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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Radicalisation: A Global and Comparative
Book SynopsisRadicalisation has become an important part of the twenty-first-century security and political landscape. It is a seemingly ubiquitous term, employed by academics, policymakers, civil society actors, practitioners and media alike, in ever-expanding ways--describing everything from changing domestic social movements to the growth of international terrorism. This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of 'radicalisation': the processes during which individuals or groups adopt increasingly extreme political, social or religious beliefs, positions or aspirations, particularly in cases associated with the use of violence. Adopting a multifaceted and comparative approach, the contributors interrogate this phenomenon from wide-ranging social, ideological, religious and historical angles. The first part of the book explores how academia has engaged with the concept of radicalisation, including the ontological and epistemological concerns of Critical Terrorism Studies; theoretical models for understanding radicalisation; and approaches to radicalisation through the various lenses of identity, gender, youth and media. The second part explores manifestations of radicalisation through a range of diverse case studies, including the Falun Gong movement; Aum Shinrikyo; Far-Right trans-nationalism; white nationalist lone wolves and the 'Great Replacement' thesis; ISIS and Western jihadists; deradicalisation programmes; hero myths; the Extreme Right in Eastern Europe; and the dark side of globalisation.Trade Review'"Radicalisation" is a first-class, innovative and highly constructive study of one of the most important issues relating to extremism, with insights from the top names in the field. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the topic.' -- Michelle Bentley, Director of the Centre for International Security, Royal Holloway, University of London'This wide-angled book offers a welcome pluralistic and global perspective on the concept of radicalisation. It is destined to become essential reading for scholars and students interested in the multiple ways radicalisation has been deployed in public and academic discourse.' -- Sarah Marsden, Senior Lecturer, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews'An in-depth and up-to-date account of some of the ongoing challenges and concerns relating to radicalisation. Original and bold in its scope, this volume will be one of the most important in the field.' -- Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University'Presenting a range of international case studies and taking a critical approach, the authors provide authoritative accounts of their chosen topics. An original and welcome contribution to the literature.' -- John Morrison, Assistant Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University, and co-editor of 'Radicalization and Deradicalization: Processes and Contexts'
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Empire's New Clothes: The Myth of the
Book SynopsisIn the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organised and what has held it together for so long? How important is the monarch’s role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed? In The Empire’s New Clothes, Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organisation based on shared values, rather than a shared history.Trade Review'A brilliant and unique book. At times witty, always insightful and disarmingly honest, it is also brave. Many won't like the message Murphy has to convey, despite his position of almost unassailable authority. He exquisitely conveys the evolution of the Commonwealth: its astoundingly slippery identity, its meaning(lessness), its struggles with hypocrisy, its grinding focus on process and disregard for output, and its empty pronouncements.' -- Ashley Jackson, Professor of Imperial and Military History, King's College London, and author of 'The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction''A brilliant demolition of the myth of commonwealth and of the power of imperial nostalgia that leaves one unsure whether to laugh or cry at the cynicism of those who pretend to believe in it, or the naivety of those who condemn its malevolent power. The brutal reality, it shows, is that that Brexit will reduce the long tiny UK commonwealth trade. A timely and necessary book.' -- David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History, King's College London, and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History''In this skilful, witty and deeply-informed book, Philip Murphy has punctured the mythology that still hangs over the Commonwealth. He shows convincingly that inertia rather than shared values or common interests has been its main "glue". Recent talk in post-Brexit Britain of a "return" to the Commonwealth betrays a depth of ignorance bordering on fantasy, he suggests, comprehensively skewering the nonsense that the Commonwealth could be a substitute for European Union membership. A brilliant, thought-provoking, and highly readable study that should be essential reading for those who now guide our affairs.' -- John Darwin, Nuffield College, University of Oxford; author of 'Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain'‘There has been a good deal written seeking to explain Brexit, but [this is] my favourite. . . The director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies elegantly dissects the fantasy of Leavers that having lost its political relevance this institution could turbo-charge Empire 2.0.’'Murphy’s analysis is fascinating. He brings a sceptical eye to the organisation and discusses its internal dealings with wry detachment.'‘Philip Murphy’ s new book is an eloquent counterblast to the claim that the Commonwealth can be a substitute for the European Union (EU) in post-Brexit Britain’s global role . . . it is also the first authoritative survey of the evolution of the Commonwealth in the twenty-first century. A very easy . . . fun book to read.’'A thoughtful and provocative inquiry into Britain’s current role as a leading country of the Commonwealth, this iconoclastic book explodes many myths about Britain’s empire. It is sure to stimulate much debate, and will cause readers to nod vigorously or sigh in exasperated disagreement.' -- Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, author of 'Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World''Philip Murphy’s is a witty, informative and much-needed critique from an insider who writes with a wealth of experience as well as an astute awareness of the gap between rhetoric and reality. His book is a sobering reminder that the Commonwealth has lost whatever relevance it once had and is ready for reinvention — or burial.' -- Shashi Tharoor, author of 'Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India''Mercurial, maverick and mischievous, Murphy writes as an outsider-insider, having been head of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies for a number of years. This is going to shake the tree. And about time.' -- Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics. Times Higher Education Books of the Year.‘It is difficult to disagree with Murphy’s conclusions.’ -- British Journal of Canadian Studies
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd African Political Thought: An Intellectual
Book SynopsisAfrican liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in terms of thought. Even Sartre, in his preface to Frantz Fanon’s seminal The Wretched of the Earth, wrote of the ‘native’ with his coiled muscles about to explode into rebellion. The African and the black person are denied the condition of philosophy, apparently driven only by frustration and anger. Stephen Chan’s new book charts the long history of African political thought, from the years of North American slavery, through the development of modern African nationalism and the difficulties of governing new states, to Africa’s political philosophy today, taking on the world as an equal. He dwells at length on major figures from Marcus Garvey and Kwame Nkrumah’s postcolonial generation to Biko, Mandela and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He shows their leadership to be inseparable from their ideas, and from those of literary giants including Fanon, W.E.B. Du Bois and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. This is no hagiography: Chan critically examines his thinkers, who also include Mugabe and Mobutu, and expresses concern for the future of Pan-Africanism. But his fascinating account reveals a thoughtful continent that has made complex, significant contributions to the world’s intellectual commons–yet continues to seek freedom.Trade Review'For readers interested in an accessible overview of a selected cast of characters who played a significant role in Africa's independence struggles and post-independence development, this is a worthwhile read.' -- Survival'This is no ordinary political history. Told through Africans' words and deeds, and a veteran's lens from the field, it is an intellectual genealogy of independence in its many meanings. It urges us to read Black thinkers if we are to grasp humanity's future.' -- Shobana Shankar, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University, and author of 'An Uneasy Embrace: Africa, India and the Spectre of Race''An authoritative and seminal treatise on African political thought, concentrating on selected leaders. Chan contextualises and critiques ideas about African liberation, and its hopes and contradictions in practice, often resulting in mismanagement, corruption and authoritarianism.' -- Hasu Patel, Emeritus Professor, University of Zimbabwe, and former Zimbabwean ambassador'This truly brilliant book is an authoritative text on the history of African political thought. Historically grounded, distinctively interdisciplinary, insightfully diasporic, and lucidly analytical, this erudite and engaging work will certainly emerge as a major text in African political studies.' -- Olufemi Vaughan, Alfred Sargent Lee & Mary Ames Lee Professor of African Studies, Amherst College
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Emerald Publishing Limited Cross-Sectoral Relations in the Delivery of
Book SynopsisThe complex and ever-evolving relationship between the public sector and civil society at large is high on the policy and political agenda for the transformation of administrative and socio-economic systems in most developed countries. In this context, citizen associations, private businesses and non-profit organizations play a crucial role as potential actors of collaborative governance arrangements for both the prioritization and direct provision of public interest services. These settings are increasingly seen as powerful policy tools by which States may not only address issues related to the expenditure constraints which, in the current public financial situation, contingently limit and condition the direct delivery of such services by public institutions. They are also viewed as an opportunity for a definitive shift from traditional models of public administration in the sense that policies may be better designed, articulated, and governed through a collaborative approach, while service provision could be enhanced in terms of proximity, representativeness and innovativeness. This book assesses these cross-sectoral relations across the public sector from a variety of contexts. Chapters consider public service design, public governance systems, philanthropy, housing policies, performance management and a number of other issues across national and comparative settings.Trade ReviewThis book consists of 10 articles by business, management, law, economics, and other researchers from Europe and Brazil, who examine collaboration between government, business, and non-profit organizations, focusing on inter-organizational perspectives of managing at the boundaries between sectors. They address performance management through a public service design approach; the assessment of public governance initiatives; public support and corporate giving to the arts and culture in times of economic crisis, using the case of Italy for illustration; employee and citizen preference for public, private, or non-profit delivered services in England and Finland; and the relations between third-sector organizations and the government and business in Italy. Others discuss collaboration between government and non-profits in Brazil in the areas of AIDS, social assistance, and cultural policy; local infrastructural initiatives as a model of early-stage collaboration in projects; the co-production of social housing policies; collaborative governance between government and business in Naples; and the relationships between government and civil society in third-sector organizations in social assistance care services through hybrid organizations in Denmark, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK. Some chapters are based on papers presented in the Public and Non-Profit Management Strategic Interest Group of the European Academy of Management, and at the International Research Society for Public Management and European Group on Public Administration conferences. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Refocusing Performance Management Through Public Service Design?; Mateusz Lewandowski 2. Rereading Public Governance and Public Value Management Through Viable Systems Approach: An Integrated Framework Toward Public System Governance; Francesco Polese, Orlando Troisi, Luca Carrubbo and Mara Grimaldi 3. Public Support and Corporate Giving to The Arts and Culture in Times of Economic Crisis. An Exploratory Analysis on the Italian Case; Martina Gianecchini, Anna Chiara Scapolan, Lorenzo Mizzau and Fabrizio Montanari 4. Employees as Innovators for Cross-Sectoral Relations in England and Finland; Jari Vuori, Marika Kylänena and Santtu Mikkonen 5. Government-Third Sector Relations and The Triple Helix Approach: Patterns in The Italian Social Innovation Ecosystem; Andrea Bonomi Savignon and Luigi Corvo 6. Paradigms of Public Management and The Historical Evolution of State-CSO Partnerships: A Comparison of Aids, Social Assistance and Cultural Policy; Patricia Mendonça 7. Infrastructure Projects as a Value Co-Creation Process; Giuseppe Cappiello, Paola Garrone and Paolo Nardi 8. The Co-Production of Housing Policies: Social Housing and Community Land Trust; Nathalie Colasanti, Rocco Frondizi and Marco Meneguzzo 9. Collaborative Governance: A Successful Case of Public and Private Interaction In The Port City Of Naples; Andrea Tomo, Alessandro Hinna, Gianluigi Mangia and Ernesto De Nito 10. The Relationships Between Government and Civil Society in Performing Public Service Hybrid Organisations: Some Insights from a Comparative Study; Gianluca Antonucci
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Emerald Publishing Limited Bureaucracy and Society in Transition:
Book SynopsisNew Public Management has held a central position within public administration over the past few decades, complemented by various models promoting post-bureaucratic organization. But ‘traditional’ bureaucracy has not disappeared, and bureaucracy is in transition in the West and the rest of the world. Bureaucracies still fill crucial positions in modern societies, despite growing criticism of assumed inefficiencies and unlimited growth. This volume examines a range of issues related to bureaucracies in transition across Europe, with a particular focus on the Nordic region. Chapters examine a range of topics including a reinterpretation of Weber’s conception of bureaucracy; the historical development of institutions and organizational structures in Sweden and Greece; the myth of bureaucratic neutrality and the concept of ‘competent neutrality’; performance management systems; the anti-bureaucratic identities of senior civil servants; the role of experts and expertise in bureaucratic organizations; the impact of reform on public sector executives; the curbing of corruption in Scandinavian states; an interrogation of the Nordic administrative model; Supreme Audit Institutions; ‘street-level’ bureaucracy; and the establishment of an ‘ethics of office’ amongst Danish civil servants.Trade ReviewSocial scientists and business scholars study bureaucracies in transitions in the public sector of modern societies, that is in various types of civil service. They focus on the relationship between politics and bureaucracy, organizational challenges and problems, and the significance of identity and public ethos in modern bureaucratic institutions. Moving from comparative perspectives to Nordic bureaucracies, they consider such topics as the impact and interpretation of Weber's bureaucratic ideal type in organization theory and public administration, outcome-based performance management systems: experiences from the Danish and Swedish tax agencies, economists in government bureaucracies, multiple shades of gray: opening the black box of public sectors executives' hybrid role identities, and a new organization of public administration: from internal to external control. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Bureaucracy in Transition; Haldor Byrkjeflot and Fredrik Engelstad 2. The Impact and Interpretation of Weber’s Bureaucratic Ideal Type in Organization Theory and Public Administration; Haldor Byrkjeflot Part One: Comparative Perspectives 3. Building State Infrastructural Capacities: Sweden and Greece; Apostolis Papakostas 4. From Neutral Competence to Competent Neutrality? Revisiting Neutral Competence as the Core Normative Foundation of Western Bureaucracy; Thurid Hustedt and Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen 5. Outcome Based Performance Management Systems: Experiences from the Danish and Swedish Tax Agencies; Karen Boll 6. Anti-Bureaucratic Identities Among Top Bureaucrats? Societal Norms and Professional Practices Among Senior Civil Servants in Britain, France and Norway; Marte Mangset 7. Economists in Government Bureaucracies; Johan Christensen 8. Multiple Shades of Grey: Opening the Black Box of Public Sector Executives’ Hybrid Role Identities; Stephan Leixnering, Andrea Schikowitz, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Renate E. Meyer Part Two: Nordic Bureaucracy 9. The Building of Tte Scandinavian States: Establishing Weberian Bureaucracy and Curbing Corruption from the Mid-Seventeenth to the End of the Nineteenth Century; Mette Frisk Jensen 10. Nordic Bureaucracy Beyond New Public Management; Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja 11. A New Organization of Public Administration – From Internal to External Control; Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud, Thomas Carrington, Kim Klarskov Jeppesen, Külli Taro 12. Street-Level Bureaucracy and Crosscutting Cleavages in Municipal Worlds; Halvard Vike 13. Codification and Ethos of Office: Contextualizing a Codex-Solution Introduced in the Danish Central Administration; Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth and Anne Roelsgaard Obling
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Emerald Publishing Limited Tales of Brexits Past and Present: Understanding
Book SynopsisTales of Brexits Past and Present: Understanding the Choices, Threats and Opportunities In Our Separation from the EU provides a compelling insight into the Brexit process in a uniquely historical context. Looking at previous 'Brexits' under the lens of international risk, the book tackles five specific themes relating to the Brexit result - competition in the global innovation economy, the generational split, the 'left behind' aspirational working and middle classes, the impact on international relations, and popularism in the internet age. By looking to the past, this book will offer insights into what we might expect in the future, providing an engaging narrative that will open the minds of readers to the options, risks and opportunities that could be unmasked in the Brexit process.Trade Review‘Culkin and Simmons new book offers an insightful, timely and fresh perspective on Brexit. Tales of Brexits Past and Present provides a novel historical perspective of prior Brexit-type situations interwoven with evaluations of future impact. Since the EU referendum in June 2016, attention has been invariably focused on the rationale behind Britain’s decision to leave; however, as we approach the start of the transition period, the real question for the UK’s economy is what will Brexit mean in terms of entrepreneurial innovation and growth? The authors present a series of questions and pointers towards potential solutions based around 14 propositions in order to understand the many challenges and opportunities that Brexit offers for entrepreneurs, innovators and policy makers. This book offers a meaningful and valuable contribution to the debate that I would highly recommend.’ -- Dr Paul Jones, Editor in Chief, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swansea University, Wales‘There is a sense that Brexit is territory uncharted, that what we are experiencing is entirely unprecedented. This book explains that, really, there have been similarly disruptive experiences in Britain, and in England in particular. The book is part history lesson, part stakeholder manual and in part a stepping stone to help wider public debate. It advocates socially responsible policy to enable people to aspire, a focus on supply and markets, and in a departure from most economic and political narratives, it uses the experiences of the past as underpinners for a rational approach to how opportunity might be engendered in the future. In doing that, in the current context of panic-laden Brexit noise, it delivers informed commentary and sensible suggestion.’ -- Dr Laura Galloway, Professor of Business & Enterprise, Edinburgh Business School, Scotland‘It is said that, History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. But what if Brexit is already the fourth time the same drama unfolds? In their socio-economic tour through English history, Culkin and Simmons provide three illuminating case studies of how the English have tried to break away from the continent before. A highly enjoyable and informative read that will provide new arguments for both ‘Remainers’ and ‘Brexiteers’, as well as much needed insight for European scholars trying to make sense of British sensibilities.’ -- Dr Norbert Morawetz, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Henley Business School, England'The one certainty, at this stage of developments is uncertainty, no one really knows how BREXIT will all pan out. We can speculate, that’s all. As ever the matters in Ireland, in particular the border in Ireland is proving an obstacle and possibly a brake on a smooth exit for the UK. Will there be a hard border? And so, what if there is or even where will it be? In a recent survey undertaken by the Ulster University Business School most business entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland who responded felt they could deal with the uncertainty that BREXIT would throw up at them. NI’s business owners have demonstrated themselves to be entrepreneurial in the past, they are the sort of people who know a thing or two about how to deal with uncertainty and change. Culkin and Simmons present us with a radical new perspective on the issues, providing us with a different lens through which to view the possibilities and challenges facing modern-day UK. Historically Britain has been here before and survived. The authors contribute to the ongoing debate thrown up by BREXIT as to its benefits and threats. It is likely to be one that will go on for some time yet, engaging opinion in Ireland and across the European Union, never mind the UK. This text is a timely addition to that debate.’ -- Dr Pauric McGowan, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Business Development, Ulster University Business School, Northern IrelandThe authors use experiences and lessons learned from three previous "Brexits"--the end of Roman Britain, the break with Rome in the 1530s, and the settlement of Elizabeth I--to evaluate the opportunities and challenges of today's Brexit. They discuss motivations for Brexit, the process of leaving the European Union and the UK's underlying economic situation as it faces Brexit, the three previous Brexits and their lessons for today, and the role of competition in the global innovation economy, the generational divide, the group of people who feel left behind, international dimensions, and popularism and the internet, as well as how to make Brexit work. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Motivation, Myth and Reality Chapter 2. The Current State of Play Chapter 3. MK I Brexit AD410 (Coins, Towns, Supply Chains and All That) Chapter 4. The Road From Rome in the 1530's Chapter 5. Elizabeth I - The Prgamatic Problem Solver Chapter 6. The Global Innovation Economy Chapter 7. The Generational Divide Chapter 8. The Left Behind Chapter 9. International Dimensions Chapter 10. Popularism and the Internet Chapter 11. Which Brexit This Time?
