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Taylor & Francis Contesting Inequalities Identities and Rights in Ethiopia
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Taylor & Francis Structural Change in Africa
Book SynopsisDebates on African development continue to downplay the achievement of the continent: economic achievements are diminished and the perception of a conflict prone continent continues. Many of the policy prescriptions externally imposed on African countries have done little to transform the continent largely because they have been conceived and applied without context.Using literature from diverse origins, this book expands our knowledge about Africa and makes practical suggestions as to how successful development in a complex, yet dynamic continent can be achieved. Widening the policy dialogue and providing alternative thinking on the key elements and full extent of opportunities and challenges towards achieving the socio-economic transformation of Africa, the book moves the debate from the rhetoric to reality. As a considered reflection on the âAfricaâs transformationâ narrative, it outlines the practical pathways necessary for Africaâs sustainable develoTrade Review"This is the book so many of us have waited for and will welcome as an informed and rigorously empirical contribution to the challenges of our times – loss of biodiversity, fragile and fading social cohesion and the emergence of new forms of authoritarianism. It’s narrative of possibility, based on empirical evidence and informed by pluralist scholarship, constitutes a new departure in the economics of development. It is a work that is invaluable, not only to the continent of the young and the future that is Africa, but for all scholars and policy-makers concerned at the insufficiency of current economic models in delivering a sustainable global world. We are indebted to Lopes and Kararach." - Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland "Capturing the diversity and richness of African narratives about development - past, present and future - remains a complex challenge. In their endeavour to bring context and perspective to Africa’s contemporary discourse about the future, Lopes and Kararach offer an eclectic yet compelling review of ‘narratives about Africa’ to demonstrate that perceptions often are not reality when it comes to reporting, research or rhetoric about Africa. Geography, demography and economy take centre stage in their search for greater African agency in articulating choices and pathways that will shape Africa’s future development and transformation. A rich and thought-provoking book that conveys opportunity and excitement about Africa’s diverse and fast changing prospects." - Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme"This timely book presents one of the critical issues of development economics in the twenty-first century, namely Africa’s structural change. It combines both theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence to examine the challenges and misconceptions surrounding Africa’s structural transformation, and the central importance of industrialization. It will undoubtedly generate optimism about Africa. A must read to policymakers, researchers, and students!" - Arkebe Oqubay, Ethiopian Minister and author of "Made in Africa" (OUP, 2015)"Western based depictions of Africa massively underestimated its size and just about everything else about the continent. New tropes, such as ‘Africa Rising’ are equally misleading. The continent urgently needs a new narrative to support a transformative agenda underpinned by African agency. This is exactly what Lopes and Kararach provide in their superb new book which is essential reading for everyone with any interest in the future of Africa." - Kevin Marsh, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Director of Oxford Africa Initiative, Oxford University"This book is different! So, a must read. It presents a rich and refreshing perspective on Africa’s need for structural transformation with analysis based on diverse intellectual and philosophical approaches. Ultimately, it is Africans who must act to change mindsets by building a continent whose reality awakens and inspires." - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian Senior Minister, former World Bank Managing Director and Chair of GAVI and Africa Risk Capacity"This will be the first book I place in the hands of the emerging African leaders who study at the Mandela School. Not ignoring political economy challenges, Lopes and Kararach have written an articulate and persuasive exhortation to African agency in development, also describing the immense imminent potential of African economic development. It is comprehensively researched and eloquently copy edited." - Alan Hirsch, Professor and Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town"A forward-looking assessment of Africa’s prospects and the pathways for achieving structural transformation and inclusive growth. This is a must read for policymakers and students of African economies." - Fantu Cheru, Emeritus Professor, American University, Washington, DC"This book debunks the dominant analysis of Africa economic and social condition, examine methodically the politics, policy prescriptions and knowledge production that have reworked and accounted for the gains (often neglected) and