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While increasing numbers of people rely primarily or exclusively on online platforms, authoritarian regimes have concurrently developed a formidable array of technological capabilities to constrain and repress their citizens. In The Rise of Digital Repression, Steven Feldstein documents how the emergence of advanced digital tools bring new dimensions to political repression. Presenting new field research from Thailand, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, he investigates the goals, motivations, and drivers of these digital tactics. Feldstein further highlights how governments pursue digital strategies based on a range of factors: ongoing levels of repression, political leadership, state capacity, and technological development. 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Yet, in the end, Feldman guides us through more hopeful alternatives. This is essential reading for those who are concerned about the struggle between freedom and repression. * Steven Livingston, Professor \u0026amp; Founding Director Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics, George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003eSteve Feldstein delivers a book that will be viewed as indispensable to anyone concerned with the intersection of technology and the state, and particularly, the evolving impact on people's quest for freedom the world over. In original case studies, he details how the current rising tide of authoritarianism has been enabled by digital repression. This tide could recede; equally compelling are the strategies he outlines for democratic governments, for civil society activists, and for those in the private sector looking to stem the tide. * Sarah E. 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With precision and clarity, Steven Feldstein documents the disturbing spread of the political economy of digital repression and offers pathways to help resist it. 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But in creating an autonomous southern region and a pathway toward statehood, it failed to resolve the effects of rebel factionalism, party infighting, and corruption in the South.In South Sudan''s Fateful Struggle, Steven C. Roach analyzes these persistent effects of the South-South war, showing how they disrupted the transition to statehood and divided the transitional government of national unity in South Sudan. Throughout, he stresses the centrality of elite mismanagement and the durable dynamics of war which have shaped the country''s troubled political destiny. The government, plagued by patronage-fueled corruption and patrimonialism, continues to rely on the threat of violence to govern the country and to delay the transition to a new government of national unity. Roach argues that in naturally sowing division and distrust, government elites must ultimately learn to engage \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven C. 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Tracing the history and politics of state formation and national liberation movement in South Sudan, Roach explains how the political violence and human sufferings that have occurred over the past decade, including ethnic violence, human rights abuses, and the proliferation of a culture of impunity and corruption, can only be understood considering this bitter legacy. * Amir H. Idris, Professor of African History and Politics, Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) *\u003cbr\u003eSouth Sudan's Fateful Struggle is a comprehensive investigation into South Sudan's civil war, tracing the challenges of fashioning a state from disparate communities and competing elites. Reflecting back through history the work sets out the trajectory for South Sudan since independence. Importantly, the work develops a concept of militarized patronage to explain the challenges and failures to build the world's newest state. 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A major reason for its popularity is its promise of mental and physical well-being: yoga and meditation are thought to be spiritual paths to self-improvement. Yoga is also widely practiced in prisons, another large business in the United States. Prisons in all fifty states offer yoga and meditation as a form of rehabilitation. But critics argue that such practices can also have disempowering effects, due to their emphasis on acceptance, non-judgment, and non-reaction. If the root of suffering is in the mind, as the philosophy behind yoga and meditation suggests, then injustice (including mass incarceration) may be reduced to a mental state requiring coping techniques rather than a more critical mindset. Others insist that yoga can heighten people''s attention to structural violence, hierarchy, racism, and inequity. In fact, some of history''s most radical activists, including M.K. Gandhi and Thich Nhat Hanh, traced their ethical and political commitments to their grounding in yogic or meditative traditions. Yoga and meditation programs no doubt offer crucial respite for those who are incarcerated, but what sort of political effects do they have? Do they reinforce the neoliberal logic of mass incarceration which emphasizes individual choices, or can they assist marginalized people in navigating systemic injustice? Drawing on collaborations with incarcerated practitioners, interviews with volunteers and formerly incarcerated practitioners, and her own fieldwork with organizations offering yoga\/meditation classes inside prisons, Farah Godrej examines both the promises and pitfalls of yoga and meditation. Freedom Inside? reveals the ways in which incarcerated persons have used yogic practices to resist the dehumanizing effects of prisons, and to heighten their awareness of institutional racism and mass incarceration among poor people and people of color. Godrej argues that while these practices could unwittingly exacerbate systemic forms of inequity and injustice, they also serve as resources for challenging such injustice, whether internally (via the realm of belief) or externally (through action). A combination of ethnography and political theory, Freedom Inside? reimagines the concept of resistance in a way that considers people''s interior lives as a crucial arena for liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreedom Inside? is far more than a book about yogic and meditative practices in prison. It is a reflection on the neoliberal seductions of self-help and what self-improvement means in the context of an oppressive total institution. Farah Godrej questions everything, including her role as a researcher, a volunteer, a critic of the carceral state. The result is a deeply meditative, careful, and caring book. By resisting the false dichotomies of self-help versus systemic critique, as well as the \"violent\/non-violent\" distinction, Godrej pushes us past the deadly classifications so endemic to the prison industrial complex. * Naomi Murakawa, Princeton University, and author of The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America *\u003cbr\u003eIn this ambitious book, Farah Godrej asks after the tensions, ambivalences, and potentially transformative political work performed by yoga and meditation in the gut of the racialized carceral state. Combining decades of first-person experience as a practitioner of yoga, direct research inside the California prison system, and the sensibilities of an accomplished political theorist, Freedom Inside? is an original, boundary-crossing work that contributes to critically important questions about the relationship between individual practices of the mind, heart, and body and quiescence to—or revolt against—broader collective structures of domination and suffering. * Timothy Pachirat, author of Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight and Among Wolves: Ethnography and the Immersive Study of Power *\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lens of a four-year ethnography as a yoga and meditation instructor in prison, Godrej explores the insidious culture of individual responsibility, the widespread acceptance of responsibilization assumptions by people who volunteer in prison rehabilitation programs, and the limited but real possibilities for institutional reform and individual redemption. These are complex, abstract, and often demoralizing arguments, but Godrej brings them to life with real people, described vividly, engaged compassionately. * Keramet Reiter, University of California, Irvine, author of 23\/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection I  1. Introduction: Why Prison Yoga and Meditation?      2. Who Was I?: Scholarship, Personal Narrative, and the Testimony of the Unprotected 3. Yoga and Meditation: Historical and Contemporary Debates    Section II  4. The Total Institution: The World of Mass Incarceration, Prisons, and Population-Control 5. \"Rescued by Prison\" or \"Drinking the Kool-Aid?\": Practicing Yoga and Meditation While Incarcerated 6. Mindfulness Meditation in a Men's Detention Facility   Section III  7. The World of Prison Volunteers 8. \"Making them Better Human Beings\" or \"Stirring the Pot\"?: Interviews with Volunteers  9. Yogic Philosophy, Nonviolence, and Resistance in a Women's Prison, co-authored with Reighlen Jordan and Maitra 10. Conclusion","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732530737495,"sku":"9780190070090","price":20.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190070090.jpg?v=1719997297"},{"product_id":"who-cares-the-social-safety-net-in-america-9780190074463","title":"Who Cares The Social Safety Net in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho Cares is a fresh, informative look at the nature of the American welfare state: why do we care about some needs more than others? 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But China''s foreign policy initiatives, even the vaunted Belt and Road, will be shaped and redefined as they confront the ground realities of local and regional politics outside China. In China''s Western Horizon, Daniel S. Markey, a scholar of international relations and former member of the U.S. State Department''s policy planning staff, previews how China''s efforts are likely to play out in its own backyard: the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Drawing from his extensive interviews, travels, and historical research, Markey describes how perceptions of China vary widely within states like Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Iran. The region''s powerful and privileged groups often expect to profit from their connections to China, while others fear commercial and political losses. 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With eloquence, sagacity and rigor, Markey describes theinteractiveeffects that China's growing presence inSouth Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle-East has on local realities. Beijing's active deployment of diplomatic, economic, and security instruments is already giving shape to anew regional landscape in which the US will have to adapt, and perhaps rethink, its role. * Nadège Rolland, author of China's Eurasian Century *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a first-rate guide to the deepening post-Cold War profile of China on the Eurasian continent. Markey shows the strengths and weaknesses of China's Belt and Road Initiative, especially along the strategic access routes from Beijing to the Persian Gulf. 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Markey's detailed and penetrating research provides important cautionary evidence that BRI partners may 'pull' China into political entanglements with important unintended and even counterproductive consequences for Beijing * Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College and Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eMarkey's important and insightful new book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on China's expanding global presence. Casting his eye across a vast swath of continental Eurasia, Markey analyzes both the forces driving Chinese policy and the factors shaping the responses of the poorer and weaker nations in its path. Markey's research is broad as well as deep, his assessments are balanced and measured, and his conclusions will inform the thinking of scholars and policymakers alike. * Aaron L. 