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Oxford University Press Inc Legacies and Memories in Movements
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OUP USA The Making of Black Lives Matter A Brief History of an Idea
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Oxford University Press False Dawn
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Oxford University Press Clients and Constituents
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics
Book SynopsisOver the course of the thirty-one essays in The Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics some of the world's leading scholars of Mexico will provide a comprehensive view of the remarkable transformation of the nation's political system to a democratic model. In turn they will assess the most influential institutions, actors, policies and issues in its current evolution toward democratic consolidation.Trade ReviewMexican politics are complicated, but they are not inexplicable. In this timely contribution, Roderic Camp has overseen a large-scale effort to decipher the rules and traditions of political activity in Mexico. To understand how Mexico came to this moment, this book of essays is indispensable. Policymakers on both sides of the border, students and professors, as well as the educated public with an interest in the region, would do well to take on this volume, to read and digest the deep learning of the contributors, and, by doing so, form a more coherent and intellectually honest vision of the future of Mexican politics. * Mexican Studies *Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors ; Part I: Introduction ; 1. The Democratic Transformation of Mexican Politics- Roderic Ai Camp ; Part II: Political Development ; 2. Democracy from Independence to Revolution - Jaime E. Rodriguez O. ; 3. Mexican Elections, 1910 to 1994: Voters, Violence and Veto Power - Paul Gillingham ; 4. Mexican Democracy in Comparative Perspective - Peter H. Smith ; Part III: Institutions as Transformational Actors ; 5. Municipalities and Policy Making - Andrew Selee ; 6. Invigorating Federalism: the Emergence of Governors and State Legislatures as Powerbrokers and Policy Innovators - Caroline C. Beer ; 7. The Dinosaur that Evolved: Changes to the PRI's Gubernatorial Candidate Selection, 1980 to 2009 - Joy Langston ; 8. Holding Power: The PAN as Mexico's Incumbent Party - Steven T. Wuhs ; 9. PRD and the Left - Kathleen Bruhn ; 10. Ulysses, the Sirens, and Mexico's Judiciary: Increasing Pre-Commitments to Strengthen the Rule of Law - Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle ; 11. The Fall of the Dominant Presidency: Lawmaking under Divided Government in Mexico - Benito Nacif ; Part IV: Changing Roles ; 12. Civil-Military Relations in Mexico: The Unfinished Transition - Jordi Diez ; 13. Mexican Political Elites in a Democratic Setting - Roderic Ai Camp ; 14. Big Business, Democracy, and the Politics of Competition - Strom Thacker ; 15. Organized Labor and Politics in Mexico - Graciela Bensusan and Kevin J. Middlebrook ; Part V: New Actors ; 16. Democracy in the Newsroom: The Evolution of Journalism and the News Media - Sallie Hughes ; 17. Social and Indigenous Movements in Mexico's Transition to Democracy ; - Shannan Mattiace ; 18. Human Rights and NGO's - Mariclaire Acosta ; 19. Women and Grassroots Politics - Victoria E. Rodriguez ; 20. Drug-Traffickers as Political Actors in Mexico's Nascent Democracy - John Bailey ; Part VI: Electoral Politics and the Changing Political Landscape ; 21. Changing Dimensions of National Political Elections - James A. McCann ; 22. Mexico's Campaigns and the Benchmark Elections of 2000 and 2006 - Jorge I. Dominguez ; 23. The Return of <"the Local>" to Mexican Politics - Jonathan Hiskey ; Part VII: Demographics and Political Attitudes ; 24. Who is the Mexican Voter? - Alejandro Moreno ; 25. Polling and Pollsters as Agents of Change: An Historical Account of Public Opinion ; Research in Mexico from 1938 to 2010 - Pablo Paras and Miguel Basanez ; 26. Regionalism in Mexican Electoral Politics - Joseph L. Klesner ; Part VIII: Politics and Policy Issues ; 27. United States-Mexican Relations and Mexican Domestic Politics - Pamela K. Starr ; 28. Domestic and National Security Challenges in Mexico - David A. Shirk ; 29. Mexico-US Migration Policy: Historical Review and Contemporary Challenges ; - Marc R. Rosenblum ; 30. Economy as Grand-Guignol: The Post-reform Era in Mexico- William P. Glade ; 31. The Path of Economic Liberalism - Mark Eric Williams ; Index
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Oxford University Press Diversity Violence and Recognition
Book SynopsisWhen considering strategies to address violent conflict, scholars and policymakers debate the wisdom of recognizing versus avoiding reference to ethnic identities in government institutions. In Diversity, Violence, and Recognition, Elisabeth King and Cyrus Samii examine the reasons that governments choose to recognize ethnic identities and the consequences of such choices for peace. The authors introduce a theory on the merits and risks of recognizing ethnic groups in state institutions, pointing to the crucial role of ethnic demographics. Through a global quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies of Burundi, Rwanda, and Ethiopia, they find promise in recognition. Countries that adopt recognition go on to experience less violence, more economic vitality, and more democratic politics, but these effects depend on which ethnic group is in power. King and Samii''s findings are important for scholars studying peace, democracy, and development, and practically relevant to policymakers attempting to make these concepts a reality.Trade ReviewThis is a well-researched study with findings that are valuable for anyone interested in the development of peace and democracy. Recommended. All levels. * T. Davis, Lake Erie College, CHOICE *This is an incredibly important book. Scholars will find a novel theory of the reasons for ethnic recognition, as well as a convincing and sophisticated argument drawing on a wealth of original material. As for policy-makers, they will find guidance on how to make the 'right' choice when faced with the dilemma of ethnic recognition. Therefore, King & Samii's advice may impact millions of lives for the better." -Séverine Autesserre, author of Trouble with the Congo, Peaceland, and The Frontlines of PeaceOne of the most fateful decisions facing peace-makers and state-builders in ethnically divided societies is whether to formally recognize the rights and powers of cultural groups, or whether individual rights approaches offer a better way to simultaneously prevent ethnic discrimination and demobilize invidious ethnic rivalries. Grounded in deep theoretical and empirical work, King and Samii convincingly explain the conditions under which ethnic group recognition or non-recognition is likely to produce the better outcome." -Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsList of illustrations List of Abbreviations Part 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A Theory of Recognition Part 2 Chapter 3: Trends in Ethnic Recognition Chapter 4: Under what conditions is recognition adopted? Chapter 5: What are the effects of ethnic recognition on peace? Part 3 Chapter 6: Recognition under Plurality Rule and the Paradox of Recognition in Burundi Chapter 7: Non-Recognition under Minority Rule and the Paradox of Non-Recognition in Rwanda Chapter 8: Ethnic Recognition under Minority Rule in Ethiopia Part 4 Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix: Statistical Tables References Index
