Democracy Books
McGill-Queen's University Press Constant Struggle
Book SynopsisConstant Struggle examines how Canadian democracy has been understood by its advocates and resistors, exploring key historical realities that have shaped it. Scholars from a range of disciplines tackle the methodological issues of this elusive concept, offering a renewed, sometimes unsettling depiction of Canada’s democratization process.Trade Review"Constant Struggle is a major contribution to the history of democracy and political thought in Canada. It should be read by all those within and outside Canada who are concerned about the future of democracy." Eric Sager, University of Victoria and author of Inequality in Canada: The History and Politics of an Idea"Constant Struggle is a challenging and innovative collection that comes out swinging: it will give thoughtful readers things to chew on!" Brian Young, McGill University and author of Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec: The Taschereaus and McCords
£27.90
Columbia University Press Democracy and Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisThis monograph challenges the belief that US democracy is incompatible with effective foreign policy. The author argues that any problems are rooted in the incentives of professional statesmen rather than in the impulses which drive the public and its legislative representatives.
£80.00
Columbia University Press From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls
Book SynopsisThe first in-depth analysis of the link between politicians' behavior and opinion polls. Exploring political action within a broad historical context, the book develops a theory to show how the behavior of politicians, and the unfolding of political change, have been irrevocably altered since the advent of opinion polling in the 1930s.
£24.00
Columbia University Press Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process
Book SynopsisIn this collection of articles, the various authors examine the interaction of gays and lesbians with the democratic process in regards to public policy, public opinion, and political representation.
£29.75
Columbia University Press The Power and Limits of NGOs
Book SynopsisThis important book is among the few attempts to assess the impact of the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process.Trade ReviewBy pointing to successesand failures of external democratization assistance, the editors have compiled a volume that should become essential reading for those in the scholarly, governmental, and NGO communities... One hopes that this book gains an audience that will influence not only academic discussion but also important policy debates on how to promote democracy in the postcommunist world and beyond. -- Paul Kubicek Perspectives on Politics A well-written and important book... Given the volume's presentation of extensive empirical data and thoughtful analysis grounded in scholarly literature, this book should be enthusiastically welcomed by policy-makers and the members of the NGO community hoping to spread democracy. -- Valerie Sperling Governance The Power and Limits of NGOs presents a serious, rigorous, and balanced analysis of the democracy assistance programs in post-communist Eurasia, and its findings and implications will have broad and long-lasting academic and policy relevance. -- Marc Morje Howard Slavic ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: Transnational Networks and NGOs in Post-Communist Societies, by Sarah E. Mendelson and John K. Glenn 2. International Actors and Women's NGOs in Poland and Hungary: The Difference They Have Made, by Patrice C. McMahon 3. Evaluating Western Assistance to Russian Women's Organizations, by James Richter 4. International Assistance and the Development of Independent Mass Media in the Czech and Slovak Republics, by Karen Ballentine 5. Western and Russian Environmental NGOs: A Greener Russia?, by Leslie Powell 6. Environmental NGOs in Kazakhstan: Democratic Goals and Non-Democratic Outcomes, by Erika Weinthal and Pauline Jones Luong 7. International Democracy Assistance In Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Building Civil Society From the Outside?, by Fiona B. Adamson 8. International NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Attempting to Build Civil Society, by V.P. Gagnon, Jr. 9. Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Transnational Democracy Networks in Post-Communist Societies, by Sarah E. Mendelson
£27.00
Columbia University Press How East Asians View Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA fascinating study. Business Times Singapore This rigorously designed study... will surely become a classic in the field. Foreign Affairs A valuable but also complex book... It is impossible, in this short review, to do justice to the richness of the data compiled and of the conclusions proposed... Essential reading. China Perspectives the contributions to this edited volume represent a nuanced and balanced rebuttal to the view that 'Asian values' are not compatible with democracy...a very useful introduction to the topic of democracy in Asia in a course on comparative politics. -- Andre Laliberte Journal of Chinese Political Science ...provides a superb analysis of popular support for democracy in the region, and will long serve as a highly valuable resource to both regional specialists and democracy scholars. -- Stephen D. Collins Taiwan Journal of Democracy The whole forms an exemplary exercise in internationally comparative political science research on a provocative and elusive subject matter. -- John Dunn East AsiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia, by Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan, and Doh Chull Shin 2. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in South Korea: Exploring the Subjective World of Democratization in Flux, by Doh Chull Shin and Chong-Min Park 3. Mass Public Perceptions of Democratization in the Philippines: Consolidation in Progress?, by Linda Luz Guerrero and Rollin F. Tusalem 4. How Citizens View Taiwan's New Democracy, by Yu-tzung Chang and Yun-han Chu 5. Developing Democracy Under a New Constitution in Thailand, by Robert B. Albritton and Thawilwadee Bureekul 6. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in Mongolia, by Damba Ganbat, Rollin F. Tusalem, and David D. Yang 7. Japanese Attitudes and Values Toward Democracy, by Ken'ichi Ikeda and Masaru Kohno 8. Democratic Transition Frustrated: The Case of Hong Kong, by Wai-man Lam and Hsin-chi Kuan 9. China: Democratic Values Supporting an Authoritarian System, by Tianjian Shi 10. Conclusion: Values, Regime Performance, and Democratic Consolidation, by Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, and Andrew J. Nathan Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Works Cited Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press Religion Secularism and Constitutional Democracy
Book SynopsisCritically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.Trade ReviewReligion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy critically confronts the contemporary resurgence of 'political theology' with theoretical and philosophical sophistication while nevertheless exhibiting an admirable commitment to respect and tolerance of religious observance and plurality. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and politics today. -- John P. McCormick, University of Chicago The question of the proper role of religion in a secular state, once thought settled, has reemerged as a major challenge to contemporary democracies. The essays in this superb volume address the many aspects of this question with depth and clarity, connecting normative, historical, and institutional analyses in an exemplary way. Taken together, the contributions do more than represent the state of the art in this field of research; rather, they take it to a new level of refinement. -- Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt This volume is practically a 'who's-who' of the very top scholars writing on religion, secularism, and cultural pluralism. It sits at the cutting edge of debates in all of these fields and will be required reading in seminar rooms across North America and Europe. -- Andrew F. March, author of Islam and Liberal CitizenshipTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Jean L. Cohen Part I: Freedom of Religion or Human Rights 1. Religious Freedom and the Fate of Secularism, by Samuel Moyn 2. Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?, by Anne Phillips 3. Regulating Religion Beyond Borders: The Case of FGM/C, by Yasmine Ergas 4. Pluralism vs. Pluralism: Islam and Christianity in the European Court of Human Rights, by Christian Joppke Part II: Non-Establishments and Freedom of Religion 5. Rethinking Political Secularism and the American Model of Constitutional Dualism, by Jean L. Cohen 6. Is European Secularism Secular Enough?, by Rajeev Bhargava 7. State-Religion Connections and Multicultural Citizenship, by Tariq Modood 8. Breaching the Wall of Separation, by Denis Lacorne 9. Transnational Nonestablishment (Redux), by Claudia Haupt Part III: Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy 10. Liberal Neutrality, Religion, and the Good, by Cecile Laborde 11. Religious Arguments and Public Justification, by Aurelia Bardon 12. Religious Truth and Democratic Freedom: A Critique of the Religious Discourse of Anti-Relativism, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti 13. Republicanism and Freedom of Religion in France, by Michel Troper Part IV: Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism in Constitutional Democracies 14. Sovereignty and Religious Norms in the Secular Constitutional State, by Dieter Grimm 15. Religion and Minority Legal Orders, by Maheila Malik 16. The Intersection of Civil and Religious Family Law in the U.S. Constitutional Order: A Mild Legal Pluralism, by Linda C. McClain 17. Religion-Based Legal Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, by Alicia Cebada Romero Conclusion: Is Religion Special? Contributors Index
£31.50
Columbia University Press American Immanence
Book SynopsisAmerican Immanence seeks to replace the dominant American political tradition, which has resulted in global social, economic, and environmental injustices, with a new form of political theology, its dominant feature a radical democratic politics. Michael S. Hogue explores the potential of a dissenting immanental tradition in American religion.Trade ReviewHow at this moment of American precarity can one book combine such precise prophetic timeliness with so vast a conceptual apparatus? How can it remain at once lucidly engaging in its activating rhetoric and philosophically nuanced in its theopolitics? How can it bring home to us the planetary force of anthropocene uncertainty without one bout of apocalyptic hysteria? Read Hogue and learn how! -- Catherine Keller, author of Cloud of the Impossible and On the Mystery"American immanence," "the fourth trial of democracy," "a bifocal political theology," "the Anthropocene paradox"—with these explosive concepts, Hogue provides us with activist, democratic ways to think and respond to the contemporary tradition. Both drawing and working upon James, Dewey, and Whitehead to come to terms with the contemporary condition, this book inspires and illuminates the democratic Left at the same time. A necessary read today. -- William E. Connolly, author of Facing the Planetary: Entangled Humanism and the Politics of Swarming This is one of the finest integrations of complex streams of American thought that I have read in a long time. Hogue has given us a theopolitical vision of "nature" that is at once philosophically stirring and religiously relevant to the perplexities of our Anthropocene paradox. American Immanence draws upon James, Dewey, Whitehead, and their lineage to make a sophisticated case for pragmatic naturalism. It is elegant, erudite, and morally urgent. -- Nancy Frankenberry, Dartmouth CollegeAmerican Immanence offers a powerful indictment of contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental realities; excavates some of the deep structures of thought that have contributed to their emergence and shaped their development; and provides a careful elucidation of an immanental perspective, one that might provide a way forward in reimagining the relationship between humans and nature. -- Andrew Murphy * Political Thought *American Immanence teaches us how to encounter failures as demands for renewal...it exemplifies what it promotes: an audacious hope in the capacities of the human imagination. -- Lisa Landoe Hedrick, University of Chicago Divinity School * American Journal of Theology and Philosophy *An original and substantial contribution to both contemporary political theology and American philosophical theology...e a remarkable achievement. -- Demian Wheeler, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities * Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture *Hogue's book makes an important contribution to the task of disrupting and demystifying the dominant symbolic complexes that have shaped the collective emotions and habits of contemporary America. * Process Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. American Exceptionalism and the Redeemer Symbolic2. The Anthropocene and Climate Wickedness3. Thinking, Feeling, and Valuing Immanence: American Immanental Philosophies4. Divining Immanence: American Immanental Theologies5. Toward a Theopolitics of Resilient DemocracyNotesBibliographyIndex
£79.20
Columbia University Press American Immanence
Book SynopsisAmerican Immanence seeks to replace the dominant American political tradition, which has resulted in global social, economic, and environmental injustices, with a new form of political theology, its dominant feature a radical democratic politics. Michael S. Hogue explores the potential of a dissenting immanental tradition in American religion.Trade ReviewHow at this moment of American precarity can one book combine such precise prophetic timeliness with so vast a conceptual apparatus? How can it remain at once lucidly engaging in its activating rhetoric and philosophically nuanced in its theopolitics? How can it bring home to us the planetary force of anthropocene uncertainty without one bout of apocalyptic hysteria? Read Hogue and learn how! -- Catherine Keller, author of Cloud of the Impossible and On the Mystery"American immanence," "the fourth trial of democracy," "a bifocal political theology," "the Anthropocene paradox"—with these explosive concepts, Hogue provides us with activist, democratic ways to think and respond to the contemporary tradition. Both drawing and working upon James, Dewey, and Whitehead to come to terms with the contemporary condition, this book inspires and illuminates the democratic Left at the same time. A necessary read today. -- William E. Connolly, author of Facing the Planetary: Entangled Humanism and the Politics of Swarming This is one of the finest integrations of complex streams of American thought that I have read in a long time. Hogue has given us a theopolitical vision of "nature" that is at once philosophically stirring and religiously relevant to the perplexities of our Anthropocene paradox. American Immanence draws upon James, Dewey, Whitehead, and their lineage to make a sophisticated case for pragmatic naturalism. It is elegant, erudite, and morally urgent. -- Nancy Frankenberry, Dartmouth CollegeAmerican Immanence offers a powerful indictment of contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental realities; excavates some of the deep structures of thought that have contributed to their emergence and shaped their development; and provides a careful elucidation of an immanental perspective, one that might provide a way forward in reimagining the relationship between humans and nature. -- Andrew Murphy * Political Thought *American Immanence teaches us how to encounter failures as demands for renewal...it exemplifies what it promotes: an audacious hope in the capacities of the human imagination. -- Lisa Landoe Hedrick, University of Chicago Divinity School * American Journal of Theology and Philosophy *An original and substantial contribution to both contemporary political theology and American philosophical theology...e a remarkable achievement. -- Demian Wheeler, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities * Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture *Hogue's book makes an important contribution to the task of disrupting and demystifying the dominant symbolic complexes that have shaped the collective emotions and habits of contemporary America. * Process Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. American Exceptionalism and the Redeemer Symbolic2. The Anthropocene and Climate Wickedness3. Thinking, Feeling, and Valuing Immanence: American Immanental Philosophies4. Divining Immanence: American Immanental Theologies5. Toward a Theopolitics of Resilient DemocracyNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.20
