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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
£30.56
Pennsylvania State University Press Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas
Book SynopsisA collection of essays examining the rhetorics that underlie democratic politics in Latin America and the United States.Trade Review“Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas offers a valuable lesson. When contending with the Americas, rhetoric, and/or democracy, an investigation of the Idea of the Americas is fundamental to an understanding of what haunts us in the present, essential to the projects of unsettling the ‘settler’ as a system, and consubstantial for rethinking rhetoric [and] democracy.”—Romeo García The Quarterly Journal of Speech“With an impressive diversity of both topics and authors, Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas invites readers to consider the structural determinants as well as living habits of twenty-first-century politics. Angel, Butterworth, and Gómez demonstrate leadership in intellectual and disciplinary ways, bringing scholars together and suggesting with notable hope the future of international collaborations. This rich and deeply grounded collection courageously directs attention to the racial and class-based struggles that continue to challenge the Americas.”—E. Johanna Hartelius,editor of The Rhetorics of US Immigration: Identity, Community, Otherness“Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas is a shining example of why we need to think about god-concepts like democracy across space and time through transnational analysis. Rather than assume the naturalness of the nation-state borders in South, Central, and North America, the authors denaturalize them, telling the stories of their emergence and of how the presence of borders and the relationalities between these borders now shapes what democracy looks like and can be.”—Sara McKinnon,author of Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics
£26.96
University of Washington Press TopDown Democracy in South Korea
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mobrand's study not only provides an explanation of why Korea's top-down democracy is the way it is, but also generates questions for future research on authoritarian legacies, democratic consolidation, and varieties of democracy." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] concise, compelling, and original examination." * Journal of American-East Asian Relations *"[A] sophisticated analysis of the evolution of South Korea’s democracy and its perspectives in the twenty-first century. The author demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the multiple details and nuances of internal Korean politics and a deep understanding of the international context." * European Journal of Korean Studies *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Taiwan in Dynamic Transition
Book SynopsisFollowing a remarkable transition from authoritarian rule to robust democracy, Taiwan has grown into a prosperous but widely unrecognized nation-state for which no uncontested sovereign space exists. Increasingly vigorous assertions of Taiwanese identity expose the fragility of relationships between the United States and other great powers that assume Taiwan will eventually unite with China. Perhaps because of their precarious international position, the Taiwanese have embraced cosmopolitan culture and democratic institutions. The 2014 Sunflower Movement thrust Taiwan's politics into the global media spotlight, as did the resounding electoral victory of the once-illegal Democratic Progressive Party in 2016. Taiwan in Dynamic Transition provides an up-to-date assessment of contemporary Taiwan, highlighting Taiwan's emergent nationhood and its significance for world politics. Taiwan's path has important implications for broader themes and preoccupations in contemporary thought, such Trade Review"The volume provides diverse and often impassioned perspectives, which are not often found in English-language academic or policy analyses of Taiwan." * Foreign Affairs *"The concepts of nation-building and democratization remain understudied in current comparative and international politics. The book... offers a selection of essays that demonstrate a nuanced evaluation of contemporary Taiwanese politics, providing an alternative explanation of Taiwan’s national identity development." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] welcome addition to the growing literature exploring a distinct Taiwanese identity and its political implications." * Choice *"Collectively, these essays offer some useful insights into Taiwan’s political transition and democratization." * Chinese Historical Review *"Taiwan in Dynamic Transition is a valuable addition to Taiwan Studies that self-reflexively tracks the progress of the field itself. It points to a future when the study of Taiwan nationhood no longer needs to be legitimised and scholars will be freed to assess a wide range of contemporary social and political issues in Taiwan with the detail they deserve." * Asian Studies Review *
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University of Washington Press Taiwan in Dynamic Transition
Book SynopsisFollowing a remarkable transition from authoritarian rule to robust democracy, Taiwan has grown into a prosperous but widely unrecognized nation-state for which no uncontested sovereign space exists. Increasingly vigorous assertions of Taiwanese identity expose the fragility of relationships between the United States and other great powers that assume Taiwan will eventually unite with China. Perhaps because of their precarious international position, the Taiwanese have embraced cosmopolitan culture and democratic institutions. The 2014 Sunflower Movement thrust Taiwan's politics into the global media spotlight, as did the resounding electoral victory of the once-illegal Democratic Progressive Party in 2016. Taiwan in Dynamic Transition provides an up-to-date assessment of contemporary Taiwan, highlighting Taiwan's emergent nationhood and its significance for world politics. Taiwan's path has important implications for broader themes and preoccupations in contemporary thought, such Trade Review"The volume provides diverse and often impassioned perspectives, which are not often found in English-language academic or policy analyses of Taiwan." * Foreign Affairs *"The concepts of nation-building and democratization remain understudied in current comparative and international politics. The book... offers a selection of essays that demonstrate a nuanced evaluation of contemporary Taiwanese politics, providing an alternative explanation of Taiwan’s national identity development." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] welcome addition to the growing literature exploring a distinct Taiwanese identity and its political implications." * Choice *"Collectively, these essays offer some useful insights into Taiwan’s political transition and democratization." * Chinese Historical Review *"Taiwan in Dynamic Transition is a valuable addition to Taiwan Studies that self-reflexively tracks the progress of the field itself. It points to a future when the study of Taiwan nationhood no longer needs to be legitimised and scholars will be freed to assess a wide range of contemporary social and political issues in Taiwan with the detail they deserve." * Asian Studies Review *
£110.48
Yale University Press Lions and Lambs
Book SynopsisA bold new interpretation of Germany's democratic transformation in the twentieth century, focusing on a group of intellectuals who shaped the post-Nazi reconstructionTrade Review“Excellent study” —Emily A.Steinhauer, German Historical Institute LondonLions and Lambs: Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany by Noah Benezra Strote was awarded 2018 Honorable Mention for the CES Book Award.“In this learned, sharply observed, and elegantly written book, Strote offers a brilliantly conceived argument about the nature of democracy in Germany’s tumultuous twentieth century. It will exert considerable influence on how we think about Weimar and the Federal Republic.”—Peter Fritzsche, author of An Iron Wind: Europe under Hitler“Ever since the sociologist M. Rainer Lepsius popularized the notion of ‘social milieux,’ it has been commonplace to recall Wilhelmine and Weimar-era Germany as a society divided into discrete cultural-political domains. After 1945, however, a new spirit of partnership brought together these once-antagonistic groups to forge the relatively stable and enduring ethos of the German Federal Republic. In his broad-ranging and suggestive new book, Noah Strote sheds a helpful light on this ideological transformation.”—Peter E. Gordon, author of Adorno and Existence“Lions and Lambs is an impressive, innovative exploration of ideas about overcoming conflict and achieving consensus in Germany from the Weimar Republic through the early years of the Federal Republic. This book will change how we think about Germany’s transformation after 1945.”—Richard Bessel, author of Germany 1945: From War to Peace“Beautifully written, this wide-ranging and landmark study reframes our understanding of German postwar democracy and modernization by underscoring the contributions of formerly exiled intellectuals and religious leaders to the establishment of a culture and politics of partnership in the Federal Republic.”—Maria D. Mitchell, author of The Origins of Christian Democracy: Politics and Confession in Modern Germany“A fascinating study of how those who had previously held opposing positions—‘lions’ and ‘lambs’—came to value partnership in the post-Nazi era. An emergent consensus, rather than the efforts of the Allies, lies at the heart of West Germany’s stabilization. A genuinely innovative approach, clearly traced through the lives and writings of key individuals.”—Mary Fulbrook, author of Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence through the German Dictatorships
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Yale University Press Cross Purposes
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WW Norton & Co The Rise of American Democracy
Book SynopsisWinner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood, New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"Remarkable . . . a book that befits its subject in artistry as well as scale." -- Steven Hahn - Chicago Tribune"Confirms Sean Wilentz as the Richard Hofstadter of our day—the supreme political historian." -- Franklin Foer - New York"A magisterial synthesis that deserves the attention of anyone interested in the American past." -- Eric Foner - The Nation
£22.79
The University of Michigan Press The Madisonian Turn
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Madisonian Turn is an outstanding assessment of the functioning of democratic institutions in the Nordic countries. If democracy is in trouble in Scandinavia, then it is surely facing problems everywhere, so the book will be read carefully by those concerned about contemporary governance in all modern democracies.- Michael Gallagher, Trinity College, Dublin;""This welcome and timely re-evaluation of Nordic politics constitutes a major contribution to comparative government, and is likely to stand as the definitive treatment of politics in the region for many years to come.""- Peter Mair, European University Institute;""This book is unique in its comparative scope and the wealth of information on the state of parliamentary democracy in the Nordic countries. It is particularly useful for the comparativists who do not come from these countries, because the original literature which it covers in detail is often not accessible for the English-speaking audience.""- Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Zurich;""The strength of The Madisonian Turn is to interface detailed empirical evidence on the dynamics of democratic politics in Scandinavia with an elaboration and test of rival theories of change in the politics of postindustrial democracies. This book is an inspiration for students of Northern Europe, but also for scholars of comparative legislatures and political parties more generally.""- Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University;""The Madisonian Turn is an outstanding assessment of the functioning of democratic institutions in the Nordic countries. If democracy is in trouble in Scandinavia, then it is surely facing problems everywhere, so the book will be read carefully by those concerned about contemporary governance in all modern democracies.""- Michael Gallagher, Trinity College Dublin;""The Scandinavian democracies have long been seen as the bastions of party government and party democracy. In this careful and comprehensive new analysis, some of Scandinavia's leading political scientists suggest that this traditional model is now giving way to a new style of government, in which the dispersal of power across national and European institutions begins to resemble a Madisonian-style separation of powers. This welcome and timely re-evaluation of Nordic politics constitutes a major contribution to comparative government, and is likely to stand as the definitive treatment of politics in the region for many years to come.""- Peter Mair, European University Institute;""The strength of The Madisonian Turn is to interface detailed empirical evidence on the dynamics of democratic politics in Scandinavia with an elaboration and test of rival theories of change in the politics of postindustrial democracies. This book is an inspiration for students of Northern Europe, but also for scholars of comparative legislatures and political parties more generally.""- Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University
£28.45
The University of Michigan Press The Floor in Congressional Life
Book SynopsisThe House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in the House are more restricted than in the Senate and how these restrictions affect the legislative process.
