerance is a must-read for all who are committed to fair discipline policies. -- Kimberly Jenkins Robinson,Professor, University of Richmond School of LawZero-tolerance policies fuel the school-to-prison pipeline and disproportionately deny educational opportunities to already disadvantaged student populations. In this volume, Derek Black not only describes the problem but proposes a solutionintervention by state and federal courts. In an era when many are losing faith in courts to protect students, Black makes a persuasive case that courts can and should play a productive role in safeguarding the basic rights of students. This book is a cogent, comprehensive, and creative resource for all those who seek to dismantle one of the most pervasive contributors to educational inequality in this country. -- James E. Ryan,Charles William Eliot Professor, Harvard Graduate School of EducationDerek Black has written a magnificent book that shows how the current approach to disciplining children in schools undermines education, discriminates against children of color, and violates the most basic notions of due process. He makes a compelling case that courts must be involved in reforming school discipline. This book is must reading for all involved in education and all who care about the American educational system. -- Erwin Chemerinsky,Dean, University of California, Irvine School of LawNow is the time to revisit much of the legal thinking about the constitutional rights of public school students, because so many of them were originally pronounced during the Civil Rights Era There is no question that Ending Zero Tolerance will be of great interest to a diverse audience of people interested in public education. -- Kevin Brown,Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law-BloomingtonBlack's book is necessary reading for educators and those who work with youth, whether during classroom hours or in an after-school setting. * Youth Today *With the intent to address the toxic environment that zero tolerance perpetuates, Black outlines a convincing argument that the courts must step in to speed reform and ensure that all students are cared for equally. * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisA critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science AssociationGender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote women in government, ensure women's economic rights and protect women from violence, all in the name of creating a more gender equitable world. No Shortcut to Change is a historical, theoretical, and political overview of why the common, liberal-feminist-driven shortcut' approach has not actually improved the status of women throughout the worldand why a new approach taking social, racial, and political hierarchies into account alongside gender is sorely needed. This innovative book unites several streams of international relations and feminist theory in pursuit of a practical solution to global gender inequality. She gives an overview of what add-women' policymaking looks like and has (or has not) accompliTrade ReviewNo Shortcut to Change should be in all libraries that serve gender and women’s studies programs. Not only is it beautifully written in a pedagogical style that clearly defines key terms; it also addresses the most fundamental questions and dilemmas at the core of the discipline. Individual chapters even work well as standalone texts. The book is most appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the social sciences. It will also be of interest to activists, policy makers, and members of international organizations whose work hopes to contribute to gender equality. -- Resources for Gender and Women's StudiesNo Shortcut to Change is a groundbreaking critique of common-sense approaches to improving gender equality throughout the world. A must-read book for anyone who seriously cares about this important issue. -- Laura Sjoberg,author of Women as Wartime Rapists: Beyond Sensation and StereotypingKara Ellerby's book is necessary and required reading for all those engaged with debates on gender empowerment, equality, equity, or quotas in global or national contexts. This is a powerful and lucid argument about why the gender inclusion model may not achieve feminist goals or provide a path to improving women's (or anyone else's) lives. Ellerby has advanced feminist thinking and politics. -- Inderpal Grewal,author of Transnational America: Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms

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Book SynopsisA definitive collection of original essays on queer politics From Harvey Milk to ACT UP to Proposition 8, no political change in the last two decades has been as rapid as the advancement of civil rights for LGBTQ people. As we face a critical juncture in progressive activism, political science, which has been slower than most disciplines to study the complexity of queer politics, must grapple with the shifting landscape of LGBTQ rights and inclusion. LGBTQ Politics analyzes both the successes and obstacles to building the LGBTQ movement over the past twenty years, offering analyses that point to possibilities for the movement's future. Essays cover a range of topics, including activism, law, and coalition-building, and draw on subfields such as American politics, comparative politics, political theory, and international relations. LGBTQ Politics presents the full range of methodological, ideological, and substantive approaches to LGBTQ politics that exist inTrade Review"LGBTQ Politics happily upends whatever it is we thought we meant by LGBTQ politics. In addition to the volume's superb makeovers of the now-usual suspects-marriage equality and public opinion on LGBTQ lives and rights-this reader makes a winning argument that so many not gay vectors of inequality and politicization are of critical import to queer communities and a queerer future...comprehensive and commanding." -Joseph J. Fischel,Author of Sex and Harm in the Age of Consent "For far too long, LGBTQ and sexuality politics have been sidelined, considered less important, less respectable, or less necessary research topics in political science. This expansive, impressive, and needed volume provides a forceful and dynamic response. By bringing together some of today's leading lights and newest scholars, this anthology illuminates just how central these questions are to our discipline, how they provide rich opportunities to hone our methodological concerns and substantive analysis, how they provide a means to integrate the many subfields of political science, how they can foster links between our discipline and the broader social sciences, and how political inquiry must connect to the ongoing challenges of contemporary intersectional activism, law, and policymaking." -Stephen Engel,Author of Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives "This volume is both definitive and comprehensive in its treatment of LGBTQ politics. Collectively, the essays encompass a mature and vital area of scholarly inquiry that spans the range of methods, questions, geographic territory, and historical scope of analysis across political science. They illustrate both the independent importance of LGBTQ politics and the ways that understanding LGBTQ politics challenges and strengthens the discipline of political science. A sterling achievement." -Julie Novkov,Author of The Supreme Court and the Presidency: Struggles for Supremacy "For decades, queer scholars assailed an exclusionary US political science. Now, following the groundbreaking intersectional work of feminist political analysis, these three remarkable scholars have crafted a critical reader to mark the arrival of LGBTQ politics at the center of the American discipline's concerns.Reaching across the LGBTQ political landscape and US structural inequalities, the editors and contributors engage with core concepts for American scholars, students, and activists, then extend the collection's analysis into the world." -Michael Bosia,Co-editor of Global Homophobia: States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression

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Book SynopsisThe Affordable Care Act's impact on coverage, access to care, and systematic exclusion in our health care system The Affordable Care Act set off an unprecedented wave of health insurance enrollment as the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health insurance system since 1965. In the years since its enactment, some 20 million uninsured Americans gained access to coverage. And yet, the law remained unpopular and politically vulnerable. While the ACA extended social protections to some groups, its implementation was troubled and the act itself created new forms of exclusion. Access to affordable coverage options were highly segmented by state of residence, income, and citizenship status. Unequal Coverage documents the everyday experiences of individuals and families across the U.S. as they attempted to access coverage and care in the five years following the passage of the ACA.It argues that while the Affordable Care Act succeeded in expanding access to care, it did sTrade ReviewUnequal Coverage,edited by Mulligan and Castan~eda, is an excellent group of ethnographic studies describing the lived experiences of unfair health insurance in the United States. It is must-reading for anyone interested in understanding the Affordable Care Act and how it has impacted the population and health care providers. * Choice *Unequal Coverage will be of interest to medical anthropologists and sociologists, as well as their students, as it is a book that captures the lived experience of health reform. But this book should not be missed by those of us who are students of policy and politics, as it is a fascinating study in implementation. It captures the many layers of unintended consequences that invariably flow from incremental policy strategies designed to shore up gaps in insurance coverage within complex, market-based health care systems. Readers will come away appreciating that the unintended consequences of the ACA have been far-reaching, extending well beyond the health care system. -- Medical Anthropology QuarterlyThis insightful and timely volume foregrounds individuals lived experiences of health reformwhether they were included in the reform or excluded. By attending to the nuances of political subjectivities, the complexity of regional variation, and the messiness of the laws implementation on the ground, the contributors help illuminate how a middle-of-road reform became one of the most politically contentious issues of our time. -- Sarah Horton, author ,They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields: Illness, Injury, and “Illegality” among U.S. Farmworkers"If there was ever a time to shed light on the policies fostering health care inequality in the United States, that time is now. The contributors to this volume invite us to consider how healthcare reform creates often contradictory inclusions and exclusions for different populations across the country, and documents the real-world impacts of policies that foster stratification and specific notions of risk and responsibility. This book will appeal to health policy students and scholars, but is also an engaging ethnographic work accessible to any reader interested in understanding the inequalities created by the U.S. healthcare system." -- Mark Nichter,Regents Professor of Anthropology, Public Health and Family Medicine University of ArizonaUnequal Coverage presents telling ethnographic studies of how the Affordable Care Act is explained in the distinctive local moral worlds that constitute inequality in America. It is the most important effort by anthropologists that I have come across to describe the lived experience of inequality in health insurance. Timely and salient! -- Arthur Kleinman, MD,Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisCombating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces. This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada’s four largest provinces Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta showing the full extent to which Canada’s major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North Trade Review"This book is worth reading to understand different poverty levels in Canada, and how Quebec has achieved the lowest level of poverty. It remains open for educators, students, researchers, and policymakers to decide the extent to which Quebec’s policies may be applied to other regions." -- Jaewon Lee, Michigan State University * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol 46 no 1 *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Quebec's Exceptionalism in Context Chapter 1: Social and Employment Policies at the Provincial Level: A Survey of Four Provinces Chapter 2: Poverty: Measures and Trends Chapter 3: Poverty and the Changing Family Chapter 4: Chronic Poverty Chapter 5: Activation and Poverty Chapter 6: How Exceptional Is Quebec Conclusion: Towards the Provincialization of the Social Union? Works Cited Notes

