Comparative politics Books
Princeton University Press The Arab Winter
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The New York Times's 11 Books to Watch For in May""A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice""Fascinating and persuasive."---Robert F. Worth, New York Times Book Review"Feldman argues persuasively that the Arab Spring ushered in a new era, characterized by politics from below."---Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"[An] important new book."---Daniel Byman, Washington Post"Ambitious and thought-provoking."---Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times"This book is essentially a plea to take the long view of history. Feldman stresses the suffering wrought by conflict, terrorism and renewed dictatorship. But he also highlights the more inspiring aspects of the 'exercise of collective, free political action — with all the dangers of error and disaster that come with it.'"---Michael Peel, Financial Times"Erudite."---Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald"Feldman’s methodical and unemotional analysis of the Arab Winter that has followed the Arab Spring is a valuable aid in understanding the current state of the Middle East."---Jim Blanchard, Winnipeg Free Press"[A] fluid account of how that spring turned into bloody winter."---John Andrews, Project Syndicate"An engaging work. It provides a useful recap of events over the course of the Arab Spring, and offers some original and interesting insights on each of the episodes discussed. . . . It is filled with interesting and insightful observations on the case studies presented; it presents a worthwhile meditation on processes which remain far from completion, and which are of primary importance to prospects for stability and development in the Middle East and beyond."---Jonathan Spyer, Tel Aviv Review of Books"Convincing and logical."---Michaela Domingo, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs"Noah Feldman offers an interpretation of the meaning of the Arab spring and its aftermath in the Arab winter in his superb new book."---Joseph Richard Preville, Informed Comment"Building on a renowned body of work on legal and political theory, Noah Feldman’s The Arab Winter: A Tragedy deftly weaves together case studies of three presidential states, Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia to examine political self-determination during the Arab spring and subsequent Arab winter."---Kathryn Urban, Charged Affairs
£13.29
Princeton University Press Popular Politics and the Path to Durable
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A groundbreaking sociological analysis of democratic consolidation. . . . [and] a stellar example of comparative historical analysis that builds on original data and rich case studies."---Sefika Kumral, Social Forces
£85.00
Princeton University Press Settling for Less
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Modern and multidisciplinary. . . . Settling for Less provides the most comprehensive analysis of settler colonialism."---Kyosuke Kikuta, The Developing Economies"Prodigious research and presentation." * Choice *"McNamee’s book is mandatory reading for scholars interested in both the causes and consequences of colonization. . . . Charles Tilly once warned us not to crow too loudly about the death of empires. But Lachlan McNamee’s excellent, accessible, and well-written book has given us reason to crow. Slowly but surely, the structural force of modernization works against the strategic goals of empire."---Jacob Gerner, Perspectives on Politics"McNamee asks big questions, constructs an original and provocative theory, unearths previously unused, indeed, unknown data, and compiles persuasive evidence to support his hypotheses . . . Settling for Less is an extraordinary first book of the sort to which authors aspire."---David A. Lake, Political Science Quarterly
£85.00
Princeton University Press Protecting the Ballot
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the European Politics & Society Best Book Award, American Political Science Association""Mares . . . makes use of extensive research to demonstrate that reforms to eliminate corruption were opposed by incumbent powers until political fragmentation or ‘elite split’—as in France and Germany—prolonged competition and increased electoral costs, creating incentives for cooperation." * Choice *
£27.00
Princeton University Press Protecting the Ballot
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the European Politics & Society Best Book Award, American Political Science Association""Mares . . . makes use of extensive research to demonstrate that reforms to eliminate corruption were opposed by incumbent powers until political fragmentation or ‘elite split’—as in France and Germany—prolonged competition and increased electoral costs, creating incentives for cooperation." * Choice *
£85.00
Princeton University Press Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Barany concludes his study with observations on the implications of this development, but his main contribution is making the analytical link between the political and military factors in Russia."---R.P. Peters, Choice"If you have time to read only a 20-page text to understand fundamentally what the Russian state is today, you could do little better than to read Barany's chapter on the Kursk tragedy. . . . Barany's main objective--explaining why Russia has an obsolete and incoherent military doctrine and an unreformed military shockingly unprepared for contemporary security challenges--is very well done."---Celeste A. Wallander, Political Science Quarterly"Zoltan Barany's interesting and comprehensive book attempts to explain why substantial military reform has eluded Russia by analyzing the evolution of civil-military relations in post-Communist Russia, the political role of the military and the institutional arrangements for civilian control over the armed forces." * Survival *"[Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military] is a significant piece which ought to appeal to Russia watchers both within and beyond academia. . . . Admirably concise yet richly detailed. . . . The book is a valuable synthesis of a range of sources on a subject which has received little attention of late."---David J. Betz, Russian Review"[O]ne should read this book for its well-informed reporting of events and institutional developments."---William E. Odom, Slavic Review"[T]his book should be useful for anybody interested in the wider context of Russian studies and politics, as well as readers who are interested in International Relations security issues in general."---Fotis Mavromatidis, Journal of Contemporary European Studies"Among the many merits of this book is its clear, transparent, and economical style. Barany accomplishes what few in the profession have done. Namely, he is able to use sophisticated theoretical concepts from political science in ways that not only illuminate actual politics but which are readable and enhance the reader's understanding of the issues at stake."---Stephen J. Blank, Parameters"It is perhaps the ultimate compliment to suggest that Russia's greatest writer would very much have agreed with Barany's depiction of the Russian military--and that his approach is a superior one for understanding Russian military politics."---John P Moran, Perspectives on Politics
£23.75
Pluto Press Pirates and Emperors Old and New
Book SynopsisA collection of Chomsky's essays exploring how selected incidents of terrorism are used as a cover for Western violence across the globeTable of ContentsPreface to the New Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1. Thought Control: The Case of the Middle East 2. Middle East Terrorism and the American Ideological System 3. Libya in U.S. Demonology 4. The U.S. Role in the Middle East 5. International Terrorism: Image and Reality 6. The World after September 11 7. U.S./Israel-Palestine Notes Index
£16.14
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
£25.19
Pluto Press Constructing China Clashing Views of the Peoples
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
£72.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Secular State Under Siege
Book SynopsisThroughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion.Trade Review"In this impressive work, dealing with a theme of persistent (indeed, on some counts, increasing) public significance, the author follows up a sustained historical and conceptual discussion of the relations between political and religious power with a penetrating analysis of some of their major contemporary problematics. Throughout, the scholarly intensity of Joppke�s argument is matched by his capacity for clear, literate exposition, rendering the book a very valuable contribution to the literature on its topic." Gianfranco Poggi, University of Virginia "The Secular State Under Siege takes on large and controversial questions with Joppke�s characteristic verve and lucidity. Even those who disagree with parts of the argument will find the book engaging and illuminating." Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles "Highly recommended." Choice "The Secular State Under Siege is a timely book that unpacks the relationship between religion and politics �from a historical and institutional perspective with a dual focus on Western Europe and Northern America, Christianity and Islam.� It makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the role of public religion in society and politics. I would recommend this book to those who are interested in the idea of secularism and the relationship between religion and state in Europe and the USA.NJMR "Joppke succeeds in presenting a densely packed, yet highly readable, scholarly introduction to two of the most important topics concerning religion and politics in the West today. This is no small accomplishment and he exhibits a remarkable facility with scholarly material in multiple fields as well as larger contexts on either side of the Atlantic." Reading ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction: Religion as Structure and as Actor Chapter 1: Religion in Social and Political Theory Chapter 2: Secularization and the Long Christian Exit Chapter 3: Challenge to the Secular State (I): The Christian Right in America Chapter 4: Challenge to the Secular State (II): Islam in Europe Conclusion: Islam and Christianity in the Secular State Endnotes Bibliography