£24.65
The University of Michigan Press Out of the Red
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The University of Michigan Press Evading the Patronage Trap
Book SynopsisWhy have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries’ systems of interest representation, which exhibit ‘biased pluralism’.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Interest Organizations and Unequal Development in Latin America Part One: Situating the Analysis Chapter 1: Analytical Approach to Organizations and Policy Representation Chapter 2: Structures of Sectoral Representation in Mexico’s Transition Part Two: Demand Formation in Organizations Chapter 3: Organizational Capacity Chapter 4: Demand-Making for the Lower Classes: Peasant Organizations Chapter 5: Demand-Making for the Middle Classes: Small-Business Organizations Part Three: Incorporation Strategies for Ruling Parties Chapter 6: The PRD and Party Incorporation of Peasant Organizations Chapter 7: The PAN and Party Incorporation of Small-Business Organizations Conclusion: Can Organizations Confront Latin American Oligarchy? Appendix A: Mexican Organizational Survey Appendix B: Career Trajectories for Mexican Governors Appendix C: Analysis of Small-Business Subsidies References
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Federalism and Social Policy Patterns of
Book SynopsisIs a strong and egalitarian welfare state compatible with federalism? This volume explores the complex relationship between decentralization and the welfare state to determine whether or not decentralization has negative consequences for welfare.Trade ReviewThis book provides important insights into the perennial question of whether federalism is compatible with egalitarian social welfare policy. The contributors shed new light on the interactions among institutions, socioeconomic conditions, political coalitions, policy legacies, program designs, and financing arrangements that create more or less compatibility."" - John Kincaid, Lafayette College
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Party Mandates and Democracy Making Breaking and
Book SynopsisWhen people discuss politics, they often mention the promises politicians make during election campaigns. Promises raise hopes that positive policy changes are possible, but people are generally sceptical. This book reveals the extent to and conditions under which governments fulfil party promises during election campaigns.Trade ReviewThis is an important endeavor and contributes to our understanding of an important aspect of parties as organizations—the production and fulfillment of policy pledges. Combining both cross-national and case study analyses offers the reader both a more general understanding of these topics as well as a more specific understanding of the nuances of the individual cases."" - Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh
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The University of Michigan Press Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies
Book SynopsisVoting behavior is informed by the experience of advanced democracies, yet the electoral context in developing democracies is significantly different. This book develops a theoretical framework to specify why voter behaviour differs across contexts.Trade ReviewThe authors ably draw out key generalizations without neglecting the inevitable underlying tensions that remain from the 'different' pieces of the puzzle."" - Michael Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa""This book should be of interest to both scholars of Argentine politics as well as those interested in elections more broadly."" - Sebastian Saeigh, University of California, San Diego
£65.50
LUP - University of Michigan Press Democracys Meanings
Book SynopsisChallenges conventional wisdom about how the public thinks about and evaluates democracy. Mining both political theory and over 75 years of public opinion data, the book argues that Americans think about democracy in ways that go beyond voting or elected representation.Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - What is democracy? Definitions and scholarly disagreements Chapter 3 - Polling the public about democracy Chapter 4 - Creating and validating a typology of democratic meanings Chapter 5 - The correlates of the democracy typology Chapter 6 - Compromise and representation within the democracy typology Chapter 7 - Support for democracy Chapter 8 - Democratic norms and the democracy typology Chapter 9 - Conclusion Appendix - Technical details and supplementary analysis References
£60.95
University of California Press From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of
Book SynopsisAnalyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted.
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University of California Press Habermas on Law and Democracy Critical Exchanges
Book SynopsisDrawing upon his discourse theory, Jurgen Habermas has elaborated an account of law that purports to bridge the gap between democracy and rights, by conceiving law to be at once self-imposed and binding. His proceduralist paradigm of law and further explorations by others are included.
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University of California Press Neither Gods Nor Emperors
Book SynopsisWe want neither gods nor emperors, went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. This book offers a carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.