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of contemporary comparative policy analysis (CPA), advancing the understanding of methodology in the study of comparative public policies, and broadening the array of methods and techniques deployed by scholars in the field. Internationally acclaimed contributors overcome the current concentration on quantitative techniques, engaging with a more conscious and comprehensive selection of methods to improve the quality of CPA. Providing an overview of the major theoretical issues currently under discussion in CPA and the methodological shift in social sciences, this Handbook argues for the utilization of a range of alternative approaches to maximize the utility of the research. Far-reaching and comprehensive, this Handbook offers an insightful overview of methods for researchers of CPA looking to broaden their methodological repertoire. It will also be useful for students of public policy and the social sciences in need of a guide to contemporary research methods and applications. Contributors include: C. Anckar, D. Beach, L. Chaqués-Bonafont, D. Dickson, K. Dowding, A.S. Dubé, W.N. Dunn, T. Erkkilä, G. Fontaine, I. Geva-May, F. Gilardi, A.D. Henry, D.C. Hoffman, K. Ingold, G. Jaramillo, P. John, M.D. Jones, A. Kay, P. Marier, A. Molenveld, J. Muhleisen, D. Nohrstedt, R. Pacheco-Vega, B.G. Peters, O. Porto de Oliveira, J. Schnepf, H.B. Seeberg, A. Smith-Walter, E. Thomann, J. Tosun, C.M. Weible, B. WüestTrade Review'An excellent, timely and accessible collection by internationally renowned contributors, this Handbook provides cutting-edge treatment of methods in comparative public policy, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for addressing theoretical issues. It is an absolute must for students, teachers and policy analysts, and I warmly recommend it to them.' --Moshe Maor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors xi 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis 1 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine PART I THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE 2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis 20 B. Guy Peters 3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparative policy analysis 33 Carsten Anckar 4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policy analysis 49 Keith Dowding PART II THEORETICAL CHALLENGES 5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the Advocacy Coalition Framework research program 67 Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, Karin Ingold and Adam D. Henry 6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project 90 Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg 7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research 113 Grace Jaramillo 8 Comparing international policy transfers 134 Osmany Porto de Oliveira PART III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS 9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluation to the policy process 153 Peter John 10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empirical approaches 167 Jale Tosun and Julia Schnepf 11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons 186 Tero Erkkilä 12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis 203 Fabrizio Gilardi and Bruno Wüest PART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS 13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis 219 William N. Dunn and B. Guy Peters 14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis 238 Derek Beach 15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis 254 Eva Thomann 16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach 277 Guillaume Fontaine PART V QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES 17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis 297 Patrik Marier, Daniel Dickson and Anne-Sophie Dubé 18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promises and perils 312 Raul Pacheco-Vega 19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis 333 Astrid Molenveld 20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis 348 Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. Jones PART VI ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis 367 Iris Geva-May, David C. Hoffman and Joselyn Muhleisen 22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis 385 Adrian Kay Index 401
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transportation and the State: Governing the
Book SynopsisTransportation and the State explores the role of the emerging national state in the 19th century as an organiser of territory and a governor of infrastructure. It offers a comparative historical analysis of eight industrialising nation-states and discusses their role in the democratisation and economic development of the industrialising world since the post-Napoleonic era. Hans Keman and Jaap J. Woldendorp provide a comprehensive analysis of how nation-states have regulated the economy and society from the 19th century to the present day, with particular focus on the development and operation of railway systems. They demonstrate how states define and direct infrastructure and railway systems as part of the public domain. By exploring the impact of the railways on the evolution of the national state, Keman and Woldendorp reveal the complex interactions between the state, society and the economy, and how these are situated within their historical context. Taking a diachronic empirical approach, they challenge common misinterpretations around the role of the state and argue for a revision and reformulation of its current format and capacities. Drawing together the academic fields of political science, economics and economic history in an innovative way, this book will be of particular interest to scholars and students looking to expand their understanding of the ways these disciplines interlink. It will also be a helpful read for policy-makers working on improving transport infrastructure in different nations.Trade Review'This unique and impressive study constitutes a major contribution to the comparative and historical analysis of nation-states on democratization and economic development. The original findings are based on excellent theoretical reflections and persuasive empirical analysis that provides a compelling examination of the sustainable role of the state on the implementation of the railway systems in eight countries. This book is to be commended both for what it says and for what it suggests. One would therefore like to see this book in the hands of many political scientists, economists, and historians.' --Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany'Hans Keman and Jaap Woldendorp's wonderful book journeys through four countries-Australia, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands-to show the surprising ways in which state rulers and railway barons have used trains and railways to mould state and society. They show convincingly that the contemporary (nation) state has its organizational and institutional roots in the 19th century. A highly readable and deeply original take on the origins of the modern state. A must-read.' --Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US and European University Institute, Italy'In their well composed book, Keman and Woldendorp present a strong argument for the key role of the state in developing the public domain. They analyse painstakingly how modern railway systems emerged in a set of Western democracies on the basis of state--society interactions. As infrastructure is essential to economic and social welfare, the state, they show convincingly, has been the focus of policy-making and implementation resulting in the penetration of the railway everywhere. Drawing upon different models and the comparative method, this study is a major achievement in historical institutional enquiry.' --Jan-Erik Lane, University of Geneva, Switzerland and the Public Policy Institute in Belgrade, SerbiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. The State and Societal Change after the Napoleonic Wars Part 1 State and Society: Transportation and the Emergence of Collective Goods 2. Industrial Revolution: Technology, Transportation and the State 3. State and Society: Railways and Economic Development 4. The Captured State: How to Safe the Train as a Collective Good? 5. New Solutions for an Old Problem: Mixing Public and Private Goods Part 2 Nation States and Transportation: Diverse Histories but a Converging Evolution 6. Australian Railways: The Role of Politics in a Federal State 7. Railways in Italy: A Statist Project in a Fragmented Nation 8. Belgium: Two Nations with One Railway Network 9. The Netherlands: Slow Development and Reluctant State Intervention 10. State and Society and the Case of Transportation References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd De-Centering State Making: Comparative and
Book SynopsisState making has long been regarded as a European development, both historically and geographically. In this innovative book, the authors add fresh insights into the nature and causes of state making by de-centering this Eurocentric viewpoint through simultaneous changes of conceptual, theoretical and empirical focus. De-Centering State Making combines knowledge from comparative politics and international relations, creating a more holistic perspective that moves away from the widespread idea that state making and war are intrinsically linked. The book uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine historical and contemporary cases of state making as well as non-European ones, providing an in-depth analysis of the nature and causes of state making, historically as well as in a modern, global environment. This timely book is an invaluable read for international relations and comparative politics scholars. It will also greatly benefit those teaching advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on state making as it provides a fresh take on the art of state making in a modern world.Contributors include: J. Bartelson, A. Björkdahl, C. Butcher, A. Goenaga, R. Griffiths, J. Grzybowski, M. Hall, J.K. Hanson, A. Learoyd, E. Ravndal, T. Svensson, J. Teorell, A. von Hagen-JamarTrade Review'Though the emergence and evolution of state sovereignty is a central concern for the discipline of international relations, until recently there were very few studies that explored this phenomenon outside of Europe in a comparative manner. De-Centering State Making more than fills this gap. This expertly edited volume brings together an impressive array of contributors to advance our understanding of modern state making around the world to a whole other level.' --Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: De-Centering State Making Jens Bartelson, Martin Hall and Jan Teorell Part I: What makes a state? 2. Steppe State Making Martin Hall 3. De-Centering Federal Origins: India and the Contested Appropriation of Federal Democracy Ted Svensson 4. The Current Developing State Jonathan K. Hanson Part II: What states does war make? 5. When Does War Make States? War, Rivalries and Fiscal Extraction in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Agustín Goenaga and Alexander von Hagen-Jamar 6. War and Variation in the Structure of Historical International Systems: A Theoretical Model Charles Butcher and Ryan Griffiths 7. Imagined States and Clashing State-building Processes in the Bosnian Space Annika Björkdahl Part III: State making and international society 8. Configurations of Semi-Sovereignty in the Long-Nineteenth Century Arthur Learoyd 9. Acting Like a State: Non-European Membership of International Organisations in the Nineteenth Century Ellen Ravndal Part IV: Conclusion 10. Concentric Circles: Aporias of De-Centering State Making in Time and Space Janis Grzybowski 11. After De-Centering: A New Research Agenda for State Making Jens Bartelson and Jan Teorell Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Politics of Persuasion: Should Lobbying be
Book SynopsisThe EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness.This interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological - offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'Brandt's and Svendsen's study of EU lobbying activity is just that and more. The book focuses tightly on the EU Commission, where lobbying is not regulated in any way. In doing so, the two authors provide a thorough and convincing theory-based analysis of special interest demand for political favors. The book is a must-read for academics, policy makers, politicians, and yes, even for lobbyists who want to know more about how the EU's Commission operates and how special interest demand has led to potentially troublesome policy outcomes. The book will be especially appreciated by academics and policy analysts who prize creative use of price theory. In presenting their well-honed arguments, Brandt and Svendsen also provide strong analysis of the EU carbon permit trading and fisheries policy. They conclude with eight recommendations for making EU lobbying activity transparent and accountable.' --Bruce Yandle, Clemson University and George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Power Centralization 3. Bureaucracy 4. The EU Emission Trading System (ETS) 5. Green Industries, Switch Point and First-movers 6. Countervailing Lobbying 7. Alignment of Incentives 8 Should Lobbying be Regulated in the EU? Index
£29.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Transatlantic History of Public Administration:
Book SynopsisIntellectual traditions are commonly regarded as cultural variations, historical legacies, or path dependencies. By analyzing road junctions between different traditions of Public Administration this book contests the dominant perspective of path-dependent national silos, and highlights the ways in which they are hybrid and open to exogenous ideas. Analyzing the hybridity of administrative traditions from an historical perspective, this book provides a new approach to the history of Public Administration as a scientific discipline. Original and interdisciplinary chapters address the question of how scholars from the U.S., Germany and France mutually influenced each other, from the closing years of the 19th Century, up until the neo-liberal turn of the 1970s. Offering a thorough analysis of the transatlantic history of Public Administration, the conclusion argues that it is vital to learn from the past, in order to make Public Administration more realistic in theory, as well as more successful in practice. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate political science scholars will find this to be a valuable tool in understanding the foundations of transatlantic Public Administration. This book will also greatly benefit researchers on comparative and transnational history with a keen interest in Public Administration.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: why study the transatlantic history of administrative ideas? 2. Setting the scene: the administrative traditions of Germany, France and the USA 3. Examining the scene: the transfer-of-ideas approach applied to the history of administrative traditions 4. The transfer of knowledge from Germany and France to the USA 5. The import of US ideas by German Public Administration 6. The transfer of knowledge from the USA to France 7. Public Administration in Germany, France and the USA: Traditional flavors or hybrid traditions? 8. Lessons learned: making administrative theory more realistic and administrative practice more successful References Index
£88.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Varieties of Capital Cities: The Competitiveness
Book SynopsisThe political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power, are not the primary economic city of their nation state. David Kaufmann examines the unique challenges that these cities face entering globalised, inter-urban competition while not possessing a competitive political economy.Varieties of Capital Cities offers empirically rich case studies of four secondary capital cities: Bern, Ottawa, The Hague, and Washington, D.C. Analysed with an innovative research framework, this book shows through its clearly structured analysis, that while the pressures facing these cities are the same, the mechanisms they employ to cope with them are very different. They have formulated a wide variety of policies to supplement their capital function with economically promising profiles, even though they cannot escape their destinies as government cities.This book is an impressive contribution to an area of study largely neglected by urban studies, political science, and economic geography. With vital lessons for urban policy makers, the interested practitioner will find a pool of inspiration for their urban strategies. Students and scholars of these subjects will find this book interesting, and will also find it invaluable as a lesson for how to develop and execute comparative case studies.Trade ReviewVarieties of Capital Cities provides a thorough and sweeping assessment of the ways four leading capital cities struggle to control their economic destinies through public locational policies. In a trenchant analysis of the economic, governmental and social forces that influence national capital enclaves, Kaufmann vividly highlights how and why local politics matters in shaping where they are headed in our globalizing urban world. This volume constitutes a major contribution to the study of comparative urban economic development and public policy.' --Paul Kantor, Fordham University, US'The urban world is ours and also the object of Varieties of Capital Cities, an analysis of secondary capital cities, a crucial unit in our understanding of this urban planet. David Kaufmann analyses, interrogates, reflects on four cases of secondary capital cities, those capitals that are not the economic powerhouse of their county. The detailed case studies of Bern, Ottawa, The Hague and Washington D.C. are wonderful examples of how to do case studies. Kaufmann spent several months in each of the four capitals, interviewing, reading documents but also just getting a feeling for the cities. For all these reasons, Varieties of Capital Cities is a book you want to own.' --Caroline Andrew, University of Ottawa, Canada'Drawing on very rich and detailed case studies in Bern, Ottawa, The Hague and Washington D.C., this book examines locational policies by secondary capital cities. Beyond fascinating empirical insights, David Kaufmann's rigorous analysis also offers new theoretical guidance for the study of urban strategies in the face of global competition. Emphasising the ''game-changing'' role of local tax systems, his study buttresses the importance of hard institutional variables in cross-national urban research. I strongly recommend it to scholars interested in urban economic development policies more generally.' --Daniel Kubler, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements 1. Introduction: the competitiveness challenge for secondary capital cities 2. How to study locational policies in secondary capital cities: an interdisciplinary analytical framework 3. The cases under scrutiny 4. Bern: the government city 5. Ottawa: the fragmented city 6. The Hague: the international government city 7. Washington, D.C.: the capital of the free world 8. Comparing locational policies in secondary capital cities 9. Conclusion: understanding the variety of locational policies in secondary capital cities Appendix: Data and Methodology References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and