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Book SynopsisFemale Doctors in Canada is an accessible collection of articles by experienced physicians and researchers exploring how systems, practices, and individuals must change as medicine becomes an increasingly female-dominated profession.Table of ContentsPreface: Why a Book about Female Doctors? Acknowledgments Section One. Introductory Perspectives: Female Doctors in Canada 1. The Feminization of Medicine: Issues and Implications SHELLEY ROSS 2. "Unsex Me Here!" Gender as a Barrier to Female Practice: A Historical Introduction to Women Doctors in Canada Professionalization in Canada – An Annotated Timeline HEATHER STANLEY 3. Cultural Barriers within Medicine SETORME TSIKATA 4. Current State of Women in Medicine: The Statistics DEENA M. HAMZA AND SHELLEY ROSS Section Two. Navigating the Reality of Becoming and Being a Female Physician in a Traditionally Male Profession: Social and Cultural Issues 5. Gendered Experience, Role Models and Mentorship, Leadership, and the Hidden Curriculum CHERI BETHUNE 6. Female International Medical Graduates in Canada INGE SCHABORT Section Three. Career Experience: Examining Cultural Patterns within the Medical Community and Health Care System 7. Career Trajectory of Women in Medicine: Taming the Winds That Blow Us KATHLEEN GARTKE AND JANET DOLLIN 8. Quality of Life/Life-Work Balance SHELLEY ROSS Section Four. Contemporary Perspectives on Women in Medicine 9. Women Physicians as Ethical Decision Makers ERIN FREDERICKS 10. Women Physicians and New Forms of Medicine MONICA OLSEN, MAMTA GAUTAM, AND GILLIAN KERNAGHAN |11. Patients, Women Family Doctors, and Patient-Centred Care PERLE FELDMAN Section Five. Female Doctors in Canada: Futures 12. Female Doctors in Canada: The Way Forward EARLE WAUGH, SHELLEY ROSS, AND SHIRLEY SCHIPPER Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century. Using a critical analysis of disability in archival records, personal collections, government publications and a series of interviews, Galer demonstrates how demands for greater access among disabled people for paid employment stimulated the development of a new discourse of disability in Canada. Family advocates helped people living in institutions move out into the community as rehabilitation professionals played an increasingly critical role in the lives of working-age adults with disabilities. Meanwhile, civil rights activists crafted a new consumer-led vision of social and economic integration. Employment was, and remains, a central component in disabled peoples'' efforts to become productive, autonomous and financially secure members of Canadian society. Working towards Equity offers new in-depth analysis on rights aTrade Review"This is an ambitious and largely successful book. It deserves a wide readership because of its potential to expand the historiography about work, rights and rights movements, and policy (federal and provincial) – in the style of the new disability history – by bringing a disability analysis to bear on these topics." -- Jason Ellis, University of British Columbia * H-Net Reviews *"The strength of Working towards Equity is the rich narrative the author weaves. Detail surrounding the intricacies and complex relationships among the various disability voices is provided, ensuring that this volume will be well cited for years to come. Even better is the fact that it is grounded in the employment experiences of thirty disabled people over a period of forty years." -- Mario Levesque, Mount Allison University * BC Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Illustrations Introduction 1. Disability Activism, Work and Identity 2. Family Advocacy and the Struggle for Economic Integration 3. Rehabilitation, Awareness Campaigns, and the Pursuit of Employability 4. "A Voice of Our Own": Disability Rights Activism and Struggle to Work 5. Sheltered Workshops and the Evolution of Disability Advocacy 6. Employers and the Ideological (Re)Construction of the Workplace 7. Rise and Decline of the Activist Canadian State 8. Labour Organizations, Disability Rights, and the Limitations of Social Unionism in Canada Conclusion Bibliography Notes Appendix I: Abbreviations Appendix II: Profile of Interview Participants

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Book SynopsisIn A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at hundreds of agreements from across Canada and at four case studies drawn from Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon Territory to explore relationships between Indigenous and local governments.Trade Review‘This is a fine systematic study of a ‘quiet’ process – emergence of partnerships between First Nations and local governments – which may be useful in other countries such as the US (in states with reservations) and Australia…. Highly recommended.’ -- G.A. McBeath * Choice Magazine vol 54:05:2017 *‘Alcantara and Nelles’s book is a glorious example of social and political science interacting with the law… A Quiet Evolution is a fantastic guide for anybody interested in this area of law.’ -- Thomas L. Fransoo * Saskatchewan Law Review vol 80:2017 *Table of ContentsDedication Figures Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Indigenous – Local Agreements in Canada: An Analysis of Regional and Historical Trends Chapter 2: The Roots of Collective Action: A Theoretical Framework Chapter 3: Business as Usual: Sault Ste. Marie, Garden River and Batchewana Chapter 4: Strong Synergy: Village of Teslin and Teslin Tlingit Council Chapter 5: In the Loop: Village of Haines Junction and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Chapter 6: Agreement Centred: Regional Municipality of Les Basques and Malécite de Viger First Nations Conclusion Bibliography Notes

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Book SynopsisFrom mining to sex work and from the classroom to the docks, violence has always been a part of work. This collection of essays highlights the many different forms and expressions of violence that have arisen under capitalism in the last two hundred years, as well as how historians of working-class life and labour have understood violence. The editors draw together diverse case studies, integrating analysis of class, age, gender, sexuality, and race into the scholarship. Essays span the United States and Canadian border, exploring gender violence, sexual harassment, the violent kidnapping of union organizers, the violence of inadequate health and safety protections, the culture of violence in state institutions, the mythology of working-class violence, and the changing nature of violence in extractive industries. The Violence of Work theorizes and historicizes violence as an integral part of working life, making it possible to understand the full scope and causes of woTrade Review"I applaud the editors’ decision to take the long-view and bring this history right up to the present time. One gets a strong sense here of the continuity in violence." -- Steven High, Concordia University * Labour/Le Travail *"The contributors’ examples of violence are heart-rending, convincing, and extremely diverse." -- James Naylor, Brandon University * Histoire sociale / Social History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Accounting for Violence Jeremy Milloy 1. The Perils of Sex Work in Montreal: Seeking Security and Justice in the Face of Violence, 1810–1842 Mary Ann Poutanen 2. The Rules of Discipline: Workers and the Culture of Violence in Progressive-Era Reform Schools James Schmidt 3. The “New Solution”: Anti-Labour Kidnapping, D.B. McKay, and the Legacy of the Second Seminole War Chad Pearson 4. Billy Gohl: Labour, Violence, and Myth in the Early Twentieth-Century Pacific Northwest Aaron Goings 5. Slow Violence and Hidden Injuries: The Work of Strip Mining in the American West Ryan Driskell Tate 6. The Murder of Lori Dupont: Violence, Harassment, and Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario Sarah Jessup 7. "By the Numbers": Workers’ Compensation and the (Further) Conventionalization of Workplace Violence Robert Storey 8. Gender Violence in the Hospitality Industry: Panic Buttons, Pants, and Protest Emily E. LB. Twarog Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly knowledge-based economy, Canadian universities are important spaces for the development of research and innovation in many areas. This collection is the first systematic examination of the evolving relationship between the federal government and Canadian universities as revealed through changes in federal research and innovation policies.Focusing on the last two decades of federal policy under the Chrétien and Martin Liberal governments and the Harper Conservative government, Research and Innovation Policy considers issues such as the transformation of federal research granting bodies, the creation of new research infrastructure funding organizations such as the Canada Foundation for Innovation, pressures and incentives to create intellectual property and to commercialize, and the regulation of research ethics. With timely essays ranging in scope from the regulation of research ethics to the pressures of commercialization, Research and Innovati