Columbia University Press Data Love The Seduction and Betrayal of Digital
Book SynopsisData Love considers the changes big data has brought to the human condition from a philosophical standpoint. Roberto Simanowski explores our entanglements with algorithmic analysis and data mining, as we contribute to the amassing of ever more data about our lives, leading to the statistical evaluation and individual profiling of our selves.Trade ReviewDigital interactive space is not only a technical condition: it mobilizes larger ecologies of meaning that cannot be captured by an exclusive focus on those technical features. Roberto Simanowski gives us a brilliant exploration of one such ecology, an ironic and critical take on contemporary society's ambivalent relationship with data. -- Saskia Sassen, author of Expulsions With the advent of the Web, digital technologies seem to contain alternatives to the consumerist models implemented by the culture industry as described by Adorno and Hockheimer. Simanowski shows how data economy turns this dream into a nightmare of hyperconsumption founded on hypercontrol. -- Bernard Stiegler, author of States of Shock: Stupidity and Knowledge in the 21st Century With this book, Simanowski joins Evgeny Morozov as an indispensable critic of our obsession with big data. What sets Data Love apart from other accounts is its determined shift of attention away from the sinister machinations of government agencies to the impact of seemingly harmless commercial data-service providers, as well as its informed historical focus, which ties modern data mining to the venerable project of enlightenment. Seek and you will find, a famous text promised two millennia ago. Search engines such as Google have renewed the pledge, but Simanowski leaves no doubt that the digital platform supporting this promise is turning it into a threat: Seek and you will be found. -- Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, author of Kittler and the Media Simanowski proffers a much more profound history and theoretical basis to the debate, a contribution unparalleled in its findings and with conclusions that are neither too radical nor too conservative. Without question, Data Love is the most comprehensive and philosophically rich contribution on this subject that I have read. -- Creston Davis, Global Center for Advanced Studies Compelling... Simanowski makes an excellent case that the most essential struggle is not with the NSA or Facebook but with ourselves. -- Jennifer Howard Times Literary Supplement Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Part I. Beyond the NSA Debate 1. Intelligence Agency Logic 2. Double Indifference 3. Self-Tracking and Smart Things 4. Ecological Data Disaster 5. Cold Civil War Part II. Paradigm Change 6. Data-Mining Business 7. Social Engineers Without a Cause 8. Silent Revolution 9. Algorithms 10. Absence of Theory Part III. The Joy of Numbers 11. Compulsive Measuring 12. The Phenomenology of the Numerable 13. Digital Humanities 14. Lessing's Rejoinder Part IV. Resistances 15. God's Eye 16. Data Hacks 17. On the Right Life in the Wrong One Epilogue Postface Notes Index
£49.60
Columbia University Press Faithful to Secularism The Religious Politics of
Book SynopsisIn Faithful to Secularism, David T. Buckley develops the concept of benevolent secularism to describe institutions that combine a basic division of religion and state with extensive room for participation of religious actors in public life.Trade ReviewThis is a powerfully argued book that makes an original case for a modern understanding of religion and politics and illustrates it brilliantly through the cases of Ireland, Senegal, and the Philippines. I predict that it will become a major work in a fast-growing field and set a new standard for excellence. -- Daniel Philpott, director of the Program on Religion & Reconciliation, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Buckley's concept of "benevolent secularism" enriches the comparative politics literature on religion and society. A brilliant example of using field research in multiple countries for theory building. -- Alfred Stepan, Columbia University This is going to be an influential work shaping the emergent field of the comparative politics of secularism. The original concepts of "benevolent secularism" and "secular evolution," drawn from the rich historical analysis of Irish, Senegalese, and Filipino secularism, throughout a century and across two religious traditions and three continents, are likely to prove particularly fruitful in many other settings. -- Jose Casanova, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Benevolent Secularism: A Theory of the Religious Politics of Democracy 2. Secular Emergence in Ireland: Home Rule and Rome Rule? 3. Secular Evolution in Ireland: Religion and Post-Catholic Politics 4. Secular Emergence in Senegal: Laicite in Translation 5. Secular Evolution in Senegal: Sopi and Institutional Change 6. Secular Emergence in the Philippines: Beyond the Malolos Stalemate 7. Secular Evolution in the Philippines: People Power and Pluralization Conclusion: The Future of Religion and Secular Democracy Notes Bibliography Index
£46.75
Columbia University Press Democratic Transition in the Muslim World
Book SynopsisThis book convenes leading scholars to consider the implications of democratic success in Tunisia and failure in Egypt in comparative perspective. Contributors analyze similarities and differences among democratizing countries with large Muslim populations, considering universal challenges as well as each nation’s particular obstacles.Trade ReviewIn the age of ISIS and growing anti-Muslim bigotry embodied in the rise of Donald Trump, the claim that Islam and Muslim societies are essentially and enduringly antidemocratic has again become mainstream. This book forcefully and convincingly repudiates this proposition. Focusing on the fascinating case of Tunisia and drawing up his vast erudition on the study of democracy, Alfred Stepan makes an important and unique contribution in understanding the relationship between religion and democracy in Muslim societies. -- Nader Hashemi, the University of DenverAl Stepan was our leading theorist of how to get and keep democracy around the world. His work on the Middle East revealed great subtlety and depth of understanding, made all the more remarkable by the fact that his primary region of study was Latin America. This carefully curated volume demonstrates the influence that Stepan’s thinking has had (and will have) on generations of Middle East scholars. -- Tarek Masoud, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityAl Stepan was a giant in the field of comparative politics. His contributions to our understanding of the complicated processes of liberalization and democratization are unrivaled. The invaluable essays contained in this volume reflect Stepan’s broad intellectual range and his rich legacy as a teacher to a generation of scholars. -- Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsStepan (Columbia) presents an edited volume that focuses on successful democratic transition in the Muslim word, a question so far neglected in comparative politics literature....Highly recommended. * Choice *An important and often original work. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsForeword by Monica MarksAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Alfred StepanPart I. Why Different Democratization Outcomes in Tunisia and Egypt? Cross-Ideological Accommodations, Constitutions, Militaries, and the Content of International Assistance1. Ennahda’s Democratic Commitments and Capabilities: Major Evolutionary Moments and Choices, by Rached Ghannouchi2. The Challenges of Democratization in the Arab World: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Case, by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham3. Mutual Accommodation: Islamic and Secular Parties and Tunisia’s Democratic Transition, by Alfred Stepan4. The Roots of Egypt’s Constitutional Catastrophe: The Necessity of Marrying an Analysis of Context, Process, and Text, by Nathan J. Brown5. Purists and Pluralists: Cross-Ideological Coalition Building in Tunisia’s Democratic Transition, by Monica Marks6. Patterns of Civil-Military Relations and Their Legacies for Democratization: Egypt Versus Tunisia, by Hicham Bou Nassif7. The Failure of the International Community to Support Tunisia, by Radwan MasmoudiPart II. Rethinking Other Democracies with Large Muslim Populations: What Policies Helped in Indonesia and India?8. Crafting Indonesian Democracy: Inclusion-Moderation and the Sacralizing of the Postcolonial State, by Jeremy Menchik9. Indian Democracy and the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, by Hilal Ahmed and Sudipta KavirajSelected BibliographyContributorsIndex
£79.20
Columbia University Press Democratic Transition in the Muslim World
Book SynopsisThis book convenes leading scholars to consider the implications of democratic success in Tunisia and failure in Egypt in comparative perspective. Contributors analyze similarities and differences among democratizing countries with large Muslim populations, considering universal challenges as well as each nation’s particular obstacles.Trade ReviewIn the age of ISIS and growing anti-Muslim bigotry embodied in the rise of Donald Trump, the claim that Islam and Muslim societies are essentially and enduringly antidemocratic has again become mainstream. This book forcefully and convincingly repudiates this proposition. Focusing on the fascinating case of Tunisia and drawing up his vast erudition on the study of democracy, Alfred Stepan makes an important and unique contribution in understanding the relationship between religion and democracy in Muslim societies. -- Nader Hashemi, the University of DenverAl Stepan was our leading theorist of how to get and keep democracy around the world. His work on the Middle East revealed great subtlety and depth of understanding, made all the more remarkable by the fact that his primary region of study was Latin America. This carefully curated volume demonstrates the influence that Stepan’s thinking has had (and will have) on generations of Middle East scholars. -- Tarek Masoud, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityAl Stepan was a giant in the field of comparative politics. His contributions to our understanding of the complicated processes of liberalization and democratization are unrivaled. The invaluable essays contained in this volume reflect Stepan’s broad intellectual range and his rich legacy as a teacher to a generation of scholars. -- Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsStepan (Columbia) presents an edited volume that focuses on successful democratic transition in the Muslim word, a question so far neglected in comparative politics literature....Highly recommended. * Choice *An important and often original work. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsForeword by Monica MarksAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Alfred StepanPart I. Why Different Democratization Outcomes in Tunisia and Egypt? Cross-Ideological Accommodations, Constitutions, Militaries, and the Content of International Assistance1. Ennahda’s Democratic Commitments and Capabilities: Major Evolutionary Moments and Choices, by Rached Ghannouchi2. The Challenges of Democratization in the Arab World: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Case, by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham3. Mutual Accommodation: Islamic and Secular Parties and Tunisia’s Democratic Transition, by Alfred Stepan4. The Roots of Egypt’s Constitutional Catastrophe: The Necessity of Marrying an Analysis of Context, Process, and Text, by Nathan J. Brown5. Purists and Pluralists: Cross-Ideological Coalition Building in Tunisia’s Democratic Transition, by Monica Marks6. Patterns of Civil-Military Relations and Their Legacies for Democratization: Egypt Versus Tunisia, by Hicham Bou Nassif7. The Failure of the International Community to Support Tunisia, by Radwan MasmoudiPart II. Rethinking Other Democracies with Large Muslim Populations: What Policies Helped in Indonesia and India?8. Crafting Indonesian Democracy: Inclusion-Moderation and the Sacralizing of the Postcolonial State, by Jeremy Menchik9. Indian Democracy and the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, by Hilal Ahmed and Sudipta KavirajSelected BibliographyContributorsIndex
£25.20
Columbia University Press Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy An
Book SynopsisFred Evans develops philosophical and political criteria for assessing how public art can respond to the fragility of democracy. He calls for considering such artworks as acts of citizenship, pointing to their capacity to resist autocratic tendencies and reveal new dimensions of democratic society.Trade ReviewProfessor Fred Evans’s closely argued book on the public object exposes the fragility of democratic discourse in its relation to image and monument. Democracy does not find a voice in public art but instead it is the public object that gives form and space to the symbolic imagination. Public art is not about the placing of a more or less beautiful object in a public space. It is instead, the struggle for space and object to find resonance with communal conversations of place and therefore the shared languages of togetherness and difference. -- Anish Kapoor, winner of the Turner PrizeThis book is a critically needed study in political aesthetics addressing complex connections between democracy, citizenship, and public art. Its systematic analysis and criticism of selected artistic projects, and ideas from such thinkers on democracy as Badiou, Derrida, Deutsche, Fraser, Lefort, Rancière, and Rawls, make this book an excellent companion to our intelligent thinking regarding the meaning and value of public art as 'acts of citizenship.' -- Krzysztof Wodiczko, recipient of the Hiroshima Art PrizeCombining stimulating commentaries on art with insightful analyses of contemporary philosophers, Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy is a major contribution to the ongoing debates about the nature of democracy. In a way that is immensely compelling, Evans shows how works of public art might (or might not) qualify as acts of citizenship in democracy. Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy is a book I wish I had written. -- Leonard Lawlor, author of From Violence to Speaking Out: Apocalypse and Expression in Foucault, Derrida, and DeleuzeIn this thought-provoking book, Fred Evans asks which public artworks constitute acts of democratic citizenship and which serve autocratic tendencies, and proposes a philosophical criterion for assessing public artworks as acts of citizenship. The field and subject of public art is in particular need of critically engaged analysis, and this book is particularly strong when Evans merges close visual and material observation of public art with close critical analysis. -- Erika Doss, author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in AmericaA genuine tour de force: a text at once immersed in the actual experience of public art, highly original in thought, while actively engaging the writings of others on such art. The reader comes away not only with new ways to appreciate public artworks—which are too often taken for granted by the viewing public—but with new inroads into the meaning of citizenship and democracy which these works set forth. * Philosophy Today *[An] important book [that] will interest political philosophers, art theorists, critics, and historians, but will also appeal to a broader audience of cultural theorists, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists of different theoretical persuasions. -- Andreea Deciu Ritivoi * Radical Philosophy Review *Impressively argued and researched. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments1. Democracy’s Fragility and the Political Aesthetics of Public Art2. Voices and Places: The Space of Public Art and Wodiczko’s The Homeless Projection3. Democracy’s “Empty Place”: Rawls’s Political Liberalism and Derrida’s Democracy to Come4. Public Art’s “Plain Tablet”: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Art5. Democracy and Public Art: Badiou and Rancière6. The Political Aesthetics of Chicago’s Millennium Park7. The Political Aesthetics of New York’s National 9/11 Memorial8. Public Art as an Act of CitizenshipAppendix: Badiou On “Being and the Void”NotesBibliographyIndex
