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Book SynopsisIn what ways can we think through the complexities of identity? Identity is a contested concept, but it is more than a thing possessed by agents. Identity is contingent and dynamic, constituting and reconstituting subjects with political effects. In this edited book, identity is explored through a range of unique interdisciplinary case studies from around the world. Questions of citizenship, belonging, migration, conflict, security, peace and subjectivity are examined through social construction, post-colonialism, and gendered lenses from an interdisciplinary perspective. This combination showcases in particular the political implications of identity, how it is constituted, and the effects it produces. This edited collection will be of particular interest to students of international relations theory, migration studies, gender and sexuality, post-colonialism and policy-making at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.Table of Contents1 The politics of identity: making and disrupting identity - Christine Agius and Dean KeepPart I: Establishing and consolidating identity2 Co-constituting Fijian identity: the role of constitutions in Fijian national identity - Christopher Mudaliar3 Australian foreign policy and the vernacular of national belonging - Katie Linnane4 Gendered identities in peacebuilding: an analysis of post-2006 - Timor-Leste and Sarah Smith5 Agents of peace: place, identity and peacebuilding - Gezim VisokaPart II: Identity rupture6 A space for identity: the case of Lebanon’s naturalised Palestinians - Hind Ghandour7 The Romani ‘camp-dwellers’ in Rome: between state control and ‘collective-identity closure’ - Riccardo Armillei8 Telling terrorism tales: narrative identity and Homeland - Louise Pears9 Right(s) from the ground up: internal displacement, the urban periphery and belonging to the city - Helen BerentsPart III: Contesting identity10 Sweden, military intervention and the loss of memory - Annika Bergman Rosamond and Christine Agius11 Pollution and purity: caste-based discrimination and the mobilisation of Dalit sameness - Ted Svensson12 The queer common: resisting the public at Gezi Park and beyond - Paul Gordon Kramer13 Positive regard for difference without identity - Lucy Nicholas

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition. In so doing, it reveals the transformation of the state and governance in a Japanese context and presents itself as an example of the new governance school addressing the state, its transformation, and the governance of the political arena in Japanese politics and beyond, setting out a challenge to the established body of pluralist and rational choice literature in Japanese politics. With its comprehensive review and analysis of the theory and development of Japan’s contemporary politics, this book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as a guidebook for practitioners engaging in policies and businesses relating to Japan.Trade Review'To the still small library of books on Japanese public policy in English, Masahiro Mogaki adds a well-focused study of the Japanese state and its core executive in Understanding Governance in Contemporary Japan.'Hajime Isozaki, LSE Review of Books'Masahiro Mogaki wants to bring the state back in to the study of Japanese politics. His book refreshingly runs counter to the dominant trends in the subfield that favor the study of electoral politics and civil society. Mogaki turns the debate back to governing elites, state structures, and the rich minutiae of the policymaking process.'Steven K. Vogel, The Journal of Japanese Studies 'Exploring the transformation of the Japanese state since the 1980s, this book contributes to studies of the regulatory state and its governance. Among the many strengths of this book, identifying changes in power relations between multiple actors within the state, and engaging in a wide range of interviews to discover the institutional development of the ICT sector and the JFTC are impressive feats, and noteworthy to anyone who studies public policy, governance theories, and Japan.'Euisuok Han, Pacific Affairs -- .Table of ContentsPart I: Conceptualising the Japanese state and governance 1 Introduction: transformation, governance and the state in the Japanese context2 The change of governance and regulation Part II: Evolving regulation and governance 3 The evolving core executive in response to burgeoning ICT 4 Regulatory state transformation with an unusual approach 5 Piecemeal transformation: anti-monopoly regulation 6 Breaking the egg shell Part III: The nature of Japanese governance with the transformation of the state 7 The regulatory transformation and the core executive 8 Governance in Japan: the implication of the researchAppendix 1Appendix 2ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThroughout history, states have tried to create the perfect combatant with superhuman physical and cognitive features that are akin to those of comic book superheroes. However, the current innovations have nothing to do with the ones from the past and their development goes beyond a simple technological perspective. On the contrary, they are raising the prospect of a human enhancement revolution that will change the ways with which future wars will be fought and may even profoundly alter the foundations upon which our modern societies are built on. This book, which discusses the full ethical implications of these new technologies, is a unique contribution for students and scholars who care about the morality of warfare.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Conceptual clarifications: distinguishing capacity-restoring and capacity-increasing technologies2 The moral obligation of soldiers’ enhancement research3 Military capacity-increasing technologies and their consequences 4 The ethics of developing capacity-increasing technologies5 Permanent capacity-increasing technologies and the transhumanist danger Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisAmidst ‘Brexit’, a divided and out of power Labour Party, and the wider international rise of populism, contemporary British social democracy appears in a state of crisis. This book, a collection of essays by some of Britain’s leading academics, public intellectuals and political practitioners, seeks to engage with the ‘big picture’ of British social democracy, both historical and contemporary, and point to grounds for greater optimism for its future prospects. It does so in honour of the renowned centre-left thinker David Marquand. Drawing on many of the themes which have preoccupied Marquand in his career and his writing, such as social democratic citizenship, values and participation, the volume offers the original perspective that social democracy is as much about cultures and mindsets as it is about economic policy or public institutions.Trade Review'Over the years that great democrat, David Marquand, has applied his intellectual prowess to the most pressing political challenges of the times. In this book his huge contributions to public discourse are analysed and savoured. A wonderful tribute to a great man.'Baroness Helena Kennedy QC 'Readable, lively and provocative, with new insights into social democracy in Britain in the past and today. … This wonderful re-assessment is shaped by Marquand's own life and his deep optimism about citizens' abilities to drive change.'Anne Deighton, Emeritus Professor of European International Politics, University of Oxford'This collection does more than honour the work and influence of an outstanding and essential scholar. It shows us how, as the post-war British political order failed, at least one man on the inside blew a clear and authoritative whistle. … This book shows how his journey and the development of his thought will come to be seen as central -- as he kept his nerve when Brexitannia did not.'Anthony Barnett, Co-Founder of openDemocracy and author of The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit & America's Trump -- .Table of Contents1 Making social democrats - Jeremy Nuttall and Hans SchattlePart I: Progressive dilemmas: the historical long view2 Social democracy and the people - Jeremy Nuttall3 British liberalism in search of ideological recalibration - Michael Freeden4 A labour of Sisyphus: the quest for a great Labour Party - Andrew GamblePart II: Citizenship, republicanism and democracy5 Globalisation, the breaking and re-making of social democratic citizenship - Hans Schattle6 A Marquandian moment? The civic republican political theory of David Marquand - Stuart White7 A union of hearts? Republican social democracy and Scottish nationalism – Ben JacksonPart III: The principled society: mindsets and values8 The politics of neighbourliness: social democracy on the home front in Britain during the Second World War - Clare Griffiths9 As if: contestation, care and the ‘temper of the country’ - Gideon Calder10 Principles and the progressive alliance in a networked society: what we can learn fromMarquandism in the making and unmaking of social democrats – Neal Lawson11 Progressivism to democratic socialism: the special case of Dr Christopher Addison – Kenneth O. MorganPart IV: Prospects, reflections and realities12 Democracy and social democracy - Tony Wright13 Social democracy before and after the EU referendum – Lord David Owen 14 From Bodmin Moor to Cardiff Bay: a European education? - David Marquand15 David Marquand and liberal social democracy – Will Hutton16 Not just any social democracy: ‘Marquandism’ and the primacy of pluralism and republicanism – Hans Schattle and Jeremy Nuttall