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Oxford University Press The Virtues of Vulnerability
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Oxford University Press Meddling in the Ballot Box
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Oxford University Press Everyday Peace
Book SynopsisAn exploration of how so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict and forge peace.In this pathbreaking book, Roger Mac Ginty explores everyday peace-or how individuals and small groups can eke out spaces of tolerance and conciliation in conflict-ridden societies. Drawing on original material from the Everyday Peace Indicators project, he blends theory and concept-building together with contemporary and comparative examples. Unusual for the disciplines of peace and conflict studies as well as international relations, Everyday Peace also utilizes personal diaries and memoirs from World Wars One and Two. The book unpacks the core components of everyday peace and argues that it is constructed from a mix of sociality, reciprocity, and solidarity. This exploration of bottom-up and community-level approaches to peace challenges the usual concentration on top-down approaches to peace advanced by governments and international organizations. Indeed, the book goes to the lowest level of social organization - individuals, families and small groups of friends and colleagues - and looks at everyday interaction in workplaces, the stairwells of apartment buildings, and the queue for public transport.Mac Ginty sees peace and conflict as being embodied, lived, and experienced - and constructs a multi-layered definition of peace. Importantly, he applies his evidentiary base of micro-acts that constitute everyday peace to societies that have emerged out of conflict and have not experienced recidivism on a large scale. Unlike most who focus on top-down processes, he demonstrates that what matters is the interaction between top-down and bottom-up peace and how, in an ideal scenario, they can have a symbiotic relationship. By focusing on how the small-scale can have big and lasting effects, Everyday Peace will reshape our understanding of how peace comes about.Trade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to the peace and conflict literature, particularly in its effort to 'break through the concrete floor'. It is useful for academics in conceptualizing what peace means as well as for practitioners in recognizing early signs of everyday peace. * Louise Ridden, Aberystwyth University, International Peacekeeping *This book is not an idealistic exercise but rather an invaluable and timely exploration of the often overlooked power inherent in local acts of peace...this book commands the reader to focus on the 'local' in peacebuilding with a precision that guarantees that, moving forward, the everyday cannot be dismissed as irrelevant. * Samantha Gamez, International Affairs *Everyday Peace is part of a small but important body of literature showing that war is never so totalizing, and that at moments in the passage of a conflict when outsiders see only polarization and stalemate, individuals are doing the vital work of suturing and rebuilding, within sites—the family, the neighborhood—in which power is seldom thought to lie. * Francis Wade, The Nation, The Nation *Hyper-local peace is just as important as diplomatic, high-level peace, but woefully understudied. Roger MacGinty's fabulous book is likely to become the reference book on everyday peace. It is an innovative, hopeful, and optimistic read, as well as a compelling and sophisticated demonstration that so-called ordinary people have the power to disrupt conflict and forge peace. * Séverine Autesserre, author of Peaceland and The Frontlines of Peace *Mac Ginty's reflective and empathetic, beautifully written study of 'everyday peace' offers a wealth of experience, wisdom, and evidence. It captures and extensively documents the phenomena of micro-acts of co-existence, long ignored, in the most difficult of circumstances during war. It theorises their impact in disrupting entrenched patterns and norms of violence and conflict, a platform upon which larger scale peace systems and reconciliation may develop. This book cements and extends one of the most significant foundations of—and recent discoveries in—the study of modern peacemaking after war. * Oliver Richmond, Professor of International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies, the University of Manchester *Peace is as indispensable as it is elusive, yet as this critically important new book demonstrates, everyday peace can be found in the unlikeliest of places, from the living room to the global battlefield. Combining conceptual sophistication with a keen and sensitive eye for peace practices wherever they may be, Mac Ginty shows how the supposedly ordinary can do the extraordinary by disrupting conflict and creating new and pragmatic possibilities for peace. Setting a compelling new way of seeing and understanding one of the oldest of problems, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in how peace can be built out of war, one that challenges us to rethink old canons and embrace new possibilities. * Alex J. Bellamy, Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Everyday, Circuitry, and Scalability 2. Sociality, Reciprocity and Reciprocity 3. Power 4. Parley, Truce and Ceasefire 5. Everyday Peace on the Battlefield 6. Gender and Everyday Peace 7. Conflict Disruption Conclusion
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies
Book SynopsisLegislatures are political bodies essential to democracy and the rule of law. They present social scientists with numerous intriguing puzzles, with far-reaching implications for our understanding of political institutions. Why, and how, have these ancient assemblies, established in pre-democratic times, survived the transition to mass democracies? How have they adapted? How do they structure such processes as budgeting, legislation, and executive oversight? How do their members get selected, and what consequences flow from differences in these rules? What roles do committees and political parties play in contemporary legislatures? What functions do legislatures perform in autocratic, semi-democratic or recently democratized societies? What explains the similarities and differences in legislative rules, powers and recruitment? What are the policy and other consequences of variation in how legislatures are organized and function? The 33 chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Legislative StudTrade ReviewThis Handbook is fundamental reading for all scholars devoted to the study of political institutions, political parties and legislative studies. * Eugenio Salvati, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORIES; PART II: METHODS; PART III: REPRESENTATION AND LEGISLATIVE CAREERS; PART IV: ORGANISATION AND RULES; PART V: PARTIES IN THE LEGISLATURE; PART VI: POLICY MAKING AND OVERSIGHT; PART VII: EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics
Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.Trade Reviewthe Handbook is a most welcome -- and sorely needed -- contribution. An impressively heavy, well-presented and organised tome, it paints a rich tapestry of Sweden's past and contemporary political and constitutional settlement -- from the dawn of the exceptional Swedish model through to its present (alleged) twilight as a beacon of prosperity and equality. * Carl Truedsson, LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsSection 1: The Politics of the Welfare State (Section Editor: Bo Rothstein) 1: Bo Rothstein: Introduction 2: Stefan Svallfors: Who Loves the Swedish Welfare State? Attitude trends 1980-2010 3: Anders Lindbom: Political Partisanship and Policy Feedback: The Swedish Welfare State after Eight Years of Center-Right Government 4: Christina Bergqvist: The Welfare State and Gender Equality 5: Bo Rothstein: The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State Section 2: Constitutional Design (Section Editor: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg) 6: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg: Introduction 7: Olof Petersson: Constitutional History 8: Jörgen Hermansson: The Election System 9: Tommy Möller: The Parliamentary System 10: Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg: The Public Sector and the Courts Section 3: The Party System (Section Editors: Hanna Bäck and Gissur Erlingsson) 11: Hanna Bäck and Gissur O. Erlingsson: Introduction 12: Nicholas Aylott: The Party System 13: Gissur O. Erlingsson, Ann-Kristin Kölln and Patrik Öhberg: The Party Organizations 14: Peter Esaiasson and Lena Wängnerud: Political Parties and Political Representation 15: Hanna Bäck and Torbjörn Bergman: The Parties in Government Formation Section 4: Electoral Behaviour (Section Editors: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson) 16: Sören Holmberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson: Introduction 17: Richard Öhrvall: Voter Turnout 18: Maria Oskarson: The Never-Ending Story of Class-Voting in Sweden 19: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson and Sören Holmberg: Issue Voting Structured by Left-Tight Ideology 20: Jesper Strömbäck: Swedish Election Campaigns Section 5: Public Administration (Section Editor: Göran Sundström) 21: Göran Sundström: Introduction 22: Patrik Hall: The Swedish Administrative Model 23: Göran Sundström: Administrative Reform 24: Peter Ehn: The Public Servant 25: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: Governing the State Section 6: Subnational Government (Section Editor: Anders Lidström) 26: Anders Lidström: Introduction 27: Stig Montin: Municipalities, Regions, and County Councils: Actors and Institutions 28: David Feltenius: Subnational Government in a Multi-Level Perspective 29: Lars Niklasson: Challenges and Reforms of Local and Regional Governments in Sweden 30: Anders Lidström: Swedish Local and Regional Government in a European Context Section 7: Sweden's International Relations (Section Editor: Ole Elgström) 31: Ole Elgström: Introduction 32: Ulf Bjereld and Ulrika Möller: Swedish Foreign Policy: The Policy of Neutrality and Beyond 33: Rikard Bengtsson: Sweden in the Baltic Sea Region 34: Annika Bergman Rosamond: Swedish Internationalism and Development Aid 35: Lisbeth Aggestam and Adrian Hyde-Price: A Force for Good? Paradoxes of Swedish Military Activism Section 8: Sweden and the EU (Section Editor: Ulrika Mörth) 36: Ulrika Mörth: Introduction 37: Ulrika Mörth: Sweden in a Multigovernance Polity 38: Bengt Jacobsson and Göran Sundström: The Europeanization of the Swedish State 39: Douglas Brommesson: The Europeanization of Swedish Foreign Policy and Beyond: On Multiple Roles in Swedish Post-Cold War Foreign Policy 40: Malena Rosén Sundström: Leading the European Union: Sweden's EU Presidencies 2001 and 2009 Section 9: The Political Economy of Swedish Governance (Section Editor: Johannes Lindvall) 41: Johannes Lindvall: Introduction 42: Jenny Andersson: A Model of Welfare Capitalism? Perspectives on the Swedish Model, Then and Now 43: Leif Lewin and Johannes Lindvall: One Hundred Years of Swedish Economic Policy 44: Lars Calmfors: The Swedish Macroeconomic Policy Framework 45: Torsten Svensson: The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations Section 10: Policy Making in Sweden (Section Editor: Carl Dahlström) 46: Carl Dahlström: Introduction 47: Torsten Persson: Policy Coordination Under Minority and Majority Rule 48: Olof Petersson: Rational Politics: Commissions of Inquiry and the Referral System in Sweden 49: PerOla Öberg: Interest Organizations in the Policy Process: Interest Advocacy and Policy Advice 50: Ingvar Mattson: Parliamentary Committees: A Ground for Compromise and Conflict
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies
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Oxford University Press, USA Restructuring Europe
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state. It presents integration as a process of boundary transcendence, redefinition, shift, and change that fundamentally alters the nature of the European states. Its core concern lies in the relationship between the specific institutional design of the new Brussels centre, the boundary redefinitions that result from its political production, and, finally, the consequences of these two elements on established and developing national European political structures. Integration is examined as a new historical phase in the development of Europe, characterized by a powerful trend toward legal, economic, and cultural de-differentiation after the five-century process of differentiation that led to the European system of nation states. Considering the EU as the formation of an enlarged territorial system, this work recovers some of the classic issues of political moderTrade ReviewReview from previous edition 'It is fascinating because Bartolini shares with us his broad and extensive knowledge of European history and politics. The parts where he cuts through disciplinary boundaries and decades, if not centuries, of history and politics are a pleasure to read. One cannot but admire scholars that have the gift of both perusing and condensing such a broad field of knowledge.' * EUSA review *Table of Contents1. A Theory of Exit Options, Boundary Building, and Political Structuring ; 2. Structuring Europe: The Experience of the 'Nation State' ; 3. Centre Formation in the European Union ; 4. The Political Production of the EU: Boundary Building and Boundary Removing ; 5. Political Structuring in Loosely Bounded Territories: Territorial and Corporate Structures ; 6. Electoral Representation in Loosely Bounded Territories: Mass Politics in the EU? ; 7. Restructuring Europe
