Comparative politics Books
Palgrave Macmillan The Politics of Feminist Knowledge Transfer
Book SynopsisForeword; Myra Marx Ferree and Mieke VerlooPrefaceAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction; María Bustelo, Lucy Ferguson, and Maxime ForestPART I: KEY ISSUES IN FEMINIST KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER1. How to Wield Feminist Power; Elisabeth Prügl2. Resistance in Gender Training and Mainstreaming Processes; Emanuela Lombardo and Lut Mergaert3. Gender Expertise and the Private Sector: Navigating the Privatization of Gender Equality Funding; Lucy Ferguson and Daniela Moreno Alarcón4.The Smothering of Feminist Knowledge: Gender Mainstreaming Articulated through Neoliberal Governmentalities; Tine Davids and Anouka van EerdewijkPART II: CRITICAL CASE STUDIES OF FEMINIST KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 5. Windows of Opportunity, Trojan Horses and Waves of Women on the Move: De-colonizing the Circulation of Feminist Knowledges through Metaphors?; Rahel Kunz6. Gender Training as a Tool for Transformative Gender Mainstreaming: Evidence from Sweden; Anne-CharlottCallerstig7. Between Knowledge and Power: Triggering Structural Change for Gender Equality from Inside in Higher Education Institutions; Viviane AlbengaConclusions; María Bustelo, Lucy Ferguson, and Maxime ForestAppendix: Madrid Declaration on Advancing Gender+ Training in Theory and PracticeIndexTrade Review Table of Contents
£22.14
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Revolution Betrayed
Book SynopsisThere are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children. In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, her successor in that role, who closed down many more Grammar Schools than Williams. Given that the cost of private secondary education is now in the region of 50,000 a year and the cream of Comprehensive Schools are now oversubscribed (William Ellis, Camden School for Girls, The Oratory, Cardinal Vaughan), parents are spending thousands on private tutoring and fee-paying prep schools in order to get their children into these academically excellent schools. Meanwhile hypocritical Labour politicians like Diane Abbott send their children to expensive private day schoTrade ReviewFascinating. * The New Statesman *...Hitchens provides an accessible and helpful overview of educational history in the UK. * The Tablet *At its heart, though, A Revolution Betrayed is a history book with attitude… and has much to offer about an undeniably fascinating and significant episode. * The Spectator *Table of Contents1 The Nature and History of the Dispute 2 A Chronology of Grammar School Education 3 The Case against Grammar Schools 4 The Case for Grammar Schools 5 The Secondary Moderns 6 From O Level to No Level 7 The Left Dissents from Itself, But Only a Little 8 No Going Back Appendix I: A Grammar School ‘Who’s Who’ Appendix II: Schools Mentioned That Are Still Grammar Schools Appendix III: Former Grammar Schools and Their Later Fates Notes Index
£19.00
Edinburgh University Press Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy
Book SynopsisLays out an account of the origins and development of liberal political and economic theoryTrade Review"Lee Ward brings his immense learning and analytic acumen to the task of reconceptualizing classical liberal political economy as importantly different, morally and politically, from so-called neo-liberalism. And as he would save us from neo-liberalism he would also save us from illiberal democracy"."" -Michael Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
£23.74
Edinburgh University Press Spatial Politics in Istanbul
Book SynopsisExplores the momentous shifts in power during a crucial decade in Turkish history, 2010-2020, by analyzing how these events have produced shifts in the physical landscape of Istanbul.
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press Rethinking State and Border Formation in the
Book SynopsisReinterprets the making of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi borderlands from a decentred and connected perspectiveTrade Review"Theoretically astute and empirically meticulous, Jordi Tejel's Rethinking State and Border Formation in the Middle East deftly navigates between high diplomacy and everyday issues on the border. Tejel exposes a region long left out of conventional histories by centering the dynamism of borderlanders themselves, including border-crossing Sufi healers, silk-stocking smugglers and polyglot merchants who used Ottoman currency even after the empire's demise." -Samuel Dolbee, Vanderbilt University
£101.29
Edinburgh University Press Machiavelli in the SpanishSpeaking Atlantic World
Book SynopsisExplores the reception of Machiavelli's works in modern Latin America and Spanish-speaking political thought between 1880 and 1940Trade Review"This brilliant book restores the influence Machiavelli had on the modern Spanish-speaking Atlantic world. Avoiding clich , this book reveals the debts of Liberals, Catholics and Republicans to the notions conceived from the radical autonomy of the political. By both revisiting old and posing new questions, Losada offers renewed answers, and forces us to think again about the Hispanic world's reading of Machiavelli. " - ngel Duarte, Universidad de C rdoba
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish
Book SynopsisExamines how Montesquieu, Hume, Smith, and Ferguson's foundational liberal theories responded to the moral and civic challenges of early capitalismTrade Review"Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment is an extremely ambitious book. On the one hand, it weaves together, in intriguing ways, thoughts gathered from Montesquieu and the central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment; on the other hand, it slyly juxtaposes those thoughts with recent concerns about the practical and theoretical status of liberalism and its critics. This is a needed study for the times in which we live. " -Stuart D. Warner, Roosevelt University
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Theopolitical Figures
Book SynopsisExamines the meaning of five theopolitical figures scripture, prophecy, oath, charisma and hospitality in contemporary philosophical-political discourseTrade Review"The relationship between the sacred and the civil defines the stakes of a postsecular era. Montserrat Herrero's new book is a significant contribution to rethinking the political as a figure of the divine and the divine as the apophatic engine of the political. The booming literature on political theology is enriched with an indispensable volume." -Vassilios Paipais, University of St Andrews
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press One Hundred Years of GreekTurkish Relations
Book SynopsisExplores the multifaceted relationship between Greeks and Turks
£76.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Comparative Politics
Book SynopsisBy revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country''s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances. Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development Reveals that democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country''s unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances Applies theories and principles relating to the promotion of the development of democracy to the contemporary case studies Table of Contents1 Introduction: Comparative Politics and Democracy. 2 Democracy and Democratization in Historical Perspective. 3 Economics and Political Development. 4 Political Culture and Ethnopolitics. 5 Social Structure and Politics. 6 Democratization and the Global Environment. 7 Electoral Systems. 8 Legislatures and Executives. 9 Comparative Judicial Politics and the Territorial Arrangement of the Political System. 10 Conclusion: Principles in Application. Index.
