Central / national / federal government policies Books
Bristol University Press Politics and Policy Making in the UK
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features of UK politics that have endured. Written by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin, leading voices in UK public policy and politics, the book combines a focus on policy making theories and concepts with the exploration of key themes and events in UK politics, including: • developing social policy in a post-pandemic world; • governing post-Brexit; and • the centrality of environmental policy. The book equips students with a robust and up-to-date understanding of UK public policy and enables them to locate this within a broader theoretical framework.Table of ContentsPreface: How To Analyse UK Policy Making 1. Introducing UK Politics and Policy Making 2. Perspectives on Policy and Policy Making 3. Explaining UK Politics and Policy Making 4. The Transformation of the UK State 5. What Does State Transformation Tell Us About the UK Policy Process? 6. Crises and Policy Making: The UK Response to COVID-19 7. Constitutional Policy: Brexit 8. Environmental Policy: Climate Change and Sustainability 9. Economic Policy: Austerity 10. Social Policy: Inequalities, Racism, and Protest 11. Foreign Policy: The War on Terror 12. Conclusion References
£76.50
Bristol University Press All Roads Lead to Serfdom: Confronting
Book SynopsisLiberal democracies are under increasing pressure. Growing discontent about inequality, lack of political participation and identity have rekindled populism and a shift away from liberal values. This book argues that liberalism’s reliance on a utilitarian policy framework has resulted in increased concentrations of power, restricting freedom and equality. It examines five key areas of public policy: monetary policy, private property and liability, the structure of the state, product markets and labour markets. Drawing on the German ordoliberal tradition and its founding principle of the dispersal of power, the book proposes an alternative public policy framework. In doing so, it offers a practical pathway to realign policy making with liberal ideas.Trade Review“I liked Thomas Aubrey’s short book. It could alternatively be called, Confronting the weaknesses of the Anglo-Saxon economic model. But it does this in a thoughtful way, contrasting the utilitarian tradition of UK/US economic policy with (West) Germany and the “underlying ordoliberal principle of power dispersion.”” The Enlightened EconomistTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Liberal Order and Its Utilitarian Foundation Chapter 3 the Rise of Ordo Chapter 4 the West German Experiment and the Decline of Ordo Chapter 5 Monetary Policy: The Illiberal Practice of Inflation Targeting Chapter 6 Liability and Private Property: Confronting the Perfect Externalising Machine Chapter 7 Structure of the State: Community and Vitalpolitik Chapter 8 Labour Markets: Continuous Training and Flexibility Chapter 9 Product Markets: Enforcing the Price Mechanism Chapter 10: Confronting Liberalism’s Fatal Flaw Appendix: Methodology Used for Measuring the Dispersal of Public and Private Power by Policy Field
£26.59
Rowman & Littlefield Drivers of Innovation: Entrepreneurship,
Book SynopsisInnovation and entrepreneurship rank highly on the strategic agenda of most countries today. As global economic competition intensifies, many national policymakers now recognize the central importance of entrepreneurship education and the building of financial institutions to promote long-term innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Drivers of Innovation brings together scholars from the United States and Asia to explore those education and finance policies that might be conducive to accelerating innovation and developing a more entrepreneurial workforce in East Asia. Some of the questions covered include: How do universities in China and Singapore experiment with new types of learning in their quest to promote innovation and entrepreneurship? Is there a need to transform the traditional university into an “entrepreneurial university”? What are the recent developments in and outstanding challenges to financing innovation in China and Japan? What is the government’s role in promoting innovative entrepreneurship under the shadow of big business in South Korea? What can we learn about the capacity of services to drive innovation-led growth in India? Drivers of Innovation will serve as a valuable reference for scholars and policymakers working to develop human capital for innovation in Asia.
£27.00
Broadview Press Ltd Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper,
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£31.44
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Politics of Health Policy: The U.S. Reforms,
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the federal health policies followed by Reagan, Bush, and Clinton and by the Democratic-controlled Congress. The book shows the connection between the crisis of health care and the correlation of class forces in America. Addresses one of the key areas of contemporary public policy in the US, challenging complacent assumptions and demonstrating the enduring popularity of the welfare state The author was part of the Clinton team responsible for health reform Trade Review"The Politics of Health Policy constitutes an important contribution to the debate of a crucial issue. However, the reach of Professor Navarro's book goes well beyond health policy: it is also a powerful and well-documented rebuttal of the many obfuscations which mask the reality of politics in the United States. It offers a sustained and effective challenge to conventional thinking and deserves very close attention." Ralph Miliband "This book should become a very interesting reference in the growing literature of the welfare state. Navarro's way of analyzing health and social policy issues, while well accepted in Europe, is not frequently heard in the US. His is a strong voice of a committed social reformer speaking with the force of an empirical scientist." Professor Goran Therborn, Gothenburg UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics of the US Welfare State. 1. The 1980 and 1984 US Elections and the New Deal: An Alternative Interpretation. 2. Class Politics and Social Movements in the US. 3. The 1988 US Elections - The Primaries: The Rediscovery of the National Health Program by the Democratic Party, A Chronicle of the Jesse Jackson Campaign. 4. The 1988 Presidential Election. 5. The Welfare State and Its Redistributive Effects: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?. 6. Production and the Welfare State: The Political Context of Reforms. 7. Why Some Countries have National Health Insurance, Others Have National Health Services, and the US Has Neither. 8. The 1992 Presidential Election and the Clinton Adminstration Policies: The Politics of Health Care Reform.
£38.90
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Regional Planning in America – Practice and
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£27.00
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Infrastructure and Land Policies
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£999.99
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing
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£29.75
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Regenerating America′s Legacy Cities
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£15.29
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Education, Land, and Location
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£29.75
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Planning for States and Nation–States in the U.S.
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£35.70
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Inclusionary Housing – Creating and Maintaining
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£15.29
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy How to Use Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) –
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£15.29
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Megaregions and America′s Future
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£42.50
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy From State Capitols to City Halls – Smarter State
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£15.29
Emerald Publishing Limited Policy Studies in Developing Nations
Book SynopsisA study of budgeting and financial administration in developing countries, which probes reasons for failure and solutions for improvement. The contributors are all involved in relating prescription to practice, and theory to reality in this area. Their essays all seek to provide practical advice to administrators caught up in the ever-changing, unpredictable contemporary environment.Table of ContentsPart 1 Budgeting and development: from here to there and beyond - concepts and applications of public budgeting in developing countries, Naomi Caiden and Steven Chan. Part 2 Issues of fiscal policy: fiscal stress and structural adjustment, Jack Diamond; fiscal aspects of external debt, Martha de Melo. Part 3 Planning budgets: public expenditure planning and forecasting, William Alan; financial reform in Kenya - implementing a public investment programme in line ministries, Stephen Peterson; the role of project data banks in public investment programming, Katrina Sharkey. Part 4 Public expenditure management: budget management and budgeting - the Singapore approach, Doh Joon Chien; the recurrent cost crisis in development bureaucracies, Stephen Peterson; reforming public budgeting in Zimbabwe, Jonathon Moyo. Part 5 Privatization: privatization of public enterprise in Asia - current patterns and emerging issues, James Leighland; privatization in Latvia - market, political, financial and social factors, David O. Porter and Gundar J. King. Part 6 Accounting and auditing: government accounting in developing countries, Peter Dean; auditing in Africa - some unmet needs, Richard E. Zody.
£85.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Political Economy and Public Policy: the Texas
Book Synopsis"The Texas Institutionalists".Table of ContentsThe Ayserian legacy, James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield; EE Hale on economic theory and the real world, Ronnie J Phillips; Robert Montgomery - a gentle iconoclast in industrial organization, Robert Kling; Ruth Allen - frontier labor economist, Alexanda Bernasek and Douglas Kinnear; Alton Wiley - the most complete economist, Gerard F Vaughn; Erich W Zimmerman - the dynamics of resourceship, Stephen L McDonald.