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Oxford University Press New State Spaces
Book SynopsisNeil Brenner has in the past few years made a major impact on the ways in which we understand the changing political geographies of the modern state. Simultaneously analyzing the restructuring of urban governance and the transformation of national states under globalizing capitalism, ''New State Spaces'' is a mature and sophisticated analysis of broad interdisciplinary interest, making this a highly significant contribution to the subject.Trade ReviewThis book demonstrates Neil Brenner as a leading scholar of political geography; it thus represents a synopsis of his work through the past decade and helps the reader to get a hold on a difficult and sometimes flimsy debate. The book and its arguments around the rescaling of governmental spaces can only be strongly recommended. Neil Brenner has written a book that is difficult to ignore for all with an interest not only in current debate on government restructuring, but also for all who follow the ongoing discussion on the construction of a new Europe - a Europe of New state spaces. * Geografiska Annaler, 88B *Honourable Mention * Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award 2005, Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association *For a long time, analysts of capitalism laid out their explanations as if space did not matter. Radical geographers, city planners, and students of popular politics then began complaining about the neglect of space, and setting concrete studies of urban change in the context of abstractly framed geographic theories. Neil Brenner takes the whole discussion a step farther, bringing together a knowledgeable critique and synthesis of previous thinking about 'state spaces,' important new ideas about regional policy under today's capitalism, and deeply documented comparisons of European regions. Students of political processes have much to learn from this book. * Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University *Neil Brenner brings together the cutting edges of the new economic and political geographies to produce a creatively transdisciplinary geopolitical economy of the territorial state and the re-scaling of the contemporary world. This is critically spatialized social science at its best: astutely comprehensive in its theoretical scope, pointedly insightful in its assessment of European planning practices, and richly empirical in its argument and analysis. The scales of accomplishment are enormous. * Edward W. Soja, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research *Brenner brilliantly traces how urban governance has become one of the strategic sites for fundamental transformations of national statehood. The book takes us to analytic zones we did not know existed. Great and original. * Saskia Sassen, Author, Losing Control? Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization. *'intellectually rich and challenging. Brenner seamlessly moves between major intellectual traditions, confidently borrowing and recombining arguments and perspectives. The claims are sophisticated and certain to recast debates about the role of cities in the era of globalization. * Contemporary Sociology, 35.1, January 2006 *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction: Cities, States, and the 'Explosion of Spaces' ; 2. The Globalization Debates: Opening up to New Spaces? ; 3. The State Spatial Process under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis ; 4. Urban Governance and the Nationalization of State Space: Political Geographies of Spatial Keynesianism ; 5. Interlocality Competition as a State Project: Urban Locational Policy and the Rescaling of State Space ; 6. Alternative Rescaling Strategies and the Future of New State Spaces ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press (UK) Policies Without Politicians
Book SynopsisHave bureaucrats taken over the decision making role of politicians? This book offers a direct assessment of the role of bureaucrats in policy making by analysing how they shape policy in making decrees - laws that generally do not pass through full legislative scrutiny. These are often described as secondary legislation and are known by a variety of names (including décrets, arrêtés, administrative regulations, Verordnungen, statutory instruments). Such decrees offer an important vantage point for understanding bureaucratic power not only because they account for a large proportion of policy making activity within the executive, but also because they are made largely away from the glare of publicity. If bureaucrats have strong policy making powers and use them in a way that minimises political involvement in policy making, we would expect to find these powers especially evident in this everyday decision making. The book is based on research examining 52 decrees produced between 2005 aTrade ReviewPolicy Without Politicians provides intriguing insights into the everyday process of rule-making. These insights are highly relevant for those interested in policy production, as well as the relationship between politics and bureaucracy. * Ellen Mastenbroek, Public Administration *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ; 1. Silence, Conflict, and Bureaucratic Power ; 2. France: A Cross-Pressured Bureaucracy ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 2 ; 3. Britain: Bureaucrats and Imaginary Ministers ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 3 ; 4. Germany: Administration and Politics Revisited ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 4 ; 5. Sweden: Political Direction and Decree Making ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 5 ; 6. Political Leadership in US Bureaucracy ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 6 ; 7. Regulated Bureaucratic Politics in the European Union ; Annex: Decrees Included in Chapter 7 ; 8. Bureaucrats, Politicians, Choice, and Motivation ; References
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics Oxford Handbooks in Politics International Relations
Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.Table of ContentsSECTION 1: THE POLITICS OF THE WELFARE STATE (SECTION EDITOR: BO ROTHSTEIN); SECTION 2: CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN (SECTION EDITOR: SHIRIN AHLBACK OBERG); SECTION 3: THE PARTY SYSTEM (SECTION EDITORS: HANNA BACK AND GISSUR ERLINGSSON); SECTION 4: ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR (SECTION EDITORS: SOREN HOLMBERG AND HENRIK EKENGREN OSCARSSON); SECTION 5: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (SECTION EDITOR: GORAN SUNDSTROM); SECTION 6: SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT (SECTION EDITOR: ANDERS LIDSTROM); SECTION 7: SWEDEN'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (SECTION EDITOR: OLE ELGSTROM); SECTION 8: SWEDEN AND THE EU (SECTION EDITOR: ULRIKA MORTH); SECTION 9: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SWEDISH GOVERNANCE (SECTION EDITOR: JOHANNES LINDVALL); SECTION 10: POLICY MAKING IN SWEDEN (SECTION EDITOR: CARL DAHLSTROM)