Book SynopsisPolicy making is more globally connected today than ever before. Policy ideas, experiences and expertise circulate rapidly over great distances. But who is involved in distributing policy, how do they do it, and through which arenas? This book examines the work involved in policy circulation, and as the first genuinely transdisciplinary collection on policy circulation, it offers an insight into the globally dispersed yet interconnected nature of contemporary policy making and the transdisciplinary future of policy circulation studies. Bringing together international scholars and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book showcases theoretical approaches from across the social sciences, and offers empirical perspectives from around the world. Synthesizing related literatures on policy transfer, diffusion and mobility, and assessing their differences and commonalities, this book proposes ways to foster transdisciplinary dialogue. Including a range of case studies, from both the Global North and South, Public Policy Circulation provides a succinct understanding and critique of the Global policy transfer, diffusion and mobility through the lens of arenas, agents and actions.This book will be a vital tool for academics and students of political science, public policy, public administration, international relations, geography, urban studies, sociology and anthropology alike, with its up-to-date coverage of contemporary policy circulation, and developments in the theory of global policy movement and adoption. It will also be of interest to practitioners in government agencies and NGOs, providing insight into their increasing role in both the national and international transfer and dispersal of policies.Contributors include: T. Baker, M.I. Dussauge-Laguna, R. Jolkkonen, O. Löblová, P. McGuirk, S. Montero, M. Morais de Sá e Silva, A. Rusu, T. Soremi, J. Spence, C. Walker, A. WoodTrade Review'Policy diffusion, then policy transfer and now ''policy circulation''. The movement of policy not only across countries but also across time, between policy sectors and through different arenas of governance is a defining feature of our times. This book captures the circulation - how policy is trafficked and transformed in the process of its movement across these dimensions. A 'tour de force', this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how and why policy moves.' --Diane Stone, Centenary Professor, University of Canberra, Australia'In Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions Tom Baker and Chris Walker have gathered together an impressive set of authors, who surgically dissect the actors and arenas in which policy transfer occurs. In doing this, the collected work offers new insights into how policies circulate around the globe. Importantly, the collection is one of the first to focus on the role of south-to-south and south-to-north policy transfers. This alone, makes this text a required reading for anyone interested in the circulation of policies that are increasingly shaping the global policy fora.' --David P. Dolowitz, University of Liverpool, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Introduction Tom Baker and Christopher Walker Arenas 2. Policy circulation through the Twitterverse: The case of Arctic development policy Jennifer Spence 3. Seeing is believing? Understanding policy tourism as an arena for policy circulation Tom Baker and Pauline McGuirk 4. The South as an arena of policy circulation: South-South cooperation on human rights policies Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva Agents 5. Big philanthropies as agents of policy circulation in development: Examining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Roosa Jolkkonen 6. The business of global intermediaries in the promotion of bus rapid transit Astrid Wood 7. Failure is an option: Epistemic communities and the circulation of Health Technology Assessment Alexandru Rusu and Olga Löblová Actions 8. Collaborative interactions: Understanding transfer success in transport regulation and compliance policies Christopher Walker 9. Policy transfer strategies: How agents’ actions ensure lessons from abroad stick at home Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna 10. Enacting persuasion: Storytelling, emotional artefacts and face-to-face encounters as key actions behind policy circulation Sergio Montero 11. Policy narratives and policy transfer mechanisms: Towards a research agenda Titilayo Soremi Conclusion 12. Prospects for policy circulation studies: Towards engaged pluralism? Tom Baker, Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, Roosa Jolkkonen, Olga Löblová, Pauline McGuirk, Sergio Montero, Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva, Alexandru Rusu, Titilayo Soremi, Jennifer Spence, Christopher Walker and Astrid Wood Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance
Book SynopsisThe growing salience of migration in today's political and economic climate has drawn attention to the relevance of regional responses to global human mobility. This unique book explores the dynamics of migration governance beyond the traditional perspective of the state and examines why, how and with what effects states cooperate at a regional level on aspects of international migration and mobility. Developing an innovative approach centered on the organisation of migration governance, The Dynamics of Regional Migration Governance provides a comparative analysis of developments in regional and sub-regional migration governance on a truly global scale. From Africa, Asia-Pacific and Central Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and North and South America, leading scholars offer a fresh understanding of the trajectories and particularities of regional migration governance. These engaging chapters show how human mobility and its governance can create tensions between states that hinder or prevent cooperation. Providing a much-needed shift from a focus on governance outputs to governance processes, this compelling book highlights how regional practices, processes and structures of migration governance can play an active role in producing understandings of international migration as a social and political issue. Deploying geographical scope, conceptual insight and empirical depth, this comprehensive book is ideal for advanced students, as well as scholars investigating regionalism, migration and mobility. An acutely relevant work, it will also appeal to professional practitioners and policymakers working in international migration 'This is a unique and forward-looking book that looks at regional migration governance from a dynamic and multi-level perspective beyond formal regional institutions, focusing also on non-state actors. This collection is also unique in that it covers a number of world regions including Asia and Latin America and not just the usual suspects of EU and North America. I strongly recommend this work to students and scholars and, why not, practitioners working in the area of governance, migration, and international relations.' - Anna Trandafyllidou, European University Institute, ItalyTrade Review'This collection includes contributions from some of the most important scholars working in the area of migration studies. The focus is especially timely, given the crises within the European and American systems but equally this book does not shy away from exposing the varying degrees of power and influence within regions and where institutions still fall far short of their mission to govern migration flows. This ambitious collection offers an original mix of countries and institutions rarely found in one volume. It is fresh, analytically rich, and above all a most useful reference point for students and scholars alike.' --Brad Blitz, Middlesex University, UK'This volume offers the first systematic attempt to analyse the role of regional groupings in the area of migration, offering a compelling framework for comparative analysis of the structures and processes of governing migration. It makes a vital step in scoping and framing a new research agenda on regional migration governance.' --Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh, UK'The regional features of migration patterns and processes have long been important for scholars and policymakers in understanding migration trends, impacts and trajectories, as well as migration possibilities. Critical analysis of regional migration governance has been more muted. Coming right on the eve of the implementation phase of the Global Compact on Migration, this book guides us through variations and particularities in regional migration governance globally. It will certainly become a go-to resource for researchers, policymakers and practitioners alike.' --Marie McAuliffe, Australian National University and the International Organization for Migration, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: the dynamics of regional migration governance Andrew Geddes, Marcia Vera Espinoza, Leila Hadj Abdou and Leiza Brumat 2. Regional migration governance: perspectives ‘from above’ and ‘from below’ Sandra Lavenex and Nicola Piper 3. Migration governance in South America: regional approaches versus national laws Victoria Finn, Cristián Doña-Reveco and Mayra Feddersen 4. Three generations of free movement of regional migrants in Mercosur: any influence from the EU? Leiza Brumat and Diego Acosta 5. ‘Crisis’, ‘normality’ and European regional migration governance Andrew Geddes 6. The ambivalent drivers of migration governance relations between the EU and Tunisia Luca Lixi 7. Regional cooperation on migration and mobility: experiences from two African regions Eva Dick and Benjamin Schraven 8. The politics of migration interdependence in the post-Arab Spring Middle East Gerasimos Tsourapas 9. North America: weak regionalism, strong borders Leila Hadj Abdou 10. Between depoliticisation and path dependence: the role of Mexico in regional migration governance in North America Marcia Vera Espinoza 11. The uneven migration governance of ASEAN Stefan Rother 12. Regional migration governance in the Eurasian migration system Andrey Leonov and Oleg Korneev 13. Conclusions Andrew Geddes, Leila Hadj Abdou, Marcia Vera Espinoza and Leiza Brumat Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Governance Paradigms: Competing and
Book SynopsisThis enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting and overlapping governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. Exploring the models that shape and reshape the daily operation of public organizations, it explains the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to the growing preference for alternatives, such as Digital Era Governance, Public Value Management and New Public Governance, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms. Advancing the 'public governance diamond' as a critical tool for comparing the core features of governance paradigms, this insightful book discusses the underlying behavioural assumptions of these models and the challenges faced by leaders when managing in a public sector. Informed by both key theory and empirical analysis, this book will be crucial reading for students and researchers seeking an authoritative voice on competing and co-existing modes of governance. Public leaders and managers, as well as public employees, will also benefit from its insights into the varying and multifaceted dynamics of public governance.Trade Review'The Danes have done it again: advancing the field of public administration in a way that is both imaginative and helpful. Public Governance Paradigms provides us with a highly sophisticated ''think piece'' about the consecutive philosophies and designs of how to design and run a system of government that have emerged since Max Weber laid down his model of bureaucracy. Clear, concise, balanced, and constructive, this book effortlessly traverses a hundred years of public sector scholarship and reform. Easily the single best compass available to students, researchers and practitioners seeking to balance continuity and innovation in the ways in which we envisage and craft our public institutions and their professional practices.' --Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University and Netherlands School of Public Administration, the Netherlands'This book orients readers to the major issues and debates concerning how the public sector should be organized and run. The authors brilliantly use their ''public governance diamond'' to provide back-to-back comparisons of seven different public governance paradigms, bringing each paradigm's relative strengths and weaknesses into clear focus.' --Christopher Ansell, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Bureaucracy 3. Professional rule 4. New Public Management 5. Neo-Weberian State 6. Digital Era Governance 7. Public Value Management 8. New Public Governance 9. Comparing governance paradigms 10. Managing a public sector with competing and co-existing governance paradigms Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Federalism in China and Russia: Story of Success
Book SynopsisBased on the synthesis of a large empirical and theoretical literature on center-region relations in China and Russia, Federalism in China and Russia is one of the first attempts to integrate this literature from different disciplines into a coherent common framework. Libman and Rochlitz argue that the divergence in growth performance between Russia and China can be - at least partially - explained by a number of features of the Chinese system of center-regional relations. The authors offer a comparative analysis of the development of center-region relations in Russia and in China and explore several dimensions of these relations: fiscal ties and incentives; bureaucratic practices; flows of information; and local government practices, while addressing the determinants of divergence between both countries. They also examine how the Chinese system has recently started to change, by adopting several features of the Russian model, which might be one of the reasons for China's declining growth performance in recent years. Federalism in China and Russia should be read by scholars in public economics, political economy and comparative politics, as well as by students and policy analysts. For scholars, the book serves as a point of reference in studying the comparative evolution of the two countries. It will enrich the discussion on fiscal federalism, center-region relations and sub-national political regimes, and could potentially become an important part of syllabi in political economy, public economics and comparative politics courses. For policy analysts, the book offers a comprehensive survey of the evolution of center-periphery relations of the two countries and the differences between them, which is important to better understand the overall development of Russia and China.Trade Review'Alexander Libman and Michael Rochlitz provide an important analysis of why some Chinese regional, county, city, township and village governments have generated economic success allowing China s economy to grow at remarkable rates for more than three decades. In comparison, Russia managed significant growth only during the period of high oil prices (2000-08). With Vladimir Putin's hyper-centralization, most Russian regions have been stifled and stymied rather than supported. The authors describe how China managed to generate an institutional system supporting a successful decentralized economy, while noting that China s solution is far from perfect and its stability is not guaranteed.' --Harley Balzer, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Fiscal federalism 3. Bureaucratic incentives 4. Information, monitoring and control 5. The local state 6. Logic of divergence 7. Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European
Book SynopsisFrom the welfare state's origins in Europe, the idea of human welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and policy-makers around the world. This is particularly influential where rapid social development is taking place amidst growing social and gender inequality. This book reflects on the growing academic and political interest in global social policy and 'globalizing welfare', and pays particular attention to developments in Northern European and North-East Asian countries. Providing historical and future-oriented perspectives on welfare issues and policies, Globalizing Welfare assesses the relevance of the Northern European welfare experience for East Asia, and addresses the differing ways that countries in the two regions are responding to similar challenges of increasing inequality, demographic change, and shifting relations between the state, market and non-profit organizations. With topical analysis of policy responses to these shared issues across contexts, the book assesses how these globalized, cross-cutting issues will impact future developments in welfare states. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and students alike of sociology, political science, economics, social policy and public administration, providing up-to-date knowledge of welfare state developments. It will also be of interest to policy-makers concerned with social welfare globally.Trade Review‘Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue is a much needed and welcome contribution to the yet scarce literature. The book is a recommended addition to the libraries of scholars specialized in sociology, political science, public administration, social policy, and social work who aim to learn more about welfare systems in Nordic Europe and East Asia.’ -- Ijin Hong, Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven Hort Part I: Developing East Asian Welfare States: Internal Forces and Outside Influences 2. Korea’s Transition from the Developmental to the Universal Welfare State Huck-ju Kwon 3. China’s Welfare State Building Yuan Ren 4. The Welfare Regime in China: Towards Moderate Universalism Yi Pan and Ziyu Wang 5. Welfare Development amid Crises: What Hong Kong Can Learn from the Nordic Experiences Raymond K.H. Chan 6. Japan as a Developmental State: The Need for a New Approach Masato Kamikubo 7. Who Are the Caregivers for the Elderly? The Role of Women in the Welfare State in the Nordic Countries and in East Asia Yoko Otsuka and Lingyan Chen 8. Have Japanese Social Welfare NPOs Failed? Emerging Social Enterprises and Major Transformation Masanari Sakurai Part II: Developed North European Welfare States: State and Society in a Globalizing World 9. The Concept of Society in the Making of the Nordic Welfare State Pauli Kettunen 10. Globalization and the Nordic Welfare States Jørgen Goul Andersen 11. Normative Foundations of Nordic Family and Gender Equality Policies: Developments and Challenges Åsa Lundqvist 12. Conflicting Ideas on Danish Day Care during the Golden Age of the Danish Welfare State Klaus Petersen 13. Changing Normative Principles of Social Justice in the Norwegian Pension System Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal, Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén 14. The Future Role of Civil Society in a Welfare State: Perspectives from Germany Helmut K. Anheier 15. The Challenging Position of Civil Society Service Production within the Norwegian Welfare State Per Selle and Kristin Strømsnes Part III: Global Issues and Perspectives 16. Learning from Feminist Scholarship on the Welfare State Marie Laperrière and Ann Shola Orloff 17. An Authoritarian-populist Welfare State? Reassessing the ‘Belarusian model’ in Comparative Perspective Sven Hort and Nikolay Zakharov 18. Framing Inequality and Related Policy Responses Claus Offe 19. Entangled Inequalities, a Disbalanced Welfare State, and Populist Challenges for Democracy Stephan Leibfried, Kerstin Martens and Uwe Schimank Index
