Comparative politics Books
Oxford University Press Pathways to Development
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-BC-ND 4.0 International License. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.The puzzle of why some countries are wealthier and more developed than others continues to confound students and practitioners of development alike. Whereas earlier grand explanations focused on issues of ''geography'' or ''institutions'', the second decade of the 21st century finally saw ''politics'' arrive centre-stage within international development. This catalyzed a search to answer the key question: under what conditions do governments become committed to and capable of delivering development? How can these processes be conceptualized and researched? And what (if anything) can be done to ''get the politics right'' for development?Pathways to Development draws on a major comparative research effort to present new answers to the question of how politics shapesTrade ReviewPathways to Development reveals an insightful response to a critical question: Why do some countries make choices that lead to economic and social development while others fall behind time and again? Challenging current responses emphasizing the role of institutions and democratic governance, Hickey, Sen, and their colleagues demonstrate convincingly that the nature of elite coalitions, and the ideas they embrace, condition development outcomes. In this incisive study of how several African countries have chosen to exploit their natural resources, deliver social services, and build state capacity, these scholars explain how the politics of elite bargains contribute to or diminish development potential. * Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, emerita Harvard Kennedy School *What explains differences in performance among states in the developing world? This landmark volume contains the best synthesis yet of what rigorous social science - as opposed to amateur speculation and academic dogma - has to say on this important perennial question. The answer turns out to be complicated but, in Hickey and Sen's lucid treatment, not at all obscure. Action-oriented professionals who have been demanding usable guidance on the subject should not be disappointed. Nor should scholars in mainstream economics and political science fields so long as they engage with its arguments seriously. The book not only challenges some standard assumptions that should have been consigned to the intellectual junk-yard long ago but provides a richly referenced discussion on the basis of an ample evidence-base that will be new to many. * David Booth, Senior Research Fellow, ODI *This book builds a powerful framework to illustrate how underdevelopment is a political problem. Utterly convincingly and fantastically erudite. If, like me, you believe that you can't solve the problem of development without understanding its causes, then read this book. * James A. Robinson, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago *Table of Contents1: Pathways to Development: Introduction 2: Reconceptualizing the politics of development: the power domains approach 3: Political economy puzzles: how do countries grow and how can they avoid the natural resource curse? 4: Rights and recognition puzzles: when do elites commit to protecting vulnerable citizens? 5: Social provisioning puzzles: how can countries move from providing access to providing high-quality social services? 6: The politics of governance and state capacity 7: Conclusions and implications
£35.87
Oxford University Press Legislative Assemblies
Book SynopsisBy whatever name they are known (Parliaments, Legislatures, or Assemblies, to name but three) legislative assemblies in democratic societies face the twin challenges of institutional capacity and accountability to their citizens. In addressing these challenges, assemblies vary in the extent to which they serve the respective interests of three critical sets of actors: their members, party leaders, and voters. In this book, Shane Martin and Kaare W. Strøm identify three ideal types of democratic assemblies - the members'' assembly, the leaders'' assembly, and the voters'' assembly - and analyze national legislative assemblies in the world''s 68 most populous democracies, from Finland to Papua New Guinea, in light of these models. Based on extensive new cross-national data, they trace the implications of the three assembly types for the design, internal organization, resources, and powers of democratic national assemblies, develop indices of each assembly type, and score each of the 68 lTable of Contents1: Understanding Legislative Assemblies 2: Comparing Legislative Assemblies 3: Electing the Legislative Assembly 4: Membership and Congruence 5: Cameral Structure 6: Organization and Leadership 7: Parties in the Legislature 8: Committees 9: Lawmaking 10: The Budgetary Process 11: The Elective Function 12: Executive Oversight 13: Legislative Assembly Types 14: Incumbency and Re-Election 15: Democratic Assemblies and Contemporary Challenges
£35.00
Oxford University Press Europe as Ideological Resource
Book SynopsisHow did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it? Europe as Ideological Resource argues that European integration functioned as an ideological resource for far right parties looking for legitimation because it enabled them to refashion their political message in a more acceptable form, while maintaining the allegiance of their existing supporters. Drawing on the qualitative analysis of over 400 documents produced by the Movimento Sociale Italiano/Alleanza Nazionale in Italy (1978-2009) and the Rassemblement National in France (1978-2019), Lorimer identifies the core concepts and discourses the parties used to talk about Europe, and the legitimation mechanisms associated with them. The book''s narrative is developed through the analysis of four key concepts: the concept of identity, which enabled the parties to transnationalise their message and create a positive association between themselves and Europe; the co
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Oxford University Press The Law and Politics of International Human
Book SynopsisCombining perspectives from law and the social sciences, this book provides an account of the origins and evolution of six regional human rights courts. In each of these cases, judges sought to overcome political forces and legal obstacles that threatened to render the regime stillborn. Alec Stone Sweet and Wayne Sandholtz focus on the struggle to raise standards of rights protection within multi-level transnational systems of justice. A transnational system of justice is comprised of three components: a charter of rights; a court tasked with enforcing the charter; and the right of individuals to petition the court with a claim that their rights have been violated. The book analyzes the law and politics of such systems in diverse areas, including torture, inhuman treatment, non-discrimination, due process and access to justice, free expression, privacy and family, and other freedoms. In some cases, state officials have at times strongly supported enhancing the effectiveness of rights protections. In others, the activities of the courts have generated significant political backlash, leading state officials to act to curb the court''s authority, or to exit the regime altogether. The book describes and evaluates these attempts, the results of which have been mixed, with most court-curbing exercises failing.
£35.00
Oxford University Press The Promise and Perils of Devolution
Book SynopsisThe Promise and Perils of Devolution explores the effects of federalism and regional autonomy in societies with serious divisions and conflicts among ethnic groups.