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Book SynopsisTransparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry evaluates the progress made in holding the pharmaceutical industry to account through greater transparency.Table of Contents1. Introduction Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder 2. Transparency, Pharmaceuticals, and the Problem of Policy Change Katherine Fierlbeck 3. Data Transparency and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Europe: Road to Damascus, or Room without a View? Courtney Davis, Shai Mulinari, and Tom Jefferson 4. FDA and Health Canada: Similar Origins, yet Divergent Paths and Approaches to Transparency Margaret McCarthy and Joe Ross 5. Clinical Trial Data Transparency in Canada: Mapping the Progress from Laggard to Leader Marc-André Gagnon, Matthew Herder, Janice Graham, Katherine Fierlbeck, and Anna Danyliuk 6. How Clinical Study Information Transparency Can Fail to Serve Its Purpose, and How the Essential Medicines Concept Can Help Nav Persaud 7. Speak No Secrets: (Non)transparency in Health Canada’s Communications about Pharmaceutical Regulation Joel Lexchin 8. Economic Ghost-Management in the Pharmaceutical Sector Marc-Andre Gagnon 9. Balancing the Privacy Rights of Research Participants with the Public Interest in Clinical Drug Trials Data in the Context of Rare Diseases Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire and Trudo Lemmens 10. The European Registration of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Pandemrix: A Case Study of the Consequences of Poor Clinical Data Transparency Tom Jefferson 11. Sharing Data and Ideas for Good Health: How Researchers Can Sustain an Ethical and Transparent Health System Rita Banzi 12. Conclusion Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder

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Book SynopsisTransparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry evaluates the progress made in holding the pharmaceutical industry to account through greater transparency.Table of Contents1. Introduction Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder 2. Transparency, Pharmaceuticals, and the Problem of Policy Change Katherine Fierlbeck 3. Data Transparency and Pharmaceutical Regulation in Europe: Road to Damascus, or Room without a View? Courtney Davis, Shai Mulinari, and Tom Jefferson 4. FDA and Health Canada: Similar Origins, yet Divergent Paths and Approaches to Transparency Margaret McCarthy and Joe Ross 5. Clinical Trial Data Transparency in Canada: Mapping the Progress from Laggard to Leader Marc-André Gagnon, Matthew Herder, Janice Graham, Katherine Fierlbeck, and Anna Danyliuk 6. How Clinical Study Information Transparency Can Fail to Serve Its Purpose, and How the Essential Medicines Concept Can Help Nav Persaud 7. Speak No Secrets: (Non)transparency in Health Canada’s Communications about Pharmaceutical Regulation Joel Lexchin 8. Economic Ghost-Management in the Pharmaceutical Sector Marc-Andre Gagnon 9. Balancing the Privacy Rights of Research Participants with the Public Interest in Clinical Drug Trials Data in the Context of Rare Diseases Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire and Trudo Lemmens 10. The European Registration of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Pandemrix: A Case Study of the Consequences of Poor Clinical Data Transparency Tom Jefferson 11. Sharing Data and Ideas for Good Health: How Researchers Can Sustain an Ethical and Transparent Health System Rita Banzi 12. Conclusion Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder

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Book SynopsisFaith, Rights, and Choice traces the history of religious accommodations in the schooling systems of Canada's provinces.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Faith, Rights, Choice, and Institutional Change 1. Ontario’s Puzzling Continuity 2. The Incremental Secularization of Quebec’s Education System 3. Faith’s Resilience Creates Four Secular Systems in Atlantic Canada 4. Contention over Faith, the Shock of Rights, and Layered Choice in Manitoba 5. British Columbia’s Sudden Embrace of a Regime of Rights and Choice 6. Incremental Change and Policy Layering in Saskatchewan 7. Layering Faith and Choice in Alberta Conclusion: Faith, Rights, Choice, and Change Table of Interviews Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Canadian provinces have evolved quite different ways of responding to the policy problems posed by religious schools. Seeking to understand this peculiar reality, Faith, Rights, and Choice articulates the ways in which the provincial governance regimes developed for religious schools have changed over time. Covering nearly three centuries, the book begins with the founding of schooling systems in New France and continues into a variety of present-day conflicts that emerged over the question of religion in schools. James Farney and Clark Banack employ a method of process-tracing, drawing on 88 semi-structured interviews with key policy insiders. They also reference archival material documenting meetings, political speeches, and legislative debates related to government decisions around issues of religious education. Relying on the theoretical foundations of both historical institutionalism and Canadian political development, Faith, Rights, and Choice pTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Faith, Rights, Choice, and Institutional Change 1. Ontario’s Puzzling Continuity 2. The Incremental Secularization of Quebec’s Education System 3. Faith’s Resilience Creates Four Secular Systems in Atlantic Canada 4. Contention over Faith, the Shock of Rights, and Layered Choice in Manitoba 5. British Columbia’s Sudden Embrace of a Regime of Rights and Choice 6. Incremental Change and Policy Layering in Saskatchewan 7. Layering Faith and Choice in Alberta Conclusion: Faith, Rights, Choice, and Change Table of Interviews Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDr. Kaye has set out to fill in some of the gap sin the story of the settlement of the Canadian West through this documentary history of the beginnings of Ukrainian settlement in Canada. He became interested in the history of settlement by various ethnic groups, especially those of Slavic origin, while serving in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. This book contains a valuable compilation of original documents which provides students of the period with excellent source materials, and makes an important contribution to the history of the settlement of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories between 1895 and 1900. It will also assist in bringing about a better understanding of the nature of the Ukrainian agricultural immigration, and in correcting some common misconceptions. For example, Dr. Kaye points out that the Ukrainian economic migration has been erroneously compared with the Irish immigration a few decades earlier: the majority of the Irish immigrants were ev

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Book SynopsisIn recent years northern development has increasingly become a controversial issue in Canadian federal politics: the ensuing confusion of economic arguments and political discussion demonstrates the disorderly and inaccurate thinking of most Canadians on the subject. Professor Rea points out that the development of northern Canada has not been the spontaneous natural process which many Canadians seem to think: this traditional view has over-emphasized the climate and other natural influences on development at the expense of the more powerful forces of constitutional law, government policy, native culture, and western technology.This study offers a more balanced interpretation of the processes of development which shaped and limited the growth of economic and political life in the Yukon and Northwest Territories between the 1890s and the early 1960s. Much emphasis is placed on the role of government policy which was one of “developmental laissez-faire” until afte

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Book SynopsisAgriculture has historically been a critical and sensitive area in the Canadian economy. Grace Skogstad presents a detailed study of how agricultural policy has been made in recent years at the federal provincial levels. Three initiatives serve as the focus: income stabilization – a sphere in which the two levels share jurisdiction and responsibility; marketing of commodities – in which federal and provincial governments designate a national agency and provincial boards to act as their agents and the transportation of western grain – a federal responsibility. The transportation of western grain, traditionally subsided through the mechanism of the Crow’s Nest rates, has been the cause of frequent controversy in Canadian politics. Skogstad provides an in-depth analysis of the long and painful process of ‘revising the Crow’ that preoccupied so many politicians and farmers through much of the 1970s and 1980s.From her three case stu

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Book SynopsisThe Season-Ticket, published in 1860, is made up of a series of articles previously contributed during 1859 and 1860 to the Dublin University Magazine. Its quality of interest lies in its major purpose: the programme of a thorough going British imperialist who advocates “a three-fold policy for developing intercommunication between the motherland and the colonies.” In this work, Haliburton proposed that Great Britain subsidize transatlantic steamers between its ports and the colonies, complete the Intercolonial Railway and continue it to Lake Superior, and provide a “safe, easy, and expeditious route to Fraser’s River on the Pacific.” Haliburton further argues for the substitution of a permanent colonial council of appointees from the colonies in place of the Colonial Office, and he raises the possibility of colonial representation in the British parliament.

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Book SynopsisIn this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents. His study is based as well on data collected during attendance at the House and its committees, as well as party meetings, over a three-year period. He concludes with suggestions of new roles for the private Member of Parliament in the light of modern conditions, which will make a useful comparison with Canada's experience.

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Book SynopsisThe Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada. This is a go-to resource for students, for early career public servants, and for anyone who wants to know more about how government works. Grounded in experience, the book connects core concepts in political science and public administration to the real-world practice of working in the public service. The authors provide valuable insights into the messy realities of governing and the art of diplomacy, as well as best practices for climbing the career ladder.Trade Review"The Public Servant’s Guide is skillfully written, wry and sometimes funny." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter, March 2, 2019 *"[This is] a book that every new and aspiring public servant should have in their learning library. Small but mighty in its 108 pages, The Public Servant’s Guide provides lots of tips, advice, and learning that would take a few years on average to accumulate." -- Alana Del Greco * IPAC Toronto *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Purpose of The Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada 1 REVIEW OF CORE CONCEPTS What Is a Public Servant? Core Principles of Canadian Government The Division of Power The Main Institutions of Government Chapter Takeaways 2 THE PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAIN Government as an Organization Threats to the Public Service Bargain Guiding Principles for Public Servants Chapter Takeaways 3 THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY What Is Public Policy? The Public Policy Cycle Public Policy Lenses Chapter Takeaways 4 THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Accountability Centralization of Power Public Administration Is Political The Merit Principle The Structure and Machinery of Government Chapter Takeaways 5 THE ART OF NAVIGATING LIFE IN GOVERNMENT Political Acumen Knowledge of Power Situational Awareness Soft Skills Ethics of Public Service Chapter Takeaways 6 ROLES AND COMPETENCIES OF A PUBLIC SERVANT Roles and Occupations in the Public Service Building Competencies Relational and Experiential Learning Chapter Takeaways 7 ACHIEVING YOUR CAREER GOALS Finding Purpose in a Public Service Career Finding Balance in a Public Service Career Finding Community in a Public Service Career Chapter Takeaways Glossary of Terms References About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisAdvanced countries in all parts of the world are concerned with the geographical unevenness of their development. Canada's preoccupation is with the Atlantic provinces, and for years government departments and agencies have tried to improve the region's economy. However, the evidence suggests that the economic gap between the Atlantic provinces and the rest of Canada has remained remarkably constant.This persistent gap has no shortage of explanations: lack of resources, the cost of transportation, insufficient markets, and a poor supply of skilled labour are problems often mentioned. This study investigates how far these and other factors account for slow industrial development.The author compares two regions of Canada: Quebec and Ontario, which together are considered the industrial leader; and Nova Scotia, the industrial laggard. He compares the costs of inputs for an average manufacturing firm in Nova Scotia from 1946 to 1962 with what those costs would have been ha