£80.39
Columbia University Press Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy
Book SynopsisFred Evans develops philosophical and political criteria for assessing how public art can respond to the fragility of democracy. He calls for considering such artworks as acts of citizenship, pointing to their capacity to resist autocratic tendencies and reveal new dimensions of democratic society.Trade ReviewProfessor Fred Evans’s closely argued book on the public object exposes the fragility of democratic discourse in its relation to image and monument. Democracy does not find a voice in public art but instead it is the public object that gives form and space to the symbolic imagination. Public art is not about the placing of a more or less beautiful object in a public space. It is instead, the struggle for space and object to find resonance with communal conversations of place and therefore the shared languages of togetherness and difference. -- Anish Kapoor, winner of the Turner PrizeThis book is a critically needed study in political aesthetics addressing complex connections between democracy, citizenship, and public art. Its systematic analysis and criticism of selected artistic projects, and ideas from such thinkers on democracy as Badiou, Derrida, Deutsche, Fraser, Lefort, Rancière, and Rawls, make this book an excellent companion to our intelligent thinking regarding the meaning and value of public art as 'acts of citizenship.' -- Krzysztof Wodiczko, recipient of the Hiroshima Art PrizeCombining stimulating commentaries on art with insightful analyses of contemporary philosophers, Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy is a major contribution to the ongoing debates about the nature of democracy. In a way that is immensely compelling, Evans shows how works of public art might (or might not) qualify as acts of citizenship in democracy. Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy is a book I wish I had written. -- Leonard Lawlor, author of From Violence to Speaking Out: Apocalypse and Expression in Foucault, Derrida, and DeleuzeIn this thought-provoking book, Fred Evans asks which public artworks constitute acts of democratic citizenship and which serve autocratic tendencies, and proposes a philosophical criterion for assessing public artworks as acts of citizenship. The field and subject of public art is in particular need of critically engaged analysis, and this book is particularly strong when Evans merges close visual and material observation of public art with close critical analysis. -- Erika Doss, author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in AmericaA genuine tour de force: a text at once immersed in the actual experience of public art, highly original in thought, while actively engaging the writings of others on such art. The reader comes away not only with new ways to appreciate public artworks—which are too often taken for granted by the viewing public—but with new inroads into the meaning of citizenship and democracy which these works set forth. * Philosophy Today *[An] important book [that] will interest political philosophers, art theorists, critics, and historians, but will also appeal to a broader audience of cultural theorists, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists of different theoretical persuasions. -- Andreea Deciu Ritivoi * Radical Philosophy Review *Impressively argued and researched. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments1. Democracy’s Fragility and the Political Aesthetics of Public Art2. Voices and Places: The Space of Public Art and Wodiczko’s The Homeless Projection3. Democracy’s “Empty Place”: Rawls’s Political Liberalism and Derrida’s Democracy to Come4. Public Art’s “Plain Tablet”: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Art5. Democracy and Public Art: Badiou and Rancière6. The Political Aesthetics of Chicago’s Millennium Park7. The Political Aesthetics of New York’s National 9/11 Memorial8. Public Art as an Act of CitizenshipAppendix: Badiou On “Being and the Void”NotesBibliographyIndex
£23.75
Columbia University Press Antidemocracy in America
Book SynopsisAntidemocracy in America is a collective effort to understand the fragility of American democracy and how to protect it from the buried contradictions that Trump’s victory brought into view. It offers essays from leading scholars on topics including race, religion, gender, civil liberties, protest, inequality, immigration, and the media.Trade ReviewAntidemocracy in America is essential reading for understanding the deep divisions within American society, which are not new and have led us to this critical moment in U.S. political culture. -- Alondra Nelson, author of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the GenomeThis provocative book offers an all-star lineup for scholars from multiple disciplines who provide a fascinating analysis of the anti-democratic forces that have gained hold within the United States. As readers try to make sense of the era of Trump, this is a perfect starting point to make sense of the troubling developments we have seen. -- Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, coauthors of Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974This book offers readers more than respite from the relentless buzz of tweets, shares, and posts that overcrowd our daily consciousness; it supplies a beneficial point of departure for thinking critically about the direction of our political life in these challenging times. Antidemocracy in America is thoughtfully curated and insightful. -- Anthony S. Chen, author of The Fifth Freedom: Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972Recommended for readers seeking a critique of the Trump administration from multiple progressive liberal perspectives based on public policy themes. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Big Picture, by Eric KlinenbergPart I. The Crisis: Where We AreResource Extraction, by Michelle Wilde AndersonConfronting Manhood After Trump, by Lisa WadePredatory Real Estate, by Thomas J. SugrueThe Misinformation Society, by Victor PickardDefending Open Cities, by Saskia SassenCriminalizing Immigrants, by Alina DasTrump, Trade, and War, by Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. ShapiroRule by Misrule, by Richard SennettSchool of Trump, by Pedro NogueraTrump on Twitter: How a Medium Designed for Democracy Became an Authoritarian’s Mouthpiece, by Fred TurnerTrump’s Attack on Knowledge, by Craig CalhounPart II. The Collapse: How We Got HereThe Devastated House of Labor, by Margaret LeviUnholy Alliances, by Shamus KhanCoalthink, by Gretchen BakkeViolence and Criminal Justice, by Patrick SharkeyWomen Voters, Left and Right, by Linda GordonThe Office of the Presidency, by Robert ShrumReligion and the Republic, by Philip GorskiEvangelical Voters, by Tanya Marie LuhrmannGun Culture, by Harel ShapiraBlack Women and the FBI, by Ashley FarmerConfederate Revisionist History, by Douglas S. MasseyTrump’s Charisma, by Steven LukesUnequal America, by Michelle Jackson and David B. GruskyPart III. The Solutions: What We Can DoWorking-Class Environmentalism, by Daniel Aldana CohenDefending Society, by Wendy BrownProtest, Violent and Nonviolent, by Judith ButlerSocial Solidarity, by Michele Lamont“The Parliament of Bodies”, by Jack HalberstamThe Right Type of Citizenship, by Jefferson CowieMultiracial Cooperation, by William Julius WilsonList of Contributors
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Columbia University Press Antidemocracy in America Truth Power and the
Book SynopsisAntidemocracy in America is a collective effort to understand the fragility of American democracy and how to protect it from the buried contradictions that Trump's victory brought into view. It offers essays from leading scholars on topics including race, religion, gender, civil liberties, protest, inequality, immigration, and the media.Trade ReviewAntidemocracy in America is essential reading for understanding the deep divisions within American society, which are not new and have led us to this critical moment in U.S. political culture. -- Alondra Nelson, author of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the GenomeThis provocative book offers an all-star lineup for scholars from multiple disciplines who provide a fascinating analysis of the anti-democratic forces that have gained hold within the United States. As readers try to make sense of the era of Trump, this is a perfect starting point to make sense of the troubling developments we have seen. -- Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, coauthors of Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974This book offers readers more than respite from the relentless buzz of tweets, shares, and posts that overcrowd our daily consciousness; it supplies a beneficial point of departure for thinking critically about the direction of our political life in these challenging times. Antidemocracy in America is thoughtfully curated and insightful. -- Anthony S. Chen, author of The Fifth Freedom: Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972Recommended for readers seeking a critique of the Trump administration from multiple progressive liberal perspectives based on public policy themes. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Big Picture, by Eric KlinenbergPart I. The Crisis: Where We AreResource Extraction, by Michelle Wilde AndersonConfronting Manhood After Trump, by Lisa WadePredatory Real Estate, by Thomas J. SugrueThe Misinformation Society, by Victor PickardDefending Open Cities, by Saskia SassenCriminalizing Immigrants, by Alina DasTrump, Trade, and War, by Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. ShapiroRule by Misrule, by Richard SennettSchool of Trump, by Pedro NogueraTrump on Twitter: How a Medium Designed for Democracy Became an Authoritarian’s Mouthpiece, by Fred TurnerTrump’s Attack on Knowledge, by Craig CalhounPart II. The Collapse: How We Got HereThe Devastated House of Labor, by Margaret LeviUnholy Alliances, by Shamus KhanCoalthink, by Gretchen BakkeViolence and Criminal Justice, by Patrick SharkeyWomen Voters, Left and Right, by Linda GordonThe Office of the Presidency, by Robert ShrumReligion and the Republic, by Philip GorskiEvangelical Voters, by Tanya Marie LuhrmannGun Culture, by Harel ShapiraBlack Women and the FBI, by Ashley FarmerConfederate Revisionist History, by Douglas S. MasseyTrump’s Charisma, by Steven LukesUnequal America, by Michelle Jackson and David B. GruskyPart III. The Solutions: What We Can DoWorking-Class Environmentalism, by Daniel Aldana CohenDefending Society, by Wendy BrownProtest, Violent and Nonviolent, by Judith ButlerSocial Solidarity, by Michele Lamont“The Parliament of Bodies”, by Jack HalberstamThe Right Type of Citizenship, by Jefferson CowieMultiracial Cooperation, by William Julius WilsonList of Contributors
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Columbia University Press The Ends of Resistance
Book SynopsisAlix Olson and Alex Zamalin offer a clear-eyed critical account of how neoliberalism has redefined resistance to thwart social movements and consolidate power.Trade ReviewResistance is a word that has lost its critical edge, as this book demonstrates. Olson and Zamalin name 'restorative resistance' the idea that a return to a pre-Trump era is sufficient. Their critique challenges our coalitions, but this is a challenge that must be taken up to make the change the world needs. Essential reading. -- Linda Martín Alcoff, City University of New YorkHow did suburban lawn signs, social media photo frames, and voter mobilization campaigns for moderate Democrats become 'resistance'? Soberly diagnosing the rise of 'restorative resistance' as the outcome of a decades-long deliberate neoliberal narrowing of the political life of democracy, Olson and Zamalin echo Michel Foucault's fundamental insight that what is called 'resistance' illuminates how power is exercised. Rightfully alarming readers about a hegemonic horizon of reform that prizes channeling people's capacities to endure economic and social injustices they should resoundingly reject, the authors offer compelling guides to reigniting radical imagination and praxis by joining deeply democratic struggles through which we work to reawaken demands for liberation, actual popular sovereignty, and the state itself as ours—in solidarity with each other and the planet—to reimagine. -- Jane Anna Gordon, author of Statelessness and Contemporary EnslavementThe Ends of Resistance sheds an illuminating light on the shocking ways elite media and politicians have appropriated Black political resistance and the #MeToo movement for corporate and individualistic ends. Olson and Zamalin challenge the ways 'anti-racist' tactics have been appropriated to reinforce racial capitalism in a powerful indictment of the nation’s lackluster political will, even among so-called radicals. -- Terrence L. Johnson, author of We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives MatterTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The End of Resistance: Reformation Over Transformation2. Neoliberal Resistance: Privatizing Rebellion3. Democracy Domesticated: Resistance as Restoration4. Making Suspicious Citizens: Racializing and Criminalizing Resistance5. Unruly World Building: Toward a Critical Infrastructure of Demanding HopeNotesIndex
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University of Illinois Press The Lost Art of Declaring War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Brien Hallett has fashioned an original, incisive, and powerful argument for the proper standards for going to war. Tightly reasoned throughout and well timed to address the conceptual confusion that now reigns." -- Louis Fisher, author of Presidential War Power
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MO - University of Illinois Press Practical Politics
Book SynopsisGuiding to practice democracy, this book is for members of community and neighbourhood organizations, parent-teacher associations, local government, citizens groups, and other grass-root organizations.Trade Review"Before you give up on democracy, read this book! In an era when public engagement seems ever more contentious and mean-spirited, Michael Briand offers practical, espericne-based wisdom--not naive bromides--about what we can do to make democracy work in our communities. Read this book and gain new insights and new hope."--Frances Moore Lappe, cofounder, Center for Democracy
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University of Illinois Press Domestic Perspectives on Contemporary Democracy
Book SynopsisAn inaugural volume in the series Democracy, Free Enterprise, and the Rule of Law--forecasting the future of democracyTrade Review"The question of how democratic government reacts to the challenges of societal and technological changes is of tremendous importance. The distinguished contributors provide accessible overviews of a variety of important topics related to the success of democracy, including multi-ethnic threats to democracy and government tactics for spying on its citizens. Highly recommended."--James L. Gibson, author of Overcoming Apartheid"Setting out the main challenges that face both emerging and mature democracies, this collection will be essential for political scientists, sociologists, economists, historians, and communications scholars who seek to understand the nature of democracy in the twenty-first century."--Edward G. Carmines, coauthor of Issue Evolution and Reaching Beyond Race