£85.99
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness
Book SynopsisIn the mental health field, ethical guidelines are strictly enforced to ensure healthy, appropriate, effective, and productive counselor-client relationships. This volume explores ethical issues specific to working with deaf clients, which include matters of confidentiality, managing multiple relationships, and the clinician's competency to provide services - particularly in communicating with and understanding deaf people without any subliminal bias. Led by Editor Virginia Gutman, this book is a unique collection of respected mental health professionals' experiences and knowledge in working with deaf clients and is sure to become a standard resource for therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals working with deaf people.
£53.68
Temple University Press,U.S. Women Of Japan & Korea: Continuity and Change
Book SynopsisOriginal research on the changing roles of women in Japan and KoreaTable of Contents1. Introduction --Joyce Gelb and Marian Lief Palley Part I: Japanese Women 2. Women and the Family in Transition in Postindustrial Japan --Chizuko Ueno 3. Women's Education and Gender Roles in Japan --Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow and Atsuko Kameda 4. Abortion and Women's Reproductive Rights: The State of Japanese Women, 1947-1991 --Miho Ogino 5. Women Workers in Japan: Past, Present, Future --Eiko Shinotsuka 6. Obstacles and Opportunities: Women and Political Participation in Japan --Kimiko Kubo and Joyce Gelb 7. A Short History of the Feminist Movement in Japan --Sandra Buckley Part II: Korean Women 8. Six Barriers to Equality for Women in Korea --Elizabeth Choi 9. Overcoming Confucian Barriers: Changing Educational Opportunities for Women in Korea --Ho Kyung Won 10. Korean Women's Groups, Social Movements, and Health --Lisa Kim Davis 11. Women Workers in a Changing Korean Society --Roh Mihye 12. Agenda for Social Reform: Women's Political Participation in Sough Korea --Sohn Bong Scuk 13. Feminism in a Confucian Society: The Women's Movement in Korea --Marian Lief Palley About the Contributors Index
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and
Book SynopsisExamining the impact of class status on political participationTrade Review"In this useful introduction to the connection between social class and political participation in the modern United States, David Croteau explores the 'class divide' separating middle-class activism and working-class non-participation in left political and social movements."—Labour History ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Different Worlds Part I: Democracy, Social Movements, and Class 1. The Promise of Democracy 2. The Changing Face of Social Movements 3. Class and Politics Part II: Class, Culture, and Political Participation 4. "It's Just Politics": Politicians and the System 5. "It Doesn't Make a Difference": The Absence of Efficacy 6. "People Really Don't Think About It": Interest and Motivations 7. "People Have Got Their Hands Full": Material Resources and Constraint 8. "They're Speaking the Same Language": Cultural Resources 9. "It Takes a Special Kind of Person": Knowledge 10. "You Do Your Work, You Pay Your Bills...You Hope It All Turns Out Okay": Politics, Work, and the Private Citizen 11. Class Diversity and the Future of Social Movements Appendix A: Class: Structure and Collective Action Appendix B: The Concept of Culture Appendix C: Methods Notes References Index
£28.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Cultural Politics
Book Synopsis Bridging the worlds of activism and academia-social movement theory informed with the real experiences of activists-this volume of accessible essays brings together insights from European New Social Movement theorists, U.S. scholars of social movements, and activists involved in social movements from the 1960s to the 1990s. Contributors: Alice Echols, Barbara Epstein, Richard A. Cloward, Marcy Darnovsky, Jeffrey Escoffier, Ilene Rose Feinman, Richard Flacks, Cynthia Hamilton, Allen Hunter, L. A. Kauffman, Rebecca E. Klatch, Margit Mayer, Alberto Melucci, Bronislaw Misztal, Osha Neumann, Frances Fox Piven, Craig Reinarman, Roland Roth, Arlene Stein, Mindy Spatt, Andrew Szasz, Noél Sturgeon, Howard Winant.Trade Review"This is an interesting and diverse collection that bridges several divides: between scholars and activists, culture and politics, and European and U.S. theoretical perspectives. Together, the chapters give a good picture of the complexities of contemporary social movements, cultural politics, identity and the politicization of personal realms, and the legacy of the movements of the 1960s. It will make a valuable contribution to contemporary intellectual and political thought." —Nancy Whittier, Smith College author of Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's MovementTable of Contents IntroductionPart I: Activists and Academics 1. "Political Correctness" and Collective Powerlessness – Barbara Epstein 2. Community and Academic Intellectuals: The Conquest for Cultural Authority in Identity Politics – Jeffrey Escoffier 3. Theorizing Movements: Direct Action and Direct Theory – Noël SturgeonPart II: Cultural Politics after the Counterculture 4. Motherfuckers Then and Now: My Sixties Problem – Osha Neumann 5. The Counterculture, the New Left, and the New Right – Rebecca E. Klatch 6. The Twelve-Step Movement and Advanced Capitalist Culture: The Politics of Self-Control in Postmodernity – Craig Reinarman 7. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place": Notes toward a Remapping of the Sixties – Alice EcholsPart III: Identity Politics and Activist Projects 8. Sisters and Queers: The Decentering of Lesbian Feminism – Arlene Stein 9. Small Change: Radical Politics since the 1960s – L.A. Kauffman 10. Gay and Lesbian Experiences and Sensibilities in the Antiwar Movement – Mindy Spatt 11. Reweaving the New World Order: An Ecofeminist Analysis – Ilene Rose Feinman 12. Race: Theory, Culture, and Politics in the United States Today – Howard Winant 13. Industrial Racism, the Environmental Crisis, and the Denial of Social Justice – Cynthia Hamilton 14. The Iconography of Hazardous Waste – Andrew Szasz 15. The Media Environment after Desert Storm – Marcy DarnovskyPart IV: Searching for Strategy: Dilemmas of Activism 16. Movements and Dissensus Politics – Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward 17. Think Globally, Act Politically: Some Notes toward New Movement Strategy – Richard Flacks 18. The Uses of Freedom: PostCommunist Transformation in Eastern Europe – Bronislaw Misztal 19. The Global Planet an the Internal Planet: New Frontiers for Collective Action and Individual Transformation – Alberto Melucci 20. New Social Movements and the Transformation to Post-Fordist Society – Margit Mayer and Roland Roth 21. Rethinking Revolution in Light of the New Social Movements – Allen Hunter About the Contributors Index
£28.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Inside Agitators: Australian Femocrats and the
Book SynopsisA fiesty story of women entering Australia's government and successfully using state power for social changeTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Femocratic Experiment 1. The Australian Social Compact 2. The Early Years 3. Establishing the Feminist Mafia 4. Milestones Part II: A Distinctive Ideology 5. Using the State 6. Mandarins or Missionaries? Accountability to the Women's Movement 7. A Class-Conscious Agenda 8. Race, Ethnicity, and Racism Part III: Gendered Experiences 9. Official Feminism and the Politics of Gender 10. Sexual Politics 11. Sisterhood is Fragile Part IV: The Limits of Reform 12. Roadblocks 13. The Rise of Neo-Liberalism 14. The End of an Era? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£26.35
Temple University Press,U.S. La Raza Unida Party
Book SynopsisOver the years, third parties have arisen sporadically to challenge the hegemony of the United States' two major political parties. But not until the emergence of the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1970 did an ethnic group organize to fight for political control at the country's ballot boxes. This book, by noted Chicano movement theorist Armando Navarro, is the most comprehensive study of the party ever put together. La Raza Unida Party traces the party from its beginnings in 1970 to its demise in 1981 -- the events, leaders, ideology, structure, strategy and tactics, successes and problems, and electoral campaigns that marked its trajectory. The book covers political organizing in California, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Midwest, as well as RUP's national and international politics and its party profile. In addition, its suggests options for future political arena. Based on 161 interviews, access to numerous documents, letters, minutes, diaries, and position papers, as well as such published sources as contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts and campaign literature, the study is enriched by Professor Navarro's accounts of his own experiences as one of the organizers of the RUP in California. La Raza Unida Party represents the culmination of the story of Chicano militancy that Professor Navarro has related in his earlier books. It goes beyond mere history-telling to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of ethnic-identity political parties and the perils of challenging the two-party dictatorship that characterizes U.S. electoral politics.Trade Review"Armando Navarro, in a scholarly and lucid narrative, has brilliantly located the place of La Raza Unida Party in both Chicano and U.S. history." -Mario T. Garcia, author of Memories of Chicano History: The Life and Narrative of