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Book SynopsisPriests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. Juliet Johnson conducted more than 160 interviews in seventeen countries with central bankers, international assistance providers, policymakers, and private-sector finance professionals over the course of fifteen years. She argues that a powerful transnational central banking community concentrated in Western Europe and North America integrated postcommunist central bankers into its network, shaped their ideas about the role of central banks, and helped them develop modern tools of central banking. Johnson's detailed comparative studies of central bank development in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan take readers from the birth of the campaign in the late 1980s to the challenges faced by central bankers after the global financial crisis. As the comfortable certainties Trade ReviewThe United States is not the only country in which the consensus on central-bank independence is in trouble: central bankers across the former communist world are facing sustained political challenge as well. The difference in the latter is that central-bank norms, practices and policies never sat that well within regimes in transition, and the consensus spread only weakly beyond the central banks themselves. This is the argument Juliet Johnson makes in her brilliant book on the role that central bankers played in the transformation of the post-communist world. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Investigates how the transnational central banking community actively guided the transformation of postcommunist central banks through transplantation and its stages of choice, transformation, and internalization. Discusses why and how central bankers in advanced industrial democracies formed a cohesive community championing price stability and political independence in the 1900s. * JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE *This book provides insight into an important element of the transition of postcommunist economies. * Choice *How timely is Juliet Johnson's Priests of Prosperity, which highlights not only the intricacies of central bank development and practice but also the role of an international community of banks in shaping this development. The book provides an illuminating comparison of central bank evolution and transformation across a number of postcommunist countries, including Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. * Business History Review *Provides a unique theoretical framework for institutional emulation and a well-developed analysis of the diffusion of central bank independence throughout the postcommunist countries. It will be read and valued by experts and anyone working on the political economy of transition, central bank independence, or institutional emulation worldwide. * Slavic Review *A substantively significant and exciting contribution to the field of comparative political economy and to the understanding of postcommunist societies' transformation. The book is clear and persuasive because of a combination of a carefully developed theory, a deep understanding of postcommunist countries, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence. * Perspectives on Politics *Priests of Prosperity is Juliet Johnson's exhaustively researched account of the adoption of politically independent, inflation-targeting central banking in the post-communist world. * Economic and Political Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface Notes on Nomenclature 1. E Pluribus Unum 2. Transplantation 3. Choosing Independence 4. The Transformation Campaign 5. The Politics of European Integration 6. The Trials of Post-Soviet Central Bankers 7. Paradise Lost

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Book SynopsisThe IMF is a purposive actor in world politics, primarily driven by a set of homogenous economic ideas, Stephen C. Nelson suggests, and its professional staff emerged from an insular set of American-trained economists. The IMF treats countries differently depending on whether that staff trusts the country''s top officials; that trust in turn depends on the educational credentials of the policy team that Fund officials face across the negotiating table. Intellectual differences thus lead to lasting economic effects for the citizens of countries seeking IMF support.Based on deep archival research in IMF archives and personnel files, Nelson argues that the IMF has been the Johnny Appleseed of neoliberalism: neoliberal policymakers sprout and take root in countries that have spent recent decades living under the Fund's conditional lending arrangements. Nelson supports his argument through quantitative measures and illustrates the dynamics of relations between the Fund and client countriTrade ReviewAn excellent book that introduces important evidence about the politics of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending.... The book builds a convincing case by combining careful quantitative analysis that establishes the general pattern with thorough qualitative work on Argentina that illustrates his proposed mechanism. * Review of International Organizations *Table of Contents1. Understanding the IMF and Its Borrowers2. How Shared Economic Beliefs Shape Loan Size, Conditionality, and Enforcement Decisions3. Playing Favorites: Quantitative Evidence Linking Shared Economic Beliefs to Variation in IMF Treatment4. Argentina and the IMF in Turbulent Times, 1976–19845. From One Crisis to the Next: IMF-Argentine Relations, 1985–20026. Staying Alive: IMF Lending Programs and the Political Survival of Economic Policymakers7. Implications, Extensions, and Speculations: The IMF and Its Borrowers, in and out of Hard Times

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Book SynopsisIn a book full of directly applicable lessons for policymakers, Haley J. Swedlund explores why foreign aid is delivered in different ways at different times, and why various approaches prove to be politically unsustainable. She finds that no aid-delivery mechanism has yet resolved commitment problems in the donor-recipient relationship; bargaining compromises break down and have to be renegotiated; frustration grows; new ways of delivering aid gain traction over existing practices; and the dance resumes.Swedlund draws on hundreds of interviews with key decision makers representing both donor agencies and recipient governments, policy and archival documents in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, and an original survey of top-level donor officials working across twenty countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This wealth of data informs Swedlund's analysis of fads and fashions in the delivery of foreign aid and the interaction between effectiveness and aid delivery. The central messagTrade ReviewThe author's writing is crisp and engaging, and she weaves her central metaphor of the negotiation process as a dance between donors and recipients throughout.... Practitioners involved in the aid bargain will also almost certainly benefit from this work, which brings what I suspect many will find to be a useful, broader frame to their lived experience. Swedlund has taken a big step forward in explaining the dance of development assistance, and her book deserves to be widely read. * Perspectives on Politics *[French language review] * Le Point *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. The Development Dance 2. It Takes Two to Tango 3. Studying the Dance 4. May I Have This Dance? 5. A Halfhearted Shuffle 6. Tracking a Craze 7. The Future of the Development Dance and Why We Should Care Appendixes Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIn The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America's military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the global system, the inevitable jostling of bureaucratic politics, and the practical limitations of field operations combine to ensure that each presidential administration inevitably resorts to a variety of strategies. Proponents of different American grand strategies have historically focused on the pivotal role of the Navy. In response, Reich and Dombrowski examine six major maritime operations, each of which reflects one major strategy. One size does not fit all, say the authorsthe attempt to impose a single overarching blueprint is no longer feasible. Reich and Dombrowski deTrade ReviewThe End of Grand Strategy should be widely read, first, to distinguish grand strategy from traditional strategy.... The second reason to read Reich and Dombrowski is to see the difficulties 21st-century decision makers confront in preparing to fight.... Today, a strategy’s aim almost always should be to establish what constitutes a satisfactory outcome rather than a clear-cut victory. A grand strategic goal should be expressed in terms of control that may take a long time to achieve and require great patience. I think Reich and Dombrowski have implied as much, and that is one more reason for reading their fine book. * Proceedings *Reich and Dombrowski’s approach offers a description of US grand strategic theory found in no other text and a set of developed case studies that flesh out each identified strategic approach.... The End of Grand Strategy presents highly comprehensible policy overviews and histories of each topic engaged with. * H-NET Reviews *Insightfully examines both the contemporary US NSS approach and current US Navy operations across the globe. While American-centric by intent, the book contains many concepts and ideas that smaller nations may find useful, especially in contemplating future multilateral naval operations, an area of growing importance. The book offers much for policymakers, military planners, academics and all those concerned with understanding the business of strategising. * The RUSI Journal *The End of Grand Strategy provides a balanced presentation based on broad research drawn from published government documents and secondary sources. Clear in argument and prose, the book accomplishes its goals by effectively relating the ways and means of sea power to specific regional grand strategies.... This work will appeal to both generalists and specialists of American national security and strategy. Upper level undergraduate, graduate, and war college students in national security, international relations, and strategic studies would especially benefit from this work. * The Journal of Military History *While the broad strokes of Reich and Dombrowski's theoretical argument are thought provoking, it is their descriptive empirical analysis that stands out for its concision and clarity. Any one of their empirical chapters could serve as a high-level primer on the topic it discusses. * Stategic Studies Quarterly *The book will be important for readers studying or involved in American politics and policy-making. It can also be recommended to students of American strategic thought and strategic planning, given the relatively low cost of the book. * international affairs *In this academic treatise, the authors challenge the notion of the effectiveness of a unified grand strategy and posit that in the current era a spectrum of strategies is needed depending on the region and the threats therein. * SeaPower Magazine *The authors make a positive contribution when they describe Iranian use of asymmetric warfare.[T] he book is useful to the reader because of the information it conveys: in particular, six strategies of American foreign policy; case studies of inter-allied maritime operations that strengthened regional military and political cooperation and enhanced US alliances (this is also important in the context of the increased use of military forces as a political instrument); case study on racing for the Arctic with a strategy of restraint; and adversary use of asymmetric warfare. * H-War *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Naval Operations and Grand Strategy in the New Security Environment 2. Comparing Grand Strategies—and Their Inherent Limitations 3. A Maritime Strategy of Primacy in the Persian Gulf 4. Playing a Follow-the-Leader Strategy on the High Seas 5. Pirates, Terrorists, and Formal Sponsorship 6. Navigating the Proliferation Security Initiative and Informal Sponsorship 7. Racing for the Arctic with a Strategy of Restraint 8. Controlling the Southern Maritime Approaches with an Isolationist Strategy Conclusion Appendixes 1. The Strategies of American Foreign Policy 2. Select Multilateral Exercises in the Indo-Pacific 3. PSI Multinational Exercises Notes Index