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Secular State Under Siege Religion and
Book SynopsisThroughout human history, religion and politics have entertained the most intimate of connections as systems of authority regulating individuals and society. While the two have come apart through the process of secularization, secularism is challenged today by the return of public religion.Trade Review"In this impressive work, dealing with a theme of persistent (indeed, on some counts, increasing) public significance, the author follows up a sustained historical and conceptual discussion of the relations between political and religious power with a penetrating analysis of some of their major contemporary problematics. Throughout, the scholarly intensity of Joppke�s argument is matched by his capacity for clear, literate exposition, rendering the book a very valuable contribution to the literature on its topic." Gianfranco Poggi, University of Virginia "The Secular State Under Siege takes on large and controversial questions with Joppke�s characteristic verve and lucidity. Even those who disagree with parts of the argument will find the book engaging and illuminating." Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles "Highly recommended." Choice "The Secular State Under Siege is a timely book that unpacks the relationship between religion and politics �from a historical and institutional perspective with a dual focus on Western Europe and Northern America, Christianity and Islam.� It makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the role of public religion in society and politics. I would recommend this book to those who are interested in the idea of secularism and the relationship between religion and state in Europe and the USA.NJMR "Joppke succeeds in presenting a densely packed, yet highly readable, scholarly introduction to two of the most important topics concerning religion and politics in the West today. This is no small accomplishment and he exhibits a remarkable facility with scholarly material in multiple fields as well as larger contexts on either side of the Atlantic." Reading ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction: Religion as Structure and as Actor Chapter 1: Religion in Social and Political Theory Chapter 2: Secularization and the Long Christian Exit Chapter 3: Challenge to the Secular State (I): The Christian Right in America Chapter 4: Challenge to the Secular State (II): Islam in Europe Conclusion: Islam and Christianity in the Secular State Endnotes Bibliography
£17.09
Edinburgh University Press Scotlands Referendum and the Media
Book SynopsisAfter the Referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country in September 2014 - and following a momentous mobilisation of voters by both the Yes and No campaigns - Scotland''s political environment has been fundamentally energised. But how was the Referendum campaign reported and structured in the media in Scotland, the wider United Kingdom, and in other parts of the world, and was it a matter of ''construction'' rather than ''representation''?In this book scholars, commentators and journalists from Britain, Europe and beyond examine how the media across the world presented the debate itself and the shifting nature of Scottish - and British - identity which that debate revealed. Several of the contributors also explore how the emphases and constructions which were put on the debate in their particular countries illuminated these countries'' own responses to nationalism and separatism.The consequences of the Referendum''s No result are traced in the media through until the May general election of 2015.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisThis is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events. Raymond Taras explains why France, Poland and Sweden have become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad.Trade Review'An original and insightful approach to the understanding of foreign policy. Applying cultural, historical and psychological perspectives grounded in classical and modern scholarship, Raymond Taras shows how suspicions, hatreds and fears of real and imagined enemies are major factors in foreign policies. In so doing, he provides a needed corrective to the assumptions of rational decision making.' - William Safran, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Colorado at BoulderTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Fear and suspicion in contemporary politics: citizens, strangers, elites; 2. Reconnecting culture with foreign policy; 3. Reflections on designing research for the study of fear and foreign policy; 4. French Muslims and France's foreign policy; 5. Poland's Fixation with Russia: Fear or Reason?; 6. Sweden: the limits of humanitarianism at home and abroad; 7. Summing up; Select bibliography; Index.
£22.79
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hate in Precarious Times
Book SynopsisIn the age of Brexit and Donald Trump, the radical right has gained significant popularity, characterized by a rhetoric of xenophobia, discrimination and hate speech. This book examines why the politics of hate and ideologies of the far-right are on the rise and argues that to counter it we must challenge the sense of social and economic precarity this politics feeds off. Hate in Precarious Times examines five distinct types of precarity, covering threats to a particular way of life; fear of apocalyptic terrorism; the insecurity of austerity, and low-waged jobs in the wake of the Financial Crisis; challenges to privilege; and the spread of disinformation in a post-truth age. In this book, Neal Curtis seeks the root of what causes ordinary people to identify with far-right ideologies and asks what can be done to counter the conditions underpinning this.Trade ReviewNeal Curtis' Hate in Precarious Times is an essential book to understand world affairs in 2021. It combines intellectual history and political economy with a shrewd assessment of emerging technologies and social media. Curtis is the rare writer who connects academic insights in ways that the global public values. * Walter D. Greason, co-editor of Cities Imagined, Monmouth University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Hate 1The politics of hate 2 Defining hate 3 Slow hate and free speech Part 2 Precarity 4 World or ontological precarity 5 Terror or existential precarity 6 Crash or economic precarity 7 Privilege or social precarity 8 Truth or epistemological precarity Coda Notes References Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mapping the Fault Lines in TurkeyUS Relations
Book SynopsisFor the last seventy years, experts have tried to define the nature of Turkey's partnership with the US. While Turkish-US relations have always been susceptible to different crises, they enjoyed a brief golden era in the 1950s. This book argues that a false nostalgia about that period - when the strategic interests of two countries fully converged - has distorted analyses by scholars and policymakers ever since. To provide a more accurate assessment, this book look at the patterns of crises between the two countries throughout history and how these relate to the current points of tension in Turkish-American relations today. It coins a new conceptual framework to understand the Turkey-US partnership: the vulnerable partnership. The book outlines the key causes of this vulnerability, showing that for the last 70 years, there have been recurring frictions and faultlines that have been repeated across different political periods. These especially involve the US congress, public opinion, Ru
£28.94
University of British Columbia Press The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the “comparative turn” in Canadian political science.Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsPart 1: Establishing Benchmarks1 Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Robert Vipond2 A Quantitative Analysis of the Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science / Éric MontpetitPart 2: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Rights: Canada’s Comparative Advantage3 Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity / Andrew M. Robinson4 Canada as Counternarrative: Multiculturalism, Recognition, and Redistribution / Keith G. Banting5 Canada’s Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review / Ran Hirschl6 Marketing Canadian Pluralism in the International Arena / Will KymlickaPart 3: Federalism and Multilevel Governance: Canada’s Comparative Resurgence7 Is the Secret to Have a Good Dentist? Canadian Contributions to the Study of Federalism in Divided Societies / Martin Papillon8 Working around the American Model: Canadian Federalism and the European Union / Thomas O. Hueglin9 Empirical Evidence and Pragmatic Explanations: Canada’s Contributions to Comparative Federalism / Jennifer WallnerPart 4: Political Parties and Public Policy: Canada’s Comparative Potential10 What’s So Bad about Cultivating Our Own Theoretical Gardens? The Study of Political Parties in Canada / A. Brian Tanguay11 Canadian Voting Behaviour in Comparative Perspective / James Farney and Renan Levine12 Policy Networks and Policy Communities: Conceptualizing State-Societal Relationships in the Policy Process / Grace Skogstad13 How Can Comparative Political Economy Explain Variable Change? Lessons for, and from, Canada / Rodney HaddowConclusion: Are We on the Right Track? / Alan C. CairnsNotesReferencesContributorsIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Comparing Canada