£27.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Creative Destruction
Book SynopsisScholars and students of Latin America, political economy, and democratization studies will find Gonzalez's arguments engaging and the framework he built for this study especially useful in their own work.Trade ReviewGonzalez persuasively argues that structural changes to democratic governments have imporved the changes that they will survive hard times. The book raises fascinating questions about the connection between financial crises and innovation, and the possibility that economic turmoil may further strengthen democracy. -- Britta and Russell Crandall SurvivalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in Explaining Regime Change1. Financial Shocks, Economic Crises, and Democracy: Theory and PracticePart I: Great Depression, 1929-342. Economic Crisis and Democracy during the Great Depression3. Institutions: Polarized Domestic Conflicts and Weak International Capacity4. Interests: Foreign Capital and Domestic Coalitions against Democracy5. Ideas: Extreme Ideological Conflict and Rise of the State in the EconomyPart II: Economic Crises and Democracy in the Late Twentieth Century6. 1982 Debt Crisis and 1997–2002 Emerging Markets Crises7. Institutions: Demise of Military-as-Government and Higher Costs for Action8. Interests: Capital Flight, Pressures from Below, and Democracy9. Ideas: Cold War Endgame, Unipolar Moment, and NeoliberalismConclusion: Implications for Democracy after the 2008-9 Financial MeltdownNotesBibliographyIndex
£41.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Russian Eurasianism
Book SynopsisUsing a wide range of sources, Marlene Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics, interior policy, foreign policy, and culturalist philosophy.Trade ReviewA tour de force not merely because of the depth of the scholarship and the skill of the argument but also because Laruelle unveils a subject crucial to understanding today's Russia but never given proper due... Even the most serious student of contemporary Russia will get from this book a vastly deeper sense of what makes Russian intellectual life, for all of its vexed affinity with the West, fundamentally different. -- Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs A masterful job of describing the various philosophical threads of Eurasianism... The author's lucid style makes the book accessible to the educated general public. Choice This volume certainly engages the reader to explore... Laruell's deft treatment of Eurasianism's shifting position in contemporary discourse makes this a fascinating volume that extends beyond the boundaries of any single academic discipline. -- Kathleen Macfie Eurasian Geography and Economics Laruelle is to be congratulated on her lucid and intellectually disciplined discussion of the ambiguous, intricate, and often contradictory ideas that shape Russian Neo-Eurasiansim... a must-read for intellectual historians, policymakers, cultural scholars, Russia Watchers, or for that matter, anyone who uneasily senses that something is moving in the deep currents beneath the surface of contemporary Russia, but is not sure of what it is. -- Maria Carlson Russian Review Russian Eurasianism is a lucid and rational guide, based on thorough scholarship and an admirable reluctance to sensationalize or to claim too much. -- Edmund Griffiths Times Literary Supplement A richly interdisciplinary and meticulously researched analysis of both the historical and contemporary sources of Eurasianist cultural and philosophical/ideological traditions and discourse... this book will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and academics providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Russia's identity and the unfolding of circumstances for the entire Eurasian region. -- Sharyl N. Cross Journal of Slavic Military Studies Laruelle, an established authority in the field. International Affairs An impressive achievement. The author writes with an erudition and breadth of insight that is unique in the burgeoning field of what we might call 'Eurasianism studies.' -- Mark Bassin Slavic Review Extremely informative and enlightening reading. -- Andreas Umland Europe-Asia StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Eurasianism—Marginal or Mainstream in Contemporary Russia?The Historical Roots of the Eurasianist IdeaNeo-Eurasianism and Its Place in Post-Soviet RussiaNeo-Eurasianist Doctrine and Russian Foreign PolicyMarginal or Mainstream?Premises of This StudyPlan of the Book1. Early Eurasianism, 1920–1930The Life and Death of a Current of ThoughtA Philosophy of PoliticsA Geographic IdeologyAn Ambiguous OrientalismConclusions2. Lev Gumilëv: A Theory of Ethnicity?From Dissidence to Public Endorsement: An Atypical Biography"The Last Eurasianist"?Gumilëv's Episteme: Subjecting the Humanities to the Natural SciencesTheories of the Ethnos or Naturalistic DeterminismThe Complex History of the Eurasian TotalityXenophobia, Mixophobia, and Anti-SemitismGumilëv, Russian Nationalism, and Soviet EthnologyConclusions3. Aleksandr Panarin: Philosophy of History and the Revival of CulturalismIs There a Unified Neo-Eurasianist Theory?From Liberalism to Conservatism: Panarin's Intellectual Biography"Civilizationism" and "Postmodernism"Rehabilitating Empire: "Civilizational" Pluralism and Ecumenical TheocracyHighlighting Russia's "Internal East"Conclusions4. Aleksandr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right?Dugin's Social Trajectory and Its SignificanceA Russian Version of Antiglobalism: Dugin's Geopolitical TheoriesTraditionalism as the Foundation of Dugin's ThoughtThe Russian Proponent of the New Right?Fascism, Conservative Revolution, and National BolshevismA Veiled Anti-SemitismEthno-Differentialism and the Idea of Russian DistinctivenessConclusions5. The View from "Within": Non-Russian Neo-Eurasianism and IslamThe Emergence of Muslim Eurasianist Political PartiesThe Eurasianist Games of the Russian MuftiatesTatarstan: The Pragmatic Eurasianism of Russia's "Ethnic" RegionsConclusions6. Neo-Eurasianism in Kazakhstan and TurkeyKazakhstan: Eurasianism in PowerThe Turkish Case: On the Confusion between Turkism, Pan-Turkism, and EurasianismConclusion: The Evolution of the Eurasian(ist) IdeaThe Unity of EurasianismOrganicism at the Service of Authoritarianism: "Revolution" or "Conservatism"?Nationalism: Veiled or Openly Espoused: The Cultural Racism of EurasianismScience, Political Movement, or Think Tank?Is Eurasianism Relevant to Explanations of Contemporary Geopolitical Change?Psychological Compensation or Part of a Global Phenomenon?NotesBibliographyIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Outlier States
Book SynopsisIn the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded rogue states. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear outliers and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into the community of nations. This book raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences.Trade ReviewA fine and much recommended read for international studies collections. Midwest Book Review A very insightful book... Litwak is to be congratulated for his impressive contribution. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Nothing has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy more since the end of the Cold War than how to deal with a collection of despotic, hostile, and dangerous middle-tier states, such as Iran and North Korea. In this lucid and thoughtful book, Litwak compares the performances of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in handling such foes. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs Logically organized, conceptually clear, analytically robust and practically useful... Outlier States is destined to become the reference of choice for U.S. officials seeking a clear exposition of the policy dilemmas and options for bringing outlier states in from the cold. -- Stewart Patrick American Interest This is an authoritative, substantive, and well-written account that will be essential reading for students, scholars, and the attentive public who wish to understand the problems of outlier states and the policy changes they represent. -- Robert J. Lieber Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Outlier States and International SocietyPolicy Shifts in WashingtonPower Shifts in the International SystemThe Anarchical Society Revisited2. Pathways into the "Community of Nations"The Assimilation of a Defeated Great PowerThe Evolution of Revolutionary StatesRegime Change from WithoutRegime Change from WithinAssessment and Implications3. Strategies to Contain, Engage, or ChangeSources of Outlier ConductIraq: "Rogue" RollbackLibya: U.S.-Assisted Regime ChangeAssessment and Implications4. Nuclear OutliersProliferation Dynamics and U.S. PolicyNorth Korea: A Failed State with Nuclear WeaponsIran: A Nation or a Cause?Living with Nuclear OutliersConclusionAppendix: Excerpts from National Security Strategy Documents of September 2002 and May 2010NotesIndex
£37.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Outlier States
Book SynopsisIn the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded rogue states. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear outliers and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into the community of nations. This book raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences.Trade ReviewA fine and much recommended read for international studies collections. Midwest Book Review A very insightful book... Litwak is to be congratulated for his impressive contribution. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Nothing has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy more since the end of the Cold War than how to deal with a collection of despotic, hostile, and dangerous middle-tier states, such as Iran and North Korea. In this lucid and thoughtful book, Litwak compares the performances of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in handling such foes. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs Logically organized, conceptually clear, analytically robust and practically useful... Outlier States is destined to become the reference of choice for U.S. officials seeking a clear exposition of the policy dilemmas and options for bringing outlier states in from the cold. -- Stewart Patrick American Interest This is an authoritative, substantive, and well-written account that will be essential reading for students, scholars, and the attentive public who wish to understand the problems of outlier states and the policy changes they represent. -- Robert J. Lieber Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Outlier States and International SocietyPolicy Shifts in WashingtonPower Shifts in the International SystemThe Anarchical Society Revisited2. Pathways into the "Community of Nations"The Assimilation of a Defeated Great PowerThe Evolution of Revolutionary StatesRegime Change from WithoutRegime Change from WithinAssessment and Implications3. Strategies to Contain, Engage, or ChangeSources of Outlier ConductIraq: "Rogue" RollbackLibya: U.S.-Assisted Regime ChangeAssessment and Implications4. Nuclear OutliersProliferation Dynamics and U.S. PolicyNorth Korea: A Failed State with Nuclear WeaponsIran: A Nation or a Cause?Living with Nuclear OutliersConclusionAppendix: Excerpts from National Security Strategy Documents of September 2002 and May 2010NotesIndex
