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University of British Columbia Press Representation and Democratic Theory
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates theoretical and practical aspects of innovative political representation in the early 21st century.Trade ReviewScholars of many different areas of political science will probaly find something here that addresses their own concerns, while scholars of either Canadian politics or democratic theory are likely to find much of interest in this collection. -- Alexandra Kelso, University of Strathclyde * Political Studies Review, Vol 3, No 3, September 2005 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction / David Laycock Part 1: Representation in Response to Minority Rights, Multiculturalism and Institutional Complexity 1. When (if ever) Are Referendums on Minority Rights Fair? / Avigail Eisenberg 2. Language, Representation, and Suprastate Democracy: Questions Facing the European Union / Peter Ives 3. Getting to Yes: People, Practices, and the Paradox of Multicultural Democracy / Catherine Frost 4. Feminist Engagement with Federal Institutions: Opportunities and Constraints for Women's Multilevel Citizenship / Louise Chappell Part 2: Reconceiving Representation through Citizenship and Community 5. Sharing the River: Aboriginal Representation in Canadian Political Institutions / Melissa S. Williams 6. The Self-Government of Unbounded Communities: Emancipatory Minority Autonomy in China and Western Europe / Susan J. Henders 7. What Do Citizens Need to Share? Citizenship as Reasonableness / Jonathan Quong Part 3: Pluralist, Deliberative, and Participatory Challenges to Representation 8. The New Constitutionalism and the Polarizing Performance of the Canadian Conversation / Gerald Kernerman 9. Demanding Deliberative Democracy and Representation / Greg Pyrcz 10. What Can Democratic Participation Mean Today? / Mark E. Warren 11. Representing Pluralism: A Comment on Pyrcz, Warren, and Kernerman / Simone Chambers Conclusion References Notes on Contributors Index
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University of British Columbia Press Deliberative Democracy in Practice
Book SynopsisLeading theorists debate the strengths and limitations of deliberative democracy in theory and practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Daniel Weinstock and David KahanePart 1: Educating Deliberative Citizens1 Conceptions of the Good: Challenging the Premises of Deliberative Democracy / Micheline Milot2 Religious Belief, Religious Schooling, and the Demands of Reciprocity / Harry Brighouse3 Religious Education and Democratic Character / Paul WeithmanPart 2: Deliberative Democracy, Constitutions, and the Boundaries of Deliberation4 Open versus Closed Constitutional Negotiation / Simone Chambers5 Is Democracy a Means to Global Justice? / James BohmanPart 3: Deliberative Democracy and Indigenous Peoples6 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Reconciliation / Duncan Ivison7 Resisting Culture: Seyla Benhabib’s Deliberative Approach to the Politics of Recognition in Colonial Contexts / Glen Coulthard8 The Implications of Incommensurability for Deliberative Democracy / Jorge M. ValadezPart 4: Citizen Dialogue and Decision Making in a Deliberative Democracy9 Public Opinion and Popular Will / Henry S. Richardson10 Consulting the Public Thoughtfully: Prospects for Deliberative Democracy / James Fishkin11 The Micropolitics of Deliberation: Beyond Argumentation to Recognition and Justice / John Forester and David KahaneReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Money Politics and Democracy Canadas Party
Book SynopsisThis revealing volume examines the role of party finance reforms in shaping a period, since 2004, of political instability and successive minority governments in Canada.Table of Contents1 Reforming Party and Election Finance in Canada / Lisa Youngand Harold J. Jansen 2 State Funding of Political Parties: Truths, Myths, and Legends /Justin Fisher 3 Public Funding of Political Parties: The Case for Further Reform /F. Leslie Seidle 4 Finance Reform and the Cartel Party Model in Canada / RichardS. Katz 5 Cartels, Syndicates, and Coalitions: Canada’s PoliticalParties after the 2004 Reforms / Harold J. Jansen and LisaYoung 6 The Impact of Election Finance Reforms on Local Party Organization/ David Coletto and Munroe Eagles 7 The Quarterly Allowance and Turnout: Old and New Evidence /Peter John Loewen and André Blais 8 Financing Party Leadership Campaigns / William Cross and JohnCrysler 9 Lessons from the American Campaign Finance Reform Experience /Robert G. Boatright 10 Conclusion / Harold J. Jansen and Lisa Young Index
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Money Politics and Democracy Canadas Party
Book SynopsisThis revealing volume examines the role of party finance reforms in shaping a period, since 2004, of political instability and successive minority governments in Canada.Table of Contents1 Reforming Party and Election Finance in Canada / Lisa Youngand Harold J. Jansen 2 State Funding of Political Parties: Truths, Myths, and Legends /Justin Fisher 3 Public Funding of Political Parties: The Case for Further Reform /F. Leslie Seidle 4 Finance Reform and the Cartel Party Model in Canada / RichardS. Katz 5 Cartels, Syndicates, and Coalitions: Canada’s PoliticalParties after the 2004 Reforms / Harold J. Jansen and LisaYoung 6 The Impact of Election Finance Reforms on Local Party Organization/ David Coletto and Munroe Eagles 7 The Quarterly Allowance and Turnout: Old and New Evidence /Peter John Loewen and André Blais 8 Financing Party Leadership Campaigns / William Cross and JohnCrysler 9 Lessons from the American Campaign Finance Reform Experience /Robert G. Boatright 10 Conclusion / Harold J. Jansen and Lisa Young Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Auditing Canadian Democracy
Book SynopsisThe final volume of the Canadian Democratic Audit, this book presents a timely synthesis of the project's findings and suggestions for democratic reform in Canada.Table of Contents1 Introduction / William Cross2 Federalism / Jennifer Smith3 Cabinets and First Ministers / Graham White4 Legislatures / David Docherty5 Citizens / Elisabeth Gidengil, Richard Nadeau, Neil Nevitte and André Blais6 Elections / John Courtney7 Political Parties / William Cross8 Advocacy Groups / Lisa Young and Joanna Everitt9 Communication Technology / Darin Barney10 The Audit’s Perspectives and Proposals / R. Kenneth CartyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Territorial Pluralism