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University of Illinois Press International Perspectives on Contemporary
Book SynopsisAn inaugural volume in the series Democracy, Free Enterprise, and the Rule of Law--forecasting the future of democracyTrade Review"Highly recommended for history teachers of recent global history, U.S. foreign policy since 1945, and specialists on democracy or political ideology."--Teaching History "An important reflection on the challenges facing democratic governance. This fascinating book offers an eclectic mix of novel contributions to the study of democracy and is most appropriate for classes in democratization, globalization, and international political economy."--Raymond M. Duch, associate editor of American Journal of Political Science"An outstanding book on the international dimensions of democracy. It brings together scholars from virtually all sub-disciplines in political science--comparative politics, international relations, political economy, American politics, and political theory--in its systematic treatment of the international factors underlying democratization processes. An ideal tool for courses in any of these fields."--José Antonio Cheibub, author of Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy“The volume offers an interesting debate on future prospects for democracy . . . . Recommended.”--Choice
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Indiana University Press Across the Aisle
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Indiana University Press Across the Aisle
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Indiana University Press The Fate of Africas Democratic Experiments
Book SynopsisDoes democracy have a future in Africa?Trade Review. . . [a] stimulating collection. * African Studies Review *Table of ContentsContentsPreface1. Elites, Institutions, and the Varied Trajectories of Africa's Third Wave Democracies Peter VonDoepp and Leonardo A. Villalón2. Repetitive Breakdowns and a Decade of Experimentation: Institutional Choices and Unstable Democracy in Niger Leonardo A. Villalón and Abdourahmane Idrissa3. The Tribulations of a Successful Transition: Institutional Dynamics and Elite Rivalry in Mali Leonardo A. Villalón and Abdourahmane Idrissa4. Democratic Legitimacy in Benin: Institutions and Identity in a Regional Context Bruce A. Magnusson5. The Collapse of the Democratic Experiment in the Republic of Congo: A Thick Description John F. Clark6. The Shaky Foundations, Adverse Circumstances, and Limited Achievements of Democratic Transition in the Central African Republic Andreas Mehler7. The Fate of Madagascar's Democracy: Following the Rules while Eroding the Substance Richard R. Marcus8. Institutions, Resources, and Elite Strategies: Making Sense of Malawi's Democratic Trajectory Peter VonDoepp9. Democracy Unrealized: Zambia's Third Republic under Frederick Chiluba David J. Simon10. Assessing Adaptation to Democratic Politics in Mozambique: The Case of Frelimo Carrie Manning11. Democratization in a Divided Urban Political Culture: Guinea-Bissau Joshua B. Forrest12. Democratic Governance in Africa at the Start of the Twenty-first Century: Lessons of Experience Michael ChegeReferencesList of ContributorsIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Counterpoints
Book SynopsisThe central, driving theme of this volume is democracy, its vicissitudes and its possibilities in Latin America. Guillermo O'Donnell considers the pattern of political and social alliances that have shaped Argentina's agitated history, and focuses on the tensions and intrinsic weaknesses of bureaucratic-authoritarianism, especially in its most repressive guises, at a time when it projected itself as an enduring, efficient, and potentially legitimate form of political authority. He includes detailed empirical analysis of daily life under extremely repressive regimes and argues throughout that the struggle for democracy is the most appropriate way, both morally and strategically, to take advantage of the fissures and tensions that close examination discovers behind the bureaucratic-authoritarianism facade.Counterpoints is a successful mix of personal experience and meticulous scholarshipa trajectory of O'Donnell's work that starts with the critique of authoritarianism anTrade ReviewThis collection of essays by Guillermo O’Donnell provides a retrospective look at the ways that his thinking has developed over the past thirty years or so. It deserves a warm welcome. [O’Donnell] has always been ready to think the unthinkable. Today he can claim to be one of the very few original political thinkers of his generation.” -- Journal of Latin American Studies“One of Latin America’s most influential political scientists, O’Donnell has collected his most important essays in this volume. He first sets the field alight in the 1970s with his analysis of ‘bureaucratic authoritarian regimes,’ a term he coined for Argentina and Brazil in particular, and he has been stoking the flames ever since. His thoughtful and provocative essays touch on all the democratic challenges that his homeland, Argentina, and the rest of Latin America face. Reflecting the changing political tides throughout the region, these essays also mirror O’Donnell’s participation in the debates over democratic transition and consolidation. His studies cover the social alliances shaping the Argentine political system, authoritarianism’s various guises and internal tensions, and democracy’s revival after a period of extreme repression. A valuable contribution from a fertile mind.” -- Foreign Affairs
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University of Notre Dame Press Issues in Democratic Consolidation
Book SynopsisSince 1974 there has been an unprecedented wave of democratization in the world. This trend has been particularly extensive in South America. But the problems confronting these new democracies are staggering, and the prospects for building consolidated democratic regimes are far from uniformly good. Focusing primarily on recent South American cases, Issues in Democratic Consolidation examines some of the difficulties of constructing consolidated democracies and provides a critical examination of the major issues involved.A prominent theme running through this collection is that the transitions from authoritative rule to civilian government may be arrested by political, economic, and social constraints. The articles contain analyses of the varied modalities and complex processes related to the transitions. The first transition begins with the initial stirrings of crisis under authoritarian rule that generate some form of political opening and greater respect for basic cTrade Review"Seven leading scholars, all associated with Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies, have contributed to this path-breaking symposium volume on the second stage of South America's contemporary transitions toward democratic governance. They emphasize the enormous difficulties of consolidating democratic practice, arising from vast social inequalities, the lingering strength of antidemocratic groups and forces, continuities of political actors and prevalent styles from the authoritarian period, weak political institutions and recalcitrant military leaders. But the book’s fundamental animus is that democratic governance can be achieved and that independent scholarly critiques can contribute to its nurturing.” —Foreign Affairs“. . . This volume makes an important contribution to the study of transitions and democratic consolidation. The overall conclusion of the book, namely that the new democracies of South America do not seem to be moving ahead towards democratic consolidation, seems to be well-taken and supported by up to date evidence. . . .” —Journal of Latin American Studies“While much has been written of late on the issue of democratization, the approach here has two advantages over many of its competitors. First, it is tightly focused geographically, confining itself almost entirely to South American cases. . . . Second, and more importantly, the authors all concern themselves with the same theme, namely what the editors term ‘the second transition to democracy.’ In the first transition, authoritarian rule breaks down and governments are elected by universal suffrage and under conditions of respect for civil liberties. The second transition is the process by which these elected governments are consolidated. The book the, as the title states, is a study of the process of democratic consolidation. . . . [It] gives us many critical signposts to follow in attempting to predict the course of the second transition, the one to stable democracy.” —American Political Science Review". . . This volume promises to remain one of the seminal guides for research on democratic politics in Latin America. The intriguing insights and the significance of the questions posed should concern both students of Latin American politics and those who wise up to track the evolution of democratic politics into the next century.” —National Political Science Review“. . . This is an excellent volume that will help readers understand the dramatic changes reshaping political life throughout the globe at the close of the twentieth century. . . . [It] is a sobering and essential volume, reminding us of the risks the new democratic regimes face. . . . Readers seeking some first-rate thinking about these issues will be well served with the essays. . . .” —Political Science Quarterly
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University of Notre Dame Press Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin
Book SynopsisAuthoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe brings together well-known comparative political scientists to define and explore the effects of authoritarian rule in post-authoritarian regimes in Southern Europe, the Southern Cone, and Brazil. Contributors to this volume use the research of historians, social psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists to formulate their conceptualizations of legacies. Their analysis is also sensitive to the experiences of those who live with the consequences of authoritarian regimes. Each chapter offers a multi-case comparison either from within Latin America or between Latin America and Southern Europe.Among the challenges for democracies in Latin America and Southern Europe are weakened political parties, politicized militaries, compromised judiciaries, corrupt police forces, and widespread citizen distrust. Utilizing a historical-sociological methodology that incorporates both the formal-legal and cuTrade Review“A superb point of entry into the rich and varied scholarship on real-world democracies after transitions from dictatorship. This coherent, well-edited collection has clearly benefited from interaction among different scholars and disciplines over time. It makes a persuasive case that the concept of ‘authoritarian legacies’ can be utilized with analytical rigor, attentive to the symbolic and expressive sides of politics as well as to institutions, interests, policies and power.” —Alexander Wilde, Ford Foundation“We know that sturdy democratic regimes are not built on prefabricated and interchangeable foundations, yet we understand very little about how local landscapes, particularly the shadow of the past, shape the familiar ideas and institutions of democracy. This book is a valuable contribution to our appreciation of the varied ways in which history, particularly authoritarian political history, molds democratic practice. Elegant case studies from Latin America and Southern Europe yield important lessons not only for regional scholars but for everyone interested in democratization and democracy promotion around the world.” —Lisa Anderson, Columbia University“This collection documents the hidden impediments to democratizing reforms, and recognizes the inherent limits of democratization in these two areas of the world. Recommended.” —Choice"The collection contains many interesting findings and arguments." —Political Studies Review"The work as a whole is interesting and in some ways illustrative. This reviewer has no doubt that historical analysis can help illuminate contemporary realities in all kinds of ways, and the articles in this collection broadly succeed in doing this. ...this edited collection includes some interesting discussion, and successfully illuminates some significant aspects of the behavior of state actors in Brazil and the southern cone of South America, and to a lesser extent elsewhere." —The Americas
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University of Notre Dame Press Telling the Truths
Book SynopsisConfronting the past has become an established norm for countries undergoing transitions from violence to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, or both. This book draws from two bodies of literaturepeace building and transitional justiceto examine whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace and, if so, how and under what conditions. The authors approach these questions by examining whether truth telling contributes to the following elements, all of which are deemed to be constitutive of sustainable peace: reconciliation, human rights, gender equity, restorative justice, the rule of law, the mitigation of violence, and the healing of trauma.While the transitional-justice literature appears to have grasped the importance of truth telling for securing sustainable peace, few studies have undertaken empirical analysis and evaluations of the long-term impact of such mechanisms. Contributors to this interdisciplinary volumefrom the fields of political sTrade Review“The volume's objective, as editor Tristan Anne Borer states in her introduction, is to examine 'whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions.' It is a welcome aim. Neither the post-conflict peace-building literature nor the transitional justice literature has rigorously and systematically examined that relationship. . . . Borer's introduction stands out as one of the better chapters, providing a solid overview of the literature, and a lucid discussion of key conceptual and definitional issues.” —Political Science Quarterly"Truth telling is always important but never more so than when a country undergoes a transition. Getting to the truth challenges myths, half-truths, denials, and lies. When the silence is broken, it offers the opportunity for new beginnings. Telling the Truths is a major step in this direction." —Alex Boraine, Founding President and Chairperson of the Board, International Center for Transitional Justice, Cape Town, South Africa"This interesting, well-written book is timely and important for scholars of democratic transitions and conflict resolution as well as those working in the areas of international law and organization." —Jackie Smith, Sociology and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame“This collection demonstrates that scholarship of transitional justice and truth-telling structures is reaching a new stage of maturity. This interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners confront and problematize a number of aspirational assumptions found in the discourse between both scholars and policy-makers about the utility of truth commissions. The authors explicitly question the value of truth telling for countries emerging from protracted conflicts, call for modest expectations of any single attempt to hasten reconciliation, and present nuanced interpretations of the complexities of truth telling and peace building. . . . [They] discuss cases and raise questions and hypotheses that can inspire a new research agenda on the relationship between truth and peace.” —Human Rights and Human Welfare"This is a specialized volume that furthers the development of the interdisciplinary field of peace studies, and belongs in most university libraries. . . In an insightful introductory chapter, she lays out the research challenges in looking at truth telling as a peace-building activity, and then examines empirical evidence in case studies across the globe. . . With contributors from around the world and from several disciplines, the volume seeks to weigh truth telling as part of the restorative justice process and to document that peace building involves long-term processes." —Choice