£20.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy in East Asia
Book SynopsisContributors: Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Francis Fukuyama, Minxin Pei, Yun-han Chu, Hyug Baeg Im, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Dan Slater, Martin Gainsborough, Don Emmerson, Edward Aspinall, Mark Thompson, Benjamin Reilly, Joseph Wong, Chong-Min Park, Yu-tzung ChangTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Comparative and InstitutionalChapter 1. The Patterns of HistoryChapter 2. Parties, Electoral Systems, and GovernanceChapter 3. From Developmental States to Welfare StatesChapter 4. Regime Performance and Democratic LegitimacyPart II: Northeast AsiaChapter 5. Is CCP Rule Fragile or Resilient?Chapter 6. China and the Taiwan FactorChapter 7. The Two Turnovers in South Korea and TaiwanPart III: Southeast AsiaChapter 8. The Irony of Success in IndonesiaChapter 9. Reviving Reformism in the PhilippinesChapter 10. Thailand's Uneasy PassageChapter 11. Strong-State Democratization in Malaysia and SingaporeChapter 12. Elites vs. Reform in Laos, Cambodia, and VietnamChapter 13. Burma: The Democrats' OpportunityChapter 14. Minding the Gap Between Democracy and GovernanceChapter 15. The Shadow of ChinaIndex
£33.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Digital Politics in Western Democracies
Book SynopsisBecause a key aspect of any political system is how its actors and citizens communicate, this book will be invaluable for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political communication, party competition, party organization, and the study of the contemporary media landscape writ large.Trade ReviewThis is an interesting, unusual book that breaks new ground, and is indeed a very enlightening, informative one. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Digital Politics in Western Democracies... is rich in detail, showcasing Vaccari's impressive knowledge of a wide variety of political contexts, and puncturing a number of conventional assumptions about how digital politics works... Vaccari's work is an impressive contribution to the literature on the internet and politics, which injects a much-needed comparative perspective into a body of work which has been overwhelmingly dominated by perspectives from Anglo-American academia... The work is recommended to anyone with an interest in how development in digital technology is driving changes in the political process. -- Jonathan Bright West European PoliticsTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. IntroductionPart I: Theoretical Issues and Research Questions2. Understanding Digital Politics in Western Democracies3. Parties and the Internet4. Citizens and the InternetPart II: Parties and Digital Politics5. Structure and Features of Political Websites6. Disparities in Political Websites7. Party Characteristics and Their Online Presence8. What Drives the Online Presence of Parties and Candidates?Part III: Citizens and Digital Politics9. Online Political Information in Seven Countries10. Socioeconomic Inequalities and Online Political Information11. Political Attitudes and Online Information12. Political Engagement, Mass Media Use, andOnline Information13. Correlates of Online Political Information inSeven Democracies14. ConclusionAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Clientelism Social Policy and the Quality of
Book SynopsisIn an era when democracy is increasingly snagged on the age-old practice of patronage, students and scholars of political science, comparative politics, democratization, and international development and economics will be interested in this assessment, which calls for the study of better, more efficient, and just governance.Trade Review... Clarifies its overall claim about clientelism, a distorting and arbitrary distributive pattern that could be improved. Those interested in these issues should thus not miss this highly recommendable book. Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContributors PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Evaluating Political ClientelismPart I: Lessons in Clientelism from Latin AmericaChapter 1. Partisan Linkages and Social Policy Delivery in Argentina and Chile Chapter 2. Chile's Education Transfers, 2001–2009 Chapter 3. The Future of Peru's Brokered Democracy Chapter 4. Teachers, Mayors, and the Transformation of Clientelism in Colombia Chapter 5. Lessons Learned While Studying Clientelistic Politics in the Gray ZoneChapter 6. Political Clientelism and Social Policy in Brazil Part II: Lessons in Clientelism from Other Regions Chapter 7. Patronage, Democracy, and Ethnic Politics in India Chapter 8. Linking Capital and Countryside: Patronage and Clientelism in Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines Chapter 9. Eastern European Postcommunist Variants of Political Clientelism and Social Policy Chapter 10. The Democratization of Clientelism in Sub-Saharan Africa Conclusion: Defining Political Clientelism's Persistence Index
£33.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Violence after War
Book SynopsisViolence after War will be essential reading for all those interested in political violence, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction.Trade ReviewTheoretically rigorous and methodologically sound. Choice An excellent contribution in the area of security studies...[that] requires the reader to engage with the detailed analysis of the different forms and pathways of violence in postwar countries. The book is elegantly written and provides a nuanced discussion. International Studies Review Valuable... Common KnowledgeTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. The Challenge of Violence in Post-Conflict StatesPart I: Unpacking Violence after Wars2. Understanding Violence after Wars: Concepts and Contexts3. Explaining Violence after Wars: Patterns and PathwaysPart II: Five Case Studies of Post-Conflict Violence4. Bosnia-Herzegovina5. Rwanda6. Kosovo7. East Timor8. IraqPart III: Producing Peace after Wars9. Controlling Violence: Implications and Policy RecommendationsNotesBibliographyIndex
£60.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Taking to the Streets
Book SynopsisTaking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism.Trade ReviewThe volume is a welcome contribution to the literature on contentious politics and mobilization and should be equally valuable for university courses and scholars working on political sociology. -- Jacob Hoigilt American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences This volume will have a longer shelf life than many volumes about the uprisings because of its focus on providing a rich empirical context... It will be of interest to a broad readership and will be terrific in undergrad courses-I intend to use it myself... I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the uprisings, and particularly their genesis. -- Jillian Schwedler Middle East JournalTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction. Reconsidering Activism in the Arab World: Arab Uprisings and BeyondChapter 1. Architecture of Resistance in TunisiaChapter 2. Egypt: A Decade of RupturesChapter 3. Activism and Civil War in LibyaChapter 4. Explaining Political Activism in YemenChapter 5. Activism in Syria: Between Nonviolence and Armed ResistanceChapter 6. Activism in Bahrain: Between Sectarian and Issue PoliticsChapter 7. Morocco's Makhzen and the Haphazard ActivistsChapter 8. Jordan: Evolving Activism in a Divided SocietyChapter 9. Political Activism in Kuwait: Reform in Fits and StartsChapter 10. No Spring in Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Seemingly Impossible RevolutionPostscript. From Activism to DemocracyList of Contributors Index
£45.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Taking to the Streets
Book SynopsisTaking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism.Trade ReviewThe volume is a welcome contribution to the literature on contentious politics and mobilization and should be equally valuable for university courses and scholars working on political sociology. -- Jacob Hoigilt American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences This volume will have a longer shelf life than many volumes about the uprisings because of its focus on providing a rich empirical context... It will be of interest to a broad readership and will be terrific in undergrad courses-I intend to use it myself... I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the uprisings, and particularly their genesis. -- Jillian Schwedler Middle East JournalTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction. Reconsidering Activism in the Arab World: Arab Uprisings and BeyondChapter 1. Architecture of Resistance in TunisiaChapter 2. Egypt: A Decade of RupturesChapter 3. Activism and Civil War in LibyaChapter 4. Explaining Political Activism in YemenChapter 5. Activism in Syria: Between Nonviolence and Armed ResistanceChapter 6. Activism in Bahrain: Between Sectarian and Issue PoliticsChapter 7. Morocco's Makhzen and the Haphazard ActivistsChapter 8. Jordan: Evolving Activism in a Divided SocietyChapter 9. Political Activism in Kuwait: Reform in Fits and StartsChapter 10. No Spring in Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Seemingly Impossible RevolutionPostscript. From Activism to DemocracyList of Contributors Index
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin
