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Book SynopsisIn January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa's 'Iron Lady' - was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation. This memoir shares the inside story of her rise to power.Trade Review"This is the incredible story of a woman who spent her life talking tough to the lunatics surrounding her. It is an accessible walk through Liberian history, told by someone who was somehow always in the center of the political storm." -- New York Times Book Review "Exceptionally well written, a true story that seems as much a thriller as the remembrances of an ambitious and brave woman... This timely book, essential for anyone who hopes to understand West Africa in general and Liberia in particular, is a lesson in courage and perserverance." -- Washington Post "An inspiring inside look at a nation struggling to rebuild itself and the woman now behind those efforts." -- Booklist

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Book Synopsis Looking at the ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in Amsterdam, this ethnographic account reveals a paradox: while there is growing official attention to the country’s slavery past (monuments, festivals, ritual occasions), many interlocutors showed little interest in the topic. Developing the notion of “trace” as a seminal notion to explore this paradox, this book follows the issue of slavery in everyday realities and offers a fine-grained ethnography of how people refer to this past – often in almost unconscious ways – and weave it into their perceptions of present-day issues.Trade Review “This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence.” • Peter Geschiere, University of AmsterdamTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Politics of Autochthony Chapter 2. Negotiating Colonial Geographies Chapter 3. Practices of Diaspora. Chapter 4. Kaskawina – Politics of a Lower Frequency Chapter 5. Doing Cultural Heritage: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Authentication Conclusion References Index

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Book Synopsis In 1979 Dubrovnik was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, which had consequences for the city's broader cultural heritage. Walls and Gateways explores how this status intersects with the reconstruction and consolidation of identities and locality in the city’s post-war context. It analyses how representations, perceptions and uses of Dubrovnik’s heritage are embedded in particular cultural practices, materiality and place. In Dubrovnik’s post-war context, different uses of cultural memory and heritage provoke both dissonance and unity, shape practices and mobilize cultural and political activism.Trade Review “This is a comprehensive and insightful study of a globally significant and socio-politically complex example of heritage and tourism contestation and management.” • Roy Jones, Curtin University “The multiple ambivalences and contradictions surrounding the Balkan War experience and the destructions, present-day tourism, heritage policies, the marginal position in the contemporary nation state and the appropriation of public space come out in a lively way, as also do a number of informants' personalities and views.” • Christoph Brumann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, HalleTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on the Croatian Language Introduction: Heritage at the Margins Chapter 1. Dubrovnik’s World Heritage: Between the Universal and the Particular Chapter 2. The Past in the Present Chapter 3. Postwar Identities Chapter 4. Place for Some or Places for All Chapter 5. The Overheated City: Tourism and its Discontents Chapter 6. Contested Places Conclusion: From a Material-Based to a Value-Based Heritage Epilogue: Sustainability and Tourism Resilience in the Light of Global Crisis Appendix: World Heritage Committee’s 40th Session, Istanbul, July 2016: Decision on the State of Dubrovnik World Heritage Site’s Outstanding Universal Value References Index