Book SynopsisThis book examines how political scientists apply diverse comparative strategies to better understand Canadian political life.Trade ReviewThis is a noteworthy edited collection which illustrates the benefits of comparative studies in political science in Canada. It will appeal more to specialist readers than general readers as some of the chapters are quite theoretical, but it is nevertheless highly recommended. -- Jatinder Mann, University of Alberta * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 2, Fall 2016 *Table of Contents1 Introduction / Luc TurgeonPart 1: The Politics of Diversity2 Framing Self-Determination: The Politics of Indigenous Rights in Canada and the United States / Martin Papillon3 The Management of Nationalism in Canada and Spain / André Lecours4 The Comparative Study of Race: Census Politics in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain / Debra ThompsonPart 2: Political Mobilization5 The Comparative Study of Canadian Voting Behaviour / Éric Bélanger and Laura B. Stephenson6 Canadian Immigrant Electoral Support in Comparative Perspective / Stephen White and Antoine Bilodeau7 Between Hope and Fear: Comparing the Emotional Landscapes of the Autism Movement in Canada and the United States / Michael Orsini and Sarah Marie WiebePart 3: Political Institutions and Public Policy8 Parliamentary Politics and Legislative Behaviour / Jean-François Godbout9 Comparing Federations: Testing the Model of Market-Preserving Federalism on Canada, Australia, and the United States / Jennifer Wallner and Gerard W. Boychuk10 Climate Compared: Sub-Federal Dominance on a Global Issue / David Houle, Erick Lachapelle, and Barry G. Rabe11 Putting Canadian Social Policy in a Comparative Perspective / Rianne Mahon and Daniel Béland12 Economic Development Policies in Ontario and Quebec: Thinking about Structures of Representation / Peter Graefe13 Governing Immigrant Attraction and Retention in Halifax and Moncton: Do Linguistic Divisions Impede Cooperation? / Kristin R. Good14 Conclusion / Martin Papillon, Luc Turgeon, Jennifer Wallner, and Stephen WhiteIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press A Cooperative Disagreement CanadaUnited States
Book SynopsisAgree to disagree? A Cooperative Disagreement demonstrates how Canada and the United States – neighbours by geography and close allies by design – successfully kept their differences over revolutionary Cuba from permanently damaging their relationship. Table of ContentsForeword / Robert Bothwell and John EnglishIntroduction1 Setting Precedents in Latin America 2 From Parallel Paths to Parting Ways 3 The Era of Friction Begins 4 Establishing Cooperation amid Tension 5 Refinement through Fire 6 Normalizing Cooperation, Containing Subversion 7 A Heightened Potential for Friction 8 The Routinization of Difference 9 From the Summit to Square One 10 To the End of the Cold War … and BeyondConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
£66.60
University of British Columbia Press A Cooperative Disagreement
Book SynopsisAgree to disagree? A Cooperative Disagreement demonstrates how Canada and the United States neighbours by geography and close allies by design successfully kept their differences over revolutionary Cuba from permanently damaging their relationship.Table of ContentsForeword / Robert Bothwell and John EnglishIntroduction1 Setting Precedents in Latin America 2 From Parallel Paths to Parting Ways 3 The Era of Friction Begins 4 Establishing Cooperation amid Tension 5 Refinement through Fire 6 Normalizing Cooperation, Containing Subversion 7 A Heightened Potential for Friction 8 The Routinization of Difference 9 From the Summit to Square One 10 To the End of the Cold War … and BeyondConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
£27.90
Cornell University Press China Transformed Historical Change and the
Book Synopsis"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China.... It will set the standard for all future comparative and theoretical research on China."—Timothy Brook, Stanford...Trade ReviewA surprisingly easy read with contents well laid-out and cases well presented.... Wong's work serves as a good reference. * Journal of Economic History *Never before has a China historian produced a book of such vast scope that carefully and deliberately brings China and Europe into a single framework of analysis, one that evenhandedly addresses both ends of Eurasia with no prior assumptions about the universality of European themes.... This is an inquiring, thoughtful, large-spirited, and sharply thought-provoking work.... China scholars, from apprentices deciding on dissertation topics to experienced researchers thinking about their next project, will find gold in these pages and a friendly guide to ore.... One could not wish for a more stimulating read. * China Review International *This masterful study... is much needed and deserves a wide audience. As Wong says himself, his intention is to 'persuade people to ponder these problems and formulate additional solutions.' He has performed an admirable task. -- Michael Tsin * International Labor and Working Class History *This new work by R. Bin Wong is much more than just another important historical monograph on China.... It is nothing less than a bold and inspiring manifesto which spells out plainly for us why conducting broad comparisons with different historical arcs traced in other parts of the world can be so essential to our writing better histories of China.... Engaging and accessible. * Journal of Asian Studies *Wong is very eloquent indeed.... It is impossible to summarize all the book's riches or insights.... The book is enormously praiseworthy for its ambition, erudition, and resourcefulness. * American Historical Review *An extraordinary thematic discourse on the similarities and differences of Chinese and European developments. * Choice *
£42.30
Cornell University Press Inequality and Prosperity
Book SynopsisWhat are the relative merits of the American and European socioeconomic systems? Long-standing debates have heated up in recent years with the expansion of the European Union and increasingly sharp political and cultural differences between the United...Trade Review"Jonas Pontusson's new book rates with the finest work in comparative political economy. He tackles the old question of the presumed trade-off between equality and economic growth with fresh ideas and a mass of data and compellingly demonstrates that the institutions of northern European social market economies can produce employment and growth without the inequality characteristic of Anglo-American liberal market economies."—John Stephens, Gerhard E. Lenski Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina"Jonas Pontusson makes a consistent and convincing argument against conventional wisdom that there is always a trade-off between equity and efficiency, showing that liberal market and social market economies face different challenges and must find different solutions to their problems. Most significant, however, he makes a very strong case that social market economies have a great many advantages over liberal market economies."—Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Power of Inaction
Book SynopsisBank bailouts in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the onset of the Great Recession brought into sharp relief the power that the global financial sector holds over national politics, and provoked widespread public outrage. In The Power of Inaction, Cornelia Woll details the varying relationships between financial institutions and national governments by comparing national bank rescue schemes in the United States and Europe. Woll starts with a broad overview of bank bailouts in more than twenty countries. Using extensive interviews conducted with bankers, lawmakers, and other key players, she then examines three pairs of countries where similar outcomes might be expected: the United States and United Kingdom, France and Germany, Ireland and Denmark. She finds, however, substantial variation within these pairs. In some cases the financial sector is intimately involved in the design of bailout packages; elsewhere it chooses to remain at arm's length. SuTrade ReviewThe book is meticulously researched and cogently written. It speaks to and substantially develops the literature on the power of the financial industry in public policy, providing novel insights into the different relations between the banking industry and national governments across a variety of countries. The narrative is enriched by material gathered through several semi-structured elite interviews with policy-makers and representatives of the financial industry in a variety of countries.... One of the greatest achievements of the book is to draw attention to the (so far overlooked) politics of bank bailouts, rather than the economic conditions in which they took place. -- Lucia Quaglia * Journal of Common Market Studies *This book compares bank bailouts across six countries in the wake of the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Using extensive interviews conducted with bankers, lawmakers, and other key players, the author argues that collective inaction by the financial industry allowed bankers to avoid shouldering more of the bailout, forcing national governments to deal with banks on a piecemeal basis and, ultimately raising the cost to taxpayers.... In all, the book argues persuasively that collective inactivity had important consequences for bailout arrangements and ultimately affected how the public and private sectors shared the cost burden of these massive policy decisions. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *Table of Contents1. Bailout Games 2. Crisis Management across the World 3. The Power of Collective Inaction 4. From Theory to Practice 5. The United States and the United Kingdom 6. France and Germany 7. Ireland and Denmark 8. Lessons Learned