£116.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Shaping Policy Agendas: The Micro-Politics of
Book SynopsisThis fascinating book investigates the strategic importance of the production and dissemination of expertise in the activities of the international organizations (IOs) that have come to symbolize the dominance of the Western political and economic order. Analyzing IOs as semi-autonomous policy agenda shapers, chapters explore how they use economic frameworks to interpret the 'problems' and 'solutions' of wider, non-economic policy domains. Examining a diverse range of policy domains, such as education, global care chains, chemical safety, and participatory development, this book illustrates the knowledge authority of IOs on a micro-political scale, revealing the routes and trajectories of international power. Featuring contributions from experts in the field of agenda shaping and international politics, this book is critical reading for political scientists and researchers exploring the growing influence of IOs around the world. Policymakers will also benefit from its insights into the micro-politics of IO policy agendas. Contributors include: D. Dolowitz, C. Fontdevila, E. Fouilleux, V. Gayon, S. Grek, M. Hadjiisky, R. Mahon, S. Maire, A. Martin, O. Nay, R. Normand, L.A. Pal, D. Stone, A. VergerTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Leslie A. Pal 1 Introduction 1 David Dolowitz, Magdaléna Hadjiisky and Romuald Normand 2 Diffusing marketization: competition, synergies, and repartition of tasks in the global agri-food policy field 16 Eve Fouilleux 3 Neoliberalism and the ‘think-tank image’ fallacy: a sociological exploration of homologies of structuration inside the OECD, EU, and governments 36 Vincent Gayon 4 Beyond the standardization versus contextualization debate: the role of the OECD in European education governance 57 Sotiria Grek 5 Transnational care chains as seen by the OECD, the World Bank, and the IOM 77 Rianne Mahon 6 The power of ‘soft skills’: the role of the OECD in the shaping of a new cognitive motive in the global agora of education 95 Sarah Maire 7 The OECD’s rules and standards for the testing and assessment of chemicals 116 Annie Martin 8 Knowledge battles at the World Bank: how institutional activists introduced the norm of participation into international development policy 137 Olivier Nay 9 Walking the Washington talk? An analysis of the World Bank’s policy-practice disjuncture in education 162 Clara Fontdevila and Antoni Verger 10 Conclusion 183 David Dolowitz, Magdaléna Hadjiisky and Romuald Normand Epistocracy: an afterword on global policy and ‘rule by the wise’ 194 Diane Stone Bibliography 200 Index 231
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Collective Ink Brexit: The Establishment Civil War
Book SynopsisWrapped up in a story of the British public's' rejection of the establishment is a much darker story about shady money, untoward digital campaign tactics, and a fraught battle exploding from the highest rungs of British politics and society. Brexit: The Establishment Civil War is a crucial examination of what is now driving British politics, the dark money and forces attempting to manipulate it, and the online warfare techniques that are being deployed in modern politics. Brexit is nothing more than an establishment civil war that erupted from the upper echelons of the Conservative party and engulfed the entire country. It unleashed the growing power of big data on a divided and austerity ravaged population by pouring petrol on hot button issues like immigration and sovereignty. The Leave campaigns reached into our social divides and pulled us apart all for their own gain. Josh Hamilton examines the underlying factors that led to the Brexit vote, how technology made us more vulnerable to manipulation, how both sides of the establishment went to war over their own self-interests, and how disaster capitalists will use Brexit to further enrich themselves at the expense of the entire country.
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Collective Ink Conscience of a Progressive, The
Book SynopsisThe Conscience of a Progressive begins where Senator Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative (1960) and Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal (2007) leave off. Prof. Klees draws on 45 years of work around the world as an economist and international educator to paint a detailed picture of conservative, liberal, and progressive views on a wide range of current social issues. He takes an in-depth look at his specializations: education, economics, poverty and inequality, international development, and capitalism. He examines major social problems like health care, the climate crisis, and war. Throughout the book, Prof. Klees tries to give a fair and careful depiction of how conservatives and liberals see these issues, whilst focusing on critiques by progressives, and on the alternatives they offer.
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Collective Ink China, the USA and Capitalism's Last Crusade:
Book SynopsisAs the sun rises on China and sets on America, the world holds its breath. China, the USA and Capitalism's Last Crusade looks at the rise of China and the decline of the USA but from a different angle. William Briggs argues that this struggle for economic supremacy is being played out against a much bigger backdrop; the decline of the economic structure of capitalism. In this sense, the decline of the USA is portrayed as that larger economic decline in microcosm. Briggs examines the relationship between state and capital, of how capitalism came to dominate the world, and of the historical, political and economic rise of both the USA and China. He shows that the struggle between the two nations has little to do with cultural, historical, demographic, political or ideological differences, but with what they have in common. Despite the portrayal of China as being 'socialist' it functions as a capitalist economy in the globalised capitalist world. While its journey to capitalism may have differed, the end point is the same and this is why there is such animosity, such conflict, such acrimony between the two states.
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Collective Ink Embrace of Capital, The: Capitalism from the
Book SynopsisThe "spectre of communism" which Karl Marx confidently evoked in 1848 is now nothing more than a ghostly and ghastly nightmare, without form or substance. This is because working people have developed a love-hate relationship with capitalism. They hate insecurity, inequality, and greed, and love civic and political freedom. They love mass consumption, and accept the logic of commerce. Barreling along through wars, revolutions, epidemics, and crises of all sorts, working people in their millions have consistently dumfounded and dismayed the left, by their refusal to countenance any alternative to the capitalist mode of life. We have to ask: Is it possible to reverse this reality, and once again talk of the necessity of communism?
£11.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Government
Book SynopsisConcise and clear in expression, Comparative Government covers contemporary systems of government, as well as relics of the past, in an excellent introduction to the profound study of comparative constitutional law. Dragoljub Popovic has undertaken this task to display the subject in its current stage of development, concentrating on several focal points. Based on research of their characteristic features, decision-making mechanisms and lines of evolution, the author explores parliamentary, presidential, semi-presidential, power sharing and the supra-national level forms of government in an entertaining narrative and provides tools for the reader to classify and understand governments worldwide. Comparative Government will prove essential, for its comprehensive yet concise scope, to students of law, political sciences and international relations, as well as academics in the same areas, civil servants, diplomats, legislation drafters, policy makers and practicing lawyers.Trade Review'This is an excellent comparison of different systems of government and their dynamic in the global perspective. Popovic, a distinguished scholar and retired European judge, combines both the competence in the theory of government and the knowledge of its practical operation. His book is focused on the institutional constitutional law organized into five principal models. What makes it particularly attractive is the attention given to the role of the judiciary in political process as well as the interest for the emerging systems (China) and systems escaping general classification (the Balkans). In brief, this is a modern and intellectually inspiring presentation of a very important topic.' --Lech Garlicki, Professor of Law and retired Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and of the Constitutional Court of Poland'In a fast and ever-changing world, Professor Popovic's book provides a refreshing and innovative perspective on a classical subject. In its study of comparative government it takes into account not only legal-constitutional elements, but also takes a functional and contextual approach, including the history and evolution of each specific system. As a result, in addition to a clear exposition of the traditionally accepted types of government (parliamentary, presidential, directorial) Professor Popovic offers an illuminating analysis of new types and cases, such as the ''government by consensus'' or the singular case of the Popular Republic of China. This method also clarifies the role of inter- and supra-national organizations and agencies in the functioning of the national governments.' --Luis López Guerra, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and former Judge of the European Court of Human RightsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Author’s foreword to this edition Introduction 1. General Approach 2. RISE OF Parliamentary Government 3. Contemporary Parlimentary Government 4. Presidential Government 5. Semi-Presidential Government 6. Directorial Government 7. Power Sharing Government 8. Forms of Government Defying Classification 9. Beyond the Nation-State Epilogue Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Informal Institutions in Policy Implementation:
Book SynopsisAt a time of global climate crisis, this crucial book examines the prospects for implementing low-carbon policies in the two global superpowers of China and Russia, focusing on the role of informal institutions in achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Chapters shed light on how informal institutions function and work in practice, how and why they take shape and how they influence formal low-carbon policies. Forensically examining five critical cases relating to Chinese and Russian institutions, this book demonstrates how informal institutions can both support and obstruct the achievement of formal policy goals. Through comparisons within and between each country, it shows how these dynamics differ and offers key hypotheses on the role of these institutions in policy implementation. Comprehensive and incisive, this book will be important reading for scholars researching public policy in China and Russia, particularly those specialising in environmental science and politics. The practical insights derived from new case studies will also be useful for policymakers working on climate mitigation policy.Trade Review'The role of informality is essential for an understanding of public policies, especially in countries like China and Russia, where decisions are very much non-transparent, and outcomes are often unexpected. Korppoo, Stendsdal, and Korsnes masterfully analyze five cases of low carbon energy policies and convincingly explain the sources and mechanisms of their success and failure through the lenses of interactions between formal and informal institutions.' --Vladimir Gel'man, European University at St.Petersburg, Russia and University of Helsinki, Finland'This book takes a rigorous and detailed comparative perspective on the climate policies of two countries that will be essential to achieving the low-carbon transition - China and Russia. The authors delve into the formal and informal processes that shape both policy formulation and - importantly - policy implementation. The result of such an ambitious approach is fresh perspectives and findings that will be of interest to students of climate and energy politics.' --Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Nord University, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Administrative-political systems and climate policies in China and Russia: a comparison 3. Theoretical framework: Formal and informal institutions in policy implementation 4. Case study I: the Shanghai emissions trading scheme pilot 5. Case study II: Domestic solar power policy in China 6. Case study III: Limitations to associated petroleum gas flaring in Russia 7. Case study IV: Energy efficiency law – energy saving companies in Russia 8. Case study V: Energy efficiency law – tax instruments in Russia 9. Discussion 10. Conclusion Index
£85.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Law as Critique
Book Synopsis'A leading figure in critical legal studies and renowned scholar of comparative constitutionalism, Frankenberg urges us forward, offering a new taxonomy for critical work. He illustrates its potential in terrific chapters on recent transnational legal movements: to regulate the veil, provide access to justice and reinvigorate human rights as a language of justification. A methodological tour de force.'- David Kennedy, Harvard University'One of the most courageous and intellectually earnest legal scholars of our time, Gunter Frankenberg, has devoted his efforts to reconstructing comparative law's internal strength and potential for critical analysis. This book is a masterpiece that should be read by every serious thinker concerned with the need for legal reforms and the politics of globalization.'- Pier Giuseppe Monateri, University of Turin, Italy Presenting a critique of conventional methods in comparative law, this book argues that, for comparative law to qualify as a discipline, comparatists must reflect on how and why they make comparisons. Gunter Frankenberg discusses not only methods and theories but also the ethical implications and the politics of comparative law in order to bring out the different dimensions of the discipline.Comparative Law as Critique offers various approaches that turn on the academic discourse of comparative law, including analysis of a widespread spirit of innocence in terms of method, and critique of human rights narratives. It also analyses how courts negotiate differences between cases regarding Muslim veiling. Gunter Frankenberg presents varied critical projects that discuss methods and theories, ethics and the politics of comparative law to bring out the different dimensions of the discipline.The incisive critiques and comparisons in this book will make essential reading for comparatists working in legal education and research as well as students of comparative law and scholars in comparative anthropology and social sciences.Trade Review'Globalisation has made legal comparison fashionable, but in the mainstream varieties practiced within institutional settings or by surviving nineteenth century societes savantes, it involves, at best, a superficial overview of national practices in a quest for similarities (not differences), at worst, an apology of the exclusionary dynamics at work in the act of comparison. While Frankenberg's acutely critical view draws attention to the political and epistemological implications of existing methodologies, it also provides the foundations of a renewed intellectual enterprise, thereby joining the outstanding scholarship of Legrand, Samuel or Monateri in what might be termed ''New Approaches to Comparative Law''.' --Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences-po, France'Comparative Law as Critique should be read by everyone interested or engaged in legal comparison. The intellectual condescension towards those who have not been converted to post-modernism that shines through, typical of the amorphous congregation of crits, must not dissuade established comparatists from taking this book very seriously.' --Journal for European, Private International and Comparative Law'Comparative Law as Critique should be read by everyone interested or engaged in legal comparison. It is not far-fetched to declare that this overview of comparative work in law is more instructive than many a voluminous conventional 'comparative law handbook'.' --Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und VölkerrechtTable of ContentsContents: PART I DISCIPLINE AND CRITIQUE I. Comparative Law as Discipline 2. Critique and Comparison PART II CHARTING THE COMPARATIVE SPACE 3. Navigating the Mainstreams 4. Orientalizing Comparative Law’s Occident 5. Muslim Veiling: Critique of a Comparative Discourse PART III COMPARING HUMAN RIGHTS NARRATIVES 6. Human Rights and Narratives of Justification 7. Before the Law: The Discourse about “Access to Justice” 8. Thick Comparison? Bibliography Index
£32.25
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Policy Transfer, Diffusion and