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Book Synopsis In the wake of recent protests against police violence and racism, calls to dismantle problematic memorials have reverberated around the globe. This is not a new phenomenon, however, nor is it limited to the Western world. De-Commemoration focuses on the concept of de-commemoration as it relates to remembrance. Drawing on research from experts on memory dynamics across various disciplines, this extensive collection seeks to make sense of the current state of de-commemoration as it transforms contemporary societies around the world.Trade Review “This impressive collection of essays addresses a very timely issue from a badly-needed comparative perspective. Set to become a benchmark, it covers a huge range of examples from across the world while creating common ground between them. The result is a wealth of insights into the role of public monuments in working through the toxic legacies of colonialism and dictatorship. Highly recommended.” • Ann Rigney, Utrecht University “De-Commemoration is an inspirational collection of diverse approaches, practices, methods, and perspectives of de-commemoration of forgoing heroes and activities, set in various cultural and geographical contexts. This is an exceedingly rare and truly global contribution.” • Mariusz Czepczyński, University of GdańskTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Making Sense of De-Commemoration Sarah Gensburger and Jenny Wüstenberg Part I: De-Commemoration after Regime Change Chapter 1. Baptizing and Unbaptizing in Algeria: From French Colonization to National Independence Amar Mohand-Amer Chapter 2. Street Renaming in Postsocialist Romania: A Quantitative Analysis of Toponymic Change Mihai Stelian Rusu Chapter 3. “The First Bolshevik Leaves Riga”: The De-Commemoration of Vladimir I. Lenin in Riga, Latvia (1987–1991) Dmitrijs Andrejevs Chapter 4. “In Memory of the Fallen…” But for How Long? The De-Commemoration of German War Memorials in Poland after 1945 Karolina �wiek-Rogalska Chapter 5. Naming to Erase, Renaming to Restore: (Re)Indigenizing the Landscape Kerri J. Malloy Chapter 6. Removing Rhodes from His Pedestal: De-Commemoration in Postcolonial South Africa Gary Baines Chapter 7. Contrasting Fates of Lenin Statues in Ukraine and Russia Dominique Colas Chapter 8. Beyond the Monument: Unmaking the Valley of the Fallen in Contemporary Spain Francisco Ferrándiz Part II: De-Commemoration and Societal Transformation Chapter 9. Renaming and the Relationship between Colonized and Colonizer: The Role of Commemoration within Dual Place Names in New Zealand Taylor Annabell Chapter 10. De-Canonization of the Soviet Past: Abject, Kitsch, and Memory Yuliya Yurchuk Chapter 11. Diversifying Public Commemorations in Cape Town and Copenhagen Vibe Nielsen Chapter 12. De-Commemoration as Healing and Conflict: Canada and Its Colonial Past and Present Kate Korycki Chapter 13. Killing Pedro de Valdivia Again: De-Commemoration of the Past and De-Neoliberalization of the Present during the 2019–2020 Chilean Revolt Manuela Badilla and Carolina Aguilera Chapter 14. De-Commemorating Sound: Controversies about the Reestablishment of the National Anthem in South Korea and Beyond Bae Myo-Jung Chapter 15. Do Commemorations Have an “Expiration Date”? A Case Study from Belgium Nicolas Moll Part III: De-Commemoration to Propel Change Chapter 16. De-Commemorating Australian Settler Colonialism Sarah Maddison Chapter 17. The Present Is All That Matters: De-Commemoration Practices in Israel Tracy Adams and Yinon Guttel-Klein Chapter 18. De-Commemorations and the Unsettled Past in Contemporary Brazil Ricardo Santhiago Chapter 19. Decolonizing Colonial Monuments: Counter-Memory Activism in Madrid and Barcelona Fabiola Arellano Cruz Chapter 20. Transnational Memory Struggles: Guerrilla Remembrances in Colombia and Venezuela in the 2000s Jimena Perry Chapter 21. “Next Stop Anton-Wilhelm-Amo Strasse”: Place Names, De-Commemoration, and Memory Activism in Berlin Duane Jethro and Samuel Merrill Chapter 22. From Decapitation to Destruction: Making Sense of Toppling Statues in Contemporary Martinique Audrey Célestine, Valérie-Ann Edmond-Mariette, and Zaka Toto Chapter 23. De-Commemoration in Great Britain Stephen Small Chapter 24. The Role of Nonprofits in De-Commemoration: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Whose Heritage? Report Seth Levi and Kimberly Probulus Part IV: De-Commemoration as Smoke Screen Chapter 25. De-Commemoration without Decolonization? The Peculiar Case of the Philippines Lila Ramos Shahani Chapter 26. Twice Removed: The Mystery of Manila’s Missing Comfort Woman Monument Catherine Lianza Aquino and Jocelyn S. Martin Chapter 27. Counter-Memory and State De-Commemoration: The Khavaran Mass Grave in Iran Chowra Makaremi Chapter 28. The Toppling of the Equestrian Statue and the Future of Colonial-Era Memorials in Namibia Vilho Amukwaya Shigwedha Chapter 29. An Unmarked Rebellion: The Politics of Forgetting Denmark Vesey Vanessa Lynn Lovelace and Jamie Huff Chapter 30. Exploring the Scope of De-Commemoration: Touring Trafalgar Square in London and Beyond Stuart Burch Part V: De-Commemoration to Challenge Memory Chapter 31. From De-Commemoration of Names to Reparative Namescapes: Geographical Case Studies in the United States Jordan P. Brasher and Derek Alderman Chapter 32. De-Commemoration under the Law: The Removal of Statues in France and the United States Thomas Hochmann Chapter 33. Human Rights and Toppled Statues: Can the European Convention on Human Rights Provide Solutions to De-Commemoration Disputes? Tom Lewis Chapter 34. Re-Commemoration: What Other Stories Can We Tell? Observing Ordinary People Engaging with Monuments in Public Space Alison Atkinson-Phillips Chapter 35. Who Cares about Old Statues and Street Names? Resisting Change and the Protracted Decommunization of Public Space in Poland Ewa Ochman Chapter 36. Keeping the Past from Freezing: Augmented Reality and Memories in the Public Space Mykola Makhortykh and Anna Menyhért Chapter 37. De-Commemorating White Supremacy through the Act of Voting Lorena Chambers Index