Bert Corona and Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology and Identity "This superbly researched study of La Raza Unida Party clearly demonstrates how and why the idealistic Chicano generation rejected 'politics as usual' to help their raza. In recounting the story of one of the most significant American political alternatives in the twentieth century, Narvarro succeeds in the difficult task of blending passion with objectivity." -F. Arturo Rosales, Professor of History, Arizona State University "Armando Navarro's work provides us with the definitive study of La Raza Unida Party. His impressive and comprehensive historical analysis of this important American third party combines the insights of the participant observer with the research methodologies and theoretical context of the trained scholar." -Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Race and Class in the SouthwestTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION: Third-Party Movements: A Theoretical and Historical Framework CHAPTER ONE: Catalyst for Empowerment: The Rise of RUP in Texas, 1970 CHAPTER TWO: RUP's Expansion Statewide: The Beginning of the End, 1971-1974 CHAPTER THREE: Victim of the Politics of Self-Destruction: The Decline of RUP in Texas, 1975-1976 CHAPTER FOUR: A Cadre Party of Ultranationalism: The Rise and Fall of RUP in Colorado, 1970-1976 CHAPTER FIVE: The Cucamonga Experiment: The Precursor of RUP in California, 1968-1973 CHAPTER SIX: A Partido of Clashing Caciques and Ideologies: The Rise of RUP in California, 1971-1972 CHAPTER SEVEN: A Casualty of the Viva Yo Generation: The Decline of RUP in California, 1973-1981 CHAPTER EIGHT: A Vehicle for Self-Determination: The Rise and Fall of RUP in New Mexico, 1971-1984 CHAPTER NINE: Instrument of Change and Service: The Rise and Fall of RUP in Arizona, 1971-1974 CHAPTER TEN: Pressure Group, Service Provider, or Partido? The Rise and Fall of RUP in the Midwest and Utah, 1972-1976 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Rationale for Expansion: RUP's National and International Politics CHAPTER TWELVE: Profile of a Chicano Partido: The Unfinished Partido Experiment EPILOGUE: Prospectus for a New Partido and Movement Notes Index Photographs follow page 172
£32.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Before Roe: Abortion Policy in the States
Book SynopsisFew issues in contemporary U.S> politics have remained on the public agenda so long and so divisively as abortion policy. The landmark Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Waade, which held that laws prohibiting first trimester abortions were illegal because they violated a woman's right to privacy, still generates heated controversy today, a quarter of a century after it was made. The seeds of that controversy were sown in the seven years immediately preceding Roe, when state legislatures tried to reconcile religious opposition to abortion and individuals' civil liberties. In this groundbreaking book, Rosemary Nossiff examines the force that shaped abortion policy during those years, and the ways in which states responded to them. To provide in-depth analysis while still looking broadly at the picture, she studies New York, which passed the most permissive abortion bill in the country, and Pennsylvania, which passed one of the most restrictive. That these two states, which share similar demographic, political, and economic characteristics, should reach two such different outcomes provides a perfect case study for observing political dynamics at the state level. Nossiff examines the medical, religious, and legal discourses employed on both sides of the debate, as well as the role played by feminist discourse. She looks at the role of the political parties in the campaigns, as well as such interest groups as the National Council of Catholic Bishops, the Clergy Consultation Service, the National Organization for Women, and the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. In addition, she analyzes the strategies used by both sides, as well as partisan and institutionalized developments that facilitated success or failure. Finally, in the Epilogue, she assesses the Roe decision and its aftermath, including an analysis of the pro-life movement in Pennsylvania. As the author remarks, \u0022Without question people's positions on abortion are shaped by a myriad of social, moral, and economic factors. But ultimately abortion policy is shaped in the political arena. This book examines how one of the most intimate decisions a woman makes, whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy, has become one of the most politicized issues in contemporary American politics.Trade Review"Rosemary Nossiff has done a great service by putting the ongoing abortion debate into the appropriate historical context. Her careful study-which clearly explicates the roles of all the institutional actors in the pre-Roe policy making processes-makes this an important book for anyone, from lay reader through professional scholar, seeking a clear understanding of this issue that has polarized American society for nearly two decades." -L. Sandy Maisel, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Colby College "An insightful study into the politics behind the abortion debate. By comparing how Pennsylvania and New York re-examined their abortion laws, and why these neighboring states went in different directions, Nossiff shows how important the political context is to the creation of public policy." -Jo Freeman, political scientist, attorney, and author of A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics "Nossiff provides a map of the changing and shifting politics of abortion in the pre-Roe period, when outcomes of the political contests remained uncertain." -Journal of Women's HistoryTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Reform and Opportunity 2. Competing Discourses 3. Gender Identity and Political Mobilization 4. Party Politics in New York 5. Interest-Group Politics in Pennsylvania 6. Party, Discourse, and Policy 7. After Roe: The Pendulum Swings Back Conclusion References Index of Cases General Index
£25.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision. Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy Trade Review"This is an impressive volume. It is filled with original insights on recent federal policies on domestic issues. I can think of no work that sheds more light on why the conservative political movement was able to seep through the Clinton administration and influence its economic and social policies." William Julius Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Not just during the Reagan and Bush presidencies, but under Clinton's, social policy has veered rightwards. This excellent collection of smart, sassy, analytically-grounded essays by a first-rate group of scholars offers detailed policy analyses--spanning issues of race, the welfare state, sexuality, and the military, among other topics--and provides broad, provocative overviews of the politics of our time. It is certain to provoke fresh considerations and challenge settled views." Ira I Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Went Right?. Why the Clinton Administration Did Not Alter The Conservative Trajectory in Federal Policy: Michael Schwartz (SUNY-Stony Brook). Part I: Welfare, Social Security, and the State of Austerity:. 1. Welfare and the Transformation of American Politics: Frances Fox Piven (CUNY-Graduate Center). 2. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Ron Walters (University of Maryland). 3. Urban America: Crushed in the Growth Machine: Harvey Molotch (University of California, Santa Barbara). 4. Rhetoric, Recision, and Reaction: The Development of Homelessness Policy: Cynthia Bogard (Hofstra), and J. Jeff McConnell (SUNY-Stony Brook). 5. Social Security Policy and the Entitlement Debate: The New American Exceptionalism: Jill Quadagno (Florida State University). Part II: Welfare-Warfare Spending, Technology, and the Global Economy:. 6. Wealth and Poverty in the National Economy: The Domestic Foundations of Clinton's Global Policy: Morris Morley (Macquarie University) and James Petras (SUNY - Binghampton). 7. America's Military Industrial Make-Over: Ann Markusen (Council on Foreign Relations). 8. Big Missions and Big Business: Military and Corporate Dominance of Federal Science Policy: Gregory Hooks (Washington State) and Gregory McLauchlan (University of Oregon). 9. Active-competitive Industrial Policy: From Elite Project to Logics of Action: J. Kenneth Benson and Nick Paretsky (University of Missouri). 10. Where Are All the Democrats?The Limits of Economic Policy Reform: Patrick Akard (Skidmore College). 11. Failure of Health-Care Reform: The Role of Big Business in Policy Formation: Beth Mintz (University of Vermont). Part III: Acting Out Conservative Ideology:. 12. The Malignant Masses on CNN: Media Use of Public Opinion Polls to Fabricate the "Conservative Majority" against Health-Care Reform: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). 13. Popular Consensus or Political Extortion?Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of U. S. Military Deployments: Jerry Lee Lembcke (Holy Cross College). 14. Theorizing and Politicizing Choice in the 1996 election: Zillah Eisenstein (Ithica College). 15. The Right Family Values: Judith Stacey (University of Southern California). 16. Contradictions in the Conservative Agenda: Welfare Reform and Reproductive Politics on a Collision Course: Carole Joffe (University of California - Davis). Conclusion. Business Action, Conservative Acting, and Institutional Enactment: Economic Constraints on Social Policy: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). List of Contributors. Index.