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Book SynopsisContingent Citizens features fourteen essays that track changes in the ways Americans have perceived the Latter-day Saints since the 1830s. From presidential politics, to political violence, to the definition of marriage, to the meaning of sexual equalitythe editors and contributors place Mormons in larger American histories of territorial expansion, religious mission, Constitutional interpretation, and state formation. These essays also show that the political support of the Latter-day Saints has proven, at critical junctures, valuable to other political groups. The willingness of Americans to accept Latter-day Saints as full participants in the United States political system has ranged over time and been impelled by political expediency, granting Mormons in the United States an ambiguous status, contingent on changing political needs and perceptions.Contributors: Matthew C. Godfrey, Church History Library; Amy S. Greenberg, Penn State University; J. B. Haws, Brigham Trade ReviewContingent Citizens is an excellent addition to the canon of Mormon studies and its transcending beyond the Americanization model sets the contours of future scholarly investigation of Latter-day Saint political history for the next generation. * Journal of Mormon History *This new volume, Contingent Citizens: Shifting Perceptions of Latter-day Saints in American Political Culture, is a reminder that the Mormon Moment of the early twenty-first century was only one of many times that Mormons have been in the national spotlight—in both negative and positive ways. [T]he message of Contingent Citizens is that the Latter-day Saint experience should be understood as an illustrative example of a religious group deeply embedded in American society and politics. * Journal of Church and State *[T]his new collection edited by Spencer W. McBride, Brent M. Rogers, and Keith A. Erekson is dazzling in its insights and the depth and cogency of its analysis. I am also struck by the consistency across these essays of imaginative, adroit archival research and highly original analysis, as well as by the thematic harmony across several overlapping political concepts, giving the volume a coherence that is unusual in edited collections of this size. For many reasons, this book is an excellent addition to the general historiography of American religion. * Mormon Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Not Exceptional, Typical, or Americanized: The Latter-day Saint Experience with American Politics Part I: Authority and Mobilization 1. "Some Little Necromancy": Politics, Religion, and the Mormons, 1829-1838 2. "Many Think This Is a Hoax": The Newspaper Response to Joseph Smith's 1844 Presidential Campagin 3. Precarious Protestant Democracy: Mormon and Catholic Conceptions of Democratic Rule in the 1840s 4. "The Woman's Movement Has Discovered a New Enemy—the Mormon Church": Church Mobilization against the ERA and the NOW's Countermobilization in Utah Part II: Power and Sovereignty 5. "The Way of the Transgressor is Hard": The Black Hawk and Mormon Wars in the Construction of Illinois Political Culture 6. "Like a Swarm of Locusts": Perceptions of Mormon Geopolitical Power in a Non-US West, 1844-1848 7. "In the Style of an Independent Soverign": Mid Nineteenth-Century Mormom Martial Law Proclamations in American Political Culture 8. Political Perceptions of Mormon Polygamy and the Struggle for Utah Statehood, 1847-1896 9. A Snake in the Sugar: Magazines, the Hardwick Committee, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1910-1911 Part III: Unity and Nationalism 10. "Rather Than Recognize This Wretched Imposture": Edward Everett, Rational Religion, and the Territory of Utah/Deseret 11. Ambiguous Allegiances and Divided Sovereignty: Mormons and Other Uncertain Americans in Nineteenth-Century North America 12. Mormons at Midcentury: "Crushed Politically, Curtailed Economically," but Winning "Universal Respect for Their Devotion and Achievements" 13. The Historic Conflicts of Our Time: Ezra Taft Benson and Twentieth-Century Media Representations of Latter-day Saints

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Book SynopsisThe Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal is an initiative of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University. It annually recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.In this book, Albert W. Dzur argues that some of the most innovative and important work in democracy is taking place face-to-face and is being led by professionals who bring those involved into the decision making process. These democratic professionals create a culture that leads to better decisions and overcomes what he calls civic lethargy. He focuses on how this democratic professionalism manifests itself in the operation of a wide range of public institutions, including schools and local government, as well as in the reform of our criminal justice system, from juries to prisons.

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Book SynopsisIn this lucid and theoretically sophisticated book, G. John Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 197374 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and particularly on that of the United States. Reasons of State examines the response of the United States to these and other challenges and identifies both the capacities of the American state to deal with rapid international political and economic change and the limitations that constrain national policy.Trade ReviewReasons of State is a bold and provocative book rich in ideas and insights. The analysis and scholarship are detailed and careful. Ikenberry tells a fascinating story that should provoke and stimulate readers from several disciplines. * American Political Science Review *

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a person liberal or conservative? Why does the Democratic Party scare off so many possible supporters? When does our injustice trigger get pulled, and how can fairness overcome our human need to look for a zero-sum outcome to our political battles?Tapping into a pop culture zeitgeist linking Bugs Bunny, Taylor Swift, and John Belushi; through popular science and the human brain; to our political predilections, arguments, and distrusts, Daniel Meegan suggests that fairness and equality are key elements missing in today''s society. Having crossed the border to take up residency in Canada, Meegan, an American citizen, has seen first-hand how people enjoy as rights what Americans view as privileges. Fascinated with this tension, he suggests in America the Fair that American liberals are just missing the point. If progressives want to win the vote, they need to change strategy completely and champion government benefits for everyone, not just those of lower incomTrade Review[Meegan] writes a far more coherent narrative of contemporary American politics than a political scientist could likely write about psychology.... Meegan uses engaging examples from psychological studies, evolutionary biology, and popular culture. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: From Carnage to Canada 1. That's Not Fair! 2. Blind Spots 3. Oh, the Inequity! 4. Double Down 5. Getting to Know You 6. Declaration of Interdependence Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAfrica requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent''s diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families.In this boldly optimistic book, Sir Gordon Conway, Ousmane Badiane, and Katrin Glatzel describe the key challenges faced by Africa''s smallholder farmers and present the concepts and practices of Sustainable Intensification (SI) as opportunities to sustainably transform Africa''s agriculture sector and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders. The way forward, they write, will be an agriculture sector deeply rooted within SI: producing more with less, using fertilizers and pesticides more prudently, adapting to climate change, improving natural capital, adopting new technologies, and building resilience at every stage of the agriculture value chain.Food for All in Africa envisions a virtuous circlTrade ReviewOn the whole, the book offers a wide-ranging, coherent, and insightful analysis of food security in Africa. Written by several experts in the area of sustainable agriculture, it is a very engaging and readable book that should be of particular interest to anyone with an interest in development studies, and its optimistic tone is very uplifting for the reader. * Progress in Development Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Akinwumi A. Adesina, African Development Bank Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction: A Book for Optimists 1. African Farms and Farmers 2. Hunger and Malnutrition 3. The Threats to Food Security 4. Resilient Farmers 5. Sustainable Agriculture 6. Agriculture and Ecology 7. The New Genetics 8. Value Chains 9. Digital Farmers 10. Transforming Agriculture 11. Leadership and Performance Notes Author Biographies Index