Book Synopsiscoalition-building efforts.Trade ReviewPolitical scientists will appreciate Darnton's well-aimed jibes at the major schools of international relations theory, and Latin America specialists will welcome his deft applications of cutting-edge theories to a region long underrepresented in political science scholarship. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs This qualitative study is a well-executed corrective to national security studies that overemphasize state and national interests, while devaluing the role domestic politics play in shaping foreign policy... The book is well written, and the language is accessible to professionals and upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. It is highly recommended for those interested in understanding the interplay between domestic politics and international relations. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Explaining Rivalry and Rapprochement in Cold War Latin America2. Parochial Interest and Policy Change3. Antagonism and Anti-Communism in Argentine-Brazilian RelationsPerón and Dutra, 1947: Damn the TorpedoesFrondizi and Quadros, 1961: The Spirit of UruguaianaLanusse and Médici, 1972: General to GeneralVidela and Figueiredo, 1980: The Turning Point4. The 1959 Cuban Revolution and Central American RivalriesFrom Borders to Brotherhood: Nicaragua and HondurasPersistent Conflicts: Costa Rica–Nicaragua and El Salvador–Honduras5. The 1980s Debt Crisis and Andean RivalriesPersistent Conflicts: Peru-Ecuador, Colombia-Venezuela, and Bolivia-ChileFrom Crisis to Cooperation: Argentina and Chile6. From the Cold War to the Global War on TerrorismAlegeria and Morocco: Protracted Rivalry in the Maghreb7. The Organizational Politics of Conflict ResolutionNotesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Africa Consensus
Book SynopsisKuhnhardt reviews the history of Africa's international status and employs the rising African Union's own identified intervention areas-peace and security; development, integration, and cooperation; shared values; and institution- and capacity-building-to analyze challenges and possibilities.Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: From Scramble to Partnership—The Changing Place of Africa in World Affairs1. The Global Turn and Its Meaning for Africa2. Past Scrambles for Africa: Lessons Learned3. A New African Beginning4. Strategic Pillar: Peace and Security5. Strategic Pillar: Development, Integration, and Cooperation6. Strategic Pillar: Shared Values7. Strategic Pillar: Institution-Building and Capacity-Building8. Africa Consensus: A New Compact for a Common AgeAbout the AuthorNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab
Book SynopsisSchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrederic VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. YomTrade Review... the book is a must-read text for all those who want an informed understanding of the Arab upheavals and their consequences. Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Thematic EssaysChapter 1. The Languages of the Arab RevolutionsChapter 2. The Transformation of the Arab WorldChapter 3. Arab Democracy or Islamist Revolution?Chapter 4. There Will Be No Islamist RevolutionChapter 5. Islamists and Democracy: Cautions from PakistanChapter 6. New Findings on Arabs and DemocracyChapter 7. The Split in Arab CultureChapter 8. Democratization Theory and the "Arab Spring"Chapter 9. Transforming the Arab World's Protection-Racket PoliticsChapter 10. Resilient Royals: How Arab Monarchies Hang OnChapter 11. Why the Modest Harvest?Chapter 12. The Global ContextChapter 13. The Lessons of 1989Chapter 14. The Role of the MilitaryChapter 15. The Impact of Election SystemsChapter 16. The Role of Digital MediaPart II: Country Studies Chapter 17. Ben Ali's FallChapter 18. Tunisia's Transition and the "Twin Tolerations"Chapter 19. The Road to (and from) Liberation SquareChapter 20. Egypt: Why Liberalism Still MattersChapter 21. Egypt's Failed TransitionChapter 22. Yemen Changes Everything . . . and NothingChapter 23. Libya Starts from ScratchChapter 24. Syria and the Future of AuthoritarianismChapter 25. Bahrain's Decade of DiscontentChapter 26. Algeria versus the Arab SpringChapter 27. Morocco: Outfoxing the OppositionChapter 28. Jordan: The Ruse of ReformChapter 29. Is Saudi Arabia Immune?Index
£36.20
Johns Hopkins University Press Reflections on Uneven Democracies
Book SynopsisStudents of democracy and institutional performance, both Latin Americanists and comparativists more generally, will find this essential reading.Trade ReviewA very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Democracy Part I: Democratic Breakdowns, Survival, and TransitionsChapter 1. Democratic Breakdown and Survival in Latin America, 1945–2005Chapter 2. Argentina's Democracy Four Decades after Modernization and Bureaucratic-AuthoritarianismChapter 3. Reflections on "Transitology": Before and AfterPart II: The Political Economy of Democracy and Authoritarianism Chapter 4. Rentier Populism and the Rise of Super-presidents in South AmericaChapter 5. Democracy and Markets: Notes on a Twenty-First-Century ParadoxChapter 6. Inequality and Democracy: Latin American Lessons for the United StatesChapter 7. Economic Performance, Political Competition, and Regime Stability in Postwar Latin AmericaPart III: Weak Formal Institutions, Rule of Law, and Delegate DemocracyChapter 8. Theorizing a Moving Target: O'Donnell's Changing Views of Postauthoritarian RegimesChapter 9. Building Institutions on Weak Foundations: Lessons from Latin AmericaChapter 10. Inequality and the Rule of Law: Ineffective Rights in Latin American DemocraciesChapter 11. Unpacking Delegative Democracy: Digging into the Empirical Content of a Rich Theoretical ConceptChapter 12. Accountability Deficits of Delegative DemocracyPart IV: Human Agency and the Quality of DemocracyChapter 13. Democracy, Agency, and the Classification of Political RegimesChapter 14. Democracy and Democratization: Guillermo O'Donnell's Late Attempt to Rework Democratic TheoryPart V: Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of PoliticsChapter 15. "A mí, sí, me importa": Guillermo O'Donnell's Approach to Theorizing with Normative and Comparative IntentConclusion. Studying Big Political IssuesTimelineReferencesList of ContributorsIndex
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Reflections on Uneven Democracies
Book SynopsisStudents of democracy and institutional performance, both Latin Americanists and comparativists more generally, will find this essential reading.Trade ReviewA very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Democracy Part I: Democratic Breakdowns, Survival, and TransitionsChapter 1. Democratic Breakdown and Survival in Latin America, 1945–2005Chapter 2. Argentina's Democracy Four Decades after Modernization and Bureaucratic-AuthoritarianismChapter 3. Reflections on "Transitology": Before and AfterPart II: The Political Economy of Democracy and Authoritarianism Chapter 4. Rentier Populism and the Rise of Super-presidents in South AmericaChapter 5. Democracy and Markets: Notes on a Twenty-First-Century ParadoxChapter 6. Inequality and Democracy: Latin American Lessons for the United StatesChapter 7. Economic Performance, Political Competition, and Regime Stability in Postwar Latin AmericaPart III: Weak Formal Institutions, Rule of Law, and Delegate DemocracyChapter 8. Theorizing a Moving Target: O'Donnell's Changing Views of Postauthoritarian RegimesChapter 9. Building Institutions on Weak Foundations: Lessons from Latin AmericaChapter 10. Inequality and the Rule of Law: Ineffective Rights in Latin American DemocraciesChapter 11. Unpacking Delegative Democracy: Digging into the Empirical Content of a Rich Theoretical ConceptChapter 12. Accountability Deficits of Delegative DemocracyPart IV: Human Agency and the Quality of DemocracyChapter 13. Democracy, Agency, and the Classification of Political RegimesChapter 14. Democracy and Democratization: Guillermo O'Donnell's Late Attempt to Rework Democratic TheoryPart V: Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of PoliticsChapter 15. "A mí, sí, me importa": Guillermo O'Donnell's Approach to Theorizing with Normative and Comparative IntentConclusion. Studying Big Political IssuesTimelineReferencesList of ContributorsIndex
£54.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Mexicos Evolving Democracy
Book SynopsisParts one and two offer an excellent recap of the state of play in 2012; part three analyzes why Mexicans voted as they did; and part four considers the election's implications for Mexico's political system more broadly.Trade Review... outstanding analyses... American Political Science Association impressive contributions by outstanding Mexicanists Party Politics
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Fuels Paradise
Book SynopsisAn ambitious cross-national and longitudinal study grounded in promising theories of national behavior, Fuels Paradise will contribute substantially to broader debates about the determinants of state action and public policy.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. The PuzzlePart One2. What's the Problem? Energy Security in the Developed Democracies3. What's a State to Do? Potential Policy Responses to Energy Insecurity4. Explaining State Responses to Energy InsecurityPart Two5. Britain6. France7. Germany8. Japan9. The United States10. The Quest for Energy SecurityNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Palace of Ashes
Book Synopsisuniversities counter these trends and restore the palace of American higher learning.Trade Review... provocative... What makes Mark Ferrara's book intriguing is the comparative study of Chinese higher education traditions and the current situation of Chinese universities. American Association of Univerity ProfessorsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. From Mandarins to Mao Zedong2. A Shared Humanistic Heritage3. The Chinese Moment4. Crisis in the American Academy5. Global Convergence and Competition6. Pricing the Paradigm ShiftAfterwordNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Pluralism by Default
Book SynopsisIn fact, the same institutional failures that facilitate political competition may thwart the development of stable democracy.Trade Review[Way] challenges the strong and persistent tendency in the literature to look for causes of political pluralism in robust institutions, emerging civil society, or the victory of a democratic culture...Highly recommended [for] lower-division undergraduates through faculty. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms1. Introduction2. Perestroika and the Origins of Post-Soviet Pluralism by Default3. Pluralism by Default in Ukraine4. Pluralism by Default in Moldova5. Authoritarian Consolidation in Belarus6. Consolidated and Unconsolidated Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Union7. ConclusionAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy in Decline