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Book SynopsisIs lobbying, particularly by ‘lobbyists for hire’, resulting in a distortion of the democratic process? Does business, with its highly sophisticated and well-resourced lobbying operations, have an undue influence on decisions by politicians? The book assess the impact of lobbying on the UK political system, the extent to which it shapes the political decision-making process and the extent to which this influence is beneficial or malign. The book outlines various lobbying groups and their methods of persuasion, plus the weakness of political action groups and social media when faced with the might of the lobbying industry. The book is ideal reading for anyone seeking an introduction to lobbying.Table of ContentsList of figures1 Introduction2 Who are the lobbyists?3 How they lobby4 Lobbying in action5 Regulating lobbyingFurther readingReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWe live in a golden age of fictional television, while our politics has never been so controversial. This book explores that relationship, asking what it is that some of America’s most popular TV shows have to say about its politics. This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump Perhaps you have gasped at Game of Thrones and balked at Breaking Bad. This book illustrates how, far from being outside of politics, shows such as these are deeply political, helping to fill our world with meaning. To this end, the book analyses Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The West Wing, Homeland, 24, Veep, The Wire, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. These are all politically consequential shows that shape how we feel and think about world politics.Trade Review‘Like one of the brilliant television shows analysed in the text, this book grips the reader from the very first page and draws them into a fascinating, incisive, thoughtful and utterly compelling analysis of television, culture and politics. I simply could not put it down. If you want to better understand the bewildering nature of American political life today, you couldn’t do much better than this amazing book. It demonstrates how television and politics mutually constitute each other, no more so than in the Reality TV politics of the current Trump administration. This book makes clear that to understand American politics, you have to understand television. Hugely recommended.’Richard Jackson, University of Otago, New Zealand‘Jack Holland's account of how fictional television shapes the world politics of the US in the twenty first century marks a major advance in the analysis of international relations and cultural politics. On the one hand, his analysis demonstrates how fictional television enables us to make sense of who we are, our places in the world, and how we should interact with others. On the other, he reveals the discursive war of position that resonates through the formal politics of the American presidency and those of our fictional televisual worlds. In doing so, Holland ensures that readers will never look at world politics, or their favourite television shows, in quite the same way again.’Kyle Grayson, Newcastle University -- .Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Watching television1 America and the screen2 Screening America under Bush, Obama, and Trump3 Drawing lines: world politics and popular culture4 Analysing fictional television Part II: Politics and television5 World politics as realpolitik (in House of Cards and Game of Thrones)6 Constructing counter-terrorism (in Homeland, 24, and The West Wing)7 Imagining the president (in The West Wing, 24, and Veep)Part III: Television and our political world8 Ethics and inequality (in The Wire)9 Being human in a world of zombies (in The Walking Dead)10 The personal is political (in Breaking Bad)ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisImmigrants as outsiders in the two Irelands examines how a wide range of immigrant groups who settled in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland since the 1990s are faring today. It asks to what extent might different immigrant communities be understood as outsiders in both jurisdictions. Chapters include analyses of the specific experiences of Polish, Filipino, Muslim, African, Roma, refugee and asylum seeker populations and of the experiences of children, as well as analyses of the impacts of education, health, employment, housing, immigration law, asylum policy, the media and the contemporary politics of borders and migration on successful integration. The book is aimed at general readers interested in understanding immigration and social change and at students in areas including sociology, social policy, human geography, politics, law and psychology.Table of Contents1. Immigrants and other Outsiders - Bryan Fanning and Lucy Michael2. Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion - Ronnie Fay3. Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants - Bethany Waterhouse-Bradley 4. Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands - Bryan Fanning and Lucy Michael 5. African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands - Fiona Murphy and Ulrike M. Vieten6. African non-employment and labour market disadvantage - Philip O’Connell7. Lives of Filipino-Irish careworkers - Pablo Rojas Coppari8. Polish spaces in a divided city - Marta Kempny9. Experiences of racism in social housing - Teresa Buczkowska and Bríd Ni Chonaill10. Roma rights and racism - Siobhan Curran11. Normalising racism in the Irish media - Lucy Michael 12 Children and young people on the margins - Patricia Brazil, Catherine Cosgrave and Katie Mannion13 Immigrant-origin children and the education system - Merike Darmody and Frances McGinnity14. Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders - Orla McGarry15 Brexit, borders and belonging - Bryan Fanning16. Hyphenated citizens as outsiders - Bashir Otukoya17 Shades of belonging and exclusion - Bryan Fanning and Lucy MichaelSelect bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Good Friday Agreement is widely celebrated as a political success story, one that has brought peace to a region that was once synonymous around the globe with political violence. The truth, as ever, is rather more complicated than that.In many respects, the era of the peace process has seen Northern Irish society change almost beyond recognition. Those incidents of politically motivated violence that were once commonplace have become thankfully rare and a new generation has emerged whose identities and interests are rather more fluid and cosmopolitan than those of their predecessors. However, Northern Ireland continues to operate in the long shadow of its own turbulent past. Those who were victims of violence, as well as those who were its agents, have often been consigned to the margins of a society still struggling to cope with the traumas of the Troubles. Furthermore, the transition to ‘peace’ has revealed the existence of new, and not so new, forms of violence in Northern Irish society, directed towards women, ethnic minorities and the poor.Northern Ireland a generation after Good Friday sets out to capture the complex, and often contradictory, realities that have emerged more than two decades on from the region’s vaunted peace deal. Across nine original essays, the authors offer a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that often appears to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull.Trade Review'At a time when the currents of politics are more unpredictable than ever, it is tempting to look for the historical tide flowing in a certain direction, allowing complex questions to be reduced to a simple answer. The authors resist that intellectual temptation. They draw attention to enduring factors of social, economic and cultural turbulence beneath the modified institutional circumstances of what they call the "long peace." The book challenges some easy assumptions, questions some lazy ideas and provokes the reader into serious reflection about Northern Ireland’s present and future.' Arthur Aughey, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Ulster University'Timely and thoroughly researched, this book documents the remarkable changes in Northern Ireland society over the last two decades. Resisting overly celebratory assessments of the Good Friday Agreement, or fatalistic interpretations of its failures, the authors forensically explore the "long peace" which has succeeded the long 30 years of war in Northern Ireland. They identify potential sources and agents of progressive change and the formidable challenges to such change in the persisting forms of societal violence and structural inequality linked to class, gender, age and cultural division. This book should be indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand the specificities of Northern Ireland within the intensifying debates over Irish unity, the break-up of the UK and the long-term ramifications of Brexit and the pandemic.'Liam O’Dowd, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast'The authors provide a thorough and realistic assessment of the situation and are neither unduly optimistic nor pessimistic. They employ the concept of a long peace, rooted in a realistic assessment of how meaningful change occurs, especially in the aftermath of decades of violence. They also do a very good job weaving together the long history of sectarianism and conflict in Northern Ireland, the traumas of the high levels of violence during the Troubles, and the current climate in various segments of Northern Irish society. Ultimately, the authors offer a realistic and somewhat sobering view that the 1998 agreement, which ended the high levels of violence, is better seen as the beginning of a long process toward peace in Northern Ireland, rather than as the achievement of peace.'W. H. Mulligan Jr. (Emeritus), Murray State University, CHOICE (April 2022)'While this book is no doubt of interest to academic audiences including historians, political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists, it is accessible to non-experts seeking to understand why the risk of violence persists.'Amanda Hall, Irish Political Studies'This book must be the new touchstone for anyone wishing to understand the realities of NI today outside of mere party politics. It deals critically with multiple aspects of Northern Irish society and synthesises these individually complex topics into a critique of the affects of liberal peace building strategies on NI. This is an invaluable contribution to the sociology of deeply divided societies.'Peter Bothwell, Irish Journal of Sociology -- .Table of ContentsNorthern Ireland a generation after Good Friday: An introduction1 From the ‘long war’ to the ‘long peace’: Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement 2 Fragmented, staggered and inept: addressing the legacy of the Troubles3 Conflict-related prisoners: the perpetual trap of criminalisation4 Ghosts of our lives: spectres of the past in recent Northern Irish cinema and television5 More than two communities: those who are both, neither, other, and next6 Rethinking the post-conflict narrative: women and the promise of peace in the ‘new’ Northern Ireland7 The Political economy of peace in Northern Ireland: social class in an age of boom and bust8 Changed utterly? Northern Ireland’s paralysis in a world of uncertaintyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisImmigrants as outsiders in the two Irelands examines how a wide range of immigrant groups who settled in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland since the 1990s are faring today. It asks to what extent might different immigrant communities be understood as outsiders in both jurisdictions. Chapters include analyses of the specific experiences of Polish, Filipino, Muslim, African, Roma, refugee and asylum seeker populations and of the experiences of children, as well as analyses of the impacts of education, health, employment, housing, immigration law, asylum policy, the media and the contemporary politics of borders and migration on successful integration. The book is aimed at general readers interested in understanding immigration and social change and at students in areas including sociology, social policy, human geography, politics, law and psychology.Table of Contents1. Immigrants and other Outsiders - Bryan Fanning and Lucy Michael2. Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion - Ronnie Fay3. Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants - Bethany Waterhouse-Bradley 4. Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands - Bryan Fanning and Lucy Michael 5. African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands - Fiona Murphy and Ulrike M. Vieten6. African non-employment and labour market disadvantage - Philip O’Connell7. Lives of Filipino-Irish careworkers - Pablo Rojas Coppari8. Polish spaces in a divided city - Marta Kempny9. Experiences of racism in social housing - Teresa Buczkowska and Bríd Ni Chonaill10. Roma rights and racism - Siobhan Curran11. Normalising racism in the Irish media - Lucy Michael 12 Children and young people on the margins - Patricia Brazil, Catherine Cosgrave and Katie Mannion13 Immigrant-origin children and the education system - Merike Darmody and Frances McGinnity14. Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders - Orla McGarry15 Brexit, borders and belonging - Bryan Fanning16. Hyphenated citizens as outsiders - Bashir Otukoya17 Shades of belonging and exclusion - Bryan Fanning and Lucy MichaelSelect bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmidst ‘Brexit’, a divided and out of power Labour Party, and the wider international rise of populism, contemporary British social democracy appears in a state of crisis. This book, a collection of essays by some of Britain’s leading academics, public intellectuals and political practitioners, seeks to engage with the ‘big picture’ of British social democracy, both historical and contemporary, and point to grounds for greater optimism for its future prospects. It does so in honour of the renowned centre-left thinker David Marquand. Drawing on many of the themes which have preoccupied Marquand in his career and his writing, such as social democratic citizenship, values and participation, the volume offers the original perspective that social democracy is as much about cultures and mindsets as it is about economic policy or public institutions.Trade Review'Over the years that great democrat, David Marquand, has applied his intellectual prowess to the most pressing political challenges of the times. In this book his huge contributions to public discourse are analysed and savoured. A wonderful tribute to a great man.'Baroness Helena Kennedy QC 'Readable, lively and provocative, with new insights into social democracy in Britain in the past and today. … This wonderful re-assessment is shaped by Marquand's own life and his deep optimism about citizens' abilities to drive change.'Anne Deighton, Emeritus Professor of European International Politics, University of Oxford'This collection does more than honour the work and influence of an outstanding and essential scholar. It shows us how, as the post-war British political order failed, at least one man on the inside blew a clear and authoritative whistle. … This book shows how his journey and the development of his thought will come to be seen as central -- as he kept his nerve when Brexitannia did not.'Anthony Barnett, Co-Founder of openDemocracy and author of The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit & America's Trump -- .Table of Contents1 Making social democrats - Jeremy Nuttall and Hans SchattlePart I: Progressive dilemmas: the historical long view2 Social democracy and the people - Jeremy Nuttall3 British liberalism in search of ideological recalibration - Michael Freeden4 A labour of Sisyphus: the quest for a great Labour Party - Andrew GamblePart II: Citizenship, republicanism and democracy5 Globalisation, the breaking and re-making of social democratic citizenship - Hans Schattle6 A Marquandian moment? The civic republican political theory of David Marquand - Stuart White7 A union of hearts? Republican social democracy and Scottish nationalism – Ben JacksonPart III: The principled society: mindsets and values8 The politics of neighbourliness: social democracy on the home front in Britain during the Second World War - Clare Griffiths9 As if: contestation, care and the ‘temper of the country’ - Gideon Calder10 Principles and the progressive alliance in a networked society: what we can learn fromMarquandism in the making and unmaking of social democrats – Neal Lawson11 Progressivism to democratic socialism: the special case of Dr Christopher Addison – Kenneth O. MorganPart IV: Prospects, reflections and realities12 Democracy and social democracy - Tony Wright13 Social democracy before and after the EU referendum – Lord David Owen 14 From Bodmin Moor to Cardiff Bay: a European education? - David Marquand15 David Marquand and liberal social democracy – Will Hutton16 Not just any social democracy: ‘Marquandism’ and the primacy of pluralism and republicanism – Hans Schattle and Jeremy Nuttall