£113.05
Oxford University Press Fundamentalism A Very Short Introduction Very
Book SynopsisMalise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what does ''fundamentalism'' really mean? Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals in the 1920s, the use of the term ''fundamentalist'' has expanded to include a diverse range of radical conservatives and ideological purists, not all religious. Fundamentalism could now mean both militant Israeli settlers as well as the Islamist radicals who oppose them, it can mean Christians, Hindus, animal liberationists, and even Buddhist nationalists. Ruthven investigates fundamentalism''s historical, social, religious, political, and ideological roots, and tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewStimulating. * Roger Hardy, New Statesman *Review from previous edition 'Ruthven's careful analysis of the phenomena ... provides a much-needed mental map [from] one of today's most perceptive observers and historians of religion.' * Guardian *'...powerful stuff ... this book is perceptive and important.' * Observer *This is a gentle, civilised book, written with some style. I enjoyed reading it. * Sasthi Brata, Spectator 10/04/2004 *The first clear definition of this indispensable yet misused term. * Anoush Ehteshami, University of Durham *... an important contribution to the current political and cultural debates about Islam and the West, religious extremism, and the changing identity of supposedly secular societies. * R. Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame *Table of Contents1. Family Resemblances ; 2. The Scandal of Difference ; 3. The Snares of Literalism ; 4. Controlling Women ; 5. Fundamentalism and Nationalism I ; 6. Fundamentalism and Nationalism II ; 7. Conclusion ; Further reading
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OUP Oxford Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology
Book SynopsisPolitical methodology has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, and many new methods and techniques have been developed. Both the Political Methodology Society and the Qualitative/Multi-Methods Section of the American Political Science Association have engaged in ongoing research and training programs that have advanced quantitative and qualitative methodology. The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology presents and synthesizes these developments.The Handbook provides comprehensive overviews of diverse methodological approaches, with an emphasis on three major themes. First, specific methodological tools should be at the service of improved conceptualization, comprehension of meaning, measurement, and data collection. They should increase analysts'' leverage in reasoning about causal relationships and evaluating them empirically by contributing to powerful research designs. Second, the authors explore the many different ways of addressing these tasks: through case-studies Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This Handbook contains an extraordinary collection of magisterial articles by many of the best methodological minds in political science. Prominent statisticians, econometricians, and sociologists who have taken an interest in our inferential problems are also well represented. The range is broad and substantive, with quantitative, qualitative, formal-theoretic, historical, and mixed methods discussed in relation to all the empirical subfields of the discipline. Every sect will find something to its taste, and those who celebrate the methodological diversity of the profession will have a feast. The articles are written to be accessible, and graduate students will find no better place to begin developing their own methodological judgment. This book is a splendid achievement. * Christopher H. Achen, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences, Princeton University *This extraordinary series offers 'state of the art' assessments that instruct, engage, and provoke. No one who is immersed in the discipline's controversies and possibilities should miss the intellectual stimulation and critical appraisal these works so powerfully provide. * Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University. *This blockbuster set is a must-have for scholars and students alike. Each volume is crafted by a distinguished set of editors who have assembled critical, comprehensive, essays. These volumes will help to shape the discipline for many years to come. * Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University. *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: APPROACHES TO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY; PART III: CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENT; PART IV: CAUSALITY AND EXPLANATION IN SOCIAL RESEARCH; PART V: EXPERIMENTS, QUASI-EXPERIMENTS AND NATURAL EXPERIMENTS; PART VI: QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND CAUSAL INFERENCE: GENERAL METHODS; PART VII: QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND CAUSAL INFERENCE: SPECIAL TOPICS; PART VIII: QUALITATIVE TOOLS FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND CAUSAL INFERENCE; PART IX: ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND MOVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF METHODOLOGY
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State Oxford
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world''s leading scholars offer a comprehensive account of everything one needs to know about the modern welfare state. The Handbook is divided into eight sections. It opens with three chapters that evaluate the philosophical case for (and against) the welfare state. Surveys of the welfare state''s history and of the approaches taken to its study are followed by four extended sections, running to some thirty-five chapters in all, which offer a comprehensive and in-depth survey of our current state of knowledge across the whole range of issues that the welfare state embraces. The first of these sections looks at inputs and actors (including the roles of parties, unions, and employers), the impact of gender and religion, patterns of migration and a changing public opinion, the role of international organisations and the impact of globalization. The next two sections cover policy inputs (in areas such as pensions, health care, disability, care of the elderly, unemployment, and labour market activation) and their outcomes (in terms of inequality and poverty, macroeconomic performance, and retrenchment). The seventh section consists of seven chapters which survey welfare state experience around the globe (and not just within the OECD). Two final chapters consider questions about the global future of the welfare state.The individual chapters of the Handbook are written in an informed but accessible way by leading researchers in their respective fields giving the reader an excellent and truly up-to-date knowledge of the area under discussion. Taken together, they constitute a comprehensive compendium of all that is best in contemporary welfare state research and a unique guide to what is happening now in this most crucial and contested area of social and political development.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This landmark book achieves its aspiration to provide the "most authoritative survey and critique of the welfare state yet published"... it should be part of the foundation collection in any college library. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *This is a landmark book for international scholarship in social policy. It has been compiled by some of the leading international scholars in the field and published, in some style, by Oxford University Press all academics in the field should ensure that university libraries acquire copies of the book. It will prove to be an essential reference for all those studying social policy, as well as many in politics, public administration, sociology and other cognate subjects. More generally, it is attention to detail, co-existing with breadth of vision and reach, which make this such an attractive book. The editors and their contributors are addressing most of the big questions that underpin the history of the welfare state and its future prospects, and they are doing this on an international scale. If you are not passionate about social policy before encountering this Handbook, then surely you will be once you have begun to delve into it. * Journal of Social Policy *Table of ContentsPART I PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATIONS AND CRITIQUES OF THE WELFARE STATE; PART II HISTORY; PART III APPROACHES; PART IV INPUTS AND ACTORS; PART V POLICIES; PART VI POLICY OUTCOMES; PART VII WORLDS OF WELFARE; PART VIII PROSPECTS
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The University of Chicago Press Darfur Allegory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The result of more than a decade of research, Darfur Allegory provides a detailed analysis of the region’s multiple causes of social disruption and violence and the world’s inaccurate comprehension of them. Sudanese anthropologist Abusharaf. . .examines the interwoven ethnographic, historical, economic, and political realities that constitute the lived experiences of the Darfuri. Conducted in the Sudan, among the Sudanese community in Qatar and with emigres in Israel and the US, her fieldwork challenges and redefines accepted theoretical models and explores the alternative explanations of the destructions of Darfuri society through the (often unheard) voices of the Darfuri themselves, using original translations from both Fur and Arabic." * Choice *"An anthropologist’s critique of the pseudoscientific notions of race and ethnicity that have been adopted by the media to explain the Darfur civil war." * The Bookseller *“In this book, Abusharaf’s astute critical faculties are on full display. She uses a distinctive blend of incisive theory, political acuity, and personal narrative to challenge widely held presuppositions about this long-running conflict. Darfur Allegory once more affirms Abusharaf’s standing as one of Africa’s leading diasporic minds.” * Grant Farred, Cornell University *“By including verbatim Fur testimonials and Arabic texts translated and analyzed here for the first time, Darfur Allegory corrects and complicates the international press’s coverage of the conflict. Thanks to Abusharaf’s wisdom and courage in not oversimplifying, we see the complexities in the disputing parties’ positions and gain a surer footing to bring this heart-rending conflict to a peaceful solution.” * Steven C. Caton, Harvard University *“Full of innovative findings, Darfur Allegory is a masterful work for anyone eager to learn crucial lessons about the impact of intersecting levels of violence. Abusharaf successfully lays the foundation for reconsidering Darfur.” * Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPrelude: Unmuting Darfuri Voices Chapter 1: Encountering Darfur and Its Troubles Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge, Historicizing Racial Categories Chapter 3: Some Views from the Sudan Chapter 4. Qatar Notes Chapter 5. “All Dust and Panic”: Sinai Desert-scape Chapter 6. Darfur’s Jam for Justice in America Postscript: Darfur the Rhizome Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£78.85