regressions (always highlighted) of the continent's development trajectory. It paints a rich and multifaceted future of an awakening continent. An essential reading for everyone interested in the future of Africa." -Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and History, Columbia University"This is a thought proving and timely book on the prospects of and barriers to Africa's economic transformation. Its arguments challenge a number of liberal ideas about the best paths to economic prosperity making it all the more interesting." - Jonathan Rosenthal, Africa Editor, The EconomistTable of ContentsOverview Chapter 1: Defining structural transformation Chapter 2: Seeking transformation? Africa is not alone Chapter 3: Transformation through industrialization Chapter 4: Understanding other key enablers of Africa's structural transformation Chapter 5: Innovative development financing sources Chapter 6: Selected experiences: drilling into the country dimension Chapter 7: African circumstances and efforts into the future
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Taylor & Francis Voices of Sharpeville
Book SynopsisThis is the first in-depth study of Sharpeville, the South African township that was the site of the infamous police massacre of March 21, 1960, the event that prompted the United Nations to declare apartheid a crime against humanity.Voices of Sharpeville brings to life the destruction of Sharpeville's predecessor, Top Location, and the careful planning of its isolated and carceral design by apartheid architects. A unique set of eyewitness testimonies from Sharpeville's inhabitants reveals how they coped with apartheid and why they rose up to protest this system, narrating this massacre for the first time in the words of the participants themselves. Previously understood only through the iconic photos of fleeing protestors and dead bodies, the timeline is reconstructed using an extensive archive of new documentary and oral sources including unused police records, personal interviews with survivors and their families, and maps and family photos. By identifying nearly alTrade Review"Based on thorough and discerning scholarship, the book provides new evidence on the ‘neglected’ and ‘hidden’ history of Sharpeville. The authors are commended for this insightful narrative to dispel the one-sided and widely disseminated account of the Sharpeville Massacre by those who supported apartheid."Chitja Twala, University of Limpopo, South Africa"This compelling and thought-provoking book promotes the idea that the ‘truth’ in History as a discipline is itself based on shifting sand. Nancy Clark and William Worger prove that, if proof is needed, the production of history is a process of constant negotiation between evidence and interpretation where many questions are capable of a wide variety of answers."Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, The University of South Africa"Sixty-three years after the apartheid killings at Sharpeville, the voices of the victims are heard, thanks to imaginative and dogged research by Nancy Clark and William Worger. And, startlingly, they report that the police count of 69 dead and 186 wounded – which has been accepted and endlessly repeated over the years – has always been a lie. This is a revelatory book."Benjamin Pogrund, former deputy-editor of The Rand Daily Mail, South Africa"Working intensively with Sharpeville’s community, Clark and Worger aim here to right the wrongs of a past that has left many of the dead unrecognised and the injured disregarded. They reconstruct a history of Sharpeville as a place, as a community, and as a memory and an icon. After more than fifty years, Sharpeville remains the place where the anti-apartheid struggle went global: and with this lucid and compelling book, we at last know why."David M Anderson, University of Warwick, UKTable of Contents1. Contested Land: The Importance of Place 2. A Company Town 3. From Location to Township: Building Sharpeville 4. Life in Sharpeville 5. 21 March 1960 6. The Massacre 7. A Family Tragedy 8. Sharpeville and the World 9. Coda: The Role of Memory. Documents
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State
Book SynopsisThis book challenges assumptions that poor post-colonial economic performance is always a direct product of colonialism by reconsidering the Belgian Congo (19081959) as a developmental state.The book demonstrates that despite the colonial system's economic exploitation and extraction, brutality, excessive taxation, and inequities, the Belgian Congo achieved successes in developing the economy in a short period of time. The Belgian Congo was able to achieve this by investing its higher rates of fiscal revenue in political stability, physical infrastructure, education, and healthcare. By reconsidering the Belgian colonial state as a developmental state, this book encourages scholars to adopt a more nuanced analysis of African history. Considering state capacity and state autonomy as key features of a developmental state, the book demonstrates that colonial state managers in the Belgian Congo were able to supply these public goods that sustained economic growth for decades. WhilTable of Contents1. An overview of the argument, 2. The Leopoldian State and economy of plunder, 3. Political order and rule of law in the Belgian Congo, 4. Belgian Congo and basic infrastructure for economic development, 5. Property rights and economic development, 6. Revenue imperative, state building, and economic development, 7. From Mobutu to Mobutu and hubris syndrome, 8. From an anarchic to a criminal state, 9. The Belgian Congo state in comparative perspective, Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion Public Health and Human Security in
