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Cornell University Press Postcommunist Welfare States Reform Politics in
Book SynopsisCook explores the politics and policy of social welfare from 1990 to 2004 in the Russian Federation, Poland, Hungary, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.Trade Review"Linda J. Cook is the leading expert on the subject of welfare state policies and politics in Russia and in the postcommunist sphere more generally. In Postcommunist Welfare States, she argues that political, rather than economic or social, factors determine the effectiveness of policy reforms. Her detailed discussion of a wide range of social policies is a tremendous asset and makes this book a valuable and lasting resource."—Thomas Remington, Emory University"In Postcommunist Welfare States, Linda J. Cook offers an innovative application of welfare state theory to explain the variable trajectories of welfare states in Russia and the other postcommunist states of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Her mastery of the political economic contexts and experiences as well as social policy changes in these systems is impressive."—Duane Swank, Marquette UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Welfare States and Postcommunist Transitions 1. Old Welfare State Structures and Reform Strategies 2. Non-negotiated Liberalization: Decentralizing Russia's Welfare State and Moving It Off-Budget 3. Contested Liberalization: Russia’s Politics of Polarization and Informalization 4. Welfare Reform in Putin’s Russia: Negotiating Liberalization within the Elite 5. Comparing Postcommunist Welfare Politics in Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, and Belarus Conclusion: Negotiating Welfare in Democratic and Authoritarian Transitions
£23.39
Cornell University Press International Governance
Book SynopsisHow can the global environment be safeguarded in the absence of a world government? In the vanguard of efforts to address this critical question, Oran R. Young draws on environmental issues to explore the nature of international governance. Young''s analysis invokes the distinction between governance, a social function involving the management of interdependent individuals or groups, and government, a set of formal organizations that makes and enforces rules.Trade ReviewAny reader interested in gaining an understanding of international cooperation, and especially why states have joined together frequently during the past few decades to address environmental problems, will find this a worthwhile book. -- Donald R. Rothwell, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney * Arctic *
£32.30
Cornell University Press A Moments Notice
Book SynopsisFocusing on the problem of time—the paradox of time's apparent universality and cultural relativity—Carol J. Greenhouse develops an original ethnographic account of our present moment, the much-heralded postmodern condition, which is at the same time a reflexive analysis of ethnography itself.Trade ReviewGreenhouse moves from the idea that perceptions of time and what time plans are culturally specific to the idea that cultural notions of time are linked to cultural notions about how the world works, or 'agency.' She includes discussions of the anthropological theories of time and their relationship to beliefs about death, a critique of the notion of social structure, and case studies that show the relationship of official assumptions of time-as-history to the responses of state elites toward challenges brought against them from below. These challenges to state legitimacy arise from the increasing diversity of populations within the state. The illustrative cases cover a wide range: the late-20th-century US, China 2,300 years ago, and early-16th-century Mexico. They show that official views of time and history are important in establishing and maintaining political legitimacy. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface IntroductionPart I 1. Time, Life, and Society 2. Relative Time and the Limits of Law 3. Agency and AuthorityPart II 4. Time and Territory in Ancient China 5. Time and Sovereignty in Aztec Mexico 6. Time, Life, and Law in the United StatesConclusion: Postmodemity This TimeNotes References Index
£31.50
Cornell University Press The Personal President
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lowi's writing style is seductive and his argument extremely persuasive. He addresses the concerns which most scholars have regarding the modern presidency, but he weaves those questions into a framework which reminds us that the office reflects the kind of political regime now in existence. This book... should be required reading for all students, undergraduate and graduate, who want to understand the historic transformation represented by The Personal President.""Mr. Lowi shrewdly describes the Presidency as an increasingly 'plebiscitary' office. Its occupant uses television and polls to commune directly with the masses.... He gives a fascinating reading of the founders' intentions regarding the Presidency." -- Hendrik Hertzberg, New York Times Book Review
£25.19
Johns Hopkins University Press The American Presidency
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£24.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisA rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroductionEditorial MethodAcknowldgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsMembers of the House of RepresentativesMembers of the SenateSubjects Debated in the House of RepresentativesSubjects Debated in the SenateAppointees to Office During the Second SessionCorrespondence: Second SessionOctober 1789November 1789December 1789January 1790Febuary 17901-14 March 1790
£102.15
Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisA rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press.Trade ReviewThis series is a rich source of information and scholarship for historians, educators, and students studying early U.S. political history and the early members of Congress. -- Jack Ray American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsCorrespondence: Second SessionsJuly 1790August 1790September 1790October 1790Residences of MembersNew York City Weather ChartsBiographical GazetteerSecond Session House BillsSecond Session Senate BillsIndex
£96.48
Johns Hopkins University Press Explaining Foreign Policy U.S. DecisionMaking in
Book SynopsisThoroughly updated with a new preface and a chapter on the 2003 Iraq War, Explaining Foreign Policy, already widely used in courses, will continue to be of interest to students and scholars of foreign policy, international relations, and related fields.Trade Review"Rarely does one find a book that both thoroughly presents a theoretical framework and then actually tests that framework against reality by the vigorous use of history. Steve Yetiv... has done a remarkably good job of balancing both elements in a new study of US decision-making in the first Persian Gulf War." (Perspectives on Political Science) "An important approach to analyzing complex foreign policy decision-making." (Comparative Strategy) "An impressive foreign-policy analysis of US decision-making in the Persian Gulf War... A well-researched and highly readable book." (Political Studies Review)"Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The United States, Iraq, and the Crisis: Some Background2. The Rational Actor Model3. A Cognitive Compass: Analogies at Work4. Constructing the Threat: Saddam the Global Menace5. Elements of Groupthink on the Road to War6. Government Politics: Not Much, Actually7. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Evaluating the Perspectives8. Threading the Tale9. Tackling Puzzles and Developing Theory10. Understanding Government Behavior: Integrating Process, Choice, and Outcome11. Invading Iraq12. Beyond the Gulf: Foreign Policy and World PoliticsAppendix: Core InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.50
Stanford University Press Critical Elections and Congressional Policy
Book SynopsisThis text examines the House of Representatives during three periods of policy innovations: the Civil War, the 1890's and the New Deal. The author asserts that critical elections create conditions in the House that enable the majority party to legislate significant policy changes.Table of ContentsContents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appendix:
£22.49
Stanford University Press The Army and Politics in Argentina 196273 From