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University of California Press Marketing Democracy
Book SynopsisThis work examines how the exercise of power and the strategies of social movements transformed with the transition from a military to an elected-civilian regime in Chile.Trade Review"In joining activism and fine ethnography, Paley enables us to appreciate the profound complexity of the links between civil society and public institutions." - Charles Briggs, author of Disorderly Discourse: Narrative, Conflict, and Inequality "An insightful and fascinating exploration of the shifting meanings of democracy for the Chilean state and for shantytown activists across the Pinochet dictatorship and through the contradictory democratic politics of the 1990s. The marketing of democracy is a highly relevant issue for societies and states throughout the world." - Kay Warren, author of Indigenous Movements and Their Critics: Pan-Maya Activism in Guatemala "This will be an important book, and a powerful exemplar for the growing numbers of anthropologists who seek to place such things as democracy, citizenship, and neoliberalism under an ethnographic lens." - James Ferguson, author of Expectations of Modernity"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction La Bandera in the Social Imaginary PART ONE: History of Collective Action 1. The Founding of the Poblacion 2. Military Rule 3. Transition to Democracy PART TWO: Ethnography of Democracy 4. Marketing Democracy 5. The Paradox of Participation 6. Legitimation of Knowledge Epilogue Appendix. Health Group's Ethnography Notes References Index
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University of California Press Rich Democracies Political Economy Public Policy
Book SynopsisProvides an account of the common social, economic, and labor problems modern governments confront and their contrasting styles of conflict resolution. This work specifies similarities and differences in the structure and interplay of government, political parties, the mass media, industry, labor, professions, churches and voluntary associations.Trade Review"Rich Democracies will be an instant classic. Chock full of new findings, it is a model of broad comparative research, combining quantitative analysis, case studies, and historical context. The conclusion that consensual decision-making serves a nation's citizens better than confrontation has enormous practical relevance for designing democratic institutions." - Arend Lijphart, former President of the American Political Science Association "A truly amazing accomplishment.... A comprehensive treatment of structure and change in modern societies.... Always addressing central questions in the social sciences, relentlessly comparative, Wilensky provides a powerful explanation of similarities and differences in the institutions, policies, and performance of rich democracies." - Neil Smelser, Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral SciencesTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Appendices Preface and Acknowledgments PART I: PATHS OF DEVELOPMENT OF RICH DEMOCRACIES CHAPTER 1 Convergence Theory CHAPTER 2 Types of Political Economy CHAPTER 3 Mass Society, Participation, and the Mass Media CHAPTER 4 Theories of the Postindustrial Society PART II: THE WELFARE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY CHAPTER 5 The Welfare State: Convergence and Divergence CHAPTER 6 Sector Spending and Program Emphasis CHAPTER 7 Types of Political Economy, Party Ideology, and Family Policy: Contrasting Government Responses to a Common Problem CHAPTER 8 The American Welfare Mess in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 9 Bureaucratic Efficiency and Bloat PART III: SYSTEM PERFORMANCE CHAPTER 10 Tax-Welfare Backlash: How to Tax, Spend, and Yet Keep Cool CHAPTER 11 Are Political Parties Declining? An Analysis of National Variation in Dealignment CHAPTER 12 Types of Political Economy, Spending, Taxing, and Economic Performance CHAPTER 13 The Great American Job Machine in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 14 Risk and Safety: American Mayhem in Comparative Perspective CHAPTER 15 Types of Political Economy, Regulatory Regimes, and the Environment CHAPTER 16 Health Performance: Affluence, Political Economy, and Public Policy as Sources of Real Health CHAPTER 17 Globalization: Does It Subvert Labor Standards, the Welfare State, and Job Security? CHAPTER 18 American Exceptionalism and Policy Implications Conclusion APPENDICES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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University of California Press Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece
Book SynopsisPresents a debate about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book addresses such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? And what were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible?Table of ContentsAbout the Authors Chronology of Events List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Kurt A. Raaflaub 2. "People's Power" and Egalitarian Trends in Archaic Greece Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert W. Wallace 3. Revolutions and a New Order in Solonian Athens and Archaic Greece Robert W. Wallace 4. "I Besieged That Man": Democracy's Revolutionary Start Josiah Ober 5. The Breakthrough of Demokratia in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens Kurt A. Raaflaub 6. Democracy, Origins of: Contribution to a Debate Paul Cartledge 7. Power to the People Cynthia Farrar Bibliography Index of primary sources general Index
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University of California Press A Democratic South Africa
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University of California Press Against Demagogues
Book SynopsisTimeless comedies on resisting tyranny from one of history's greatest comic playwrights. Against Demagogues presents Robert C. Bartlett's new translations of Aristophanes' most overtly political works, the Acharnians and the Knights. In these fantastically inventive, raucous, and raunchy comedies, the powerful politician Cleon proves to be democracy's greatest opponent. With unrivalled power, both plays make clear the dangers to which democracies are prone, especially the threats posed by external warfare, internal division, and class polarization. Combating the seductive allure of demagogues and the damage they cause, Against Demagogues disentangles Aristophanes' serious teachings from his many jokes and pratfalls, substantiating for modern readers his famous claim to teach justice while making a comedy of the city. The book features an interpretive essay for each play, expertly guiding readers through the most important plot points, explaining the significance of various characters, and shedding light on the meaning of the plays' often madcap episodes. Along with a contextualizing introduction, Bartlett offers extensive notes explaining the many political, literary, and religious references and allusions. Aristophanes' comedic skewering of the demagogue and his ruthless ambitionand of a community so ill-informed about the doings of its own government, so ready to believe in empty promises and idle flatterycannot but resonate strongly with readers today around the world. Trade Review"Against Demagogues [is] enlightening reading for those interested in classical political theory, as well as for the contemporary relevance of these thinkers in helping us consider our current political environment." * New Books Network *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: On Reading Aristophanes Today The Acharnians On the Acharnians The Knights On the Knights Appendix: Cleon’s Speech to the Athenian Assembly (Thucydides, War of the Peloponnesians and Athenians 3.37–40) Further Reading
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University of California Press Democracy and Economic Change in India
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Democracy in Britain
Book SynopsisTraces the debate on representative democracy in Britain from its origins to the present. Chapters cover such topics as the constitution (written and unwritten); the balance of powers between different groups in society; and the social contract and the nature of freedom under the law.Trade Review"An intelligent collection that brings disparate figures and ideas into fruitful dialogue." New Statesman & Society "This is not an average anthology. At its best, which is much of the time, it is a sustained and marshalled analysis, a wide-ranging dialectical thesis with witnesses for both the prosecution and defence, a historical examination of the continuing, unresolved - and intensely topical - debate about democracy and the nature of the British state." The Guardian "This collection of essays has something to enrage, inform, and sometimes startle everyone in Britain interested in how we got to here. More fleshed out than a dictionary, it is nevertheless full of succinct definitions." The ObserverTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Does the British Constitution Exist?. 2. Crown and Parliament, Government and People. 3. Representation of Groups. 4. Agreeing to be Governed. 5. Parties and Elections. 6. Democracy and Freedom. 7. Nations and Empire. 8. Democracy and the Economy. 9. A Democratic Culture?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Politics without Democracy
Book SynopsisOffers a view of how Britain made a peaceful transition to representative democracy. This book attempts to take the reader into the minds of the politicians of the day. It presents an account of how Britain was transformed from a society governed by the landed gentry to one responsive to the pressures of the newly-industrialized masses.Trade Review"Refreshing, inspiring and elegant, there are few historians active today who could write at once as stimulatingly and as readably." Historical Journal "The challenge implicit in Bentley's task is great. His response is witty, intellectually exciting, stylistically seductive, and itself stands as a challenge to broad perspectives on Victorian politics." Victorian Studies "Bentley writes with a wide fund of knowledge; his judgements are shrewd and always worth considering. Encrusted orthodoxies are often challenged and negative home truths are brought into the open." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Map: Some Places. Introduction to the First Edition. Introduction to the Second Edition. Part I: Pressure from Without, 1815-65: . 1. The Transformation of Party. 2. Renewal and Consolidation. 3. The Mechanics of Stability. Part II: Pressure from Within, 1865-1914: . 4. Occupying the Centre. 5. Conservative Ascendancy. 6. Breaking the Mould?. Appendix: Some People. Notes. Bibliography. Research Theses. Primary Sources. Further Reading. Index.
£37.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion and Democracy
Book Synopsis100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organised religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. In many its political significance has grown.Table of Contents1. Foreward: David Marquand and Ronald L. Nettler (Mansfield College, Oxford). 2. Secularism?: John Keane. 3. Living with Difference in India: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd Rudolph. 4. Religion and Democracy in Israel: Emanuele Ottolenghi. 5. Islam, Politics and Democracy: Mohamed Talbi and Islamic Modernism: Ronald L. Nettler. 6. Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey: Sami Zabaida. 7. American Fundamentalism and the Selling of God: Harold Perkin. 8. The Quiet Continent: Religion and Politics in Europe: Colin Crouch. 9. J.N.Figgis, Churches and the State: Paul Hirst. 10. Making the Christian World Safe for Liberalism: from Grotius to Rawls: Timothy Samuel Shah.