£24.29
Cornell University Press The Wages of Oil
Book SynopsisThe contrast between Kuwait and the UAE today illustrates the vastly different possible futures facing the smaller states of the Gulf. Dubai''s rulers dream of creating a truly global business center, a megalopolis of many millions attracting immigrants in great waves from near and far. Kuwait, meanwhile, has the most spirited and influential parliament in any of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies.In The Wages of Oil, Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies. The Gulf has seen enormous changes in recent years, and more are to come. Herb explains the nature of the changes we are likely to see in the future. He starts by asking why Kuwait is far ahead of all other Gulf monarchies in terms of political liberalization, but behind all of them in its efforts to diversify its economy away from oil. He compares Kuwait with the United Arab Emirates, which lacks Kuwait's parliament but has moved ambitiously to diversify. ThisTrade ReviewThe Wages of Oil is an absorbing book, rich in detail and nuance, that should become required reading for students and scholars of the Gulf oil states... both a highly readable and very timely analysis that should dispel any lingering notion among policy-makers and lay readers that the Gulf states represent a monolithic regional bloc. -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen * International Affairs *Herb provides a well-presented analysis of the political economies of the Gulf monarchies, with a detailed and insightful assessment of Kuwait and the UAE. This book is a welcome addition to scholarly work on the rentier economies of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states. -- Lorraine Charles * Middle East Journal *Michael Herb has written about very technical economic concepts using a plethora of graphs and advanced terminology to argue his points. The subject matter isn't for everyone; those with a background in economics and political science will appreciate the book more than others. Yet the book is lively and engaging and Herb has taken a potentially dreary subject and produced an intriguing book accessible to all. -- Charles Fraker * Middle East Policy Council *[T]his book provides a convincing explanation of the origin and effects of Kuwait’s parliament, and suggests several important avenues for further exploration. It does so in sharp, enjoyable prose that is accessible to all educated audiences. For researchers, professors, and practitioners in the fields of political economy, oil and politics, and the Gulf monarchies, this text is useful, engaging, and highly recommended. -- Jocelyn S. Mitchell * Arab Studies Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Labor Markets and Class Politics2. Participation3. Explaining Kuwaiti Exceptionalism4. The Consequences of Absolutism5. The Consequences of Participation6. What Resource Curse?Dilemmas of Development and Democracy in the GulfReferences Index Contents
£37.05
Cornell University Press China Transformed
Book Synopsis"This bold, intellectually ambitious, and wholly original book challenges the way in which Western social science understands China.... It will set the standard for all future comparative and theoretical research on China."—Timothy Brook, Stanford...Trade ReviewA surprisingly easy read with contents well laid-out and cases well presented.... Wong's work serves as a good reference. * Journal of Economic History *Never before has a China historian produced a book of such vast scope that carefully and deliberately brings China and Europe into a single framework of analysis, one that evenhandedly addresses both ends of Eurasia with no prior assumptions about the universality of European themes.... This is an inquiring, thoughtful, large-spirited, and sharply thought-provoking work.... China scholars, from apprentices deciding on dissertation topics to experienced researchers thinking about their next project, will find gold in these pages and a friendly guide to ore.... One could not wish for a more stimulating read. * China Review International *This masterful study... is much needed and deserves a wide audience. As Wong says himself, his intention is to 'persuade people to ponder these problems and formulate additional solutions.' He has performed an admirable task. -- Michael Tsin * International Labor and Working Class History *This new work by R. Bin Wong is much more than just another important historical monograph on China.... It is nothing less than a bold and inspiring manifesto which spells out plainly for us why conducting broad comparisons with different historical arcs traced in other parts of the world can be so essential to our writing better histories of China.... Engaging and accessible. * Journal of Asian Studies *Wong is very eloquent indeed.... It is impossible to summarize all the book's riches or insights.... The book is enormously praiseworthy for its ambition, erudition, and resourcefulness. * American Historical Review *An extraordinary thematic discourse on the similarities and differences of Chinese and European developments. * Choice *
£24.69
Cornell University Press Inequality and Prosperity
Book SynopsisWhat are the relative merits of the American and European socioeconomic systems? Long-standing debates have heated up in recent years with the expansion of the European Union and increasingly sharp political and cultural differences between the United...Trade Review"Jonas Pontusson's new book rates with the finest work in comparative political economy. He tackles the old question of the presumed trade-off between equality and economic growth with fresh ideas and a mass of data and compellingly demonstrates that the institutions of northern European social market economies can produce employment and growth without the inequality characteristic of Anglo-American liberal market economies."—John Stephens, Gerhard E. Lenski Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina"Jonas Pontusson makes a consistent and convincing argument against conventional wisdom that there is always a trade-off between equity and efficiency, showing that liberal market and social market economies face different challenges and must find different solutions to their problems. Most significant, however, he makes a very strong case that social market economies have a great many advantages over liberal market economies."—Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University
£23.74
Johns Hopkins University Press Chile
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rich collection of challenging studies that, in addition ot supplying useful data on the performance of democratic institutions in a variety of settings, gives us a good example of how collaborative, cross-national explanatory research can be conducted. Journal of Politics
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Johns Hopkins University Press Capitalism Socialism and Democracy Revisited
Book SynopsisThese essays address questions involved in assessing the relationship between democracy and alternative economic systems, such as: what specific aspects of capitalism and socialism are especially conducive or detrimental to democracy? Is there a viable third way between capitalism and socialism?Trade Review"An excellent collection of essays--thoughtful, provocative, illuminating. They make a book well worth reading."--Irving Kristol, American Enterprise Institute
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press The Legacies of Communism in Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisWolchik.Trade ReviewBoth the regional and country studies that comprise the volume serve the useful purpose of reminding us, and perhaps the now discontented East Europeans who are tempted to recall the last decade of Communist power as the good old days, how fatally flawed that system had become. -- John R. Lampe Journal of Comparative Economics This book comprises several extensively researched and well-written chapters that trace political (both domestic and international), economic, environmental, and social developments in the countries of East Central Europe and the Balkans since the collapse of communism. It also includes a number of essays that treat each of these themes from a regional perspective. -- Michael Bernhard American Political Science Review
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Presidential Institutions and Democratic Politics
Book SynopsisBoth trends in European parliamentary systems and the dramatic changes within French presidential institutions suggest that scholars should temper broad generalizations about presidential or parliamentary government.