Book SynopsisThis is the third and concluding volume of a study of the political role of the Argentine Army since 1928. The author's draws information from private archives of key military men, together with data obtained from interviews with both civilians and military men.Trade Review"The third in Potash's study of the Argentine military, this book is of the same high calibre as the previous volumes. Potash's intelligence, his skill as a historian, his unique access to the key actors in the drama, and the importance of the subject make the three-volume study an outstanding contribution to the literature."—Samuel L. Baily, Rutgers University"The publication of this volume completes Potash's definitive trilogy of the Argentine army and its involvement in that nation's political life from 1928 to 1973. . . . It provides a wealth of detail that reveals the extraordinary complexity of the topic, times, and personalities. . . . An important book, with unrivaled sources and judicious conclusions."—History
£60.30
Stanford University Press Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design
Book SynopsisThis book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control.Trade Review"Lewis does an excellent job of carefully analyzing the interactive effects of divided government, partisan majorities, and presidential approval." -- Perspectives on Politics" . . . [A] highly impressive, well-written study of how agencies in the federal bureaucracy are designed . . ." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Lewis has written a book that provides theoretical fodder for scholars in a variety of different fields. This is an excellent book on agency design, but it aso tells us a great deal about the separation of powers, the continuing struggle between the president and Congress over policy hegemony, and political control of the bureaucracy. It also is an important work on the institutional presidency. . . . As such this is an important work that will be widely cited and almost assuredly will be the basis for continuing research. . . This is an extremely important work that should have a major impact on the study of presidential-congressional and presidential-bureaucratic relations." -- Journal of Politics"...Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design is simply one of the finest scholarly treatises on U.S. executive politics to be published during the past decade." -- Presidential Studies Quarterly
£91.80
MK - Stanford University Press Spending Without Taxation
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£52.20
Stanford University Press Whats Law Got to Do With It
Book SynopsisThis volume offers perspectives from political scientists, legal scholars, and practicing judges as they seek to answer the question of how much law actually has to do with judicial behavior and decision-making, and what it means for society at large.Trade Review"Geyh (associate dean for research and John F. Kimberling professor of law, Indiana Univ. School of Law) is well qualified to edit this reader about the interaction of law and politics in contemporary society. The contributors to this reader are among the very best scholars in the legal and political science realm. . . The writing is lively and easy to follow for the somewhat sophisticated reader. . . Highly recommended." -- R.A. Carp * Choice *"Professor Charles Geyh has assembled leading thinkers in law and political science for a serious engagement with the complex role of law in legal decisionmaking. Readers will find these essays fascinating, thoughtful and sometimes infuriating, as conventional disciplinary wisdom is defended, modified and refuted. The result is a terrific text for for all students of the legal process." -- Mark A. Graber * University of Maryland *"This volume pulls together an excellent cast to examine one of the most intriguing and most difficult questions in the study of law and politics today—what role does law play in the job of judging? There is a lot to learn in the these pages, and this book does a fine job of pushing the conversation forward." -- Keith Whittington * Princeton University *"That political scientists and law professors bring distinct approaches to the study of judging is inevitable. That the two are mutually informative—not mutually exclusive—is just as undeniable, as this volume admirably demonstrates. What's Law Got to To With It? is a great read for anyone and everyone interested in the role of law and politics in the U.S. legal system." -- Lee Epstein * Northwestern University School of Law *"We know that judging involves judgment and not simply mechanics, but we're not sure how to think about that obvious fact. This fascinating interdisciplinary volume explores the permeable boundaries between law, politics, and policy to produce a rich portrait of the judicial function in all its dimensions." -- Linda Greenhouse, Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law * Yale Law School *
£98.60
Stanford University Press Whats Law Got to Do With It
Book SynopsisThis volume offers perspectives from political scientists, legal scholars, and practicing judges as they seek to answer the question of how much law actually has to do with judicial behavior and decision-making, and what it means for society at large.Trade Review"Geyh (associate dean for research and John F. Kimberling professor of law, Indiana Univ. School of Law) is well qualified to edit this reader about the interaction of law and politics in contemporary society. The contributors to this reader are among the very best scholars in the legal and political science realm. . . The writing is lively and easy to follow for the somewhat sophisticated reader. . . Highly recommended." -- R.A. Carp * Choice *"Professor Charles Geyh has assembled leading thinkers in law and political science for a serious engagement with the complex role of law in legal decisionmaking. Readers will find these essays fascinating, thoughtful and sometimes infuriating, as conventional disciplinary wisdom is defended, modified and refuted. The result is a terrific text for for all students of the legal process." -- Mark A. Graber * University of Maryland *"This volume pulls together an excellent cast to examine one of the most intriguing and most difficult questions in the study of law and politics today—what role does law play in the job of judging? There is a lot to learn in the these pages, and this book does a fine job of pushing the conversation forward." -- Keith Whittington * Princeton University *"That political scientists and law professors bring distinct approaches to the study of judging is inevitable. That the two are mutually informative—not mutually exclusive—is just as undeniable, as this volume admirably demonstrates. What's Law Got to To With It? is a great read for anyone and everyone interested in the role of law and politics in the U.S. legal system." -- Lee Epstein * Northwestern University School of Law *"We know that judging involves judgment and not simply mechanics, but we're not sure how to think about that obvious fact. This fascinating interdisciplinary volume explores the permeable boundaries between law, politics, and policy to produce a rich portrait of the judicial function in all its dimensions." -- Linda Greenhouse, Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law * Yale Law School *
£25.19
Stanford University Press Breaking Through the Noise
Book SynopsisThis book explores how presidential leadership of the public most typically occurs through leadership of the news media.Trade Review"Breaking Through the Noise marks an advance in the public presidency literature on several counts . . . Eshbaugh-Soha and Peake present a strong case that scholars working in the field of the public presidency need to devote more attention to agenda setting."—Bruce Miroff, Congress & the Presidency"Important research on the 'public presidency' has been concerned with the extent to which and under what conditions American presidents respond to or lead (or manipulate) public opinion. This book is a useful addition to the recent ranks on this work. . . Nicely framed and organized. . . ."—Robert Y. Shapiro, Political Science Quarterly"The president's impact on the media is one of the great questions of presidential leadership. In Breaking Through the Noise, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey Peake make an important contribution to answering it by showing how the White House influences the media's—and ultimately the public's—policy agenda."—George C. Edwards III, Texas A&M University"Breaking Through the Noise expertly expands the debate about presidential leadership and responsiveness in a sophisticated way. Taking a critical next step in the study of the president's relationship with the public, this important book provides insight into the increasingly central, but not well understood, role the media play in the White House's connection with the public."—Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston"Breaking through the Noise is among the best recent scholarship on presidential leadership of and responsiveness to the American public and mass media. Eshbaugh-Soha and Peake rigorously develop their arguments both theoretically and empirically. As a result, this study will be important reading for future scholars of the presidency and democratic responsiveness."—B. Dan Wood, author of The Myth of Presidential Representation"This is a noteworthy addition to the presidential leadership literature. . . Highly recommended." —R. E. Dewhirst, Choice