Book SynopsisThis book critically examines the intersection of religion, public health and human security in Nigeria. Focusing on Christianity, Islam, traditional religions and intra-religious doctrinal divergencies, the book explores the impact faith has on health-related decisions and how this affects security in Nigeria. The book assesses the connection between religion and five contemporary major health and medical issues in the country. This includes the issue of epidemics and pandemics such as the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccines, contraception, blood transfusion and the controversies associated with miracle healing. In particular, this book explores situations where individuals have the power of choice but instead embraces faith and religious positions that contradict science in the management of their health and, in the process, expose themselves and others to personal health insecurity. It investigates aspects of human security including the wider international ramifications of health issuesTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction:Passion, Concerns and Tension: Overview of God, Public Health, and Security in Nigeria. Chapter 1:Religion, Human Security and Health in Nigeria: Complex Dimensions of Linkage. Chapter 2:Religion, Human Security and Epidemics in Nigeria. Chapter 3:Religion, Human Security, and the Politics of Vaccines in Nigeria. Chapter 4:Religion, Human Security and Contraception in Nigeria. Chapter 5:Blood Transfusion, Religion and Human Security in Nigeria. Chapter 6:Human Security and “Miracle Healing” in Nigeria. Chapter 7:Governance in the Politics of Religion, Public Health, and Human Security in Nigeria. Conclusion: “It is Well” … Even when it is not so well. Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Party Politics in Turkey
Book SynopsisAlthough the literature on party politics has significantly advanced both methodologically and theoretically in recent years, the study of political parties in Turkey has been noticeably disconnected and lacking from such conversations.This book evaluates well-established theories and trends in existing party politics literature and relates them to the case of Turkey. It explores fundamental questions such as: Who controls party organizations and how does the locus of control change over time? What kinds of power struggles are observed inside a party and between whom? What do the present and past records of party membership imply for party organizations? What role do grassroots activists play in local and national politics? How do the ideological orientations of party members differ from party leaders and other voters? What types of social cleavages shape political parties and how do they change over time? What constitutes the relationship between the state and parties today?Table of ContentsIntroduction, Pelin Ayan Musil & Özhan Demirkol 1. The Study of Party Politics in Turkey, Sabri Sayari Part I: Professionalization of Political Parties 2. Party Membership and Political Participation in Turkey, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun, Tanju Tosun and Yusuf Can Gökmen 3. Changing Media, Party Campaign Strategies, and the Politics of Turkish Elections in Comparative Perspective, F. Michael Wuthrich 4. Financing Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns in Turkey, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya 5. Assessing the Level of Party Cartelization in Contemporary Turkey, Pelin Ayan Musil Part II: Intra-Party Politics and Political Competition 6. Factional Conflicts and Party Splits in Turkey, Özhan Demirkol 7. Municipal Control as Incumbency Advantage: An Analysis of the AKP Era, Özge Kemahlıoğlu and Elif Özdemir 8. Social Profiles of Local Party Elites in Turkey, Gülnur Kocapınar 9. Theories of Coalition Government Formation and Party Politics in Turkey, Arda C. Kumbaracıbaşı 10. Social Conflicts and Politicized Cleavages in Turkey, Hasret Dikici Bilgin 11. Political Perceptions of Party Voters and Members in Turkey, Yüksel Alper Ecevit and Ödül Celep 12. Party System Institutionalization and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Negotiating Trade in Uncertain Worlds
Book SynopsisThis book shows how a constructivist account of bargaining sheds new light on the emergence of impasse situations in international trade negotiations. It uncovers the subtle ways in which misperceptions and the problems of overcoming them complicate negotiations. It brings to the forefront misperceptions and sticky beliefs that complicate trade talks between the Global South and the Global North.Empirically, the book examines the recent negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union (EU) and West Africa (20022014). In doing so, it enriches the study of negotiations of development-oriented trade agreements in the context of a major North-South partnership. By exploring a constructivist perspective on game theory, the author uncovers how the repeated impasse situations followed