Book SynopsisThis short collection of essays is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the latest thinking on one of the most critical questions of our era.Trade ReviewThe authors share the understanding that some more recent events-the rise of the Islamic state in the Middle East, China's muscleflexing in the South China Sea, and Russia's annexation of Crimea-are elements in a bigger picture that suggests the rules-based international order built by democratic powers should no longer be taken for granted. Choice In their illuminating collection, Diamond and Plattner have assembled leading experts who offer mostly grim assessments of the situation. Foreign AffairsTable of Contents3 0. Introduction (by Plattner, Marc F.); 4 1. Why is Democracy Performing so Poorly? (by Fukuyama, Francis); 5 2. The Weight of Geopolitics (by Kagan, Robert); 6 3. Crisis and Transition, but Not Decline (by Schmitter, Philippe C.); 7 4. The Myth of Democratic Recession (by Levitsky, Steven); 8 5. Democracy Aid at 25: Time to Choose (by Carothers, Thomas); 9 6. Facing Up to the Democratic Recession (by Diamond, Larry); 2 0. Acknowledgements; 1 0. Foreword (by Rice, Condoleezza); 11 0. About the Authors; 12 0. Index; 10 0. Notes; 1 0. Foreword (by Rice, Condoleezza); 2 0. Acknowledgments; 3 0. Introduction (by Plattner, Marc F.); 4 1. Why Is Democracy Performing So Poorly? (by Kagan, Robert); 5 2. The Weight of Geopolitics (by Fukuyama, Francis); 6 3. Crisis and Transition, but Not Decline; 7 4. The Myth of the Democratic Recession (by Levitsky, Steven); 8 5. Democracy Aid at 25: Time to Choose (by Carothers, Thomas); 9 6. Facing Up to the Democratic Recession (by Diamond, Larry); 10 0. Notes; 11 0. About the Authors
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Quest for a United Germany
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. The ramifications of the German problem and its intricate nature make its comprehensive presentation within the limits of a manageable volume a matter of painful selection and difficult apportionment.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Germany: One of ManyChapter 2. The Reunification Question in West German PoliticsChapter 3. West Germans and the Reunification QuestionChapter 4. East Germany and ReunificationChapter 5. Berlin and the Reunification ProblemChapter 6. The Reunification Problem and International PoliticsChapter 7. The German Problem of the Mid-Twentieth CenturyBibliographyIndex
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc The International Television News Agencies
Book SynopsisFor over half a century, a small set of London-based companies have either created or globally distributed most of the iconic television images of international events. These journalists play a leading role in shaping how we understand the world, yet there has been little study of them and their practices. This book attempts to rectify this gap by providing the first comprehensive study of how television news agencies work, and describing a system of news production which has shaped our shared visual history since the 1950s. Spanning over twenty years of data gathering, document analysis, video content analysis, news production ethnography, and interviews, the book discusses their crucial role as agents of globalization, how they manufacture our image of the world, and their dangerous work providing images of conflict. The book is a tribute to this small and largely unknown tribe of journalists, but is also a warning that the public might better understand the power and potentiTrade Review«An insightful analysis of the unsung superpowers of global TV news.» (Martin Bell, Former Minster of Parliament and former BBC War Correspondent) «Chris Paterson has given us the long-awaited and only in-depth account of the two London-based operations that today furnish most of the international news footage on which a large proportion of the global television-viewing audience of the world depends. This is a hugely important contribution to what we know about the television news agencies. Paterson strikes a judicious balance between his critique of the selective and questionable news choices and frames that govern the live news and news packages that these two western organizations provide, on the one hand, with his admiration for the routine ingenuity and heroism of these agencies’ journalists and managers. His work includes intriguing and detailed accounts of how the news agencies’ predictions and planning, together with their deployment and integration of relatively scarce resources, fundamentally shape which stories get to be told and how they are told. The book will be a key reference for researchers for many years to come.» (Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Professor of Journalism, Bowling Green State University) «[…] offers a rare and revealing glimpse behind the scenes of the world’s two most powerful television news agencies.» (Stephen Jukes, Dean of the Media School at Bournemouth University and former Global Head of News at Reuters)«An insightful analysis of the unsung superpowers of global TV news.» (Martin Bell, Former Member of Parliament and former BBC War Correspondent) «Chris Paterson has given us the long-awaited and only in-depth account of the two London-based operations that today furnish most of the international news footage on which a large proportion of the global television-viewing audience of the world depends. This is a hugely important contribution to what we know about the television news agencies. Paterson strikes a judicious balance between his critique of the selective and questionable news choices and frames that govern the live news and news packages that these two western organizations provide, on the one hand, with his admiration for the routine ingenuity and heroism of these agencies’ journalists and managers. His work includes intriguing and detailed accounts of how the news agencies’ predictions and planning, together with their deployment and integration of relatively scarce resources, fundamentally shape which stories get to be told and how they are told. The book will be a key reference for researchers for many years to come.» (Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Professor of Journalism, Bowling Green State University) «[…] offers a rare and revealing glimpse behind the scenes of the world’s two most powerful television news agencies.» (Stephen Jukes, Dean of the Media School at Bournemouth University and former Global Head of News at Reuters)
£25.29
Temple University Press,U.S. The Politics of State Feminism
Book SynopsisAddressing essential questions of women's movement activism and political change in Western democraciesTrade Review"The book is sure to be a classic for scholars focused on advanced research on women, gender, institutions, and politics, and for those studying women's policy apparatus in government as it connects with women's movements in the majority of nations (i.e., in the non-Western world). Summing Up: Highly recommended."—CHOICE"[A] long awaited culmination of a 15- year-long international collaborative project on comparative state feminism which was initiated by two prominent feminist political scientists.... This book is a celebrated finale of this collective odyssey that addresses essential questions of women’s movement activism and political change in Western democracies through a comprehensive comparative analysis of the effectiveness of women’s policy agencies and women’s movements on a range of important policy issues. The book presents a unique combination of conceptual sophistication, first-hand original data, wide-ranging review of interconnected literatures, methodological rigor, and thought-provoking theoretical conclusions. This book will be widely read by scholars and students interested in gender politics, institutional and policy change, social movements, and democratization.... The study’s conclusions are very important and timely." —The Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Framework and Foundations 1. The State Feminism Project 2. Concepts and Mixed Methods 3. Mapping Women’s Policy AgenciesPart II. Exploring State Feminism 4. Women’s Policy Agencies and Women’s Movement Success 5. Women’s Policy Agency Success and Failure: The Search for Explanations 6. What’s Feminist about State Feminism?Part III. Unpacking State Feminism 7. Social Movements and Women’s Movements – Joyce Outshoorn 8. Political Representation – Joni Lovenduski and Marila Guadagnini 9. Framing and Gendering – Birgit Sauer 10. Gendering New Institutionalism – Amy G. Mazur and Dorothy E. McBridePart IV. Conclusion 11. The New Politics of State FeminismNotes Glossary References Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Muslim Question in Europe
Book SynopsisAn estimated twenty million Muslims now reside in Europe, mostly as a result of large-scale postwar immigration. InThe Muslim Question in Europe,Peter O'Brien challenges the popular notion that the hostilities concerning immigrationwhich continues to provoke debates about citizenship, headscarves, secularism, and terrorismare a clash between Islam and the West. Rather, he explains, the vehement controversies surrounding European Muslims are better understood as persistent, unresolvedintra-Europeantensions. O'Brien contends that the best way to understand the politics of state accommodation of European Muslims is through the lens of three competing political ideologies: liberalism, nationalism, and postmodernism. These three broadly understood philosophical traditions represent the most influential normative forces in the politics of immigration in Europe today. He concludes that Muslim Europeans do not represent a monolithic anti-Western bloc within Europe. Although they vehemently dTrade Review“Reflecting a stunningly broad range of erudition resulting from decades of research, The Muslim Question in Europe provides an antidote for those grappling to understand the myriad migration-related challenges faced by Europeans. O’Brien contends that the complexities are best explicated by viewing the issues through a Kulturkampf lens pitting liberal, nationalist, and post-modernist insights against or complementary to one another. Of special interest is the timely chapter on terrorism and security. Here, too, he discerns a pattern of normative Kulturkampf and policy messiness. He views this outcome as very European. Islam, after all, is of Europe too.”—Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware and co-author of The Age of Migration“Peter O’Brien discusses the huge amount of research on the major controversies surrounding Islam and Muslims in Europe when it comes to secularism, women’s rights, citizenship, and terrorism. He shows how and why these controversies reveal the inherent contradictions and dilemmas of European identities as much as they shed light on the so called ‘exceptionalism’ of Islam. The Muslim Question in Europe will be very relevant to students and scholars of religion, comparative politics, and immigration.”— Jocelyne Cesari, author of The Awakening of Muslim Democracy“A thought-provoking and fresh look at the history of ideas that have shaped Europeans’ encounter with the historic settlement of Muslim minorities in Western Europe. O’Brien is an able guide to the best research in philosophy and the social sciences as he explores the nuances of western cultural contexts. The Muslim Question in Europe combines rich normative and empirical analyses that shed light on unresolved conflicts in European nation-states.”—Jonathan Laurence, author of The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims and Integrating IslamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1 Introduction2 Kulturkampf3 Citizenship4 Veil5 Secularism6 Terrorism 7 ConclusionBibliography