The University of Chicago Press Darfur Allegory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The result of more than a decade of research, Darfur Allegory provides a detailed analysis of the region’s multiple causes of social disruption and violence and the world’s inaccurate comprehension of them. Sudanese anthropologist Abusharaf. . .examines the interwoven ethnographic, historical, economic, and political realities that constitute the lived experiences of the Darfuri. Conducted in the Sudan, among the Sudanese community in Qatar and with emigres in Israel and the US, her fieldwork challenges and redefines accepted theoretical models and explores the alternative explanations of the destructions of Darfuri society through the (often unheard) voices of the Darfuri themselves, using original translations from both Fur and Arabic." * Choice *"An anthropologist’s critique of the pseudoscientific notions of race and ethnicity that have been adopted by the media to explain the Darfur civil war." * The Bookseller *“In this book, Abusharaf’s astute critical faculties are on full display. She uses a distinctive blend of incisive theory, political acuity, and personal narrative to challenge widely held presuppositions about this long-running conflict. Darfur Allegory once more affirms Abusharaf’s standing as one of Africa’s leading diasporic minds.” * Grant Farred, Cornell University *“By including verbatim Fur testimonials and Arabic texts translated and analyzed here for the first time, Darfur Allegory corrects and complicates the international press’s coverage of the conflict. Thanks to Abusharaf’s wisdom and courage in not oversimplifying, we see the complexities in the disputing parties’ positions and gain a surer footing to bring this heart-rending conflict to a peaceful solution.” * Steven C. Caton, Harvard University *“Full of innovative findings, Darfur Allegory is a masterful work for anyone eager to learn crucial lessons about the impact of intersecting levels of violence. Abusharaf successfully lays the foundation for reconsidering Darfur.” * Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPrelude: Unmuting Darfuri Voices Chapter 1: Encountering Darfur and Its Troubles Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge, Historicizing Racial Categories Chapter 3: Some Views from the Sudan Chapter 4. Qatar Notes Chapter 5. “All Dust and Panic”: Sinai Desert-scape Chapter 6. Darfur’s Jam for Justice in America Postscript: Darfur the Rhizome Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£22.80
Palgrave MacMillan UK Alliteration in Culture
Book SynopsisNations and their Histories highlights the importance of the past and its uses in the formation of modern nations and national identities. The book looks at the construction of different national historiographies as well as present representations of the past in the political and cultural life of nations, covering the five continents.Table of ContentsIntroduction; S.Carvalho & F.Gemenne PART I: NATIONAL HISTORIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONS Nationalism and the Making of National Past; J.Breuilly The Comparative History of National Historiographies in Europe; S.Berger 'Colonizing' the Past: History and Memory in Greece and Turkey; S.A.Sofos & U.Özk?r?ml? The Politics of Memorialization in Zimbabwe; T.Ranger Beginning the World Over Again: Past and Future in American Nationalism; D.H.Doyle Rediscovering Columbus in Nineteenth-Century American Textbooks; C.Cadot Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Mexico; D.A.Brading PART II: PRESENT REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIONAL HISTORIES Eternal France: Crisis and National Self-Perception in France, 1870-2005; R.Gildea Cuisine, Nationality and the Making of a National Meal: The English Breakfast; K.O'Connor National Restoration and Moral Renewal: The Dialectics of the Past in the Emergence of Modern Israel; A.Gal Crafting Iranian Nationalism: Intersectionality of Aryanism, Westernism and Islamism; A.Kian & G.Riaux The Evolution of State Discourses on the Nationalist Political Party in Post-Colonial Cameroon; C.Nsoudou Refashioning Sub-National Pasts for Post-National Futures; J.Wenzel A Season of War: Warriors, Veterans and Warfare in American Nationalism; S-M.Grant Sinocentrism and the National Question in China; E.Hyer Nation, History, Museum: The Politics of the Past at the National Museum of Australia; B.Wellings Conclusion; S.Carvalho & F.Gemenne
£42.74
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Silenced Resistance Women Dictatorships and
Book SynopsisIn this innovative work, Joanna Allan demonstrates why we should foreground gender as key for understanding both authoritarian power projection and resistance. She brings an ethnographic component to examine how concerns for equality and women's rights can be co-opted for authoritarian projects.Trade ReviewA meticulously researched and thoughtful analysis. Through interviews and archival research, Allan offers a compelling argument for the foundationally gendered dynamics that structure Equatoguinean and Sahrawi political resistance."" - Mahan Ellison, Bridgewater College""Silenced Resistance is a ground-breaking study of the gendered dynamics of resistance to colonial and post-colonial authoritarian regimes in North and West Africa. Drawing on extensive archival and field-based research in Western Sahara and Equitorial Guinea, Allan forcefully analyses the complex relationship between women, feminist resistance to patriarchy, and political resistance to authoritarianism."" - Alice Wilson, University of Sussex
£64.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC contemporaryfrance
Book SynopsisAn accessible interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary France providing coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and global context. A central theme is the relationship between popular images of France and the often contradictory realities of French society as it faces up to the challenges of the 21st century.Table of ContentsIntroduction History and Legacies France and the French Politics and Political Culture Government, Policy-Making and the Republican State A Social French Republic Culture and Identity Economy and Business France in the World Conclusions.
£25.49
Taylor & Francis African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation
Book SynopsisAfrican Philosophy and Environmental Conservation is about the unconcern for, and marginalisation of, the environment in African philosophy. The issue of the environment is still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies, academics and specifically, philosophers in the sub-Saharan Africa. The entrenched traditional world-views which give a place of privilege to one thing over the other, as for example men over women, is the same attitude that privileges humans over the environment. This culturally embedded orientation makes it difficult for stake holders in Africa to identify and confront the modern day challenges posed by the neglect of the environment. In a continent where deep-rooted cultural and religious practices, as well as widespread ignorance, determine human conduct towards the environment, it becomes difficult to curtail much less overcome the threats to our environment. It shows that to a large extent, the African cultural privileging of men over women and of humans over the environment somewhat exacerbates and makes the environmental crisis on the continent intractable. For example, it raises the challenging puzzle as to why women in Africa are the ones to plant the trees and men are the ones to fell them.Contributors address these salient issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives, demonstrating what African philosophy could do to ameliorate the marginalisation which the theme of environment suffers on the continent. Philosophy is supposed to teach us how to lead the good life in all its forms; why is it failing in this duty in Africa specifically where the issue of environment is concerned?This book which trail-blazes the field of African Philosophy and Environmental Ethics will be of great interest to students and scholars of Philosophy, African philosophy, Environmental Ethics and Gender Studies.Table of Contents Introduction Prof. Bruce B. Janz (University of Central Florida, USA), "Peripherality and Non-Philosophy in African Philosophy: Womanist Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy and Other Provocations." Prof. Alexander Animalu & Mr. Jeff Unegbu (University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria), "Gaia Hypothesis from an African Perspective." Prof. Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), "How to Ground Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive Approach." Dr. Kevin Behrens (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), "An African Account of the Moral Obligation to Preserve Biodiversity." Prof. Olatunji Oyeshile (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), "Transformation of Urban Space in South-West of Nigeria, 2011 to Present: Ethical Issues in Development and Aesthetics" Prof. Ebunoluwa Oduwole & Dr. Fayemi Kazeem (Olabisi Onabanjo University & University of Lagos, Nigeria), "Animal Rights vs. Animal Care Ethics: Interrogating the Relationship to Non-Human Animals in Yorùbá Culture." Prof. Workineh Kelbassa (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), "Women and the Environment in Africa." Prof. Oladele Balogun & Dr. Fayemi Kazeem (Olabisi Onabanjo University & University of Lagos, Nigeria), "Women Identities in African Environmental Ethics: A Conversational Engagement." Dr. Jonathan Chimakonam (University of Calabar, Nigeria), "Ohanife: An Account of the Ecosystem based on the African notion of Relationship." Dr. Angela Roothaan (Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands), "Hermeneutics of Trees in an African Context: Enriching the Understanding of the Environment ‘for the Common Heritage of Mankind.’" Victor Nweke (University of Calabar, Nigeria), Global Warming as an Ontological Boomerang Effect: Towards a Philosophical Rescue from the African Place." Dr. Ralph Madu (Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria), "Laudato Si and the Ecological Crisis." Dr. Ada Agada (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria) "Catalyzing Climate Change Action in Nigeria: Moderate Anthropocentrism and the African Perspective of the Cosmos". Prof. Fainos Mangena (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) "Zimbabwe’s Environmental Crisis: Questioning Ubuntu?" Francis Diawuo and Abdul Karim Issifu (University for Development Studies, Ghana and University of Cape Coast, Ghana) "Exploring the African Traditional Belief Systems (Totems and Taboos) in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Ghana"