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the implications of territorial pluralism for the peaceful and democratic management of difference in states characterized by ethnic, national, linguistic, or cultural divisions.Trade ReviewThis is undoubtedly a definitive and comprehensive volume; it will be an invaluable source book for policymakers and scholars alike who have an abiding interest in the management of differences in multinational states. -- Kham Khan Suan Hausing, University of Hyderabad * Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 55 No. 1, December 2016 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Richard SimeonPart 1: Conceptual and Normative Dimensions1 Territorial Pluralism: Taxonomizing Its Forms, Virtues, and Flaws / John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary2 A Conceptual and Normative Analysis of Territorial Pluralism / Mira Bachvarova and Margaret Moore3 Caught in the Minority Trap: Limits of Territorial Autonomy / Peter A. KrausPart 2: Empirical and Comparative Dimensions4 Is Federalism Like Snow, and Is It Exportable? Some Cautionary Notes on the Study of Federalism / Richard Simeon5 Territorial Autonomy in Nationally Divided Societies: The Experience of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Bosnia and Herzegovina / Michael Keating6 Sustaining Territorial Pluralism: The Political Economy of Institutional Change / Karlo Basta7 Territorial Pluralism in Spain: Characteristics and Assessment / César Colino and Angustias Hombrado8 Belgium and the Crisis of Governability, 2007-11: Rebooting Territorial Pluralism? / Wilfried Swenden9 Land and Citizenship in Nigerian Ethnofederalism / John Boye Ejobowah10 Ethnic Territory, Land Tenure, and Citizenship in Africa: The Politics of Devolution in Ghana and Kenya / Bruce J. Berman11 Consociational Theory, Self-Determination Disputes, and Territorial Pluralism: The Case of Cyprus / John McGarry12 The Two Shadows of Empire and Still-Born Federalism in China / André LalibertéConclusion: The Continuing Relevance of Territorial Pluralism / Karlo Basta and Richard SimeonIndex
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Territorial Pluralism
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the implications of territorial pluralism for the peaceful and democratic management of difference in states characterized by ethnic, national, linguistic, or cultural divisions.Trade ReviewThis is undoubtedly a definitive and comprehensive volume; it will be an invaluable source book for policymakers and scholars alike who have an abiding interest in the management of differences in multinational states. -- Kham Khan Suan Hausing, University of Hyderabad * Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Vol. 55 No. 1, December 2016 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Richard SimeonPart 1: Conceptual and Normative Dimensions1 Territorial Pluralism: Taxonomizing Its Forms, Virtues, and Flaws / John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary2 A Conceptual and Normative Analysis of Territorial Pluralism / Mira Bachvarova and Margaret Moore3 Caught in the Minority Trap: Limits of Territorial Autonomy / Peter A. KrausPart 2: Empirical and Comparative Dimensions4 Is Federalism Like Snow, and Is It Exportable? Some Cautionary Notes on the Study of Federalism / Richard Simeon5 Territorial Autonomy in Nationally Divided Societies: The Experience of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Bosnia and Herzegovina / Michael Keating6 Sustaining Territorial Pluralism: The Political Economy of Institutional Change / Karlo Basta7 Territorial Pluralism in Spain: Characteristics and Assessment / César Colino and Angustias Hombrado8 Belgium and the Crisis of Governability, 2007-11: Rebooting Territorial Pluralism? / Wilfried Swenden9 Land and Citizenship in Nigerian Ethnofederalism / John Boye Ejobowah10 Ethnic Territory, Land Tenure, and Citizenship in Africa: The Politics of Devolution in Ghana and Kenya / Bruce J. Berman11 Consociational Theory, Self-Determination Disputes, and Territorial Pluralism: The Case of Cyprus / John McGarry12 The Two Shadows of Empire and Still-Born Federalism in China / André LalibertéConclusion: The Continuing Relevance of Territorial Pluralism / Karlo Basta and Richard SimeonIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up
Book SynopsisThe first of its kind, this book approaches the “democratic deficit” by assessing the performance of Parliament and the media in light of Canadians’ perceptions and expectations of their democracy.Table of ContentsForeword / Michael MacMillan and Alison LoatIntroduction / Elisabeth Gidengil and Heather Bastedo1 Attitudes toward Democratic Norms and Practices: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett2 Canadians’ Evaluations of MPs: Performance Matters / Nick Ruderman3 Repertoire-Building or Elite-Challenging? Understanding Political Engagement in Canada / Michael A. Painter-Main4 Outsiders: Agency and the Non-Engaged / Heather Bastedo, Wayne Chu, and Jane Hilderman5 Media and Political Inequality / Quinn Albaugh and Christopher Waddell6 The Story behind the Story: Evaluating the Content of Political News / Heather Bastedo, Quinn Albaugh, and Alex Marland7 Social Media and Agenda Setting / Wayne Chu and Fred Fletcher8 Representing Canadians: Is the 41st Parliament Still a Vertical Mosaic? / Livianna Tossutti and Jane Hilderman9 MPs on the Home Front: How Constituency Characteristics Influence Representational Approaches / Munroe Eagles, Royce Koop, and Alison Loat10 Democratic Responsiveness in the House of Commons / Kelly Blidook11 A Tale of Two Perspectives: Election Promises and Government Actions in Canada / François PétryConclusion: Taking Stock of Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up / Elisabeth Gidengil and Heather BastedoAppendix: Samara 2012 Citizens’ Survey MethodologyIndex
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up
Book SynopsisThe first of its kind, this book approaches the democratic deficit by assessing the performance of Parliament and the media in light of Canadians' perceptions and expectations of their democracy.Table of ContentsForeword / Michael MacMillan and Alison LoatIntroduction / Elisabeth Gidengil and Heather Bastedo1 Attitudes toward Democratic Norms and Practices: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett2 Canadians’ Evaluations of MPs: Performance Matters / Nick Ruderman3 Repertoire-Building or Elite-Challenging? Understanding Political Engagement in Canada / Michael A. Painter-Main4 Outsiders: Agency and the Non-Engaged / Heather Bastedo, Wayne Chu, and Jane Hilderman5 Media and Political Inequality / Quinn Albaugh and Christopher Waddell6 The Story behind the Story: Evaluating the Content of Political News / Heather Bastedo, Quinn Albaugh, and Alex Marland7 Social Media and Agenda Setting / Wayne Chu and Fred Fletcher8 Representing Canadians: Is the 41st Parliament Still a Vertical Mosaic? / Livianna Tossutti and Jane Hilderman9 MPs on the Home Front: How Constituency Characteristics Influence Representational Approaches / Munroe Eagles, Royce Koop, and Alison Loat10 Democratic Responsiveness in the House of Commons / Kelly Blidook11 A Tale of Two Perspectives: Election Promises and Government Actions in Canada / François PétryConclusion: Taking Stock of Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up / Elisabeth Gidengil and Heather BastedoAppendix: Samara 2012 Citizens’ Survey MethodologyIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Breaking News
Book SynopsisThe first book about politics and infotainment in Canada, Breaking News? examines the challenges of these (often) controversial programs for democratic citizenship.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Controversial Marriage1 The Rise of Infotainment Television2 Be (or Don’t Be) Our Guests3 The Political Interviews: Beyond Sex and Saxophone4 From the War Room to the Confessional5 The Disproportionate Influence of Infotainment6 The Rules of the Game7 The Challenges of InfotainmentAppendix; Notes; References; Index