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Oxford University Press, USA Korean State and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThere are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic polity? South Korea was long ruled with harsh authoritarianism, but, strangely, the authoritarian rulers made energetic use of social policy. The Korean State and Social Policy observes South Korean public policy from 1945 to 2000 through the prism of social policy to examine how the rulers operated and worked. After the military coup in 1961, the new leaders used social policy to buy themselves legitimacy. That enabled them to rule in two very different ways simultaneously. In their determination to hold on to power they were without mercy, but in the use of power in governance, their strategy was to co-opt and mobilize with a sophistication that is wholly exceptional among authoritarian rulers. It is governance and noTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Birth of the State ; 2. The State Meets Modernity ; 3. The State Meets Business ; 4. The State Meets Voluntarism ; 5. The State Meets Democracy ; 6. Conclusion: The Anatomy of the State
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Oxford University Press Modern American Military
Book SynopsisThe advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of. Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy, this stimulating volume brings together insights from a remarkable group of scholars, who shed important new light on the changes effecting today''s armed forces. Beginning with a Foreword by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, the contributors take an historical approach as they explore the ever-changing strategic, political, and fiscal contexts in which the armed forces are trained and deployed, and the constantly shifting objectives that they are tasked to achieve in the post-9/11 environment. They also offer strong points of view. Lawrence Freedman, for instance, takes the leadership to task for uncritically embracing the high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs when conventional warfare seems increasingly unlikely. And eminent psychiatrist Jonathan Shay warns that the post-battle effects of what he terms moral wounds currently receive inadequate attention from the military and the medical profession. Perhaps most troubling, Karl Eikenberry raises the issue of the political ownership of the military in an era of all-volunteer service, citing the argument that, absent the political protest common to the draft era, government decision-makers felt free to carry out military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Andrew Bacevich goes further, writing that it''s no longer our army; it hasn''t been for years; it''s theirs [the government''s] and they intend to keep it.Looking at such issues as who serves and why, the impact of non-uniformed contractors in the war zone, and the growing role of women in combat, this volume brings together leading thinkers who illuminate the American military at the beginning of the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewAcademic yet accessible, this volume offers thoughtful and occasionally disturbing insights into the workings of the world's most powerful war machine. * Publishers Weekly *Table of Contents1. The Mission by Lawrence Freedman ; 2. The Force by David Segal and Lawrence Korb ; 3. Command by Andrew Bacevich ; 4. The Armed Forces' View of War by Brian Linn ; 5. Images ; 6. Obedience and Disobedience by Errol Morris ; 7. International Comparisons by James Sheehan ; 8. Mercenaries by Deborah Avant and Renee de Nevers ; 9. Weapons by Thomas Mahnken ; 10. Casualties by Jonathan Shays ; 11. Culture: Life Inside the Military by Robert Goldich ; 12. The <"Military-Industrial Complex>" Today by Charles J. Dunlap ; 13. Gender and Sexuality by Martha McSally ; 14. Military Law by Eugene Fidell
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Frontiers of Democracy The Right to Vote and its Limits
Book SynopsisThe Frontiers of Democracy offers a comprehensive examination of restrictions on the vote in democracies today. For the first time, the reasons for excluding people (prisoners, children, intellectually disabled, non-citizens) from the suffrage in contemporary societies is critically examined from the point of view of democratic theory.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Universal Suffrage on Trial Democracy and Inclusion Alienated from the Vote: The Case of Non-Citizens Too Young to Vote? Children's Suffrage Jailhouse Vote? Felon Disenfranchisement and Democractic Inclusion Disability, Dependence and Democracy The Vote of Unborn Generations Conclusions: Reasonable Inclusion and Exclusion
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Palgrave Macmillan Victorian Aesthetic Conditions Pater Across the Arts
Book SynopsisWhat is the role of legislatures in the budget process? Do powerful assemblies give rise to pro-spending bias? This survey of legislative budgeting tackles these questions using cross-national data and case studies. It highlights the tension between legislative authority and prudent fiscal policy, exploring strategies for reconciliation.Trade Review'Given the importance of the topic, it is a surprise that there is so little truly comparative work on the role of legislatures in budgeting. This book admirably fills this gap in the literature. It combines quantitative approaches with careful case studies that delve into the causal mechanisms at work. We learn that the legislature's ability to amend the budget does change budgetary outcomes. At the same time, the careful case study evidence indicates that quantitative scholars need to pay more attention to the institutional details of how processes like 'top-down budgeting' are introduced and implemented. Scholars and policymakers alike interested in executive legislative relations, institutional design, and budgeting should pay close attention to this book.' Mark Hallerberg, Professor of Public Management and Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance, Germany 'In this insightful book, Joachim Wehner combines systematic cross-national analysis and case studies to assess the budgetary role and predicament of modern legislatures. Armed with growing independence from government, national legislatures are more active in amending the budget, but must also be more disciplined in fiscal policy. This book offers practical guidance, based on the experiences of innovative legislatures, on how to balance these cross pressures.' Allen Schick, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, USA 'This book makes an important addition to previous work, especially with regard to the relationship between the power of a legislature and public spending. It should be of real value to legislatures and governments alike as fiscal constraints gain more prominence in the years ahead.' Barry Anderson, Former Head of the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, FranceTable of ContentsPerspectives on Legislative Budgeting The Institutional Foundations of Fiscal Control Assessing the Power of the Purse Explaining Cross-national Patterns Legislative Institutions and Fiscal Policy Outcomes The Promise of Top-down Budgeting Beyond the Myth of Fiscal Control