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Going back to the 1890s, a series of such saviors have come and gone in the US alone, from William Jennings Bryan to Huey Long to -- finally -- Donald Trump.In The Populist Temptation, the eminent economic historian Barry Eichengreen focuses on the global resurgence of populism today and places it in a deep context. Alternating between the present and earlier populist waves from modern history, he argues that populists tend to thrive most in the wake of economic downturns, when it is easy to convince the masses of elite malfeasance. Yet while there is more than a grain of truth that bankers, financiers, and ''bought'' politicians are responsible for the mess, populists'' own solutions tend to be simplistic and economically counterproductive. Moreover, by arguing that the ordinary people are at the mercy of extra-national forces beyond their control -- international capital, immigrants, cosmopolitan globalists -- populists often degenerate into demagoguery and xenophobia. There is no one solution to addressing the concerns that populists raise, but Eichengreen argues that there is an obvious place to start: shoring up and improving the welfare state so that it is better able to act as a buffer for those who suffer most during economic slumps. For example, America''s patchwork welfare state was not well equipped to deal with the economic fallout that attended globalization and the decline of manufacturing in America, and that played no small part in Trump''s victory. Lucidly explaining both the appeals and dangers of populism across history, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just the populist phenomenon, but more generally the lasting political fallout that follows in the wake of major economic crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Populist Temptation is strongly recommended for scholars interested in the economic roots and consequences of right wing populism, and, more broadly, those utilizing historical comparative narratives. Furthermore, the effort of the author to refer to the impacts of populism in the EU makes it also valuable for scholars of European public policies or interested in the future of the EU. * Hugo Marcos-Marne, Democratization *\u003cbr\u003eBarry Eichengreen is the world leader in distilling the lessons of economic history for the policy makers of today. This important book is the best we yet have on populism and the antidotes it demands. * Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eNo one makes economic history relevant to today while doing justice to the past like Barry Eichengreen. The Populist Temptation is the best of American and European perspectives on the worst of current EU and US politics. Sobering and sensible, this is a necessary interpretative guide to our times. * Adam S. Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics *\u003cbr\u003eFinally, a superb book that places populism in its proper historical context. And who better to write it than Barry Eichengreen, a master at shedding light on our contemporary economic problems from a historical perspective? Eichengreen brilliantly describes the backlash unleashed by economic difficulties and dislocation periodically throughout history, and the varying success of political regimes to rise to the challenge. Historical treatments with their focus on deeply rooted processes can be fatalistic. Eichengreen nicely sidesteps that trap, with a hopeful, constructive message pointing the way forward. * Dani Rodrik, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eIn The Populist Temptation, Barry Eichengreen, amongst the foremost international economists today, explains why we are seeing an outburst of populist movements across the industrial world, and how they mirror similar movements from history. He argues that while the populists have genuine grievances, the solutions their leaders propose are unlikely to work. Eichengreen is skeptical that populists' concerns can be addressed easily. However, his insightful analysis is an essential starting point for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important developments of our times. * Raghuram G. Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eBarry Eichengreen has written a characteristically lucid book on the contemporary threat of populism... * The Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of these excellent books is therefore timely... Amid a surge in such publications on a changing world they stand out for their clarity of analysis and writing. * Paschal Donohoe, The Irish Times (referring to both The Populist Temptation and Ctrl Alt Delete, How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy) *\u003cbr\u003eBarry Eichengreen is the world leader in distilling the lessons of economic history for the policy makers of today. This important book is the best we yet have on populism and the antidotes it demands. * Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eNo one makes economic history relevant to today while doing justice to the past like Barry Eichengreen. The Populist Temptation is the best of American and European perspectives on the worst of current EU and US politics. Sobering and sensible, this is a necessary interpretative guide to our times. * Adam S. Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics *\u003cbr\u003eFinally, a superb book that places populism in its proper historical context. And who better to write it than Barry Eichengreen, a master at shedding light on our contemporary economic problems from a historical perspective? Eichengreen brilliantly describes the backlash unleashed by economic difficulties and dislocation periodically throughout history, and the varying success of political regimes to rise to the challenge. Historical treatments with their focus on deeply rooted processes can be fatalistic. Eichengreen nicely sidesteps that trap, with a hopeful, constructive message pointing the way forward. * Dani Rodrik, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eIn The Populist Temptation, Barry Eichengreen, amongst the foremost international economists today, explains why we are seeing an outburst of populist movements across the industrial world, and how they mirror similar movements from history. He argues that while the populists have genuine grievances, the solutions their leaders propose are unlikely to work. Eichengreen is skeptical that populists concerns can be addressed easily. However, his insightful analysis is an essential starting point for anyone who wants to understand one of the most important developments of our times. * Raghuram G. Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefaceChapter 1.  The Populist ArchetypeChapter 2.  American PanoramaChapter 3.  Luddites and LaborersChapter 4.  Voyage of the BismarckChapter 5.  The Associationalist WayChapter 6.  Unemployment and ReactionChapter 7.  The Age of ModerationChapter 8.  Things Come ApartChapter 9.  Trumped UpChapter 10. Breaking PointChapter 11. ContainmentChapter 12. Au Revoir Europe?Chapter 13. Prospects","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732545876311,"sku":"9780190866280","price":21.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190866280.jpg?v=1719997363"},{"product_id":"armies-of-arabia-military-politics-and-effectiveness-in-the-gulf-9780190866204","title":"Armies of Arabia Military Politics and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and current status of militaries of GCC states. * Chaoqun LIan, China International Strategy Review *\u003cbr\u003eAs the United States seeks to reduce its commitments in the Middle East, the critical question Americans must consider is the extent to which we can rely on our allies in the Gulf to finally defend themselves. Armies of Arabia should be the starting point for that debate and the policies that must flow from it. Never before has there been so comprehensive or thoughtful a treatment of the armed forces of the Gulf states. It is a work of tremendous erudition and insight that will set the terms for one of the most important issues facing the United States over the next decade. * Kenneth M. Pollack, author of Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness *\u003cbr\u003eIn what is a remarkably detailed and thorough study, Barany has produced the most comprehensive and insightful book on the armed forces in the Arabian Peninsula to date. This important topic has long been neglected by those of us studying the region. Moving forward, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in a proper understanding of political and security issues in the GCC. * Mehran Kamrava, author of Inside the Arab State *\u003cbr\u003eBarany lays out in unsparing detail the deficiencies of the military forces of the Gulf monarchies, attributing those deficiencies for the most part to their autocratic political systems and to the socioeconomic effects of great wealth on building effective citizen armies. His conclusions are supported by a thorough review of the published work and by extensive interviews with both Gulf and Western soldiers and military experts. A bracing and thought-provoking read. * F. Gregory Gause, III, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A\u0026amp;M University *\u003cbr\u003eA probing and superbly researched analysis of Arab Gulf military forces that goes far beyond military analysis to examine the impact of their modern history, political leadership, and the character of each monarchy. Barany addresses the impact of culture, economics, tribalism, and the military's broader role in each country's strategy, as well as dependence on foreign soldiers, arms sales, and contractors. The result is key reference for understanding the military factors that shape Gulf security and stability. * Anthony H. 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Studying Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph)  PART I: POLITICAL HISTORY   2. From Empire to People's Republic (R. Keith Schoppa) 3. Mao Zedong in Power (1949 - 1976) (Frederick C. Teiwes) 4. Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 - the present) (Bruce Gilley)  PART II: IDEOLOGY, GOVERNANCE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY  5. Ideology and China's Political Development (William A. Joseph) 6. China's Communist Party-State: The Structure of Power (Cheng Li) 7. China' Legal System (Jacque deLisle) 8. China's Political Economy (David Zweig)  PART III: POLITICS AND POLICY IN ACTION  9. Rural China: Reform and Resistance (John James Kennedy) 10. Urban China: Change and Challenges  (William Hurst and Christian Sorace) 11. Policy Case Study: The Arts (Richard Curt Kraus) 12. Policy Case Study: The Environment (Katherine Morton and Fengshi Wu) 13. Policy Case Study: Public Health (Joan Kaufman) 14. Policy Case Study: Population Policy (Tyrene White) 15. 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Weighing a need for consolidated leadership with a demand for states'' rights, they established a large federal republic with limited dominion over the states, leaving most of the governing responsibility with the former colonies. With this dual system of federalism, the national government held the powers of war, taxation, and commerce, and the ability to pass the laws necessary to uphold these functions.   Although the federal role has grown substantially since then, states and local governments continue to perform most of the duties in civil and criminal law, business and professional licensing, the management of infrastructure and public services: roads, schools, libraries, sanitation, land use and development, and etc. Despite the critical roles of state and local governments, there is little awareness-or understanding-of the nature and operations of the federal system.  This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of federalism, from its origins and evolution to the key events and constitutional decisions that have defined its framework. Although the primary focus is on the United States, other federal systems, including Brazil, Canada, India, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the EU, are addressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Preface  1: American federalism in comparative perspective  2: Federalism, American style  3: The evolution of federalism in law  4: What state and local governments do  5: Fiscal federalism  6: Advantages and disadvantages of federalism  7: Federalism in the world  Conclusion: An American model for the world?  