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Harvard University Press Creating a Nation of Joiners
Book SynopsisEver since Alexis de Tocqueville published his observations in Democracy in America, Americans have recognized the distinctiveness of their voluntary tradition. In a work of political, legal, social, and intellectual history, Neem traces the origins of this venerable tradition to the vexed beginnings of American democracy in Massachusetts.Trade ReviewA powerful analysis that will reshape our understanding of the transformation of civil society in the early American republic. Neem's study is part of an emerging literature forcing a reconsideration of the classic Tocquevillean account of voluntary association and the state. I am impressed with the depth of the research, the sharpness and acuity of the interpretation, and the clarity of the writing. This is an important book. -- John L. Brooke, Ohio State UniversityBeautifully conceived and clearly written, Creating a Nation of Joiners is a major contribution to our understanding of the early Republic. Not only does it nicely show how bitterly contested was the struggle over the creation of a civil society, but it contains the best account of the changing nature of the corporation since Oscar and Mary Handlin's Commonwealth. A superb study. -- Gordon S. Wood, Brown UniversityIn his illuminating examination of the origins of American civil society, Johann Neem traces them to popular religion and Whig philanthropy, revealing the longstanding conflicts between civil society and the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy. This book will interest both historians and political scientists. -- Daniel Walker Howe, author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848This work will broaden understanding of the Jefferson/Jackson period and the rise of democracy. Neem has done a superb job in crafting a short, readable, informative work. -- J. J. Fox Jr. * Choice *Table of Contents* Introduction * The Revolutionary Commonwealth * Fragmentation and Contestation * The Political Transformation of Civil Society * Forging a Grassroots Public Sphere * The Elite Public Sphere * Democrats Strike Back * Conclusion * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
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Harvard University Press Christianity and American Democracy
Book SynopsisHugh Heclo proposes that Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American public life.Trade ReviewIn this compelling volume, Hugh Heclo is exceedingly precise on what he takes Christianity and democracy to mean; on what Alexis de Tocqueville thought about the two; and on why he feels the successful American confluence of Christianity and democracy has been under grave threat since the 1960s. The admirable precision of Heclo's argument elicits, in turn, admirably precise rejoinders from three distinguished scholars. The result is a very fine book on a very important subject. -- Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame, author of The Civil War as a Theological CrisisHeclo makes a strong case for the importance of Christianity in the shaping of American democracy. -- E. J. Eisenach * Choice *Hugh Heclo offers an elegant and thoughtful essay in Christianity and American Democracy, together with responses by two political scientists and a historian… Heclo argues that not only does American democracy have a Christianity problem, but Christianity has a democracy problem. There is an inherent tension between religious commitment and political allegiance…and reconciling them is always a fudge of some kind. Heclo rehearses, lucidly and economically, the history of America's different modes of fudging the issue. He documents the input of Christian ideas into the development of the democratic concept of the individual… Hugh Heclo's book shows clearly that America's culture wars are just a specific case of the general problem of religion in democratic pluralist polities. -- Bernice Martin * Times Literary Supplement *Let me say it straight out: Hugh Heclo's Christianity and American Democracy is one of the most suggestive books on religion and the public square to have appeared in some years. -- Richard John Neuhaus * First Things *[A] deeply engaging book… Heclo's book performs a valuable service. -- Thomas E. Schneider * Claremont Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword Theda R. Skocpol 1. Christianity and Democracy in America Hugh Heclo 2. Democracy and Catholic Christianity in America Mary Jo Bane 3. Pluralism Is Hard Work--and the Work Is Never Done Michael Kazin 4. Whose Christianity? Whose Democracy? Alan Wolfe 5. Reconsidering Christianity and American Democracy Hugh Heclo Notes Acknowledgments About the Authors Index
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Harvard University, Asia Center Voting as a Rite
Book SynopsisVoting as a Rite examines China's experiments with elections from the perspective of intellectual and cultural history. Rather than arguing that such exercises were either successful or failed attempts at political democracy, Hill instead asks: how did those who participated in Chinese elections define success or failure for themselves?Trade ReviewProvides a long-term view of political activity in that country from the 19th century to the present day in China and Taiwan. * Choice *
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Harvard University, Asia Center Voting as a Rite
Book SynopsisVoting as a Rite examines China's experiments with elections from the perspective of intellectual and cultural history. Rather than arguing that such exercises were either successful or failed attempts at political democracy, Hill instead asks: how did those who participated in Chinese elections define success or failure for themselves?Trade ReviewProvides a long-term view of political activity in that country from the 19th century to the present day in China and Taiwan. * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis absolutely splendid book is a triumph on every level. A first-rate history of the United States, it is beautifully written, deeply researched, and filled with entertaining stories. For anyone who wants to see our democracy flourish, this is the book to read. -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals and The Bully PulpitBrilliantly adapting the provocative format of the Harvard Business School's case study method, Democracy: A Case Study challenges readers to think anew on topics ranging from James Madison's quest for a workable federalism to such modern flashpoints as the power of the Federal Reserve and the Citizens United decision. Each episode is crisp and compelling, entertaining and inspiring. The effect is nothing less than to open the gates of our most elite university to the reading public. -- Roger Lowenstein, author of America's BankDemocracy: A Case Study gives us the facts of key controversies in our history—from the adoption of the Constitution to Citizens United—and invites readers to decide for themselves. This novel approach makes American history a valuable resource for civic education. -- Michael J. Sandel, author of Justice and What Money Can't BuyIn this powerfully provocative exploration of the nation’s core political values, David Moss shows why after more than two centuries we cannot take democracy for granted. Drawing on a number of well-selected case studies, he invites readers to interrogate the fundamental assumptions that have informed our civil society since the ratification of the Constitution. -- Timothy H. Breen, author of Colonial America in an Atlantic WorldIf we are going to breathe new life into democracy, there is no better way to begin than by reacquainting ourselves with our history. David Moss does this brilliantly in Democracy: A Case Study. Through well-chosen examples, drawn from his case-method course at Harvard, he helps us to understand the paths chosen and not chosen, and how each generation has adapted to new realities. Democracy may be something of a contact sport, as he argues, but we can play the game better if we understand the rules and why they keep changing. This timely book goes a long way toward that end. -- Ted Widmer, Brown UniversityThis set of well-documented, accessible essays presents the prickly challenges facing the rapidly changing American democracy, for lawmakers and citizens alike…A sterling educational tool that offers a fresh presentation of how ‘democracy in America has always been a contact sport.’ * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *It’s hard to imagine a timelier book, given America’s tumultous 2016 elections, than this eminently readable survey of political disputes. * Publishers Weekly *Democracy should command the attention of teachers and students of all ages…Moss’s case studies are engagingly written, well researched, rich in content and context…Moss believes that fierce political conflicts can be constructive if they are mediated by shared ideals. He seems to demonstrate, moreover, that in a world in which ‘alternative facts’ are gaining traction, an informed understanding of the past can help us identify pathways to a prosperous and just democracy. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Huffington Post *Moss makes [his] argument in his brilliant introductory and concluding chapters, while the core of the book consists of 19 cases from throughout U.S. history that exemplify the complexity of political conflict. -- Suzanne Mettler * Foreign Affairs *If this book does not read like a prediction of the present, then perhaps its sangfroid will nevertheless suit the reader with nerves jangled by the news. David Moss suggests we ought to be overdefensive of democracy; he recommends a salutary ‘political hypochondria.’ It seems an appropriate neurosis for the moment. -- Eric Rauchway * Times Literary Supplement *