Book SynopsisThis important Handbook brings together preeminent scholars, both from Global South and North, sharing their comparative and international perspectives on the topic. Their original contributions cover the key issues and questions around policy transfer research.Offering a pluralist perspective and focusing on critical areas of research including policy transfer, diffusion, circulation and mobilities, this Handbook overcomes epistemological and methodological cleavages in the field. Opening with a series of discussions on the concepts and advancements in the study of policy transfer, the Handbook moves to an examination of agents and structures involved in the process. The Handbook also sheds light on the role of culture and context, with chapters devoted to Asian, Latin American and European particularities. Altogether, chapters illuminate how rich and provocative the current debate on the interpretation of policies moving across borders is and the vibrancy of the area’s research within the broad planet of public policy analysis.Presenting a ground-breaking and unique contribution to the area of public policy analysis, the Handbook of Policy Transfer, Diffusion and Circulation will be a useful resource for well-established scholars, researchers, policy-makers and both post graduate and undergraduate students in this field.Trade Review'This very impressive collection of chapters by established and emerging scholars from different streams of policy transfer provides new insights into the mechanisms and dynamics of policy transfer. Especially important are the several chapters detailing the agents, structures, and outcomes of the travel of policies and their components across countries in the Global South and from them to the Global North.' -- Grace Skogstad, University of Toronto, Canada'This Handbook collects an impressive number of contributions on the state of the art in policy transfer studies. Approaching major substantive areas, methodological approaches, policy instruments and policy fields from a global perspective, the Handbook is a must-read for researchers and students of policy studies.' -- Alketa Peci, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil'An admirably global, conceptually inclusive guide to contemporary analyses and discussions about how, why, and with what consequences policies travel. The Handbook is particularly valuable for how it highlights the contributions of Global South contexts and authors in a literature that has tended to be too Northern-focused.' -- Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Jacint Jordana Acknowledgements xvi 1 A prelude to policy transfer research 1 Osmany Porto de Oliveira PART I CONCEPTS AND METHODS 2 Learning and transfer: who learns what from whom? 26 David P. Dolowitz 3 Mechanisms of policy transfer and policy diffusion 43 Johanna Kuhlmann 4 Translation and translators in policy transfer processes 58 Patrick Hassenteufel and Ulrike Zeigermann 5 Collaborative event ethnography as a strategy for analyzing policy transfers and global summits 80 David Dumoulin Kervran 6 Policy mobilities as comparison: urbanization processes, repeated instances, topologies 100 Jennifer Robinson PART II AGENTS AND STRUCTURES 7 International organizations as complex agents in policy transfer processes 121 Magdaléna Hadjiisky 8 International agencies and urban policy diffusion 155 Richard Stren 9 Private consultants and policy advisory organizations: a blind spot on policy transfer research 173 Diane Stone, Leslie A. Pal and Osmany Porto de Oliveira 10 Instrument constituency and policy transfer: how a collective actor mediates the transnational movement of policy instruments 196 Michael Howlett and Kidjie Saguin 11 Travelling across developing countries: unpacking the role of South– South Cooperation and civil society in policy transfer 214 Laura Trajber Waisbich, Melissa Pomeroy and Iara Costa Leite 12 Defending the realm: knowledge networks, regime maintenance and policy transfer 237 Leslie A. Pal and Jennifer Spence PART III CULTURE, CONTEXT AND DIRECTIONS 13 Understanding the role of culture in policy transfers 258 Giulia C. Romano 14 Circulations of planning ideas and urban policy mobilities in Latin America 278 Camila Saraiva, Guillermo Jajamovich and Gabriel Silvestre 15 Social policies in movement: diffusion and transfer in Latin America 298 Cecilia Osorio Gonnet 16 Policy transfer in Asia 317 Kidjie Saguin and Kritika Sha 17 Policy transfer within the European Union and beyond: Europeanization in times of stability and crises 337 Ramona Coman and Elsa Tulmets PART IV POLICY INSTRUMENTS 18 The diffusion of democratic innovations 365 Gilles Pradeau 19 Policy transfer of environmental policy: where are we now and where are we going? Examples from water, climate, energy, and waste sectors 386 Raul Pacheco-Vega 20 Policy transfer research in the rural sector 406 Eric Sabourin and Carolina Milhorance 21 Policy transfer in the health sector 425 Matthias Brunn 22 The diffusion of regulatory governance innovations: a research synthesis 443 Fabrizio De Francesco Index 463
£213.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in
Book SynopsisIn response to the recent surge in extractive natural resource investments in Africa, this insightful book explores how relations between investors, ruling elites, and local populations develop when large-scale investments in gas, minerals, and agriculture expand.Advancing a multi-level approach that encompasses rigorous theoretical analysis, fieldwork, and literature review, expert contributors examine the implementation of natural resource investments and the extent to which they respect rights of local populations. Chapters draw together bodies of literature on land-grabbing debates, the resource curse controversy and corporate social responsibility (CSR), demonstrating how the chances of large-scale investments in natural resources are at their greatest when characterised by ‘reciprocal exchange deals’ between investors and local populations, ‘compatible interests’ between ruling elites and investors, and ‘mutual recognition’ between local populations and ruling elites. Through a careful examination of case studies in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda, the book ultimately highlights the complexity of the political economy of natural resource investments. Providing valuable theoretical and empirical insights, this book will be an invigorating read for scholars and students of political economy, political geography, sustainability, CSR, and business studies. Its valuable insights on how natural resource investments might accelerate economic growth and consolidate links between local and global economies will also be of interest to development practitioners and investors.Trade Review‘Challenging established approaches to understanding the drivers shaping large-scale investments, state policy-making and social outcomes in contemporary Africa’s extractive resources, this new collection of sectoral studies confronts head-on a critical research gap in the current literature: what role do local communities and interests play in shaping foreign investments and state regulation, and how do the evolving relations among public, private and social actors inflect the trajectory of resource based development strategies? In response, this book provides a fresh, richly-detailed body of evidence and analysis which marks an important contribution to comparative and public policy research in Africa’s key natural resources sector.’ -- Richard G. Saunders, York University, Canada‘Rights to access, control, and profit from Africa’s natural resources are continuously contested and negotiated. While the issues are linked to history, the contexts are ever changing and the challenges remain of the highest relevance for scholars, policy makers, and politicians. This book provides valuable and thought-provoking new knowledge on the interactions between the main stakeholders involved.’ -- Ellen Hillbom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa 1 Lars Buur, José J. Macuane, Faustin Maganga and Rasmus H. Pedersen 1 Community participation in Tanzania’s petroleum sector 37 Opportuna L. Kweka and Rasmus H. Pedersen 2 LNG investments in Mozambique: compensation deals and the dynamics of local state-making 58 Padil Salimo 3 The double role of the state: the state as investor and mediator in the Tanzanian coal sector 77 Thabit Jacob 4 Riding the waves of change: changing relations in the Ugandan sugar sector 99 Malin J. Nystrand, Arthur Sserwanga and Brenda Kyomuhendo 5 The politics of the smallholder–investor relationship in the Tanzanian sugar sector 124 Emmanuel Sulle, Faustin Maganga, Rose Qamara, Evans Boadu, Happiness Malle and Onesmo Minani 6 A failing local exchange deal: rights to land and resources in the WanBao rice investment in Mozambique 146 Lars Buur and Kathrin Beykirch 7 Exchange relations in rice contract farming schemes in Tanzania 173 Eileen Dyer Jarnholt, Faustin Maganga and George Schoneveld 8 Conclusion 194 Lars Buur and Rasmus H. Pedersen Index 205
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems
Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook is a multi-faceted, comparative analysis of how law and political systems interact around the world. Chapters include analyses of judicial deference, congressional support, democratic representation, politicization of courts, public support, and judicialization across multiple jurisdictions in the United States and abroad. Chapters also investigate transnational courts and the linkages between international and domestic law and politics.Addressing these relationships from a comparative perspective, the Handbook illustrates how different political contexts lead to different uses of law and how courts respond to divergent political environments. An impressive array of contributors, and the editors, examine law and political systems on a global scale through either country-specific analyses, comparative analyses, or the examination of transnational institutions.Scholars interested in law and courts, judicial politics, the rule of law, and governance will find this Research Handbook to be a valuable resource. It will provide a helpful foundation for advanced students of both political science and law and will be a useful reference tool for judges and those operating in a judicial or political sphere.Trade Review‘Definitely not the usual assortment of judicial studies, this exciting and innovative research uses sophisticated methodologies to analyze evolving interactions between law and politics in a variety of political systems across the globe. Written by an impressive array of esteemed scholars and rising stars, this fresh new collection is truly an outstanding achievement.’ -- Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University, USTable of ContentsContents; 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 1 Robert M. Howard, Rebecca A. Reid, and Kirk A. Randazzo 2 Court-curbing through legal reforms or coercion? 8 Aylin Aydin-Cakir 3 Majoritarians in robes 25 Todd Curry and Michael Romano 4 Gender, race, and politics in judicial process 40 Tao Dumas and Alexandra Mannix 5 Judges and politics in UK courts 57 Lewis Graham 6 Government transparency and judicial deference 71 Gbemende Johnson 7 A court of law or a court of judges? 85 Maoz Rosenthal and Shai Talmor 8 Planting seeds but bearing different fruit 99 Kyle Shen 9 Explaining congressional support for the federal judiciary 122 Jake S. Truscott and Teena Wilhelm 10 Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia 139 Alexei Trochev and Alisher Juzgenbayev 11 Politicization of courts in European democracies 169 Maria Popova and Christine Rothmayr Allison 12 Constitution-making and transnational expertise: lessons from the 2014 Tunisian Constitution 186 Alicia Pastor y Camarasa 13 The battle for judicial independence 200 Mónica Castillejos-Aragón 14 Public support and compliance with high courts around the world 212 Amanda Driscoll and Martín Gandur 15 Open justice at highest courts 234 Philipp Meyer 16 Courting dissent 254 Hayley Munir and Syed Rashid Munir 17 The theoretical and empirical relationship between legal pluralism and economic development 271 Valenta Kabo 18 The Caribbean Court of Justice 289 Harold A. Young 19 Law and violence against civilians 305 M.P. Broache 20 Strategic deference of the European Court of Justice 325 Joshua Boston and Dino Hadzic 21 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 344 Kirk A. Randazzo, Rebecca A. Reid, and Robert M. Howard Index 355
£195.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Radical Proceduralism: Democracy from
Book SynopsisDemocratic politics depend on citizen participation, trust and support. While this support in democratic institutions and political elites is declining, public and scholarly discourse frequently suggests counteracting the challenge by strengthening the role of experts in political decision-making, yet such reform proposals convey a paternalistic threat that contravenes fundamental democratic principles. Proposing an alternative, ‘radical proceduralist’ understanding of democratic legitimacy and institutional reform, Radical Proceduralism argues that there is no such thing as ‘political truth’ or ‘correctness’ that could justify experts wielding political power. Rather, the only criterion for democratic legitimacy is the fair and equal inclusion of all affected citizens. Radical Proceduralism bridges the gap between political philosophy and practical institutional experimentation asking us to bring citizens back in and to engage them in a dialogue about ‘the rules of the democratic game’ and proposing institutional devices that figure as ‘conversation starters’ and facilitate such dialogues.Trade ReviewDannica Fleuß calls on us to resist the lure of epistocracy, in favour of a radical proceduralism that trusts in the collective capacity of citizens to govern their societies. In this powerful and provocative book, she reinvigorates democratic theory and restores faith in democratic politics. -- William Smith, The Chinese University of Hong KongDannica Fleuß attacks her subject with a philosophical precision that is grounded in an awareness of the importance of context. But rather than meekly giving in to context and saying ‘it depends’, she boldly grasps the proceduralist horn of the democratic legitimacy dilemma. Her arguments will be important for anyone wanting to do serious, thoughtful work on legitimacy, democracy and expertise. -- John Parkinson, Maastricht UniversityWhat is the role of the political theorist? Dannica Fleuß asks. The answer, given through a detailed and comprehensive explanation of radical proceduralism (an impressive collation and analysis of literature that stands on its own as an original contribution), is to embrace humility, to understand oneself as an equal member of one's local community(ies), and to ultimately deliver the role of the interpreter, of guild master, to one or more procedures of democracy. It is not for the theorist to control the substance of a community's focus but rather to 'start and facilitate open ended conversations [...] not to deliver their conclusion'. Fleuß offers political theorists a way out of the cloister, a thoroughly justified and well-argued position for getting one's hands dirty, a professional destiny that sees one's place of work as not the lecture theatre, nor cluttered desk, but rather the street, the dining table, the café, the online forum, and countless other spaces and places where so many of us meet, greet, talk and continue figuring out our place in the world and what we want from this life. -- Jean-Paul Gagnon, University of CanberraTable of ContentsIntroduction: Democratic Legitimacy, Democratic Crises, Everyday (Political) Practice Chapter 1. Bridging the Gap between Principles and Institutions: Meta-Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Chapter 2. Procedure, Substance, Democratic Legitimacy: A Framework for the Debate Chapter 3. Two Forms of Proceduralism: Rawls’s and Habermas’s Theories of Democratic Legitimacy Chapter 4. Normative Proceduralism and Its Limitations in ‘Post-Metaphysical’ Political Theory Chapter 5. Radical Proceduralist Ideals: A Discursive Account Chapter 6. Institutional Designs as Conversation Starter: Ask Citizens, not Philosophers! Chapter 7. Conclusion: Democratic Institutions for Radical Proceduralists and Other Citizens
£65.54
Emerald Publishing Limited Scandal and Corruption in Congress
Book SynopsisRegardless of which political party Americans identify with, the sentiment that those who work in Washington are corrupt transcends partisanship. Since the breaking of the Watergate scandal, trust in the government has decreased significantly. While Congress did not engage in the Watergate break-in, the institution has still suffered the consequences, seeing citizens' distrust of politicians grow. However, Congress is not blameless, as it has had its share of scandal and corruption over the years. Scandal and Corruption in Congress guides readers through the history of corruption in Congress. Specifically, readers explore policies outlawing corruption, how Congress has attempted to hide unethical behaviour, getting caught, the repercussions of getting caught, and how corruption in the U.S. compares to corruption in other nations. Finally, to enlighten readers about the recent actions by Congress, several chapters address the impact of Citizens United and the #MeToo movement.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Michael J. Pomante II Part I: Thoughts On And Action Against Corruption Chapter 1. Corruption and Congressional Design: the Federalist’s Dual Fear of the Abuse of Power and Abuse Of Liberty; Katherine Hoss and Lewis Hoss Chapter 2. Congressional Corruption and Reform Efforts: a Tale of Two Efforts Gone Awry; Kaylar Recker Part II: Preventing Punishment: Skirting Unethical Behavior Chapter 3. Super Legal Corruption: Political Money in the Era of Super Pacs; Joseph N. Patten Chapter 4. When Metoo Met Congress; Jill Dunlap Part III: Getting Caught Chapter 5. Congressional Corruption by the Numbers; April K. Clark and Kaylar Recker Chapter 6. Follow the Money: Modern Cases of Congressional Corruption; Scott J. Basinger Part IV: Punishment And Repercussions Chapter 7. Bosses Behaving Badly: Congressional Scandals and Office Staff; Collin Paschall and Casey Burgat Chapter 8. If They Do the “Crime,” Will They Do the “Time?”: Punishment of Misconduct by Congress; Michael J. Pomante II Part V: Scandal And Corruption: How Voters React Chapter 9. Sex and Corruption in Congress: How the Nature of the Scandal Shapes Backlash from Voters; Gregory W. Saxton and Tiffany D. Barnes Chapter 10. Federal Political Scandals and Public Officials’ Careers; Emily Bacchus, Tiffany D.Barnes, and Audrey Baricovich Part VI: Contrasting Corruption Chapter 11. Corruption in Comparison: Clientelism, Nepotism, and Electoral Engineering in Southeast Asian Politics; Nicole Loring Chapter 12. Measuring Corruption in Europe and the USA: Towards an Integrated Approach?; David Jesuit
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Emerald Publishing Limited Biopolitics at 50 Years: Founding and Evolution
Book SynopsisBiopolitics at 50 Years: Founding and Evolution explores the study of biology and politics through the prism of fifty years of experience presenting current research that illustrates the nature and evolution of biopolitics. Containing substantive chapters that address many issues using different methodologies, Biopolitics at 50 Years draws on different theoretical perspectives to advance the field. Beginning with a reflection on the origin and scholarly emphasises of biopolitics and concludes with future prospects in the field, this 13th volume of Research in Biopolitics explores the broad scale theoretical consideration of politics based on evolutionary factors affecting the political realm physiological factors affecting political behavior, public policy issues affected by biology and how human nature affects outcomes of policy making.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Tony Wohlers and Amy Fletcher Chapter 2. Political Science and Biology: Then, Now, and Next; Albert Somit and Steven A. Peterson Chapter 3. Politics in Evolution: The First 5 Million Years, and the Next 100; Peter A. Corning Chapter 4. The Remerging Foundations of a Biopolitical Science; Kenneth C. Blanchard, Jr. Chapter 5. A Multidimensional Understanding of Human Nature in Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy; James H. Rutherford Chapter 6. The Biopolitics of COVID-19: Repercussions for International Relations; Andrey Makarychev Chapter 7. Human Nature and the Policy Process: Expectations from Biology; Rebecca C. Harris Chapter 8. Neurotoxicants and Behavior: Implications of ‘Toxicogenomics’ for Public Policy; Roger D. Masters Chapter 9. Study of Oxytocin in Biopolitics; Seyoung Jung Chapter 10. Reproductive and Genetic Technology Policy Making and Citizenship Rights; Sandra Reineke Chapter 11. Neoliberal Governmentality of Immunization: A Biopolitical Perspective on the Vaccines in Turkey; Başak Akar
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Collective Ink Living Vote, The: Voting reform is the biggest
Book SynopsisThe more power that rests with the people, the less there is for powerful minority global actors to wield. This remains true whether or not the people are right or wrong, because it’s still the safest place for real power to reside. Unfortunately, the direction of travel is the opposite way. The Living Vote describes a uniquely new mechanism to significantly extend the engagement of voters and to moderate the unlimited power our governments can wield. Unlike the usual outcomes from other more proportional systems, coalitions will not be necessary. The Living Vote describes what we should be doing and how to achieve it.