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press The Motivation to Vote
Book SynopsisAn original, parsimonious, and elegant explanation of why we vote or abstain in elections.Table of Contents1 The Decision to Vote or Not to Vote2 Who Votes?3 Do I Like Politics?4 Do I Have a Duty to Vote?5 Do I Care about the Outcome?6 Is It Easy to Vote?7 Is Voting a Habit?8 Does It All Depend on the Context?9 ConclusionAppendices; Notes; References; Index
£25.19
John Wiley & Sons Inc Democracy Education and the Schools
Book SynopsisScores of democracy books have appeared in the last few years, but none so illuminating of the essential connections between democracy and education as this one. In a set of remarkably coherent and helpful essays, the authors offer powerful ideas and practical suggestions to theorists, practitioners, and policy makers alike. ?Gary D Fenstermacher, professor of education, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Schools and the American Democracy 1. The Meanings of Democracy(Nathan Tarcov) 2. Democracy, Nurturance, and Community(Donna H. Kerr) 3. Democracy, Ecology, and Participation(Mary Catherine Bateson) 4. Democracy, Education, and Community(John I. Goodlad) 5. Public Schooling and the American Democracy(Robert B. Westbrook) 6. Democracy and Access to Education(Linda Darling-Hammond, Jacqueline Ancess) 7. Curriculum for Democracy(Walter C. Parker) 8. Oratory, Democracy, and the Classroom(John Angus Campbell) 9. Teaching the Teachers of the People(Roger Soder)
£36.09
John Wiley & Sons Inc Education for Everyone
Book SynopsisThe founders of our Republic envisioned education as providing for all citizens the necessary apprenticeship in the understanding and practice of democracy. To make democracy safe we must have universal schooling; to make schooling safe for education we must have democracy. But since the founding of our country the study and practice of democracy in our schools has weakened. We must return to the primary purpose of education and ensure that it is indeed for everyone. The Agenda for Education in a Democracy proposed by the authors is more than an effort to simply revitalize a faltering civics curriculum. It is about restoring a shared humanity to the educational process. It is about the need to make caring, compassion, freedom, dignity, and responsibility central to the mission of schooling. It is about placing power and responsibilitya concept more demanding of the individual than is accountabilityin the hands of those who need and deserve it. It is about taking the idea of eTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Schooling for Everyone. 2. Agenda for Education in a Democracy. 3. The Context of Schooling in a Democracy. 4. An Essential Narrative for Schooling. 5. Democracy, Education, and the Human Conversation. 6. Renewal. 7. Leadership for Educational Renewal. 8. Experiencing the Agenda. Notes. Appendix. Index.
£33.24
Cornell University Press Democracy in Dark Times
Book Synopsis"This is a truly illuminating and necessary book. Jeffrey Isaac lucidly explores the moral and political dilemmas of this turbulent fin-de-siecle, East and West. His passionate approach is inspired by a genuine moral vision that sees liberal democracy...Trade ReviewIn this rich collection of essays, Jeffrey Isaac provides a compelling and equally disturbing analysis of the prospects for a more radical liberal democratic praxis and a helpful guide to contemporary political theory. -- Eric Gregory * Journal of Religion *
£81.00
Cornell University Press Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism A
Book SynopsisWhat has brought about the widespread public provision of welfare and income security within free-market liberalism? Some social scientists have regarded welfare as a preindustrial atavism; others, as a functional requirement of industrial society...Trade ReviewHicks's vast and impressive study... makes valuable contributions to the study of the welfare state. -- Timothy Tilton, Indiana University * American Journal of Sociology *Alexander Hicks has written one of the most important works in the past thirty years on the development of income security policies in democratic capitalist states. If this were not sufficient, the book also is the most significant comparative public policy study I have read. Based on years of reflection, scholarship and teaching, it covers, not merely cites, a range of literatures. It is extremely sensitive to particular historical experiences. It is theoretically informed. Most impressively, it is methodologically sophisticated and imaginative. And the book is concise and well-written. In short, it is a model of what exciting comparative research can be. -- Norman Furniss, Indiana University * Comparative Politics *This book by Alexander Hicks is a number-cruncher's delight, but is should be of interest to normal people as well because of its exceptional awareness of the entire range of literature on welfore programs. -- Donald Sassoon, University of London * American Historical Review *Through sophisticated and historically sensitive quantitative and formal qualitative analyses, he is able to appraise the social democratic thesis through several phases of welfare state development.... The results are so rich as to be difficult to sumarize in a short review. -- Edwin Amenta, New York University * Contemporary Sociology *
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Evidence of Things Not Said
Book SynopsisThe Evidence of Things Not Said employs the rich essays of James Baldwin to interrogate the politics of race in American democracy. Lawrie Balfour advances the political discussion of Baldwin's work, and regards him as a powerful political thinker...Trade ReviewIn asking political theorists and literary critics alike to read Baldwin as a political analyst, The Evidence of Things Not Said usefully holds a mirror to our methodologies and to their relation to racial injustice itself. -- Priscilla Wald * The Review of Politics *This examination of James Baldwin's essays explores his contribution to political theory.... The book concludes with a discussion of Baldwin's complicated relation with language and a consideration of his significance in the political landscape of the 21st century. * Journal of Social Work Education *This sensitive, superbly written book teaches that social criticism must make people face their deepest fears and renounce comfort and security as selfish illusions. * American Political Science Review *A worthy reexamination of the works of a powerful writer. -- Vanessa Bush * Booklist *Balfour focuses on Baldwin's essays... with the acknowledged intent of tracing the trajectory of continuity throughout.... The first chapter serves as a lengthy background.... Subsequent chapters... offer new critical insights and approaches to Baldwin's essays, a genre that many critics have labeled his best and most significant writing. * Choice *Balfour... has written an unusual, complex analysis of novelist and essayist James Baldwin (1924-87) as a political theorist.... Intriguing. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsSpeaking of race; "a most disagreeable mirror"; blessed are the victims?; presumptions of innocence; the living word; Baldwin and the search for a majority.