£67.15
Temple University Press,U.S. The Muslim Question in Europe
Book SynopsisAn estimated twenty million Muslims now reside in Europe, mostly as a result of large-scale postwar immigration. InThe Muslim Question in Europe,Peter O'Brien challenges the popular notion that the hostilities concerning immigrationwhich continues to provoke debates about citizenship, headscarves, secularism, and terrorismare a clash between Islam and the West. Rather, he explains, the vehement controversies surrounding European Muslims are better understood as persistent, unresolvedintra-Europeantensions. O'Brien contends that the best way to understand the politics of state accommodation of European Muslims is through the lens of three competing political ideologies: liberalism, nationalism, and postmodernism. These three broadly understood philosophical traditions represent the most influential normative forces in the politics of immigration in Europe today. He concludes that Muslim Europeans do not represent a monolithic anti-Western bloc within Europe. Although they vehemently dTrade Review“Reflecting a stunningly broad range of erudition resulting from decades of research, The Muslim Question in Europe provides an antidote for those grappling to understand the myriad migration-related challenges faced by Europeans. O’Brien contends that the complexities are best explicated by viewing the issues through a Kulturkampf lens pitting liberal, nationalist, and post-modernist insights against or complementary to one another. Of special interest is the timely chapter on terrorism and security. Here, too, he discerns a pattern of normative Kulturkampf and policy messiness. He views this outcome as very European. Islam, after all, is of Europe too.”—Mark J. Miller, University of Delaware and co-author of The Age of Migration“Peter O’Brien discusses the huge amount of research on the major controversies surrounding Islam and Muslims in Europe when it comes to secularism, women’s rights, citizenship, and terrorism. He shows how and why these controversies reveal the inherent contradictions and dilemmas of European identities as much as they shed light on the so called ‘exceptionalism’ of Islam. The Muslim Question in Europe will be very relevant to students and scholars of religion, comparative politics, and immigration.”— Jocelyne Cesari, author of The Awakening of Muslim Democracy“A thought-provoking and fresh look at the history of ideas that have shaped Europeans’ encounter with the historic settlement of Muslim minorities in Western Europe. O’Brien is an able guide to the best research in philosophy and the social sciences as he explores the nuances of western cultural contexts. The Muslim Question in Europe combines rich normative and empirical analyses that shed light on unresolved conflicts in European nation-states.”—Jonathan Laurence, author of The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims and Integrating IslamTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1 Introduction2 Kulturkampf3 Citizenship4 Veil5 Secularism6 Terrorism 7 ConclusionBibliography
£24.29
Temple University Press,U.S. Empowered by Design
Book SynopsisIn her probing book, Empowered by Design, Meg Rincker asks, Under what conditions will decentralization lead to women's empowerment in countries around the globe? Using three case studiesthe United Kingdom, Poland, and Pakistanshe shows how decentralization reforms create new institutional offices as power shifts from the national level to a meso-tier level, which is located between the national government and local municipalities. These shifts impact a country's political, administrative, and fiscal reforms as well as women's representation.Rincker argues that this shiftshouldbe inclusive of womenor at least lead more women to participate in institutionsbut this is not always the case.She indicates that three conditions, the gender policy trifecta, need to be met to achieve this: legislative gender quotas, women's policy agencies, and gender-responsive budgeting at the level of governance in question.Rincker'sinnovative research uses original comparative data about what women want, qu
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Temple University Press,U.S. Undoing the Revolution
Book Synopsis Undoing the Revolution looks at the way rural underclasses ally with out-of-power elites to overthrow their governments—only to be shut out of power when the new regime assumes control. Vasabjit Banerjee first examines why peasants need to ally with dissenting elites in order to rebel. He then shows how conflict resolution and subsequent bargains to form new state institutions re-empower allied elites and re-marginalize peasants. Banerjee evaluates three different agrarian societies during distinct time periods spanning the twentieth century: revolutionary Mexico from 1910 to 1930; late-colonial India from 1920 until 1947; and White-dominated Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) from the mid-1960s to 1980. This comparative approach also allows examination of both the underclass need for elite participation and the variety of causes that elites use to incentivize peasant classes to participate, extending from religious-ethnic identity and common political targets to the peasa
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University of Toronto Press Ms. Prime Minister
Book SynopsisMs. Prime Minister offers both solace and words of caution for women politicians. After closely analyzing the media coverage of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell; two former Prime Ministers of New Zealand, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark; and Australia’s 27th Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Linda Trimble concludes that reporting both reinforces and contests unfair gender norms. News about female leaders gives undue attention to their gender identities, bodies and family lives. Yet equivalent men are also treated to evaluations of their gendered personas. And, as Trimble finds, some media accounts expose sexism and authenticate women''s performances of leadership. Ms. Prime Minister provides important insight into the news frameworks that work to deny or confer political legitimacy. It concludes with advice designed to inform the gender strategies of women who aspire to political leadership roles and the reporting techniques of tTrade Review"This volume examines news coverage of women prime ministers at crucial stages in their political careers (selection as party leaders, governance, election, and departure from their leadership roles.) Research was conducted about women politicians, mass media, political leadership, and sexism in political culture." -- Anne Burke * Feminist Caucus, July 2018 *Table of Contents1. Gender, Media and Leadership 2. Ascension Stories 3. First Women and the X Factor 4. First Men and the Family Strategy 5. Body Politics 6. Love and War 7. Speech and Shame 8. Dealing (with) the Gender Card
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University of Toronto Press Just Ordinary Citizens
Book SynopsisJust Ordinary Citizens? offers a behavioural perspective on the political integration of immigrants, describing and analysing the relationships that immigrants develop with politics in their host countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Antoine Bilodeau) Part 1. Immigrant Political Integration in Western Democracies Chapter 1. New Voters, Different Votes? A Look at the Political Participation of Immigrants in Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Anja van Heelsum, Laure Michon, and Jean Tillie) Chapter 2. Is It Really Ethnic Voting? Ethnic Minorities in Local Elections in Brussels (Dirk Jacobs, Celine Teney, Andrea Rea, and Pascal Delwit) Chapter 3. British Citizens like Any Others? Ethnic Minorities and Elections in the United Kingdom (Shamit Saggar) Chapter 4. Does Prior Socialization Define Patterns of Integration? Mexican Immigrants and Their Political Participation in the United States (Michael Jones-Correa) Chapter 5. How Strong Is the Bond? First and Second-Generation Immigrants and Confidence in Australian Political Institutions (Juliet Pietsch and Ian McAllister) Chapter 6. How Much Do They Help? Ethnic Media and Political Knowledge in the United States (Chris Haynes and Karthick Ramakrishnan) Chapter 7. Enabling Immigrant Participation: Do Integration Regimes Make a Difference? (Marc Helbling, Tim Reeskens, Cameron Stark, Dietlind Stolle, and Matthew Wright) Part 2. Immigrant Political Integration in Canada Chapter 8. Is There a Racial Divide? Immigrants of Visible Minority Background in Canada (Elisabeth Gidengil and Jason Roy) Chapter 9. Do Younger and Older Immigrants Adapt Differently to Canadian Politics? (Stephen E. White) Chapter 10. What Accounts for the Local Diversity Gap? Supply and Demand of Visible Minority Candidates in Ontario Municipal Politics (Karen Bird) Chapter 11. Who Represents Minorities? Question Period, Minority MPs, and Constituency Influence in the Canadian Parliament (Jerome H. Black) Conclusion (Antoine Bilodeau)
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University of Toronto Press Democratic Government and Politics
Book SynopsisCompletely revised and enlarged edition (1951) of a book which has become a standard work on comparative government. This edition brings up to date the material on institutions and practices of government in Britain, the United States, and Canada, and analyses more fully the relationship of democratic institutions and practices to the essentials of the democratic creed.