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Territorial
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Comparative Territorial Autonomies affords a comprehensive, pioneering and interdisciplinary survey of this emerging field. Moving beyond traditionally narrower engagements with the subject, it combines approaches to comparative law and comparative politics to provide an authoritative guide to the principal theoretical and empirical topics in the area. Bringing together a team of cutting-edge scholars from different disciplines and continents, the volume illuminates the latest thinking and scholarship on comparative territorial autonomies.This Handbook is an authoritative, essential reference text for students, academics and researchers in its field. It will also be of key interest to those in the fields of comparative politics, comparative law, local/regional government, federalism, decentralisation and nationalism, as well as practitioners in think tanks, NGOs and international governmental organisations.Trade Review"At a moment when the nation-state is trying to both reassert itself and resist challenges to undermine it, this edited collection is timely. It offers a holistic assessment of the political, legal and social aspects of territorial autonomy, and a new and positive direction of scholarship that establishes a strong theoretical framework, effectively complemented by a diverse and rich range of case studies. It is an important work that should be read and used as a springboard for further inquiry."Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, UK"Eschewing the usual methodological nationalism, this Handbook combines comparative law and comparative politics approaches to present an original theoretical and conceptual framework and several engaging case studies of territorial autonomies. The volume nicely succeeds in providing a rich panoply of current debates and comparative information on all these specific political entities at the substate level. The Handbook will certainly promote an emerging research agenda and will be a worthwhile read for academics and researchers interested in the fields of regional government and nationalism and self-determination, but also for practitioners and decision-makers concerned with issues of diversity management and substate institution-building."César Colino, The National University of Distance Education, Spain"By addressing the key concepts and drawing on such a rich store of material, this original work will be a valuable resource for scholars of constitutional law and politics, federalism and the management of territorial diversity."Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction, 1. What are Territorial Autonomies and Why the Handbook?, Part 1: Theories and approaches, 2. Constitutional Frameworks of Territorial Autonomies: Global Legal Observations, 3. Territorial Autonomies as a Form of Self-Determination: The Legal Right to Internal Self-Determination, 4. Territorial or Non-Territorial Autonomy: The Tools for Governing Diversity, 5. Autonomous Belonging: The Politics of Stateless Nationalism, 6. Societal Minorities and Legislatures in Territorial Autonomies: A Critical Introduction, 7. Electoral and Party Politics in Territorial Autonomies: Dynamics Between State and Peripheral Parties, Part 2: Case studies, 8. Åland Islands: 100 Years of Stability, 9. Aceh: Fading Autonomy, 10. Basques: History and Autonomy, 11. Catalonia: From Autonomy to Self-Determination, 12. Gibraltar: Democracy Without Decolonisation, 13. Greenland: Autonomy in the Arctic Region, 14. Guam: The Place Where America’s Day Begins, 15. Hong Kong: Autonomy in Crisis, 16. Jammu and Kashmir: Contested Autonomy, 17. Macao: Undemocratic Autonomy in Harmony, 18. Northern Ireland: A Place Apart?, 19. Quebec: From Autonomism to Sovereignism, and Back Again, 20. Scotland: A Distinct Political Community in the United Kingdom, 21. Sarawak: Quest for Autonomy, 22. Sabah: Autonomy and Integration within the Malaysian Federation, 23. South Tyrol: From Conflict to Consociationalism, 24. Tatarstan: A Landlocked Republic, Conclusion, 25. Rethinking Territorial Autonomies: Towards Transcontinental Comparative Political Studies
£204.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration. It endeavours to present a single source of reference on issues such as migration history, trends, migrant profiles, narratives, migration-development nexus, migration governance, diasporas, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among others.The handbook assembles a multidisciplinary contributor team of distinguished and upcoming Africanist scholars, practitioners, researchers, and policy experts both inside and outside Africa to contribute their perspectives on contemporary African migration. It attempts to address some of the following pertinent questions: What drives contemporary migration in Africa? How are its patterns and trends evolving? What is the architecture of migration governance in Africa? How do migration, diaspora engagement and development play out in Africa? What are the future trajectories of African migraTable of Contents1. Contemporary African Migration: An Introduction Part I –History of African Migration 2. Migration as Empowerment - A Selected History of Migration and Displacement in Africa 3. Postcolonial States and Migration 4. African Philosophy and International Migration Part II –Patterns and Trends of Contemporary African Migration 5. Patterns and Trends of International Migration within and out of Africa 6. Issues, Patterns, and Trends in Contemporary African Migration to Europe and North America 7. The Contemporary "African Coolie" in the Middle East: Interrogating the Narratives of the Modern-Day African Slaves or Migration between Africa and the Arab States? 8. Lesotho-South Africa Relations: A case for free movement of persons across the common border Part III – Migration Governance, Forced Displacement and Irregular Migration 9. Migration Policy Frameworks in Africa 10. Refugee Politics in Africa 11. Contemporary Forced Migration in Africa 12. Migrating out of Migration: Diminishing seasonal migration options and conflicts among the Pokot of Kenya 13. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on African Migration 14. Part IV – Migration, Diaspora Engagement and The Politics of Development 15. The Remittances-Development Debate in Africa 16. Return Migration to Africa and its Development Potential 17. Re-considering the concept of international return in the African context: the place of immobile cognitive return 18. The Nature and ‘Lived’ Experiences of Contemporary African Diasporas 19. The Landscape of the African Diaspora 20. Engendering Migration in Africa: The Case of Ethiopian Migration to South Africa Part V –Future Trajectories of African Migration 21. Africa without Borders 22. The African Continental Free Trade Area and Migration Patterns 23. Climate Variability and New Fish Eldorados in Africa 24. Migration Data Management in Africa 25. The Future of Immigration in Africa
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Challenging Inequality in South Africa
Book SynopsisIn Challenging Inequality in South Africa: Transitional Compasses leading scholars of South Africa explore creative possibilities to challenge structures of economic, social and political power that produce inequality. Through concrete empirical examples of movements, workers' struggles, initiatives, and politics in challenging inequality, the authors illustrate transitional compasses' that go beyond protest politics to a generative' politics, a politics of building the alternatives in the interstitial spaces of capitalism. The conceptual framing is oriented around the way in which power is produced and reproduced through intricate relationships between hegemonic projects and everyday life. While power underpins all social relations, it is often taken for granted, as it is frequently hidden behind other social relations. Resistance to power emerges through engendering counter-hegemonic projects that are intertwined with alternative everyday practices. The authors highlight sources oTable of Contents1. Transitional Compass: anti-capitalist pathways in the interstitial spaces of capitalismMichelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar2. New dawn or end of labour?: from South Africa’s East Rand to EkurhuleniEdward Webster and Thomas Englert3. The transformative power of civil society in South Africa: an activist’s perspective on innovative forms of organizing and rights-based practicesMark Heywood4. Climate and food inequality: the South African Food Sovereignty Campaign responseVishwas Satgar and Jane Cherry5. Democracy as a transitional compass: women’s participation in South Africa and Kerala, IndiaMichelle Williams 6. The crisis of waged work and the option of a universal basic income grant for South AfricaHein Marais7. Happiness, wellbeing and ecosocialism – a radical humanist PerspectiveDevan Pillay