£97.20
MB - Cornell University Press Stalled Democracy
Book SynopsisIn this ambitious book Eva Bellin examines the dynamics of democratization in late-developing countries where the process has stalled. Bellin focuses on the pivotal role of social forces and particularly the reluctance of capital and labor to champion democratic transition, contrary to the expectations of political economists versed in earlier transitions. Bellin argues that the special conditions of late development, most notably the political paradoxes created by state sponsorship, fatally limit class commitment to democracy. In many developing countries, she contends, those who are empowered by capitalist industrialization become the allies of authoritarianism rather than the agents of democratic reform.Bellin generates her propositions from close study of a singular case of stalled democracy: Tunisia. Capital and labor''s complicity in authoritarian relapse in that country poses a puzzle. The author''s explanation of that case is made more general through comparison with Trade ReviewBellin's explicitly comparative, cross-national framework offers readily generalizable findings. * Perspectives on Politics *In a detailed study of Tunisia, Bellin finds that some governmental development schemes that explicitly encourage the private sector can better enable private capital and labor to defend their interests.... It contributes to our understanding of the relationship between development and democratization throughout the world. * Foreign Affairs *This is a smart, elegantly written book rich in empirical detail and theoretical argument. * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Genesis of the Private Sector in Tunisia: The Logic of State Sponsorship2. The Developmental Paradox: Capital's Emergent Power and Autonomy3. A Checkered Alliance: State Sponsorship of Labor4. Influence under Constraint: The Trajectory of Labor's Power and Autonomy5. Capital and Labor: Agents of Democratization?6. Stalled Democracy in Comparative PerspectiveAppendix 1: Comparative Wage Rates in Forty-one Countries, 1990Appendix 2: Number of Strikes in Tunisia, 1970–1994Appendix 3: Organizational Structure of the Union Générale de Travailleurs TunisiensAppendix 4: Membership Numbers in the Union Générale de Travailleurs TunisiensNotes References Index
£45.00
Cornell University Press Sustainable Peace
Book SynopsisHow can leaders craft political institutions that will sustain the peace and foster democracy in ethnically divided societies after conflicts as destructive as civil wars? This volume compares power-dividing and power-sharing solutions.
£97.20
Cornell University Press Armed State Building
Book SynopsisSince 1898, the United States and the United Nations have deployed military force more than three dozen times in attempts to rebuild failed states. Currently there are more state-building campaigns in progress than at any time in the past centuryincluding Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Sudan, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, and Lebanonand the number of candidate nations for such campaigns in the future is substantial. Even with a broad definition of success, earlier campaigns failed more than half the time. In this book, Paul D. Miller brings his decade in the U.S. military, intelligence community, and policy worlds to bear on the question of what causes armed, international state-building campaigns by liberal powers to succeed or fail. The United States successfully rebuilt the West German and Japanese states after World War II but failed to build a functioning state in South Vietnam. After the Cold War the United Nations oversaw relatively sucTrade ReviewIn recognizing the complex nature of the subject matter, the author does a commendable job in advancing the body of knowledge in a meaningful way. His efforts certainly enhance the ongoing debate on how to best address conflict and post-conflict state building. Of special note, in appendix A of the book, Miller does an exceptional job in summarizing all United Nations- and U.S.-led state building interventions since 1898. This appendix alone is of value to a wide array of readers. As a complete body of work, this book is best read by conflict theory scholars, military and interagency professionals, international relations/affairs scholars and practicioners, developmental economists, and military historians. -- Dr. David A. Anderson (Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps, retired) and William E. Odom * Military Review *In this excellent study, Miller brings to bear scholarly rigor and his recent experience as the U.S. National Security Council's director for Afghanistan and Pakistan to assess U.S. and UN efforts to rebuild failed states through armed intervention. Drawing on evidence from such missions in Germany after World War II and more recent attempts in Nicaragua, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, Miller argues there is no master strategy that will work in all instances.... His book displays an admirable clarity in its evidence and analysis, although it is worth wondering whether powerful Western states can reliably behave as carefully as Miller advises. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. The Myth of Sequencing3. Statehood4. State Failure5. State Building6. Strategies of State Building7. Five State-Building Case Studies8. ConclusionAppendix A: Case Selection Appendix B: Measuring Success and FailureBibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Weapons of the Wealthy
Book SynopsisFocusing on the region of post-Soviet Central Asia, Radnitz investigates the causes of elite-led protest in nondemocratic states, where economic and political opportunities create elites who are independent of the regime, yet vulnerable to harassment.Trade ReviewIn this important study, Radnitz examines the processes of political change in post-Soviet Central Asian states. Based on extensive fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Radnitz sets out to understand the dynamics of mass mobilization in opposition to authoritarian regimes.... He argues that these mass protests, rather than being organized by civil society organizations, result from the incentives created by a system... in which... elite actors are able to provide significant benefits to local communities... [allowing them] to mobilize collective action that challenges the state in order to promote their own interests. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Puzzles of People Power1. Institutional Uncertainty and Elite-Led Mobilization 2. The View from Below: Communities as Sites for Collective Action 3. The View from Above: State Influences on Elite Opportunities 4. Linkages across Classes: The Development of Subversive Clientelism 5. Mobilization in Rural Kyrgyzstan 6. Elite Networks and the Tulip Revolution 7. Assessing the Dynamics of Mobilization in Diverse ContextsConclusion: Political Economies, Hybrid Regimes, and Challenges to DemocratizationMethodological Appendix Index
£23.74
Cornell University Press John Dewey and American Democracy