£999.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of contemporary comparative policy analysis (CPA), advancing the understanding of methodology in the study of comparative public policies, and broadening the array of methods and techniques deployed by scholars in the field. Internationally acclaimed contributors overcome the current concentration on quantitative techniques, engaging with a more conscious and comprehensive selection of methods to improve the quality of CPA. Providing an overview of the major theoretical issues currently under discussion in CPA and the methodological shift in social sciences, this Handbook argues for the utilization of a range of alternative approaches to maximize the utility of the research. Far-reaching and comprehensive, this Handbook offers an insightful overview of methods for researchers of CPA looking to broaden their methodological repertoire. It will also be useful for students of public policy and the social sciences in need of a guide to contemporary research methods and applications. Contributors include: C. Anckar, D. Beach, L. Chaqués-Bonafont, D. Dickson, K. Dowding, A.S. Dubé, W.N. Dunn, T. Erkkilä, G. Fontaine, I. Geva-May, F. Gilardi, A.D. Henry, D.C. Hoffman, K. Ingold, G. Jaramillo, P. John, M.D. Jones, A. Kay, P. Marier, A. Molenveld, J. Muhleisen, D. Nohrstedt, R. Pacheco-Vega, B.G. Peters, O. Porto de Oliveira, J. Schnepf, H.B. Seeberg, A. Smith-Walter, E. Thomann, J. Tosun, C.M. Weible, B. WüestTrade Review'An excellent, timely and accessible collection by internationally renowned contributors, this Handbook provides cutting-edge treatment of methods in comparative public policy, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for addressing theoretical issues. It is an absolute must for students, teachers and policy analysts, and I warmly recommend it to them.' --Moshe Maor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors xi 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis 1 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine PART I THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE 2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis 20 B. Guy Peters 3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparative policy analysis 33 Carsten Anckar 4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policy analysis 49 Keith Dowding PART II THEORETICAL CHALLENGES 5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the Advocacy Coalition Framework research program 67 Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, Karin Ingold and Adam D. Henry 6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project 90 Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg 7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research 113 Grace Jaramillo 8 Comparing international policy transfers 134 Osmany Porto de Oliveira PART III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS 9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluation to the policy process 153 Peter John 10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empirical approaches 167 Jale Tosun and Julia Schnepf 11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons 186 Tero Erkkilä 12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis 203 Fabrizio Gilardi and Bruno Wüest PART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS 13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis 219 William N. Dunn and B. Guy Peters 14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis 238 Derek Beach 15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis 254 Eva Thomann 16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach 277 Guillaume Fontaine PART V QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES 17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis 297 Patrik Marier, Daniel Dickson and Anne-Sophie Dubé 18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promises and perils 312 Raul Pacheco-Vega 19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis 333 Astrid Molenveld 20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis 348 Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. Jones PART VI ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis 367 Iris Geva-May, David C. Hoffman and Joselyn Muhleisen 22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis 385 Adrian Kay Index 401
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Emerald Publishing Limited Leading Local Government: The Role of Directly
Book SynopsisLeading Local Government: The Role of Directly Elected Mayors is a timely and critical book that examines the erratic rise and uncertain future of the directly elected mayor in the context of English local governance. Written principally for local government practitioners as well as for those with an academic interest in public leadership, the book asks whether elected mayors offer a new and reinvigorated form of local leadership, whether for individual towns and cities or for wider groups of combined authorities at the regional level. Built on original primary research conducted with mayors, elected representatives and a range of public sector managers, the book offers a fresh perspective that recognises mayoral achievements in some areas – including economic development – but finds that mayors do not enjoy widespread public endorsement and do not represent devolution of power in any meaningful sense. Above all, the book argues that elected mayors do not represent democratic renewal in a country which remains highly centralized. Using an historical account of early local government leaders together with international comparisons from the United States and Europe, the authors present the argument that, twenty years into the mayoral experiment, the mayoral initiative has so far failed to match the aspirations of central government for a new and effective form of local leadership.Trade Review... a short, interesting, accessible and authoritative book on leadership in local government in England. ...a publication that sets the debate about leadership in both historical and international contexts. -- Comments from the review in 'Local Government Studies' by David Sweeting, University of BristolTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction and Scope of the Book;Chapter 2. Local Administration or Local Leadership? A Brief History; Chapter 3. Leaders Before their Time; Chapter 4. Elected Mayors as Local Leaders?; Chapter 5. Leading Economic Growth; Chapter 6. Leaders, Regions and Places; Chapter 7. The Role of Elected Mayors: Findings and Analysis; Chapter 8. Conclusion
£43.69
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Nations of Immigrants: Australia and the USA
Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world's most important settler-receiving countries.Australia's shift to a points-based, skills-oriented system is contrasted with the political deadlock that has prevented any basic change in US immigration policy during this period. Focusing on immigration policy trends, effects on labour markets, successes and failures in integrating massive numbers of new immigrants, and the future of multiculturalism, the book ponders many of the policy dilemmas that confront both countries.Drawing on extensive research findings in the field of immigration policy, this book will prove a fascinating read for both scholars and postgraduate students working on immigration, as well as undergraduates studying courses on Australia and comparisons of the Australian and American policy arenas. Public servants engaged in administering Australian and US immigration policies will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'. . . the true strength of this book is the chapters stand as well alone as they do together, allowing the reader to peruse those of most interest. This work provides enough to whet the intellectual appetite, providing an overview and basic introduction to some of the current key issues on immigration in the two countries, and provides many references for readers interested in learning more.' -- Nikoleta Rukaj, Journal of Population Research'. . . the volume provides an important contribution to international immigration (policy) studies and will serve as a useful resource for students and expert readers alike.' -- Martina Boese, Pacific Affairs'The book will be a good addition to policymakers', faculty, and student libraries, and they will find themselves going back to the book time after time for data and information that they can compare with their own country's history and statistics. Even though the focus is on two specific countries, it is a timely piece of scholarship and one that should be read by all those in the field of immigration. The editors are to be congratulated for putting together an excellent and timely book on immigration issues.' -- James Frideres, Canadian Studies in Population'These papers capture the pluralist phenomenon of two of the largest immigrant-receiving countries of all time. Within this 200+ page volume, then, is to be found a truly informative mass of data (complete with graphs, tables and statistics) and learned analyses pertaining to the twin-focus of its title which will serve as a valuable tool of reference and reflection by all who have an interest in the subject.' -- Ramnik Shah, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction John Higley and John Nieuwenhuysen 2. Flows of Immigrants 1993–2008: Australia Graeme Hugo 3. Trends in US Immigration Susan K. Brown, James Bachmeier and Frank D. Bean 4. From Disordered Expansion to Disordered Stalemate: Immigration Politics in the United States Gary P. Freeman 5. Immigration Policy in Australia Bob Birrell 6. Immigration and the Labour Market in Australia Santina Bertone 7. Immigration and the United States Labour Market Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo 8. New Groups and Social Cohesion in Australia Andrew Jakubowicz 9. Latinos, Immigration and Social Cohesion in the United States David L. Leal 10. Immigrant Settlement, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism in Australia James Jupp 11. Who Belongs? Assimilation, Integration and Multiculturalism in the United States Cara Wong Bibliography Index
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd America and Britain: Was There Ever A Special
Book SynopsisBritain's political and military elite has for decades nurtured the idea that enduring ties bind the interests of London and Washington, in good times and bad. Irrespective of the end of the Cold War, the 9/11 attacks and the economic rise of the East, these links are allegedly impregnable. But how accurate a picture is this? Are the British engaged in a monumental act of self-delusion? Guy Arnold investigates the 'American disease' at the heart of Whitehall, which, he argues, has tied British policies too closely to those of Washington. The 'special relationship' became a Foreign Office priority and gave Britain the illusion of power it no longer enjoyed. As Churchill put it acidly, 'the British and the Americans were stuck with each other - a junior partner and a senior partner respectively'. For the Americans it provided a way of keeping Britain 'on side' but in return Washington accelerated Britain's imperial decline. The Americans always saw Britain in Europe as a Trojan Horse to safeguard their interests and as a military outpost for their global ambitions. They derided or ignored the 'special relationship', even in their dealings with Thatcher and Blair, and latterly the Foreign Office has failed to convince President Obama of its unique importance.Trade ReviewIn this provocative little polemic [...] the case Arnold makes is one that every British government in modern times has recoiled from answering with the seriousness it deserves. ... A robust study. -- Max Hastings, Sunday TimesWhile the perceived loss of British sovereignty in the European Union creates violent debate, an unacknowledged transfer of power across the Atlantic is overlooked in silence. Guy Arnold meticulously unpicks an unequal 'special relationship' for which the political establishment offers no referendum. -- Richard Bourne, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Secretary, Ramphal Institute, LondonThe message of Guy Arnold's new book is that the world stands on the brink of a totally new political order. Nothing less. After lingering decades beyond its time the Anglo-American partnership, he says, must be forgotten. Arnold skilfully weaves his way through the complex relationships between today's big powers to the point where China is coming centre stage and India is not far behind. -- Derek Ingram, journalist and Commonwealth expertGuy Arnold amazes me, as a fellow author, by the range of books he undertakes. From cheery critiques of boys' historical adventure novels, he wades into modern day controversy - immigration, for instance - and brings fresh light into the complexities of post-colonial Africa. Now he examines a building-block of this last century usually ignored or dismissed: the special relationship that Churchill and Roosevelt forged between Britain and the United States. Not a club like Europe, nor an association based mostly on history or language, like the Commonwealth, what's its magic? Will the strains over Syria and Iraq damage it (as Suez did), the new magnetism of China or Brazil tug it apart? As usual, this prolific author and lecturer produces his own lively views. -- Clyde Sanger, long-time journalist and international affairs[T]his history of efforts by postwar British leaders to offset their country's decline by cozying up to the United States is quite readable, policy relevant, and ... provocative. -- Foreign Affairs
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Six Authors in Search of Justice: Engaging with
Book SynopsisThis book makes an original and readable contribution to defining the nature of justice in the aftermath of a repressive regime. While considering transitional justice as conventionally defined, this work explores broader conceptions of justice and is distinct in approaching the subject through a discussion of the lives and works of six writers: Victor Serge in Stalinist Russia, Albert Camus in Vichy France, Jorge Semprun in Spain under Franco, Ngugi wa Thiong'o in colonial and post-colonial Kenya, Ariel Dorfman in Chile under Pinochet, and Nadine Gordimer in apartheid South Africa. Each lived under a brutal regime, was prepared to take substantial risks in order to contribute to its overthrow, and survived a transition to a new regime. Each thought deeply about the evolving situation with viewpoints derived from a combination of lived experience and intellectual and artistic creation. Each illuminated key questions with reference to a particular country, while developing wider insights.Newman demonstrates that their writings provide a valuable addition to academic analysis and external policy advice that too often fails to take sufficient account of reflective understanding, social and cultural context and the specificity of each situation. He also highlights the evolving and multi-dimensional nature of justice and injustice in political transitions.Trade Review'As a meditation on the shifting moral, intellectual and artistic compass of writers confronting oppression, this book is illuminating.' -- Times Literary Supplement‘Newman has opened up new vistas for studying the multi-dimensional nature of transitional justice . . . his book breaks new ground in demonstrating how political scientists can view historical events with an ideological basis through the prism of literary giants.’ 'This book is highly original. It is, in effect, literary criticism written by a political scientist, albeit one who is deeply sensitive to the art of his subjects. All were on the left, and all suffered greatly from varying degrees of attraction to and revulsion from violence, and from the pain of disillusionment. Newman's engagement with them is compassionate and lucid.' * Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London *'Here is something genuinely new and refreshing. In "Six Authors in Search of Justice", an experienced analyst of peacebuilding looks at the unfamiliar light that novelists can throw on the familiar issue of justice. Aided by six great novelists and Professor Newman, many readers will change their view of what makes for justice as societies change and why injustices persist.' * Dan Smith, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute *'Michael Newman's book offers a welcome gust of freshness in the expanding library of transitional justice literature. Although poets, playwrights, novelists and filmmakers have been the most piercing documenters of political transition through the past century, scholars of peacebuilding and transitional justice have largely ignored the profundity of their contribution to our field. Newman makes the sagacious choice of focusing on six towering novelists from Europe, Africa and Latin America who bear witness to the brutal legacy of injustice and tyranny in their countries. He reveals the six novelists' nuanced and changing views of justice as each of them experiences the unfolding dynamics of turbulent transitions. Transitional justice often gets trapped within the constraints of politics and the confines of law, and conveys static theories of justice. Newman's book opens a window of precious insight into the fluidity and multidimensionality of our conceptions of justice and injustice. He points to the vital importance of addressing the cultural and invisible layers of injustice.' * Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford; author of Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War *
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Revolution and Authoritarianism in North Africa
Book SynopsisThis book offers a much-needed corrective to dominant approaches to understanding political causality during episodes of intense social mobilisation, specifically with a North African context. Drawing on analyses of routine governance and of 'revolutionary' mobilisation in four countries of the Maghreb -- Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya -- before, during and after the 2011 uprisings, Volpi explains the different trajectories of these uprisings by showing how specific acts of protest created new arenas of contention that provided actors with new rationales, practices and, ultimately, identities. The book illustrates how the dynamics of revolutionary episodes are characterised by the social and political de-institutionalisation of routine mechanisms of (authoritarian) governance. It also details how post-uprising re-institutionalisation and/or conflict are shaped by reconstructed understandings of the uprisings by actors, who are themselves partially the products of these episodes of phenomena.Trade ReviewRevolution and Authoritarianism looks beyond the deterministic approaches that have characterised studies of the Arab Spring and offers a much more nuanced set of explanations for the way in which events in North Africa have occurred and developed. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically well grounded, this is a genuine must-read for all those interested in the politics of the Arab Spring.' * Francesco Cavatorta, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Université Laval in Quebec, Canada; and editor of Salafism After the Arab Awakening: Contending with People's Power *'Precisely-argued and intelligent, this is the most important study to date of the comparative politics of the Arab uprisings in North Africa; it demonstrates in detail how eventful interactions between political actors in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya were not simply structurally determined, but shaped trajectories of change. Volpi shows how people do make history, even in circumstances not chosen by themselves.' -- * John Chalcraft, Associate Professor in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism and author of Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East *'This powerful account highlights the fluidity of revolutions, and of all politics, by looking at how institutions are made and unmade, especially through processes of meaning making. Volpi finds the right analytical balance between action and its contexts.' * James M. Jasper, Professor, Graduate Centre of the City University of New York *'Very good for advanced undergraduate seminars and graduate students.'