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the often shadowy, but essential role of committees, which exist in modern parliaments around the globe, and it questions the conventional notion that the real' work of parliament happens in committees.Renowned country specialists take a close look at what goes on in committees and how it matters for policy making. While committees are seen as the central place where policy is made, they often hold their sessions closed to the public and calls for transparency are growing. To understand this black box it is necessary to look within but also beyond the walls of the committee rooms and parliament buildings. Bringing together formal and informal aspects, rules and practices shows that committees are not a paradise of policy making. They have great relevance nonetheless: as crystallization points in the policy networks, as drivers for division of labor and for socialization and the integration of MPs.The new insights presented in this book willTrade Review"This book addresses one of the most important issues in the field of legislative studies – parliamentary committees. Not enough books have looked into this topic, and it has been quite a few years since the last one. The fact that the centrality of parliamentary committees in policy-making is not assumed but investigated is a strength, and the team assembled to cover each country is impressive. A common framework for analysis implemented in the country cases creates a cohesiveness that is lacking in most cross-country edited volumes. This book offers a useful, original and important contribution."Reuven Y. Hazan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel."Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process provides a close view of committee members, organization and functions in 12 countries, ranging from the stable to the episodic, from the large to the small, and from one hemisphere to the other. This book’s multi-dimensional view of committee members and policy functions within a changing and complex institutional structure will be a basic platform for future research on ubiquitous and variable legislative committees in parliaments around the world."David M. Olson, UNC Greensboro, USA."In sum, this volume is a highly interesting and extremely important contribution to the literature on legislative committees. The volume analyzes the substantial role parliamentary committees play in policy-making. Thereby, it questions the widespread assumption that policies are made in parliamentary committees which is a clear strength of the contribution."Simone WegmannTable of Contents1. Investigating the role of parliamentary committees in the policy process 2. A black box that deserves more light: Comparative findings on parliamentary committees in the policy process 3. Assess – to Assist: A preliminary analysis of committees in Arab parliaments 4. The role of parliamentary committees and legislative agreements in party bargaining during minority government in Denmark 5. Committees in the Finnish Eduskunta: Cross-party cooperation and legislative scrutiny behind closed doors 6. Twenty years of attempts at reforming committees: A tale of reforms missing the mark at the French National Assembly 7. No paradise of policy making: The role of parliamentary committees in the German Bundestag 8. From ‘a rubber stamp’ to influencing policy: A critical view of committees in the parliament of Ghana 9. Parliamentary committees in the Hungarian Parliament: Instruments of political parties and government agenda control 10. Strength and weakness: Legislative and oversight powers of the parliamentary committee system in Israel 11. Japan's unusual but interesting parliamentary committees: An arena and transformative model? 12. Exploring the gap between theory and practice in law-making and oversight by committees of the Nigerian National Assembly 13. Norwegian parliamentary committees: Split and sidelined in the policy process 14. Committees in a party-dominated parliament: The Spanish Congreso de los Diputados 15. Parliamentary Committees in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, 2002 to 2020 16. The role of legislative committees in the policy process: The case of the Ukrainian parliament 17. Still deviant? The development and reform of the UK House of Commons committee system, 1979 to present 18. "Specially-commissioned minorities": committee governance and political parties in the United States Congress
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The University of Michigan Press Postcolonial Archipelagos
Book SynopsisLocated at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from the US, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines to examine the colonial legacies of the three island nations of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.Trade Review“(Post-)colonial Archipelagos is no ordinary edited volume. It retells centuries of imperial and post-imperial history by drawing together research by a wide variety of specialists into a synthetic account with empirical rigor. The novel method pays off handsomely. This will be a much-cited work.”- Sam Erman, USC Gould School of LawTable of Contents Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Part 1: An archipelagic view on (post-)colonial legacies Chapter 1: Hans-JÜrgen Burchardt and Johanna Leinius: Of archipelagic connections and postcolonial divides Chapter 2: Johanna Leinius: The paradoxes of (post-)colonial archipelagos – a proposal for postcolonizing comparative research Chapter 3: Josep M. Fradera: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the crisis of the great Empire: global dynamics and indigenous development Part 2: The past and present of the political economy and authority in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines Chapter 4: Antonio SantamarÍa GarcÍa: Spain in Cuba. Policies, structures, economic practices and colonial relations Chapter 5: Jacqueline Laguardia MartÍnez: The political economy of contemporary Cuba Chapter 6: Emilio Pantojas-GarcÍa: Puerto Rico’s colonial legacies and post-colonial constellations: Economy, society and polity Chapter 7: Ian Seda Irizarry and Argeo QuiÑones: The political economy of contemporary Puerto Rico Chapter 8: Alvin A. Camba and Maria Isabel Aguilar: Sui generis: The political economy of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial regime Chapter 9: Teresa R. Melgar: The political economy of power in contemporary Philippines: Patterns of continuity and change Part 3: The past and present of the hierarchization of difference and power in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines Chapter 10: Javiher GutiÉrrez Forte and Janet Iglesias Cruz: Spanish colonization’s mark on Cuba Chapter 11: Jenny MorÍn Nenoff: Race, gender and social structure in contemporary Cuba: between colonial legacy and current structural transformations Chapter 12: Milagros Denis-Rosario: The perpetual colony: historical memory and inequalities in Puerto Rican society Chapter 13: Miguel A. Rivera-QuiÑones: Post-colonial colonialism in Puerto Rico: Inequality, capital and social transfers Chapter 14: MarÍa Dolores Elizalde: Colonial government and social organization in the Spanish Philippines: Interactions and ruptures Chapter 15: Cristina Cielo: Social inequalities and political organization in the Philippines Part 4: The (post-)colonial legacies of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines: A comparative view Chapter 16: Michael Zeuske: Legacies of slavery and people of African descent in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Chapter 17: Jochen Kemner: Patterns of work, stratification and social prestige in the late Spanish colonial Empire Chapter 18: Hans-JÜrgen Burchardt: Lessons learned: The legacies of Spanish colonialism Notes Contributor Bios Index
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Cambridge University Press The Economics of Europe and the European Union
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Cambridge University Press Building States and Markets After Communism
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl A Theocratic Yehud Issues of Government in a
Book SynopsisOffers a fresh re-evaluation of Yehud in the Persian period, addressing in particular the dynamics of its relationship to the Persian imperial government. This book shows how the social, economic, and political realms of Yehud functioned within the framework of Persian imperial administration.Table of ContentsIntroduction; CH. 1: Evidence and Interpretation; CH. 2: The Face of the Persian Empire and its Administration; CH. 3: Yahwism and the Question of Government in Yehud; CH. 4: Concepts of Theocracy; CH. 5: Was Yehud a Theocracy?
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mapping the Fault Lines in TurkeyUS Relations
Book SynopsisFor the last seventy years, experts have tried to define the nature of Turkey's partnership with the US. While Turkish-US relations have always been susceptible to different crises, they enjoyed a brief golden era in the 1950s. This book argues that a false nostalgia about that period - when the strategic interests of two countries fully converged - has distorted analyses by scholars and policymakers ever since. To provide a more accurate assessment, this book look at the patterns of crises between the two countries throughout history and how these relate to the current points of tension in Turkish-American relations today. It coins a new conceptual framework to understand the Turkey-US partnership: the vulnerable partnership. The book outlines the key causes of this vulnerability, showing that for the last 70 years, there have been recurring frictions and faultlines that have been repeated across different political periods. These especially involve the US congress, public opinion, Ru
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Johns Hopkins University Press Capitalism Socialism and Democracy Revisited
Book SynopsisThese essays address questions involved in assessing the relationship between democracy and alternative economic systems, such as: what specific aspects of capitalism and socialism are especially conducive or detrimental to democracy? Is there a viable third way between capitalism and socialism?Trade Review"An excellent collection of essays--thoughtful, provocative, illuminating. They make a book well worth reading."--Irving Kristol, American Enterprise Institute
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Unexpected Outcomes How Emerging Markets Survived
Book Synopsis This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. Their quick bounceback from the crisis marked a radical departure from the past, such as when the 1982 debt shocks produced a decade-long recession in Latin America or when the Asian financial crisis dramatically slowed those economies in the late 1990s. Why? This volume suggests that these countries'' resistance to the initial financial contagion is a tribute to financial-sector reforms undertaken over the past two decades. The rebound itself was a trade-led phenomenon, favoring the countries that had gone the farthest with macroeconomic restructuring and trade reform. Old labels used to describe neoliberal versus developmentalist strategies do not accurately capture the foundations of this recovery. These authors argue that policy learning and institutional reforms adopted in response to previous crises prompted policymakers to combine state and market approaches in effectively coping with the global financial crisis. The nations studied include Korea, China, India, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, accompanied by Latin American and Asian regional analyses that bring other emerging markets such as Chile and Peru into the picture. The substantial differences among the nations make their shared success even more remarkable and worthy of investigation. And although 2012 saw slowed growth in some emerging market nations, the authors argue this selective slowing suggests the need for deeper structural reforms in some countries, China and India in particular.