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Book SynopsisPriests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. Juliet Johnson conducted more than 160 interviews in seventeen countries with central bankers, international assistance providers, policymakers, and private-sector finance professionals over the course of fifteen years. She argues that a powerful transnational central banking community concentrated in Western Europe and North America integrated postcommunist central bankers into its network, shaped their ideas about the role of central banks, and helped them develop modern tools of central banking. Johnson's detailed comparative studies of central bank development in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan take readers from the birth of the campaign in the late 1980s to the challenges faced by central bankers after the global financial crisis. As the comfortable certainties Trade ReviewThe United States is not the only country in which the consensus on central-bank independence is in trouble: central bankers across the former communist world are facing sustained political challenge as well. The difference in the latter is that central-bank norms, practices and policies never sat that well within regimes in transition, and the consensus spread only weakly beyond the central banks themselves. This is the argument Juliet Johnson makes in her brilliant book on the role that central bankers played in the transformation of the post-communist world. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Investigates how the transnational central banking community actively guided the transformation of postcommunist central banks through transplantation and its stages of choice, transformation, and internalization. Discusses why and how central bankers in advanced industrial democracies formed a cohesive community championing price stability and political independence in the 1900s. * JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE *This book provides insight into an important element of the transition of postcommunist economies. * Choice *How timely is Juliet Johnson's Priests of Prosperity, which highlights not only the intricacies of central bank development and practice but also the role of an international community of banks in shaping this development. The book provides an illuminating comparison of central bank evolution and transformation across a number of postcommunist countries, including Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. * Business History Review *Provides a unique theoretical framework for institutional emulation and a well-developed analysis of the diffusion of central bank independence throughout the postcommunist countries. It will be read and valued by experts and anyone working on the political economy of transition, central bank independence, or institutional emulation worldwide. * Slavic Review *A substantively significant and exciting contribution to the field of comparative political economy and to the understanding of postcommunist societies' transformation. The book is clear and persuasive because of a combination of a carefully developed theory, a deep understanding of postcommunist countries, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence. * Perspectives on Politics *Priests of Prosperity is Juliet Johnson's exhaustively researched account of the adoption of politically independent, inflation-targeting central banking in the post-communist world. * Economic and Political Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface Notes on Nomenclature 1. E Pluribus Unum 2. Transplantation 3. Choosing Independence 4. The Transformation Campaign 5. The Politics of European Integration 6. The Trials of Post-Soviet Central Bankers 7. Paradise Lost

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Book SynopsisCan Science and Technology Save China? assesses the intimate connections between science and society in China, offering an in-depth look at how an array of sciences and technologies are being made, how they are interfacing with society, and with what effects.Focusing on critical domains of daily life, the chapters explore how scientists, technicians, surgeons, therapists, and other experts create practical knowledges and innovations, as well as how ordinary people take them up as they pursue the good life. Editors Greenhalgh and Zhang offer a rare, up-close view of the politics of Chinese science-making, showing how everyday logics, practices, and ethics of science, medicine, and technology are profoundly reshaping contemporary China. By foregrounding the notion of governing through science, and the contested role of science and technology as instruments of change, this timely book addresses important questions regarding what counts as science in China, what science anTrade ReviewThis is a prescient and impressively coherent collection of essays based on a workshop held at Harvard University in. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the contributors—all but one of whom are anthropologists—address crucial questions about the relationship between science and the party-state, broader issues of governmentality, as well as China's status as a (bio)tech superpower. * China Review International *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Governing through Science: The Anthropology of Science and Technology in Contemporary China, by Susan Greenhalgh 1. Numbers and the Assembling of a Community Mental Health Infrastructure in Postsocialist China, by Zhiying Ma 2. Embracing Psychological Science for the "Good Life"?, by Li Zhang 3. Negotiating Evidence and Efficacy in Experimental Medicine, by Priscilla Song 4. Divergent Trust and Dissonant Truths in Public Health Science, by Katherine A. Mason 5. China's Eco-Dream and the Making of Invisibilities in Rural-Environmental Research, by Elizabeth Lord 6. The Good Scientist and the Good Multinational: Managing the Ethics of Industry-Funded Science, by Susan Greenhalgh 7. The Black Soldier Fly: An Indigenous Innovation for Waste Management in Guangzhou, by Amy Zhang 8. Unmasking a Gendered Materialism: Air Filtration, Cigarettes, and Domestic Discord in Urban China, by Matthew Kohrman Afterword List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisChronicles in Stone is a study of the powerful and pervasive myth of the Russian Northwest, its role in forming Soviet and Russian identities, and its impact on local communities. Combining detailed archival research, participant observation and oral history work, it explores the transformation of three northwestern Russian towns from provincial backwaters into the symbolic homelands of the Soviet and Russian nations.The book''s central argument is that the Soviet state exploited the cultural heritage of the Northwest to craft patriotic narratives of the people''s genius, heroism and strength that could bind the nation together after 1945. Through sustained engagement with local voices, it reveals the ways these narratives were internalized, revised, and resisted by the communities living in the region.Donovan provides an alternative lens through which to view the rise of Russian patriotic consciousness in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, adding a valuaTrade ReviewVictoria Donovan's book on preservation, architecture, and regional identity in Northwest Russia provides a useful corrective to works that have looked at the attempts to preserve medieval and folk Russian architecture as an episode mainly in Russian nationalism and chauvinism. * The Russian Review *Chronicles in Stone tells us a great deal, not only about patriotism and the imagined nation but also of how historical memory is curated by regional actors, as well as the struggles and deal-making between the political centre and the periphery. * Europe-Asia Studies *[Donovan] skillfully weaves her rich and detailed discussion of local dynamics into the national context of the past and present. * Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) *Whereas studies of such topics underscore the rupture of 1991, Victoria Donovan's monograph emphasizes the continuities of the postwar Soviet society in the present. Her book is part of a recent trend in historical scholarship to investigate the protection, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage in state socialism societies. * AB IMPERIO *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Phoenixes from the Ashes: Postwar Reconstruction as a Patriotic Duty 2. Zapovedniks or Tourist Resorts? Marketing Heritage to National Audiences 3. Landscapes of Living History: Folk Architecture in the National Imaginary 4. Burnt-Out Fairy Tales: Preservation as a Metaphor for Loss After Socialism 5. Guardians of Our Heritage: Rebranding the Northwest in the Putin Era 6. "Every Centimeter of this Ground is History": Heritage, Narrative, and Identity Conclusion Appendix Selected Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book on the shifts in the provision of food and nutrients in the global aid industry. On an Empty Stomach is both engaging and well written. The book makes us wiser, and deserves to be read by a wide audience. * Public Anthropologist *The exceptional range of material treated in this modern history, alongside Scott-Smith's unfailingly sharp analytical lens, render this an essential primer on efforts to feed the hungry in the modern world. * Gastronomica *[A]n interesting and, in many respects, revealing book.Scott-Smith is an evocative and clear writer, and his perspective is refreshing. * Technology and Culture *[T]he clear-cut framework proposed by Scott-Smith reflects an equilibrated and mindful attitude toward historical narrative. On an Empty Stomach is a book that commands attention in a field of study that has only recently started to develop and gain relevance. By proving himself able to bridge anthropology and history, but also driven by a sincere will to increase awareness among humanitarian nutritionists of the genealogy of their field of work, Tom Scott-Smith has written a convincing book, able to captivate a curious reader. * H-Soz-Kult *A lively, readable text. On an Empty Stomach is well written, meticulously detailed, teachable, and engaging. Grounded in close attention to the technologies and knowledges through which humanitarian food is delivered, it will appeal to scholars, students, and practitioners concerned with humanitarianism, development, nutrition, and health. * Isis Book Review *Scott-Smith's On an Empty Stomach is a very important contribution to both socio-cultural anthropology and history concerning food relief. This mature study reveals a complex web of circumstances, discoveries, innovations, individual agencies and collective ideologies which shaped the current forms of food relief and approach to human diet Heartily recommended * Anthropological Journal of European Cultures *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Humanitarian Approaches to Hunger 1. From the Classical Soup Kitchen to the Irish Famine 2. Justus Liebig and the Rise of Nutritional Science 3. Governing the Diet in Victorian Institutions 4. Colonialism and Communal Strength 5. Social Nutrition at the League of Nations 6. Military Feeding during World War II 7. The Medicalization of Hunger and the Postwar Period 8. High Modernism and the Development Decade 9. Low Modernism after Biafra 10. Small-Scale Devices and the Low Modernist Legacy Conclusion: On an Empty Stomach