Book SynopsisRobert B. Westbrook reconstructs the evolution of Dewey's thought and practice in this masterful intellectual biography, combining readings of his major works with an engaging account of key chapters in his activism.Trade ReviewA major event in the history of American letters.... This book should last as the definitive word on Dewey for at least as long as Dewey lived. -- Alan Wolfe * Washington Post Book World *An exceptionally intelligent, rigorous, and thorough book. Westbrook's call for a renewed appreciation of Dewey's relevance is strengthened by great learning and conviction. -- Lewis Menand * New York Review of Books *Far and away the best book on Dewey yet. Westbrook's intellectual biography is scholarship at its finest, a very unusual combination of vast learning, dialectical acuity and literary skill.... This book will do a great deal to make Dewey more available and plausible, and to help his writings shape the imagination of a new generation of Americans. -- Richard Rorty * New Leader *Neither a straight biography nor a narrow work of scholarship, John Dewey and American Democracy offers instead a briskly readable narrative of Dewey's lifework, focusing on his advocacy of democracy.... Westbrook's reconstruction of Dewey's evolving thought is detailed, sympathetic, and lucid. * The Nation *Westbrook provides a vigorous, convincing, and readable analysis of the major episodes in Dewey's career, including his conflicts with such other prominent, public intellectuals as Randolph Bourne, Walter Lippmann, Lewis Mumford, and Reinhold Niebuhr. -- David A. Hollinger * The Atlantic *A comprehensive intellectual biography of the great democratic theorist and activist.... Westbrook's scholarship is definitive, and he succeeds in defending Dewey’s work against most of his important critics, and reminding us that Dewey's concerns and ambitions are still relevant to today's world. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsPrologue: The Making of a PhilosopherPart One. A Social Gospel (1882–1904)1. The Hegelian Bacillus2. Organic Democracy3. Chicago Pragmatism4. No Mean CityPart Two. Progressive Democracy (1904–1918)5. Reconstructing Philosophy6. Democracy and Education7. The Politics of WarPart Three. Toward the Great Community (1918–1929)8. The Politics of Peace 239. The Phantom Public10. Philosophy and DemocracyPart Four. Democrat Emeritus (1929–1952)11. Consummatory Experience12. Socialist Democracy13. Their Morals and Ours14. Keeping the Common FaithEpilogue: The Wilderness and the Promised LandBibliographical NoteIndex
£21.59
Cornell University Press The Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe
Book SynopsisAlthough dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of...Trade Review"Stathis Kalyvas's new book is a first-rate contribution to the study of modern politics at large, as well as to the study of party formation and of Catholic parties. The impact of Christian Democracy on the politics and society of several European countries has not been adequately recognized. Kalyvas deals with this theme most convincingly, drawing on a large body of literature in several languages." -- Gianfranco Poggi, European University Institute"The author demonstrates how and why Christian Democrat parties in Western Europe emerged with their own specific characteristics, and a characteristic relationship to the Church which originally inspired them... authoritative and convincing... Dr. Kalyvas has worked most thoughtfully, and his main conclusions are highly interesting and significant." -- Roger Morgan, Times Literary Supplement, May 9, 1997
£27.54
Cornell University Press Reasonable Democracy
Book SynopsisIn Reasonable Democracy, Simone Chambers describes, explains, and defends a discursive politics inspired by the work of Jürgen Habermas. In addition to comparing Habermas's ideas with other non-Kantian liberal theories in clear and accessible prose...Trade ReviewAn extremely learned, carefully argued defense of Habermas's theory of communicative rationality as a basis for conceptualizing deliberative democracy. * American Political Science Review *
£26.59
Cornell University Press Radical Democracy
Book SynopsisThe author presents a primer on how to think about democracy, asserting that the hope of global democracy rests on faith in our fellow human beings. His text offers critiques of current practices and arguments for a more participatory politics.Trade Review"Lummis insists that the hope of global democracy rests on faith in our fellow human beings. The move to embrace this faith conquers cynicism and gives one hope and the ability to act."—Thomas Harrison, The Nation"The strongest point of Radical Democracy is Lummis' finely balanced attitude of detachment and commitment that nurtures a generosity of spirit expressed in a direct and attractive prose style."—Michael A. Weinstein, Society"This is a book that deserves to be read by economists, both faculty and students, especially those adhering to a radical political position."—Michael Keaney, Glasgow Caledonia University. Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 32, 2000
£22.79
Cornell University Press Democracy in Dark Times Traditions of Love in
Book Synopsis"This is a truly illuminating and necessary book. Jeffrey Isaac lucidly explores the moral and political dilemmas of this turbulent fin-de-siecle, East and West. His passionate approach is inspired by a genuine moral vision that sees liberal democracy...Trade ReviewIn this rich collection of essays, Jeffrey Isaac provides a compelling and equally disturbing analysis of the prospects for a more radical liberal democratic praxis and a helpful guide to contemporary political theory. -- Eric Gregory * Journal of Religion *
£22.79
Cornell University Press Democracy Revolution and History
Book SynopsisThe work of Barrington Moore, Jr., is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.Trade ReviewThis is an unusually stimulating collection of essays, one which, to a degree exceptional among volumes honoring great scholars, looks forward much more than back. -- Jack A. Goldstone, University of California, Davis * Journal of Economic History *Intriguing essays.... This book demonstrates the usefulness of comparative historical inquiry in understanding the paths a nation can take toward modern liberal democracy. * Foreign Affairs *
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Cornell University Press Publicitys Secret
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, media outlets in the United Statesmost notably the Internethave claimed to serve the public''s ever-greater thirst for information. Scandals are revealed, details are laid bare because the public needs to know. In Publicity''s Secret, Jodi Dean claims that the public''s demands for information both coincide with the interests of the media industry and reinforce the cynicism promoted by contemporary technoculture. Democracy has become a spectacle, and Dean asserts that theories of the public sphere endanger democratic politics in the information age.Dean''s argument is built around analyses of Bill Gates, Theodore Kaczynski, popular journalism, the Internet and technology, as well as the conspiracy theory subculture that has marked American history from the Declaration Independence to the political celebrity of Hillary Rodham Clinton. The author claims that the media''s insistence on the public''s right to know leads to the indiscriminate investigation and disseminTrade ReviewCultural theorist Jodi Dean's latest book tackles the issue of the public sphere in a refreshingly contemporary and relevant way by focusing on the role of the technological media in the exercise of public democracy.... One of the most interesting discussions in the book is that of subjectification in terms of a drive toward celebrity, which seems to suggest, in a Sartrean vein, that we experience existence only in the eyes of multiple beholders.... The book serves, however, to raise the question of what democracy would look like without the rational monolith of 'the public' and goes some way to clearing the ground that has served to bolster this (from Dean's perspective) dangerous avoidance tactic. -- Kieran Laird * Contemporary Political Theory *The World Wide Web has made those with access wary of surveillance, loss of privacy, identity theft, lurking, fraud, scams.... Ideology itself, in Dean's argument, has been fundamentally altered under the regime of technoculture. Communication