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Harvard University Press Democracy in China
Book SynopsisFour decades of reform fostered a democratic mentality in China. Now citizens are waiting for the government to catch up. Jiwei Ci argues that the tensions between a largely democratic society and an undemocratic political system will trigger a crisis of legitimacy, compelling the Communist Party to become agents of democratic change—or collapse.Trade ReviewCi offers shrewd insights into the contradictions in the party’s ideology, the mentality of China’s middle class, and the various ways the party sustains its legitimacy. -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *An elaborate but cogent argument about how the CCP will only overcome its illegitimacy, along with other tears in the national fabric, by choosing to usher in political democracy. -- Martin Witte * Asian Review of Books *A remarkably consistent, multifaceted, and evenhanded analysis of China’s socioeconomic, cultural, and political changes affecting its democratic future with a good combination of rigorous reasoning and brilliant speculation…It will surely stimulate our further deliberation and reflection on this important subject and enrich our understanding of China’s democratic development and its significance to the world. -- Gang Lin * China Review International *A strong argument to let China democratize for its own reasons and at its own chosen pace…Offers a new angle to observe China’s way to democratization and assures us all that China’s democratization will reflect its own characteristics. -- Xiaoxiao Li * Chinese Historical Studies *[A] tour de force on democracy and political order…A fantastically engaging read…[An] impressive book…Ci’s intellectual contributions are of great value to our understandings of China’s political development. -- Robert Dayley * Pacific Affairs *Ci furnishes a punctilious demolition of the notion that Chinese citizens neither need nor desire democracy…Just as he is even-handed in his political criticisms of both East and West, he appears equally fluent in each tradition of political philosophy, on which he draws freely and eclectically to guide his reflections. -- Johannes Hoerning * New Left Review *Jiwei Ci’s account of the prospects of Chinese democracy is stimulating, deeply researched, and humanely argued. A passionate argument in favor of a more democratic China, it engages seriously with the question of what a Chinese, rather than abstract, democracy might look like, making original and nuanced arguments about how a party-state might genuinely pluralize. His reflections on Hong Kong are particularly thoughtful in light of the current turmoil. A powerful contribution to one of the most acute debates in geopolitics today. -- Rana Mitter, author of Forgotten AllyA complex, fascinating book that will have a major impact not only for readers interested in China, but also for anyone working on authoritarian transitions and democratic theory. I find Ci’s prudential rather than normative argument on the need for democracy in China persuasive, if one thinks in terms of the Chinese Communist Party moving in a more democratic direction. -- Tony Saich, author of Governance and Politics of ChinaJiwei Ci’s ambitious book is intended as a practical political argument, addressed as a citizen of China to the incumbent leadership of its governing Communist Party. It is a work of intense seriousness, real intellectual scruple, and, under current circumstances, great political courage. -- John Dunn, author of Breaking Democracy’s Spell
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Harvard University Press The Embattled Vote in America From the Founding
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLichtman’s important book emphasizes the founders’ great blunder: They failed to enshrine a right to vote in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights…The Embattled Vote in America traces the consequences through American history…[Lichtman] uses history to contextualize the fix we’re in today…Growing outrage, he thinks, could ignite demands for change. With luck, this fine history might just help to fan the flame. -- James A. Morone * New York Times Book Review *The great value of Lichtman’s book is the way it puts today’s right-wing voter suppression efforts in their historical setting. He identifies the current push as the third crackdown on African-American voting rights in our history. -- Michael Tomasky * New York Review of Books *A sweeping look at the history of voting rights in the U.S., focusing on the constant struggle to extend suffrage in this country. -- Sean Illing * Vox *An important and timely work…Provides a general audience with historical context to improve public understanding of current voting rights controversies…Anyone concerned about this pressing public policy issue will find this book to be a valuable resource. -- Rebecca J. Mead * Journal of American History *[A] sweeping history of the country’s ensuing struggles over voting rights…Provides ample historical and contemporary justifications for [his] policy prescriptions to ensure that American democracy remains credible and viable in the twenty-first century. -- Scott J. Spitzer * Journal of Southern History *A noted authority on the history of American voting returns with a disturbing account of American political leaders who have, since the beginning of the republic, worked to limit the franchise. Lichtman…marches us through the dark history of voter limitation, from the Founders to now, and the images he paints are not flattering. The Constitution itself is vague about voting rights…and as Lichtman escorts us through the decades, we see an ugly pattern: people in power doing everything they can to remain so… The author examines a wide variety of discrimination: by race, gender, place of origin (immigrants, as he reminds us, have rarely been welcome here). He spends a lot of time exploring the denial and suppression of the African-American vote, and he notes how such efforts have succeeded and how they continue to dampen voter turnout… The author also explores the issue of ‘voter fraud’ that many (who wish to limit voting rights) have long raised. As Lichtman reveals, repeated studies have found virtually no evidence of it… An alarming, important, perhaps even essential book. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *Extraordinary and timely, The Embattled Vote in America reveals the politics and history of the right to vote, or, more importantly, the lack of the right to vote. Lichtman’s courtroom involvement with voting rights and the breadth and depth of his analysis underscore the significance of the vote in our democracy. A remarkable and provocative book that is essential reading for all citizens. -- Orville Vernon Burton, author of The Age of LincolnMost compelling is the author’s extensive experience in voting rights cases over the last four decades, providing first-hand accounts of the ongoing battles to attain a voice in our democracy. His book is a call to arms and a must-read for any American interested in protecting our most fundamental right, the right to vote. -- J. Gerald Hebert, Senior Director of Voting Rights and Redistricting, Campaign Legal Center
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Harvard University Press The Popular Sources of Political Authority
Book SynopsisRarely is it possible to hear the voice of the people in a revolution except as it filters through the writings of articulate individuals who may not really be representative. But on several occasions during the effort to draft a constitution for Massachusetts after 1776, the citizens of the Commonwealth were asked to convene in their 300 town meetings to debate and convey to the legislators their political theories, needs, and aspirations. This book presents the transcribed debates and the replies returned to Boston which constitute a unique body of material documenting the political thought of the ordinary citizen. In an important, extended introduction, the editors, interpreting the American Revolution and its sustaining political framework in light of this material, analyze the forces that were singular and those that were universal in the shaping of American democracy. Comparisons are made with popular uprisings in other parts of the world and at other times, and the whole is integrated into a general discussion of the nature of revolution and its relationship to constitutional authority.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION PART 1:THE PROBLEM EXPLORED, August 1775-November 1776 1. An Act to Confirm the Records of the Provincial Congresses, August 23, 1775 2. An Act on Representation, August 23, 1775 3. Pittsfield Memorial, December 26, 1775 4. Proclamation of the General Court, January 23, 1776 5. Report of a Lecture by Thomas Allen on February 18, 1776 6. Essex County Convention, Ipswich, April 25, 26, 1776 7. An Act for More Equal Representation, May 4, 1776 8. O.P.Q., "To the Electors," May 18, 1776 9. Pittsfield Petitions, May 29, 1776 10. Boston's Instructions to Its Representatives, May 30, 1776 11. Topsfield's Instructions to Its Representatives, June 14, 1776 12. Resolution of the House of Representatives, September 17, 1776 13. Returns of the Towns on the House of Representatives Resolution of September 17, 1776 14. Resolution of Worcester County Towns, November 26, 1776 PART 2: THE CONSTITITION OF 1778 January 1777-November 1778 15. Sutton Requests a County Convention, January 1777 16. Resolution Authorizing the General Assembly to Frame a Constitution, April 4, 1777 17. Resolve of May 5, 1777 18. Boston Objects, May 26, 1777 19. Journal of the Convention, June 17, 1777--March 6, 1778 20. The Rejected Constitution of 1778 21. Returns of the Towns on the Constitution of 1778 22. The Essex Result, 1778 23. Berkshire County Remonstrance, August 26, 1778 24. Response of the Worcester Committee of Correspondence, October 8, 1778 25. Statement of Berkshire County Representatives, November 17, 1778 PART 3: FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUION OF 1780 February 1779-March 1780 26. Resolve on the Question of a Constitution, February 20, 1779 27. Opinions of Hampshire County Towns, March 30, 1779 28. Berkshire County Address, May 3, 1779 29. Returns of the Towns on Resolves of February 20, 1779, May 1779 30. The Call for a Convention, June 1779 31. Votes of Towns in Choosing Delegates, July-October 1779 32. Proceedings of the Convention, March 2, 1780 33. Address of the Convention, March 1780 34. The Constitution of 1780 PART 4: RATIFICATION, May 1780-June 1780 35.Returns of the Towns on the Constitution of 1780 i. Berkshire County ii. Bristol County iii. Hampshire County iv. Lincoln County v. Middlesex County vi. Plymouth County vii. Barnstable County viii. York County ix. Suffolk County x. Worcester County xi. Essex County xii. Cumberland County Appendix: The Massachusetts Towns of 1780 Index