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Book SynopsisIn January 1981, just days before Jimmy Carter left the White House, many of the president’s officials were well satisfied with the administration’s campaign to promote human rights. But as commentators, scholars, and the incoming president began to critique Carter’s bipolar policy, it became clear that Carter had not only failed to persuade the American public that he had a clear grasp on the international role of the US, but he failed to build a lasting domestic consensus on foreign policy.The Carter administration aimed to renew its ideological challenge to the USSR through human rights and to persuade the Soviets to ease internal repression in order to strengthen Congressional support for détente and arms control. Contrary to what he envisioned, the more vigorously the White House pursued a pro-human rights agenda, the more the Soviets lost interest in détente; the more the administration relegated human rights to quiet diplomacy, the more critics within the United States accused the President of abandoning his commitment to human rights. In the end, the White House lost the opportunity to stabilise bipolar relations and the domestic support Carter had managed to garner in 1976. Critics of détente, helped by the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, defeated him.Based on recently declassified archival documents, A precarious equilibrium offers a fresh interpretation of President Jimmy Carter’s human rights policy and its contradictory impact on US–Soviet affairs.Trade Review'Readers looking for a nuanced and informative study will not be disappointed. Utilizing a wide array of archival research, Tulli recounts Carter’s efforts to promote human rights in the Soviet Union, which intersected withdétente. While such arguments are not as novel as Tulli suggests, A Precarious Equilibrium still makes an important contribution to explaining how Carter waged the Cold War.'Christian Philip Peterson, Ferris State University, Journal of Contemporary History 57(1) -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Setting the Stage for a Human Rights Policy2 Human Rights and the 1976 Presidential Election3 Firmness Abroad; Consensus at Home, 1977-1978.4 Coping with Critics: the Choice in Favour of Quiet Diplomacy, 1978. 5 Critics’ Triumph: Quiet Diplomacy, SALT II and the Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1980.Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how Ireland’s relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective.Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British–Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland’s peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland’s relationship with the EU.Table of Contents1 Ireland and the European Union: crisis and change – Kathryn Simpson and Michael Holmes2 The global island: Ireland in a changed Union – Ben Tonra3 A turbulent commitment: economic relations between Ireland and the European Union between the crash and Brexit – Patrick Gallagher, Fergal Rhatigan and Seán Ó Riain4 Sovereign or not sovereign: tax policy, Ireland and the EU – Shelia Killian5 Ireland’s migration and asylum policies in an EU context: from opt-outs to solidarity? – Aideen Elliott6 Irish political parties and the EU: Euro-nationalism not Euroscepticism – Michael Holmes7 Post-crash protest politics – Madelaine Moore and Silke Trommer8 National interest and public interest: public opinion from the economic crisis to Brexit – Kathryn Simpson9 'No time for diplomatic squeamishness': news media framing of Irish political interventions in the UK’s EU referendum – Anthony Cawley10 British–Irish relations: how Brexit unsettled what had been normalised – Brigid Laffan and Jane O’Mahony11 Brexit and the economy of Ireland – Stephen Kinsella12 Northern Ireland and Brexit: a unique challenge in unique circumstances – David Phinnemore and Lisa Whitten13 Making it up as we go along: Brexit and constitutional politics in Great Britain and Ireland – Jonathan Evershed14 Taking back control, without going back to conflict: weighing up the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland’s peace process – James Pow15 EU structural fund programmes on the island of Ireland: Interreg and the cross-border dimension – Giada Lagana16 Ireland and the EU: nationalism in internationalism – Michael Holmes and Kathryn SimpsonIndex