is the new ideology; it has survived the most recent crash of Silicon Valley stock options and taken the place of production.... Dean speaks with an intelligent and important analytic voice about the seductions and dangers of the wired, media-drenched universe. In this universe, the rule of law has morphed into the rule of artificially manufactured public opinion, and what is not publicized does not exist. -- Julia Epstein * Women's Review of Books *Dean discusses how the popular belief in truth in reporting and fairness in the media is almost entirely a myth.... Dean's voice joins a number of other intellectuals such as Ishmael Reed, Joshua Micah Marshall, and Eric Alterman that have come out in favor of critical thinking in our age of Homeland Security Departments and the Office of Information Awareness. With a little luck maybe others will follow their lead. -- Chris Cobb * Leonardo *Dean's book coalesces a number of approaches to the public and publicity, ranging from political theory to psychoanalysis and cultural studies. It identifies a new and consequential amalgam of public and new technologies. It warns of the dangers posed by information overload and generalized skepticism. -- Esther Leslie * Radical Philosophy *For Dean, the modern, and now postmodern, public sphere has always been based upon the integral relationship between secrecy and publicity.... Revealing secrets legitimizes the public realm, a public, however, that never really exists. 'The public' is a simulated, technocultural construct that most people believe actually operates as a democratic representation of 'the people.' It does not. -- Wayne Gabardi * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Communicative Capitalism: The Ideological Matrix 1. Publicity's Secret 2. Conspiracy's Desire 3. Little Brothers 4. Celebrity's Drive Conclusion: Neo-DemocracyNotes Index
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Cornell University Press Russias Unfinished Revolution
Book SynopsisMichael McFaul traces Russia's tumultuous political history from Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985 through the 1999 resignation of Boris Yeltsin in favor of Vladimir Putin.Trade ReviewIn the worldwide cabal of Russia-watchers, Mike McFaul is held in high esteem as an insightful commentator and sharp analyst of current political puzzles in Moscow. This book is his claim for a deeper understanding of Russia'a transition.... This very rich and dense book deserves many hours of attentive reading. * Journal of Peace Research *McFaul gives an erudite and well-documented history of the last fifteen years, from Gorbachev to Putin.... He brings striking firsthand experience to bear: The access he managed to obtain, and the time he spent with the revolution's various political players, brings fresh material and keen insight to the story. * Washington Monthly *McFaul has done an immense amount of research, and his narrative is dense and solidly anchored in a detailed bibliography.... This book carries the often discouraging tale of Russia's quest for democracy forward to the new century. * Library Journal *McFaul, in an elaborately researched volume, asks why the effort to create new and stable political institutions initially failed—first under Gorbachev and then during Boris Yeltsin's first term—only to succeed under the 'Second Russian Republic'... McFaul's book is especially noteworthy for its rich detail, greatly enhanced by interviews with almost all the key players. * Foreign Affairs *Michael McFaul's book on Russia's transition from communism is likely to prove one of the most lasting and authoritative studies in its field. Particularly valuable is the framework it offers for comprehending the changes that have occurred.... Quite apart from the value of the theoretical argument, however, the book is likely to become the authoritative study of the period for its sweep, balance, and clarity. * Journal of Democracy *The author is one of the most distinguished and engaged commentators on Russian politics.... He has produced a highly sophisticated, balanced and informative analysis of the emergence of Russian democracy that leaves open the question of whether it will become a consolidated democracy. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments1. The Revolutionary Transition from Communism to Democracy: A ModelPART 1. THE GORBACHEV ERA, 1985–1991 2. Gorbachev's Design for Reforming Soviet Political Institutions 3. The End of the Soviet UnionPART 2. THE FIRST RUSSIAN REPUBLIC, 1991–1993 4. Institutional Design in the First Russian Republic 5. The Failure of the First Russian RepublicPART 3. THE EMERGENCE OF THE SECOND RUSSIAN REPUBLIC, 1993–1996 6. Designing the Political Institutions of the Second Republic 7. Transitional Constitutionalism 8. Transitional ElectoralismPART IV. THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY 9. The Quality of Russian Democracy 10. The Stability of Partial DemocracyIndex
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Cornell University Press Radical Space
Book SynopsisEpoch-making political events are often remembered for their spatial markers: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the storming of the Bastille, the occupation of Tiananmen Square. Until recently, however, political theory has overlooked the power of place...Trade ReviewIn this thoughtful and engaging book, Margaret Kohn makes the case that space is an important mechanism of social power. With Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, and Henri Lefebvre (among others), she agrees that space can function to reproduce and to reinforce relations of domination. Yet, she emphasizes, it also can play a transformative political role, enabling and encouraging the oppressed to challenge and to change social relations of power.... How can we restructure space in ways that disrupt its non-or antidemocratic effects.' That Radical Space helps raise such questions is one of its principal contributions to ongoing debates about democratic politics and popular resistance to power. -- Clarissa Rile Hayward * Perspectives on Politics *Although political theorists have long shared the intuition of a crucial relationship between space and democracy, space has remained under-theorized in political theory. Responding to this omission, Margaret Kohn argues that spatial configurations serve as powerful social forces that can naturalize social divisions or call them into question.... Theorists engaged not only in the debates over the past and future of democracy, but also those exploring the role of deterritorialization in the age of global integration will find her book insightful and provocative. -- Noam Lupu * Foundations of Political Theory Books *To the present day, visitors to Italy can find houses of the people in the industrial suburbs of Italian cities.... Kohn argues that these 'case del popolo' marked a new and promising approach towards socialism, one that was at once democratic and spontaneous. * Choice *I like this book. Its concise and incisive argument on space and power is usefully pinned down in the specific cases it reviews. It is well written throughout, and carries a sense of hope seldom found in writing on space today, even in the work of Marxist geographers such as David Harvey or Edward Soja. It has a distinctly European intellectual quality in its scrutiny of the rhizomatic shifts of the urban lifeworld, and says much which remains relevant in today's desperate political climate. -- Malcolm Miles * H-Urban Review *Table of ContentsSpace and politics; The bourgeois public sphere; The disciplinary factory; The co-operative movement; The house of the people; The chamber of labour; Municipalism - the legacy of localism; Conclusion; Postscript - the local in an age of globalization.