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To do so, Long puts small states'' relationships at the center of his approach. Although small states are defined by their position as materially weaker actors vis-a-vis large states, Long argues that this condition does not condemn them to impotence or irrelevance. Drawing on typological theory, Long builds an explanation of when and how small states might achieve their goals. The book assesses a global range of cases-both successes and failures-and offers a set of tools for scholars and policymakers to understand how varying international conditions shape small states'' opportunities for influence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Long's A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics is a trail-blazing effort to build new theory in the discipline of small state studies -- as persuasive in its conceptual development as it is dazzling in the genuine internationalism of its case studies ... the rich theorisation in this book is a watershed moment that has significantly advanced our theoretical study of the strategies of small states. * Hillary Briffa, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy *\u003cbr\u003eBuilding on his seminal 2015 work, Latin America Confronts the United States, Long persuasively presses his case that smaller states, with creative leadership, can often successfully defend their national interests in contests with bigger ones. * Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eLong persuasively presses his case that smaller states, with creative leadership, can often successfully defend their national interests in contests with bigger ones. He urges his scholarly colleagues to redefine international relations studies by stretching beyond the interactions of great powers to focus on the many smaller states that light up the geopolitical firmament. * Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e[A]gainst the aims it sets for itself - to outline and demonstrate the significance of a relational approach to the study of small states that starts from the position of asymmetry and is global in coverage - A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics succeeds remarkably. It should be warmly received and become a touchstone text for anybody interested in how the majority of the world's states engage in international affairs. * Prof. Jack Corbett, The Round Table *\u003cbr\u003eTom Long has written an invaluable primer for policy makers and diplomats in small states and scholars of International Relations. He offers a new methodological approach to navigating the asymmetries of inter-state relations, based on exhaustive research, a fairly comprehensive bibliography and a wide-ranging examination of relevant case studies. From a Caribbean perspective, I would have preferred that he had referenced the writings of Shridath Ramphal and Ronald Sanders, but this should not detract from the quality of his research, which is a major contribution to small state diplomacy and IR theory. * Riyad Insanally, Former Ambassador of Guyana to the USA and the Organization of American States *\u003cbr\u003eWritten with clarity and rigour, this is a must-read book for anyone who wants to understand how and why small states fail or succeed in world politics. * Anders Wivel, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen *\u003cbr\u003eBased on IR theory and grounded in small states scholarship, this book provides an innovative integrated account of small states strategies to deal with constraints and opportunities they face in world politics. The comprehensive theoretical argument is illustrated by a series of compelling short case studies. This timely book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners alike. * Diana Panke, Chair of Multi-level Governance, University of Freiburg (Germany) *\u003cbr\u003eMost books on small states tend to detail a particular issue or the external behavior of states in one region. This book is a remarkable attempt to go beyond this by analyzing the entire spectrum of small states-European as well as in the developing world. Long does this by formulating a detailed pre-theoretical framework through which small state influence attempts can be impartially assessed. The book is notable for both its attention to careful theorizing, as well as the breadth of cases drawn on in support of the author's thesis. Anyone interested in the security and economic behavior of small states will find much to ponder theoretically, and much to draw on descriptively. 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Known as the Houthi Movement, these rebels are today vying for control, sparring with southern separatist movements and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh''s political party. Indeed, Yemen--located in the southwest corner of the Arabian peninsula--has become synonymous with civil unrest, sectarian conflict, famine, and rampant disease in recent years. Yet the country has a much deeper history--one that stretches back centuries.In Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know, Asher Orkaby provides a broad-ranging, historical overview of the country and its peoples that focuses in particular on the contemporary situation. He covers the country''s major political figures and ethnic groups, explaining the origins of each and their impact on contemporary national politics. Throughout, he focuses on tribalism, religious dynamics, regional identities, Yemen''s African and Jewish minorities, and the social impact of the Arab Spring on the country''s women and youth. Orkaby also offers readers a window into Yemen''s rich past: its archaeological treasures, its ancient economic prosperity, and its tribal and religious history. He also looks to Yemen''s future, identifying potential avenues through which Yemen can use its promising geographic location, natural resources, and economic potential to achieve stability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis broad survey is organized according to a series of questions with answers that would yield excellent grades in any course on Yemen * C.M. Henry, Choice *\u003cbr\u003eYemen has much to teach the non-specialist. ... Orkaby proves a reliable guide to its complexities, pointing out important but little-known facts. ... 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Industry and financial analysts have predicted that the number of Internet-enabled devices will increase from 11 billion to upwards of 75 billion by 2020. Regardless of the number, the end result looks to be a mind-boggling explosion in Internet connected stuff. Yet, there has been relatively little attention paid to how we should go about regulating smart devices, and still less about how cybersecurity should be enhanced. Similarly, now that everything from refrigerators to stock exchanges can be connected to a ubiquitous Internet, how can we better safeguard privacy across networks and borders? Will security scale along with this increasingly crowded field? Or, will a combination of perverse incentives, increasing complexity, and new problems derail progress and exacerbate cyber insecurity? 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In a rich and deeply insightful book, he carefully connects the left's limited demand side policies to its earlier attempts to employ new supply side policies, and in so doing offers a novel theorization of the way ideas and electoral incentives come together to shape partisan economic policies. * Jane Gingrich, Professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford *\u003cbr\u003eWhy do social democrats embrace austerity policies, especially in moments when the conditions are ripe for their rejection? Bjorn Bremer answers this question by reference to a double dilemma that confounds social democrats. To win elections they must attract voters for whom pro-spending policies ring deficit alarm bells. But to do so they must embrace ideas and policies that undermine their ability to provide any alternatives to deficit reduction. Coping with his dilemma leads to a constant search for 'credibility' by the left that alienates their core constituencies and invites internal strife. 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Across a range of sites in racial justice and queer\/trans liberation movements--from speeches by James Baldwin and Sylvia Rivera in the 1960s and 1970s to contemporary immigrant justice campaigns by the antiracist LGBTQ organization Southerners on New Ground (SONG)--Lisa Beard traces a distinct lineage of appeals that challenge atomized and hierarchical racial formations in the United States and advance powerful visions of political relationships rooted in mutuality and shared freedom. In plumbing the deeper registers of identificatory appeals, Beard transforms understandings of identity, solidarity, political confrontation, and apparent loss\/failure as points of possibility. 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The Nicest People You'll Ever Dislike: When Good Neighbors Are Bad Citizens 3. \"Is There No Virtue among Us?\" Democracy in an Age of Rage and Resentment 4. System Failure? Human Suffering and the Case against Liberal Democracy 5. Hello, I Hate You: How Hyper-Connection Is Destroying Democracy Conclusion: Is There a Road Back? Notes Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732643361111,"sku":"9780197518878","price":21.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197518878.jpg?v=1719997774"},{"product_id":"making-the-world-safe-for-dictatorship-9780197520130","title":"Making the World Safe for Dictatorship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthoritarian states work hard to manage their images abroad. They invest in foreign-facing media, hire public relations firms, tout their popular celebrities, and showcase their successes to elite and popular foreign audiences. However, there is a dark side to these efforts that is sometimes overlooked. Authoritarian states try to obscure or censor bad news about their governments and often discredit their critics abroad. In extreme cases, authoritarian states intimidate, physically attack, or even murder their opponents overseas. All states attempt to manage their global image to some degree, but authoritarian states in the post-Cold War era have special incentives to do so given the predominance of democracy as an international norm.This book is about how authoritarian states manage their image abroad using both promotional tactics of persuasion and obstructive tactics of repression. Alexander Dukalskis looks at the tactics that authoritarian states use for image management and the ways in which their strategies vary from one state to another. Moreover, Dukalskis looks at the degree to which some authoritarian states succeed in using image management to enhance their internal and external security, and, in turn, to make their world safe for dictatorship.Making the World Safe for Dictatorship uses a diverse array of data, including interviews, cross-national data on extraterritorial repression, examination of public relations filings with the United States government, analysis of authoritarian propaganda, media frequency analysis, and speeches and statements by authoritarian leaders. Dukalskis also builds a new dataset--the Authoritarian Actions Abroad Database--that uses publicly available information to categorize nearly 1,200 instances in which authoritarian states repressed their critical exiles abroad, ranging from vague threats to confirmed assassinations. The book looks closely at three cases, China, North Korea, and Rwanda, to understand in more detail how authoritarian states manage their image abroad using combinations of promotional and obstructive tactics. The result is a new way of thinking about the international dimensions of authoritarian politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book carries the authoritarianism scholarship forward with a comprehensive analytical framework, a freely available database and rich interview data. It will appeal to academics, policymakers and foreign correspondents who are considering working in China * Chi Zhang, Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThe unfortunate conclusion is that the world is becoming ever safer for dictators. Dukalskis builds the framework to untangle the growing and insidious power of authoritarians to sell dictatorship and crush dissent. * A. R. Brunello, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eBy connecting concepts such as authoritarian soft power and public diplomacy to extraterritorial repression, Dukalskis shows how autocratic regimes shape global norms. ... Dukalskis builds the framework to untangle the growing and insidious power of authoritarians to sell dictatorship and crush dissent. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Dukalskis's intriguing book, in which he puts forward the concept of 'authoritarian image management', defined as 'comprising efforts by the state or its proxies to enhance or protect the legitimacy of the state's political system for audiences outside its borders'. * Falk Hartig, International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eIt is difficult to combine approaches from Comparative Politics and International Relations in ways that both speak to contemporary issues, yet also provide scholars with a framework that could be applied to other cases. Dukalskis deftly accomplishes this task in Making the World Safe for Dictatorship. * Thomas Bruce, Democratization *\u003cbr\u003eIntriguing * G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an outstanding book! While we routinely analyze domestic authoritarian politics or study how international factors affect national politics, Dukalskis turns the tables. His ideas about how authoritarian regimes shape their image abroad are not only theoretically lucid and innovative, but the abundance of empirical information that is so skillfully weaved together is equally impressive. Dukalskis is to be applauded for a pioneering book that will serve as the reference point for a future research area that—nolens volens—will become more and more pressing. * Johannes Gerschewski, WZB Berlin Social Science Center *\u003cbr\u003eMaking the World Safe for Dictatorship is a fascinating survey of the techniques of authoritarian image management, from propaganda and PR aimed at international audiences to the use of censorship, threats, and coercion abroad. Dukalskis' book sheds light on and provides a framework for analyzing an important global phenomenon: the use of extraterritorial mechanisms by authoritarian regimes to buttress and secure their rule. * Sheena Greitens, The University of Texas at Austin *\u003cbr\u003eAs Making the World Safe for Dictatorship demonstrates, today's autocracies are not hermit kingdoms ruled by simple-minded dictators. To the contrary, they are sophisticated regimes that use transnational connections to shore up their power. With evidence from China, Rwanda, and North Korea, Dukalskis offers a compelling framework that integrates the repressive and image-making logics of transnational authoritarianism. By doing so, he radically expands our understanding of how such regimes operate in our globalized world. * Edward Schatz, University of Toronto, author of Slow Anti-Americanism *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an excellent book that represents a major contribution to the field of study on authoritarian politics. Alexander Dukalskis has written a nuanced and highly illuminating study of the ways in which authoritarian regimes seek to manage their image abroad and shape the international environment to their own needs. The book includes a sophisticated theoretical framework that identifies the motivations, tactics, and outcomes behind these image management efforts, and it supports the theoretical arguments with innovative and original data. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners interested in the international politics of authoritarian rule. * Oisín Tansey, King's College London *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Chapter 1 - Introduction: Making the World Safe for Dictatorship  Chapter 2 - The Motivations Behind Authoritarian Image Management Chapter 3 - Mechanisms of Authoritarian Image Management Chapter 4 - Selling Dictatorship \u0026amp; Silencing Dissent:  A Global Snapshot Chapter 5 - Controlling Critical Messengers: Foreign Correspondents in China Chapter 6 - Promoting \u0026amp; Controlling the China Dream: China's External Propaganda and Repression Chapter 7 - Projecting Peace \u0026amp; Prosperity: Authoritarian Image Management and RPF Rwanda Chapter 8 - Coping with a Post-Communist World: North Korea Chapter 9 - Conclusion: Looking Backward, Forward, and Inward References Appendix 1: PR \u0026amp; Lobbying Data by Authoritarian States in the United States, 2018-2019 Appendix 2: Authoritarian Actions Abroad Database (AAAD) - Codebook Appendix 3: Pro-DPRK Groups with Internet Presences","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732643721559,"sku":"9780197520130","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197520130.jpg?v=1791454286"},{"product_id":"science-secrecy-and-the-smithsonian-9780197520338","title":"Science Secrecy and the Smithsonian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of how the Smithsonian Institute became intertwined in a secret biological warfare project.During the 1960s, the Smithsonian Institution undertook a large-scale biological survey of a group of uninhabited tropical islands in the Pacific. 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In the mainstream imagination, civil rights activists eschewed coercion, appealed to the majority''s principles, and submitted willingly to legal punishment in order to demand necessary legislative reforms and facilitate the realization of core constitutional and democratic principles. Their fidelity to the spirit of the law, commitment to civility, and allegiance to American democracy set the normative standard for liberal philosophies of civil disobedience.This narrative offers the civil disobedience of the Civil Rights Movement as a moral exemplar: a blueprint for activists who seek transformative change and racial justice within the bounds of democracy. Yet in this book, Erin R. Pineda shows how it more often functions as a disciplining examplea means of scolding activists and quieting dissent. As Pineda argues, the familiar account of Civil Rights disobedience not only misremembers history; it also distorts our political judgments about how civil disobedience might fit into democratic politics.Seeing Like an Activist charts the emergence of this influential account of civil disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement, and demonstrates its reliance on a narrative about black protest that is itself entangled with white supremacy. Liberal political theorists whose work informed decades of scholarship saw civil disobedience like a white state: taking for granted the legitimacy of the constitutional order, assuming as primary the ends of constitutional integrity and stability, centering the white citizen as the normative ideal, and figuring the problem of racial injustice as limited, exceptional, and all-but-already solved. Instead, this book sees civil disobedience from the perspective of an activist, showing the consequences for ideas about how civil disobedience ought to unfold in the present. Building on historical and archival evidence, Pineda shows how civil rights activists, in concert with anticolonial movements across the globe, turned to civil disobedience as a practice of decolonization in order to emancipate themselves and others, and in the process transform the racial order. Pineda recovers this powerful alternative account by adopting a different theoretical approach--one which sees activists as themselves engaged in the creative work of political theorizing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePineda's work examines the theory behind the concept of civil disobedience, explaining how activists used the civil disobedience strategy to challenge global white supremacy. In the process she returns to prominence the sometimes forgotten importance of the arrest of Fannie Lou Hamer and others ... in an introduction that becomes a catalyst for understanding the decision-making of movement activists discussed at length in the book. * D. O. Cullen, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eInterweaving counter-history and political theory in a way that speaks to our present moment, Pinedas book revolutionizes our understanding of one of the most invoked and iconic, but also most misunderstood examples of civil disobedience. With her remarkably profound, rigorous, and compelling study, Pineda manages to open up new theoretical and political possibilities beyond the unquestioned assumptions that constrain the mainstream understanding of protest and disobedience. Recovering the radical, indeed revolutionary potential of political contestation, her book should be read by anyone interested in building a new world. * Robin Celikates, Free University of Berlin *\u003cbr\u003eSeeing Like an Activist makes an important and original contribution to scholarship on civil disobedience by highlighting activists (in this case in the Civil Rights Movement in the US in the 1960s) as important political thinkers in their own right. Drawing on careful case studies of the \"jail, no bail\" campaigns pioneered by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the 1963 Birmingham Campaign led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Pineda shows how the ideas and actions of civil rights activists powerfully contradict the most cherished premises of the philosophical literature on civil disobedience that purports to draw on their example. * Juliet Hooker, Brown University *\u003cbr\u003eA powerful account of how acts of courageous defiance can simultaneously assert freedom and expose structures of racial domination, Pineda's incisive study recovers the genuine radicalism of the nonviolent activism of the civil rights movement. Upending received wisdom about nonviolence as a peaceful, constitutional path to social progress, Pineda shows how activists conceived and enacted nonviolence as a decolonizing practice of self-liberation. * Karuna Mantena, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eSeeing Like an Activist is a tour de force, and a joy to read. It is going to transform how political theorists see civil disobedience, and it offers a master class on how to do truly democratic political theory—theory that grows out of democratic actors' practices, rather than trying to fit those actors into existing theories. Political theorists, historians, philosophers, and really everyone else should all read it. If you want to think about what nonviolent direct action can mean for democracy, in the past, present, and\/or future, you need to read Pineda's book. * Lida Maxwell, Boston University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement  Chapter 1: Seeing Like a White State  Chapter 2: An Entire World in Motion  Chapter 3: Incarceration as Liberation  Chapter 4: Forcing the Better Argument  Chapter 5: The Techniques of Disavowal  Epilogue: To Build a New World","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732644082007,"sku":"9780197526439","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197526439.jpg?v=1791454288"},{"product_id":"debating-multiculturalism-should-there-be-minority-rights-debating-ethics-9780197528389","title":"Debating Multiculturalism Should There be","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo this reader at least, this lively debate volume shows very clearly that traditional liberalism, with its core principles of public neutrality and toleration, requires multiculturalism—the position laid out here by Peter Balint. Others will find in Patti Lenard`s 'political inclusion' model a new way of defending a more orthodox multiculturalism of minority rights. But the perhaps most powerful message of this book is the narrow range of disagreement on the necessity of multiculturalism in liberal-democratic societies. * Christian Joppke, University of Bern (Switzerland) *\u003cbr\u003eHas multiculturalism failed, and if so, why has it failed? Lenard and Balint explore these questions while offering their positions for and against multiculturalism. Lenard justifies multiculturalism on the basis of political inclusion. Balint criticizes multiculturalism on the basis of liberal neutrality. The authors broadly agree about the ideals of liberal democracy and they both take minority rights seriously. But they disagree about the 'knowability' of culture, the application of multiculturalism to Indigenous peoples and national minorities, and the sources and risks of social fragmentation. Readers will find two cogent arguments and an illuminating debate that remind us why multicultural ideals are still worth defending and yet remain contested today. * Avigail Eisenberg, University of Victoria (Canada) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Multiculturalism and Minority Rights Peter Balint \u0026amp; Patti Tamara Lenard  PART I: Pro Multiculturalism Patti Tamara Lenard Chapter 1: Introduction to Part I Chapter 2: What is Culture? Why Political Inclusion? Chapter 3: Cultural Claims and Political Inclusion Chapter 4: Cultural Preservation and Multicultural Accommodation Chapter 5: Non-Interference and Political Inclusion Chapter 6: Shared Public Culture in Diverse States  PART II: Against Multicultural Minority Rights Peter Balint Chapter 7: Introduction to Part II Chapter 8: We are All Neutralists Now!   