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Interviewing Experts ECPR Research Methods
Book SynopsisExpert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book gives a comprehensive overview of their theory and practice. The contributors are experienced theorists and practitioners of expert interviews.Table of ContentsExpert Interviews: An Introduction to a New Methodological Debate; A.Bogner, B.Littig & W.Menz PART I: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS: METHODOLOGY OF EXPERT INTERVIEWS The Expert Interview and Changes in Knowledge Production; M.Meuser & U.Nagel The Theory-Generating Expert Interview: Epistemological Interest, Forms of Knowledge, Interaction; A.Bogner & W.Menz At Eye Level. An Expert Interview: A Talk between Expert and Quasi-Expert; M.Pfadenhauer Interviewing the Elite - Interviewing Experts: Is there a Difference?; B.Littig PART II: METHODOLOGICAL PRACTICE: GENERATING DATA On Interviewing 'Good' and 'Bad' Experts; J.Gläser & G.Laudel Interviewing Experts in Political Science: A Reflection on Gender and Policy Effects Based on Secondary Analysis; G.Abels & M.Behrens Expert Interviews on the Telephone: A Difficult Undertaking; G.B.Christmann Expert versus Researcher: Ethical Considerations in the Process of Bargaining a Study; V.Obelen? PART III: FIELDS OF APPLICATION: APPLICATIONS OF EXPERT INTERVIEWS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS OF RESEARCH How to Interview Managers?: Methodical and Methodological Aspects of Expert Interviews as a Qualitative Method in Empirical Social Research; R.Trinczek Expert Interviews in Interpretative Organisational Research; U.Froschauer & M.Lueger Between Scientific Standards and Claims of Efficiency: Expert Interviews in Programme Evaluation; A.Leitner & A.Wroblewski The Delphi Method: Eliciting Expert's Knowledge in Technology Foresight; G.Aichholzer
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Governance Politics and the State 4 Political Analysis
Book SynopsisJon Pierre is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His main research interests include theories of governance, public administration, public management and urban politics. B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. His main research interests include areas of public administration and public policy, both for the United States and comparatively.Trade ReviewThis revised and extended version of a classic is as incisive as ever in orienting readers to the major issues associated with the concept of governance. Adopting a state-centric perspective, the book brings to light why and how state-society interaction transforms the character of contemporary governing. * Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, USA *Impressive! This fully revised new edition of a classic book has retained its great narrative style and original views and insights, yet now also perceives governance with a stronger historical sensitivity as well as a keen eye for new development such as public participation and populism. A must read. * Thomas Schillemans, Utrecht University School of Governance, the Netherlands *Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: What is Governance? 1. Different Ways to Think About Governance 2. Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives on Governance 3. The Transformation of Governance 4. Governance Beyond the State 5. Multi-level Governance 6. Metagovernance 7. Populism and Participatory Modes of Governance 8. State Strength and Governing Capacity 9. Governance Past, Present and Future Postscript: How do We Study Governance?
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Democratization A Critical Introduction 34 Political Analysis
Book SynopsisJean Grugel is Professor of International Development and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is also the Director of the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID). Matthew Bishop is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and also holds an honorary research fellowship from the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).Trade Review'This... [new edition] is exemplary: it is very extensively updated and revised and the authors have not tried to cut corners by keeping outdated references or bits of text... [A]n excellent textbook for undergraduate students both for its comprehensive overview of the literature and as a basis for discussion.' - Anna Khakee, Democratization Review of 1st edition: '... [A] very good and comprehensive text, clearly written and presented.' - Peter Mair, University of Leiden Review of 1st edition: 'This is a clear and thorough text especially good on the relationship of democracy to democratization.' - Ricardo Blaug, University of LeedsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Democracy 2. Democratization in Historical Perspective 3. Explaining Democratization 4. Democratization and the State 5. Democratization and Civil Society 6. The Global Politics of Democratization 7. Democratization in Europe 8. Democratization in Latin America 9. Democratization in Africa 10. Democratization in the Middle East 11. Democratization in Asia Conclusion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Parliament in British Politics Contemporary Political Studies
Book SynopsisThis fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament''s relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Distinctively, the book goes beyond the usual focus of Parliament-Government relations to encompass policy-makers beyond Whitehall and Parliament''s broader relationship with citizens.Trade Review'This is the single best book published on the Westminster Parliament: admirably clear, superbly researched, and brilliantly argued.' - Philip Cowley, University of Nottingham, UK.Table of ContentsParliament in Perspective The Development of Parliament PART I: PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT Recruiting Ministers The Making of Public Policy Legislation The Administration of Government PART II: BEYOND WHITEHALL Parliament and the European Union Parliament and Devolution Parliament and the Courts PART III: PARLIAMENT AND THE PEOPLE Representing the People The Voice of the Constituents Speaking for Different Interests Reaching the Public Conclusion: Parliamentary Reform.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Stalin Revolutionary in an Era of War European History in Perspective
Book SynopsisKEVIN MCDERMOTT is Senior Lecturer in Political History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is the author of The Czech Red Unions, 1918-1929, co-author of The Comintern: A History of International Communism from Lenin to Stalin and co-editor of Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union.