£77.35
Stanford University Press Breaking Through the Noise
Book SynopsisThis book explores how presidential leadership of the public most typically occurs through leadership of the news media.Trade Review"Breaking Through the Noise marks an advance in the public presidency literature on several counts . . . Eshbaugh-Soha and Peake present a strong case that scholars working in the field of the public presidency need to devote more attention to agenda setting."—Bruce Miroff, Congress & the Presidency"Important research on the 'public presidency' has been concerned with the extent to which and under what conditions American presidents respond to or lead (or manipulate) public opinion. This book is a useful addition to the recent ranks on this work. . . Nicely framed and organized. . . ."—Robert Y. Shapiro, Political Science Quarterly"The president's impact on the media is one of the great questions of presidential leadership. In Breaking Through the Noise, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey Peake make an important contribution to answering it by showing how the White House influences the media's—and ultimately the public's—policy agenda."—George C. Edwards III, Texas A&M University"Breaking Through the Noise expertly expands the debate about presidential leadership and responsiveness in a sophisticated way. Taking a critical next step in the study of the president's relationship with the public, this important book provides insight into the increasingly central, but not well understood, role the media play in the White House's connection with the public."—Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston"Breaking through the Noise is among the best recent scholarship on presidential leadership of and responsiveness to the American public and mass media. Eshbaugh-Soha and Peake rigorously develop their arguments both theoretically and empirically. As a result, this study will be important reading for future scholars of the presidency and democratic responsiveness."—B. Dan Wood, author of The Myth of Presidential Representation"This is a noteworthy addition to the presidential leadership literature. . . Highly recommended." —R. E. Dewhirst, Choice
£20.89
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Freedoms Pragmatist Lyndon Johnson and Civil
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Winning While Losing
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£56.95
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Washingtons Government
Book SynopsisShows how George Washington's administration - the subject of remarkably little previous study - was both more dynamic and more uncertain than previously thought. As Americans debate the nature of good national governance two and a half centuries after the founding, this volume's insights appear timelier than ever.Trade ReviewGeorge Washington in 1783 saw a nation desperately in need of "a supreme power to regulate and govern the general concerns of the confederated Republic," a need that was met—on paper—with the Constitution of 1787. This important and insightful volume explores how those paper powers came to be transformed into a functioning federal government, one that could take on the many challenges facing the new American nation." —Kevin Butterfield, Washington Library at Mount Vernon, author of The Making of Tocqueville’s America: Law and Association in the Early United States"Washington’s Government brings together original scholarship on the Washington administration—an important yet oddly neglected topic. The scholarship is fresh and imaginative, and the writing is clear and accessible." —Richard R. John, Columbia University, author of Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications
£36.05
University of Minnesota Press This Is Not Florida
Book SynopsisThe behind-the-scenes story of the historic Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate recount.Trade Review"Weiner provides a lively play-by-play of a recount that fascinated the state, if not the nation." —The New Yorker "Those who were pulling for Al Franken will enjoy this detailed account of how the 2008 Senate race in Minnesota and its subsequent recount contributed to the Democrats' total of 60 senators—the magic number needed to beat back a Republican filibuster. As nasty, ugly and unappealing as the battle between Franken and Norm Coleman was, watching the two sides explore every opportunity to pick up a vote or three in the post-election recount was just fascinating. No, it wasn't Florida, as the title suggests. The presidency was not at stake. And in that contest, the Democrats lost. But they won in Minnesota in the Great Recount of 2009. And if nothing else, the moral of the story is that every vote—every vote—counts." —Ken Rudin "Weiner’s lively description of the ins and outs of the recount battle will please election junkies, political scientists and political consultants." —Kirkus Reviews Table of ContentsContents Preface: How I Got Here Cast of Characters Prologue "Counsel, this is not Florida!" 1. Extra Innings "It's going to be really, really close." 2. Hunting for Ballots "Trust me, they fucked it up." 3. New Sheriff in Town "An eighty-four-year-old stroke victim" 4. The Count at the Table "Why would you ever want less information?" 5. Why Are We Even Here? "Really, Minnesota deserves better than this." 6. No Rubber Stamp "It would be unjust and disrespectful to those voters to not count those votes." 7. The Supremes Throw a Curve "We've never been able to figure out how they do their calculating." 8. Soldiering Ahead "We need to get this right." 9. Reinforcements Arrive "I have been brought in apparently as the pretty face." 10. Pulling a 180 "I'm somewhat speechless and amazed." 11. Stepping on a Rake "I'm not familiar with all of the details." 12. Friday the Thirteenth "Welcome to the quagmire." 13. Mastering the Data "This is a major lift . . . This is a lot of bodies." 14. The Human Element "You're going to have some errors in the process." 15. Thumbs Up "I do." Epilogue Acknowledgments Key Moments That Shaped the Recount Notes Index
£18.99
University of Minnesota Press The Contest
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Michael Schumacher’s The Contest is a brilliant revisiting of the 1968 presidential election, which forever changed America and the world. Every page sparkles with historical wisdom, clear-headed analysis, and fresh facts. Out of all the books I’ve read on the 1968 election, this is the very best. Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite"Michael Schumacher has brought to life a presidential campaign for the ages. Comprehensive and deeply researched, here is an essential guide to the earth-shaking events and larger-than-life personalities of a year that lives on in history."—Roberta Walburn, author of Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice"Readers seeking an entertaining and informative study of the 1968 campaign would do well to start here."—Kirkus Reviews"A rigorously researched and detailed book that not only conveys all the volatility, rage, intrigue, and belief in the possibility of change that characterized the election of 1968 but provides a deeply human record of the lives of the powerful figures whose decisions would chart the course of history."—Foreword Reviews"This durable history underlines all the nuances for readers who lived it and showcases the period’s drama for readers new to one of the defining sagas of the ’60s."—Publishers Weekly"A fine choice as an introduction to the election and for those who enjoyed Lawrence O’Donnell’s Playing with Fire or Michael Cohen’s American Maelstrom."—Library Journal"It’s difficult to imagine a more compelling and comprehensive look at the 1968 election . . . and it’s impossible to read without noting the parallels between then and now, as a nation struggles to keep believing in itself."—Star Tribune
£15.19
The University of Alabama Press Unlikely Heroes
Book SynopsisAn account of how a handful of courageous federal judges used the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to complete the long-neglected task of Reconstruction.