£91.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision. Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy Trade Review"This is an impressive volume. It is filled with original insights on recent federal policies on domestic issues. I can think of no work that sheds more light on why the conservative political movement was able to seep through the Clinton administration and influence its economic and social policies." William Julius Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Not just during the Reagan and Bush presidencies, but under Clinton's, social policy has veered rightwards. This excellent collection of smart, sassy, analytically-grounded essays by a first-rate group of scholars offers detailed policy analyses--spanning issues of race, the welfare state, sexuality, and the military, among other topics--and provides broad, provocative overviews of the politics of our time. It is certain to provoke fresh considerations and challenge settled views." Ira I Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Went Right?. Why the Clinton Administration Did Not Alter The Conservative Trajectory in Federal Policy: Michael Schwartz (SUNY-Stony Brook). Part I: Welfare, Social Security, and the State of Austerity:. 1. Welfare and the Transformation of American Politics: Frances Fox Piven (CUNY-Graduate Center). 2. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Ron Walters (University of Maryland). 3. Urban America: Crushed in the Growth Machine: Harvey Molotch (University of California, Santa Barbara). 4. Rhetoric, Recision, and Reaction: The Development of Homelessness Policy: Cynthia Bogard (Hofstra), and J. Jeff McConnell (SUNY-Stony Brook). 5. Social Security Policy and the Entitlement Debate: The New American Exceptionalism: Jill Quadagno (Florida State University). Part II: Welfare-Warfare Spending, Technology, and the Global Economy:. 6. Wealth and Poverty in the National Economy: The Domestic Foundations of Clinton's Global Policy: Morris Morley (Macquarie University) and James Petras (SUNY - Binghampton). 7. America's Military Industrial Make-Over: Ann Markusen (Council on Foreign Relations). 8. Big Missions and Big Business: Military and Corporate Dominance of Federal Science Policy: Gregory Hooks (Washington State) and Gregory McLauchlan (University of Oregon). 9. Active-competitive Industrial Policy: From Elite Project to Logics of Action: J. Kenneth Benson and Nick Paretsky (University of Missouri). 10. Where Are All the Democrats?The Limits of Economic Policy Reform: Patrick Akard (Skidmore College). 11. Failure of Health-Care Reform: The Role of Big Business in Policy Formation: Beth Mintz (University of Vermont). Part III: Acting Out Conservative Ideology:. 12. The Malignant Masses on CNN: Media Use of Public Opinion Polls to Fabricate the "Conservative Majority" against Health-Care Reform: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). 13. Popular Consensus or Political Extortion?Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of U. S. Military Deployments: Jerry Lee Lembcke (Holy Cross College). 14. Theorizing and Politicizing Choice in the 1996 election: Zillah Eisenstein (Ithica College). 15. The Right Family Values: Judith Stacey (University of Southern California). 16. Contradictions in the Conservative Agenda: Welfare Reform and Reproductive Politics on a Collision Course: Carole Joffe (University of California - Davis). Conclusion. Business Action, Conservative Acting, and Institutional Enactment: Economic Constraints on Social Policy: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). List of Contributors. Index.
£40.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The New Deal: America's Response to the Great
Book SynopsisIn this concise and lively volume, Ronald Edsforth presents a fresh synthesis of the most critical years in twentieth-century American history. The book describes the collapse of American capitalism in the early 1930s, and the subsequent remaking of the US economy during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. It is written for a new generation of readers for whom the Great Depression is a distant historical event.Trade Review"Edsforth has written an excellent one-volume study of the New Deal that will be useful for college students and general readers" CHOICE "Edsforth has done an admirable job of attempting to maintian a balanced appraoch." The Historian "From this brilliant description of the New Deal’s response to the Great Depression and its transforming commitment to social justice and economic security for all Americans, one understands why Franklin Roosevelt is ‘the man of the century’." -- William J. vanden Heuvel, President, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute "This lucid and insightful narrative brings us back to some essential truths that need to be retold about the human tragedy of the 1930s, the greatness of Franklin Roosevelt, and the achievements of his New Deal." – Michael E. Parrish, Professor of History, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The New Deal in Historical Perspective. 1. From New Era Prosperity to a World in Depression. 2. The Politics of the Great Depression. 3. Why the Old Deal Failed. 4. America Impoverished. 5. Out of Disorder, A New Deal. 6. A New Deal in One Hundred Days. 7. The Problem of Recovery. 8. Reconstructing Capitalism. 9. Democratic Reforms. 10. The End of the New Deal. Epilogue: The New Deal's Legacy. Appendix: A Partial Chronology of Civil Unrest and Financial Panic, The Winter of 1932-33. Notes. Index.
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St Augustine's Press Moderately Modern
Book SynopsisModerately Modern wears its thesis on its sleeve. Modern men and women, those thoroughly imbued with modernity’s ideas, hopes, and projects, need to moderate themselves. They need to rein themselves in, they need to think and act beyond their comfort zone. Implicit in this claim, of course, is a slew of topics, claims, and an argument. What is modernity? What’s lacking in it? Where should its adherents look outside and beyond it? What would they find? And what would a conjunction of a chastened modernity and a newly respected outside look like? It would be difficult to find someone more equipped to raise and pursue these questions than Rémi Brague. Le règne de l’homme: l’echec du projet modern (The kingdom of man: the failure of the modern project) already laid out his basic views: modernity is the project of radical anthropocentrism, of man construed as the sovereign of the world and of his very humanity. If the traditional order of the West located man within a wider scheme of God/world/man, with the former two providing models of excellence for the latter, then modern thought reverses the order, expelling God and the divine from public centrality and, by means of technological science, aiming to make man, in Descartes’ famous phrase, “master and possessor of Nature”. The Legitimacy of the Human picks up the theme and surveys the results. Birth dearths, looming ecological disasters, and the threat of destruction on enormous scales testify to something having gone terribly awry. Its concluding chapters advise a reconsideration of the rejected premodern option: the biblical God and his providential care. Moderately Modern brings all of the foregoing together, mixing cultural critique with cultural restoration. It does so in characteristically Braguean ways: attention to the meaning and history of important terms; brilliant aperçus of the contemporary scene; enormous learning worn lightly and brought to bear deftly; a personal tone with intellectual and spiritual gravitas. His theme being the current condition of the West, this son of the West brings to bear all that she has made available to her children to live thoughtful and genuinely human lives. Let us hope that he is not a Cassandra, but more akin to Isaiah, albeit in a philosophical mode.Table of Contents Translator’s Introduction Foreword I Modernity as a Problem Introduction: On Modernitis 1 Can Europe Survive Modernity? 2 From One Transcendental to Another II Sacred Cows or Mad Cows? 3 To Ground Reason 4 Atheism or Superstition? 5 Is Secularization Modern? 6 Democracy and Theocracy 7 Reaction to Progress III Culture 8 Are There Really Two Cultures? 9 Does Culture Support the Idea of Truth? 10 Heirs Without a Will? IV To Temporize 11 From Time to Time 12 How One Writes History 13 The Conditions of a Future 14 Reconstruction 15 An Educational Dream 16 Not to Betray: The Tradition Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Just Around The Corner: The Paradox Of The
Book SynopsisAmericans have always believed that economic growth leads to job growth. In this groundbreaking analysis, Stanley Aronowitz argues that this is no longer true. Just Around the Corner examines the state of the American economy as planned by Democrats and Republicans over the last thirty years. Aronowitz finds that economic growth has become \u0022delinked\u0022 from job creation, and that unemployment and underemployment are a permanent condition of our economy. He traces the historical roots of this state of affairs and sees under the surface of booms and busts a continuum of economic austerity that creates financial windfalls for the rich at the expense of most Americans. Aronowitz also explores the cultural and political processes by which we have come to describe and accept economics in the United States. He concludes by presenting a concrete plan of action that would guarantee employment and living wages for all Americans. With both measured analysis and persuasive reasoning, Just Around the Corner provides an indispensable guide to our current economic predicament and a bold challenge to economists and policymakers.Trade Review"Stanley Aronowitz is the most important scholar on the past and present U.S. working class. From his classic False Promises to this courageous and timely book, he has put forward the most profound analysis and challenging vision of deep democracy here and abroad."-Cornel West, Princeton University "Just Around the Corner is a highly readable and thought-provoking examination of the structural joblessness that is affecting wider segments of the population. This timely book should be read and debated by all those concerned about the future of American workers in the global economy."-William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. How We Got Here: A Snapshot Economic History of America2. The Reagan Revolution, the Clinton "Boom," and the Downsizing of America3. It's the Technology, Stupid4. The Price of Neoliberal Globalization5. A Real Jobs and Income ProgramNotesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Social Logic Of Politics: Personal Networs As