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iUniverse Justice in Moscow
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Pluto Press Constructing China
Book SynopsisHow media and government across the globe manipulate our understanding of ChinaTrade Review'Mobo Gao is one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers on contemporary Chinese issues today. This splendid book on fundamental questions about what China is maintains his ability to target key questions which might often be asked, but seldom treated in such elegantly provocative fashion' -- Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director, Lau China Institute'Mobo Gao intervenes in the increasingly tense ideological exchange that has accompanied China's challenge to the global hegemony of the West. Intimately familiar with the intellectual terrain in both worlds, Gao offers unique insights, at once indignant and introspective' -- Joel Andreas, John Hopkins University, author of Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class'A bold, revisionist account citing much historical evidence and presenting interpretations that challenge mainstream views of China ...Gao makes a provocative case that will spark vigourous debate about the country and its leaders' motives' -- Dorothy J. Solinger, Professor Emerita, University of California, Irvine'This book engages a fundamental question in politics and history concerning discursive power. It is forcefully argued and highly stimulating. The compelling case Mobo Gao makes deserves broad attention for its significance and urgency in debating the hegemonic ascendance of revisionist historiography' -- Lin Chun, author of China and Global Capitalism: Reflections on Marxism, History and Contemporary Politics (2013)Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Scholarship, National Interest and Conceptual Paradigm 2. China, What China? 3. Chinese? Who are the Chinese? 4. Intellectual Poverty of the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment 5. The Coordinated Efforts in Constructing China 6. Why is the Cultural Revolution Cultural? 7. Why is the Cultural Revolution Revolutionary? The Legacies 8. Clashing Views of the Great Leap Forward 9. National Interest and Transnational Interest: The Political and Intellectual Elite in the West 10. Geopolitics and National Interest I: China’s Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics 11. Geopolitics and National Interest II: The South China Sea Disputes Bibliography Index
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Society of Biblical Literature Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor
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Springer Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics
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Hopkins Fulfillment Service The Islamic Law of Nations
Book SynopsisA foundational text of the leading school of law in Sunni Islam, it provides essential insights into relations between Islamic nations and the larger world from their earliest days up to the present.
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University of Toronto Press The Principle of Federation by P.J. Proudhon
Book SynopsisA widely read and influential text in its own day, P.-J. Proudhon’s Du Principe federatif is now often overlooked by students of federalism. Yet the book’s theoretical and general chapters, in the first English translation, can claim to be considered a key text for the history of federalist thinking. Standing at the point of intersection between the anarchist and federalist traditions, they make a passionate case for federalism as the political order which gives the fullest possible expression to liberty – indeed, as the only political order in which liberty can be preserved: ‘The twentieth century will open the age of federations, or else humanity will undergo another purgatory of a thousand years.’Proudhon’s federal principle is a radically decentralist one, which contrasts sharply with modern pictures of federalism at many points, what Proudhon calls a ‘federal’ system is what many, today, would regard as the
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Reconquista Press State Secrets A Documentation of the Secret Revolutionary Mainspring Governing AngloAmerican Politics
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Cambridge University Press Organizing Leviathan
Book SynopsisWhy are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality of government worldwide, this book argues that the organization of bureaucracy is an often overlooked but critical factor. Countries where merit-recruited employees occupy public bureaucracies perform better than those where public employees owe their post to political connections. The book provides a coherent theory of why, and ample evidence showing that meritocratic bureaucracies are conducive to lower levels of corruption, higher government effectiveness, and more flexibility to adopt modernizing reforms. Data comes from both a novel dataset on the bureaucratic structures of over 100 countries as well as from narratives of particular countries, with a special focus on the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats in Spain and Sweden. A notable contribution to the literature in comparative politics and public policy on good governTrade Review'In this impressive book, Dahlstrom and Lapuente think deeply about the organization of the state and the quality of government. They argue that a productive structuring of the relationship between politicians and civil servants minimizes corruption and inefficiency. They explore this relationship with terrific case examples and data on more than 100 countries around the world. It is a terrific example of research that carefully builds bridges across literatures to provide new insights on big questions.' David E. Lewis, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee'Dahlstrom and Lapuente succeed in making the study of public bureaucracy central to future research in comparative politics and political economy. They provide considerable and compelling theoretical and empirical evidence for their claim that merit selection is even more important than rules and regulations in both constraining corruption and in improving policy and practice. Theirs is a significant contribution to understanding the variation in the performance of democratic governments. In this era of increasing anti-government populism, they provide hope that at least democracies will be able to continue to perform at high levels and according to the best scientific evidence available.' Margaret Levi, Stanford University, CaliforniaTable of Contents1. Why relations between politicians and bureaucrats matter; 2. Theory; 3. A closed Weberian bureaucracy; 4. Corruption; 5. Effectiveness; 6. Reforms; 7. Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press The PoliticoLegal Dynamics of Judicial Review