£26.96
The University of Alabama Press Public Management Reform and Innovation Research Theory and Application
Book SynopsisThis text confronts questions public managers face in their efforts to meet demands of reform and innovation. It considers bureaucratic resistance, the dilemma faced when a reform agenda runs counter to the law, and the belief that improved management can remedy flawed policy.
£30.56
The University of Alabama Press Oscar W Underwood A Political Biography Library of Alabama Classics
Trade ReviewOscar Underwood deserves the careful details and candid assessment given him by Evans Johnson [as] the only man since Henry Clay to lead his party in both houses of Congress.... This book [is] a solid definitive study. - Journal of Southern History ""Faithfully reflects its subject, a skilled legislator.... The final chapter 'The Pattern of a Bourbon Elitist,' stands as an independent biographical essay and satisfactorily summarizes Underwood's career. A complete political biography."" - Alabama Review
£36.51
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Parliaments as Peacebuilders in ConflictAffected
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£24.65
University of Pittsburgh Press Researching the Presidency Vital Questions New Approaches Pitt Series in Policy Institutional Studies Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies
Book SynopsisThis collection views the recruitment and selection of presidential candidates, presidential personality, advisory networks, policy making, evaluations of presidents, and comparative analysis of chief executives.Trade ReviewProbably the best book ever written on the subject-an instant classic."" - David Canon, University of Wisconsin
£55.10
University of Pittsburgh Press Between The Branches The White House Office of Legislative Affairs White House Office of Leglislative Affairs Pitt Series in Policy Institutional Studies
Book SynopsisKenneth Collier traces the evolution of the methods the White House has developed to influence Congress over nine adminstrations.
£46.10
University of Pittsburgh Press Bureaucrats Politics And the Environment
Book SynopsisAn informative case study of how bureaucrats establish and enforce policy and law. By focusing on personnel from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment Department Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment puts a face on bureaucracy and provides an explanation for its actions.Trade ReviewA controversial, yet worthwhile contribution to the study of administrative politics.... Merits serious attention by scholars and practitioners interested in public administration, public policy, and American politics. - George A. Krause, University of South Carolina; ""Drives a stake through the heart of simplistic applications of agency theory and assumptions of budget-maximizing behavior while offering a far more sophisticated portrayal of the complex set of factors that shape regulation."" - Marc Allen Eisner, Wesleyan University
£35.00
University of Pittsburgh Press Exporting Congress The Influence of US Congress on World Legislatures
Book SynopsisDistinguished scholars detail the extent to which the US Congress has influenced democractic legislatures around the world, and the myriad factors involved in the diffusion of influence. Includes the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the European Parliament, plus new democracies in Latin America and Eastern Europe.
£37.95
Devon & Cornwall Record Society The Local Customs Accounts of the Port of Exeter
Book SynopsisExeter possesses the best series of local customs accounts from medieval England, beginning in 1266 and surviving for almost 70 per cent of the years up to 1498. They are also far more complete than other local accounts: listing ships' names, home ports, shipmasters and dates of arrival, as well as the importers and their cargoes. Equally remarkable is their focus on coastal as well as overseas traffic, unlike the better known national customs accounts which recorded only overseas trade. From the Exeter accounts we can follow the movements of foreign and domestic shipping, grain imports during the great Famine of 1315-17, and the identity of the merchants, shipmasters and marinerswho carried on the various kinds of trade.Dr Kowaleski's introduction provides the first detailed account of the port of Exeter and its activities during this period, followed by a complete translation of the surviving accounts from 1266 to 1321. The book also includes a specimen Latin account, a glossary of weights and measures, map, and full indexes.
£23.75
Edward Elgar Publishing Federalism in a Turbulent Era
Book SynopsisThis timely book surveys nine diverse federal systems and their responses to contemporary crises. Expert contributors argue that the dynamics of federal governance across a broad range of geographic, political, and developmental contexts can be revealed by investigating how they navigate distinct subnational, national and international challenges.