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University of Notre Dame Press Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul
Book SynopsisIn Ecological Ethics and the Human Soul: Aquinas, Whitehead, and the Metaphysics of Value, Francisco J. Benzoni addresses the pervasive and destructive view that there is a moral gulf between human beings and other creatures. Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics entails such a moral gulf, holds that human beings are ultimately separate from nature. Alfred North Whitehead, in contrast, maintains that human beings are continuous with the rest of nature. These different metaphysical systems demand different ethical stances toward creation.Benzoni analyzes and challenges Thomas''s understanding of the human soul, his primary justification for the moral separation, arguing that it is finally philosophically untenable. The author finds promising the alternative metaphysics of Whitehead, for whom human beings are a part of natureeven if the highest part; all creatures have a degree of subjectivity and creativity, and thus all have intrinsic value and moral worth, independent oTrade Review“Eminently clear in concept and analysis, profound in insight, and precise in reasoning, this book not only contributes a distinguished study of Aquinas but also reshapes contemporary ecological ethics by relating it to basic issues of metaphysics. Both subsequent moral theory attentive to Aquinas and subsequent formulations of ecological ethics will be incomplete without taking account of Benzoni's argument.” —Franklin I. Gamwell, Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology, The University of Chicago Divinity School“In the introduction and conclusion, Francisco Benzoni makes clear the broader significance of this work for the field of ecological ethics and the future well-being of the human species on this earth. One can learn a great deal about the philosophy of both Aquinas and Whitehead in working through these pages.” —Joseph Bracken, Xavier University“Aquinas believes that humans are finally separate from nature and that the former have moral worth and the latter does not; Whitehead believes that all entities exist along a metaphysical spectrum and all creatures have some degree of moral worth. Taking these two positions as a starting point, Benzoni explores such topics as the metaphysical grounding of goodness, the soul as an entity, and intrinsic value and moral worth.” —Research Book News“Benzoni does an admirable job once again in managing to present very challenging and complex material in a clear and accessibly way. Benzoni's focus on the metaphysics of the soul as the primary basis for the bifurcation of humans from non-humans is both interesting and suggestive. His critique of Aquinas should interest anyone concerned with the metaphysics of value and its history, and his sketch of a Whiteheadian alternative will also be helpful to anyone interested in rethinking our place within nature and the general scheme of things.” —Philosophy in Review“Benzoni's excellent and challenging work is a densely argued analysis of the metaphysical foundations of ethical systems, mainly those of Thomas Aquinas and Alfred North Whitehead, with a view to providing an adequate basis for an ethical understanding of the ecological crisis facing the world today. Highly recommended.” —Catholic Books Review“Benzoni’s contribution to environmental ethics is to present a careful analysis of why Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical theory is wrong, and to propose that of Alfred North Whitehead in its stead. Benzoni’s exposition is valuable in being accessible to an inquirer, and particularly to one coming from the scholastic tradition of Thomas Aquinas.” —Environmental Ethics
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MR - University of Notre Dame Press European Christian Democracy Historical Legacies
Book SynopsisThese essays analyze the importance of Christian democracy in European politics. Contributions from American and European historians and political scientists explore the historical roots of the European Christian democratic movement in Catholic social doctrine and political practice.Trade Review“…rewarding and interesting.” —European History Quarterly“Thomas Kselman and Joseph Buttigieg’s impressive and provocative collection of essays, European Christian Democracy, reminds the reader of the significance and complexity of religious politics and, as an examination of that phenomenon, challenges the notion ‘that secularization is an ineluctable proves.’ ” —Catholic Historical Review“This set of well-written, detailed essays is useful for specialists in European politics. Recommended.” —Choice“... carefully researched and well-written essays....” —Political Studies Review“For those students of European Christian Democracy waiting patiently for this century’s successor to Michael Fogarty’s classic on the subject, Christian Democracy in Western Europe, 1820-1953, this present volume will sustain life in the interim.” —Journal of Church and State
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University of Notre Dame Press European Christian Democracy
Book SynopsisEuropean Christian Democracy presents a series of essays by leading experts that analyze the importance of Christian Democracy in European politics. This interdisciplinary volume features contributions from American and European historians and political scientists. In this book, scholars explore the historical roots of the European Christian Democratic movement in Catholic social doctrine and political practice, and use Christian Democracy as a means to analyze the relationship between religion and politics, church and state.Essays in this important collection include both case studies and comparative analyses. They offer a comprehensive assessment of Christian Democracy and the key role it played in establishing constitutional government and social policy in western Europe.Trade Review“…rewarding and interesting.” —European History Quarterly“Thomas Kselman and Joseph Buttigieg’s impressive and provocative collection of essays, European Christian Democracy, reminds the reader of the significance and complexity of religious politics and, as an examination of that phenomenon, challenges the notion ‘that secularization is an ineluctable proves.’ ” —Catholic Historical Review“This set of well-written, detailed essays is useful for specialists in European politics. Recommended.” —Choice“... carefully researched and well-written essays....” —Political Studies Review“For those students of European Christian Democracy waiting patiently for this century’s successor to Michael Fogarty’s classic on the subject, Christian Democracy in Western Europe, 1820-1953, this present volume will sustain life in the interim.” —Journal of Church and State
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University of Notre Dame Press Becoming Party Politicians
Book SynopsisThis book compares eastern and western German state legislators in the decade following unification.Trade Review"A volume in the series Contemporary European Politics and Society compares the political attitudes and values of east and west German state legislators after German reunification. Implications for successful democratization and institutional resilience are discussed." —Worldwide Political Science Abstracts "Contrasts the political attitudes and behavior of the state legislators in eastern and western Germany during the decade following the unification; finds little evidence that the easterners' values have hindered their adaptation to the new system." —The Chronicle of Higher Education"The emphasis on 'becoming' provides a unique perspective on when and how successful post-communist politicians of eastern Germany learn to function in a new democratic political system. This examination of state-level legislators concentrates on a discrete decade, shared by all post-communist countries, but under the unique circumstances of sudden absorption into west Germany. Using a wide range of materials, Becoming Party Politicians shows how legislators unlearn the anti-party attitudes and habits of the one-party state to become 'party politicians' in a multi-party nation." —David M. Olson, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Greensboro"This study builds on earlier research on the implications of the German model of post-communist transition; it asks important questions about the effects of transferring western German political institutions on eastern German legislators' behaviors. In its examination of the integration of two culturally distinct groups, Becoming Party Politicians has relevance well beyond the German case. Davidson-Schmich's analysis is sharp, tightly organized and accessible to undergraduates as well as advanced scholars." —Jennifer A. Yoder, Colby College"Becoming Party Politicians addresses an intriguing issue that in one form or another faces all new democracies: how, and how successfully, do such regimes acquire and socialize the political elites they need to lead them? In her exploration of that issue, and in her choice of members of east German state parliaments, Davidson-Schmich has written an interesting, well-researched, and well-executed study." —Thomas A. Baylis, University of Wisconsin
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University of Notre Dame Press Power in the Balance
Book SynopsisIn Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond, Barry S. Levitt answers urgent questions about executive power in new democracies. He examines in rich detail the case of Peru, from President Alan García's first term (19851990), to the erosion of democracy under President Alberto Fujimori (19902000), through the interim government of Valentín Paniagua (20002001) and the remarkable, if rocky, renewal of democracy culminating in Alejandro Toledo''s 20012006 presidency. This turbulent experience with democracy brings into clear focus the functioning of formal political institutionsconstitutions and electoral laws, presidents and legislatures, political parties and leaderswhile also exposing the informal side of Peru's national politics over the course of two decades.Levitt''s study of politics in Peru also provides a test case for his regional analysis of cross-national differences and change over time in presidential power across eighteeTrade Review"Barry Levitt's Power in the Balance is far more than a study of the separation of powers in Peru: the book is a welcome corrective to twenty years of institutionalist research on executive-legislative relations in new presidential democracies around the world. The study of formal rules can only take us so far. Levitt shows that the functioning of president-Congress relations is contingent upon the internalization of constitutional norms by relevant political actors, as well as on the ability of party organizations to channel these norms across successive electoral cycles and to constrain ambitious political elites. Levitt's insistence on meta-institutional variables will stand as an important contextualization of mainstream models of presidential democracy, generating important comparative insights into other transitional regimes such as Venezuela and Russia." —Timothy Power, University of Oxford"Although there are many scholarly analyses of the first government of Alan García and even more of the government of Alberto Fujimori, no scholar has explicitly compared and contrasted these two governments with that of Alejandro Toledo. By highlighting the constraints upon García and Toledo that were posed by their own parties or electoral movements as well as by Peru's legislature—and the lack of such constraints upon Fujimori—Levitt is able to show clearly that the hyper-presidentialism of the Fujimori government was an exception. Levitt's descriptions of executive-legislative relations and of the major political parties during the three periods, which are based on an impressive spectrum of interviews with key political insiders and also on thorough archival research, are especially interesting and provide important new data and insights." —Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University"Barry S. Levitt has delivered an important and original analysis of presidential power, legislative-executive relations, party politics, and rule of law in Peru from 1985 through 2006, advancing a fresh perspective on the strengths—and limitations—of institutionalist analyses in the fragile new democracies of Latin America. His book will be of great significance to scholars and students studying democratization and legislative-executive relations in the region." —Scott P. Mainwaring, Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame"This is an excellent book, which makes a pertinent contribution to the emerging literature on informal institutions in Latin America, to the general literature on political institutions and to the study of Peru, more specifically. . . . This book makes an important and insightful contribution to the literature on Latin American politics and executive behaviour. It provides a valuable corrective to the over zealous turn to the institutional in contemporary Latin American scholarship and highlights the nuanced analyses of political behaviour to be found in the examination of informal organizations and political norms." —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Levitt offers key insights into an understanding of executive-legislative relations in countries where the rules in and of themselves cannot completely explain governance. In these countries—and perhaps everywhere—existing norms and the nature of the representative institutions also matter when it comes to balancing power between the different branches of government.” —Perspectives on Politics
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University of Notre Dame Press The Quality of Democracy
Book SynopsisIn 1996, Guillermo O'Donnell taught a seminar at the University of Notre Dame on democratic theory. One of the questions explored in this class was whether it is possible to define and determine the quality of democracy. Jorge Vargas Cullell, a student in this course, returned to his native country of Costa Rica, formed a small research team, and secured funding for undertaking a citizen audit of the quality of democracy in Costa Rica. This pathbreaking volume contains O'Donnell's qualitative theoretical study of the quality of democracy and Vargas Cullell's description and analysis of the empirical data he gathered on the quality of democracy in Costa Rica. It also includes twelve short, scholarly reflections on the O'Donnell and Cullell essays.The primary goal of this collection is to present the rationale and methodology for implementing a citizen audit of democracy. This book is an expression of a growing concern among policy experts and academics that the recent emergencTrade Review"This book deserves to be carefully read by anyone interested in democracy, and especially democracy in Latin America. Its main innovations are probably methodological and empirical rather than theoretical. . . . [T]he book will probably stimulate fruitful arguments about whether or not we need to re-evaluate Latin American democracies in light of the notion of democratic quality. It is a challenging, important, and complex volume." —The Americas"The primary goal of this unique and compelling book is to provide the theoretical and empirical foundations for what the authors hope will be a new wave of interest in the quality of democracy." —Perspectives on Politics"...striking individual insights...."—Political Studies Review“O'Donnell fundamentally re-envisions the term 'democracy,' no longer the once ubiquitous-now automatically assumed-polyarchy, but something that draws on literature on democracy, human development, and human rights to produce a radically new definition. Each of these areas, O'Donnell argues, bases its claims on the idea of human agency.” —Latin American Research Review“Guillermo O'Donnell is one of the most prominent contemporary political scientists. His work will have a major impact on rethinking the relationship between democracy, the state, and human development. He calls for a profound rethinking of the state’s role in democratic theory and in human development.” —Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame
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University of Notre Dame Press The Quality of Democracy
Book SynopsisThis volume contains Guillermo O'Donnell's qualitative theoretical study of the quality of democracy and Vargas Cullell's description and analysis of the empirical data he gathered on the quality of democracy in Costa Rica.Trade Review"This book deserves to be carefully read by anyone interested in democracy, and especially democracy in Latin America. Its main innovations are probably methodological and empirical rather than theoretical. . . . [T]he book will probably stimulate fruitful arguments about whether or not we need to re-evaluate Latin American democracies in light of the notion of democratic quality. It is a challenging, important, and complex volume." —The Americas"The primary goal of this unique and compelling book is to provide the theoretical and empirical foundations for what the authors hope will be a new wave of interest in the quality of democracy." —Perspectives on Politics"...striking individual insights...."—Political Studies Review“O'Donnell fundamentally re-envisions the term 'democracy,' no longer the once ubiquitous-now automatically assumed-polyarchy, but something that draws on literature on democracy, human development, and human rights to produce a radically new definition. Each of these areas, O'Donnell argues, bases its claims on the idea of human agency.” —Latin American Research Review“Guillermo O'Donnell is one of the most prominent contemporary political scientists. His work will have a major impact on rethinking the relationship between democracy, the state, and human development. He calls for a profound rethinking of the state’s role in democratic theory and in human development.” —Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame
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University of Notre Dame Press Corruption and Democracy in Brazil
Book SynopsisBrazil has been troubled by political corruption in recent years. The essays in this book diagnose areas of strength, weakness, and potential improvement in Brazilian politics.Trade Review"Timothy Power and Matthew Taylor have produced a compelling, comprehensive volume on accountability dynamics in Brazil that will inform future policy and research regarding corruption. The analyses in this book raise important questions for practitioners and for the general public. In pursuit of answers to these questions, this team of researchers does not sugarcoat matters. They document dimensions of improved accountability as well as resilient dynamics of impunity. This well-organized book is accessible to academics, policy makers, and students." —Charles H. Blake, James Madison University"Corruption stories are often told as lurid tales of individual greed. This book persuasively insists instead that corruption and the responses to it are embedded deep in national institutions—one might say they are politics by other means. This first-rate collection presents a powerful analysis of recent Brazilian democracy in practice, showing how accountability institutions have greatly strengthened since the transition to democracy, while remaining weak in ways that undermine citizens' trust in their government. While closely focused on Brazil, the book also embodies an approach worth emulating for studying corruption elsewhere." —Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo“By focusing on the largest democracy in Latin America, Brazil, a country with both a history vexed by political corruption and an elaborate web of accountability-enhancing institutions and organizations, Timothy Power and Matthew Taylor have produced a study of extraordinary value for comparative politics. They have gathered a rich array of original research by top scholars on major areas of the network of accountability. Each chapter answers the editors’ core questions regarding how corruption operates, can be detected, and is preventable, while making clear those aspects that remain a drag on Brazil’s quality of democracy.” —Alfred P. Montero, Carleton College“This is a timely, insightful, and cohesive volume that will greatly benefit students of Brazil and analysts of corruption in developing countries. The authors are very much on top of their subject matter, much of which is not easily accessible in the academic literature despite the emphasis on corruption being so pervasive and harmful.”—Wendy Hunter, University of Texas, Austin“Among Latin American countries, Brazil has the reputation of being most corrupt. . . . The present volume addresses the institutional development of accountability that is being fleshed out by civil and governmental groups in the press, the electoral system, the legislative controls, the various police units, and the courts. The analysis is penetrating. . . . Recommended for all Latin American collections and those concerned with transparency.” —Choice“The contributors to this volume are professionals in their fields with extensive experiences in researching governmental processes and cultures as well as familiarity with Brazil’s bureaucracy.” —Colonial Latin American Historical Review“This insightful discussion of the ways in which Brazilian institutions combine to make corruption all but inevitable provides a convincing opening argument for the editors’ case that it is institutional design, and not the personal proclivities of political actors, that have so firmly entrenched the culture of corruption in Brazil.” —International Law and Politics
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University of Notre Dame Press Death and Conversion in the Andes
Book SynopsisWhen the Spanish invaded the Inca empire in 1532, the cult of the ancestors was an essential feature of pre-Columbian religion throughout the Andes. The dead influenced politics, protected the living, symbolized the past, and legitimized claims over the land their descendants occupied, while the living honored the presence of the dead in numerous aspects of daily life. A central purpose of the Spanish missionary endeavor was to suppress the Andean cult of the ancestors and force the indigenous people to adopt their Catholic, legal, and cultural views concerning death. In her book, Gabriela Ramos reveals the extent to which Christianizing death was essential for the conversion of the indigenous population to Catholicism.Ramos argues that understanding the relation between death and conversion in the Andes involves not only considering the obvious attempts to destroy the cult of the dead, but also investigating a range of policies and strategies whose application demanded contiTrade Review“Death and Conversion in the Andes: Lima and Cuzco, 1532-1670 looks at death rituals of the people of South America during this time and how traditional native American beliefs fell to the wayside and how Christian rituals came into power. Gabriela Ramos executes this history well and provides much insight into the period . . . a solid addition to any world or native American history collection.” —The Midwest Book Review“Gabriela Ramos makes a compelling case that death was at the center of the spiritual encounter between Andeans and Spaniards in colonial Peru. . . . Ramos’s work is based on a close reading of nearly five hundred wills written by indigenous residents of Lima and Cuzco . . . her deep research in previously underused sources offers abundant evidence of the importance of death in the encounter between Christians and indigenous people.” —Church History“[Ramos’s] interdisciplinary analysis finds that elite burials in consecrated ground contributed to the spread and acceptance of Christianity among urban sectors of the Andean population. . . . She portrays the church and its dictates as both a destructive force (of traditional beliefs and practices) and one that ordered an emerging colonial society.” —The Americas“Ramos exploited the difficult to access and use notarial records in Lima and Cuzco to amass a corpus of some 500 Indian testaments for her section on wills, graves, and funerary rites. This is a major effort and her analysis of them is exceptional. The result compares favorably to well-known studies of Spanish wills of the period, and provides for the possibility of comparison with the attitudes of the outsiders.” —Renaissance Quarterly“Ramos’s subject is post-conquest Andean peoples’ adaptive creativity in relation to beliefs and practices surrounding death, as well as the ways in which society was remade and relationships between its members restructured, by means of adaptations in the conceptualization of death and their expression in everyday actions and rituals. The book is one of the more original contributions of recent years, and makes a fine complement to Gose.” —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Gabriela Ramos has produced a deeply researched study that argues that the Christianization of death was crucial to the conversion of indigenous Andean peoples and to the construction of a colonial order. . . . a fine and important work of scholarship that is key to Andean studies and will contribute to ongoing discussions of how and why native Andean peoples responded, adapted, and made sense of Catholic tenets about the here and now and the hereafter.” —The Catholic Historical Review“Deserving a featured place in the already excellent scholarship on religion in the Andes, Ramos’s work should contribute to graduate courses on empire, colonialism, evangelization, and ritual, as well as surveys of Latin American history. While future scholarship will have to examine death outside of Lima and Cuzco, Ramos’s careful study should serve as a point of departure for future work on religious conversion in colonial Latin America.” —Sixteenth Century Journal“. . . Ramos examines the establishment of indigenous hospitals and parishes, will-making, confraternities, burial places and rites and, together with the detailed figures provided in the appendices, she succeeds in producing a well-written, systematic and pioneering study of an important aspect of early modern Andean society.” —Ecclesiastical History“Ramos has meticulously revised hundreds of archival documents in the production of this study, and her account of urban Andeans’ readiness to accept Christianity is a welcome corrective to previous accounts of conversion that highlight resistance. . . . This is a valuable study, particularly where it touches on matters of the individual and personhood.” —Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“Death and Conversion in the Andes is more than just another approach to the colonization and evangelization of the New World. It is also an innovative research on the birth of Andean Catholicism, a hybrid creed, which proves the strength of ancient beliefs on the one hand, and the adaptability of humans—in this case Andeans and Spaniards alike—to changing political, religious, and cultural circumstances, being, in Ramos’s words, ‘actors in a major cultural transformation.’” —European History Quarterly
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University of Notre Dame Press Activating Democracy in Brazil
Book SynopsisIn 1988, Brazil's Constitution marked the formal establishment of a new democratic regime. In the ensuing two and a half decades, Brazilian citizens, civil society organizations, and public officials have undertaken the slow, arduous task of building new institutions to ensure that Brazilian citizens have access to rights that improve their quality of life, expand their voice and vote, change the distribution of public goods, and deepen the quality of democracy. Civil society activists and ordinary citizens now participate in a multitude of state-sanctioned institutions, including public policy management councils, public policy conferences, participatory budgeting programs, and legislative hearings. Activating Democracy in Brazil examines how the proliferation of democratic institutions in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has transformed the way in which citizens, CSOs, and political parties work together to change the existing state. According to Wampler, the 1988 ConstitutioTrade Review"Brian Wampler has written the best book so far on the 'real working' of participatory government in Brazil. Wampler provides the reader with a multidimensional analysis of government in Belo Horizonte that goes from the grassroots level to several different government policies. In the end, he manages to provide an excellent view of how participatory policies weave together government and civil society actors. Everyone interested in participatory government should read this book." —Leonardo Avritzer, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil"Activating Democracy in Brazil answers one of the most important questions of contemporary politics: how did a country notorious for its inequality and clientelism build one of the most successful participatory democracies in the world? In this carefully argued book, Wampler takes us through the institutions, showing how a range of new political practices that emerged out of the 1988 constitution have fundamentally transformed the nature of citizen engagement with the state. The lessons here go far beyond Brazil and should inspire all those interested in seeing the democratic project move forward." —Patrick Heller, Brown University"Activating Democracy in Brazil is an original work. Brian Wampler uses a longitudinal qualitative study of the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil—with which the author has maintained contact directly and indirectly for a long period—to address a number of contemporary challenges in the participation debate. It brings together interviews, observations, survey data, and social indicators to tell a complex story from a variety of different directions." —Peter Spink, São Paulo School of Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation"This crucial book by Wampler sets [Brazil's practices of participatory democracy] in a necessary broader context not just for Brazil, but for new democracies generally. Wampler's detailed and clear analysis is based on extensive field research including many interviews with key actors and original survey data." —Choice"As inspiring books normally do, Activating Democracy in Brazil offers new insights and raises new questions. It also offers directions on how to reinforce democracy through participation. Its framework should pave the way for cross-regional and country comparisons." —Latin American Politics and Society“[Wampler] demonstrates the need for and delivers a more contextualized, in-depth analysis of how participatory institutions are activated by motivating ordinary citizens and civil society organization (CSO) leaders to participate. . . . Within the details of this book, we begin to see exactly how the various types of participatory institutions across diverse policy sectors are activated.” —Hispanic American Historical Review“Wampler argues that accessing citizenship rights requires activation democracy, which in turn depends on devising appropriate strategies to sustain collective action; overcoming the bias in representative democracy against the poor and other subaltern groups; and finally, translating “popular” demands into policy outcomes. . . .Activating Democracywill interest students of democratization and Brazilian and Latin American politics.” —Democratization