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Book SynopsisAfter World War II, the United States and Canada, two countries that were very similar in many ways, struck out on radically divergent paths to public health insurance. Canada developed a universal single-payer system of national health care, while the United States opted for a dual system that combines public health insurance for low-income and senior residents with private, primarily employer-provided health insurance - or no insurance - for everyone else.In "National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada", Gerard W. Boychuk probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the most distinctive social and political aspects of each country - the politics of race in the U.S. and territorial politics in Canada especially the tensions between the national government and the province of Quebec. In addition to the politics of race and territory, Boychuk sifts through the numerous factors shaping health policy, including national values, political culture and institutions, the power of special interests, and the impact of strategic choices made at critical junctures. Drawing on historical archives, oral histories, and public opinion data, he presents a nuanced and thoughtful analysis of the evolution of the two systems, compares them as they exist today, and reflects on how each is poised to meet the challenges of the future.Trade Review"Boychuk is a bold revisionist, challenging received wisdom about what explains the divergent paths Canada and the United States have taken in the past four decades in financing and administering medical care. Race relations--and Quebec's special place in Canada--are crucial in ways others have not emphasized, which makes his book a worthy addition to the literature."--Theodore Marmor, Yale University"In this engaging and beautifully written book, Gerald Boychuk marshalls rich historical evidence to explain how conflicts over race and territorial politics led the U.S. and Canada on divergent paths."--Jill Quadagno, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance"A fresh take on an old problem rooted in the important structural features of each nation."--James Morone, author of Hellfire Nation and coeditor of Healthy, Wealthy and Fair"This book's clear, nontechnical writing style lends itself to student use. But it deserves attention from scholars as well because of its broad scope, historical sweep, theoretical critiques, and clearly expressed comprehension of both American and Canadian health care systems, neither of which is that easy to understand by itself."--Donley Studlar, professor of political science, West Virginia UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Introduction and Context 1. Explaining Health Insurance in the United States and Canada 2. Similar Beginnings, Different Contexts, 1910-40 Part II: Public Health Insurance in the United States 3. Failure of Reform in the Truman Era, 1943-52 4. The Medicare Package, 1957-65 5. Race and the Clinton Reforms Part III: Public Health Insurance in Canada 6. Federal Failure, Provincial Success-Reform in Canada, 1945-49 7. National Public Hospital Insurance and Medical Care Insurance in Saskatchewan, 1950-62 8. Medical Care Insurance in Canada, 1962-84 9. The Iconic Status of Health Care in Canada, 1984-2008 Part IV: Conclusions 10. Contemporary Public Health Insurance in the United States and Canada 11. Conclusions and Implications Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe populist phenomenon is often identified with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. But the political, moral, and social realities for which Trump was a symbol both predated his candidacy and achieved independent fulfillment in countries as disparate as the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Brazil. At the center of the populist challenge, this volume proposes, are two questions. The first revolves around the question of sovereignty: who governs a country? This question is at the center of all contemporary populist initiatives and has been posed with increasing urgency as the bureaucratic burden of what has come to be called the administrative state has intruded more and more forcefully upon the political and social life of Western democracies. The second key question, one related to the issue of sovereignty, concerns what Lincoln called “public sentiment”: the widespread, almost taken-for-granted yet nonetheless palpable affirmation by a people of their national identity. The erosion of national sovereignty to which populism is a response has been accompanied by an erosion of that shared national consensus. Increasingly, the traditional pillars of this consensus—the binding forces of family, religion, civic duty, and patriotic filiation—have faltered before the blandishments of transnational progressivism.The debate sparked by these problems has turned on a number of high-profile issues which this volume seeks to address, including immigration, free trade, foreign policy, religious freedom, and the question of citizenship.Trade Review“This book, a work of public-spirited scholarship, helps to explain the crisis of our time. The crisis has been been decades in the making. As will be plain from the first paragraph of Roger Kimball's introduction, in explaining this crisis, the authors reach up to the heavens to find the truth by which to judge it. If you want to understand our times, read Who Rules?”. –Larry P. Arnn “Who Rules? is a superb series of essays by some of the leading minds in the ‘America First’ populist movement. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. These are some of the people who I look to for my intellectual ammunition as I combat the Left and anyone interested in becoming a better equipped advocate for the movement would do well to use them as a resource, starting with this book.” -- Ned Ryun, founder and CEO, American Majority, author, Restoring Our Republic. “The Common Sense of our times. Like Tom Paine, the authors of Who Rules? bring sweet lucidity to the swirling confusions of our national and—dread word—transnational politics, allowing us to see the outlines of the new age that is dawning.” –Charles Kesler, editor, Claremont Review of Books