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Governance
Book SynopsisThis incisive Research Agenda for Governance draws together unique contributions from leading scholars to examine the two distinct models of governance: the traditional model, based on the state and exercise of control through law and bureaucracy, and an alternative model centred on the collaboration of public and private sector actors.Trade Review‘This is essential stuff for anyone interested in real processes of governance. If you want to understand how new forms of collaboration with citizens become intertwined with traditional modes of hierarchical governance – and in the challenges this poses for governance practices and governance research – this book is essential. It is also written in easily accessible language while simultaneously drawing on a very rich base of expert knowledge. A fascinating read!’ -- Thomas Schillemans, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Foundations for thinking about governance 2. State-centric governance 3. The rise of collaborative governance 4. Metagovernance 5. How does collaboration function in multilevel governance? 6. What is good governance and how good is it? 7. How collaborative governance can make political systems more democratic and effective 8. The promise, perils and pitfalls of digital governance 9. Is global governance possible? 10. Measuring governance 11. The quest for public innovation 12. Conclusion: the implications of control and collaboration in public governance Index
£31.30
Johns Hopkins University Press Building Coalitions Making Policy
Book SynopsisFocuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to a public policy course or a course on presidential leadership, and practitioners can learn from it too. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Getting Past No: Building Coalitions and Making Policy from Clinton to Bush to ObamaChapter 1. The Electoral Connection and the Dissonant Game of Coalition Building in an Era of Partisan PolicymakingChapter 2. Why LBJ Is Smiling: The Bush Administration, "Compassionate Conservatism," and No Child Left Behind Chapter 3. Splitting the Coalition: The Political Perils and Opportunities of Immigration Reform Chapter 4. Embracing the Third Rail? Social Security Politics from Clinton to ObamaChapter 5. The Bush Administration and the Politics of Medicare ReformChapter 6. A Solution for All Seasons: The Politics of Tax Reduction in the Bush AdministrationChapter 7. The Bush Administration and the Uses of Judicial PoliticsChapter 8. A Feint to the Center, a Move Backward: Bush's Clear Skies Initiative and the Politics of PolicymakingChapter 9. National Security, the Electoral Connection, and Policy Choice Chapter 10. The Dynamics of Presidential Policy Choice and PromotionChapter 11. Touching the Bases: Parties and Policymaking in the Twenty- First Century Chapter 12. Bush's "Our Crowd"Chapter 13. Politics, Elections, and PolicymakingList of ContributorsIndex
£53.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Securing the West
Book SynopsisBy 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic-particularly in Jacksonian America.Trade ReviewVan Atta's study of the multifaceted discussions taking place in Congress and throughout the nation provides a welcome level of sophistication, with implications for our understanding of nineteenth-century American governance far beyond the context of land policy. -- Stephen J. Rockwell H-SHEAR Solidly researched, well written, and cogently argued. -- Robert M. Owens Middle West Review ...[Securing the West] quite ably and engagingly synthesize[s] and present[s] the concerns of policy makers while avoiding what might have been a parade of subtly differing public land distribution bills. -- Tamara Venit Shelton The Journal of American History A compelling account of how this issue [of land] went to the heart of the competing, shifting visions Americans had of their new country and its future. American Historical Review Van Atta's emphasis on the social implications of the development of western land policies makes several important historiographic contributions... Most important, Van Atta's analysis of the larger moral and cultural nuances involved in western land politics further illustrates the significance of the region in the development of the United States. Register of the Kentucky Historical SocietyTable of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPrologue: "A Great Country, Populous and Mighty"1. "Republican Notions—and Utopian Schemes"2. An Embryo of Empire3. Rise of the Radical West4. "A World within Itself"5. Foot's Resolution and the "Great Debate"6. Whose West?—Alternative Visions7. "A Lawless Rabble"Epilogue: The West Secured?NotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£42.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisThis extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroductionEditorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsMembers of the House of RepresentativesMembers of the SenateSubjects Debated in the House of RepresentativesSubjects Debated in the SenateAppointees to Office during the Third SessionCORRESPONDENCEAccommodations for Congress at PhiladelphiaNovember 1790December 1790January 1791February 1791March 1791
£89.68
Johns Hopkins University Press Rethinking the Administrative Presidency
Book Synopsisjigsaws metaphor to stress his main point: that mutual support based on optimistic trust is a more effective managerial strategy than fragmentation founded on unsubstantiated distrust.Table of ContentsSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The "Black Box" of the Administrative Presidency2. Trust, Intellectual Capital, and the Administrative Presidency3. Connecting Trust to Intellectual Capital through the MultileveledEnvironment of the Executive Branch4. Appointee-Careerist Relations and Trickle-Down Trust5. Encapsulated Interest and Explicit Knowledge Exchange6. Rethinking the Administrative PresidencyNotesReferencesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Documentary History of the First Federal Congress
Book SynopsisThis extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsApril 1791–1848The Treaty of New York and Its AftermathThe Second Federal Election and Members of the First Houseof RepresentativesConnecticutDelawareGeorgiaMarylandMassachusettsMaine DistrictNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaVirginiaAdditional Letters and DocumentsMargaret Lowther Page, Poem BookNew York Society Library RecordsResidences of MembersPhiladelphia Weather ChartsBiographical GazetteerThird Session House BillsThird Session Senate BillsIndex
£94.95
Johns Hopkins University Press What American Government Does
Book SynopsisWhat American Government Does represents a major contribution to the scholarly debate on the nature of the American state and the exercise of power in America.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. The Significant StateChapter 3. The Tax State Chapter 4. The Welfare StateChapter 5. The National Security StateChapter 6. The Domestic Security StateChapter 7. The Regulatory StateChapter 8. The Developmental StateChapter 9. The Moral StateChapter 10. The Bailout StateChapter 11. The Global StateChapter 12. ConclusionIndex
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press American Defense Policy