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University of Notre Dame Press Capitalism and Democracy Prosperity Justice and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This brief but powerful book is a much-needed—and timely—Guide for the Perplexed Citizen, and it is as wise as it is witty. Capitalism and Democracy is a masterful synthesis of disparate sources, and a highly intelligent assessment and critique of arguments advanced by various economists, political theorists, and politicians. Spragens’s prose is pithy, clear, and a delight to read.” —Terence Ball, co-author of Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal“Capitalism and Democracy is a remarkably evenhanded book, and especially so in these highly contentious days. Spragens joins a sophisticated understanding of political theory to economic analysis and provides a fuller account of what is at stake in debates about the extent to which the market should be ‘free’ and the government should ‘interfere’ with it than one usually finds in writings on these matters. I read it practically straight through and found it almost as enjoyable as reading a good novel.” —Richard Dagger, author of Playing Fair"The free-market process is ultimately based on the reality of who we are as human beings. The free economy is not an ‘instrument’ but a ‘process’ which allows the ‘flourishing’ of the human person. . . . Spragens’s study is a most worthwhile contribution in this ongoing discussion." —VoegelinViewTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. The Political Economy Debate: What Brings Prosperity? 2. The Moral Philosophy Debate: Are Market Outcomes Morally Acceptable? 3. Markets and the Good Society 4. Why No Slam Dunk Answers 5. Conclusion: Toward Reasonable Judgements
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University of Notre Dame Press Faith Nationalism and the Future of Liberal
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The four writers of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy, all of them religious, are unusually frank in recognizing the possible affinities between their religions and a nationalist politics. At the same time, they are wonderfully (and thankfully) persuasive in providing an account of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism that can stand alongside and support liberal democracy." —Michael Walzer, author of The Paradox of Liberation "A timely, constructive, and empirically grounded exploration of the tensions among religion, identity, and liberal democracy in the United States and around the world." —Robert D. Putnam, co-author of American Grace"Engaging and insightful, Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy helps us recognize the striking patterns of dangerous nationalisms that threaten to divide humanity and distort democracy around the globe. The authors' comparative perspective helps us see our own context in a clearer light, and the activist reading of history and the present ask us, as readers and people of faith, to take action." —Jeannine Hill Fletcher, author of The Sin of White Supremacy“This is a solid, timely book on a surprisingly neglected topic: the religious views and responses to the rise across the West of national populism. It succeeds at being both a scholarly and an activist and prescriptive look at the Christian and Jewish reactions to the populist surge in the twenty-first century.” —José Pedro Zúquete, author of The Identitarians"It is vital for citizens of liberal democracies to understand the populist movements that are challenging democracy from within. By explaining how religion has been co-opted by nationalist populism, and by showing how religion can help provide an antidote to populism, this learned and insightful book helps us appreciate the dilemmas of contemporary democratic politics." —Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith"Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy is an impassioned defense of the sane and sound forms of religion that engender and protect democracy, human rights, and love of neighbor. It is obviously a labor of love produced by those who have lived their lives in support of those values that will mend our broken world." —Jim Winkler, president and general secretary, National Council of Churches"Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy . . . impart[s] a cogent, academic, and rich way of understanding how religion has been turned political weapon; it gives significant advice about what to do to address the problem . . . [and] explains how religious claims have been warped and understood to be more about belonging than believing." —Foreword Reviews (starred review)"In this trenchant analysis, Elcott . . . teams up with other researchers to explore the ways religion impacts politics in the U.S. and Europe. . . . This is a startling reminder of the insidious potential of religious identity being overtaken by extremist political forces." —Publishers Weekly"Elcott and his colleagues are to be commended for lobbying that religion, when properly practiced, exposes “divisions between 'us' and 'them' ” not as appeals to purity but exercises in apostasy. Hope, not fear, thus paves the way forward." —The Journal Gazette“Elcott and his colleagues . . . offer a broad perspective on how religious faith has been misused in the development of national identities. In rich, complex prose, the authors provide examples of how religion has been used for both good and evil in the development of nation states. Indeed, the authors are stark in highlighting the ways in which religious belief has been weaponized to promote intolerance and disenfranchisement.” —The Arlington Catholic Herald"Elcott and his coauthors have come together across religious and cultural divides and exemplified a clear commitment to liberal democracy. Their work challenges faith leaders and laypersons alike to do the same and join together across seemingly insurmountable boundaries to work towards a global emphasis on human rights and dignity for all people. " —Reading Religion"This book is a useful primer on how authoritarian leaders manipulate religion to encourage human division, tribalism, and nationalism and how religion offers the means to promote liberal democracy." —ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Why We Write 1. Facing Liberal Democracy’s Challenge: Why We Highlight The Role Of Religious Identity In Populist Nationalist Movements 2. How To Understand The Populism Of Europe 3. The Assault On Liberal Democracy In The United States 4. A Catholic Response To The Errors Of Catholic Nationalism 5. The Post-Holocaust Protestant Church As The Defender Of Pluralistic Democracy 6. Each Human Being As An Image Of God: A Jewish Response To Religious Nationalism Epilogue: Religious Leadership, Civil Discourse, And Democracy The Authors Bibliography Notes
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University of Notre Dame Press Costs of Justice
Book SynopsisGrodsky examines the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes in postcommunist Poland, Croatia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan ,and a broad range of post-conflict policy making. Trade Review“Brian K. Grodsky seeks to understand the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes and, by implication, a broad range of post-conflict policy making. He develops and empirically evaluates a theoretical framework, relying on extensive original primary research and cross-national fieldwork—all things that have traditionally been lacking in much of the relevant transitional justice literature, until recently. The Costs of Justice is situated on the cutting edge of the field.” —David Backer, The College of William & Mary"An insightful, profound, and conceptually innovative analysis of the daunting challenges encountered by the new democracies in their endeavors to confront the traumatic past. Grodsky's comparative approach allows him to highlight similarities and differences between states, institutions, and elites engaged in pursuing political and moral justice. A most valuable contribution to the major ongoing debate on the relationship between democracy, history, memory, and justice." —Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland“The Costs of Justice: How Leaders Respond to Previous Rights Abuses . . . provides an innovative study of the process by which governments decide which transitional justice policies to adopt. Grodsky makes an interesting contribution to the field of transitional justice, by focusing on the domestic dimensions, and power play that affect and often define justice policy-making in transitional societies. Furthermore, the author does a commendable job at highlighting the similarities and differences between all four states in their attempts to come to terms with their past and carry out justice.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies“While attempts to understand, or evaluate, the social and political effects of transitional justice policies have also attracted growing interest from a wide array of academic disciplines, from political science and law to sociology and psychology, Grodsky seeks to bring methodological clarity to attempts to explain transitional justice.” —International Journal of Transitional Justice“A truly international comparative history, with a clear explanatory model that can be tested in other regions of the world that have undergone often wrenching post-totalitarian changes with the demise of the Cold War. . . This work deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone who studies transitional justice, for it will be cited by forthcoming works in the field for years to come.” —Human Rights Review Online“This is an important new book that will be of major interest to those engaged in the study of transitional justice as well as scholars and practitioners working in the related literatures of political science, human rights, and democratization.” —International Studies Review
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University of Notre Dame Press Death and Conversion in the Andes
Book SynopsisThis work examines death rituals in South America and how traditional native American beliefs fell to the wayside when Christian rituals came into power.Trade Review“Death and Conversion in the Andes: Lima and Cuzco, 1532-1670 looks at death rituals of the people of South America during this time and how traditional native American beliefs fell to the wayside and how Christian rituals came into power. Gabriela Ramos executes this history well and provides much insight into the period . . . a solid addition to any world or native American history collection.” —The Midwest Book Review“Gabriela Ramos makes a compelling case that death was at the center of the spiritual encounter between Andeans and Spaniards in colonial Peru. . . . Ramos’s work is based on a close reading of nearly five hundred wills written by indigenous residents of Lima and Cuzco . . . her deep research in previously underused sources offers abundant evidence of the importance of death in the encounter between Christians and indigenous people.” —Church History“[Ramos’s] interdisciplinary analysis finds that elite burials in consecrated ground contributed to the spread and acceptance of Christianity among urban sectors of the Andean population. . . . She portrays the church and its dictates as both a destructive force (of traditional beliefs and practices) and one that ordered an emerging colonial society.” —The Americas“Ramos exploited the difficult to access and use notarial records in Lima and Cuzco to amass a corpus of some 500 Indian testaments for her section on wills, graves, and funerary rites. This is a major effort and her analysis of them is exceptional. The result compares favorably to well-known studies of Spanish wills of the period, and provides for the possibility of comparison with the attitudes of the outsiders.” —Renaissance Quarterly“Ramos’s subject is post-conquest Andean peoples’ adaptive creativity in relation to beliefs and practices surrounding death, as well as the ways in which society was remade and relationships between its members restructured, by means of adaptations in the conceptualization of death and their expression in everyday actions and rituals. The book is one of the more original contributions of recent years, and makes a fine complement to Gose.” —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Gabriela Ramos has produced a deeply researched study that argues that the Christianization of death was crucial to the conversion of indigenous Andean peoples and to the construction of a colonial order. . . . a fine and important work of scholarship that is key to Andean studies and will contribute to ongoing discussions of how and why native Andean peoples responded, adapted, and made sense of Catholic tenets about the here and now and the hereafter.” —The Catholic Historical Review“Deserving a featured place in the already excellent scholarship on religion in the Andes, Ramos’s work should contribute to graduate courses on empire, colonialism, evangelization, and ritual, as well as surveys of Latin American history. While future scholarship will have to examine death outside of Lima and Cuzco, Ramos’s careful study should serve as a point of departure for future work on religious conversion in colonial Latin America.” —Sixteenth Century Journal“. . . Ramos examines the establishment of indigenous hospitals and parishes, will-making, confraternities, burial places and rites and, together with the detailed figures provided in the appendices, she succeeds in producing a well-written, systematic and pioneering study of an important aspect of early modern Andean society.” —Ecclesiastical History“Ramos has meticulously revised hundreds of archival documents in the production of this study, and her account of urban Andeans’ readiness to accept Christianity is a welcome corrective to previous accounts of conversion that highlight resistance. . . . This is a valuable study, particularly where it touches on matters of the individual and personhood.” —Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“Death and Conversion in the Andes is more than just another approach to the colonization and evangelization of the New World. It is also an innovative research on the birth of Andean Catholicism, a hybrid creed, which proves the strength of ancient beliefs on the one hand, and the adaptability of humans—in this case Andeans and Spaniards alike—to changing political, religious, and cultural circumstances, being, in Ramos’s words, ‘actors in a major cultural transformation.’” —European History Quarterly
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University of Notre Dame Press Dissonances
Book SynopsisGuillermo O''Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of critiques of democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, the authoritarian legacy hangs as a shadow over that advancement. O''Donnell engages in his analysis while keeping a firm gaze on that dangerous past.O''Donnell''s work has influenced a generation of political scientists. The essays in this volume bring forward and develop many of the ideas presented in his earlier collection, Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and DemocracyTrade Review“In this book, the well-known, highly influential Latin Americanist O'Donnell examines the challenges faced by third-wave democracies in Latin America (and beyond) and those who purport to study and understand them . . . brings together in one volume the insights of a political scientist who worked and lived through some of the worst moments in Latin America's recent past and understands the necessity of holding new democracies accountable if they are to avoid a return to authoritarianism.” —Choice“In this sequel to Counterpoints, O'Donnell continues his comparative analysis of democracies that have emerged in Latin America in the shadow of authoritarianism. This influential Latin American political scientist tempers neoliberal theories that conflate the state with its bureaucracies with essays on the factors that make for different degrees of legality and 'horizontal accountability' of fledgling democracies.” —Research Book News“One of Latin America’s most influential political scientists brings together a collection of his recent essays. This volume includes his essays on democratic theory, accountability, the rule of law, and the role of the state in new democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, legacies of authoritarianism and social inequality hang as shadows over that advancement. O’Donnell, whose work has influenced a generation of political scientists, engages in analysis while keeping a firm gaze on the dangers and challenges that lie ahead.” —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment“In an era where the term ‘democracy’ carries enormous normative weight but is thrown around all too easily, a careful analysis of the social and legal structures that support a true democracy is certainly in order. O’Donnell’s analytical framework is solid and thorough, and his application of this overarching scheme to the particular case of Latin America reveals interesting avenues for further research, policy, and activism.” —Journal of International Law and Politics"For many years, O'Donnell has explored the various ways in which the democracies of Latin America—many of them new—failed to meet expectations held out for them by citizens, analysts, and political actors. The articles collected here represent some of the very best thinking by an author who remains one of the most creative and insightful political theorists, whose work is deeply grounded in empirical observation, whose ideas are consistently robust, and whose reflections can be both provocative and of great practical use." —Charles D. Kenney, University of Oklahoma