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Book SynopsisContesting Precarity in Japan details the new forms of workers'' protest and opposition that have developed as Japan''s economy has transformed over the past three decades and highlights their impact upon the country''s policymaking process.Drawing on a new dataset charting protest events from the 1980s to the present, Saori Shibata produces the first systematic study of Japan''s new precarious labour movement. It details the movement''s rise during Japan''s post-bubble economic transformation and highlights the different and innovative forms of dissent that mark the end of the country''s famously non-confrontational industrial relations. In doing so, moreover, she shows how this new pattern of industrial and social tension is reflected within the country''s macroeconomic policymaking, resulting in a new policy dissensus that has consistently failed to offer policy reforms that would produce a return to economic growth. As a result, Shibata argues that the Japanese modTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. From Coordinated to Disorganized Capitalism in Japan 2. Organized Labor and Social Conflict in Japan 3. From Precarity to Contestation 4. Precarious Labor Power and Japan's Neoliberalizing Firms 5. Precarious Labor and the Contestation of Policymaking in Japan 6. Japan's Absent Mode of Regulation: Impeded Neoliberalization Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers'' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice. At the heart of Fields of Gold is a tension between efforts to transform farmland into a new financial asset class, and land''s physical and social properties, which frequently obstruct that transformation. But what makes the book unique among the growing body of work on the global land grab is Fairbairn''s interest in those acquiring land, rather than those affected by land acquisitions. Fairbairn''s work sheds ethnographic light on the actors and relationshipsfrom Iowa to Manhattan to São Paulothat have helped to turn land into an attractive financial asset class.Thanks to Trade ReviewFairbairn has written a superb and field-defining monograph. Fields of Gold is now the gold standard for scholarship on the financial drivers of transnational farmland investment. To cap off the achievement, Fairbairn writes in a clear and down-to-earth style that demystifies finance jargon and clearly conveys the significance of difficult theory for the lay reader. * Antipode *In Fields of Gold, Madeleine Fairbairn presents a thoughtful, nuanced, and empirically rich account of the transformation of farmland into an increasingly sought-after investment opportunity. This is a very fine book and should be required reading for anyone who wants to better understand the farmland investment phenomenon. * The Journal of Peasant Studies *As federal land policy specialists, we found this book incredibly insightful. The author concisely and clearly explains complicated financial concepts, deftly connecting the machinations of financial actors with their concrete, alarming consequences on the land and within our food system. She connects all this to policy, making the point that public policy is inextricably tied to the financialization of farmland and must be part of addressing this issue moving forward. * Food, Culture & Society *Fields of Gold is now the gold standard for scholarship on the financial drivers of transnational farmland investment. To cap off the achievement, Fairbairn writes in a clear and down-to-earth style that demystifies finance jargon and clearly conveys the significance of difficult theory for the lay reader. * Antipode *Fields of Gold is a richly textured portrait of the globalization of land commodification and those agents intimately involved in its speculation. * New Global Studies *Madeleine Fairbairn's Fields of Gold offers careful and important insight into the history, motivations, and impacts of financial capital's recent investments in farmland around the world. Fields of Gold makes important and engaging contributions to debates inside and outside the field of geography. * AAG Review *Fields of Gold makes important and engaging contributions to debates inside and outside the field of geography.As federal land policy specialists, we found this book incredibly insightful. The author concisely and clearly explains complicated financial concepts, deftly connecting the machinations of financial actors with their concrete, alarming consequences on the land and within our food system. * An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Farmland Investment Comes of Age 2. Farmland Values 3. Material Difficulties 4. Foreign Politics Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIntimacy Across the Fencelines examines intimacy in the form of sexual encounters, dating, marriage, and family that involve US service members and local residents. Rebecca Forgash analyzes the stories of individual US service members and their Okinawan spouses and family members against the backdrop of Okinawan history, political and economic entanglements with Japan and the United States, and a longstanding anti-base movement. The narratives highlight the simultaneously repressive and creative power of military fencelines, sites of symbolic negotiation and struggle involving gender, race, and class that divide the social landscape in communities that host US bases.Intimacy Across the Fencelines anchors the global US military complex and US-Japan security alliance in intimate everyday experiences and emotions, illuminating important aspects of the lived experiences of war and imperialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Intimate Effects of U.S. Empire 1. International Marriage in Japan's Periphery 2. Race, Memory, and Military Men's Sexuality 3. Living Respectably and Negotiating Class 4. The Marine Corps Marriage Package 5. Creating Family and Community across Military Fencelines Conclusion: On Stories and Silences

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Book SynopsisHiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel Taïeb exposes the rituals and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched, who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately brought an end to) a spectacle that the state called punishment. France''s abolition of the death penalty in 1981 has long overshadowed its suppression of public executions over forty years earlier. Since the Revolution, executions attracted tens of thousands of curious onlookers. But, gradually, there was a shift in attitude and the public no longer saw this as a civilized pastime. Why? Combining material from legal archives, police files, an executioner''s notebooks, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to 566 executionTrade ReviewThe author combines deep archival research with contextualization: this includes addressing Ancien Régime practices, the civilizing process, centralization, and transformations in penal and information technology. This fascinating historical-sociological study, originally published in 2011, expresses apprehension concerning concealed and virtual representations of violence in modern democracies. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Competition between Legal Publicity and the Press 2. Conservative Representations of Executions 3. The Impossible Task of Designating Execution Sites 4. The Liturgical Crisis of Executionary Rituals 5. Watching Executions 6. Hiding a Ritual of Obedience: From Legitimization to Civilization Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhat happened to veterans of the nations involved in the world wars? How did they fare when they returned home and needed benefits? How were they recognizedor notby their governments and fellow citizens? Where and under what circumstances did they obtain an elevated postwar status?In this sophisticated comparative history of government policies regarding veterans, Martin Crotty, Neil J. Diamant, and Mark Edele examine veterans'' struggles for entitlements and benefits in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, the Soviet Union, China, Germany, and Australia after both global conflicts. They illuminate how veterans'' success or failure in winning benefits were affected by a range of factors that shaped their ability to exert political influence. Some veterans'' groups fought politicians for improvements to their postwar lives; this lobbying, the authors show, could set the foundation for beneficial veteran treatment regimes or weaken the political forces proposinTrade ReviewThis insightful text contains fascinating discussions of various forms of power (or lack thereof) wielded by veterans during immediate and later postwar efforts in both victorious and defeated countries following different conflicts in the 20th century. An astute work. Highly recommended. * Choice *The writing is by turn learned, acerbic, impressively lucid. The authors have produced a clear and compelling argument, and they are to be applauded for staring down the challenges of interdisciplinarity and tackling such an enormous topic with confidence. * Australian Book Review *This book gives inspiring leads for anyone working on veterans. * Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies *By providing historians with the theoretical framework necessary to make sense of a diverse range of accounts, and by connecting their scholarship with the larger social science literature on welfare and social movements, this groundbreaking work will make it easier for scholars interested in veterans both to form a more coherent subfield and to make a compelling case for the broader relevance of their work. * Journal of Military History *The Politics of Veteran Benefits in the Twentieth Century is a relevant, informative, and accessible book with insights relevant for academics working in various disciplines – namely, history, political science, and sociology – as well as for politicians, practitioners, activists, veterans, veterans' organizations, and the public. * International Sociology Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Veterans in Comparative Perspective 1. Victors Victorious 2. Victors Defeated 3. Benefits for the Vanquished 4. The Politically Weak 5. The Politically Powerful Conclusion: Veterans Past, Present, and Future

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Book SynopsisWhy Noncompliance traces the history of noncompliance within the European Union (EU), focusing on which states continuously do or do not follow EU Law, why, and how that affects the governance in the EU and beyond.In exploring the EU''s long and varied history of noncompliance, Tanja A. Börzel takes a close look at the diverse groups of noncompliant states throughout the EU''s existence. Why do states that are vocally critical of the EU have a better record of compliance than those that support the EU? Why has noncompliance been declining since the 1990s, even though the EU was adding member-states and numerous laws? Börzel debunks conventional wisdoms in EU compliance research, showing that noncompliance in the EU is not caused by the new Central and Eastern European member states, nor by the Eurosceptic member states. So why do these states take the brunt of Europe''s misplaced ire?Why Noncompliance introduces politicization as an explanatory factor thaTrade ReviewTanja Börzel's latest book, which has been many years in the making, develops a comprehensive and compelling theory of noncompliance in the EU that is able to account for this and other puzzles. It builds on a literature to which she has been a seminal and prodigious contributor over many years. The book deserves praise for its clear theorizing, structure, and comprehensive theoretical and empirical approach. * The Review of International Organizations *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Noncompliance 1. Infringement Data and Noncompliance 2. Power, Capacity, and Politicization 3. Why Some States Comply Less Than Others 4. Why There Is No Growing Noncompliance 5. Why Noncompliance Is Sector Specific Conclusion: The Limits of Regulatory Governance