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Developing Democracy
Book SynopsisThe book concludes with a hopeful view of the prospects for a fourth wave of global democratization.Trade Review[A] systematic account of the political realities that make democracy promotion so challenging. Diamond... marshals an impressive array of cross-cultural social-science evidence. -- Charles Lane Weekly Standard Offers a realistic description of the political discontents of our time and how these discontents are reduced... by the development of democratic practice. Washington TimesTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Defining And Developing DemocracyChapter 2. Is The Third Wave Of Democratization Over? Chapter 3. Consolidating DemocracyChapter 4. Size and Democracy: The Case For Decentralization With Svetlana TsalikChapter 5. Political CultureChapter 6. Civil Society Chapter 7. A Fourth Wave?AppendixNotesIndex
£31.94
Johns Hopkins University Press Constituting Federal Sovereignty The European
Book SynopsisAnd she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states.Trade ReviewA very neat, thorough and interesting study for all scholars trying to understand the working of 'shared powers', may it be at the international, supranational or national level. -- Dietmar Braun Swiss Political Science Review A book of substantial interest and considerable scholarship. -- Peter Leslie International History Review A very impressive and thought-provoking book that contributes to the research stream represented by books on the impact of European Courts on European 'constitutional' politics. -- Donald W. Jackson Law and Politics Book Review Professor Goldstein does an admirable job bringing the European Union into comparative context. -- Erik Jones Acta Politica A well-focused application of comparative federalism. -- R. Daniel Kelemen Journal of Politics 2003 A very welcome addition to the literature on federal systems. -- Paolo Dardanelli Regional and Federal Studies An excellent example of the successful merger of the interests of comparative history, politics, and jurisprudence... The writing is clear, the argumentation is fair and precise, and the logic is lucid. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of comparative federalism and should be widely accepted a s a basic reference work for study in this field. -- Jim Seroka Publius 2002Table of ContentsContents: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Member-State Resistance Paradox: American Union (1790-1860) versus European Community (1958-1994) Chapter 2: State Resistance in the United States and the European Community: Unraveling the Puzzle Chapter 3: The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic and the European Union Chapter 4: The First Half-Century of the Modern Swiss Federation Chapter 5: Conclusions: State Behavior in the Suprastate Unions Appendix A: State Resistance to Federal Authority in the United States Appendix B: European States' Resistance to European Community Authority Abbreviations of Public Documents Notes Cases Cited Works Cited Index
£42.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Global Divergence of Democracies
Book SynopsisWith contributions by more than thirty of the world's leading scholars of democracy, this volume presents the most comprehensive assessment available of the state of democracy in the world at the beginning of the new millennium.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction - Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner I - Democracy and Liberty: Universal Values? 1 Democracy as a Universal Value - Amartya Sen 2 Buddhism, Asian Values, and Democracy - His Holiness the Dalai Lama 3 Confucianism and Democracy - Francis Fukuyama 4 Muslims and Democracy - Abdou Filali-Ansary 5 How Far Can Free Government Travel? - Giovanni Sartori 6 Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural Connection - Russell Bova 7 From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy - Marc F. Plattner II - Consolidating Democracy 8 Toward Consolidated Democracies - Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan 9 Illusions about Consolidation - Guillermo O'Donnell 10 O'Donnell's "Illusions": A Rejoinder - Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Hans Jurgen Puhle 11 Illusions and Conceptual Flaws: A Response - Guillermo O'Donnell 12 What Is Democratic Consolidation? - Andreas Schedler III - Foundations of Successful Democracy 13 What Makes Democracies Endure? - Adam Przeworski, Michael Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi 14 Party Systems in the Third Wave - Scott Mainwaring 15 What Makes Elections Free and Fair? - Jorgen Elklit and Palle Svenson 16 Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model - Alfred Stepan 17 Markets, Law, and Democracy - Charles Fried 18 Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America - Jorge I. Dominguez 19 A New Jurisprudence for Africa - H. Kwasi Prempeh 20 How Democracies Control the Military - Richard H. Kohn IV - Prospects and Challenges for Democracy in the New Century 21 A Quarter-Century of Declining Confidence - Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam, and Russell J. Dalton 22 Latin America at the Century's Turn - Abraham F. Lowenthal 23 The Postcommunist Divide - Jacques Rupnik 24 Putin's Russia: One Step Forward Two Steps Back - Michael McFaul 25 Will China Democratize? - Michel Oksenberg 26 Is Pakistan the (Reverse) Wave of the Future? - Larry Diamond Index
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Political Parties and Democracy A Journal of
Book SynopsisSridharan; Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction, Larry Diamond and Richard Gunther I - Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1 Types and Functions of Parties, Richard Gunther and Larry Diamond 2 The Rise of Parties in Western Democracies, Hans Daalder 3 The Americanization of the European Left, Seymour Martin Lipset 4 Parties Are Not What They Once Were, Philippe C. Schmitter 5 The Party Effects of Electoral Systems, Giovanni Sartori II Parties and Party Systems After Reform 6 The Three Phases of Italian Parties, Leonardo Morlino 7 Japan's "1955 System" and Beyond, Bradley Richardson III Developing and Postcommunist Systems 8 Political and Darwinism in Latin America's Lost Decade, Michael Coppedge 9 Toward Modern Pluralism: Political Parties in India, E. Sridharan and Ashutosh Varshney 10 The Institutional Decline of Parties in Turkey, Ergun Ozbudun 11 The Legacy of One-Party Hegemony in Taiwan, Yun-han Chu 12 Divergent Paths of Postcommunist Democracies, Herbert Kitschelt IV Conclusion 13 Challenges to Contemporary Political Parties, Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair Index
£22.95
Johns Hopkins University Press The First Chinese Democracy Political Life in the
Book SynopsisTaiwan's history of citizen participation in direct elections, along with the political institutional changes narrated here by Chao and Myers, produced an unprecedented, peaceful political turn-over of power from the KMT ruling party to the DPP, or Democratic Progressive Party, in March 2000.Trade ReviewA work of lasting value that will long stand as the authoritative account of the politics of democracy-building in Taiwan. Although Taiwan has yet to meet the ultimate test of a democracy-the peaceful transfer of power from the dominant party to an opposition party-Chao and Myers's detailed research suggests that solid foundations have been laid which in time will make such development possible, even likely. They have not only humanized the Taiwan story, but reminded us that the building of democracy depends upon greatness in leadership. -- Lucian Pye Journal of Democracy An important book-length analysis and review of one of the most interesting and significant phenomena in recent Chinese politics: the gradualist and largely successful path of democratization in Taiwan in the 1980s and 1990s. Journal of Asian Studies A lucidly written interpretative history of political change in Taiwan from the late 1940s to the mid-1990s... A valuable study that raises important issues for further investigation and analysis. -- Chung-li Wu American Review of Politics This detailed account and astute analysis of political events of the Republic of China provides a balanced appraisal of China's first experiment with democracy. -- Leonard H. D. Gordon American Historical Review
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Europe without Borders