Book SynopsisUsing classic theories to explain individuals' political decisions, this volume examines what influences these decisions. Supported by the research of the Columbia school of electoral sociology, this view is contrasted with rational choice theory and the Michigan school of electoral analysis. Written by a range of political scientists, this volume advances theory and method in the study of political behavior and returns the social logic of politics to the heart of political science.Trade Review"In the classic sociological tradition of the Columbia School, this impressive collection of studies explores the impact of families, friends, workplaces, and communities on our political choices and behavior. The imaginative research in this volume amply demonstrates that, despite the imposing presence of the mass media, we continue to be shaped in significant ways by the company we keep."-Dennis Chong, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor, Northwestern University, Department of Political Science "The Social Logic of Politics addresses the question of sociological influences on political behavior, and the essays in this volume do in fact succeed in this purpose, offering a significant contribution in this area. Zuckerman brings the original sociological themes and research of Lazarsfeld and his colleagues into the 21st century, and the scholarship here is state-of-the-art, showcasing a wide range of data and methodologies."-Robert Shapiro, Columbia University "Overall, this is an important collection of essays... an essential read."-Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPreface and AcknowledgmentsAbout the ContributorsIntroduction: Theoretical and Methodological Context1. Returning to the Social Logic of Politics - Alan S. Zuckerman2. Individuals, Dyads, and Networks: Autoregressive Patterns of Political Influence - Robert Huckfeldt, Paul E. Johnson, and John SpraguePart I. Families as Sources of Strong Political Ties3. Political Similarity and Influence between Husbands and Wives - Laura Stoker and M. Kent Jennings4. Do Couples Support the Same Political Parties? Sometimes: Evidence from British and German Household Panel Surveys - Alan S. Zuckerman, Jennifer Fitzgerald, and Josip Dasovic5. Family Ties: Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation - Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Nancy BurnsPart II. Friends, Workmates, Neighbors, and Political Contexts: The Effects of Weak Ties on Electoral Choices and Political Participation6. Changing Class Locations and Partisanship in Germany - Ulrich Kohler7. Choosing Alone? The Social Network Basis of Modern Political Choice - Jeffrey Levine8. Friends and Politics: Linking Diverse Friendship Networks to Political Participation - Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz9. Networks, Gender, and the Use of State Authority: Evidence from a Study of Arab Immigrants in Detroit - Ann Chih Lin10. Putting Voters in their Places: Local Context and Voting in England and Wales, 1997 - Ron J. Johnston and Charles J. Pattie11. Party Identification, Local Partisan Contexts, and the Acquisition of Participatory Attitudes - James G. Gimpel and J. Celeste Lay12. Macro-Politics and Micro-Behavior: Mainstream Politics and the Frequency of Political Discussion in Contemporary Democracies - Christopher J. Anderson and Aida PaskeviciutePart III. The Social Logic of Politics: Looking Ahead13. Agent-Based Explanations for the Survival of Disagreement in Social Networks - Paul E. Johnson and Robert Huckfeldt14. Turnout in a Small World - James H. FowlerNotesReferencesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Hegemony: The New Shape Of Global Power
Book SynopsisHegemony tells the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure and the promise of goods for mass consumption. In contrast to the recent literature on America as empire, it explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which increasingly reflects the American way of doing business, not the formation or management of an empire. Contextualizing both the Iraq war and recent plant closings in the U.S., noted author John Agnew shows how American hegemony has created a world in which power is no longer only shaped territorially. He argues in a sobering conclusion that we are consequently entering a new era of global power, one in which the world the US has made no longer works to its singular advantage.Trade Review"An excellent book, Hegemony mounts an effective and scholarly challenge to a great deal of rather simplistic recent work on American empire. Agnew's arguments are convincing, and interesting. Perhaps the most compelling is his attempt to show that hegemony is not simply a national project, as most of the empire genre he criticizes argues, but a global project inextricably implicated with the ways in which capitalist globalization works."-Leslie Sklair, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science "This innovative, lucid study of 'new geographies of power' can and should be read by a wide audience... Essential."-ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Hegemony versus Empire3. American Hegemony and the New Geography of Power4. Placing American Hegemony5. U.S. Constitutionalism or Marketplace Society?6. Globalizing American Hegemony7. The New Global Economy8. Globalization Comes Home9. ConclusionNotesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Hegemony: The New Shape Of Global Power
Book SynopsisHegemony tells the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure and the promise of goods for mass consumption. In contrast to the recent literature on America as empire, it explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which increasingly reflects the American way of doing business, not the formation or management of an empire. Contextualizing both the Iraq war and recent plant closings in the U.S., noted author John Agnew shows how American hegemony has created a world in which power is no longer only shaped territorially. He argues in a sobering conclusion that we are consequently entering a new era of global power, one in which the world the US has made no longer works to its singular advantage.Trade Review"An excellent book, Hegemony mounts an effective and scholarly challenge to a great deal of rather simplistic recent work on American empire. Agnew's arguments are convincing, and interesting. Perhaps the most compelling is his attempt to show that hegemony is not simply a national project, as most of the empire genre he criticizes argues, but a global project inextricably implicated with the ways in which capitalist globalization works."-Leslie Sklair, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science "This innovative, lucid study of 'new geographies of power' can and should be read by a wide audience... Essential."-ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Hegemony versus Empire3. American Hegemony and the New Geography of Power4. Placing American Hegemony5. U.S. Constitutionalism or Marketplace Society?6. Globalizing American Hegemony7. The New Global Economy8. Globalization Comes Home9. ConclusionNotesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National
Book SynopsisDebates have swirled around the question of national forgiveness for the past fifty years. Using two examples-the land claims of the Oneida Indians and the claims for reparations to Japanese Americans interned during World War II-Brian Weiner suggests a way of thinking about national misdeeds. Arguing beyond collective \u0022innocence\u0022 or \u0022guilt,\u0022 Sins of the Parents offers a model of collective responsibility to deal with past wrongs in such a way as to reinvigorate our notion of citizenship. Drawing upon the writings of Abraham Lincoln and Hannah Arendt, Weiner offers a definition of political responsibility that at once defines citizenship and sidesteps the familial, racial, and ethnic questions that often ensnare debates about national apologies. An original contribution to political theory and practice, Sins of the Parents will become a much discussed contribution in the debate about what it is to be an American.Trade Review"Sins of the Parents grapples with the problem of intergenerational responsibility in the context of American political history. It is a work that is sensitive to the contested uses of the past, sophisticated in its deployment of an Arendtian vision of forgiveness, and unabashed in its project of expanding our conception of citizenship."-P.E. Digeser, author of Political ForgivenessTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Past Wrongs, Present Responsibilities?1. The Promises of Great Nations: The Oneida Land Claims Cases2. Explaining (away) The Misdeeds of Political Ancestors: The Civil Liberties Act of 19883. The Birth and Death of Political Memories4. The Political Responsibilities of Citizens5. The Political Promise and Limitations of National ApologiesConclusion: Citizenship in the Shadows of MisdeedsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families
Book SynopsisExamines the obstacles to economic mobility for low- and increasingly middle-income familiesTrade Review"This book is highly recommended, and its in-depth treatment of the historical and social context of concentrated poverty and policy alternatives would make it particularly useful in a graduate seminar...The editors have done a remarkable job of putting together a volume in which each chapter seems to build on the examples and policy recommendations of the others. Rather than being an assortment of articles on a theme, the chapters together create a 'collective wisdom' of community economic development." -Journal of American Ethnic HistoryTable of Contents1: Are Jobs Enough for Economic Mobility?; 2: From the Old to the New Economic Mobility; 3: The Parents: Their Backgrounds, Lives and Locations; 4: The Children: Their Lives and Worlds; 5: Workforce Development: Systems and Networks; 6: Yesterday's Firms and Today's Families: Connects and Disconnects with Michelle Belliveau; 7: Children's Schools, Parents' Work and Policy: Alignment and Misalignment; 8: Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward an Agenda for Family Economic Mobility
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Temple University Press,U.S. Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains, And The