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University of Notre Dame Press Power in the Balance
Book SynopsisIn Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond, Barry S. Levitt answers urgent questions about executive power in new democracies. He examines in rich detail the case of Peru, from President Alan García's first term (19851990), to the erosion of democracy under President Alberto Fujimori (19902000), through the interim government of Valentín Paniagua (20002001) and the remarkable, if rocky, renewal of democracy culminating in Alejandro Toledo''s 20012006 presidency. This turbulent experience with democracy brings into clear focus the functioning of formal political institutionsconstitutions and electoral laws, presidents and legislatures, political parties and leaderswhile also exposing the informal side of Peru's national politics over the course of two decades.Levitt''s study of politics in Peru also provides a test case for his regional analysis of cross-national differences and change over time in presidential power across eighteeTrade Review"Barry Levitt's Power in the Balance is far more than a study of the separation of powers in Peru: the book is a welcome corrective to twenty years of institutionalist research on executive-legislative relations in new presidential democracies around the world. The study of formal rules can only take us so far. Levitt shows that the functioning of president-Congress relations is contingent upon the internalization of constitutional norms by relevant political actors, as well as on the ability of party organizations to channel these norms across successive electoral cycles and to constrain ambitious political elites. Levitt's insistence on meta-institutional variables will stand as an important contextualization of mainstream models of presidential democracy, generating important comparative insights into other transitional regimes such as Venezuela and Russia." —Timothy Power, University of Oxford"Although there are many scholarly analyses of the first government of Alan García and even more of the government of Alberto Fujimori, no scholar has explicitly compared and contrasted these two governments with that of Alejandro Toledo. By highlighting the constraints upon García and Toledo that were posed by their own parties or electoral movements as well as by Peru's legislature—and the lack of such constraints upon Fujimori—Levitt is able to show clearly that the hyper-presidentialism of the Fujimori government was an exception. Levitt's descriptions of executive-legislative relations and of the major political parties during the three periods, which are based on an impressive spectrum of interviews with key political insiders and also on thorough archival research, are especially interesting and provide important new data and insights." —Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University"Barry S. Levitt has delivered an important and original analysis of presidential power, legislative-executive relations, party politics, and rule of law in Peru from 1985 through 2006, advancing a fresh perspective on the strengths—and limitations—of institutionalist analyses in the fragile new democracies of Latin America. His book will be of great significance to scholars and students studying democratization and legislative-executive relations in the region." —Scott P. Mainwaring, Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame"This is an excellent book, which makes a pertinent contribution to the emerging literature on informal institutions in Latin America, to the general literature on political institutions and to the study of Peru, more specifically. . . . This book makes an important and insightful contribution to the literature on Latin American politics and executive behaviour. It provides a valuable corrective to the over zealous turn to the institutional in contemporary Latin American scholarship and highlights the nuanced analyses of political behaviour to be found in the examination of informal organizations and political norms." —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Levitt offers key insights into an understanding of executive-legislative relations in countries where the rules in and of themselves cannot completely explain governance. In these countries—and perhaps everywhere—existing norms and the nature of the representative institutions also matter when it comes to balancing power between the different branches of government.” —Perspectives on Politics
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University of Notre Dame Press Success of the Left in Latin America
Book SynopsisArgues the “pink tide” in Latin America in the late 1990 was caused by voters to punish political parties unable to improve their economic well-being.Trade Review"This book breaks new ground in testing the origins of Latin America’s political turn to the Left, exploring the effects of discontent with government performance and market reform policies. Queirolo demonstrates that Latin America has experienced previous periods of leftist electoral success and that the most recent wave is more than a simple backlash against neoliberal reforms. This empirically rich study is a most welcome addition to the growing body of work on voting behavior in Latin America and its relationship to policy and performance." —Kenneth M. Roberts, Cornell University"This careful, comprehensive investigation makes an important contribution: It shows that the recent electoral success of the Latin American left did not arise from an ideological backlash against neoliberalism, but rather from a pragmatic quest for economic improvement. The book is a significant addition to the literature." —Kurt Weyland, Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Politics, University of Texas at Austin"Rosario Queirolo's The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior makes a valuable contribution to the study of Latin American politics and of comparative politics more generally. Queirolo makes a compelling argument that the general shift to the Left in Latin America was less a straightforward protest against neoliberal policies but more strongly a reaction to negative economic performance. Enriched with extensive survey data, her book is authoritative and persuasive." —Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University“Many have argued the success of the Left [in Latin America] is due to a rejection of neoliberal reforms, but Queirolo demonstrates how ‘citizens in the region are more outcome than policy oriented.’ Another assumption she successfully challenges is that Latin American electoral behavior is clientelistic and personalistic; however, she shows how in many cases the electorate is sophisticated in demanding accountability.” —Choice"Queirolo's work substantially advances our understanding of the motivations behind voter behaviour in Latin America. It is clear that in terms of its substantive content, the quality of its argument, and its use of a mixed method and micro and macro focus, this book is essential reading for those seeking to understand not only the recent 'Pink Tide' in Latin America, but also those of the cyclical historical patterns that preceded it." —Democratization“Rosario Queirolo’s path-breaking study of the Latin American left departs from this view. . . [that] we tend to ascribe voter behavior and political change to ideological variables. Queirolo’s approach is innovative in its focus on both macro political and micro political variables, and in viewing the question of the recent leftist resurgence in historical perspective. Queirolo’s work substantially advances our understanding of the motivations behind voter behavior in Latin America.” —Democratization“Queirolo is at the top of her craft when it comes to debunking myths. The first important myth is the idea that the pink tide [the electoral success of parties on the left] was a novelty. . . . Queirolo shows that the region has had ‘ideological cycles’ in the past, and that the left was a previous favorite. . . The second set of myths Queirolo debunks is the idea that the current phase represents a rejections of the neoliberal policies predominant in the 1990s, or conversely, a sign of ‘disadvantaged classes’ rising politically, or something even simpler—a mere reflection of economic indicators. . . . Queirolo has offered one of the best explanations in the literature for the origins of all this pink.” —The Americas
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Pennsylvania State University Press Democratic Professionalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Albert Dzur has written an important defense of professionalism and its crucial relationship to democracy. This is an especially well-timed book, seeing as professional credibility has sunk to new lows in our contemporary political culture and has been under attack from both the left and right.”—Kevin Mattson,Ohio University“This book is an important, innovative contribution to a topic that needs much more attention in political theory, namely, serious consideration of the role of the professions in a democratic society. The fact that the central role of professional expertise has been neglected by political theorists, including the decision practices to which expertise gives rise, is as astonishing as it is problematic. As this work makes clear, a democratic theory that fails to adequately examine the relationship between citizen participation and expert knowledge in a technological information society can only fall short of the mark. Professor Dzur’s effort to redress this shortcoming is a genuine service to the field.”—Frank Fischer,Rutgers University, Center for Global Change and Governance“A wise, critical exercise in applied theory, this work deserves a wide audience.”—J. Simeone Choice“There is no topic more central to the debate about democratic renewal than the role of professionals as civic actors in institutional settings. Dzur's Democratic Professionalism provides an indispensable analysis of the theoretical foundations for thinking about this productively, as well as rich, contextualized case studies of professionals who have managed to generate innovative practice and transform identities in ways that at once enrich expertise and engage ordinary citizens. This book is a wonderful scholarly contribution and a terrific resource for teaching across the social sciences and in professional schools.”—Carmen Sirianni,Hillquit Professor, Sociology and Public Policy, Brandeis University, author, Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance“Albert Dzur’s Democratic Professionalism, which explores the democratic possibilities of professions, is a splendid work of political theory, but it is also considerably more. By incisively challenging and showing ways beyond the forces that have displaced the agency of ordinary people in modern societies, it points toward escape from the ‘iron cage’ of technical reason that has long been thought to be our ineluctable fate. Dzur’s larger point is a wake-up call for the rebuilding of our commonwealth by citizens who come to realize that our most important and shared work, across the lines of all our differences, is to co-create our common world, not to consume it.”—Harry Boyte,Founder and co-director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship“At a time in which Elinor Ostrom has won the Nobel Prize for demonstrating the importance of the coproduction of public goods by citizens, we are fortunate to have a book that discusses the role professionals can play in aligning their routines with the work that citizens do in coproduction. Professor Dzur also raises the issue of what responsibility universities have to a democratic citizenry, since these institutions prepare most of our professionals. Perhaps the civic engagement that higher education promotes can begin internally as well as externally.”—David Mathews,Kettering FoundationTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Ethics and Politics of Professions1. The Missing Agents of Contemporary Democratic Thought2. Beyond Self-Interest: The Apolitical Picture of Professionals3. Professionals versus Democracy: The Radical Critique of Technocrats, Disabling Experts, and Task M.onopolists4. Task Sharing for Democracy: Themes from Political Theory5. Public Journalism6. Restorative Justice7. Bioethics8. Context and Consequences: The Duties of Democratic ProfessionalsConclusion: The University’s Role in the Democratization of Professional EthicsIndex
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Pennsylvania State University Press Dewey for a New Age of Fascism Teaching
Book SynopsisDrawing from the writings of John Dewey, identifies the core attitudes of fascism, sets forth an idea of democracy as communicative practice, and defines the values and methods of humanistic logic, aesthetics, and rhetoric.Trade Review“A wide audience should read this excellent volume, especially teacher educators, administrators, and teachers. Highly recommended.”—J. C. Agnew-Tally Choice“As the prospects of contemporary democracy are uncertain, readers may appreciate Nathan Crick’s nuanced discussion of Dewey’s critique of individualism, which weakened community bonds and constricted political engagement. Further, as our environment faces an existential threat, readers may glean insights from Dewey’s views of naturalism, which affirmed connections between humans and the planet. In many ways, this is a timely book.”—Robert Asen,author of Democracy, Deliberation, and Education“Grounded on a careful reading of Dewey’s social thought and philosophy of education, this book shows the relevance of Dewey’s ideas on the true ‘national emergency’ today in the USA: we are sliding into fascism and away from democratic communication. Crick lays out the habits needed for a more democratic culture and the means to obtain it via teaching logic, rhetoric, and aesthetics in a certain way. Dewey for a New Age of Fascism will be of interest to teachers and scholars in American philosophy, communication studies, pedagogy, and political theory.”—Gregory Fernando Pappas,author of John Dewey’s Ethics: Democracy as Experience“By deconstructing fascism’s fundamental antihumanist pillars while providing humanist counters, Crick offers educators, and through them, students, hope to thwart dangerous evolving societal trends that may at times seem unstoppable.”—Justin Patrick Philosophy in ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1 The Challenge of Fascist Antihumanism1 Ragged Individualism2 Animist Nationalism3 Totalitarian PropagandaPart 2 The Politics of Democratic Humanism4 The Art of Individuality5 Renascent Liberalism6 Intelligence and Social MovementsPart 3 The Pedagogy of Democratic Humanism7 Logic8 Aesthetics9 RhetoricConclusion: Teaching Democratic HumanismNotesBibliographyIndex
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