Book SynopsisThis text brings together experts from the fields of sociology, political science, geography, psychology and anthropology to examine the intersection of identity and territory in the new Europe. It explores how Europeans see themselves and the impact of globalization on national culture.Trade ReviewAn eclectic mix of theoretical perspectives informs the chapters, from new quantitative approaches modeling identity to qualitative content analysis. This only adds to the richness and value of the volume Choice 2004 The range of disciplines will please college-level readers studying modern European events. The Bookwatch 2004 A fascinating collection of eleven articles on transnationalism in Europe... This anthology provokes the reader to rethink not only what we understand as Europe but also what we consider to be sovereign political bodies in the twenty-first century. -- John Francis Burke Perspectives on Political Science 2004
£22.95
Johns Hopkins University Press French Writers and the Politics of Complicity
Book SynopsisConsidered together, these six intellectuals serve as sobering reminders that political commitments are never as simple or straightforward as they seem and that admirable motives for political involvement can have dangerous and destructive consequences in historical practice.Trade ReviewGolsan provides crucial lessons on both the necessity and the dangers of political action. Choice 2006 His intellectual honesty, scrupulous commitment to critical fairness, and determination 'to avoid the twin dangers of demonization and apology' places him at the antipodes of the partisan ideologues whose blindness and complicity with evil he documents in a dispassionate, elegant, and compelling voice. H-France 2007 Golsan's fine essays are a window into twentieth-century French intellectual life. -- Donald Reid International History Review 2007 Golsan's ideas are closely argued throughout and cast interesting new light. -- Angela Kimyongur Modern Language Review 2007 An intriguing contribution to the ongoing debates on the past and the present state of the French Republic of Letters. -- Thomas Nolden Shofar 2007 A thought provoking and well-researched new book... Will appeal to a broad audience of scholars, especially those interested in the major currents of French intellectual history. -- Andrew Sobanet Substance 2009
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy and Elections in Africa
Book SynopsisOutstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice MagazineThis volume studies elections as a core institution of liberal democracy in the context of newly democratizing countries. Political scientist Staffan I. Lindberg gathers data from every nationally contested election in Africa from 1989 to 2003, covering 232 elections in 44 countries. He argues that democratizing nations learn to become democratic through repeated democratic behavior, even if their elections are often flawed. Refuting a number of established hypotheses, Lindberg finds no general negative trend in either the frequency or the quality of African elections. Rather, elections in Africa, based on his findings, are more than just the goal of a transition toward democracy or merely a formal procedure. The inception of multiparty elections usually initiates liberalization, and repeated electoral activities create incentives for political actors, fostering the expansion and deepening of democratic values. In addition to improving the democratic qualities of political regimes, a sequence of elections tends to expand and solidify de facto civil liberties in society. Drawing on a wealth of data, Lindberg makes the case that repetitive elections are an important causal factor in the development of democracy. He thus extends Rustow''s (1970) theory that democratic behavior produces democratic values. Trade ReviewFor the foreseeable future, this book will be the essential reference on African multiparty elections. Foreign Affairs A good and timely book on a very important topic... His prose highlights his expertise in Africa, the comparative literature on democratization, democratization in Africa, and methodology. Taiwan Journal of Democracy 2006 An important contribution to the study of African politics and democratization in general... Highly recommended. Choice 2007 A rigorous investigation... This book makes a notable contribution to the study of electoral politics, democratisation theory and the study of African politics. -- Peter Burnell Political Studies Review 2007 Lindberg contributes a serious study that has significant heuristic value and will encourage a testing and retesting of its hypotheses and theoretical premises. -- John R. Heilbrunn Comparative Political Studies 2007 This book is an original, important, and in many ways impressive study that will make a contribution to both electoral and Africanist scholarship. -- James R. Scarritt Perspectives on Politics 2007 This book is a path-breaking and much-needed study of the role of elections in Africa. -- Nic Cheeseman Africa 2007 Lindberg has done a good job. Written with serious academic and methodological rigor, this book contributes to the discourse on comparative democratization in Africa. -- Arthur Abraham International Journal of African Historical Studies 2007 Contains significant levels of data and analysis and will be a useful text for students and practitioners alike. -- Heather Deegan Democratization 2007 Essential reading for all people interested in elections and democracy in Africa. -- Gero Erdmann African History 2008 Draws far-reaching and well-based conclusions about the 'power of elections.' -- Gero Erdmann Development and Cooperation 2008 Without doubt, this study provides a strong stimulus for future research, and this is precisely what excellent scientific work is meant to be. -- Matthias Basedau Modern African Studies 2008Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPreface1. IntroductionThe Role of ElectionsWhy Africa?On RegimesOn Elections and DemocracyPreindependence and Postindependence Elections in African NationsContemporary Africa's Track RecordOutline of the Book2. On Democracy and ElectionsMaking a Conceptual ChoiceDefining DemocracyOperationalizing Democratic Qualities of ElectionsData Collection and Processing3. Elections in Africa over TimeFrequency and Number of ElectionsThe Democratic Qualities, on AverageDemocratic Qualities of Elections over Time Conclusions4. The Self-Reinforcing Power of ElectionsGoing from Bad to WorseFirst, Second, Third, Fourth, and Later ElectionsA Panel-Group ComparisonConclusions5. The Causal Effects of ElectionsDemocratic Qualities in SocietyA Missing Factor of DemocratizationHypotheses and Causal Links6. Democratization by Elections?Elections Are Associated with Civil LibertiesAnalyzing by CountriesConclusions7. Comparative Perspectives and ReflectionsThe Transition ParadigmCorruption and DemocratizationStateness and Social CitizenshipLessons on ConsolidationPolicy ImplicationsThe Power of Elections in Unfavorable ConditionsAppendix 1: Overview of Elections in Africa, by YearAppendix 2: Changes in Civil Liberties RankingsAppendix 3: About the Freedom House Civil Liberties IndexAppendix 4: A Data Set on Elections in AfricaNotesReferencesIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Womens Rights
Book SynopsisThe essays address such topics as the rights of Middle Eastern women, rape camps in the former Yugoslavia, and abortion law in Ireland.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: History and PerspectivesChapter 1. Becoming Human: The Origins and Development of Women's Human RightsChapter 2. Women's Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human RightsChapter 3. Human Rights: A Feminist PerspectiveChapter 4. The Gender of Jus CogensChapter 5. Enemies or Allies? Feminism and Cultural Relativism as Dissident Voices in Human Rights DiscoursePart II: Religion, Culture, and Women's Human RightsChapter 6. The Human Rights of Middle Eastern and Muslim Women: A Project for the Twenty-first CenturyChapter 7. Post-Colonialism, Gender, Customary Injustice: Widows in African SocietiesChapter 8. Gendered States: Rethinking Culture as a Site of South Asian Human Rights WorkPart III: Violence and Women Chapter 9. Women's Voices, Women's PainChapter 10. Women, War, and Rape: Challenges Facing the International Tribunal for the Former YugoslaviaChapter 11. Rape Camps as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing: Religious, Cultural, and Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former YugoslaviaChapter 12. Surfacing Children: Limitations of Genocidal Rape DiscourseChapter 13. Rights Talk and the Experience of Law: Implementing Women's Human Rights the Protection from ViolenceChapter 14. Used, Abused, Arrested, and Deported: Extending Immigration Benefits to Protect the Victims of Trafficking and to Secure the Prosecution of TraffickersPart IV: Economic RightsChapter 15. Measuring Women's Economic and Social Rights AchievementChapter 16. The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Women: A Governance and Human Rights AgendaPart V: Reproductive RightsChapter 17. Human Rights Dynamics of Abortion Law ReformChapter 18. Debating Reproductive Rights in IrelandChapter 19. China to CEDAW: An Update on Population PolicyAppendix: Text of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against WomenList of Contributors
£29.92