Book SynopsisA vital text for understanding the twenty-first-century battlefield and the shifting force structure, this book prepares students to think critically about the rapidly changing world they'll inherit. American Defense Policy, first published in 1965 under the leadership of Brent Scowcroft, has been a mainstay in courses on political science, international relations, military affairs, and American national security for more than 50 years. This updated and thoroughly revised ninth edition, which contains about 30% all-new content, considers questions of continuity and change in America's defense policy in the face of a global climate beset by geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and terrorist violence. The book is organized into three parts. Part I examines the theories and strategies that shape America's approach to security policy. Part II dives inside the defense policy process, exploring the evolution of contemporary civil-military relations, the changing character oTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Values and Interests for American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 1. Theories and ValuesChapter 2. American Grand StrategyChapter 3. The International Environment - AlliesChapter 4. The International Environment - AdversariesPart II. Evolution and Revolution in Defense Policy, Process, and InstitutionsIntroductionChapter 5. Evolution and Revolution in Civil-Military RelationsChapter 6. The Changing Profession of ArmsChapter 7. Resource Allocation and Force Structure for a Complex WorldPart III. Contemporary Issues in American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 8. Homeland Defense: Threats from All SidesChapter 9. Unconventional Wars and Unconventional ForcesChapter 10. The Near PossibleEpilogueAfterwordAbout the ContributorsIndex
£57.60
Temple University Press,U.S. The Collision of Political and Legal Time
Book SynopsisHow does the U.S. Supreme Court shape constitutional and political development? In The Collision of Political and Legal Time, Kimberley Fletcher answers this question by analyzing the key role the Court has played in interpreting presidential decision-making in the area of foreign affairs since 1936. She reconsiders the Curtiss-WrightCourt, which instituted a new constitutional order that established plenary powers independent of congressional delegation. Fletcher also reexamines Japanese internment and detainee cases, demonstrating the entrenchment of the new constitutional order and how presidential ascendency becomes institutionalized. Other cases, such as Youngstown, illustrate how the Court, during a time of war, will check Executive power and authority.The Collision of Political and Legal Time examines these cases and controversies in foreign policymaking through the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries to show that the Court is not passive or constrained; it does not me
£27.90
Temple University Press,U.S. Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures The
Book SynopsisInvestigating the opportunities, resources, and frames that women utilize to create legislative caucusesTrade Review"In addition to important documentation of women’s caucuses and where they have emerged, Mahoney offers important theoretical and conceptual contributions to literatures on identity politics, partisanship, and collective action within legislative institutions.... Beyond telling compelling stories about the success or failure of specific caucuses, Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures successfully tells a much larger—and even more broadly applicable—story about the ways in which gender and partisanship significantly shape the patterns, distribution, and exercise of power within our legislative institutions."--State LegislatureTable of ContentsTable of ContentsChapter One: Women Take Their Place……………….…………...……………………………..9Chapter Two: Many Paths to Yes: The Creation of Women’s Caucuses………………………..33Chapter Three: For Women, There is No One Way or Place to Caucus………………………...52Chapter Four: The New Jersey Women’s Legislative Caucus………………………………..…85Chapter Five: The Colorado Women’s Legislative Caucus……………………………………114Chapter Six: The Pennsylvania Attempt………………………………………………………..148Chapter Seven: The Iowa Attempt……………………………………………………………...174Chapter Eight: Explaining Women’s Caucuses………………………………………………...199References………………………………………………………………………………………219
£73.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures The
Book SynopsisInvestigating the opportunities, resources, and frames that women utilize to create legislative caucusesTrade Review"In addition to important documentation of women’s caucuses and where they have emerged, Mahoney offers important theoretical and conceptual contributions to literatures on identity politics, partisanship, and collective action within legislative institutions.... Beyond telling compelling stories about the success or failure of specific caucuses, Women Take Their Place in State Legislatures successfully tells a much larger—and even more broadly applicable—story about the ways in which gender and partisanship significantly shape the patterns, distribution, and exercise of power within our legislative institutions."--State LegislatureTable of ContentsTable of ContentsChapter One: Women Take Their Place……………….…………...……………………………..9Chapter Two: Many Paths to Yes: The Creation of Women’s Caucuses………………………..33Chapter Three: For Women, There is No One Way or Place to Caucus………………………...52Chapter Four: The New Jersey Women’s Legislative Caucus………………………………..…85Chapter Five: The Colorado Women’s Legislative Caucus……………………………………114Chapter Six: The Pennsylvania Attempt………………………………………………………..148Chapter Seven: The Iowa Attempt……………………………………………………………...174Chapter Eight: Explaining Women’s Caucuses………………………………………………...199References………………………………………………………………………………………219
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. Perceptions of a Polarized Court
Book SynopsisA comprehensive empirical analysis of how--and if--divisiveness on the Supreme Court affects popular perceptions of its legitimacy.Trade Review"Perceptions of a Polarized Court represents an important advance in our understanding of the relationship between the Supreme Court and public opinion, by making prominent the role of media coverage as an intervening factor and illuminating the conditional effect of issue salience on the Court’s ability to affect public opinion. This book is a must-read for all who are interested in the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system and in American life more generally."--State Legislature
£66.30
Temple University Press,U.S. Pack the Court