Chapter 9: Neutrality without Minority Rights Chapter 10: National Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, and Historical Injustice Chapter 11: Multiculturalism and the Demands on Citizens Chapter 12: Conclusion to Part II  Part III: Responses Chapter 13: Response to Balint Culture not Colanders: Why Neutralism Fails to Respond Effectively to the Challenges of Cultural Diversity Patti Tamara Lenard Chapter 14: Response to Lenard  Multiculturalism without Minority (or Majority) Rights   Peter Balint","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732644409687,"sku":"9780197528389","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197528389.jpg?v=1791454289"},{"product_id":"american-global-preeminence-9780197534670","title":"American Global PreEminence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unique analysis that assesses how we can determine which country will be the next world leader. Will China surpass the United States as the world''s leader? In American Global Pre-eminence, William R. Thompson argues that the answer depends on leads in technological innovation, energy, and global reach. These are the forces that influence the hierarchy of global power--a system which began emerging a thousand years ago and started becoming more evident after the 1490s, especially after Dutch activities in the seventeenth century and British operations in the nineteenth century. The US followed in this fashion after 1945. Yet leads do not last forever. Ironically, as it becomes clearer how technological innovation, military force, and energy power interact, the processes under scrutiny may themselves be fundamentally transforming. Thus, Thompson contends, the real policy question is not whether the US is ahead or behind China but, rather, whether it will remain possible for a single s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume deals with complex arguments using clear language, fairly crafted propositions, well-designed indicators, and the very insightful long leadership cycle perspective. It brings sharp focus and real life into the increasingly foggy question of US decline.\" -Robert A. Denemark, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an insightful inquiry into the decline of US hegemony that deploys an evolutionary comparative perspective on the long history of rise and fall of empires and hegemonic core states. Thompson contends that the coming time of troubles will require careful peaceful co-existence among the great powers to avoid massive calamities.\" -Christopher Chase-Dunn, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California-Riverside\u003cbr\u003eA superb treatment of the economic, technological, military, and domestic foundations of the rise and prospective decline of American pre-eminence in world politics over the last two centuries. Thompson's theoretically innovative and empirically systematic analysis, anchored in a deeper historical perspective, is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of American global leadership and world order.\" -Jack S. Levy, Board of Governors Professor, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003eThompson has been one of the major scholars contributing to our understanding of international politics. At a time when scholars are focused on the rise of China and the alleged decline of the US, his most recent work in this area could not be more timely. And unlike most approaches to the rise and decline of powers today, this one is correctly placed in the context of long-term dynamics that help explain where we are now and where we are heading. Combining rigorous theory with new data on military and economic capabilities, along with a strong historical perspective, this excellent contribution to the field of international relations should be on the desks of both scholars and students in the field.\" -Thomas J. Volgy, The University of Arizona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. American Systemic Leadership: Its Unparalleled Rise and Slow Retreat 2. System Leadership, Rise and Relative Decline in the Global Political Economy 3. The Rise of the U.S. Economy 4. The 1920-45 Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy Orientation: Theory, Grand Strategies and System Leader Ascents 5. The Relative Decline of the United States 6. The Dysfunctionality of Domestic Politics: A Form of Absolute Decline 7. The Unipolarity Mirage 8. Inching Toward the Primus inter Pares Model and the End of Systemic Leadership as We Have Come to Know It? 9. The Second Sino-American Rivalry 10. The Future of World Order References Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732645785943,"sku":"9780197534670","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197534670.jpg?v=1719997783"},{"product_id":"debating-democracy-9780197540824","title":"Debating Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround the world, faith in democracy is falling. Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela have moved from flawed democracies to authoritarian regimes. Brexit and the rise of far-right parties show that even stable Western democracies are struggling. Partisanship and mutual distrust are increasing. What, if anything, should we do about these problems? In this accessible work, leading philosophers Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore debate whether the solution lies in having less democracy or more. Brennan argues that democracy has systematic flaws, and that democracy does not and cannot work the way most of us commonly assume. He argues the best solution is to limit democracy''s scope and to experiment with certain voting systems that can overcome democracy''s problems. Landemore argues that democracy, defined as a regime that distributes power equally and inclusively, is a better way to generate good governance than oligarchies of knowledge. To her, the crisis of representative democracy comes in large part from its glaring democratic deficits. The solution is not just more democracy, but a better kind, which Landemore theorizes as open democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrennan, in particular, is quite good at presenting complex ideas in a straightforward, accessible way. He uses examples well to explain the real costs of giving equal power to people with unequal knowledge, as in the case of Brexit. Landemore...presents thought--provoking suggestions, such as the increased use of randomly selected citizen assemblies. Both authors, from their very different perspectives, present intriguing ideas about how people might influence decision--making other than through the representative systems Americans are used to. * J. Heyrman, Berea College, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eCould democracy be a mistake? Since it gives an equal vote to the wise and the irrational alike, how well can it really be expected to perform? Couldn't experts do better, and on such momentous matters shouldn't we go for the best? This challenge is traditional, but also currently hot inside and outside academia. As against some others Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore agree on the problem's fundamental importance, but from there much else is up for debate. As two leading contributors to the lively literature on these questions, Brennan and Landemore deliver a vividly written introduction that will appeal to students, and a cutting-edge debate of importance to scholars as well. * David Estlund, Lombardo Family Professor of Philosophy, Brown University *\u003cbr\u003eThe future of democracy is one of the great issues of our time. In Debating Democracy, two of the world's leading experts on the subject debate whether the cure for democracy's ills is more democracy – as Helene Landemore argues – or whether we instead need tighter constraints on the power of democratic majorities, as Jason Brennan contends. Both defend their respective positions with great insight and skill. Scholars and laypeople alike can learn much from this outstanding work. It's hard to imagine a more timely book than this one! * Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, George Mason University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Part I: Brennan - Democracy without Romance Chapter 1. How Real Democracy Really Works Chapter 2. Is the Solution More Democracy? Chapter 3. Democracy: Less Is More Chapter 4. Alternatives to Democracy  Part II: Landemore - Let's Try Real Democracy Chapter 5. The Argument for Democracy Chapter 6. Objections Chapter 7. Against Epistemocracies Chapter 8. If Democracy Is Such a Smart Regime, Why Are Democracies Doing So Poorly at the Moment and How Can We Fix Them?  Part III: Responses by Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore  Chapter 9. A Response to Brennan Chapter 10. A Response to Landemore","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732646506839,"sku":"9780197540824","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197540824.jpg?v=1719997787"},{"product_id":"phantoms-of-a-beleaguered-republic-the-deep-state-and-the-unitary-executive-9780197543085","title":"Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic The Deep State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful dissection of one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise.President Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of the executive branch. In the process, two once-obscure concepts came center stage in an eerie faceoff. On one side was the specter of a Deep State conspiracyadministrators threatening to thwart the will of the people and undercut the constitutional authority of the president they elected to lead them. On the other side was a raw personalization of presidential power, one that a theory of the unitary executive gussied up and allowed to run roughshod over reason and the rule of law. The Deep State and the unitary executive framed every major contest of the Trump presidency. Like phantom twins, they drew each other out.These conflicts are not new. Stephen Skowronek, John A. Dearborn, and Desmond King trace the tensions between presidential power and the depth of the American state back through the decades and forward through the various settlements arrived at in previous eras. Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic is about the breakdown of settlements and the abiding vulnerabilities of a Constitution that gave scant attention to administrative power. Rather than simply dump on Trump, the authors provide a richly historical perspective on the conflicts that rocked his presidency, and they explain why, if left untamed, the phantom twins will continue to pull the American government apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book's strength is the dissection of all the ways that Trump stripped away the depth built into the executive branch. * Christopher S. Kelley, Miami University, Congress and the Presidency *\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful book offers an original and important frame for understanding the internal dynamics of the contemporary American state. By examining the decades-long contest between advocates of state depth (also known as the 'deep state') and advocates of the unitary-executive theory, it makes possible a more coherent and historically grounded view of the defining struggles of the Trump administration ... one of the most illuminating books thus far on the Trump presidency. * David C. Unger, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *\u003cbr\u003e... powerful and succinct... one of the delights... is the facility with which the authors recount both relevant history and leading scholarship... what Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic does so effectively is to demonstrate the opportunity presented by Trump, who made no secret of his desire to amass presidential power, for long-time proponents of the unitary executive. * Stephen Vladeck, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eIn this short, beautifully crafted, probing book, Stephen Skowronek, John Dearborn, and Desmond King bypass the crowded waters of constitutional interpretation and wade, instead, into those of political conflict and institutional design. So doing, they expose how the Unitary Executive Theory has burrowed into the administrative state and refashioned the terms of bureaucratic politics and contestation. * William Howell, New Rambler *\u003cbr\u003eThere's much to love about this book...At its core, Phantoms is part of a growing list of books with a first crack at the Trump legacy. Yet rather than look to the more bombastic elements of social media Trump, they zero-in on administrative Trump, the Trump who sat atop nearly 2 million federal workers.... More readable, big books should be written like this one. They stimulate big conversations and, we can hope, big solutions to big problems. * Heath Brown, 3 Streams *\u003cbr\u003e... breaks new ground in theorizing and explaining a fundamental conundrum of presidential power * Saladin Ambar, Presidential Studies Quartelry *\u003cbr\u003e... skillfully grounds debates over Trumps actions in broader scholarly and public debates about presidential power... concise and elegantly written. * Meena Bose, Political Science Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e... a superb first look at Trumps assault on the executive branch... * David Caudill, USSO - US Studies Online *\u003cbr\u003ePhantoms brings a scholarly rigor to help understand the fever-dream notion of a 'Deep State' and recent advances of the unitary executive theory. This is an invaluable assessment of the legal and political forces trying to radically transform our government. * US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) *\u003cbr\u003eThis nuanced interrogation of competing conceptions of American government—a Deep State based on a dense administrative apparatus transcending party and presidential administrations, and a unitary executive charting a direct relationship between president and people—combines theoretical clarity with uncommon learning. Written with cool reason, yet urgently, about a profound political conundrum, the book's quest for common ground offers a valuable act of democratic guardianship. * Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eThis pathbreaking book elucidates the competing, interconnected pulls of the 'unitary executive' and the 'Deep State' in American political development. By training on their juncture, Phantoms unravels the implications of these powerful ideas for how our federal government functions—and its profound and wrenching dysfunctions. * Daphna Renan, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School *\u003cbr\u003ePhantoms is a compelling account of a regime in distress. The authors deliver stunning insights into the excruciating stresses between presidential ambitions to singular executive power and a deep state capable of good governance but prone to hubris. Their conclusion that avoiding the complete loss of the value of depth requires systematic reimagining of institutional designs and relationships deserves the attention of all friends of the American republic. * Brian J. Cook, author of The Fourth Branch: Reconstructing the Administrative State for the Commercial Republic *\u003cbr\u003eSkowronek, Dearborn, and King offer a brilliant analysis of the confrontation between 'the Deep State' and the unitary executive. Frictions between the president and the federal bureaucracy came to a head under Trump, but they predated his presidency and will remain a hallmark of American politics. Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic is essential reading for understanding how the entrenched tensions between effective administration and political accountability emerged and why they will persist. * Margaret Weir, Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, Brown University *\u003cbr\u003eThis book shows how Donald Trump's attacks on the 'Deep State' laid bare a profound tension that pre-dated Trump and will survive him. Americans now expect presidents to guide all their governance. They also demand a nonpartisan, professional administrative state. Neither is truly possible—so seeking to have both spurs a battle of phantoms that the nation needs to move beyond. * Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania *\u003cbr\u003eDonald Trump's rants against the 'deep state' differed in degree but not in kind from his predecessors' complaints about the difficulty any chief executive has in directing the executive branch. Taking seriously arguments too often reduced to partisan caricature, this book masterfully traces the historical tension between bureaucratic accountability and independent expertise. In so doing the authors tee up a new agenda for the study of executive governance - and write a field guide for presidents hoping to close the gap between good politics and enlightened administration. * Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Government, Bowdoin College *\u003cbr\u003eIn the best study of the Trump administration's executive actions to date, Phantoms of the Beleaguered Republic makes clear that Trump's war on expertise is more than a cult of personality; it is a reckoning in the long struggle to command a large and complex state that determines how fundamental American values are interpreted and enforced. Thoroughly researched and well-written, this book is a must read for those who want to understand just how much is at stake in the contest between defenders of a unitary executive and the champions of bureaucratic independence. * Sidney M. Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Governance and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia *\u003cbr\u003eBlending grand historical sweep with meticulous political analysis, this is a wise and illuminating look at the deep roots of our contemporary predicament. From the perpetual tension between the 'Deep State' and the 'unitary executive,' Skowronek, Dearborn, and King fashion an important new interpretation of American political development. * Robert C. Lieberman, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface New Foreword for the Paperback Edition  I: THE DEEP STATE AND THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE 1. Push Comes to Shove 2. Weak State, Strong State, Deep State 3. The Unitary Executive  4. Republican Remedies  II: PHANTOMS UNLEASHED        Introduction  5. Depth in Staff 6. Depth in Norms 7. Depth in Knowledge 8. Depth in Appointment  9. Depth in Oversight  III. Epilogue 10. A Reckoning with Depth  Afterword Notes Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732646736215,"sku":"9780197543085","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197543085.jpg?v=1791454293"},{"product_id":"daring-to-struggle-chinas-global-ambitions-under-xi-jinping-9780197545645","title":"Daring to Struggle Chinas Global Ambitions Under","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaring to Struggle is a significant contribution to our understanding of those motivations, offering a response to that question that is both refreshing and often arresting. There are a number of reasons to appreciate the arrival of Bates Gill's contribution to this important enquiry. The scholarship he draws upon incorporates both primary materials as well as analysis from a wide range of secondary academic treatments. * Rosemary Foot, The China Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eIn this probing and engrossing study, leading China scholar Bates Gill has contributed the most comprehensive and in-depth assessment to date of China's global impact under strongman ruler Xi Jinping. Clearly conceptualized, well written, and based on granular research, it is filled with insights but troubling in its implications. Professor Gill argues that Xi's China has a big chip on its shoulder and is driven by an insatiable craving for respect—when married together with the attributes of hard power, he argues that this could be a combustible combination. Daring to Struggle should be carefully read by all serious China watchers. * David Shambaugh, George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003eBates Gill offers the clearest picture yet of 'what China wants.' His well-structured study returns constantly to the Chinese Communist Party's elusive and dangerous search for legitimacy and points to the need for deep US engagement with allies and partners to navigate the Xi Era. * Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies *\u003cbr\u003eAt the very moment that China has moved to the center of global politics, Bates Gill has produced a Rosetta stone-like guide to understanding Xi Jinping's worldview. This book is essential reading for scholars, policymakers and business leaders alike. It provides an unusually lucid analysis of how Xi's China thinks about its role in the world and how Xi plans to achieve his global goals, which remain both inchoate and dynamic. Gill's aptly titled Daring to Struggle finds the right balance between analysis and forecasting in helping the reader fathom Chinese foreign policy today and in the future. * Evan Medeiros, Georgetown University *\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping new work, Bates Gill tackles what may be the most salient set of questions in international affairs - \"what does China want?\" And \"how will it get what it wants?\" The globe's future likely hinges on the answers to these questions. Daring to Struggle dares to try, employing the lens of six thematic drivers to explain the trajectory of China's ambitions, ultimately arguing that China will not shrink from any contest. This is a must-read book for both specialists and interested observers! * Roy D. Kamphausen, The National Bureau of Asian Research *\u003cbr\u003eThe book even handedly summarises China's place in the current world: how it got there,...Gill deserves credit for making this deeply informative book very readable. It is an excellent, objective single volume primer on China's role in the contemporary world. * Christopher Ruane, Asian Affairs 54.2 *\u003cbr\u003eRecommended. Undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Introduction: Understanding China's global ambitions under Xi Jinping   1. Opportunities: Seeking national rejuvenation  2. Legitimacy: Prioritizing the Party and its rule  3. Sovereignty: Achieving territorial integrity and expanded \"strategic frontiers\"  4. Wealth: Pursuing national development and prosperity  5. Power: Leveraging China's growing economic and military might  6. Leadership:  Gaining a greater say in how the world works  7. Ideas: Competing for hearts and minds around the globe  8. Challenges: Confronting headwinds for the China Dream  Conclusion: A contested future  Notes  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732647293271,"sku":"9780197545645","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197545645.jpg?v=1719997790"},{"product_id":"what-should-we-do-a-theory-of-civic-life-9780197570494","title":"What Should We Do A Theory of Civic Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Levine is among the leading philosophers of civic life of his generation. What Should We Do? is his magnum opus. It ranges widely from a masterly review of political philosophy to practical suggestions for addressing issues like the Black Lives Matter movement. 