from the different games both sides expected to be playing. The author shows that such misperceptions endured because they reflected deep-seated normative disagreements not Trade Review"Scholars have long asked about the games nations play. Clara Weinhardt takes us a step further by dissecting with profound analytical flair a decade of fraught negotiations between Europe and West Africa over their new economic relations. Beyond diverging interests, she shows how impasse can be rooted in radically diverging expectations over which game the parties are playing in the first place. If only such disjunctures could be acknowledged and overcome, we would live in a much more cooperative world. This book will be of critical interest to anyone interested in game theory and international affairs, the political economy of trade or EU external relations and Africa." – Kalypso Nicolaïdis, University of Oxford, UK"States sometimes fail to cooperate, even when cooperation is in their interests. This impressive book combines elements of economic and sociological thought to show how states inability to understand one another leads to breakdowns in trade negotiations. Scholars and practitioners interested in global cooperation, difference in international politics, or the future of trade need to address Weinhardt’s important book." – Eric Grynaviski, George Washington University, USA"Clara Weinhardt’s book breaks new ground by deploying constructivist theory to clarify how uncertainty about the rules of the game between the EU and ACP countries led to misperceptions about the interests and expectations of the negotiating partners. The unique contribution of the book lies in the creatively way in which the author convincingly demonstrated how these misperceptions led to miscalculation of possible equilibrium outcomes as well as the ongoing impasse in the negotiations. This book will be a valuable resource to academics working on North-South trade relations, policy makers and trade negotiators on both sides of the Atlantic." – Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1.Negotiating in uncertain worlds: on the different games states play. 2.The impasse in EPA negotiations. 3.Misperceiving the rules of the game: EPA negotiations 2002-2007. 4.Contesting the rules of the game: EPA negotiations 2008-2012. 5.Conclusion.
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa.Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military, and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of contemporary strategic concerns. The handbook investigates how political, economic, and security innovations have been implemented, sometimes with violence, by use of force or by negotiation including ethnic federalism' in Ethiopia, independence in Eritrea and South Sudan, integration of the traditional authorities in the (neo)patrimonial administrations, Somalian Islamic CourTable of Contents1. General Introduction Part 1: Liberation Movements, Separatism, and States Formations 2. Understanding the Oromo Movements 3. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the Dilemma of Liberation 4. Eritrea: Self-Reliance, Militarization, and Diaspora 5. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army 6. South Sudan after Secession 7. Sudan’s Challenge in Remaining a Cohesive Nation and State 8. Somalia: In Search of National Unity 9. The Somali National Movement: Engineering Self-Determination of Somaliland 10. Somaliland’s Struggle for Recognition since 1991 Part 2: Armed People, Conflicts and International Interventions 11. African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) 12. The Military Equation in the Horn of Africa 13. The Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula 14. Turkey’s Soft Power Experiments and Dilemmas in Somalia 15. Ugandan Interference in South Sudan 16. South Sudan: War, Peace Processes and Regional Economic Integration 17. Military Livelihoods and the Political Economy in South Sudan 18. Embedded Uniforms in Sudan 19. The Ethiopian National Defense Forces since 1991 20. Recruitment Strategies for Al-Shabaab in Kenya 21. ‘What is Happening Now is not Raiding, it’s War’: The Growing Politicisation and Militarisation of Cattle-Raiding among the Western Nuer and Murle During South Sudan’s Civil Wars 22. The War in Tigray (2020-2021) Part 3: Authoritarianism, Innovative Regimes, and Forms of Resistances 23. Ruling over Diversity: Federalism and Devolution in Ethiopia and Kenya 24. State Power and Citizen Agency: Reframing the Power Narrative in State-Society Relations in Ethiopia 25. Being a de facto State is not Enough: Somaliland’s Innovative Regime 26. The Politics of State-Building: Regime Restructuring in Mogadishu 27. The Looming Spectre: A History of the ‘State of Emergency’ in Ethiopia, 1970s-2021 28. Thirty Years of Autocratic Rule: Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki Between Innovation and Destruction 29. Authoritarian Adaptation and Innovative Contestation in Sudan, 2009-2019 30. Hegemonic Elections: Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti 31. Serving the Regime: The State Police and Kenya’s Electoral Authoritarianism 32. Women, Clan and Politics in Somalia 33. Sudan: the December 2018 Revolution and its Aftermath 34. The Sudanese ‘Transition’ Seen From its Peripheries, 2018-2020 Part 4: Religion and Religious Movements: Strategies and