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom in Peril
Book SynopsisThe Saudi royal family has survived the events of the Arab Spring intact and unscathed. Any major upheavals were ostensibly averted with the help of oil revenues, while the Kingdom's influential clerics conveniently declared all forms of protest to be against Islam. Saudi dollars bent events to the Kingdom's will in the Arab world--particularly in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, but also in Egypt and Lebanon, Saudi cash has had a profound impact.Does this mean that all is well in Saudi Arabia itself, which has an extremely youthful population ruled by a gerontocracy? Problems endemic in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria--youth unemployment, corruption and repression--are also evident in the Kingdom and while young Saudis may not yet be taking to the streets, on Twitter and Facebook their discontent is manifest.Saudi Arabia remains the dominant player in the Gulf, and the fall of the House of Saud would have explosive repercussions on the GCC while the knock-on effect worldwide would be immeasurable. Saudi Arabia is the only oil exporter capable of acting as a 'swing producer', a fact of which this book reminds us. Aarts and Roelants have drawn a compelling picture of a Middle East power which, while not presently endangered, may soon deviate from the trajectory established by the House of Saud.Trade Review'A lively narrative that conveys a wealth of information in an easily accessible way. Their chapters cover a spectrum of topics including oil, education, the demographic time-bomb ... the "digital explosion" of social media, and the 'two-edged sword of Islam' that permits troublesome clerics to criticise the regime in suitably veiled language.' * Financial Times *'A timely, fascinating, and most importantly multi-faceted insight into the deepening troubles of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Essential reading for those seeking greater knowledge of an otherwise opaque and inscrutable polity.' * Christopher Davidson, author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies *
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Digital Middle East: State and Society in the
Book SynopsisIn recent years, the Middle East's information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalising on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of digitisation, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far from turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information technologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding. 'Digital Middle East' sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East.Trade Review‘Edited by one of the leading scholars of digitally mediated transformations of Middle Eastern society and politics, this volume offers a multifaceted assessment of the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) across the region.’ -- China International Strategy Review'This is an important contribution not only to Middle East studies, but also to media studies and political science. Blending original research with expert commentary and informed analysis, this groundbreaking collection helps move the discussion on the digital era from abstract puffery toward concrete assessments.' -- Joe F. Khalil'A timely and important book that offers a rich, interpretive and comparative account of how different countries and actors across the Middle East adapted and adopted new media technologies.' -- Dina Matar, Senior Lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication'An important contribution to our understanding of how digital communication is impacting the Middle East. It goes far beyond the classic focus on cyber activism and political change, bringing much needed discussion of digital platforms' influence on daily practices.' -- Fatima el-Issawi, Senior Lecturer in Journalism'An impressive array of perspectives on the impact of information and communication technologies in Middle Eastern societies. This book will be of great value to anyone interested in the evolution of civic culture in the Middle East.' -- Philip Seib, Professor of Journalism, Public Diplomacy, and International Relations
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Empire's New Clothes: The Myth of the
Book SynopsisIn the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organised and what has held it together for so long? How important is the monarch’s role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed? In The Empire’s New Clothes, Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organisation based on shared values, rather than a shared history.Trade Review'A brilliant and unique book. At times witty, always insightful and disarmingly honest, it is also brave. Many won't like the message Murphy has to convey, despite his position of almost unassailable authority. He exquisitely conveys the evolution of the Commonwealth: its astoundingly slippery identity, its meaning(lessness), its struggles with hypocrisy, its grinding focus on process and disregard for output, and its empty pronouncements.' -- Ashley Jackson, Professor of Imperial and Military History, King's College London, and author of 'The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction''A brilliant demolition of the myth of commonwealth and of the power of imperial nostalgia that leaves one unsure whether to laugh or cry at the cynicism of those who pretend to believe in it, or the naivety of those who condemn its malevolent power. The brutal reality, it shows, is that that Brexit will reduce the long tiny UK commonwealth trade. A timely and necessary book.' -- David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History, King's College London, and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History''In this skilful, witty and deeply-informed book, Philip Murphy has punctured the mythology that still hangs over the Commonwealth. He shows convincingly that inertia rather than shared values or common interests has been its main "glue". Recent talk in post-Brexit Britain of a "return" to the Commonwealth betrays a depth of ignorance bordering on fantasy, he suggests, comprehensively skewering the nonsense that the Commonwealth could be a substitute for European Union membership. A brilliant, thought-provoking, and highly readable study that should be essential reading for those who now guide our affairs.' -- John Darwin, Nuffield College, University of Oxford; author of 'Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain'‘There has been a good deal written seeking to explain Brexit, but [this is] my favourite. . . The director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies elegantly dissects the fantasy of Leavers that having lost its political relevance this institution could turbo-charge Empire 2.0.’'Murphy’s analysis is fascinating. He brings a sceptical eye to the organisation and discusses its internal dealings with wry detachment.'‘Philip Murphy’ s new book is an eloquent counterblast to the claim that the Commonwealth can be a substitute for the European Union (EU) in post-Brexit Britain’s global role . . . it is also the first authoritative survey of the evolution of the Commonwealth in the twenty-first century. A very easy . . . fun book to read.’'A thoughtful and provocative inquiry into Britain’s current role as a leading country of the Commonwealth, this iconoclastic book explodes many myths about Britain’s empire. It is sure to stimulate much debate, and will cause readers to nod vigorously or sigh in exasperated disagreement.' -- Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, author of 'Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World''Philip Murphy’s is a witty, informative and much-needed critique from an insider who writes with a wealth of experience as well as an astute awareness of the gap between rhetoric and reality. His book is a sobering reminder that the Commonwealth has lost whatever relevance it once had and is ready for reinvention — or burial.' -- Shashi Tharoor, author of 'Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India''Mercurial, maverick and mischievous, Murphy writes as an outsider-insider, having been head of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies for a number of years. This is going to shake the tree. And about time.' -- Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics. Times Higher Education Books of the Year.
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CDL Press CUSAS 35: Sumerian Administrative and Legal
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Rutgers University Press Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Gourmand Awards, Asian Section & Culinary History Section Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own unique flavor. But to the Americans who came to colonize the islands in the 1890s, it was considered inferior and lacking in nutrition. Changing the food of the Philippines was part of a war on culture led by Americans as they attempted to shape the islands into a reflection of their home country.Taste of Control tells what happened when American colonizers began to influence what Filipinos ate, how they cooked, and how they perceived their national cuisine. Food historian René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. turns to a variety of rare archival sources to track these changing attitudes, including the letters written by American soldiers, the cosmopolitan menus prepared by Manila restaurants, and the textbooks used in local home economics classes. He also uncovers pockets of resistance to the colonial project, as Filipino cookbooks provided a defense of the nation’s traditional cuisine and culture.Through the topic of food, Taste of Control explores how, despite lasting less than fifty years, the American colonial occupation of the Philippines left psychological scars that have not yet completely healed, leading many Filipinos to believe that their traditional cooking practices, crops, and tastes were inferior. We are what we eat, and this book reveals how food culture served as a battleground over Filipino identity.Trade Review“Taste of Control is an original, ambitious project that joins a growing body of scholarship that takes food as a window into analyzing American history and culture.” -- Mark Padoongpatt * author of Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America *“Taste of Control is a rare and refreshing example of how historians can (and must) make the past come alive with a sense of intellectual urgency and vibrancy.” -- Sarita Echavez See * author of The Filipino Primitive: Accumulation and Resistance in the American Museum *"This revealing study explores in vivid detail the ways that food and food cultures in the Philippines under U.S. colonial rule—from the colonizers’ lavish banquets to cookbooks to domestic science classes to advertisements for imported canned foods—represented a significant site where the meanings of U.S. power were articulated and contested. Tapping into fresh primary sources, it provides a new and significant culinary lens onto the making of Philippine-American colonial hierarchies of race and civilization." -- Paul A. Kramer * author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines *"That Orquiza leaves us hungering for more of these connections is a testament to the strength of his research and the urgency of his work." * Social History of Medicine *"Recommend[ed]. This book as it contains wide-ranging information on the mindset of the Americans in the colonial Philippines." * Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints *Tip of the Tongue interview with René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr. (Episode 128) * Tip of the Tongue podcast *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 First Impressions 2 Menus 3 Travel Guides 4 Cookbooks 5 Education 6 Advertisements Conclusion Acknowledgments Index
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Rutgers University Press Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism
Book Synopsis2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title With mass migration changing the configuration of societies worldwide, we can look to the Caribbean to reflect on the long-standing, entangled relations between countries and areas as uneven in size and influence as the United States, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. More so than other world regions, the Caribbean has been characterized as an always already colonial region. It has long been a key area for empires warring over influence spheres in the new world, and where migration waves from Africa, Europe, and Asia accompanied every political transformation over the last five centuries. In Caribbean Migrations, an interdisciplinary group of humanities and social science scholars study migration from a long-term perspective, analyzing the Caribbean's "unincorporated subjects" from a legal, historical, and cultural standpoint, and exploring how despite often fractured public spheres, Caribbean intellectuals, artists, filmmakers, and writers have been resourceful at showcasing migration as the hallmark of our modern age.Trade Review"Profoundly interdisciplinary and nearly Pan-Caribbean in scope, Caribbean Migrations transforms our understanding of how migration has shaped the Caribbean and how Caribbean migration has shaped the United States. The analysis of Caribbean people on the move, asserting political power across digital platforms and through art, explodes the long-held notion that Caribbean migration is the story of flight from poverty to a better life in the United States and breaks down the boundary between Caribbean and American Studies." -- Leah Rosenberg * co-editor of Beyond Windrush: Rethinking Postwar West Indian Literature *"The starting point of Caribbean Migrations is a series of reflections that help illuminate the fascinating legal fiction that is Puerto Rico's 'unincorporated' status, using the unique experiences of Puerto Rican subjects as a poignant counterpoint and a compelling framework to understand Caribbean migration more generally. Together, the essays in this collection offer a rich blueprint to understand pervasive as well as new forms of colonialism, virtual and real citizenship, affect, and structural violence in a post-disaster world." -- Guillermina De Ferrari * author of Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba *"All in all the book represents a rich contribution to an international literature constantly transforming the way we view and try to understand the links between colonialism, migration and identity, and particularly in the case of the Caribbean and Caribbean diasporas." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The essays emphasize the geo-strategic ambitions of the US in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, especially Puerto Rico. However, the theoretical breadth of the volume sheds new light on migration throughout the Caribbean region, as well as the formation of transnational identities in other parts of the world. This study is a must read for Caribbean studies specialists and postcolonial scholars. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations List of Figures Introduction: Another Archive on Migration by Anke Birkenmaier Chapter 1: A Permanent Periphery: Caribbean Migration Flows and The World Economy by Alejandro Portes Part 1: Unincorporated Subjects (Puerto Rico, Guam) Chapter 2: The Role of State Actors in Puerto Rico’s Long Century of Migration (1899-2015) by Carlos Vargas-Ramos Chapter 3: ’May God Take Me to Orlando’: The Puerto Rican Exodus to Florida before and after Hurricane Maria by Jorge Duany Chapter 4: Caribbean Mediascapes: Ruins, Debt in Puerto Rico by Jossianna Arroyo Chapter 5: Circumscribed Citizenship: Caribbean American Visibility by Vivian Halloran Chapter 6: From Father to Humanitarian: Charting the Intimacies and Discontinuities of Ricky Martin’s Social Media Presence by Edward Chamberlain Chapter 7: Terripelagoes: Archipelagic Thinking in Culebra (Puerto Rico) and Guam by Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Part 2: Technologies of Representation (Cuba, Jamaica) Chapter 8: The Caribbean in the US Imagination: Travel Writing, Annexation, and Slavery by Daylet Domínguez Chapter 9: Afro-Cubana Feminisms: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Havana by Devyn Spence Benson Chapter 10: Going Back to Cuba: How Enclaves of Memory Stimulate Returns and Repatriations by Iraida H. López Chapter 11: The Floating Generation. Cuban Art in the Post-Soviet Period (1991-2017) by Rafael Rojas Chapter 12: ‘It would make a rat puke’: Diasporic Thinking in Contemporary Jamaican Art Practices by Jane Bryce Part 3: Languages of the Diaspora (Hispaniola, United States) Chapter 13: Kreyòl Sung, Kreyòl Understood: Haitian Songwriter BIC (Roosevelt Saillant) Reflects on Language and Poeticsby Rebecca Dirksen and Kendy Vérilus Chapter 14: Migration and Its Discontents: The Dominican Films of Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas by Anke Birkenmaier Chapter 15: Transnational Hispaniola: The First Decade in Support of a New Paradigm for Haitian and Dominican Studies by Kiran C. Jayaram and April J. Mayes Chapter 16: New Points of the Rhizome: Rethinking Caribbean Relation in U.S. Latino Poetry by Emily A. Maguire Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism