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In this insightful and wise book, Levine reveals what it truly means to cooperate, deliberate, and activate—and challenges us to do all three more mindfully. * Eric Liu, CEO of Citizen University, and author Become America *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Chapter 1. The Citizen's Fundamental Question  Chapter 2. A Case: The Montgomery Bus Boycott  Chapter 3. Three Traditions in Search of Solutions  Chapter 4. The Bloomington School and the Citizen as Solver of Collective Action Problems  Chapter 5. The Frankfurt School and the Citizen as Deliberator  Chapter 6. Nonviolent Social Movements and the Citizen as Bearer of Soul Force  Chapter 7. Synthesis  Chapter 8. A Case: Black Lives Matter  Chapter 9. Moving to Large Scales  References Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732652077399,"sku":"9780197570494","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197570494.jpg?v=1791454301"},{"product_id":"the-rise-and-demise-of-world-communism-9780197579671","title":"The Rise and Demise of World Communism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA concise, readable, and novel interpretation of the history of communist states.Sixteen states came to be ruled by communist parties during the 20th century. One, the Soviet Union, was geographically the largest nation in the world and a superpower. Another, China, had the world''s largest population. At communism''s high point, its adherents envisioned global triumph. Today, however, only five communist regimes remain in power. Why?In The Rise and Demise of World Communism, George Breslauer, a specialist who has spent decades observing the evolution of communist states, provides a sweeping history of the world communist movement, focusing in particular on what communist states shared in common and why they began to differ from each other over time. Throughout, Breslauer explores the relations among communist states as well as the relations between those states and the world of increasingly affluent, and militarily formidable, democratic-capitalist powers. He finds that these regimes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Introduction Part I. General Patterns in World Communism Chapter 1. What did Communist Regimes Have in Common? Chapter 2. How did Communist Regimes Differ from Each Other? Chapter 3. The World Communist Movement: From Moscow-Centric to Pluralistic Part II. Ideology and Organization: The Heritage Chapter 4. Marxism: The Vision Chapter 5. Leninism: The Instrument Part III. Coming to Power and \"Building Socialism\" in Russia Chapter 6. The Bolshevik Seizure of Power Chapter 7. Consolidating Bolshevik Power Chapter 8. Respite Chapter 9. Building Socialism: Stalin's Revolution from Above, 1928-1934 Chapter 10. The Great Terror and Stalinist Despotism Chapter 11. Was Stalinism a Logical Continuation of Marxism-Leninism? Chapter 12. Was Stalin's Revolution from Above a Rational Strategy of Modernization? Chapter 13. Stalinism and World Communism in the 1930s Chapter 14. The Impact of World War II on the Soviet Union and World Communism Part IV. The Stalinist Model Spreads Westward and Eastward Chapter 15. The Creation of East European Communist States Chapter 16. Origins and Entrenchment of the Cold War Chapter 17. World War II and the Creation of Asian Communist States: The People's Republic of China Chapter 18. Consolidating Power and Building Socialism in China Chapter 19. Communist Parties Come to Power in Korea and Vietnam Part V. After Stalin: From Similarity to Difference Chapter 20. What Follows Stalinism in the USSR? Chapter 21. Diversity and Defiance Within the World Communist Movement Chapter 22. \"Building Communism\": Competition for Ideological \"Correctness\" Within the World Communist Movement Chapter 23. The Sino-Soviet Schism, 1957-1963 Chapter 24. Cuba's Indigenous Revolution, 1959-70 Chapter 25. The Soviet Union After Khrushchev: Bureaucratic Leninism Chapter 26. Alternatives to Utopia in China, 1960-1965 Chapter 27. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969 Chapter 28. Maoism: An Accounting Part VI. The Realignment of International Relations: From Proletarian Internationalism to Balance-of-Power Politics Chapter 29. The Collapse of the World Communist Movement and the Rise of Detente Chapter 30. Why US-Soviet Détente Failed Chapter 31. Post-Detente Realignment: the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979 Part VII. The Collapse of European Communism Chapter 32. Varieties of Opposition to the Soviet Model in Eastern Europe, 1968-1985 Chapter 33. Gorbachev's Peaceful Revolution from Above Chapter 34. Gorbachev and the Abandonment of Anti-Imperialist Struggle Part VIII. The Remains of Communism in a Post-Communist World Chapter 35. From Maoism to Market Leninism: The Chinese Economic Miracle After Mao Chapter 36. China in a Post-Communist World: Can Leninism Survive Market Leninism? Chapter 37. Market Leninism in Vietnam Chapter 38. Market Leninism in Laos Chapter 39. Bureaucratic Leninism in Cuba Chapter 40. Stalinism in North Korea Part IX. Conclusions Chapter 41. Why the Drive to Difference? Chapter 42. Assessing the Communist Experience: Achievement or Tragedy? Chapter 43: Is There a Future for New Communist States?","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732654043479,"sku":"9780197579671","price":33.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"dying-by-the-sword-the-militarization-of-us-foreign-policy-9780197581438","title":"Dying by the Sword The Militarization of US","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican policymakers are addicted to threatening and using military force to get their way with other countries. Toft and Kushi provide an abundance of data that show how the United States has become more militaristic and more ruthless over the course of its history. Dying by the Sword is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how Washington operates on the world stage. * John J. Mearsheimer, R. 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But China''s foreign policy initiatives, even Belt and Road, will be shaped and redefined as they confront the ground realities of local and regional politics outside China. In China''s Western Horizon, Daniel S. Markey previews how China''s efforts are likely to play out along its western horizon: across the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Drawing from extensive interviews, travels, and historical research, Markey describes how perceptions of China vary widely within states such as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Iran. On balance, Markey anticipates that China''s deepening involvement will play to the advantage of regional strongmen and exacerbate the political tensions within and among Eurasian states. To make the most of America''s limited influence along China''s western horizon (and elsewhere), he argues that US policymakers should pursue a selective and localized strategy to serve America''s specific aims in Eurasia and to better compete with China over the long run.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarkey's brilliant book is the go to policy guide for the steps the U.S. must avoid to manage its strategic competition with China. * Rabia Akhtar, Asian Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eDeeply informed. * Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e... a must read for foreign service personnel and scholars working on international relations from the US. * Davide Giacomo Zoppolato, Eurasian Geography and Economics *\u003cbr\u003e[This book] makes important contributions to our understanding of the processes and outcomes of China's unprecedented and growing involvement in countries far beyond its western borders.... Markey's nuanced discussion of the soft competition between Beijing and Moscow is fascinating and on point.... China's Western Horizon is a tour d'horizon and should be required reading for anyone grappling with the enormity of America's China challenge—whether they sit in Carlisle Barracks, Camp Smith, MacDill Air Force Base, the Pentagon, or elsewhere. * Parameters  *\u003cbr\u003eMarkey's impressive and well-researched book is a must-read for anyone trying to decipher China's uneasy path as it moves beyond its region into the contested waters of the Middle East and South Asia... As such, this book is a welcome addition to the emerging literature on China's foreign policy under Xi Jinping. * Ray Takeyh, Survival *\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Markey's remarkable and timely new book, China's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia,...is significant for the agency it recognizes in local actors shaping BRI's scope, for the focus it brings to Beijing's continental aims, and for the common tensions it draws together across a broad region. * Elizabeth Threlkeld, Asia Policy *\u003cbr\u003eWith eloquence, sagacity and rigor, Markey describes the interactive effects that China's growing presence in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East has on local realities. 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With eloquence, sagacity and rigor, Markey describes the interactive effects that China's growing presence in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East has on local realities. Beijing's active deployment of diplomatic, economic, and security instruments is already giving shape to a new regional landscape in which the US will have to adapt, and perhaps rethink, its role. * Nad`ege Rolland, author of China's Eurasian Century *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a first-rate guide to the deepening post-Cold War profile of China on the Eurasian continent. Markey shows the strengths and weaknesses of China's Belt and Road Initiative, especially along the strategic access routes from Beijing to the Persian Gulf. Documenting China's quiet yet steadily rising Eurasian presence and its global implications, Markey highlights the region's historic transformation. * Kent Calder, Vice Dean, and Director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies *\u003cbr\u003eAmidst a wave of books about China's Belt and Road that emphasize Beijing's global vision for a new international order, China's Western Horizon skillfully reveals how local actors across Eurasia have seized upon and manipulated Chinese investments and strategic engagement to advance their own domestic and regional agendas. Markey's detailed and penetrating research provides important cautionary evidence that BRI partners may 'pull' China into political entanglements with important unintended and even counterproductive consequences for Beijing * Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College and Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eMarkey's important and insightful new book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on China's expanding global presence. Casting his eye across a vast swath of continental Eurasia, Markey analyzes both the forces driving Chinese policy and the factors shaping the responses of the poorer and weaker nations in its path. Markey's research is broad as well as deep, his assessments are balanced and measured, and his conclusions will inform the thinking of scholars and policymakers alike. * Aaron L. Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003eMarkey's book is an original and important contribution… and a call to action. * Orbis *\u003cbr\u003eA measured, thoughtful analysis of the nature and limitations of China's influence in Eurasia. * The American Interest *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating and in depth study of China's historical and current relationship with South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East… an outstanding book. * The Cipher Brief *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Map: China's Western Horizon  1.         China and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia 2.         Beijing's Global Aspirations 3.         South Asian Conflicts 4.         Central Asian Insecurities 5.         Middle Eastern Entanglements 6.         US-China Competition in Eurasia   Notes Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732654567767,"sku":"9780197582015","price":18.