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Book SynopsisDirect and sometimes heated, these essays from prominent South African leaders consider the success of justice and reconciliation in the years since the end of apartheid. Presenting both the good and bad news, the contributors move beyond current thinking to discuss both practical and visionary ways to confront a contested legacy, take stock of social changes, and define future possibilities for reconciliation in South Africa.

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Book SynopsisAs India has risen economically and militarily in recent years, its political influence on the global stage has also seen a commensurate increase. From the peripheries of international affairs, India is now at the centre of major power politics. It is viewed as a major balancer in the Asia-Pacific, a democracy that can be a key ally of the West in countering China, even as India continues to challenge the West on a range of issues. This book provides an overview of Indian foreign policy as it has evolved in recent times, it focuses on the twenty-first century and provides historical context for the issues examined. It analyses and discusses India's relationships with both major global powers; the US, China, Russia and the EU, and its neighbouring countries; Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. India's policies regarding regions such as East Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East are also considered along with India's role in key global issues such as international and regional organizations, nuclear proliferation, democracy, climate change and trade. With a gradual accretion in its powers, India has become more aggressive in the pursuit of its interests, thereby emerging as an important player in the shaping of the global order in the new millennium.Table of Contents1. IntroductionSnapshot 1: Indian foreign and security policy structuresPart I: India and major powers2. India and the US: an emerging partnership3. India and China: an uneasy relationship4. India and Russia: convergence across time5. India and the European Union: a relationship in search of meaningSnapshot 2: The BRICS fallacyPart II: India and its neighborhood6. India and Pakistan: a road to nowhere7. India and Bangladesh: a difficult partnership8. Nepal and Sri Lanka: India struggles to retain its relevance9. India and Afghanistan: a test case for a rising powerSnapshot 3: India and BhutanPart III: India's extra-regional outreach10. India in East and Southeast Asia: 'acting' east with an eye on China11. India in Africa and Central Asia: part of the new 'great game'12. India and the Middle East: a fine balance13. India in the Indian Ocean: colliding ambitions with ChinaSnapshot 4: India and South AmericaPart IV: India and the global order14. India as a regional security provider: from activism to forced diffidence15. India and the global nuclear order: a quiet assimilation16. India and multilateralism: from the periphery to the centreSnapshot 5: India's tryst with terrorism