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Book SynopsisIn Defense 101, a concise primer for understanding the United States'' $700+ billion defense budget and rapidly changing military technologies, Michael O''Hanlon provides a deeply informed yet accessible analysis of American military power. After an introduction in which O''Hanlon surveys today''s international security environment, provides a brief sketch of the history of the US military, its command structure, the organization of its three million personnel, and a review of its domestic basing and global reach, Defense 101 provides in-depth coverage of four critical areas in military affairs:• Defense Budgeting and Resource Allocation: detailed budget and cost breakdowns, wartime spending allocations, economics of overseas basing, military readiness, and defense budgeting versus US grand strategy• Gaming and Modeling Combat: wargaming, micro modeling, nuclear exchange calculations, China scenarios, and aTable of Contents1. Introduction: A Primer on the US Military Machine Today's Global Security Environment A Quick Historical Sketch of the American Military The Secretary, the Joint Chiefs, the Services, and the Commands The People and Personnel Policies of the Military Domestic Bases and Places The US Military's Global Reach Conclusion: The American Military Juggernaut 2. Defense Budgeting and Resource Allocation The Big Picture: Broad Definitions and Budget Processes Breakdowns of the US Department of Defense Budget The Acquisition Budget The Wars and the Wartime Supplementals Budgeting by Overseas Region The Economics of Overseas Basing Military Readiness The Main Show: Costs of Individual Combat Units Conclusion: Defense Budgeting and Grand Strategy 3. Gaming and Modeling Combat Wargaming Micromodeling The Lanchester's Equations Modeling Air-Ground Combat Modeling Naval Combat Artillery Barrages against Population Centers Nuclear Exchange Calculations Assessing Counterinsurgency and Stabilization Missions Conclusion: Subconscious versus Conscious Modeling 4. Technological Change and Military Innovation Sensors Computers, Communications, and Robotics Projectiles, Propulsion, and Platforms Other Technologies Conclusion: Might a Revolution in Military Affairs Be in the Offing? 5. Space, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Weapons: Three Case Studies in the Science of War The Military Uses of Space (Ballistic) Missile Defense Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Testing, and Nuclear Proliferation Conclusion: Security Dilemmas, Wars of Choice, Uncertainty, and the Science of War

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Book SynopsisIn Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nations began construction of health systems that focused not only on medical care but the broad social determinants of health: where and how we live, work, play, and age. European leaders also created social safety nets that became integral to national economic policy. In contrast, US leaders often viewed investments to improve the social determinants of health and safety-net programs as a competing priority to economic growth. Beyond Medicine compares the US to three European social democraciesFrance, Germany, and Swedenin order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the eldeTrade ReviewPaul Dutton provides an insightful read that every American should take time to review. * Choice *[A] rich and satisfying read. Paul Dutton conveys his personal connection to four health systems, with well-referenced and convincing descriptions and analyses of three areas of health systems. * Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Relative Decline Is Decline All the Same 1. Infant and Child Health in the United States and France 2. Workers' Health in the United States and Germany 3. After Work in the United States and Sweden Conclusion: Beyond Medicine

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Book SynopsisIn Beyond Medicine, Paul V. Dutton provides a penetrating historical analysis of why countless studies show that Americans are far less healthy than their European counterparts. Dutton argues that Europeans are healthier than Americans because beginning in the late nineteenth century European nations began construction of health systems that focused not only on medical care but the broad social determinants of health: where and how we live, work, play, and age. European leaders also created social safety nets that became integral to national economic policy. In contrast, US leaders often viewed investments to improve the social determinants of health and safety-net programs as a competing priority to economic growth. Beyond Medicine compares the US to three European social democraciesFrance, Germany, and Swedenin order to explain how, in differing ways, each protects the health of infants and children, working-age adults, and the eldeTrade ReviewPaul Dutton provides an insightful read that every American should take time to review. * Choice *[A] rich and satisfying read. Paul Dutton conveys his personal connection to four health systems, with well-referenced and convincing descriptions and analyses of three areas of health systems. * Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Relative Decline Is Decline All the Same 1. Infant and Child Health in the United States and France 2. Workers' Health in the United States and Germany 3. After Work in the United States and Sweden Conclusion: Beyond Medicine

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Book SynopsisOur Changing Menu helps us understand how to think about food, rather than what to think. The diversity of the co-authors'' experiences is woven together to create awareness and help us get involved in improving our diets, while reducing food waste and food''s impacts on climate change and the planet. Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets, World Wildlife FundOur Changing Menu unpacks the increasingly complex relationships between food and climate change. Whether you''re a chef, baker, distiller, restaurateur, or someone who simply enjoys a good pizza or drink, it''s time to come to terms with how climate change is affecting our diverse and interwoven food system.Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, and Danielle L. Eiseman offer an eye-opening journey through a complete menu of before-dinner drinks and salads; main courses and sides; and coffee and dessert. Along the way they examine the escalating changes occurring to the Trade ReviewOur Changing Menu is a detailed, lively overview of how the world's most popular eats arrive to the table under more and more challenging conditions... The book's concise analysis of climate science and its effects on water, soil, pests, pollinators, and pathogens is engaging and accessible. * Foreword Review *Our Changing Menu is an excellent introduction to the science behind our changing planet and the problems presented by climate change. Where the book is most successful is the way it takes a massive problem, and breaks it down into solutions that can lead to meaningful action. * Stone Pier Press *This book is very well researched and easy to read. It is also recommended for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge about global food systems and how we can keep on enjoying the foods we know and love in an uncertain time of global change. * Green Teacher *Table of ContentsIntroduction BACKGROUND: SETTING THE TABLE 1. Our Food Supply: From Land and Sea to the Menu 2. Our Changing Climate 3. Climate Change: How It Is Fundamentally Altering the Menu THE MENU 4. Beer, Wine, and Spirits: Raise Your Glass 5. Salads: Distinct, Diverse, Delicious 6. The Main Course 7. Grains, Starches, and Other Sides 8. Dessert and Coffee SOLUTIONS: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAVING THE MENU 9. Farmers, Businesses, and Scientists: How They Are Helping 10. What We Can Do

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAll Societies Die is judiciously researched and expertly written, and its philosophical insights could potentially make the difference between utopia and dystopia in both the present and the future. Highly recommended, especially for public and college library Social Issues collections. * Midwest Book Review *This exciting and thought-provoking book provides a brief historical analysis of the causes of death of great civilizations by depicting factors that led to the collapse of powerful empires. * Social Forces *In this highly accessible and thought-provoking book, Cohn addresses the factors that contribute to societal collapse with the aim of identifying what needs to be collectively addressed to avoid the collapse of today's global society. Informed by historical and contemporary sources, this is an important contribution to historical and political sociology collections. * Choice *Table of ContentsTHE REALITY OF SOCIETAL DEATH 1. All Societies Die 2. Is a Fall Really a Fall? 3. The Fall of the Byzantine Empire: The Greatest Story You've Never Heard 4. The End Comes to Byzantium 5. The Environmental Causes of Violence in the Middle East 6. The French Revolution: Fighting about Taxes at the Worst Possible Time 7. How States Actually Die: The Real-Life Death of Somalia 8. Somalia after the Fall 9. What Links These Stories? TEMPTING FALSE STEPS 10. Rethinking Ecological Catastrophe 11. Rethinking Moral Crisis THINKING BIG ABOUT THINKING BIG 12. Networks of Cooperation 13. Why Bigger Is Better 14. Legitimation: So Hard to Earn, So Precious to Have 15. Psychological Foundations of Societal Survival WHAT WOULD BE LOST 16. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Poverty 17. Progress That Is Real: The Improvement in Health 18. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Violent Crime THE SEEDS OF TROUBLE 19. The Motivation to Not Cooperate: The Origins of Civilization in Raiding 20. Primitive Accumulation Today: Raiding Is Not Dead 21. he Motivation to Not Cooperate: How Europe Historically Underdeveloped Much of the World 22. What Can Go Wrong When Western Companies Invest in Poor Nations 23. Cycles of Catastrophic Debt THE HIDDEN SOURCE OF STRENGTH 24. East Asian Secrets of Economic Growth 25. Big Government and Prosperity in the United States 26. The Miracle of Airports 27. The Origins of National Technological Advantage 28. The Economic Returns to Funding Scientific Research 29. The Tax Revolt: How the Conservative Middle Class Became the Revolutionary Class of Capitalism 30. Why Tax Cuts Do Not Create Jobs CRIME, CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE 31. The Explosion of Crime in the Global South 32. The Parallel Power: The Criminal Second State 33. A Guide to Corruption for Naive Idealists 34. Technical Demoralization 35. What It Takes to Clean Up Corruption 36. Ethnic Violence: The Economic Basis of Hatred 37. Working at Creating a Culture of Hatred 38. Landlessness and Political Violence 39. Landlessness and Political Violence: The Evidence 40. The Global Land Grab 41. Population Growth and Landlessness TRIGGERS OF DESTRUCTION 42. Triggers of Destruction 43. Long-Term Booms and Busts in Capitalism 44. Technological and International Causes of Stagnation 45. Will There Be a Sixth Mensch Cycle? 46. Ever-Expanding Frontiers of Ecological Destruction 47. Why Women's Power Matters 48. Patriarchy Redux? THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETAL DEATH 49. The Circle of Societal Death 50. Triggering the Circle of Societal Death CHANGING THE CULTURE, CHANGING THE WORLD 51. Creating a Culture of Societal Survival 52. Changing the Culture of One-Third of the World: How Christianity Spread from Palestine 53. Creating a Culture of Caretaking: Women in Ancient Rome and 2000's Uganda 54. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery I 55. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery II 56. Doing the Right Thing under Impossible Conditions: Saving the Jews under Nazism 57. What You Can Do to Save the World

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