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197582015.jpg?v=1791454307"},{"product_id":"justice-and-international-order-east-and-west-9780197598405","title":"Justice and International Order East and West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders leave this text with a better grasp on the causes of current international differences between China and the West and with some practical means toward future cooperative flourishing. * D. P. Prianti, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a big book. 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Collectively, they argue that we can learn much from democratic survivals that were just as unexpected as the democratic erosions that have occurred in some corners of the developed world. Just as social scientists long believed that well-established, Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies were immortal, so too did they assign little chance of democracy to countries that lacked these characteristics. And yet, in defiance of decades of social science wisdom, many countries that were bereft of these hypothesized enabling conditions for democracy not only achieved it, but maintained it year after year. How does democracy persist in countries that are ethnically heterogenous, wracked by economic crisis, and plagued by state weakness? What is the secret of democratic longevity in hard places? This book--the first to date to systematically examine the survival persistence of unlikely democracies--presents nine case studies in which democracy emerged and survived against the odds. Adopting a comparative, cross-regional perspective, the authors derive lessons about what makes democracy stick despite tumult and crisis, economic underdevelopment, ethnolinguistic fragmentation, and chronic institutional weakness. By bringing these cases into dialogue with each other, Mainwaring and Masoud derive powerful theoretical lessons for how democracy can be built and maintained in places where dominant social science theories would cause us to least expect it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy in Hard Places emphasized fragile democracies that find ways to persevere. It's a novel way to think about democracy that challenges many of our natural assumptions. It's an absolute must read for those who haven't already. * Justin Kempf, Democracy Paradox *\u003cbr\u003eWe are living through a democratic recession, reversing a decades-long expansion of elections and democratic governance around the world. Why is this happening and what could be done to arrest the decline? This compelling volume tackles this question in an unusual way-by looking at cases (such as India, South Africa, and Indonesia) where democracy has endured, despite having few of the pre-conditions that tend to be associated with success. These rich and carefully researched accounts remind readers that not everything is determined by economic development and other such structural factors. Broadly shared norms and values and specific policy choices all make a difference. Above all, political leaders matter. You cannot have democracy without democrats. * Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eWe are living through an era when it is hard not to be aware of democracy's fragility and concerned about its future. Rather than provide another study of democratic decay, Democracy in Hard Places offers us analyses by some of political science's most eminent scholars of how democracy manages to survive, even in ostensibly inauspicious settings. Democracy in Hard Places will be invaluable to those seeking to understand democracy's contemporary problems as well as come up with solutions to them. * Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eThe recent scholarly turn to more structuralist explanations of regime change has left an important question unanswered: many democracies in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America continue to 'overperform' the expectations of existing theories. Why—and how—do fragile democracies survive despite daunting domestic and international conditions? 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Cultivating Democracy is recommended to anyone interested in understanding the complexities of politics and citizenship in the Global South. * Dr Kishor K. Podh, LSE Review of Books  *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work of both theoretical sophistication and vivid ethnography that takes us into the everyday life of rural Bengal as we follow the rhythms and tempos of political allegiances, enmities, compromises, and hopes that portray the lived experience of democratic politics. With an eye on minor characters as well as major players in the political field Banerjee's receptivity to unforeseen events within the everyday, and her attention to the small events of history, together stitch theory and ethnography and make for unforgettable moments in the text. 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Cultivating democracy Acknowledgements","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732656173399,"sku":"9780197601877","price":23.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"revolutionary-contagion-and-international-politics-9780197601938","title":"Revolutionary Contagion and International","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing historical examples, Nelson (Brigham Young Univ.) develops a theory of international relations centered on ideological conflicts between states that originate from an established state's fears that a revolutionary movement in a foreign state will spread to its borders and threaten the status quo...The book's detailed analysis of these case studies is a worthwhile contribution to the vast literature theorizing the causes of revolution, how revolution spreads, and the subsequent reaction. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis book greatly advances our understanding of when relations among international ideological enemies are likely to be hostile. The argument is of high importance for both theory and policy, including helping to predict the likelihood of a coming ideological clash between the United States and China.\" -Mark L. Haas, Duquesne University, and author of Frenemies\u003cbr\u003eNelson gives us the deepest and broadest treatment yet of how fears of revolutionary contagion affect international relations. By elucidating mechanisms and examining historical cases with care, he shows how governments that fear a revolution is coming their way become hostile to the source country and find new and unexpected foreign allies to combat it. A convincing and timely book.\" -John Owen, University of Virginia\u003cbr\u003eIn this lucid and historically rich book, Nelson breaks important new ground in our understanding of how ideology shapes cooperation in international relations. By drawing attention to the conditions that give rise to leader fears of revolutionary contagion, Nelson forcefully and convincingly goes beyond standard accounts to systematically demonstrate the critical role of domestic politics in explaining how ideology affects alignment between states across history. In sum, this book is a brilliant addition to the study of international relations.\" -C. William Walldorf, Jr., Wake Forest University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - Introduction: Ideologies and International Relations Chapter 2 - A Theory of Domestic Contagion Effects Chapter 3 - Democratic Revolutions and the Ancien Régime Chapter 4 - Constitutional Revolutions and the Concert of Europe  Chapter 5 - Communist and Fascist Revolutions in Europe  Chapter 6 - The Islamic Revolution and the Middle East  Chapter 7 - Conclusions, Extensions, and Implications Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732656206167,"sku":"9780197601938","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197601938.jpg?v=1791454310"},{"product_id":"diminishing-returns-the-new-politics-of-growth-and-stagnation-9780197607862","title":"Diminishing Returns The New Politics of Growth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis immensely stimulating book enriches our understanding of comparative and international political economy with new perspectives drawn from post-Keynesian economics about how and why growth models vary across countries and time. Bringing macroeconomics back into the center of the study of comparative capitalism, the authors skillfully weave economics and politics together to yield a distinctive view of the challenges facing the contemporary world. This is an illuminating volume that all political economists will want to read. * Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when growth slows down? This excellent book contributes to a growing research agenda on economic growth, ranging from heterodox economics and international political economy to political science. At the core are institutional differences between national growth regimes that are interconnected in the global economy. Understanding those institutions and dynamics will allow us to better guide the transition from fossil-fuelled growth towards decarbonization. * Anke Hassel, Professor of Public Policy, Hertie School *\u003cbr\u003eEvery once in a while, a book comes along that genuinely takes the scholarly and analytical debates in a field forwards. This impressively substantial tome is just such a volume, enriching comparative capitalisms analysis in bringing together an array of the world's leading political economists to explore growth models and capitalist restructuring in many parts of the globe. This will become a landmark volume that students and scholars of the political economy interested in the politics of capitalist growth in all parts of the globe will need to read. * Ben Clift, Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Introduction:  Rethinking Comparative Capitalism Lucio Baccaro, Mark Blyth and Jonas Pontusson  Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives  Chapter 1: Growth Models and Post Keynesian Macroeconomics Engelbert Stockhammer and Özlem Onaran  Chapter 2:  From Fordism to Franchise: Intellectual property and growth models in the Knowledge Economy Herman Mark Schwartz  Chapter 3:  Four Galtons and a Minsky: Growth Models from an IPE Perspective Herman Mark Schwartz and Mark Blyth  Part 2: Growth Models at Scale  Chapter 4: The Political Economy of the Eurozone's Post-Crisis Growth Model Alison Johnston and Matthias Matthijs   Chapter 5: China's Growth Models in Comparative and International Perspective Yeling Tan and James Conran  Chapter 6: The Politics of Growth Model Switching: Why Latin America Tries, and Fails, to Abandon Commodity-Driven Growth Jazmin Sierra  Chapter 7: The FDI-led Growth Models of the East-Central and South-Eastern European Periphery Cornel Ban and Dragos Adascalitei  Part 3: Country Case Studies  Chapter 8: Credit and Consumption-Led Growth Models in the United States and United Kingdom Alexander Reisenbichler and Andreas Wiedemann  Chapter 9: The Political-Economic Foundations of Export-led Growth: An Analysis of the German Case Lucio Baccaro and Martin Höpner   Chapter 10: Rebalancing Balanced Growth: The Evolution of the Swedish Growth Model since the mid- 1990s Lennart Erixon and Jonas Pontusson  Chapter 11: Growth and Stagnation in Southern Europe: The Italian and Spanish Growth Models  Compared Lucio Baccaro and Fabio Bulfone  Chapter 12: Global Capital and National Growth Models: The Cases of Ireland and Latvia Dorothee Bohle and Aidan Regan  Part 4: Policies and Politics  Chapter 13: Financialization and Growth Regimes Cornel Ban and Oddny Helgadóttir  Chapter 14: Political Parties and Growth Models Jonathan Hopkin and Dustin Voss  Chapter 15: Growth Models Under Austerity Evelyne Hübscher and Thomas Sattler  Chapter 16:  Welfare States and Growth Models: Accumulation and Legitimation Julia Lynch and Sara Watson  Chapter 17: Green Growth Models Jonas Nahm  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732657484119,"sku":"9780197607862","price":42.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197607862.jpg?v=1719997829"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/comparative-politics.oembed?page=56","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}