Book SynopsisThe role of Africa in the global economy is changing as a result of new corporate strategies, changing international trade regulation and innovative ways of overseeing the globalized production and distribution of goods. African participants in the global economy are facing demands for higher levels of performance and quality. Their responses have generated the occasional success but also many failures. Noted researchers Peter Gibbon and Stefano Ponte describe the central processes that are at the same time integrating some into the global economy while marginalizing others. They show the effects of these processes on African countries, farms and firms through an innovative combination of Global Value Chain analysis and Convention Theory. In doing so, the authors present a timely overview of the economic challenges that lay ahead in Africa and point to ways to best address them.Trade Review"This is an exceptionally important piece of work. It simultaneously achieves a number of important objectives. The first is to situate Africa-typically seen in terms of marginalization-centrally on the landscape of specific post-adjustment forms of globalization and its impact. Second, it performs an important empirical service by providing an account of the new high value sectors (which extends beyond Africa of course). Third, it links convention theory with global value chains (as part of a project that rethinks the political economy of contemporary forms of capitalism). And all of this through a careful analysis of forms of governance and regulation and the ways in which quality and value are now central to the 'new' economy."-Michael Watts, Chancellor's Professor of Geography and Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley "Trading Down makes new, original, and creative contributions to understanding obstacles to African economic development. With detailed treatment of sub-Saharan Africa's role in global value chains-placing African performance squarely within the context of global capitalism-the authors bring much insight to a problem (weak African economic performance) that still cries out for new ideas. The combination of theoretical sophistication and detailed case knowledge is very impressive."-William Milberg, Associate Professor of Economics, New School UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. The Age of Global CapitalismEconomic Globalization * Corporate Financialization and Shareholder Value * Saturated Markets and Oligopolistic * Rent Seeking * Buyer Power and Strategic Outsourcing * Supplier Adjustment in the World of Category * Management * Conclusion2. The New International Trade RegimeTrends in Africa's International Trade * The International Trade Regime Prior to WTO * The New International Trade Regime * Conclusion3. Global Value Chain (GVC) AnalysisMain Features * Governance * Upgrading * Conclusion4. The Rise of Buyer-Driven Global Value Chains in AfricaThe Rise of Buyer-Driven Chains * Main Actors in, and Configurations of, Selected Global Value Chains * Formal Regulatory Frameworks and Historical Changes in GVC Governance * Strategies of Lead Firms * Chain Driving? * Conclusion5. Entry Barriers, Marginalization, and UpgradingEntry Barriers for First- and Second-Tier Suppliers * Marginalization and Exclusion * Upgrading * Conclusion6. Quality Standards, Conventions, and the Governance of Global Value ChainsQuality in Economic Analysis * Convention Theory * Quality, Entry Barriers, and Governance in GVCs: Empirical Evidence from Africa * Conventions and the Governance of Global Value Chains * Conclusion7. Trading Down?Africa, Value Chains, and the Global Economy * Trading Down? * GVC Analysis and Future Research DirectionsNotesReferencesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains, And The
Book SynopsisThe role of Africa in the global economy is changing as a result of new corporate strategies, changing international trade regulation and innovative ways of overseeing the globalized production and distribution of goods. African participants in the global economy are facing demands for higher levels of performance and quality. Their responses have generated the occasional success but also many failures. Noted researchers Peter Gibbon and Stefano Ponte describe the central processes that are at the same time integrating some into the global economy while marginalizing others. They show the effects of these processes on African countries, farms and firms through an innovative combination of Global Value Chain analysis and Convention Theory. In doing so, the authors present a timely overview of the economic challenges that lay ahead in Africa and point to ways to best address them.Trade Review"This is an exceptionally important piece of work. It simultaneously achieves a number of important objectives. The first is to situate Africa-typically seen in terms of marginalization-centrally on the landscape of specific post-adjustment forms of globalization and its impact. Second, it performs an important empirical service by providing an account of the new high value sectors (which extends beyond Africa of course). Third, it links convention theory with global value chains (as part of a project that rethinks the political economy of contemporary forms of capitalism). And all of this through a careful analysis of forms of governance and regulation and the ways in which quality and value are now central to the 'new' economy."-Michael Watts, Chancellor's Professor of Geography and Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley "Trading Down makes new, original, and creative contributions to understanding obstacles to African economic development. With detailed treatment of sub-Saharan Africa's role in global value chains-placing African performance squarely within the context of global capitalism-the authors bring much insight to a problem (weak African economic performance) that still cries out for new ideas. The combination of theoretical sophistication and detailed case knowledge is very impressive."-William Milberg, Associate Professor of Economics, New School UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. The Age of Global CapitalismEconomic Globalization * Corporate Financialization and Shareholder Value * Saturated Markets and Oligopolistic * Rent Seeking * Buyer Power and Strategic Outsourcing * Supplier Adjustment in the World of Category * Management * Conclusion2. The New International Trade RegimeTrends in Africa's International Trade * The International Trade Regime Prior to WTO * The New International Trade Regime * Conclusion3. Global Value Chain (GVC) AnalysisMain Features * Governance * Upgrading * Conclusion4. The Rise of Buyer-Driven Global Value Chains in AfricaThe Rise of Buyer-Driven Chains * Main Actors in, and Configurations of, Selected Global Value Chains * Formal Regulatory Frameworks and Historical Changes in GVC Governance * Strategies of Lead Firms * Chain Driving? * Conclusion5. Entry Barriers, Marginalization, and UpgradingEntry Barriers for First- and Second-Tier Suppliers * Marginalization and Exclusion * Upgrading * Conclusion6. Quality Standards, Conventions, and the Governance of Global Value ChainsQuality in Economic Analysis * Convention Theory * Quality, Entry Barriers, and Governance in GVCs: Empirical Evidence from Africa * Conventions and the Governance of Global Value Chains * Conclusion7. Trading Down?Africa, Value Chains, and the Global Economy * Trading Down? * GVC Analysis and Future Research DirectionsNotesReferencesIndex
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. Courts Liberalism And Rights: Gay Law And
Book SynopsisIn the courts, the best chance for achieving a broad set of rights for gays and lesbians lies with judges who view liberalism as grounded in an expansion of rights rather than a constraint of government activity. At a time when most gay and lesbian politics focuses only on the issue of gay marriage, Courts, Liberalism, and Rights guides readers through a nuanced discussion of liberalism, court rulings on sodomy laws and same-sex marriage, and the comparative progress gays and lesbians have made via the courts in Canada. As debates continue about the ability of courts to affect social change, Jason Pierceson argues that this is possible. He claims that the greatest opportunity for reform via the judiciary exists when a judiciary with broad interpretive powers encounters a political culture that endorses a form of liberalism based on broadly conceived individual rights; not a negative set of rights to be held against the state, but a set of rights that recognizes the inherent dignity and worth of every individual.Trade Review"Courts, Liberalism, and Rights is passionate scholarship at its best. It is a thoughtful defense of judicial activism to protect the inherent dignity and worth of every individual. This book should be required reading for every member of Congress and the Executive Branch concerned about 'judicial activism.'"-Michael Mello, Vermont Law School, and author of Legalizing Gay Marriage "Pierceson has written an engaging book that should appeal to a broad array of readers. It lucidly explores issues of public law, comparative politics, political culture, liberal political theory, and institutionalism."-Evan Gerstmann, Loyola Marymount University "This is an excellent analysis of many of the legal issues dealing with sodomy and same-sex marriages, and helps to explain why they have developed in the way that they have. The material is theoretically rich and grounded in diverse literature."-Richard Pacelle, Georgia Southern UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. U.S. Federal Courts and Gay Rights: A History of Hesitancy3. Liberalism and Gay Politics: Rights and Their Critics4. Toward a Better Liberalism5. Sodomy Laws, Courts, and Liberalism6. Lessons from Continued Sodomy Adjudication7. Courts and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: Hawaii and Alaska8. Courts and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: Vermont9. Developments after Vermont: An Evolving Jurisprudence and Its Backlash10. Canada: Rethinking Courts, Rights, and Liberalism11. Courts, Social Change, and the Power of Legal Liberalism12. ConclusionNotesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and Democratic Tensions in Urban Education