Book SynopsisThe United States Supreme Court has numbered nine justices for the past 150 years. But that number is not fixed. With the Democrats controlling the House and Senate during the Biden presidency, they could add justices to the Supreme Court. But would court packing destroy the Court as an apolitical judicial institution? This is the crucial question Stephen Feldman addresses in his provocative book, Pack the Court! He uses a historical, analytical, and political argument to justify court-packing in general and Democratic court-packing more specifically. Republicans and Democrats alike profess to worry that court-packing will destroy the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as a judicial institution by injecting politics into a purely legal adjudicative process. But as Feldman's insightful book shows, law and politics are forever connected in judicial interpretation and decision making. Pack the Court! insists that court packing is not the threat to the Supreme Court's institutional legitimaTrade Review“Stephen Feldman offers a full-throated defense of the proposition that Democrats should pack the Supreme Court when they get the chance. But Pack the Court! is far more than a policy brief. It develops a clear and cogent argument, accessible to nonspecialists, that law and politics always interact with constitutional law, both in the large—as when justices are appointed—and in the small—as in every decision interpreting the Constitution. Feldman shows court packing wouldn’t politicize a nonpolitical institution devoted solely to ‘law,’ but would respond to the form that politicization has taken on the Roberts Court. This book is an important contribution to public debate and the understanding of our Constitution and the Supreme Court.” —Mark Tushnet, Professor Emeritus of Harvard University Law School, and coauthor of Power to the People: Constitutionalism after Populism“Feldman offers a superb overview of the issues surrounding ‘court packing,’ the expansion of the Supreme Court. Not only demonstrating that knowledge of American political history is a necessity, Feldman also emphasizes that one must grapple as well with some basic jurisprudential issues—particularly the ostensible separation of ‘law’ from ‘politics.’ They are, he shows, inextricably intertwined in what he calls the ‘law-politics dynamic.’ I cannot think of a better, or more timely, introduction to the ongoing debate about the U.S. Supreme Court and its future.” —Sanford Levinson, Professor at the University of Texas Law School and Department of Government, and coauthor of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today
£77.35
University of Toronto Press Canada at a Crossroads
Book SynopsisDrawing on group position theory, settler colonial studies, critical race theory, and Indigenous theorizing, Canada at a Crossroads emphasizes the social psychological barriers to transforming white settler ideologies and practices and working towards decolonization. After tracing settlers’ sense of group superiority and entitlement to historical and ongoing colonial processes, Denis illustrates how contemporary Indigenous and settler residents think about and relate to one another. He highlights how, despite often having close cross-group relationships, residents maintain conflicting perspectives on land, culture, history, and treaties, and Indigenous residents frequently experience interpersonal and systemic racism. Denis then critically assesses the promise and pitfalls of commonly proposed solutions, including intergroup contact, education, apologies, and collective action, and concludes that genuine reconciliation will require radically restructuring Canadian sociTrade Review"By examining Indigenous-settler relations on a local level Canada at a Crossroads offers a critique that is useful in imagining broader frameworks. It proves that contact on a local level is not enough to overcome the rigidity of group positions and the sense of superiority that underpins settler ideologies. To really overcome boundaries and build bridges, settlers need to address laissez-faire racism by working to understand the history of settler colonialism, Indigenous treaty rights and land claims of the region, and to address white supremacy and privilege." -- Alice Higgs * JACANZS *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Boundaries and Bridges in Indigenous-Settler Relations 1. Colonization and the Development of Group Positions: A Brief History of Indigenous-Settler Relations in the Rainy River District 2. Perceiving Group Relations, Constructing Group Positions: "It’s okay as long as the Indians know their place!" 3. Boundary Work and Group Positioning: How Perceptions of Boundaries Reproduce and Challenge Settler Colonial Relations 4. Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Group Positioning in Everyday Attitudes and Behaviours 5. The Alberton Group Home Controversy: "I have Native friends, but this is going too far" 6. Bridge Work: Beyond Group Positioning? 7. A Tenuous Balance: How Contact and Prejudice Coexist 8. Education, Group Positioning, and Ideological Refinement 9. Racial Contestation and the Residential School Apology 10. The Benefits and Challenges of Collective Action: "We can work together if we want to work together" Conclusion: Canada at a Crossroads Bibliography
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Socialist and PostSocialist Urbanisms
Book SynopsisSocialist cities have special qualities which endure in particular, subtle, and often under-theorized ways. This book engages with socialism on a global scale, as well as the variety of socialist urbanisms and post-socialist urbanisms, and the range of ways in which globalization intersects with changes in socialist and post-socialist cities. Offering a unique international comparative focus, the book’s fourteen case studies from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa are grouped under three main themes: housing experiences and life trajectories, planning and architecture, and governance and social order. Featuring contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and research foci, Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms brings together a collection of essays on cities that are often overlooked in mainstream urban studies.Trade Review"What this volume does at its best is break the unifying banner of socialist modernity by uncovering how socialist and post-socialist modes of dwelling, planning, and governing unfold through everyday experiences, where "deeply rooted codes rather than formal rules" prevail. And it is exactly that balance between the global reach and at the same time local stories that one should be eager to discover when starting this exciting journey into socialist and post-socialist urbanisms." -- Vera Smirnova * Journal of Eurasian Geography and Economics *"Socialist urban legacies are an integral and vital part of the modern world, without which it would look different. Furthermore, these legacies are still in effect and reveal their traces in various spheres, sometimes the most unexpected ones. The authors’ efforts to analyse those influences ‘from around the socialist world’ (p. 3) is thus meaningful, timely, and promising." -- Mikhail Ilchenko * Antipode *"This book contributes original research on socialist and post-socialist urbanisms, which is necessary for anyone who strives to understand how past decisions still and very much influence present production of space and of spatial imaginations, within either a socialist or post-socialist context." -- Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Babes-Bolyai University * Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Douglas Young Part 1: Housing Experiences and Life Trajectories 1. From Socialist Moderns to Urban Poor: Gender and the Housing Question in Post-Reform Vinh City Christina Schwenkel 2. From ABC to Post-Industrial Suburb: Living in a Vision Bo Larsson (Translated from Swedish by Aidan Allen) 3. The Rise and Fall of Collective Housing: Hanoi between Vision and Decision Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Nguyen Thanh Binh 4. Wrestling with the Soviet State: A Life History