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University of Toronto Press Environmental Policy Change in Emerging Market
Book SynopsisThis book examines environmental policy change in twenty-eight Central and Eastern European and Latin American countries against a background of significant political and economic transformation over the past two decades. Through cross-regional comparison and a multi-methods approach, Jale Tosun investigates changes in the regulation of air, soil, and water pollution, genetically modified corn, and the sustainable management of forests. Tosun also looks at the relationship between system transformation and the creation of environmental procuracies in both parts of the world.Environmental Policy Change in Emerging Market Democracies demonstrates that, although political and economic transformations have positively affected environmental policy in both regions, the extent of policy change varies considerably across Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. At the same time, as Tosun argues, economic integration has acted as a major driver of a stronger governmentalTrade Review‘Tosun’s well-organized and ambitious book contributes to the field by developing a multi-method design and conducting a broad empirical analysis with a large scope of countries.’ -- Leonie K. Rupp * Canadian Journal of Political Science vol 50:03:2017 *Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Theories of Policy and Institutional Change 3 Explaining Changes in Environmental Policies and Institutions in Emerging Market Democracies 4 Research Design and the Measurement of Change 5 Descriptive Analysis of Policy and Institutional Change 6 Economy, Politics, Institutions, or Demand? A Causal Analysis of Change 7 Case Studies on Changing Regulation of Genetically Modified Maize 8 Stability and Change in Emerging Market Democracies: Concluding Remarks Appendices
£45.00
Bristol University Press Politics Power and Community Development
Book SynopsisPresenting unique and critical reflections on international policy and practice, this book addresses the global dominance of neoliberalism. It examines the extent to which community development practitioners, activists and programmes can challenge, critique, engage with or resist its influence.Trade Review"full of analytical power, and hopeful stories of how community development can support political change...the book has managed to stretch the imagination beyond the gaze of the minority North." Community Development“Bringing an appropriately political focus to bear on the discussion around community development, this interesting and stimulating collection provides an inclusively international and critical overview of the complex and constant interplay between the processes of community development, politics and power.” Fred Powell, University College CorkTable of ContentsPolitics, power and community development: An introductory essay ~ Rosie Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks; Part 1: Thinking politically; The politics of deploying community ~ Janet Newman and John Clarke; Changing community development roles: The challenges of a globalizing world ~ Sue Kenny; Part 2: Practising politics; Community organising and political agency: Changing community development subjects in India ~ Manish K. Jha; Identity politics, community participation and the making of new places: Examples from Taiwan ~ Yi-Ling Chen; Community development, venture philanthropy and neoliberal governmentality: A case from Ireland ~ Niamh McCrea; A shifting paradigm: Engendering the politics of community engagement in India ~ Martha Farrell & Rajesh Tandon; The politics of diversity in Australia: Extending the role of community practice ~ Helen Meekosha, Alison Wannan and Russell Shuttleworth; The politics of environmental justice: Community development in Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia ~ María Teresa Martínez and Eurig Scandrett; Part 3: Politicising the future; The politics of democracy and the global institutions: Lessons and challenges for community development ~ Niamh Gaynor; Disability arts: The building of critical community politics and identity ~ Colin Cameron; Service delivery protests in South Africa: A case for community development? ~ Lucius Botes; Community development and commons: On the road to alternative economics? ~ Brigitte Krazwald.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Politics Power and Community Development
Book SynopsisPresenting unique and critical reflections on international policy and practice, this book addresses the global dominance of neoliberalism. It examines the extent to which community development practitioners, activists and programmes can challenge, critique, engage with or resist its influence.Trade Review"full of analytical power, and hopeful stories of how community development can support political change...the book has managed to stretch the imagination beyond the gaze of the minority North." Community Development“Bringing an appropriately political focus to bear on the discussion around community development, this interesting and stimulating collection provides an inclusively international and critical overview of the complex and constant interplay between the processes of community development, politics and power.” Fred Powell, University College CorkTable of ContentsPolitics, power and community development: An introductory essay ~ Rosie Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks; Part 1: Thinking politically; The politics of deploying community ~ Janet Newman and John Clarke; Changing community development roles: The challenges of a globalizing world ~ Sue Kenny; Part 2: Practising politics; Community organising and political agency: Changing community development subjects in India ~ Manish K. Jha; Identity politics, community participation and the making of new places: Examples from Taiwan ~ Yi-Ling Chen; Community development, venture philanthropy and neoliberal governmentality: A case from Ireland ~ Niamh McCrea; A shifting paradigm: Engendering the politics of community engagement in India ~ Martha Farrell & Rajesh Tandon; The politics of diversity in Australia: Extending the role of community practice ~ Helen Meekosha, Alison Wannan and Russell Shuttleworth; The politics of environmental justice: Community development in Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia ~ María Teresa Martínez and Eurig Scandrett; Part 3: Politicising the future; The politics of democracy and the global institutions: Lessons and challenges for community development ~ Niamh Gaynor; Disability arts: The building of critical community politics and identity ~ Colin Cameron; Service delivery protests in South Africa: A case for community development? ~ Lucius Botes; Community development and commons: On the road to alternative economics? ~ Brigitte Krazwald.
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Policy Press Social Policy in an Era of Competition
Book SynopsisProviding a new cross-national and international narrative on how global competition has reshaped welfare states this book captures the complexity of social policy reform process that have taken place over the past 25 years.Trade Review“This excellent volume presents a multidisciplinary assessment of how shifts in global markets influence the development of social policy, offering analytically and empirically rich contributions that unravel the relationship between globalization and different sectors of the welfare state.” Karen Anderson, Associate Professor of Social Policy, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction: Social policy in an era of competition ~ Dan Horsfall and John Hudson; Section I: Global competition as the context for welfare The competition state thesis in a comparative perspective: The evolution of a thesis ~ Dan Horsfall; Changing labour markets, changing welfare across the OECD: The move towards a social investment model of welfare as a response to competition ~ Naomi Finch, Dan Horsfall and John Hudson; From social regulation of competition to competition as social regulation: Transformations in the soci?-economic governance of the European Union ~ Antonios Roumpakis and Theo Papadopoulos; Housing and mortgage markets in the everyday: How globalisation came home ~ Stuart Lowe; Section II: The impact of intensifed competition on local governance; Exporting healthcare services: A comparative discussion of UK, Turkey and South Korea ~ Neil Lunt; Global competitiveness and the rescaling of welfare: Rescaling downwards whilst competing outwards? ~ Chris Holden and John Hudson; Section III: The reframing of welfare discourses in an era of competition; Rewriting the contract? Conditionality, welfare reform and the rights and responsibilities of disabled people ~ Peter Dwyer; Global `vulnerabilities’: New configurations of competition in the era of conditionality? ~ Kate Brown; Convergence of government ideology in an era of global competition: An empirical analysis using comparative manifesto Data ~ Stefan Kühner; Crisis, austerity, competitiveness and growth: New pathologies of the welfare state ~ Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving; Section IV: Conclusions Conclusion: Social policy in an era of competition ~ Dan Horsfall & John Hudson.