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the trend toward increased mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studiesTrade Review"I believe that Chambers' book will make a tremendous contribution to the current and future debates about urban school reform. The focus on two important US cities will make it a must read for those interested in urban politics. The focus on minority incorporation will draw readers interested in race and American politics. Finally, Chambers' focus on urban school reform will make this book of interest to those who care about the state of America's urban school systems." Marion Orr, Department of Political Science, Brown University "Timely and nuanced...Chambers' book is notable for its attention to historical context and its balanced presentation of competing evidence." Urban Affairs ReviewTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction1. School Reform in Two American CitiesPart II. The Politics of School Reform and Minority Political Empowerment2. Big-City Mayors and the Politics of School Reform; 3. Innovation and Reaction in the Politics of School Reform: Chicago; 4. The Politics of School Reform in the "Comeback City": ClevelandPart III. Measuring Success in Education Reform5. Responsiveness and Community Incorporation; 6. Administrative Accountability to Minority Issues; 7. Reform and Measuring Student ImprovementPart IV. Mayoral Control in Perspective8. Mayoral Control in Perspective
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Temple University Press,U.S. Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization, and
Book SynopsisA fresh, responsible approach to addressing undocumented Mexican migration through substantial investment in Mexico's infrastructure and economyTrade Review"In this broad, comprehensive overview, Hing packages and re-packages ongoing debates about the forces that impel Mexican migrants to move northward... What makes the book special is the way Hing builds Canada (a NAFTA beneficiary) and Ireland into the puzzle of optimal and ethical policy strategies... Summing Up: Recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: A Time to Think Broadly 1. The NAFTA Effect 2. Revolutionary Mexico: A Brief Economic and Political History 3. Canadian Stability and Responsibility 4. The European Union Strategy 5. Celtic Tiger: The Irish Example 6. The Failed Enforcement Approach: "There Ain't No Reason to Treat Them Like Animals" 7. Contemplating North American Integration and Other Alternatives Epilogue: The Ethical Border: Thinking Outside the (Big) Box Notes Bibliography Index
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Inter-American Development Bank Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics
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University Press of Mississippi Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social
Book SynopsisWho changed Bob Marley's famous peace-and-love anthem into ""Come to Jamaica and feel all right""? When did the Rastafarian fighting white colonial power become the smiling Rastaman spreading beach towels for American tourists? Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest music, Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control traces the history and rise of reggae and the story of how an island nation commandeered the music to fashion an image and entice tourists. Visitors to Jamaica are often unaware that reggae was a revolutionary music rooted in the suffering of Jamaica's poor. Rastafarians were once a target of police harassment and public condemnation. Now the music is a marketing tool, and the Rastafarians are no longer a ""violent counterculture"" but an important symbol of Jamaica's new cultural heritage. This book attempts to explain how the Jamaican establishment's strategies of social control influenced the evolutionary direction of both the music and the Rastafarian movement. From 1959 to 1971, Jamaica's popular music became identified with the Rastafarians, a social movement that gave voice to the country's poor black communities. In response to this challenge, the Jamaican government banned politically controversial reggae songs from the airwaves and jailed or deported Rastafarian leaders. Yet when reggae became internationally popular in the 1970s, divisions among Rastafarians grew wider, spawning a number of pseudo-Rastafarians who embraced only the external symbolism of this worldwide religion. Exploiting this opportunity, Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Michael Manley, brought Rastafarian political imagery and themes into the mainstream. Eventually, reggae and Rastafari evolved into Jamaica's chief cultural commodities and tourist attractions. Stephen A. King is associate professor of speech communication at Delta State University. His work has been published in the Howard Journal of Communications, Popular Music and Society, and The Journal of Popular Culture.
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University Press of Mississippi Striking Performances/Performing Strikes
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WW Norton & Co The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation—the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments—that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" (The Atlantic), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the south to the north. As Jane Jacobs established in her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, it was the deeply flawed urban planning of the 1950s that created many of the impoverished neighborhoods we know. Now, Rothstein expands our understanding of this history, showing how government policies led to the creation of officially segregated public housing and the demolition of previously integrated neighborhoods. While urban areas rapidly deteriorated, the great American suburbanization of the post–World War II years was spurred on by federal subsidies for builders on the condition that no homes be sold to African Americans. Finally, Rothstein shows how police and prosecutors brutally upheld these standards by supporting violent resistance to black families in white neighborhoods. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited future discrimination but did nothing to reverse residential patterns that had become deeply embedded. Yet recent outbursts of violence in cities like Baltimore, Ferguson, and Minneapolis show us precisely how the legacy of these earlier eras contributes to persistent racial unrest. “The American landscape will never look the same to readers of this important book” (Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund), as Rothstein’s invaluable examination shows that only by relearning this history can we finally pave the way for the nation to remedy its unconstitutional past.Trade Review"A powerful and disturbing history of residential segregation in America . . . One of the great strengths of Rothstein’s account is the sheer weight of evidence he marshals. . . . While the road forward is far from clear, there is no better history of this troubled journey than ‘The Color of Law.’" -- David Oshinsky - New York Times Book Review"Masterful…The Rothstein book gathers meticulous research showing how governments at all levels long employed racially discriminatory policies to deny blacks the opportunity to live in neighborhoods with jobs, good schools and upward mobility." -- Jared Bernstein - Washington Post"Essential…Rothstein persuasively debunks many contemporary myths about racial discrimination….Only when Americans learn a common—and accurate—history of our nation’s racial divisions, he contends, will we then be able to consider steps to fulfill our legal and moral obligations. For the rest of us, still trying to work past 40 years of misinformation, there might not be a better place to start than Rothstein’s book." -- Rachel M. Cohen - Slate"Rothstein’s work should make everyone, all across the political spectrum, reconsider what it is we allow those in power to do in the name of 'social harmony' and 'progress' with more skepticism…The Color of Law shows what happens when Americans lose their natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or in the case of African-Americans, when there are those still waiting to receive them in full." -- Carl Paulus - American Conservative"Virtually indispensable… I can only implore anyone interested in understanding the depth of the problem to read this necessary book." -- Don Rose - Chicago Daily Observer"Rothstein’s comprehensive and engrossing book reveals just how the U.S. arrived at the ‘systematic racial segregation we find in metropolitan areas today,’ focusing in particular on the role of government. . . . This compassionate and scholarly diagnosis of past policies and prescription for our current racial maladies shines a bright light on some shadowy spaces." -- Publishers Weekly [starred review]"The Color of Law should be required reading for every American student… What an amazing accomplishment and what a contribution to restorative justice. Truly a tour de force, and exceptionally moving." -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor of Columbia University and author of The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions"Through meticulous research and powerful human stories, Rothstein reveals a history of racism hiding in plain sight and compels us to confront the consequences of the intentional, decades-long governmental policies that created a segregated America." -- Sherrilyn A. Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund"Original and insightful…The central premise of [Rothstein’s] argument…is that the Supreme Court has failed for decades to understand the extent to which residential racial segregation in our nation is not the result of private decisions by private individuals, but is the direct product of unconstitutional government action. The implications of his analysis are revolutionary." -- Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Sex and the Constitution"Masterful…Rothstein documents the deep historical roots and the continuing practices in law and social custom that maintain a profoundly un-American system holding down the nation’s most disadvantaged citizens." -- Thomas B. Edsall, author of The Age of Austerity"This wonderful, important book could not be more timely…With its clarity and breadth, the book is literally a page-turner." -- Florence Roisman, William F. Harvey Professor of Law, Indiana University"One of those rare books that will be discussed and debated for many decades. Based on careful analyses of multiple historical documents, Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation." -- Wiliam Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged"At once analytical and passionate, The Color of Law discloses why segregation has persisted, even deepened, in the post–civil rights era, and thoughtfully proposes how remedies might be pursued. A must-read." -- Ira Katznelson, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Fear Itself
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Great Power Competition and the Path to