Johns Hopkins University Press Globalizers
Book SynopsisIn doing so he makes a persuasive connection between nation building and global governance-raising important questions about whose nations are being built and why.Trade ReviewAn admirable study of the development machinery in Honduras... A wonderful and compelling guide through the world of development. This work should get students, scholars, and the general public to seriously rethink it as anything but charitable, temporary, or minimal in its import. American Journal of Sociology A detailed overview of how development works in a specific context, it could be well utilized in graduate courses as well as advanced undergraduate courses in globalization and development... A good read in a literary sense, holding the reader's attention by carefully revealing detail after detail to unveil the hidden layers and the inner workings of economic development and political globalization. Contemporary Sociology A rigorous ethnography of the practice of the global actors based in Honduras... There is now an enormous literature that questions the ideological stratagems of the globalization industry as propelled by the claims of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund... Jackson goes deeper than these accounts... What he illuminates is the mechanism by which this democratic powerlessness is produced, one in which consent rather than coercion is the dominant lever. NACLA Report on the Americas This book definitely should go on your list of globalization readings! -- Tanya Golash-Boza Social Forces 2007Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Globalizers in HondurasPart I: Who Are the Globalizers?1. The Institutions2. The People3. The Expats4. The LocalsPart II: The Globalizers in Action5. Global Governance6. Building Dams7. Fixing Dams8. Making Maquiladoras9. Legitimating Maquiladoras10. Rebuilding after Hurricane MitchConclusion: Maintaining Global GovernanceNotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press A Theory of Parties and Electoral Systems
Book SynopsisA standard in the field of political theory and thought, The Theory of Parties and the Electoral System contributes to a better understanding of parliamentary party structures and demonstrates the wide utility of the rationalistic approach for explaining behavior derived from the self-interest of political actors.Trade ReviewAnalytical, careful, and scholarly... it makes an important contribution to theory-building about political parties. Journal of Politics This short, well-written comparative treatise deals with the causal relations between electoral structures on one hand and party and campaign behavior on the other. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceTable of ContentsPreface1. Parties, Elections, and Democracy2. Electoral Law3. An Extensive Test4. An Intensive Test: Electoral Experience5. An Intensive Test: Campaign and Nomination6. An Intensive Test: Verification7. Concluding RemarksAppendix A: SamplingAppendix B: QuestionnaireNotesIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press The State of Indias Democracy
Book SynopsisWilkinson.Trade ReviewThis excellent collection of essays will be of great interest to India specialists and scholars concerned with democratic development. Choice 2008 This work... provide[s] an accessible and authoritative framework for debate on the country's future. -- William Crawley Asian Affairs 2009Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: PoliticsChapter 1. Parties and the Party System, 1947–2006Chapter 2. Reading the Election ResultsChapter 3. Democracy and Ethnic ConflictChapter 4. Caste and the Rise of Marginalized GroupsPart II: The StateChapter 5. Federalism's SuccessChapter 6. The Rise of Judicial SovereigntyChapter 7. Police Agencies and Coercive PowerPart III: SocietyChapter 8. The Role of Civil SocietyChapter 9. Civil Society versus CorruptionChapter 10. Breaking News: The Media RevolutionPart IV: The EconomyChapter 11. Economic Growth and Political Accommodation Chapter 12. The State of the StatesIndex
£20.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Religion and Politics in the Contemporary United
Book SynopsisIncludes essays from a issue of "American Quarterly" that explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways that religion matters in contemporary public life. This work offers a conversation between scholars in American studies and religious studies. It explores numerous modes through which religious faith has mobilized political action.Trade ReviewGriffith and McAlister offer a superb historiographical overview of trends in both religious studies and American studies-their discussion of religious studies within the academy is especially insightful. -- Andrew Preston Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Is the Public Square Still Naked?Part I: Engaging State PowerChapter 1. "Favoritism Cannot Be Tolerated": Challenging Protestantism in America's Public Schools and Promoting the Neutral StateChapter 2. Selling American Diversity and Muslim American Identity through Nonprofit Advertising Post-9/11Chapter 3. "The ERA Is a Moral Issue": The Mormon Church, LDS Women, and the Defeat of the Equal Rights AmendmentChapter 4. Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change Policy DebateChapter 5. Catholics, Democrats, and the GOP in Contemporary AmericaPart II: Politics of the GlobalChapter 6. Islamism and Its African American Muslim Critics: Black Muslims in the Era of the Arab Cold WarChapter 7. "As Americans Against Genocide": The Crisis in Darfur and Interreligious Political ActivismChapter 8. From Exodus to Exile: Black Pentecostals, Migrating Pilgrims, and Imagined InternationalismChapter 9. Who Speaks for Indian Americans? Religion, Ethnicity, and Political FormationPart III: Leaders and Activists Chapter 10. Benjamin Mays, Global Ecumenism, and Local Religious SegregationChapter 11. Impossible Assimilations, American Liberalism, and Jewish Difference: Revisiting Jewish SecularismChapter 12. An Exception to Exceptionalism: A Reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr's Vision of "Prophetic" Christianity and the Problem of Religion and U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 13. Cesar Chavez in American Religious Politics: Mapping the New Global Spiritual LineChapter 14. Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political SpectrumPart IV: Media and PerformanceChapter 15. "Signaling Through the Flames": Hell House Performance and Structures of Religious FeelingChapter 16. Critical Faith: Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil ReligionChapter 17. Back to the Future: Religion, Politics, and the MediaChapter 18. Testimonial Politics: The Christian Right's Faith-Based Approach to Marriage and ImprisonmentChapter 19. "It Will Change the World If Everybody Reads This Book": New Thought Religion in Oprah's Book ClubContributorsIndex
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press AntiAmericanism and the American World Order
Book SynopsisChiozza clearly demonstrates that what is reported as undisputed fact-that various groups abhor American values-is in reality a complex story.Trade ReviewIn spite of widely held contentions, anti-Americanism is not as deepseeded as some pundits would have their audiences believe, the author argues... The respect of American ideals hinges on more than how America acts. The way those actions are framed and portrayed are of equal importance. Chiozza is convinced that the persistence of anti-Americanism is here to stay, albeit in various forms and to various degrees. -- Nick Deshpande Journal of Homeland Security andEmergency Management 2010 The work establishes Chiozza as a pioneering empirical analyst of anti-Americanism. Future work on this subject will benefit from the substantial empirical contribution offered in this fine book. -- Lisa Blaydes Public Opinion Quarterly 2010Table of ContentsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPart I: Themes and Theory1. OverviewIntroductionThe Central ArgumentAttitudes towards the United StatesA Historical OverviewRoadmap of This Book2. Two Theories on Anti-AmericanismIntroductionMeasuring Anti-AmericanismThe Popular Basis of Anti-American SentimentTwo Views on Anti-AmericanismThe Soft Power ThesisConclusionsPart II: Features3. Patterns of Anti-AmericanismIntroductionDimensions of Anti-AmericanismThe Multifaceted Opinions about the United StatesAre People Just Trying to Be Polite?Conclusions4. Testing the Soft Power ThesisIntroductionDescription of the DataFinding the Patterns of Anti-AmericanismPolicy, Polity, and Soft PowerConclusionsPart III: Sources5. Profiles of Anti-American OpinionIntroductionProfiles of RespondentsFour HypothesesThe Empirical TestsThe FindingsConclusions6. The Sources of the Policy and Polity FramesIntroductionIndividual-level Determinants of Anti-AmericanismCountry-level Determinants of Anti-AmericanismFindings on Respondents' IdentitiesFindings on Country FactorsConclusionsPart IV: Persistence7. Anti-Americanism beyond 2002IntroductionThe Image of America in Times of CrisisAssessing the Persistence of Anti-AmericanismFive MechanismsConclusions8. An Evaluations of the Persistence of Anti-AmericanismIntroductionEmpirical FindingsWill Anti-Americanism Persist?Conclusions9. ConclusionsNotesReferencesIndex