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Cornell University Press Sustainable Peace
Book SynopsisHow can leaders craft political institutions that will sustain the peace and foster democracy in ethnically divided societies after conflicts as destructive as civil wars? This volume compares power-dividing and power-sharing solutions.Trade Review"Those of us who write about civil wars and intrastate conflict must now consider the innovative insights of Sustainable Peace, particularly its rejections of power sharing as a panacea. Philip G. Roeder and Donald Rothchild tease out better, novel, ideas from a range of important cases. We cannot neglect their findings."—Robert I. Rotberg, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University"Sustainable Peace will be a must-read for any academic working in the field of ethnic conflict management. Nowhere has the theory of 'power-division' been put forward as comprehensively and as clearly as in this volume. It is certain, therefore, to have a major impact. The collection is global in its scope, with cases from a rich variety of different geographic regions."—John McGarry, Queen's University
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes Latin America
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rich collection of challenging studies that, in addition ot supplying useful data on the performance of democratic institutions in a variety of settings, gives us a good example of how collaborative, cross-national explanatory research can be conducted. Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsEditors' Preface and AckowledgementsChapter 1. The Breakdown of Democracy in Argentine, 1916-30Chapter 2. Conversations among Gentlemen: Oligarchical Democracy in ColombiaChapter 3. Venezuela since 1958: The Consolidation of Democratic PoliticsChapter 4. Political Leadership and Regime Breakdown: BrazilChapter 5. Permanent Crisis and the Failure to Create a Deomcratic Regime: Argentinam 1955-66Chapter 6. A Structural-Historical Approach to the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions: PeruBiographical NotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Modern Caribbean Politics
Book SynopsisDuring the 1980s, the nature of modern politics in the Caribbean changed. This book examines the origins of nationalist politics in the Caribbean and reviews the "crisis years" of the 1970s. Subsequent chapters focus on the events and legacies of the 1980s.Trade ReviewThe essays are well written and give a fair and competent account of the chronology of events and processes. They convey the overpowering, in some cases stultifying, influence of individualism in the politics of each country... A good, regional perspective and much solid material for future research. International Affairs
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberal Democracy and Political Science The Johns
Book SynopsisArgues that political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits. The author concludes with a case study - an analysis of the susceptibility of political culture to the influence of intellectuals and critics of the Constitution.Trade ReviewA welcome candidate for a prospective list of texts for introductory courses in American politics and political theory. -- Avery Leiserson Journal of Politics "An illuminating and forceful defense of Tocquevillian or traditional political science against its two contenders within the profession, a scientific political science increasingly equated with rational choice theory and an activist moralistic political science, which Ceaser terms the 'new normativism.'. Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. What is Liberal Democracy? Chapter 2. How Liberal is Liberal Democracy? Chapter 3. Traditional Political Science Chapter 4. Modern Political Science Chapter 5. Reconstructing Political Science Chapter 6. The New Normativism Chapter 7. Political Science and the Political Culture of Liberal DemocracyChapter 8. The Constitution and its Critics Notes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Politics of Democratic Consolidation
Book SynopsisSchmitter.Trade ReviewThe book has two chief qualities. The first is its uncompromising comparative scope and the subsequent complementarity of its parts. The editors avoid a common pitfall of edited volumes: lack of integration and unifying perspective... The second quality of the book lies in its ambition to transcend the boundaries of Southern Europe and draw insights from the understanding of that region's experience to be used more generally in the theoretical study of democratic consolidation... It is without doubt the best comparative work on Southern European politics to date. -- Stathis N. Kalyvas Journal of Modern Greek Studies There is a wealth of information here, but the outstanding merit of this volume lies in its illuminating comparative analysis. Foreign Affairs Many of the contributions are required reading for anyone interested in the postauthoritarian politics of southern Europe. -- Omar G. Encarnacion Comparative PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. The Political and Socioeconomic Contours of Southern European HistoryChapter 3. Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Southern Europe, with Reflections on Latin America and Eastern EuropeChapter 4. Democratic Consolidation and the Military in Southern Europe and South AmericaChapter 5. The International Context of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe in Comparative PerspectiveChapter 6. Mass Mobilization and Regime Change: Pacts, Reform, and Popular Power in Italy (1918–1922) and Spain (1975–1978)Chapter 7. Legitimacy and Democracy in Southern EuropeChapter 8. Executive-Legislative Relations in Southern EuropeChapter 9. Organized Interests and Democratic Consolidation in Southern EuropeChapter 10. Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Southern EuropeChapter 11. ConclusionNotesContributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Women and Democracy Latin America and Central and
Book SynopsisSchmitter, Renata Siemienska, Julia Szalai, Maria Elena Valenzuela, and Sharon L. WolchikTrade ReviewProvides several intriguing comparisons between two regions undergoing democratic change. Policymakers and scholars of democratic transitions and gender studies will find much of interest in the work. -- Amy Patterson Perspectives on Political Science
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Johns Hopkins University Press Andrew Jackson