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Harvard University Press Indias Founding Moment
Book SynopsisMadhav Khosla describes the remarkable work of the founders of independent India. All at once they built a democratic system in the midst of illiteracy and poverty enforced by a century of imperial domination and neglect. They crafted a constitution aimed at creating democratic citizens through democratic politics.Trade ReviewIn demonstrating how India’s democratic tendencies were founded by the constitution rather than vice versa, [Khosla] succeeds in his aim of placing the Indian constitution at least on a par with that of the U.S. * Financial Times *Couldn’t [be] timelier. It delves into the mystery of how some 400 men and women who had spent their lives as colonial subjects went on to create a charter of such breathless ambition…Deeply interesting. -- Sonia Faleiro * Foreign Policy *A punchy reminder of the success of India’s birth as a democratic republic. The genius of its constitution kept the country on course for seven decades of peace and (slow) growth; but it has suffered erosion in the era of Narendra Modi. * The Economist *By grounding Indian constitutional debates in political philosophy, Khosla has given an entirely novel perspective to India’s democratic origins. Perhaps now political philosophers will have reason to more intimately engage with India’s constitutional ideas. -- Ashutosh Varshney * Boston Review *I recommend it to anyone with an interest in India, in the challenges that democracies face, in global constitution-making, or in all three…A fascinating window into the framing of the Indian Constitution. -- Cheryl Saunders * Constitutional Commentary *Democratic citizenship, for India’s founders, meant individual freedom for all, regardless of religion, caste, class, or culture. In this insightful analysis of one of the most significant postcolonial constitutions in the world, Madhav Khosla provides an essential framework for understanding current challenges to the fundamental principles upon which the country was built. -- Bruce Ackerman, author of Revolutionary ConstitutionsErudite, analytically dazzling, and with a rare understanding of both India's and democracy’s challenges, Madhav Khosla’s India’s Founding Moment gives readers unparalleled access to the ideas behind India’s radical experiment in democratic constitution-making. As that noble vision is now under assault from sinister forces that Gandhi, Nehru, and Ambedkar knew well, we all should ponder Khosla’s all-too-timely book and do whatever we can to prevent the demise of India’s constitutional order. -- Martha C. Nussbaum, author of The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s FutureThis brilliant and challenging book shows how political choices—what to put in a constitution, the locus of effective power, and the forms of representation—can create citizens who can and must govern themselves in a modern democracy while facing deep challenges caused by poverty, caste, and illiteracy. It is at once a contribution to Indian constitutional history, constitutional theory, and political theory, and is a ‘must read’ for everyone in those fields. -- Mark Tushnet, author of Taking Back the ConstitutionKhosla’s superb study of the almost miraculous emergence of Indian democracy is an exceptional interweaving of complex and subtle insights from jurisprudence, political theory, and intellectual history. -- Sudipta Kaviraj, author of The Enchantment of Democracy and IndiaThis is a sensitive analysis of the moral imagination behind the Indian Constitution, a document intended to free the democratic process from sectarian identities and to strengthen centralized state power. As Indian democracy struggles to stay on the rails, Khosla’s book is a timely reminder of what it was meant to be. -- Partha Chatterjee, author of The Black Hole of EmpireFinely written…Khosla’s work forms an important basis of the second moment of Constitutional scholarship which seeks to connect to the idea of constitution as a manifesto of social transformation. -- Suhas Palshikar * Economic & Political Weekly *Insightful…[Khosla’s] sophisticated analysis concentrates on the Assembly’s vision of a constitution that would produce a functioning democracy. -- Michael H. Fisher * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *A deep and thoughtful account of the framing of India’s Constitution. It locates the Constitution within a history of democracy, democratic ideas and democratic contestations. It is an invaluable contribution to the history of constitutionalism. -- Gautam Bhatia * Rechtsgeschichte-Legal History *
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Harvard University Press Legitimacy
Book SynopsisWhat makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic rights or despotism. It is the tyranny of unreason: domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others.Trade ReviewFew words are more important in politics than ‘legitimacy,’ and few are so flagrantly misused. Arthur Applbaum sets us straight, with an exemplary display of philosophical clarity, passion, and insight. Once you’ve read him, you will never misuse the word again. -- Michael Ignatieff, President, Central European UniversityApplbaum’s new philosophical account of political legitimacy may be the deepest and most illuminating we have. It shows how a careful understanding of legitimacy—engaging with the best philosophy, as well as with historical events—gives it powerful leverage. The result has philosophical and practical implications about obligation, coercion, resistance, foreign intervention, despotism, money, and lies. It should be, and will be, widely studied. -- David Estlund, author of Democratic AuthorityIn this magnificent analysis of the frequently used but imperfectly understood concept of legitimacy, Arthur Applbaum argues that the greatest danger to democratic legitimacy today is wantonism, the tyranny of unreason. Along the way he engagingly exposes common mistakes about legitimacy, and develops his own distinctive theory, based on the idea of free group agency. The theory has striking implications for a wide range of questions in political theory and practice, including representation, campaign promises and electoral mandates, civil disobedience, political dissent, and foreign intervention. -- Dennis F. Thompson, Harvard University
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Princeton University Press The Real World of Democratic Theory
Book SynopsisTracing modern democracy's roots to John Locke and the American founders, this book shows that they saw more deeply into the dynamics of democratic politics than have many of their successors. It also shows how elusive democracy can be by exploring the contrast between its successful establishment in South Africa and its failures elsewhere.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Silver Medal Book of the Year Award in Political Science, ForeWord Reviews One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books "While Professor Shapiro will not quell every critic of democracy in this volume, his observations go a long way to pressing the argument not only that democracy's foundations are legitimate, but also that it is still urgently needed to combat forms of domination throughout the world."--Harvard Law Review "This book collects several essays Shapiro has written (or co-written) over the past decade, and an excellent introduction locates them in his account of democracy and justice. Unlike many collections, this work is remarkably unified in its voice and line of argument."--Choice "By bringing together normative ideals and empirical causes, Shapiro places the health of the political order back at the center of political science."--Russell Muirhead, Review of Politics "Students of politics and diplomats will find this well-written book invaluable."--Sylvester Odion Akhaine, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix INTRODUCTION Revisiting Democracy's Place 1 CHAPTER ONE: John Locke's Democratic Theory 39 CHAPTER TWO: Tyranny and Democracy: Refl ections on Some Recent Literature 68 CHAPTER THREE: Problems and Prospects for Democratic Settlements: South Africa as a Model for the Middle East and Northern Ireland? by Courtney Jung, Ellen Lust-Okar, and Ian Shapiro 80 CHAPTER FOUR: Players, Preconditions, and Peace: Why Talks Fail and How They Might Succeed by Ellen Lust and Ian Shapiro 143 CHAPTER FIVE: Containment and Democratic Cosmopolitanism 157 CHAPTER SIX: The Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal by Mayling Birney, Ian Shapiro, and Michael Graetz 180 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Constitutional Politics of Abortion in the United States 219 CHAPTER EIGHT: Democratic Justice : A Reply to Critics 251 Appendix to Chapter Three: Surveys of Israeli Business Elites 275 Appendix to Chapter Six: Polls on the Repeal or the Fairness of the Estate Tax 277 Index 279