Book SynopsisComparative scholarship on judicial review has paid a lot of attention to the causal impact of politics on judicial decision-making. However, the slower-moving, macro-social process through which judicial review influences societal conceptions of the law/politics relation is less well understood. Drawing on the political science literature on institutional change, The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review tests a typological theory of the evolution of judicial review regimes - complexes of legitimating ideas about the law/politics relation. The theory posits that such regimes tend to conform to one of four main types - democratic or authoritarian legalism, or democratic or authoritarian instrumentalism. Through case studies of Australia, India, and Zimbabwe, and a comparative chapter analyzing ten additional societies, the book then explores how actually-existing judicial review regimes transition between these types. This process of ideational development, Roux concludes, is distTrade Review'Theunis Roux's The Politico-Legal Dynamics of Judicial Review develops a path-breaking theory, one which integrates legal reasoning and culture with political theories of judicial behavior. His ambitious argument offers important new insights into the dynamics of both well-studied and lesser-known legal systems.' David Landau, Mason Ladd Professor, Associate Dean for International Programs, Florida State University College of Law'Ever since the consolidation of the study of the politics of judicial review – in the mid 1990s – scores of scholars have contributed to this field, with insightful works aiming at explaining the emergence and impact of this phenomenon. In this learned, and elegantly written book, Theunis Roux takes one step ahead through the development of an attractive typology of what he calls 'judicial review regimes', a conceptual tool that he uses to analyze the politico-legal dynamics of this phenomenon, that is to say, the macrosocial processes that the adoption of judicial review sets in motion in both democratic and authoritarian societies. In a time when the optimism about the democratic and emancipatory impact of judicial review is under scrutiny – due to troubling developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, and Chile – Roux's work represents an indispensable contribution.' Javier Couso, Universidad Diego Portales and Utrecht University'In this impressive contribution to the field of comparative constitutional studies, Theunis Roux insightfully examines the ways in which ideas about why governors are entitled to rule interact with ideas about why judges are entitled to exercise power – sometimes interlocking into stable regimes of constitutional review, and sometimes shifting incrementally or kaleidoscopically. The taxonomy Roux develops will be enormously helpful to all those interested in understanding the conditions under which liberal constitutionalism emerges and persists.' Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts'A major contribution to the burgeoning field of comparative constitutional law. Roux draws on broad theoretical constructs and practical inquiries in national legal settings to address the freighted questions of what constitutional courts are supposed to do, and how likely they are to do it successfully. The result ramps up the sophistication of the field for the benefit of all participants.' Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law'In his new book, Roux beats a new path for comparative studies – integrating institutional analysis with how lawyers in different systems actually think about law, politics and judicial legitimacy. This is a book we have long been waiting for, setting out an agenda for comparative constitutionalism 2.0.' Michaela Hailbronner, University of Muenster'How do constitutional cultures evolve and change character over time? In this impressive new work, Roux explores how judicial review in democratic and authoritarian regimes both influences and is influenced by public conceptions of the law/politics relationship. The book is rich in theory, and comparative case-studies, and provides a unique framework for understanding the intersection between constitutional law and politics. It deserves a wide audience in both fields, and especially among those interested in understanding moments of constitutional change and transition worldwide.' Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, SydneyTable of Contents1. Preliminaries; 2. A typographical theory of JR-regime change; 3. Australian democratic legalism: constant cultural cause or path-dependent trajectory?; 4. From democratic legalism to instrumentalism: India's constitutional cultural transformation; 5. The post-colonial adaptation of authoritarian legalism in Zimbabwe; 6. Testing the typological theory; 7. Findings and implications.
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Cambridge University Press State Formation in China and Taiwan
Book SynopsisThis is an ambitious comparative study of regime consolidation in the ''revolutionary'' People''s Republic of China and the ''conservative'' Republic of China (Taiwan) in the years following the communist victory against the nationalists on the Chinese mainland in 1949.Julia C. Strauss argues that accounting for these two variants of the Chinese state solely in terms of their divergent ideology and institutions fails to recognise their similarities and their relative successes.Both, after all, emerged from a common background of Leninist party organization amid civil war and foreign invasion. However, by the mid-1950s they were on clearly different trajectories of state-building and development. Focusing on Sunan and Taiwan, Strauss considers state personnel, the use of terror and land reform to explore the evolution of these revolutionary and conservative regimes between 1949 and 1954. In so doing, she sheds important new light on twentieth-century political change in East Asia, deepeTrade Review'A meticulously researched and elegantly presented study of state consolidation in mainland China and Taiwan. By shrinking the mainland geographic focus to Sunan, where the social roots of the communists were relatively weak, Strauss exploits rich archival data and builds analytical leverage to illuminate commonalities and differences in strategies of the two states as outsiders after 1949.' Melanie Manion, Duke University, North Carolina'Historians have long recognized that for all their mutual hostility and apparent ideological opposition, the two regimes on either side of the Taiwan Strait after 1949 actually had much in common. In this provocative and impressively researched work, Julia C. Strauss treats this parallelism as a kind of natural experiment in state consolidation, which she analyzes to produce more general insight into how new states pursue their agendas.' Michael Szonyi, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Strauss (Univ. of London) has authored a fascinating comparison of two variants of the Chinese party-state in the mid-20th century.' S. C. Hart, Choice'Overall, an excellent book, well worth the attention that it will receive from both historians of modern China and political scientists interested in state formation.' Carl Minzner, Journal of Chinese Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction. Modalities of state building and institution building: bureaucracies, campaigns, and performance; 1. Virtue and talent in making Chinese states: heroes and technocrats in Sunan and Taiwan, 1949–1954; 2. Comparative terror in regime consolidation: Sunan and Taiwan, 1949–1954; 3. Performing terror: lenience, legality, and the dramaturgy of the consolidating state; 4. Repertoires of land reform campaigns in Sunan and Taiwan, 1950–1954; 5. Theatres of land reform: bureaucracy, campaign, and the show, 1950–1954; Conclusion; Appendix: list of interviewees; Documentary collections, reports, and periodicals.
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