Book Synopsis2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title With mass migration changing the configuration of societies worldwide, we can look to the Caribbean to reflect on the long-standing, entangled relations between countries and areas as uneven in size and influence as the United States, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. More so than other world regions, the Caribbean has been characterized as an always already colonial region. It has long been a key area for empires warring over influence spheres in the new world, and where migration waves from Africa, Europe, and Asia accompanied every political transformation over the last five centuries. In Caribbean Migrations, an interdisciplinary group of humanities and social science scholars study migration from a long-term perspective, analyzing the Caribbean's "unincorporated subjects" from a legal, historical, and cultural standpoint, and exploring how despite often fractured public spheres, Caribbean intellectuals, artists, filmmakers, and writers have been resourceful at showcasing migration as the hallmark of our modern age.Trade Review"Profoundly interdisciplinary and nearly Pan-Caribbean in scope, Caribbean Migrations transforms our understanding of how migration has shaped the Caribbean and how Caribbean migration has shaped the United States. The analysis of Caribbean people on the move, asserting political power across digital platforms and through art, explodes the long-held notion that Caribbean migration is the story of flight from poverty to a better life in the United States and breaks down the boundary between Caribbean and American Studies." -- Leah Rosenberg * co-editor of Beyond Windrush: Rethinking Postwar West Indian Literature *"The starting point of Caribbean Migrations is a series of reflections that help illuminate the fascinating legal fiction that is Puerto Rico's 'unincorporated' status, using the unique experiences of Puerto Rican subjects as a poignant counterpoint and a compelling framework to understand Caribbean migration more generally. Together, the essays in this collection offer a rich blueprint to understand pervasive as well as new forms of colonialism, virtual and real citizenship, affect, and structural violence in a post-disaster world." -- Guillermina De Ferrari * author of Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba *"All in all the book represents a rich contribution to an international literature constantly transforming the way we view and try to understand the links between colonialism, migration and identity, and particularly in the case of the Caribbean and Caribbean diasporas." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The essays emphasize the geo-strategic ambitions of the US in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, especially Puerto Rico. However, the theoretical breadth of the volume sheds new light on migration throughout the Caribbean region, as well as the formation of transnational identities in other parts of the world. This study is a must read for Caribbean studies specialists and postcolonial scholars. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Profoundly interdisciplinary and nearly Pan-Caribbean in scope, Caribbean Migrations transforms our understanding of how migration has shaped the Caribbean and how Caribbean migration has shaped the United States. The analysis of Caribbean people on the move, asserting political power across digital platforms and through art, explodes the long-held notion that Caribbean migration is the story of flight from poverty to a better life in the United States and breaks down the boundary between Caribbean and American Studies." -- Leah Rosenberg * co-editor of Beyond Windrush: Rethinking Postwar West Indian Literature *"The starting point of Caribbean Migrations is a series of reflections that help illuminate the fascinating legal fiction that is Puerto Rico's 'unincorporated' status, using the unique experiences of Puerto Rican subjects as a poignant counterpoint and a compelling framework to understand Caribbean migration more generally. Together, the essays in this collection offer a rich blueprint to understand pervasive as well as new forms of colonialism, virtual and real citizenship, affect, and structural violence in a post-disaster world." -- Guillermina De Ferrari * author of Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba *"All in all the book represents a rich contribution to an international literature constantly transforming the way we view and try to understand the links between colonialism, migration and identity, and particularly in the case of the Caribbean and Caribbean diasporas." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"The essays emphasize the geo-strategic ambitions of the US in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, especially Puerto Rico. However, the theoretical breadth of the volume sheds new light on migration throughout the Caribbean region, as well as the formation of transnational identities in other parts of the world. This study is a must read for Caribbean studies specialists and postcolonial scholars. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations List of Figures Introduction: Another Archive on Migration by Anke Birkenmaier Chapter 1: A Permanent Periphery: Caribbean Migration Flows and The World Economy by Alejandro Portes Part 1: Unincorporated Subjects (Puerto Rico, Guam) Chapter 2: The Role of State Actors in Puerto Rico’s Long Century of Migration (1899-2015) by Carlos Vargas-Ramos Chapter 3: ’May God Take Me to Orlando’: The Puerto Rican Exodus to Florida before and after Hurricane Maria by Jorge Duany Chapter 4: Caribbean Mediascapes: Ruins, Debt in Puerto Rico by Jossianna Arroyo Chapter 5: Circumscribed Citizenship: Caribbean American Visibility by Vivian Halloran Chapter 6: From Father to Humanitarian: Charting the Intimacies and Discontinuities of Ricky Martin’s Social Media Presence by Edward Chamberlain Chapter 7: Terripelagoes: Archipelagic Thinking in Culebra (Puerto Rico) and Guam by Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Part 2: Technologies of Representation (Cuba, Jamaica) Chapter 8: The Caribbean in the US Imagination: Travel Writing, Annexation, and Slavery by Daylet Domínguez Chapter 9: Afro-Cubana Feminisms: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Havana by Devyn Spence Benson Chapter 10: Going Back to Cuba: How Enclaves of Memory Stimulate Returns and Repatriations by Iraida H. López Chapter 11: The Floating Generation. Cuban Art in the Post-Soviet Period (1991-2017) by Rafael Rojas Chapter 12: ‘It would make a rat puke’: Diasporic Thinking in Contemporary Jamaican Art Practices by Jane Bryce Part 3: Languages of the Diaspora (Hispaniola, United States) Chapter 13: Kreyòl Sung, Kreyòl Understood: Haitian Songwriter BIC (Roosevelt Saillant) Reflects on Language and Poeticsby Rebecca Dirksen and Kendy Vérilus Chapter 14: Migration and Its Discontents: The Dominican Films of Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas by Anke Birkenmaier Chapter 15: Transnational Hispaniola: The First Decade in Support of a New Paradigm for Haitian and Dominican Studies by Kiran C. Jayaram and April J. Mayes Chapter 16: New Points of the Rhizome: Rethinking Caribbean Relation in U.S. Latino Poetry by Emily A. Maguire Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean
Book SynopsisThe Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories is an essay collection made up of two sections; in the first, a group of anglophone and francophone scholars examines the roots, effects and implications of the major social upheaval that shook Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Réunion in February and March of 2009. They clearly demonstrate the critical role played by community activism, art and media to combat politico-economic policies that generate (un)employment, labor exploitation, and unattended health risks, all made secondary to the supremacy of profit. In the second section, additional scholars provide in-depth analyses of the ways in which an insistence on capital accumulation and centralization instantiated broad hierarchies of market-driven profit, capital accumulation, and economic exploitation upon a range of populations and territories in the wider non-sovereign and nominally sovereign Caribbean from Haiti to the Dutch Antilles to Puerto Rico, reinforcing the racialized patterns of socioeconomic exclusion and privatization long imposed by France on its former colonial territories. Trade Review"This timely collection of essays persuasively suggests that there is a universal crisis of governance and rule that extends across the entire Caribbean. The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories offers a close reading of the popular demands coming from the streets alongside new, insurgent themes expressed through popular culture, all turning against the neo-liberal hegemony of the present and recent past."— Brian Meeks, author of Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory "This splendid collection makes a major contribution to both the study of neocolonialism in the Caribbean and the conundrums faced by the non-sovereign territories of the region. It is certain to be one of the foremost books on Caribbean neoliberalism for some time to come."— Aaron Kamugisha, co-editor of Caribbean popular Culture: Power, Politics and PerformanceTable of ContentsIntroduction—Non-Sovereignty and the Neoliberal Challenge: Contesting Economic Exploitation in the Eastern Caribbean – H. Adlai Murdoch Part I 1. Bridging the divide to face the Plantationocene: The chlordecone contamination and the 2009 social events in Martinique and Guadeloupe – Malcom Ferdinand 2. From the film Nèg maron (2005) to the Manifeste pour les ‘produits’ de haute nécessité (2009): Youth Dispossession, General Strikes and Alternative Economies in the French Caribbean – Louise Hardwick 3. Artists Against Exploitation: The L’Herminier Museum Squat as a Demonstration Against “La Vie Chère” – Alix Pierre 4. Martinique or the Greatness and Weakness of Spontaneity: A View of February 2009 – Hanétha Vété-Congolo 5. Neoliberalism and Caribbean Economies: Martinique, Guadeloupe and the Exploitative Strategies of Metropolitan Capital – H. Adlai Murdoch and Paget Henry Part II 6. Criminalization, Punitive Neoliberalism and the Puerto Rican Independence Movement – Jacqueline Lazú 7. Developing Disasters: Industrialization, Austerity, and Violence in Haiti since 1915 – Vincent Joos 8. A ‘New’ Antillean DOM Arts Scene, or the pragmatic aesthetics of patience: Artincidence, Annabel Guérédrat, Daniel Goudrouffe, and Henri Tauliaut – Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken 9. Buskando nos mes: Giving Meaning to National Identity in Curaçao – Rose Mary Allen 10. The Parallels and Paradoxes of Postcolonial Sovereignty Games in the Dutch and French Caribbean: The End of the Netherlands Antilles and Construction of New Dutch Caribbean Political Entities and Relations – Michael Sharpe Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Strategies for Urban Network Learning:
Book SynopsisThis book presents international experiences in urban network learning. It is vital for cities to learn as it is necessary to constantly adapt and improve public performance and address complex challenges in a constantly changing environment. It is therefore highly relevant to gain more insight into how cities can learn. Cities address problems and challenges in networks of co-operation between existing and new actors, such as state actors, market players and civil society. This book presents various learning environments and methods for urban network learning, and aims to learn from experiences across the globe. How does learning take place in these urban networks? What factors and situations help or hinder these learning practices? Can we move from intuition to a strategy to improve urban network learning?Table of Contents1. Introduction: Studying Strategies for Urban Network LearningLeon van den Dool and Linze SchaapPART I. THEORIES AND REFLECTIONS2. Learning processes in an urban governance context: a theoretical explorationLeon van den Dool and Linze Schaap3. From “Best Practice” to “Relevant Practice” in International City-to-City LearningRobin HambletonPART II. APPROACHES TO URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING4. City-Region Governance Labs: Governance Learning by Strategic Policymakers from European City RegionsLinze Schaap, Niels Karsten, Carlo Colombo, Maaike Damen5. Networking and Learning in Urban Living Labs: the Case of the Housing Innovation Lab in BostonGiorgia Nesti6. Understanding Gentrification: Learning through Field Visits to Amsterdam, Yogyakarta, and Rotterdam Remco Vermeulen7. Learning Through Collaboration: the Case of City Deals in The NetherlandsMarloes Dignum, David Hamers, David Evers 8. Two Reflexive Methods for Evaluating Public Policy Practice in Urban Network Contexts: Learning History and Learning EvaluationMichael DuijnPART III. TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING9. Learning in Complex Urban Networks: Can Group Mentoring Help?Leon van den Dool10. City Visitations as Instruments of Urban Network Learning: the Case of the 2011 Flemish City Visitations Herwig Reynaert, Arno Korsten, Tom Verhelst11. Crowd-Sourced Planning, Crowd-Monitoring, and Organisational LearningNorbert Kersting12. Can Peer-to-Peer Learning Support Energy Transition in Cities and Regions?Elena Marie Ensenado and Jen Heemann 13. Lessons about Learning from Serious Games: the Learning Potential of Co-creation and Gameplay in Participatory Urban Planning Processes Cristina Ampatzidou14. Urban Gaming: Learning about the Energy Transition at the Local Level with Go2ZeroGeertje Bekebrede15. Urban Network Learning: ConclusionsLeon van den Dool and Linze Schaap
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Eurosceptic Contagion: The Influence of
Book SynopsisIn light of the growing support for populist political actors, this book examines political party behavior and political positions towards the integration process in the European Union. It explores the correlation between eurosceptic success and mainstream party behavior.Presenting both an indepth empirical investigation of electoral campaigns and the politics of party leaders, as well as applying various theoretical models, the author analyses different eurosceptical trends and circumstances and dynamics of eurosceptic contagion. In particular, he addresses the following questions: Do Europe's mainstream parties maintain their standard discourse and policy positions unaltered, or are they forced to qualify their typical pro-integration stances when eurosceptic challengers are successful at the ballot box? Are some parties or party systems more susceptible to eurosceptic “contagion” than others? These are just some of the timely questions that are examined by the author.The book argues that political parties at the ideological center of their party systems use the electoral success of eurosceptic parties as indications of changes in the public’s political preferences. In order to avoid losing voters to these parties, moderate parties will qualify their positions on the issue of EU integration. The author explores these dynamics and discusses their implications for the future of European integration. Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Theoretical and Analytical FrameworkChapter 3: The evolution and Trends of Eurosceptic SuccessChapter 4: Do Eurosceptic Parties influence their Party Systems?Chapter 5: The Circumstances and Dynamics of Eurosceptic ContagionChapter 6: Explaining Contagion - Tactical, Ideological, or Geographical Impulses?Chapter 7: Eurosceptic Contagion and European ElectionsChapter 8: Conclusion and Discussion
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