Book SynopsisA close examination of the competing influences of the West and Russia over the fate of democracy in Georgia and other former Soviet bloc nations Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly formed transitional regimes took up the challenging task of democratization, a task that was complicated by competition between great world powers over the future of such regimes. This book explores the effects and implications of competition between Russia and Western nations, with specific reference to democratization in the case of Georgia. In doing so, it challenges the conventional wisdom that competition between promoters of democracy and autocracy reduces the effectiveness of efforts toward democracy. Using the compelling example of Georgia, author Zarina Burkadze argues that great power competition may distribute political power in a way that causes a democratic regime to emerge, supporting her argument with evidence from an impressive array of archival sources as well as from sixty-six interviews with state officials, opposition leaders, foreign diplomats, media and nongovernmental representatives, and other experts. While the case study of Georgia is the central concern of the narrative, the book's final chapter provides an important cross-case comparison of democratization efforts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine.Table of ContentsPreface Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: The Puzzle of Georgian Democratization Chapter 1: Autocracy and Democracy in Georgia: What Made the Difference? Chapter 2: Democratization without Great Power Competition, 1991-1993 Chapter 3: Pluralizing Geopolitical Space, 1993-2003 Chapter 4: The Dictatorship of Democrats, 2003-2012 Chapter 5 Democratic Arrival? 2012-2020 Chapter 6: Democracies In-Between Conclusion Appendix I Bibliography Index
£76.50
AU Press A Sales Tax for Alberta: Why and How
Book SynopsisThe days of buoyant capital investment, jobs, and wealth are passing Alberta by as the boom-and-bust cycle runs its course and the global climate crisis becomes more acute. As the province scrambles to boost the dying oil economy and curb spending, one solution is all but ignored – a sales tax. In this collection, Alberta scholars and policy experts map out why and how a provincial sales tax should and can be implemented.Drawing on policy analysis, recent history, personal experiences, and conversations with Albertans, former politicians, and senior public servants, contributors build a decisive case for why a sales tax is a more efficient tax than corporate or personal income taxes. They examine energy revenues, household incomes, and political support as well as opportunities for improving democracy and reducing the volatility of government revenues. Finally, this volume offers recommendations on structuring a consultative review process to improve Alberta’s long-term fiscal sustainability.
£24.29
University of Manitoba Press Stored in the Bones: Safeguarding Indigenous
Book SynopsisA new tool for preserving Indigenous cultural heritagesIntangible cultural heritage (ICH) consists of community-based practices, knowledges, and customs that are inherited and passed down through generations. While ICH has always existed, a legal framework for its protection only emerged in 2003 with the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In Stored in the Bones, Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville details her work with Anishinaabeg and Inninuwag harvesters to showcase their cultural heritage elements and to provide a new discourse for the promotion and transmition of Indigenous ICH.The book focuses on lived experiences of the akiwenziyag and kitayatisuk (“men of the land” in Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe and Inninumowin/Cree, respectively). These men shared their dibaajimowinan “life stories” and living heritage—from putting down tobacco to tending traplines—with Pawłowska-Mainville during her fifteen years in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Illustrating the importance of ICH recognition, Pawłowska-Mainville describes her experience with the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission regarding the impacts of the Keeyask hydro development and her documentation of the Pimachiowin Aki UNESCO World Heritage Site. By performing and transmitting their living heritage, the akiwenziyag and kitayatisuk are, in the words of Richard Morrison, “doing what they are supposed to: “energizing and strengthening their bones as they walk this Earth.” Providing practical ways to safeguard ICH, Pawłowska-Mainville demonstrates that discursive frameworks for living heritage can assist communities in connecting youth with their ancestors and preserving their knowledge and practices for future generations.Stored in the Bones enriches discussions of treaty rights, land claims, and environmental and cultural policy. Presenting an international framework that may be used to advance community interests in dealings with provincial or federal governments, the study offers a pathway for Indigenous peoples to document knowledge that is “stored in the bones.”Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Living Heritage Chapter 2: Intangible Heritage Chapter 3: “The last one to know” Chapter 4: “‘Clean energy,’ they say” Chapter 5: “The land will stand for you” Conclusion Appendix 1 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventorying Card Appendix 2 Inventory Guidelines Appendix 3 Useful Resources Abbreviations Glossary of Anishinaabemowin and Inninumowin Terms Bibliography Notes Index
£22.36
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Justice and Federalism
Book SynopsisWithin the United States, minority and low-income communities currently bear a disproportionate amount of risk associated with pollution and other harmful environmental practices. The environmental justice movement is working to change this fact, promoting the fair and non-discriminatory treatment of all people with respect to environmental issues, policies, and regulations. This fascinating and timely volume explores the relationship between environmental justice and the government, offering a comprehensive introduction to the legal, economic, and philosophical concerns involved in pursuing environmental justice goals within a federalist system.The authors discuss two case studies in their investigation of the complex interactions between environmental justice and government. These analyses offer a comprehensive view of both the siting and regulation of polluting activities, as well as a discussion of the effects on major natural resources such as clean air and drinking water. In each case, the authors both describe current government responses to the problem and offer specific recommendations regarding what actions should be taken in the future.This authoritative book will make an invaluable addition to courses in environmental law and policy. Professionals and policymakers working in disciplines such as law, economics, environmental science, philosophy and political science will also find this a comprehensive and critical reference.Contents: Preface 1. Federalism and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice 2. Establishing an EJ Claim of Disparate-Impact Discrimination 3. Clean Air, EJ, and Facility Siting in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area 4. Environmental Justice and Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience 5. Environmental Federalism and Addressing EJ Concerns 6. Community Involvement and Substantive Environmental Justice 7. Environmental Justice in the U.S.: Looking Ahead References AppendicesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Federalism and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice 2. Establishing an EJ Claim of Disparate-Impact Discrimination 3. Clean Air, EJ, and Facility Siting in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area 4. Environmental Justice and Enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience 5. Environmental Federalism and Addressing EJ Concerns 6. Community Involvement and Substantive Environmental Justice 7. Environmental Justice in the US: Looking Ahead Appendices References Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy in Action: Perspectives on the
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive textbook explores the policy process from a multitude of perspectives, including rationalism, culturalism, institutionalism and from a political point of view. This allows students to discover key concepts from the policy science literature and gain a deeper understanding of how public policy is discussed academically and shaped empirically. Public Policy in Action gives a detailed breakdown of all stages of the policy process by discussing the emergence of policy problems affecting the agenda, the formulation of policy alternatives, the decision-making process, the implementation of policies and the progression to evaluation, learning and policy change. The authors also outline the sets of factors which influence the steps of the policy process internally and externally. The book is supported by a wide variety of case studies from a number of national and international contexts of relevance to an international audience. Key features include: Up-to-date review of the literature on the policy process Coverage on all key elements of the policy cycle Insight into the complexity of policy making in practice Multiple perspectives of the policy process Critical reflections on the roles of policy analysts Multiple case studies including water management, migration and social policies. This extensive and detailed textbook will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and masters students of public policy, policy analysis and public administration, by providing an insight into the complexity of policy making in the real world.Trade Review'The field of policy studies has long been characterized by rather narrow empirical perspectives. In more recent years, however, there has been a flurry of theoretical orientations that have sought to reorient the field in ways that speak to contemporary policy realities. By focusing on the differences and intersections between four competing perspectives - rational, political, institutional, and cultural - Public Policy in Action offers a useful framework that helps to move the field forward.' --Frank Fischer, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Politics and Policies in a Changing World 2. Four Perspectives on the Policy Process 3. Policy Problems and Agenda Setting 4. Policy Formulation: Development, Steering, Instruments and Decision-Making 5. Policy Implementation 6. Evaluating Public Policy 7. Policy Dynamics: Learning, Change and Innovation 8. The Reflective Policy Maker Index
£134.00