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Bristol University Press Why the Left Loses
Book SynopsisBringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the Left Loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing political landscape, examining the degree to which the centre-left project is exhausted and is able to renew its message in a neo-liberal age.Trade Review“This case-study methodology edifyingly delves into the specific political and policy histories in each country.” Law and Culture (Alternative Law Journal)"This lucid and timely collection of essays deserves to be read by all those with a scholarly or political interest in the fate of social democracy." Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of LondonTable of ContentsForeword ~ Sheri Berman Why the left loses: understanding the comparative decline of the centre-left ~ Rob Manwaring and Paul Kennedy Part 1: The centre-left in the Anglosphere The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness ~ Rob Manwaring and Matt Beech Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democracts ~ David McGrane The ‘soft target’ of Labour in New Zealand ~ Grant Duncan Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality ~ Carol Johnson Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor ~ Rob Manwaring Part 2: The centre-left in Western Europe Germany: little hope in times of crisis ~ Uwe Jun The Swedish Social Democrats and the ‘new Swedish model’: playing a losing game ~ Claes Belfrage and Mikko Kuisma Between a rock and a hard place in Spain: the PSOE ~ Paul Kennedy The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis ~ Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot Part 3: Conclusion: Why the left loses The end of revisionism? ~ Chris Pierson Social democracy and the populist challenge ~ René Cuperus The dilemmas of social democracy ~ Paul Kennedy and Rob Manwaring
£77.39
Bristol University Press Why the Left Loses
Book SynopsisBringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the Left Loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing political landscape, examining the degree to which the centre-left project is exhausted and is able to renew its message in a neo-liberal age.Trade Review“This case-study methodology edifyingly delves into the specific political and policy histories in each country.” Law and Culture (Alternative Law Journal)"This lucid and timely collection of essays deserves to be read by all those with a scholarly or political interest in the fate of social democracy." Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of LondonTable of ContentsForeword ~ Sheri Berman Why the left loses: understanding the comparative decline of the centre-left ~ Rob Manwaring and Paul Kennedy Part 1: The centre-left in the Anglosphere The case of the British Labour Party: back to the wilderness ~ Rob Manwaring and Matt Beech Electoral competition in Canada among centre-left parties: liberals versus social democracts ~ David McGrane The ‘soft target’ of Labour in New Zealand ~ Grant Duncan Australian social democracy: capitalist constraints and the challenges of equality ~ Carol Johnson Exit left: the case of Australian state Labor ~ Rob Manwaring Part 2: The centre-left in Western Europe Germany: little hope in times of crisis ~ Uwe Jun The Swedish Social Democrats and the ‘new Swedish model’: playing a losing game ~ Claes Belfrage and Mikko Kuisma Between a rock and a hard place in Spain: the PSOE ~ Paul Kennedy The French Parti socialiste (2010-16): from office to crisis ~ Sophie Di Francesco-Mayot Part 3: Conclusion: Why the left loses The end of revisionism? ~ Chris Pierson Social democracy and the populist challenge ~ René Cuperus The dilemmas of social democracy ~ Paul Kennedy and Rob Manwaring
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Bristol University Press Young Peoples Participation
Book SynopsisThis book explores how young people across different European contexts participate in decision-making and foster changes on issues that concern them and their communities, giving new insights into discourses on young people's as active citizens across Europe.Table of ContentsRevisiting Young People’s Participation: An Introduction ~ Maria Bruselius-Jensen, Kay Tisdall and Ilaria Pitti Part One Cultural Activism Against Inequalities: The Experience of Quaderni Urbani in Bologna ~ Alessio La Terra It’s Okay to Think Freely: How Participation Changed Us ~ Christina McMellon, Katherine Dempsie & Myada Eltiraifi Frontrunners Against Inequality: The Stories Of Darpan and Barwaqo ~ Darpan Raj Gautam and Barwaqo Jamma Husein Part Two Bounded Agency and Social Participation: How Socioeconomic Situation and Experiences Influence Young People’s Way of Engaging In Society ~ Sabine Israel, Jo Deakin, Renata Frank, Anna Markina, Rein Murakas and Markus Quandt From Ideology to Strategic Engagement ~ Jonas Lieberkind Digital Participation and Digital Divides in Former Socialist Country ~ Airi-Alina Allaste and David Cairns The Participation Project: How Projects Shape Young People’s Participation ~ Maria Bruselius-Jensen and Anne Mette W. Nielsen Part Three Young Italians and the Crisis: Emerging Trends in Activism and Self-Organisation ~ Ilaria Pitti and Nicola De Luigi Justifying Self-Organisation: Between Inequality and Critique ~ Anne-Lene Sand Advocacy and Participation: Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Experiences with Statutory Casework ~ Cecilie K. Moesby-Jensen Young people seeking asylum: voice and activism in a ‘hostile environment’ ~ Grainne McMahon, Grainne and Rhetta Moran Part Four Meaningful, Effective, and Sustainable? Challenges for Children and Young People’s Participation ~ E. Kay M. Tisdall Journey Mapping as a Method to Make Sense of Participation ~ Anne Mette W. Nielsen and Maria Bruselius-Jensen Playful Walks: A Methodological Approach for Analysing the Embodied Citizenship of Young People in the Countryside ~ Claire Levy Transformative Participation in the Lifeworlds of Marginalised Youth: Learning for Change ~ Mette Bladt and Barry Percy-Smith Revisiting Young People’s Participation and Looking Ahead: Concluding Remarks ~ E. Kay M. Tisdall, Ilaria Pitti, Maria Bruselius-Jensen
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Political Economy and Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisDavid Block is ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Lleida, Spain. His main interests are the impact of political economic, sociological, anthropological and geographical phenomena on multimodal practices of all kinds, including social movements, multiculturalism, bi/multilingualism and the acquisition and use of languages.Trade ReviewPolitical Economy and Sociolinguistics: Neoliberalism, Inequality and Social Class is written in Block’s readable style and is suitable for graduate student level research and above. Through the initial three theoretical chapters which dissect the principle concepts of the book, Block succeeds in providing a strong foundation for the analyses that follow. The accessible case studies and succinct discussions will be of use to educators wishing to demonstrate to students of all levels the prevalence and depth of the discursive construction of neoliberalism, inequality, and ‘classtalk’ in ‘western’ societies. It will also be of interest to linguists hoping to integrate political economy in their research, particularly those seeking a history and a firm theoretical foundation in the area. This book is particularly necessary at this juncture in time, when market rule appears absolute, and with the rise of far-right parties and groups across Europe and North America ... The book calls for increased collaboration between linguists interested in political economy and economists of language, bridging the ontological and epistemological differences in each field. * LINGUIST List *This represents an important project which could both fill a gap and chime with the growing interest in political economy in language disciplines. Given that the author is a leading writer in the field, the book will undoubtedly sell well and may possibly become something of a landmark piece in the ‘political economy’ turn in sociolinguistics. -- Marnie Holborow, Associate Faculty, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS), Dublin City University, IrelandTable of ContentsPreface 1. A short history of political economy in sociolinguistics 2. Political economy: Background and approach 3. Neoliberalism: Historical and conceptual considerations 4. Stratification, inequality and social class 5. The neoliberal citizen: conceptualisations and contexts 6. Inequality, class and class warfare: Discourse, ideology and ‘truth’ Epilogue References Index
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