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Princeton University Press Constitutional Patriotism
Book SynopsisOffers a different theory of citizenship and civic allegiance for culturally diverse liberal democracies. This book argues for a form of political belonging centered on universalist norms, adapted for specific constitutional cultures.Trade Review"Is it possible to develop a 'patriotic' attachment to what is basically a set of intellectual positions? This is the question Muller attempts to answer in this short, bracing book. His analysis is centered on the Federal Republic of Germany, a government deliberately designed to eliminate the need to be 'German' in order to be a German citizen... What can be learned from this experience can, Muller hopes, be brought to bear on similar problems facing the newborn EU. A clearly written, thoughtful, and enjoyable analysis."--M. Berheide, Berea College, for Choice "In Constitutional Patriotism, Werner Muller, who teaches politics at Princeton, has provided a thorough and engaging defense of the concept."--Michael Lind, American Prospect "[T]his is an interesting and thoughtful book. There are many open ended arguments and some gaps (for me the ambiguity of theoretical republicanism loomed large), however, overall it is be welcomed as a valuable contribution to current political theory."--Andrew Vincent, Nations and NationalismTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter One: A Brief History of Constitutional Patriotism 15 Chapter Two: Nations without Qualities? Toward a Theory of Constitutional Patriotism 46 Chapter Three: A European Constitutional Patriotism? On Memory, Militancy, and Morality 93 Afterword: But Is It Enough? 141 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 149 NOTES 153 INDEX 175
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Princeton University Press Exile Ostracism and Democracy The Politics of
Book SynopsisExplores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values.Trade Review"The style is clear and straightforward. Forsdyke repeats her main points; she makes good use of theories of poetry, anthropology, religion, and social science. This is an important work which upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and historians will profitably use. It demands much of its reader; it will open eyes and challenge assumptions."--Daniel B. Levine, Classical OutlookTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chronology xi Abbreviations and Conventions xiii Introduction: Problems, Methods, Concepts 1 Chapter One: Setting the Stage Intra-elite Conflict and the Early Greek Polis 15 Continuity and Change: Social Diversity in Dark Age Greece 17 The Eighth Century and the Rise of the Polis 18 Conclusion 28 Chapter Two: The Politics of Exile and the Crisis of the Archaic Polis Four Case Studies: Mytilene, Megara, Samos, and Corinth 30 Archaic Poetry and History: A Methodological Introduction 32 Mytilene 36 Megara 48 Samos 59 Corinth 69 Conclusion 77 Chapter Three: From Exile to Ostracism The Origins of Democracy in Athens, circa 636-508/7 79 The Politics of Exile in Archaic Athens: Cylon, Draco, and the Trial of the Alcmeonidae 80 The Beginnings of Change: Solon 90 A New Type of Politics: Pisistratus and Sons 101 An End to the Politics of Exile: Cleisthenes and the Democratic Revolution 133 Conclusion 142 Chapter Four: Ostracism and Exile in Democratic Athens 144 The Procedure of Ostracism 146 Ostracism as a Symbolic Institution 149 Ostracisms in Fifth-Century Athens 165 Other Forms of Exile under the Athenian Democracy 178 Exile and the Oligarchic Revolutions of 411 and 404 181 Conclusion 204 Chapter Five: Exile and Empire Expulsion in Inter-State Politics 205 Athenian Control and Limitation of Exile: The Erythrae Decree 207 Further Regulation of Exile: The Chalcis Decree 210 A Judicial Decree? 223 Thucydides, Isocrates, and the Legitimacy of Athenian Power 226 Exile and the Tyrant City: A Critique of Athenian Power 232 Exile and the Mythical Past: The Defense of Athenian Power 234 Conclusion 239 Chapter Six: Exile in the Greek Mythical and Historical Imagination 240 Myth, History, and Social Memory: Approaching the Greek Historical Imagination 242 Exile in the Democratic Tradition 244 Exile in the Anti-Democratic Tradition 267 Conclusion 276 Conclusion 278 Appendix One: The Date of the Athenian Law of Ostracism 281 Appendix Two: Ostracism outside Athens 285 Appendix Three: Exile in Spartan Myth and History 289 Bibliography 301 Index Locorum 327 General Index 334
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Princeton University Press Reliable Partners How Democracies Have Made a
Book SynopsisWhy do democracies avoid fighting each other? This book examines research and speculation on the subject and tests this against the history of relations between democracies over two centuries. It concludes that constitutional democracies have a 'contracting advantage' - a unique ability to settle conflicts with each other by durable agreements.Trade Review"[I]mportant and engagingly written... If you want a book that takes theory seriously yet will engage students on fundamental aspects of international politics, this is one on a short shelf."--Bruce Russett, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables and Figures, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*1. The Argument in a Nutshell, pg. 1*2. Is There Really Peace among Democracies?, pg. 17*3. A Contracting Theory of the Democratic Peace and Its Alternatives, pg. 47*4. Why Democratic Bargains Are Reliable: Constitutions, Open Politics, and the Electorate, pg. 77*5. Leadership Succession as a Cause of War: The Structural Advantage of Democracies, pg. 112*6. Extending the Argument: Implications of Secure Contracting among Constitutional Democracies, pg. 139*7. Conclusion: Reliable Partners and Reliable Peace, pg. 169*Notes, pg. 191*Index, pg. 249
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Princeton University Press A Free Nation Deep in Debt
Book SynopsisFor the greater part of recorded history, the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. This book provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. It presents a history that starts in biblical times.Trade Review"Remarkable... [This] book could scarcely be more comprehensive... Since Macdonald was for many years a British investment banker, he has a hands-on feel for his subject. But he has not allowed his technical expertise to get in the way of his lucid prose: his argument is readily accessible to a lay reader. And that argument is convincing."--Gordon S. Wood, New York Review of Books "A fine history of public finance from ancient Greece and Persia to the present."--Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs "Written clearly and accessibly... A challenging yet fascinating work [that] could hardly be more timely."--Michelle Wucker, Washington Post "Macdonald has something exciting to teach all serious students of history-that the evolution of democratic institutions is not just about taxation and representation but also about investment."--Niall Ferguson, author of The Cash Nexus "This book begins with Moses, ends with World War II, and covers just about every important development in public finance in between. Yet, for all his range, MacDonald offers a simple, stunning thesis: Democracy arises from public debt."--James Galbraith, DemocracyTable of ContentsIntroduction: THE FINANCIAL ROOTS OF DEMOCRACY 3 CHAPTER 1. TRIBES AND EMPIRES 10 Rags to Riches 10 Barbarians at the Gate 18 The Free Men Fight Back 24 Greeks and Their "Gifts" 31 Civic Debt 36 Kings and Tyrants 42 The Carthaginian Wars 45 Imperium Romanum 51 Breakdown 56 CHAPTER 2. CITIZEN CREDITORS 67 The Return of the City-State 67 La Serenissima 72 La Superba 77 The Monte Comune 81 The Twilight of Repayable Taxes 84 San Giorgio 94 Selfish Citizens 100 CHAPTER 3. SOVEREIGN DEBT 105 Kings and Merchants 105 The Treasure of the Indies 115 Antwerp and Lyons 122 Serial Bankruptcy 128 Folie des Offices 138 CHAPTER 4. RESISTANCE TO THE HEGEMON 148 The League of Cities 148 Regicide 157 Glorious Revolution 166 CHAPTER 5. THE CHIMERA 179 Le Roi Soleil 179 Post-bellum Depression 185 The Chimera 190 The Bubble 205 CHAPTER 6. THE DILEMMA 220 Mopping Up 221 The Ruling Class 227 The Dilemma 239 The Limits of Absolutism 255 Aristocratic Revolution 266 CHAPTER 7. REVOLUTION 272 A New World 277 The First and Second American Revolutions 289 Enemies of the People 307 The Elephant and the Whale 334 CHAPTER 8. BOURGEOIS CENTURY 347 Pax Britannica 348 The Heyday of Bourgeois Finance 355 Ties of Identity 366 A Nation of Rentiers 377 Greenbacks and 5-20s 384 CHAPTER 9. NATIONS AT ARMS 400 Total War (Part I) 400 The Settlement of Accounts (Part I) 413 Total War (Part II) 435 Totalitarian War 445 The Settlement of Accounts (Part II) 456 Epilogue: THE END OF THE AFFAIR 465 A Note on Currencies 477 Glossary 483 Notes 487 Bibliography 523 Acknowledgments 545 Index 547
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Princeton University Press Modern Political Science AngloAmerican Exchanges