£31.31
Johns Hopkins University Press The Limits of U.S. Military Capability
Book SynopsisMilitary Capability carefully assesses evidence to develop lessons applicable to other conflicts-especially the ongoing war in Afghanistan.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent study. -- Robert Jervis Perspectives on Politics 2010 Recommended. Choice 2011 Lebovic undertakes a thoughtful and detailed study of the Vietnam War and extracts the similarities and lessons from the experience for the United States' recent role in Iraq. -- Robert J. Lieber H-Diplo 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Leveraging the Adversary's Forces: The Wars in Vietnam and Iraq3. Leveraging the Adversary's Support Base: States, Populations, and Societies4. Leveraging the Adversary's Leaders: The Balance of Resolve and US Exhaustion5. Leveraging Host Governments: The Challenges of Institution-Building6. Conclusion: Vietnam and Iraq, Afghanistan, and the FutureNotesReferencesIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Debates on Democratization A Journal of Democracy
Book SynopsisGraduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Democratic ConsolidationChapter 1. Toward Consolidated DemocraciesChapter 2. Illusions About ConsolidationChapter 3. O'Donnell's "Illusions": A RejoinderChapter 4. Illusions and Conceptual FlawsChapter 5. What Is Democratic Consolidation?Part II: The Transition Paradigm Chapter 6. The End of the Transition ParadigmChapter 7. In Partial Defense of an Evanescent "Paradigm"Chapter 8. The Democratic PathChapter 9. Retaining the Human DimensionChapter 10. Tilting at Straw MenChapter 11. A Reply to My CriticsPart III: Sequencing Chapter 12. The "Sequencing" FallacyChapter 13. How Democracies EmergeChapter 14. The Sequencing "Fallacy"Chapter 15. Liberalism versus State-BuildingChapter 16. The Vain Hope for "Correct" TimingChapter 17. Misunderstanding GradualismPart IV: The Color RevolutionsChapter 18. Transitions from PostcommunismChapter 19. Favorable Conditions and Electoral RevolutionsChapter 20. The Real Causes of the Color RevolutionsChapter 21. Getting Real About "Real Causes"Chapter 22. An Interrelated WaveChapter 23. Popular AutocratsChapter 24. Necessary DistinctionsChapter 25. What Are We Trying to Explain?Chapter 26. A Reply to My CriticsPart V: PresidentialismChapter 27. The Perils of PresidentialismChapter 28. Comparing Democratic SystemsChapter 29. The Centrality of Political CultureChapter 30. The Virtues of ParliamentarismChapter 31. Variations on a ThemeIndex
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press New Ideas on Development after the Financial
Book SynopsisWhat effect has the crisis had on current ideas in development thinking? How has it affected and how will it affect economic policy and political realities in Latin America and Asia, including China and India? Will the financial collapse reinforce shifts in geopolitical power and influence, and in what form? This book deals with these questions.Trade ReviewThe book will interest readers concerned about global financial, economic, and political trends and issues. Scitech Book NewsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. The Global Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the End of the "Development" Agenda?Part I: Implication of the Crisis on Development ThinkingChapter 1. Three Models of Contemporary CapitalismChapter 2. Lessons from the Great RecessionChapter 3. The Crisis and the Two Globalization FetishesPart II: Emerging Market PerspectivesChapter 4. China: Getting the Rural Issues RightChapter 5. China's Response to the Global Economic CrisisChapter 6. Latin American Development after the Global Financial CrisisChapter 7. The International Financial Crisis: Eight Lessons for and from Latin AmericaPart III: International Institutions Chapter 8. Toward Strengthened Global Economic GovernancePart IV: After the CrisisChapter 9. The Financial Crisis and Organizational Capability for Policy ImplementationChapter 10. The Democratic Recession: Before and After the Financial CrisisChapter 11. The Labor Mobility Agenda for DevelopmentChapter 12. Global Economic Crisis and Demographic Change: Implications for Development PolicyConclusion. What Crisis?ContributorsIndex
£57.60
Johns Hopkins University Press New Ideas on Development after the Financial
Book SynopsisWhat effect has the crisis had on current ideas in development thinking? How has it affected and how will it affect economic policy and political realities in Latin America and Asia, including China and India? Will the financial collapse reinforce shifts in geopolitical power and influence, and in what form? This book deals with these questions.Trade ReviewThe book will interest readers concerned about global financial, economic, and political trends and issues. Scitech Book NewsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. The Global Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the End of the "Development" Agenda?Part I: Implication of the Crisis on Development ThinkingChapter 1. Three Models of Contemporary CapitalismChapter 2. Lessons from the Great RecessionChapter 3. The Crisis and the Two Globalization FetishesPart II: Emerging Market PerspectivesChapter 4. China: Getting the Rural Issues RightChapter 5. China's Response to the Global Economic CrisisChapter 6. Latin American Development after the Global Financial CrisisChapter 7. The International Financial Crisis: Eight Lessons for and from Latin AmericaPart III: International Institutions Chapter 8. Toward Strengthened Global Economic GovernancePart IV: After the CrisisChapter 9. The Financial Crisis and Organizational Capability for Policy ImplementationChapter 10. The Democratic Recession: Before and After the Financial CrisisChapter 11. The Labor Mobility Agenda for DevelopmentChapter 12. Global Economic Crisis and Demographic Change: Implications for Development PolicyConclusion. What Crisis?ContributorsIndex
£38.18
Stanford University Press Funding Civil Society
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the impact of Western democracy assistance programs on the development of Russian women's and soldiers' rights NGOs in Russia. It argues that the normative content of assistance programs as well as the character of regional political environments fundamentally shape the influence of such programs.Trade Review"Funding Civil Society addresses an important and under-researched issue: the development of civil society in Russia and the impact that Western assistance has had on this development. This book is especially important in identifying variations in regions based on political environment, and is at the cutting edge of scholarship." -- Sarah E. Mendelson"This is a thought-provoking and well-documented book. The overall argument will interest a wide range of readers, and the book can also be used as a reference source for students interested in particular organizations and regions." -- Slavic Review"Building on several scholars' previous studies of the foreign aid/civic organizing nexus, Sundstrom contributes theoretical insights about the relationship between foreign assistance and local political opportunity structure. Her extensive research shows how the intersection of these variables affects the strength of civic activism. This is an excellent book, and it will be welcomed by the scholarly and donor communities alike." -- Valerie Sperling * Clark University *"By examining a detailed slice of the democracy promotion business in Russia, Lisa M. Sundstrom's Funding Civil Society demonstrates this enigma of Russia: a success and a failure, democratic yet undemocratic, pluralistic but authoritarian." -- Democracy & SocietyTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables iii Note on Transliteration iii Preface iii Acknowledgments iii List of Abbreviations iii @toc2:1. Crossing Boundaries: Analyzing Civil Society and Transnational Influences 1 2. Introducing the Protagonists: Russian NGOs and Foreign Donors 000 3. A Tale of Two Sectors: The Mixed Success of Foreign Assistance Across Issue Areas 000 4. Regional Realities: The Influence of Local Political Environments on Foreign Assistance Outcomes 000 5. Implications for Theory and Practice 000 @toc4:Appendix 1: List of Interviews Conducted 000 Appendix 2: Interview Questions 000 Appendix 3: Details on Donor Programs 000 Appendix 4: Presence of Foreign Assistance Providers, by Region 000 Appendix 5: Regional NGO Populations 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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