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Cambridge University Press Popular Dictatorships
Book SynopsisAn essential guide to electoral authoritarianismthe most widespread, malignant and misunderstood type of dictatorship todayfor scholars and students of politics, policymakers and the public. It challenges existing understandings by demonstrating that elected strongmen attract the genuine support of societies beset by turmoil and dysfunction.Trade Review'Popular Dictators will be a definitive work on electoral authoritarian regimes and the strongmen who rule them. Aleksandar Matovski emphatically portrays mass appeal instead of elite support as the foundation of strongman power, and persuasively traces this mass appeal to the crises and conflicts that preceded strongman rule and discredited these authoritarian regimes' predecessors.' Dan Slater, University of Michigan'Matovski's book makes a fascinating argument – backed by impressive evidence from Russia and around the globe – that a 'strongman appeal' born of national crisis is often more important than actual repression in keeping authoritarian regimes stable. Engagingly written, it is bound to be an important reference point on the subject for years to come.' Henry E. Hale, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University'Aleksandar Matovski has written a timely and compelling account of electoral authoritarianism – one of democracy's greatest nemeses today. Animated by sweeping and original analysis, this book provides unique insight into how elected strongmen like Vladimir Putin maintain power by exploiting crises and the anxieties of their populations. A must read of all those interested in autocratic resilience.' Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University and Former US Ambassador to Russia'… ambitious and innovative … Matovski's approach draws attention to the different origins of electoral authoritarianism, suggesting the relevance of a specific context (of systemic crisis) and the different preferences such context endangers in societies' Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, Perspectives on Politics'Matovski's crisis legitimation paradox offers an explanation not only for why electoral authoritarian regimes tip over into full authoritarianism but also the timing in which it may occur. This insight is particularly timely in light of the dramatic rise in domestic and international aggression by Russia, the book's primary case: Matovski's argument implies that Russia's invasion of Ukraine can be seen, at least in part, as an attempt to manufacture crisis in the midst of domestic 'strongman fatigue.' Matovski weaves a compelling story that situates the interaction of societal crises and popular appeal in the study of contemporary authoritarianism. In doing so, Popular Dictatorships makes a meaningful contribution to scholarly understanding of the rise and durability (and lack thereof) of electoral authoritarian regimes - 'the most significant threat to global peace and democracy'' Hannah S. Chapman, Political Science QuarterlyTable of Contents1. A 'perfect dictatorship?' The puzzle of electoral authoritarianism; 2. Crises, popular opinion and electoral authoritarianism; 3. Crises, popular opinion and electoral authoritarianism; 4. The 'strongman' electoral authoritarian appeal: a comparative analysis; 5. Crises, popular opinion and the re-alignment of political competition in Russia; 6. Is Russia unique? The strongman heresthetic in comparative perspective; 7. Conclusions and implications; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press When Politics Becomes Personal
Book SynopsisThis book functions as a field guide to partisanship for scholars and students in political science and social psychology. It also makes scholarship on partisanship accessible to people outside of academia who are interested in the impact of unconditional party loyalties on themselves and their communities.Table of Contents1. Introduction to the book; 2. From rational choice to partisan identity – a paradigm change; 3. Partisan identity and political behavior – a review of prior scholarship; 4. Negative partisanship; 5. The measurement of positive partisan identity; 6. The measurement of negative partisan identity; 7. The psychological origins of positive and negative partisan identities; 8. The impact of positive and negative partisan identities on democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 9. The impact of partisan identities on anti-democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 10. Reconciling partisanship and democracy; 11. Future outlook; Appendix; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule
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Cambridge University Press Propaganda in Autocracies
Book SynopsisA dictator''s power is secure, the authors begin in this muscular, impressive study, only as long as citizens believe in it. When citizens suddenly believe otherwise, a dictator''s power is anything but, as the Soviet Union''s collapse revealed. This conviction that power rests ultimately on citizens'' beliefs compels the world''s autocrats to invest in sophisticated propaganda. This study draws on the first global data set of autocratic propaganda, encompassing nearly eight million newspaper articles from fifty-nine countries in six languages. The authors document dramatic variation in propaganda across autocracies: in coverage of the regime and its opponents, in narratives about domestic and international life, in the threats of violence issued to citizens, and in the domestic events that shape it. The book explains why Russian President Vladimir uses Donald Trump as a propaganda tool and why Chinese state propaganda is more effusive than any point since the Cultural Revolution.Trade Review'Informing (and misinforming) citizens to make them believe in the unassailability of autocratic rule is one of the fundamental chores of any tyrant. Employing an astonishing wealth of data and ingenious methods, Propaganda in Autocracies reveals when, how, and with what consequences autocracies do that. This is an amazing book, soon to be seen as a classic in the literature on authoritarianism.' Carles Boix, Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University'When autocrats speak, few people like it and fewer believe what they hear. But everyone knows they'd better listen. So I wouldn't miss Propaganda in Autocracies, Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter's extraordinary, systematic analysis of the most extensive global collection of autocratic propaganda ever constructed. I expect researchers will be building on this work for decades.' Gary King, Weatherhead University Professor, and Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University'In this work of audacious scope, brilliant methodology, and profound insight, Erin Baggott Carter and Brett L. Carter restore the struggle to shape citizens' beliefs to a central place in the comparative politics of authoritarianism. With mountains of compelling logic and evidence, they show how autocrats who face electoral constraints must - at some risk - use propaganda more credibly to persuade rather than dominate. Propaganda in Autocracies is a work of prodigious research and lucid theorizing that is indispensable to understanding the contemporary dynamics of authoritarian rule.' Larry Diamond, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies Stanford University'The literature on authoritarian rule typically considers elections, repression, and propaganda as disparate tools of staying in power. In this path-breaking work, Carter and Carter link them together and show that the degree of electoral competition and repression capacity affected how autocracies deployed propaganda. Weaving together a massive data set on propaganda, the latest methodologies in textual analysis and survey experiments, as well as deep knowledge of a number of authoritarian regimes, this book tells a compelling story of the strategic use of propaganda to convey credibility or menace as these regimes saw fit.' Victor Shih, Ho Miu Lam Chair and Associate Professor in China and Pacific Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsPart I. Foundations: 1. Persuasion and domination; 2. A theory of autocratic propaganda; 3. A global dataset of autocratic propaganda; Part II. The Political Origins of Propaganda Strategies: 4. The politics of pro-regime propaganda; 5. Narrating the domestic; 6. Narrating the world; 7. Threatening citizens with repression; Part III. The Propaganda Calendar: 8. The propagandist's dilemma; 9. Memory and forgetting; Part IV. Propaganda, Protest, and the Future: 10. Propaganda and protest; 11. Conclusion; List of figures; List of tables.
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Discontent
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Cambridge University Press Immigration Security and the Liberal State
Book SynopsisProvides a framework by which to assess the ability of liberal democratic states to manage migration in a rapidly changing geo-political environment. This book will appeal to students and scholars of comparative political behaviour, immigration, public opinion, public policy, international relations, international security and area studies.Trade Review'Lahav and Messina's multi-method research design effectively synthesizes significant empirical data derived from a variety of longitudinal and cross-national public opinion surveys, as well as media content analyses and demographic data. The product of this synthesis is a novel insight into the linkage between migration and security in the liberal state.' Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Newark'Based on extensive empirical research on public attitudes, media framing and political party positioning on security threats, Immigration, Security and the Liberal State effectively challenges comparative analysis focused on constraints that rights and markets impose on policymakers' efforts to restrict immigration, and offers a new conceptual framework that systematically integrates the security dimension for understanding the politics of immigration in a post-9/11 world - a work that will set the terms for debate well into the future.' Rey Koslowski, Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)'This book brings together many years of research by both authors in analysing immigration policy in wealthy western democracies. Lahav and Messina argue that immigration policy in liberal democracies is a function of the 'frames' that are employed by political elites and the media. The economic and rights-based frames that have been prominent in the post-World War II period have been displaced by a security frame, which allows states to adopt policies that undermine the civil liberties of both citizens and migrants. This represents a substantial contribution to our understanding of the regulatory framework of immigration policy in liberal democracies in the contemporary era, which also has implications for the quality of governance in our societies. It will make a big splash, probably stir a lot of controversy and reframe the debate on a central issue in public affairs today.' Jeannette Money, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, DavisTable of Contents1. Introduction: the migration trilemma; 2. Framing and reframing immigration: the politics of (in)security; 3. Expanding the migration policy playing field: enlisting the cooperation of non-central state actors; 4. Popular attitudes towards immigration regulation; 5. Immigration and the politics of threat; 6. Securitizing and politicizing immigration: political party competition in Spain, UK, and US; 7. Conclusions: liberalism compromised?; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Bureaucracies at War
Book SynopsisA rethinking of how bureaucracy shapes foreign policy. Through an unprecedented exploration of bureaucratic institutions inside China, India, Pakistan, and the United States, Jost shows why bureaucracy helps to avoid miscalculation. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, history, sociology, and area studies.