Adaptation to New Landscape 35. Political Islam in Somalia 36. Islam, Politics, and Violence on the Kenya Coast 37. The ‘Islamic movement’ in Sudan 38. Islamic Law, Legal Hybridity and Legal Practices in Sudan 39. ‘For God and my Country’: Religious Lobby Groups in Uganda and their Role in Policy Making 40. The Civil Rights Movement of Ethiopian Muslims in 2012 41. The strains of ‘Pente’ Politics: Evangelicals and the Post-Orthodox State in Ethiopia 42. Architectural Innovation of Ethiopian Orthodox Church 43. Singing in Praise of Jesus in an ‘Islamic State’ Part 5. People’s Movements: Migration 44. Producing Migrants as Entrepreneurs in Sudan 45. Domestic Labour and Immigration into the Republic of Djibouti by Young Ethiopians and Somalis 46. Migration within the Horn of Africa 47. Migration, Asylum and International Interventions 48. Girls on the Move: Changing Dynamics of Migration in the Horn of Africa 49. Migration is a Personal Journey: Stories of Ethiopian and Eritrean Migrants as they Forge Their Individual and Collective Journeys and Existence in and out of the Region 50. Multi-Directional Movement and the Management of Mobility Between Ethiopian and Eritrean (1993-2020) 51. Sedentarization of Cross-Border Tribes and Mixed Migration Movements 52. Ethiopian Diaspora and Its Impact on Politics in Ethiopia 53. Qof Ma Dhiban: Somali Orality and the Delineation of Power Part 6. Connecting the Horn: Infrastructures, Investments and Networks 54. Geopolitical Challenges for the Development of Hydroelectricity in the Nile Basin 55. Water, Land and Arab Investments in Irrigation Projects 56. Demystifying the National Interest: The Case of Building Dams and Dismantling the Sudanese State 57. China and the African Union 58. China’s Information Infrastructures in the Horn 59. Oil and Gas in East Africa 60. Inconspicuous Economic Integration by Small Transnational Entrepreneurs in Uganda and South-Sudan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The American Anomaly
Book SynopsisThe American Anomaly systematically analyzes the U.S. political system by way of comparison with other countries, especially other industrialized democracies. It is organized into four sections, respectively covering the constitutional order, governmental institutions, political participation, and public policy. Extended case studies and examples in each chapter draw on all the major regions of the world.Thoroughly revised throughout, the fourth edition includes: Updates to reflect events including the anomalous presidential election of 2016, the start of the unconventional presidency of Donald Trump, and shifting partisan dynamics within Congress. Coverage of recent political developments such as the Black Lives Matter and Antifa left-wing groups, the rise of the Alt-Right and resurgent nationalism, and youth-led movements for immigration reform and gun violence prevention. A newly developed chapter offTable of ContentsPart 1: The Constitutional Order 1. The American Nation, State, and Regime Case Study: The Nation, State, and Regime in Poland 2. The U.S. Constitution Case Study: The Post-Apartheid Constitution of South Africa 3. Federalism Case Study: The Unitary State in Japan Case Study: German Federalism 4. Separation of Powers Case Study: The Westminster Parliamentary Model A Hypothetical Case Study: Parliamentary Checks and Balances Part 2: The Institutions of Government 5. The Executive Branch: The Presidency and the Bureaucracy Case Study: Variations in Executive Power in Southeast Asia 6. The Legislative Branch: The Two Houses of Congress Case Study: Legislative Variation in the Former British Dominions 7. The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Federal Courts Case Study: The Judiciary in France Part 3: Political Participation 8. Unconventional Political Participation: Activism, Social Movements, and Interest Groups Case Study: The Zapatista Movement in Mexico 9. Voting and Elections Case Study: Voting and Elections in Israel 10. Political Parties A Hypothetical Case Study: Electoral Systems and the Number of Parties 11. Public Opinion and Mass Media Case Study: Public Opinion and Mass Media in Post-Communist Russia Part 4: Public Policy and Policymaking 12. Domestic Policy: Socioeconomic Regulation, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights Case Study: Social Welfare Policy in Denmark 13. Foreign Policy: The United States in the World Case Study: The Foreign Policy of China Conclusion: The American Anomaly on Balance For Further Study: A Brief Bibliographic Essay on "American Exceptionalism"
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Taylor & Francis Ltd South Africa's Struggle to Remember: Contested