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a new and critical perspective on the global reconciliation technology by highlighting its contingent and highly political character as an authoritative practice of post-conflict peacebuilding. After retracing the emergence of the reconciliation discourse from South Africa to the global level, the book demonstrates how implementing reconciliation in post-conflict societies is a highly political practice which entails potentially undesirable consequences for the post-conflict societies to which it is deployed. Specifically, the book shows how the reconciliation discourse brings about the marginalisation and neutralisation of political claims and identities of local post-conflict populations by producing these societies as being composed of the ‘victims’ and ‘perpetrators’ of past human rights violations which are first and foremost in need of reconciliation and healing.This book will interest students and teachers of transitional justice and international relations.Trade ReviewJudith Renner's book is an excellent combination of empirical analysis and theoretical reflection which enhances not only our understanding of the global rise of the reconciliation discourse, but also illuminates the theoretical problem of normative change in international politics. -- Christopher Daase. A superb, analytically sharp and yet eminently readable treatment of the rise of the concept of reconciliation in international politics. This is a piece of work that will change the way we view reconciliation as a device in post-conflict situations. -- Thomas Diez. This book is a must-have for anyone who doubts that discourse analysis has something to offer to our understanding of society. It demonstrates how reconciliation as a recipe and truth and reconciliation commissions as a technique could become hegemonic concepts in the global discourse on how societies should deal with atrocities they committed or suffered in the past. A truly fascinating endeavor! -- Bernhard Zangl.Table of ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. A discourse theoretical approach to normative change 2. The emergence of reconciliation as an empty universal in South Africa 3. The global proliferation of the reconciliation language in the context of the transitional justice discourse 4.The proliferation of reconciliation practices and the rise of a global reconciliation coalition 5. Bringing reconciliation to Sierra Leone: the global reconciliation discourse and its local performance Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFrom the conflict in Syria to the crisis in Ukraine, Russia continues to dominate the headlines. Yet the political realities of contemporary Russia are poorly understood by Western observers and policy-makers. In this highly engaging book, Andrew Monaghan explains why we tend to misunderstand Russia - and the importance of 'getting Russia right'. Exploring in detail the relationship between the West and Russia, he charts the development of relations and investigates the causes of the increasingly obvious sense of strategic dissonance. He also considers the evolution in Russian domestic politics, introducing influential current figures and those who are forming the leadership and opposition of the future. By delving into the depths of difficult questions such as the causes of the Ukraine crisis or the political protests surrounding the 2011-12 elections, the book offers a dynamic model for understanding this most fascinating and elusive of countries.Trade Review'In this lucid and important book, Andrew Monaghan argues that the West's capacity to understand Russia has been gravely run down. When Russia started reasserting itself in uncomfortable ways, we seized on Putin's personal role as an over-simple explanation. Our response has inevitably been overexcited and muddled.'Sir Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador to the USSR/Russia 1988-92'After years of less than benign neglect, this study places the "Russian question" front and center as substantively and objectively as possible. A must read for those interested in foreign policy, experts and laymen alike, but especially for junior and senior policy-makers.'David Glantz, Chief Editor, Journal of Slavic Military Studies'A timely and sober corrective to the often ill-informed and contradictory analyses of Russia that are dominant today. This book cuts through hysteria and conventional wisdom, and is essential reading for those seeking to understand the challenges of dealing with Russia. 'Richard Connolly, Co-Director, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies,University of Birmingham'Finally, the debate has been taken beyond a polarised discussion of the reasons behind the deterioration in Russia-Western relations. Monaghan gets to the heart of the most complex questions as to why many Western policymakers have struggled to understand Russia's actions and do more than simply react. A must-read for Western decision-makers'.Sarah Lain, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute, London'Those with an existing interest in Russia should read this book. Those without an existing interest-even more so: you have found the place to start. Dr. Monaghan's excellent book is lucid, accessible and could not have come at a better time.'Megan Edwards, Defence Specialist, Defence Select Committee, House of Commons‘For the most part, I concur with Monaghan’s approach. The New Politics of Russia expertly dismantles the way the West views Russia. The book is a refreshing addition to the literature on Russian-Western relations.’Paul Robinson, University of Ottawa, Irrussianality‘This is a masterful book and a refreshing read. It’s valuable both to those newer to studying Russia and to anyone who finds it hard to navigate between claim and counter-claim (most of us, including myself!). It has gone straight on my student reading list.’ Luke March, FORUM, No. 36, Winter 2017‘A particularly important aspect of the book lies in Monaghan’s suggestions for addressing the current problems in the way that Russia is analysed. The book makes the case for greater sensitivity towards linguistic and conceptual differences. His exploration of the development of ‘strategic dissonance’ between Russia and the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union clearly underlines that point… As Monaghan so forcefully argues, ‘getting Russia right’ matters so that misunderstandings do not escalate into conflict, and might eventually lead to fruitful cooperation. His book is an important start to a renewed debate on Russia and essential reading for anyone who needs to understand the country.’Alicky Denton is an independent business intelligence consultant whose work focuses on Russia and the former Soviet Union, The RUSI Journal, Vol 162, 2017 – Issue 1‘Andrew Monaghan’s new book may very well be the best-timed volume on Russian politics for decades.The book should be a must read for new Trump administration policy makers who now face the daunting challenge of interpreting an emboldened Kremlin. It is written in such a way as to be accessible to those well versed on the subject and to the novice. And with Putin almost certain to run for another six-year term in 2018, this new politics of Russia will likely be around for some time.’Lincoln E. Flake, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, April 2017‘Andrew Monaghan’s The New Politics of Russia: Interpreting Change offers a concise but thorough review of the key issues that have spurred a growing “strategic dissonance” between the West and Russia over the past 25 years and which have been amplified recently with Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.’John A. Pennell‘Andrew Monaghan’s compact and stimulating monograph is well worth reading.’Martin Dewhirst, University of Glasgow, Journal International Affairs 93.6‘Andrew Monaghan presents a convincing analysis of the strategic dissonance between the West and Russia. In this well-written book, which targets policymakers more than the scholarly community, he not only clearly lays out the problem but also points to a solution.’ Zerrin Torun, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 70, Issue 8 -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'We've moved on'1 Russia: the state of surprise2 Towards strategic dissonance: Russia as 'a Europe apart'3 'Reflexive transitionology' and the 'end of Putin'4 Beyond Putin? De-cyphering power in RussiaConclusion: Reinterpreting Russia in the twenty first century Index

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Book SynopsisRethinking Right-Wing Women explores the institutional structures for and the representations, mobilisation, and the political careers of women in the British Conservative Party since the late 19th century. From the Primrose League (est.1883) to Women2Win (est.2005), the party has exploited women’s political commitment and their social power from the grass-roots to the heights of the establishment. Yet, although it is the party that extended the equal franchise, had the first woman MP to sit Parliament, and produced the first two women Prime Ministers, the UK Conservative Party has developed political roles for women that jar with feminist and progressive agendas. Conservative women have tended to be more concerned about the fulfilment of women’s duties than the realisation of women’s rights. This book tackles the ambivalences between women’s politicisation and women’s emancipation in the history of Britain’s most electorally successful and hegemonic political party. Trade Review'The ability of this volume to cover the vast span of time with depth and detail makes it a vital addition for anyone trying to understand the Conservative Party and the women within it. This edited volume gives readers insight into the right-wing women often ignored given the growing connection of women with left-leaning parties. It is particularly timely given the rise in right-wing politics globally. The volume has a little bit for everyone, whether interested in specific Conservative women, the history and nature of the party, or how it has adapted to changing cultural times.'Journal of Women, Politics & Policy -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Clarisse Berthezène & Julie Gottlieb1. ‘Open the eyes of England’: female unionism and conservatism, 1886-1914 - Diane Urquhart2. Christabel Pankhurst - A Conservative suffragette? - June Purvis3. At the heart of the party? The women’s Conservative organisation in the age of partial suffrage, 1914-1928 - David Thackeray4. Conservative women and the Primrose League’s struggle for survival, 1914-1932 - Matthew Hendley5. Modes and models of Conservative women’s leadership in the 1930s - Julie Gottlieb6. The middlebrow and the making of a ‘new common sense’: Women’s voluntarism, Conservative politics and representations of womanhood - Clarisse Berthezène7. Churchill, women, and the politics of gender - Richard Toye8. 'The Statutory Woman whose Main Task was to Explore what Women were Likely to Think.' Margaret Thatcher and Women's Politics in the 1950s and 1960s - Krista Cowman9. Conservatism, gender and the politics of everyday life, 1950s-1980s - Adrian Bingham 10. Feminist responses to Thatcher and Thatcherism - Laura Beers11. The (feminised) contemporary Conservative party - Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs12. Conserving Conservative women: A view from the archives - Jeremy McIlwaine13. Women2Win and the feminization of the UK Conservative party - Baroness Ann Jenkin with an introduction by Sarah Childs

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Book SynopsisNUB. A country in need of stability needs to repose political power in people who don't care about politics. Take a multitude who do not attend the rallies, do not wear the T-shirts, do not shout the slogans and cannot spell ideolagy. Make them the flywheel of sane politics, the big intimate force that imposes stability on the whirring busy parts. IS THAT ALL? Pretty much, but since you don't believe it there are more words inside, outlining in broad stokes the how-what-where-why.

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Book SynopsisKeynes's proposal in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference to found the new international monetary system on a world currency (the "bancor") was rejected and the dollar convertible into gold was put at the center of the system.In 1968 the IMF created its own "unit of account" the SDR based on a basket of national currencies and, in 1971, president Nixon announced the end of dollar convertibility to gold.In 2008 the financial crisis erupted and in 2016 the renminbi was included in the SDR basket: a new international multi-currency reserve system is emerging.This work offers a synthetic but comprehensive view of the international monetary system's evolution from an original perspective: the process for reinforcing and stabilizing it through the gradual introduction of a world currency (notably, the SDR).