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Cambridge University Press Democratic Respect
Book SynopsisA new analysis of the struggle over the meaning of respect and recognition in modern democracy that characterizes the global rise of populism. It will interest students and scholars of populism and democratic theory in comparative politics, political philosophy and sociology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: recognition of the people; 1. Recognition and the politics of resentment; 2. Respect, esteem, and solidarity; 3. Rights and the populist claim for recognition; 4. Procedures, outcomes, or identification? 5. Respecting disagreement; 6. Publicity and correcting democracy.
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Cambridge University Press The Social Constitution
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Colombian experiment with robust rights protections and traces how those rights came to be meaningful in citizens' everyday lives, allowing them to claim access to goods like healthcare. It develops a novel approach to legal mobilization that is both relational and interactive.Trade Review'Taylor's excellent book details how rights, etched into the surface of a society and its politics through inclusion in a constitutional text, slowly begin to sink down and structure interactions among citizens, the relationship between citizens and the state, and the state itself. Using extensive fieldwork and original data from Colombia and South Africa, Taylor shows how legal mobilization moves this process along – a process she describes as the social and legal embedding of the constitution. The book fills an important gap in constitutional studies by addressing the transition from rights on paper to rights in action.' Daniel M. Brinks, University of Texas at Austin'The Social Constitution describes the process through which social rights transit from the constitutional text to the core of the normative and empirical expectations of regular citizens, judges, and sociopolitical actors. Cycles of legal claim-making and judicial receptivity to demands of healthcare or housing breathe life into constitutional rights, progressively weaving the social fabric. Because the success of these processes is contingent and by no means assured, The Social Constitution insightfully identifies the conditions that make it more likely. Combining clear conceptualization, straightforward arguments, and careful in-depth empirical analysis on Colombia, Whitney Taylor's book is an outstanding contribution to one of the fundamental issues in constitutional theory, judicial politics, and sociolegal analysis.' Julio Ríos-Figueroa, ITAM (Mexico City)'The Social Constitution is a brilliant, important contribution to the scholarship on legal mobilization, institutional innovation, and social change. Professor Taylor offers a theoretically sophisticated argument analyzing legal arrangements that are practical, democratic alternatives to neoliberalism in and beyond the Global South. The project is anchored in compelling bottom-up empirical research attentive to both the positive possibilities and vexing constraints of embedded law for advancing social justice. Highly recommended!' Michael McCann, University of Washington'Whitney Taylor is emerging as a leading thinker in a new wave of scholarship on law and courts. In The Social Constitution, she draws on a wealth of data to carefully unpack the social and legal dimensions of the embedding of social constitutional rights. Moving beyond the field's traditional focus on countries in the Global North and an emphasis on civil and political rights, Taylor sheds new light on how and why constitutions matter.' Lisa Vanhala, University College London'In this uncommonly elegant book, Whitney Taylor single-handedly reframes our understanding of the social welfare promises found in many of the world's constitutions, showing with rich and subtle data that rights to healthcare, housing, clean water, and so much more have the potential to become real in the lives of ordinary people when supported from below by ongoing litigation, and from above by receptive judicial rulings. A compelling analysis, brimming with important ideas, and powerfully supported with a range of evidence.' Charles Epp, The University of KansasTable of Contents1. Introduction: the social constitution; 2. Constitutional embedding through legal mobilization; 3. Expectations and transformations of Colombian constitutional law; 4. Social embedding; 5. Legal embedding; 6. Challenges to embedding: legal legibility; 7. Challenges to embedding: power struggles; 8. Challenges to embedding: workload; 9. Partial constitutional embedding: the case of South Africa; 10. Conclusion. Social constitutionalism and the politics of rights; Appendix: interviewees.
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Cambridge University Press Education for All
Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique look at historical policymaking to explore how nineteenth-century fiction writers influenced the creation of public-school systems in Denmark and Great Britain. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Education for Some or Education for All? 1. Culture and the Paradox of Education Systems; 2. Culture and Continuity through Institutional Change; 3. Romancing the Nation: Education and State-Building in 1800; 4. Expanding Educational Access in the Age of Social Realism; 5. Education in the Age of Empire: Globalization, Technological Change and the Race for Supremacy; 6. Cultural Echos of the Past in Contemporary Education Reforms.
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Cambridge University Press The King Can Do No Wrong
Book SynopsisWhy are some autocrats more effective than others at retaining popular support even when their governments perform poorly? To develop insights into popular politics and governance across authoritarian regimes, this book stresses the importance of understanding autocratic blame games. Scott Williamson argues that how autocrats share power affects their ability to shift blame, so that they are less vulnerable to the public''s grievances when they delegate decision-making powers to other political elites. He shows that this benefit of power-sharing influences when autocrats limit their control over decision-making, how much they repress, and whether their regimes provide accountability. He also argues that ruling monarchs are particularly well positioned among autocrats to protect their reputations by sharing power, which contributes to their surprising durability in the modern world. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Jordan and cross-national analysis of autocracies, the book illustrates the important role of blame in the politics of authoritarian regimes.
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Cambridge University Press Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press Governing Climate Change Loss and Damage
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Cambridge University Press States of Transition
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Cambridge University Press Death Diversion and Departure
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Taylor & Francis A History of West Africa
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social, cultural, economic and political history of West Africa, through prehistory, revolutions, ancient empires, thriving trade networks, religious traditions, and then the devastating impact of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and subsequent colonial rule. The book reflects on the struggle for independence and investigates how politics and economics developed in the post-colonial period. By the end of the book, readers will have a detailed understanding of the fascinating and diverse range of cultures to be found in West Africa, and of how the region relates to the rest of the world.Drawing on decades of teaching and research experience, this book will serve as an excellent textbook for entry-level History and African Studies courses, as well as providing a perfect general introduction to anyone interested in finding out about West Africa.Trade ReviewAt a first glance, it will appear as if Falola’s new fascinating book simply illustrates the popular saying by George Orwell that “The best books… are those that tell you what you know already.” However, and most significantly, what makes this particular work so insightful and unique is that one is able to learn about the history of West Africa through the prisms of Falola’s multiple visits, interactions and researches conducted for several decades across the sub-region coupled with his long years of teaching, examining and writing about West Africa. This book is a quintessential primer for bringing the knowledge of West Africa to mature students and the general readers.Koya Ogen, Professor of History, Osun State University and former Provost, College of Education, OndoThis comprehensive textbook on West Africa offers a deep exploration of the region's history. With its engaging writing style, extensive research, and insightful analysis, it is an invaluable resource for students and educators alike, providing a window into the historical forces that have shaped the region and beyond. This teaching resource is a must-read for teachers interested in helping students obtain a deeper understanding of the region's cultures, economies, politics, and identities.Henry Lovejoy, Director of the Digital Slavery Research Lab, University of Colorado BoulderScholars and students alike will actually enjoy reading this invaluable book and will keep returning to it as a deep well. Falola covers major ecological, economic, and political transformations over the longue durée in West Africa while also enlivening history with attention to people’s daily lives, pastimes, and priorities—food, art, aging, schooling, and other topics. With a detailed timeline, a thoughtful structure, and spotlights on important West African thinkers, this book is an engaging and usable text that will serve generations to come. Shobana Shankar, Professor of History, Stony Brook UniversityProfessor Toyin Falola, the most prolific historian of our time, has brought a sublime finality to West African history text. Scholars in various fields of studying, teaching, and writing West Africa will find this a most useful book to adopt.Kwabena Akurang-Parry, PhD (Visiting Scholar) Professor of African History, Heritage Studies & World History, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaTable of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction 2. Writing West African History 3. Geography, Landscape, and Composition PART II: EARLY HISTORY, STATE FORMATION, AND SOCIETIES 4. Evolutions and Revolutions 5. Societies and Cultures in the Iron Age 6. The Trans-Saharan Trade in West Africa 7. States and Empires 8. Domestic Economies 9. Traditional Religions PART III: WEST AFRICA IN THE ERA OF ATLANTIC ECONOMIES AND GLOBALIZATION UP TILL THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 10. Islam in West Africa 11. Christianity in West Africa 12. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 13. Economy and Society: External Commerce 14. Transformations and Revolutions in the Nineteenth Century 15.The Nineteenth Century Jihads in West Africa PART IV: THE COLONIAL ERA 16. Colonial Rule and Its Impact 17. West Africa and the World Wars (1914-1919) and (1940-1945) 18. Nationalism and Independence 19. The Road to Independence in West Africa PART V: THE POSTCOLONIAL ERA 20. Postcolonial Politics 21. Economies and Development 22. Postcolonial Cultures 23. Cultural Changes and Popular Cultures 24. Religions and Religious Changes 25. Contemporary West African Identities 26. West Africa and the Wider World 27. Trajectories and Projections on the Future of West Africa 28. Timeline