Book SynopsisTransitional justice studies typically focuses on how nations remember, face and deal with histories of past violence. This book, however, shifts the frame from national discourses of transitional justice onto local memory actors who attempt to engage with these broader systems of meaning from below. The case study is based on the memory struggles of individuals and groups who are attempting to gain access to the discourses and benefits associated with dominant memory identities of ‘victim’ and ‘veteran’ in the context of post-transition South Africa. They share a common history of squatter resistance in the Western Cape in the 1980s and a common struggle for inclusion in dominant memory frameworks. The main theme of this book is the politics of memory, as it relates to the conversation between national and local memory. Integrated within this theme is the further theme of alternative histories and counter-memories of struggle from below. In focusing on counter memories of violence and transition this book aims to tell a different version of South African liberation history in relation to the dominant narrative. It analyses local memory actors' attempts to bring their lived histories into conversation with national discourses of reconciliation and the national liberation struggle. In doing so it unpacks a memory paradox occurring within these narratives, which highlights the politics of inclusion and exclusion within the frames of transitional justice knowledge. On the one hand this alternate story exposes the paradox between local and national memory while on the other hand it brings into focus the local experience of the intersection between international transitional justice discourses and national transition politics. This book will be of local and international interest to scholars and students in the field of transitional justice, memory politics, national liberation struggle and South African historiography. It will also be of interest to a broader South Africa public, as it offers a deeper understanding of South Africa’s history, which challenges taken for granted transitional justice frames of knowledge. Trade Review"This study ...uti-lises a unique and often stirring collection of voices expressing suffering, confusion and indignation in relation to the past and present to put forward insightful argu-ments about power in transitional societies."Danielle Van Zyl-Hermann, University of the Free State, African Affairs, April 2017, Vol 4116, Issue 463Table of Contents1. Histories of struggle and violence 2. Transitional justice memory frames 3. Unfolding a memory paradox 4. Narratives of struggle and violence 5. Narratives of transition: Disillusionment and dependency 6. Reclaiming people's power in local memory 7. Hegemony and agency in memory narratives
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Cambridge University Press Boundary Control
Book SynopsisThe democratization of the national government is only the first step in diffusing democracy throughout a country's territory. After a national government is democratized, subnational authoritarian 'enclaves' often continue to deny rights to citizens of local jurisdictions. Gibson explains how subnational authoritarianism is part of normal democratic politics.Trade Review'Gibson's conceptualization of boundary control as a key mechanism that facilitates the maintenance of subnational authoritarianism in the context of national level democracies is a foundational contribution to an important and growing literature. The explanation of dynamics in three very different cases - the 'Solid South' in the United States, Argentina and Mexico - is compelling, and the book is beautifully written. This is a must read for anybody interested in the complexities of democratization.' Evelyne Huber, Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'This is an imaginative and path-breaking book. The conceptual and theoretical work Gibson accomplishes will help usher in a new scholarly conversation made even more urgent by the uneven nature of democratizations since the 'third wave'. By taking a subnational turn in thinking about regime change, Gibson reveals how the rise of authoritarian rule and its demise are often much more complex and contradictory processes than we had realized. Comparativists - including their less parochial Americanist colleagues - can make great use of what Gibson has achieved.' Robert Mickey, University of Michigan'Professor Gibson's ambitious new book involves a far-reaching reassessment of some core assumptions in comparative politics. It contests the bias toward the 'national-level' unit of analysis, and proposes a more conceptually sophisticated understanding of territorial politics, with its specific logic and consequences. This approach is grounded on an insightful examination of some major instances that are not normally juxtaposed. In particular, Gibson looks at the US political system through a distinctive and illuminating comparative lens. This is a bold contribution likely to provoke a lively debate.' Laurence Whitehead, University of Oxford'By opening up the black box of subnational politics, and problematizing the interaction between national and territorial regimes, Gibson provides an important contribution to the comparative study of democratization. Summing up: highly recommended.' S. P. Duffy, Choice'Gibson concurs in emphasizing the importance of whether a given federal system is 'municipal-empowering' or 'province-empowering,' and identifies 'plural cities' as potential problem sites for provincial authoritarians.' Kent Eaton, Latin American Research ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Territorial politics and subnational democratization: charting the theoretical landscape; 3. Subnational authoritarianism in the United States: boundary control and the 'Solid South'; 4. Boundary control in democratizing Argentina; 5. Boundary control in democratizing Mexico; 6. Boundary control: comparisons and conclusions.
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