of Housing in Leningrad Thomas Borén and Michael Gentile Part 2: Planning and Architecture: Designing Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms 5. Only Visions: The Case of South City, Prague Steven Logan 6. Phnom Penh During and after Socialism: Permanence and Reshaping of the Urban Centrality Gabriel Fauveaud 7. Planning for “Renaissance”: Vanguard Urbanism in Addis Ababa Jesse McClelland 8. Recuperate, Recycle, Reuse: Adaptive Solutions for the Socialist Architecture of Bucharest Laura Visan 9. The Paradox of Preserving Modernism: Heritage Debates at Alexanderplatz, Berlin Markus Kip and Douglas Young Part 3: Governance and Social Order 10. China’s “New” Socialist City: From Red Aesthetics to Standard Urban Governance Carolyn Cartier 11. Property Relations and the Politics of the Suburban Living Place in the Post-Communist City: Transition Stories from Tirana, Albania Marcela Mele and Andrew E.G. Jonas 12. Urban Natures in Managua, Nicaragua Laura Shillington 13. The Reshaping of Post-Socialist Hồ Chí Minh City: Leisure Practices and Social Control Marie Gibert and Emmanuelle Peyvel 14. Mapping Khujand: The Governance of Spatial Representation in Post-Socialist Tajikistan Wladimir Sgibnev Conclusion Douglas Young and Lisa B. Welch Drummond Contributors
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Socialist and PostSocialist Urbanisms
Book SynopsisConsidering the endurance of socialist spaces in contemporary, political, and cultural environments, this book investigates key aspects of socialist urbanism.Trade Review"What this volume does at its best is break the unifying banner of socialist modernity by uncovering how socialist and post-socialist modes of dwelling, planning, and governing unfold through everyday experiences, where "deeply rooted codes rather than formal rules" prevail. And it is exactly that balance between the global reach and at the same time local stories that one should be eager to discover when starting this exciting journey into socialist and post-socialist urbanisms." -- Vera Smirnova * Journal of Eurasian Geography and Economics *"Socialist urban legacies are an integral and vital part of the modern world, without which it would look different. Furthermore, these legacies are still in effect and reveal their traces in various spheres, sometimes the most unexpected ones. The authors’ efforts to analyse those influences ‘from around the socialist world’ (p. 3) is thus meaningful, timely, and promising." -- Mikhail Ilchenko * Antipode *"This book contributes original research on socialist and post-socialist urbanisms, which is necessary for anyone who strives to understand how past decisions still and very much influence present production of space and of spatial imaginations, within either a socialist or post-socialist context." -- Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Babes-Bolyai University * Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Douglas Young Part 1: Housing Experiences and Life Trajectories 1. From Socialist Moderns to Urban Poor: Gender and the Housing Question in Post-Reform Vinh City Christina Schwenkel 2. From ABC to Post-Industrial Suburb: Living in a Vision Bo Larsson (Translated from Swedish by Aidan Allen) 3. The Rise and Fall of Collective Housing: Hanoi between Vision and Decision Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Nguyen Thanh Binh 4. Wrestling with the Soviet State: A Life History of Housing in Leningrad Thomas Borén and Michael Gentile Part 2: Planning and Architecture: Designing Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms 5. Only Visions: The Case of South City, Prague Steven Logan 6. Phnom Penh During and after Socialism: Permanence and Reshaping of the Urban Centrality Gabriel Fauveaud 7. Planning for “Renaissance”: Vanguard Urbanism in Addis Ababa Jesse McClelland 8. Recuperate, Recycle, Reuse: Adaptive Solutions for the Socialist Architecture of Bucharest Laura Visan 9. The Paradox of Preserving Modernism: Heritage Debates at Alexanderplatz, Berlin Markus Kip and Douglas Young Part 3: Governance and Social Order 10. China’s “New” Socialist City: From Red Aesthetics to Standard Urban Governance Carolyn Cartier 11. Property Relations and the Politics of the Suburban Living Place in the Post-Communist City: Transition Stories from Tirana, Albania Marcela Mele and Andrew E.G. Jonas 12. Urban Natures in Managua, Nicaragua Laura Shillington 13. The Reshaping of Post-Socialist Hồ Chí Minh City: Leisure Practices and Social Control Marie Gibert and Emmanuelle Peyvel 14. Mapping Khujand: The Governance of Spatial Representation in Post-Socialist Tajikistan Wladimir Sgibnev Conclusion Douglas Young and Lisa B. Welch Drummond Contributors
£58.65
University of Toronto Press Federalism in Canada
Book SynopsisWith a focus on the dynamics of actors, institutions, and the processes embedded in considerations of regional and cultural diversity, this book traces Canada's sovereignty journey.Trade Review"Federalism in Canada is fresh and matter of fact, a constitutional travelogue." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *"I highly recommend this book to all students of federalism interested in understanding how the Canadian federal system came to be and how it evolved over the past century and a half. It is a textbook example of a contribution that is perfectly balanced between advancing knowledge and making scholarly research accessible to the public." -- Félix Mathieu, University of Winnipeg * Canadian Journal of Political Science *"This book rightfully should take its place within this scholarly history of federalism as a useful and original contribution." -- James T. McHugh, University of Akron * Publius: The Journal of Federalism *Table of ContentsPrologue: Approaches to Canadian Federalism A Personal Account by Means of Acknowledgement Contested Concepts as the Underlying Dynamic and Central Theme Organization and Outline 1 An Introductory Understanding of Canadian Federalism Shared Sovereignty Power of the Courts Sunny Ways of Compromise Fiscal Imbalance Executive Dominance Imperfection 2 Confederation Coming Together Lately Relics of Empire Unitary Impositions Federal Accommodations Parliamentary Concessions “Indians” An Incomplete Contract 3 Judicial Interpretations Pith and Substance From Need to Necessity Beyond Provincial Concern Federalism Demands Nothing Less Law and Politics 4 From a Crisis of Capitalism to a Crisis of Federalism Dramatic Crisis and BNA Act Federalism at a Loss Prairie Populism Enlightened Reactionaries Rowell-Sirois Commission Reversal of Functions 5 Mostly Fiscal Relations Tax Sharing Cost Sharing Fiscal Equalization Under the Indian Act Fiscal Imbalance and the Spending Power 6 Difference, Dependency, and Displacement Quebec Nationalism Western Alienation Eastern Dependencies Indigenous Displacement Regionalism and Federalism 7 Patriation and the Constitution Act, 1982 The Long Road to Patriation Amendment Charter Aboriginal Rights Flexible Renewal 8 The Unfinished Business of Canadian Federalism Constitutional Politics Secession and Clarity Interstate Federalism and Intrastate Federalism Indigenous Land Rights and Self-Government Shifting Identities 9 Contested Concepts of Canadian Federalism A Plural Compact of Provinces or a Dual Compact of Nationalities? How Much Autonomy or Interdependence? Treaty Federalism Epilogue: Still a Federal Country Bibliography Index
£34.20