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Azerbaijan and the European Union
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of EU-Azerbaijan relations. It examines the current state of Azerbaijan and its regime, charts the development of EU-Azerbaijan relations over time and discusses the dynamics at work in the relationship. It details the nature of the Azerbaijani regime, including its authoritarian character and allegations of corruption, explores the differences between European values and the values of the Azerbaijani government, and explains the difficulties that have arisen in the relationship, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process, media suppression and human rights violations. The book includes a comparison with EU relations with other states in the region.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; List of Special Characters; Acknowledgement; Annex I; Annex II; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual framework: Legacies, policy strategies and bargaining power; 3. EU relations with Azerbaijan and the post-Soviet region over time; 4. Limits to EU influence: Democracy and Human Rights promotion; 5. Azerbaijan and values promotion by other European institutions; 6. Limits to bargaining power: Putting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the agenda; 7. Negotiations over economic co-operation and the legal basis for relations: Bargaining power at its best; 8. Conclusion and further discussion
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Taylor & Francis 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 (1908â1959) as a developmental state.The book demonstrates that despite the colonial systemâs 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. Whi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Superpowers Playground
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powersthe US, China, Japan, and France. It shows how Djibouti is emerging as a key nation in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, explores the interconnections between Djibouti and the Indian as well as Pacific Oceans, and through Djibouti examines broader trends in contemporary great power politics in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Belt and Road Initiative of China. Moving beyond contemporary works on the region, the author integrates Africa and the Middle East with discussions on the Indo-Pacific to illustrate the coalescing of strategic geography from Eastern Africa to the Western coast of the Americas.A major intervention, the volume will be essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and researchers of politics and international relations, security studies, African studies, peace and conflict studies, and maritime studiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Why Djibouti Matters 2 A French Homecoming? 3 From Kilimanjaro to California 4 The Confl uence of the Two Seas 5 Building a New Silk Road Conclusion Index
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SAGE Publications Inc Foundations of Comparative Politics
Book SynopsisAdapted from the groundbreaking bestsellerPrinciples of Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition!Foundations of Comparative Politics, Second Editionpresents a scientific approach to the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship, providing a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters. This condensed, more accessible format introduces students to the key questions in comparative politics, using brief insights from tools such as decision, social choice, and game theory to help them understand clearly why some explanations for political phenomena are stronger than others.William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona Nadenichek Golder concentrate on describing the core features of regimes and institutions and on analyzing how these fundamental attributes drive variation in the economic and political outcomes we care about most. This approachconstructing and testing theories on political phenomen
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Cambridge University Press Bringing Down the Educational Wall
Book SynopsisThe book studies the causes of educational expansion. It considers the economic context of nations and explores the impact of political regimes and the ideology of dictatorships on education. The book is for undergraduate and graduate students in comparative politics and political economy courses.Trade Review'Manzano sheds important new light on why some governments expand educational opportunities for their citizens while others do not, starting from a simple, yet powerful, insight: that educational programs have redistributive effects. This allows her to draw novel and compelling insights – based on rigorous statistical analysis and careful case studies – into how economic development, inequality, and political institutions shape the ultimate development of human capital. The book is a critical, timely contribution for students of development, education, and political regimes.' Michael Albertus, University of Chicago'Human capital is a crucial source of growth. But what determines its supply and accumulation? Using freshly-gathered evidence for all sovereign countries since the early 1960s, Professor Manzano shows that, conditional on economic development, political institutions and the policy preferences of those that govern them shape the level of school enrollment. Politics does not affect the extent of national schooling in poor countries. However, as growth starts to take place, democracies and, most notably, left-wing dictatorships expand education. This terrific book, which includes many additional insights on, among other things, the effects of electoral rules, partisanship and inequality, is a must-read for those interested in the political economy of education provision, redistribution, and development.' Carles Boix, Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University'What is the effect of political institutions on the well-being of citizens, especially their educational advancement? To answer this question, Manzano distinguishes – both theoretically and empirically – between left- and right-wing dictatorships. She convincingly shows that for much of the post-World War II period, left-wing dictatorships have done more to expand education than either their right-wing counterparts or democracies. Through rigorous theorizing and care data analysis, Manzano's work is a major contribution to both the comparative study of autocracies and the political economy of redistribution.' Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University, AtlantaTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The institutional link; 3. Tracing the impact of political regimes; 4. The ideology of dictatorships; 5. Political regimes, economic development and the expansion of education; 6. Political regimes and education policies. Case analysis; 7. The impact of inequality on education; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Resilient Liberalism in Europes Political Economy
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Cambridge University Press Brexit Why Britain Voted to Leave the European
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, authoritative study by leading experts showing why the United Kingdom voted for Brexit in the referendum of June 2016, based on a wealth of survey evidence conducted over more than ten years which tells the full story of why the vote turned out the way it did.Trade Review'It would be hard to come up with a better line-up of analysts to dig into both the long- and short-term drivers of Britain's decision to leave the EU. Whether you're a Leaver or a Remainer, the vote for Brexit needs explaining - and this is just the book to do it.' Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London and author of The Conservative Party from Thatcher to Cameron'Do not read Brexit - unless you want truth rather than propaganda, objectivity rather than bias and evidence rather than prejudice. Harold D. Clarke, Matthew Goodwin and Paul F. Whiteley have written a book that will still be standing when the post-truth claims of those on both sides of the referendum have rightly crumbled to dust.' Peter Kellner, former President of YouGov'Clarke, Goodwin and Whiteley have written what is sure to be a standard reference on Brexit. A wonderfully written history of the rise of the UKIP and the Brexit referendum lead to a diverse array of empirical analyses: a survey of UKIP members, longitudinal national surveys and pre-post referendum surveys. Instead of simple explanations, they show the variety of diverse factors that produced the final referendum outcome and discuss the implications for British politics going forward.' Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine'An empirically rich and insightful analysis of the dynamics of the Brexit vote. Essential reading for understanding the social and political forces underlying one of the most important and consequential electoral decisions of our times.' Lawrence LeDuc, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto'Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union isn't a book of opinions about why the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union but a close look at what the statistics tell us. It's an … informative read.' Sue Magee, The Bookbag (www.thebookbag.co.uk)'The British public does not have a settled view on Europe. … The authors conclude that the British are not unusually racist among Europeans … The British appear easily swayed.' Danny Dorling, The Times Higher EducationTable of Contents1. Brexit introduced; 2. Campaign prologue; 3. Into battle; 4. Attitudes to Brexit over time; 5. The people's army; 6. The rise of UKIP; 7. Voting to leave; 8. The consequences of Brexit; 9. Beyond Brexit.
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