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Book SynopsisConfrontation instead of representation The Austrian cultural sector is facing its greatest existential crisis of the Second Republic. The conceptual foundations of Austrian cultural policy date from the 1970s and are approaching their limits due to the pandemic. This book highlights the urgency of renegotiating the relationship between the cultural sector and wider society through artists, mediators, and users. Together with several long-standing cultural observers, Michael Wimmer sets out to find a contemporary cultural policy. His goal is to ensure that art and culture are given the status in society that they deserve. Conceived as a dialogical polemic, the central aspects of a new agenda for cultural policy are negotiated in order to initiate a broader discussion of cultural policy. On the history, present, and future of cultural policy A plea for a broad discussion of cultural policy With contributions by Sylvia Amann, Sabine Breitwieser, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Aslı Kışlal, Birgit Mandel, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, and others

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Book SynopsisThis book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through ‘factional model-making’, a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to contest the party line publicly. Dazhai, Anhui, Nanjie, Shekou, Shenzhen, Guangdong and Chongqing were cultivated into factional models by party elites before Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. Although factional model-making undermined party discipline, it often did not threaten regime security and even contributed to regime resilience through strengthening collective leadership and other means. This follows that the suppression of factional model-making under Xi might undermine longer-term regime resilience. However, Xi believes that regime security rests on his strongman rule, not any benefits that factional model-making may contribute. It is in this spirit that he grooms Zhejiang into a party model for his policy programme of common prosperity, which is designed to legitimize his vision of socialism.Trade ReviewAn excellent piece of work that analyses elite-level discussion and conflict in the Communist Party of China over several decades, from Mao to present-day. This book is a particularly valuable asset to the scholarship thanks to its outstanding analytical rigor, nuance and dispassionate clarity. Prof David S G Goodman, Director, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney Olivia Cheung has researched and analysed the internal workings of the Chinese party and government elite deeply. This invaluable comparative study shows parallels, and differences, over the last few decades in China, and, with detailed examples both from documents and field research, helps shed much needed light in one of the most important but little understood decision making processes of the modern world. Prof Kerry Brown, Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London This incisive and insightful book offers a rare and novel window into the world of political jockeying taking place at the elite levels of the Chinese Communist Party, and how particular ideological debates have ended up shaping the course of China’s market reforms. Prof. Patricia Thornton, Associate Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Oxford. An incisive and absorbing overview of faction-making (and breaking) in the PRC, and one that is most timely given Xi Jinping’s quest to end elite CCP factionalism. The book is accessible both to those just beginning their journey into Chinese politics and those who are already drenched in the history and politics of this fascinating country. Dr Robert Weatherley, Affiliated Lecturer in Chinese Politics, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsAcknowledgement Preface Tables Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Learning from Dazhai after the Great Leap Forward: Mutations of Socialism under Mao Zedong Thought, 1964–1978 Chapter 3 Decollectivizing Anhui: The Emergence of Market-oriented Socialism in the Countryside, 1979–1980 Chapter 4 Recollectivizing Nanjie: Building a ‘Small Zone of Communism’ in the Post-Mao Era of Market Reform, 1984–2012 Chapter 5 Shekou and Shenzhen: Blurring the Line between Special Economic Zone and Special Political Zone, 1979–1989 Chapter 6 Guangdong versus Chongqing: Competing Models of Governance in the Run-up to the 18th Party Congress, 2008–2012 Chapter 7 China under Xi Jinping: The End of Factional Model-making and the Pursuit of Common Prosperity in Zhejiang since 2021 Chapter 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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