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Book SynopsisAu sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des millions d’étrangers se trouvent sur le sol allemand : anciens travailleurs forcés, rescapés des camps nazis ou déracinés aux profils multiples. La plupart d’entre eux sont rapatriés après la capitulation allemande, mais presque un million de personnes déplacées (Displaced Persons – DPs), effrayés par l’antisémitisme à l’Est de l’Europe, ou redoutant la montée des régimes communistes, refusent de rentrer dans leur patrie. C’est donc dans les trois zones occidentales de l’Allemagne occupée, exsangue et traversée par des flux incessants, que les DPs vivent pendant plusieurs mois ou années. Leur histoire est multiple et ils en sont à la fois les objets et les acteurs. Cet ouvrage, rassemblant des contributions en trois langues (français, anglais, allemand), croise les perspectives entre histoire politique et internationale, histoire des migrations, analyses culturelles et études des représentations. Il permet de saisir les interactions entre les décisions internationales, les impératifs des pays d’origine des DPs mais aussi ceux des pays d’immigration, les réalités de l’Allemagne occupée et les besoins et espérances des DPs eux-mêmes. Entre sortie du conflit mondial et début de guerre froide se nouent autour des DPs les grandes problématiques politiques et humaines qui forgent l’histoire des déplacements et du refuge. In the aftermath of the Second World War, millions of foreign civilians found themselves in the German territory. Among them, there were former forced laborers, survivors from the Nazi camps, many uprooted migrants who had all experienced the war in different ways. Most of them were repatriated after the German capitulation. However, almost one million of these «Displaced Persons» (DPs) refused to go back to their homeland. They were scarred by anti-Semitic violence, or by the rise of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. For a few months, even a few years, they remained mostly in the Western zones of occupied Germany, facing the harsh post-war conditions of defeated Germany. DPs became both targets and actors of global politics dealing with the refugee problem. This book puts together articles in three languages (French, English, and German). The contributions reveal the DPs’ history from different points of view. They rely on the history of international relations at the end of the war and of the various states involved in the DP question, as well as on social and cultural studies. The diversity of methodological patterns allows for a broad comprehension of this singular story at different scales, from the international debates and tensions to the needs and the hopes of the DPs themselves, in the social and political context of post-war occupied Germany. As the end of the war led to the Cold War, the DP question raised most of the political and humanitarian issues that would continue to interfere with the management of population displacements and refugees until the present day. Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges befanden sich einige Millionen Ausländer auf deutschem Boden: ehemalige Zwangsarbeiter, Überlebende der NS-Lager und andere entwurzelte Personen. Die meisten von ihnen kehrten nach der deutschen Kapitulation in ihre Heimat zurück; zurück blieben hingegen fast eine Million Displaced Persons (DPs), die den Antisemitismus in Osteuropa oder den Aufstieg der kommunistischen Regime in diesen Ländern fürchteten, so dass sie sich weigerten, in ihre Ursprungsländer zurückzukehren. Sie fanden sich schließlich für mehrere Monate oder gar Jahre in den drei westdeutschen Besatzungszonen wieder, die von den Kriegsfolgen gezeichnet waren und mehrere Millionen von Flüchtlingen aufnehmen mussten. Ihre Geschichte ist vielfältig; bisweilen wirdTable of ContentsContenu/Content/Inhalt: Catherine Gousseff : L’Est et l’Ouest entre consensus et divergence face aux DPs d’Allemagne – Jan-Hinnerk Antons : Britischer Umgang mit militanten Antikommunisten, Kollaborateuren und mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechern unter osteuropäischen DPs – Iris Helbing: Die Fürsorge und Repatriierung polnischer Displaced Children aus der britischen Besatzungszone – Kaja Kumer-Haukanõmm: The Repatriation of Estonians, 1945-1952 – Paul Lenormand: Les déplacés tchécoslovaques en Allemagne et en Autriche. Expulsés, exilés et réfugiés dans la reconstruction d’une frontière nationale et idéologique, 1945-1951 – Juliette Denis : « Ils sont rentrés dans leur patrie ». L’URSS face aux personnes déplacées et aux rapatriés lettons, 1946-1950 – Julia Maspero : Quand la politique française d’immigration rencontre la question DP en Allemagne occupée. Entre préoccupations nationales et diplomatiques au début de la guerre froide, 1945-1948 – Frank Caestecker/Lieselotte Luyckx : Inclusion, Exclusion and Autonomy of Displaced Persons in the Dutch and Belgian Political Economies, 1944-1952 – Roman Smolorz: Der Alltag der osteuropäischen Displaced Persons 1945-1949 unter dem Einfluss von ost-und westeuropäischen Geheimdiensten – Melanie Dejnega: Zwischen Nachkriegschaos und Kaltem Krieg. Alliierte Flüchtlingspolitik und die Versorgungssituation von «volksdeutschen Ex-Enemy DPs» in Österreich – Adam R. Seipp: «The Most Beautiful Spot on God»s Green Earth”. Archives, Microhistory, and the Story of Europe’s DPs – Christin Behrendt: Das ambivalente Verhältnis der Jüdischen Gemeinde Berlin zu den polnisch-jüdischen DPs in den Jahren 1945-1948 – Sophie Fetthauer: Sami Feder und das «Katset-Teater». Zu den Grundlagen des dokumentarischen Theaters im DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen – Corine Defrance: Les personnes déplacées à l’Université en Allemagne occupée – Marcus Velke: Baltische Diaspora in Bonn. Das Baltische Forschungsinstitut (BFI), 1949-1972 – Alina Laura Tiews: Der Film «Lang ist der Weg». Spiegel des DP-Problems 1948 oder zionistischer Heimatfilm? – Cyril Daydé: Les personnes déplacées et réfugiées en zone française d’occupation d’après les Archives diplomatiques françaises. Fonds d’archives et méthodes de recherche – Monique Leblois-Péchon : Les recherches sur les personnes déplacées dans les archives du Service international de recherches (SIR/ITS) de Bad Arolsen.