Book SynopsisPresents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed.Trade Review"The erudition is uniformly impressive. The book succeeds in showing how the history of political science is not merely of antiquarian interest but of continuing and vital relevance to how political scientists today go about their craft."--Geoffrey Brahm Levey, European LegacyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii List of Contributors ix Chapter One: A History of Political Science: How? What? Why? Robert Adcock, Mark Bevir, and Shannon C. Stimson 1 Chapter Two: Anglo-American Political Science, 1880-1920 Dorothy Ross 18 Chapter Three: The Origins of a Historical Political Science in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain Sandra M. den Otter 37 Chapter Four: The Historical Science(s) of Politics: The Principles, Association, and Fate of an American Discipline James Farr 66 Chapter Five: The Emergence of an Embryonic Discipline: British Politics without Political Scientists Dennis Kavanagh 97 Chapter Six: A Tale of Two Charlies: Political Science, History, and Civic Reform, 1890-1940 Mark C. Smith 118 Chapter Seven: Making Democracy Safe for the World: Political Science between the Wars John G. Gunnell 137 Chapter Eight: Birth of a Discipline: Interpreting British Political Studies in the 1950s and 1960s Michael Kenny 158 Chapter Nine: Interpreting Behavioralism Robert Adcock 180 Chapter Ten: The Remaking of Political Theory Robert Adcock and Mark Bevir 209 Chapter Eleven: Traditions of Political Science in Contemporary Britain Mark Bevir and R.A.W. Rhodes 234 Chapter Twelve: Historicizing the New Institutionalism(s) Robert Adcock, Mark Bevir, and Shannon C. Stimson 259 Chapter Thirteen: Institutionalism and the Third Way Mark Bevir 290 Bibliography 313 Index 349
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Princeton University Press Paths Out of Dixie
Book SynopsisThe transformation of the American South - from authoritarian to democratic rule - is the most important political development since World War II. This title illuminates this sea change by analyzing the democratization experiences of Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2017 V.O. Key Award, Southern Political Science Association Winner of the 2016 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association "Paths Out of Dixie is the rare gem of American politics destined to be a touchstone across political science subfields."--Jason Brownlee, Journal of Politics "Mickey's work rests on an exhaustive treasure of archival research that displays a stunning commitment to the best traditions of American political development scholarship. Paths Out of Dixie is a worthy and indeed more rigorous successor to Key's (1949) Southern Politics."--Kimberley Johnson, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Part One: Deep South Enclaves, 1890-1940 1 CHAPTER ONE Southern Political Development in Comparative Perspective 3 CHAPTER TWO The Founding and Maintenance of Southern Enclaves, 1890-1940 33 CHAPTER THREE Deep South Enclaves on the Eve of the Transition 64 Part Two: The Transition Begins, 1944-48 93 CHAPTER FOUR Suffrage Restriction under Attack, 1944-47 95 CHAPTER FIVE Driven from the House of Their Fathers Southern Enclaves and the National Party, 1947-48 131 Part Three: The Clouds Darken, 1950-63 171 PROLOGUE "No Solution Offers Except Coercion" Brown, Massive Resistance, and Campus Crises, 1950-63 173 CHAPTER SIX "No Task for the Amateur or Hothead" Mississippi and the Battle of Oxford 190 CHAPTER SEVEN "Integration with Dignity" South Carolina Navigates the Clemson Crisis 215 CHAPTER EIGHT "No, Not One" Georgia's Massive Resistance and the Crisis at Athens 240 Part Four: Modes of Democratization and Their Legacies since 1964 257 CHAPTER NINE The Deathblows to Authoritarian Rule The Civil and Voting Rights Acts and National Party Reform, 1964-72 259 CHAPTER TEN Harnessing the Revolution? Three Paths Out of Dixie 281 CHAPTER ELEVEN Legacies and Lessons of the Democratized South 335 Notes 355 Index 531
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Princeton University Press Fugitive Democracy
Book SynopsisSheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as Political Theory as a Vocation, written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as FugitiveTrade Review"These essays are stunning. No one speaks for democracy as Wolin does."—Anne Norton, author of On the Muslim Question"This collection is long overdue. Fugitive Democracy is a book that every current and future political theorist and political philosopher should own."—Melissa A. Orlie, author of Living Ethically, Acting PoliticallyTable of ContentsForeword vii Editor's Introduction xiii Part One THE POLITICAL AND THEORETICAL Chapter 1 Political Theory as a Vocation 3 Chapter 2 Political Theory: From Vocation to Invocation 33 Part Two HISTORICAL Ancient and Modern Democracy 51 Chapter 3 Transgression, Equality, and Voice 53 Chapter 4 Norm and Form: The Constitutionalizing of Democracy 77 Chapter 5 Fugitive Democracy 100 Hobbes 115 Chapter 6 Hobbes and the Epic Tradition of Political Theory 117 Chapter 7 Hobbes and the Culture of Despotism 149 Modern Theorists 171 Chapter 8 On Reading Marx Politically 173 Chapter 9 Max Weber: Legitimation, Method, and the Politics of Theory 195 Part Three RECENT THEORISTS Chapter 10 Reason in Exile: Critical Theory and Technological Society 217 Chapter 11 Hannah Arendt: Democracy and the Political 237 Chapter 12 Hannah Arendt and the Ordinance of Time 250 Chapter 13 The Liberal/Democratic Divide: On Rawls's Political Liberalism 260 Part Four POSTMODERNS Chapter 14 On the Theory and Practice of Power 283 Chapter 15 Democracy in the Discourse of Postmodernism 300 Chapter 16 Postmodern Politics and the Absence of Myth 316 Chapter 17 The Destructive Sixties and Postmodern Conservatism 330 Chapter 18 From Progress to Modernization: The Conservative Turn 348 Part Five REVISIONING DEMOCRACY Chapter 19 Editorial 363 Chapter 20 What Revolutionary Action Means Today 368 Chapter 21 The People's Two Bodies 379 Chapter 22 The New Public Philosophy 394 Chapter 23 Democracy, Difference, and Re-Cognition 405 Chapter 24 Constitutional Order, Revolutionary Violence, and Modern Power: An Essay of Juxtapositions 421 Chapter 25 Agitated Times 438 Notes 449 Sources 491 Index 493
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Princeton University Press Civil Passions Moral Sentiment and Democratic
Book SynopsisDrawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, this title provides an account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that yields binding and compelling conclusions in politics.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2010 Spitz Prize for the Best Book on Liberal or Democratic Theory, International Conference for the Study of Political Thought Winner of the 2009 Alexander L. George Book Award of the International Society of Political Psychology "Krause's Civil Passions is an ambitious work of political theory that attempts to bridge the age-old divide between reason and emotion in theories of moral and political judgment... This is a well-written, cogently argued, provocative, and important contribution to recent scholarship on democratic deliberation, theories of justice, and the proper role of affect within the political realm."--Choice "Sharon Krause offers a significant reinterpretation of the relations among reason, emotion, morality, and politics. Civil Passions will become a major reference point for philosophers, political theorists, and legal theorists working on a broad range of issues, including moral psychology, metaethics, deliberative democracy, and legitimacy."--Matthew D. Mendham, Journal of the Review of Politics "As scholars of deliberation move this research agenda forward, they can be grateful to Krause ... for bringing to the fore just how multidimensional deliberative democracy really is."--Jurg Steiner, Perspectives on Politics "Civil Passions is a well-written contribution to this debate and will be of interest both to political theorists and to moral philosophers."--Liz Sutherland, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION: Citizenship, Judgment, and the Politics of Passion 1 CHAPTER ONE: Justice and Passion in Rawls and Habermas 27 CHAPTER TWO: Recent Alternatives to Rationalism 48 CHAPTER THREE: Moral Sentiment and the Politics of Judgment in Hume 77 CHAPTER FOUR: Affective Judgment in Democratic Politics 111 CHAPTER FIVE: Public Deliberation and the Feeling of Impartiality 142 CHAPTER SIX: The Affective Authority of Law 175 CONCLUSION: Toward a New Politics of Passion: Civil Passions and the Promise of Justice 200 Notes 205 Bibliography 245 Index 257
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Princeton University Press Uncivil Disobedience
Book SynopsisExamines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This book explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence.Trade Review"Kirkpatrick's study is rich in history and suggestive in its pursuit of other models for thinking about law's social meanings... Kirkpatrick's book is worth reading and pondering for the ways that it makes one connect American legal history to these pressing issues."--Jon Goldberg-Hiller, Law and Politics Book Review "The book features adept forays into jurisprudence at the same time that it captures the cultural diversity and local character of political violence in the US. Here the challenges posed by Thoreau and Rosa Parks become a platform from which to jump into the bloody world of John Brown and Timothy McVeigh. Kirkpatrick warns that conventional treatment of violence as outside of law is a sort of denial that leaves us vulnerable."--J. Brigham, Choice "[O]ne of the great strengths of this book is its ability to relate illuminating historical examples of uncivil and civil disobedience to a wider tradition of political and legal theory...This is an original, highly readable, and rewarding book."--April Carter, Perspectives on Politics "This well-written book not only provides significant insights into the motives of southern lynch mobs and others but also raises necessary and troubling questions about the nature of democracy in America. It is an important work that should be widely read."--Brent J. Aucoin, Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction Warts and All 1 Chapter One: Violence, American Style 17 Chapter Two: Frontier Vigilance Committees 39 Chapter Three: Southern Lynch Mobs 62 Chapter Four: Militant Abolitionists 91 Conclusion: A Nation of People or Laws 110 Sources Cited 119 Index 133
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