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Book SynopsisThe Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, the fourth in the series, provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to comply with commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government at the international level. The 2014 Yearbook surveys the activities of the relevant national and local Italian actors, including governmental bodies, civil society organisations and universities. It also presents reports and recommendations that have been addressed to Italy by international monitoring bodies within the framework of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union. Finally, the Yearbook provides a selection of international and national case-law that casts light on Italy’s position vis-à-vis internationally recognised human rights. «Italy and human rights in 2013: the challenges of social justice and the right to peace» is the focus of the introductory section of the Yearbook. With a view on the second Universal Periodic Review of Italy before the Human Rights Council, the Italian Agenda of Human Rights 2014, intended to be an orientation tool with regards to immediate and longterm measures that should be taken to ensure human rights for all in the Country, is integrated by an analysis of the status of implementation of the recommendations made to Italy during the first Universal Periodic Review (2010).Table of ContentsContents: Italy and Human Rights in 2013. The Challenges of Social Justice and the Right to Peace – Italian Agenda of Human Rights 2014 – International Human Rights Law – Italian Law – National Bodies with Jurisdiction over Human Rights – Sub-national Human Rights Structures – Region of Veneto – The United Nations System – Council of Europe – European Union – Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe – International Humanitarian and Criminal Law – Human rights in Italian Case-law – Italy in the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights – Italy in the Case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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Book SynopsisCurrently, we are witnessing a «border game» with participants on a global scale. The massive movement of illegal immigrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe over the last few months has led political leaders, activists’ movements and anonymous citizens to rethink practices and discourses. The media have multiplied news stories about mobilization initiatives that go well beyond the sphere of the state and even operate on the fringes of the law. Nationalism and identity issues have found their way onto the EU and its member-states’ agenda while the international community argues about the urgency to collaborate to address one of the greatest problems seen in Europe since the Second World War. Schengen borders have been suffering reconfigurations on an almost daily basis and Schengen has even been temporarily suspended in some countries, with the ghost of the end of the Union hovering over Europe. The series of multidisciplinary texts collected in this book offer the reader a variety of perspectives on the understanding of the Schengen area. Broadly speaking, this volume includes reflections on subjects that embrace the debates on the concept and practices of the free movement of persons within Europe, the security dimension of the European Union, illegal immigration and migration management, human rights and the role of various players and interests. This is the book to read if you wish to understand the latest developments in the Schengen area on its 30th anniversary.Table of ContentsContents: Alice Cunha/Marta Silva/Rui Frederico: Schengen: Removing borders while building fences? Introduction – Carlos Coelho: Schengen: people, borders and mobility – Cristina Blanco Sío-López: Dialogues beyond the «fortress Europe»: Tracing back the genesis and evolution of the «free circulation of persons» concept through EP Schengen Area debates, 1985-2015 – Ana Isabel Xavier: The EU’s security actorness and the area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Assessing the external dimension of the internal rationale – Simone Paoli: The role of Schengen in the Europeanization of the migration policy: The Italian case – Nicolae Păun/Adrian-Gabriel Corpădean: Romaniaʼs Schengen accession bid: a sinuous path – Leila Giannetto: The Charter of Lampedusa: Organised civil society in the EU multi-level system of governance – Octávio Sacramento: Schengen and the security obsession: Selective citizenship, exclusion and the ironies of control – Burcu Toğral Koca: Changing Dynamics of «Migration Management»: The «Border» between the EU and Africa – Alejandra Germán Doldán: Respect for fundamental rights at the door of fortress Europe: The particular situation of Ceuta and Melilla in the Schengen Area – Lucía Payero López: Immigration policy within «Fortress Europe»: The legalisation of «hot returns» in Spain – Francesca Esposito/José Ornelas/Caterina Arcidiacono: Migration-related detention: A focus on the Italian context.

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Book SynopsisWith national industrial relations systems struggling to keep apace with the global and mobile nature of capital, the emergence of the European works council has caught the imagination of both practitioners and scholars of this institution in the last two decades. European works councils find themselves at the centre of an ever emerging European industrial relations landscape, offering employees of multinationals within the European Economic Area the opportunity to work together in regulating employment conditions. An in-depth empirical study of five European works councils, this book offers a unique look into factors which promote and hinder the development of solidarity amongst employees. With a sociological bent, this volume is a must for EWC delegates struggling to deal with geographical, cultural and historical factors that undermine relations between them.Table of ContentsContents: Summary of main results – Methodology and structure of the report – Transnational patterns of EWC solidarity: Case studies – Comparing patterns of solidarity: Varieties of constellations for interest representation – EWC and Trade Union Relations.

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Book SynopsisTerrorists need money to commit acts of violence and sustain their operations. Measures to combat terrorism therefore aim to prevent terrorists from raising, moving and using funds or other assets. The effectiveness – and the fairness – of these measures were considered at the second ‘Giessbach’ seminar on counter-terrorist financing (CTF) organised by the Basel Institute on Governance in October 2008. This book contains essays presented at the seminar written by practitioners and academics with extensive experience in the field of CTF. The authors offer a diversity of views on the domestic, regional and international initiatives aimed at detecting terrorist funds in the financial system, preventing terrorists from moving their money via alternative financial channels and facilitating the recovery of terrorist assets. The editors conclude with in-sights into the ongoing challenge of making CTF measures both effective and legally sustainable in the lead-up to Giessbach III in December 2009.Table of ContentsContents: Micheline Calmy-Rey: Preface – Guido Steinberg: Al-Qaida and Jihadist terrorism after 2001 – Kristel Grace Poh: Measures to counter the financing of terrorism – Bob Upton: The financing of terror: a private sector perspective – Yehuda Shaffer: Detecting terrorist financing through financial intelligence: the role of FIUs – Henriette Haas: Systematic Observation as a tool in combating terrorism – Giuseppe Lombardo: Terrorist financing and cash couriers: legal and practical issues related to the implementation of FATF Special Recommendation IX – Kilian Strauss: Combating terrorist financing: are transition countries the weak link? – Marco Gercke: Cyberterrorism: how terrorists use the Internet – Stephan Baker: The misuse of offshore structures so as to assist the financing of terrorism – Mark Pieth/Stephanie Eymann: Combating the financing of terrorism: the ‘Guantanamo Principle’ – Jacques Rayroud: The UN listing system: challenges for criminal justice authorities – Yara Esquivel Soto: An autonomous offence for the financing of terrorism: notes from an Ibero-American perspective – Scott Vesel: Combating the financing of terrorism while protecting human rights: a dilemma? – Radha Ivory: Recovering terrorist assets in the United Kingdom: the ‘domestication’ of international standards on counter-terrorist financing – Mark Pieth/Daniel Thelesklaf/Radha Ivory: The international counter-terrorist financing regime at the cross-roads.

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Book SynopsisIt took 15 years of negotiations to integrate China into the World Trade Organization. This book argues that redistributive conflicts between China and old WTO members delayed the accession negotiations and fostered protectionist resentments against China as a new member. An explorative case study illustrates the emergence of third-market competition as a motive for members not to enlarge the organization since it contests the profits of their exporting industries. The econometric analysis of industry-specific antidumping measures on imports from China reveals that members' import-competing industries also seek protection. As a result, one reason why China was not warmly welcomed to the WTO by a heterogeneous group of countries is, ironically, its trading power.

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