Book SynopsisThe third volume covers Jackson's reelection to the presidency and the weighty issues with which he was faced: the nullification crisis, the tragic removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi River, the mounting violence throughout the country over slavery, and the tortuous efforts to win the annexation of Texas.Trade Review"Jackson's significance in American political and social history is enormous. His larger-than-life personality and equally heroic convictions and prejudices changed the Presidency and the character of American political parties... [Remini] has produced a wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative... account of his role in American history. -- John A. Garraty New York Times Book Review. "If courage is required in a biographer of Andrew Jackson, there is, at least, no shortage of literary battles where that bravery can by displayed. Professor Remini deserves his campaign medals. -- Peter Marshall Times Literary Supplement "Jackson never wrote his autobiography, and the art of campaign biography developed after his retirement. Yet one comes away with the feeling that here is how Jackson saw himself, might have set forth his own case, and wish to be remembered. -- Joel H. Silbey American Historical Review "Remini's real strengths are descriptive... Evocative incident and quotation convey the Jacksonians' conviction that they were engaged in a fundamental struggle. -- Charles Sellers Journal of American HistoryTable of Contentspreface, 1998PrefaceChronology of Jackson's Life, 1767-1821Geaealogies of the Donelson, Bulter, Jackson, and Hutchinson Families1. Beginnings2. Revolutionary Sodier Boy3. The Law Student4. Frontier Gentleman and Lawyer5. Marriage6. Creating a New State7. Land Speculator and Congressman9. The Duel10. The Burr Conspiracy11. "Who Are We?"12. Old Hickory12. The Creel War: Disaster14. The Creek War: Victory15. "I Act Without the Orders of the Government"16. "We May...Have a Fandango"17. The Invasion Begins18. The Savior of His Country19. The COurse of American Empire20. United States v. Major General Andrew Jackson21. "Brothers Listen...I Am Your Friend and Brother"22. To Seize Florida23. The First Seminole War24. Expansion and Removal25. Governor of FloridaNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Audacious Reforms
Book SynopsisWhile past conflicts are not erased by reforms, in the new order there is often greater potential for more responsible, accountable, and democratic government.Trade ReviewTimely, well-researched, and clearly written. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Political Science Quarterly A major contribution to the growing literature on political decentralisation and institutional reform in Latin America. Grindle's perceptive observations, excellent case studies, and sophisticated analysis have moved current debates forward. -- Eliza Willis Journal of Latin American StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables and BoxesAcknowlegmentsAbbreviations1. Audacious Reforms: Democratizing Latin America2. Explaining the Unexpected3. Institutional Invention in Venezuela: Legitimizing the System4. New Rules of the Game: Consequeneces of Change in Venezuela5. Political Engineering in Bolivia: The Law of Popular Participation6. A New Conundrum: National-Local Politics in Bolivia7. Practing Institional Change in Argentina8. Waiting for Godot? Constitutional Change in Argentine Practice9. Democratizing Reforms: Origins and ConsequencesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Writings on Empire and Slavery
Book SynopsisThe volume includes six articles Tocqueville wrote during the same period calling for the emancipation of slaves in France's Caribbean colonies.Trade ReviewA highly readable translation of Tocqueville's writings on colonization and slavery and a useful introduction of just the right length... Tocqueville's writings on colonialism, rather than revealing the limits of his liberalism, lead one to the core of it. -- Delba Winthrop Society By offering the first translation of these documents in a single volume, Pitts has provided a valuable service to the nineteenth-century specialist. The book should enhance readers' perspectives of both European liberalism and French colonialism. -- Jack B. Ridley History: Reviews of New Books As Jennifer Pitts points out in an informative and perceptive introduction to her edition and translation of Tocqueville's Writings on Empire and Slavery, his thinking remained in the mold of a nineteenth-century liberal, more sensitive to the fragility of free institutions in the French state than to the suffering of colonials. -- Klaus J. Hansen Canadian Journal of History 2003 Should be required reading for anyone interested in the history of colonialism, imperialism, liberalism and Algeria... Writings on Empire and Slavery features the clarity and depth that one expects from the author of Democracy in America. -- Michael Shurkin Patterns of Prejudice 2004 A highly useful collection. -- Daniel Lazare The Nation 2004Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Some Ideas About What Prevents The French From Having Good Colonies (1833)Chapter 2. First Letter on Algeria (23 June 1837)Chapter 3. Second Letter on Algeria (22 August 1837)Chapter 4. Notes on the Koran (March 1838)Chapter 5. Notes on the Voyage to Algeria in 1841Chapter 6. Essay on Algeria (October 1841)Chapter 7. Intervention in the Debate Over the Appropriation of Special Funding (1846)Chapter 8. First Report on Algeria (1847)Chapter 9. Second Report on Algeria (1847)Chapter 10. The Emancipation of Slaves (1843)NotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Global Divergence of Democracies
Book SynopsisWith contributions by more than thirty of the world's leading scholars of democracy, this volume presents the most comprehensive assessment available of the state of democracy in the world at the beginning of the new millennium.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction - Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner I - Democracy and Liberty: Universal Values? 1 Democracy as a Universal Value - Amartya Sen 2 Buddhism, Asian Values, and Democracy - His Holiness the Dalai Lama 3 Confucianism and Democracy - Francis Fukuyama 4 Muslims and Democracy - Abdou Filali-Ansary 5 How Far Can Free Government Travel? - Giovanni Sartori 6 Democracy and Liberty: The Cultural Connection - Russell Bova 7 From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy - Marc F. Plattner II - Consolidating Democracy 8 Toward Consolidated Democracies - Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan 9 Illusions about Consolidation - Guillermo O'Donnell 10 O'Donnell's "Illusions": A Rejoinder - Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Hans Jurgen Puhle 11 Illusions and Conceptual Flaws: A Response - Guillermo O'Donnell 12 What Is Democratic Consolidation? - Andreas Schedler III - Foundations of Successful Democracy 13 What Makes Democracies Endure? - Adam Przeworski, Michael Alvarez, Jose Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi 14 Party Systems in the Third Wave - Scott Mainwaring 15 What Makes Elections Free and Fair? - Jorgen Elklit and Palle Svenson 16 Federalism and Democracy: Beyond the U.S. Model - Alfred Stepan 17 Markets, Law, and Democracy - Charles Fried 18 Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America - Jorge I. Dominguez 19 A New Jurisprudence for Africa - H. Kwasi Prempeh 20 How Democracies Control the Military - Richard H. Kohn IV - Prospects and Challenges for Democracy in the New Century 21 A Quarter-Century of Declining Confidence - Susan J. Pharr, Robert D. Putnam, and Russell J. Dalton 22 Latin America at the Century's Turn - Abraham F. Lowenthal 23 The Postcommunist Divide - Jacques Rupnik 24 Putin's Russia: One Step Forward Two Steps Back - Michael McFaul 25 Will China Democratize? - Michel Oksenberg 26 Is Pakistan the (Reverse) Wave of the Future? - Larry Diamond Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Writings on Empire and Slavery
Book SynopsisThe volume includes six articles Tocqueville wrote during the same period calling for the emancipation of slaves in France's Caribbean colonies.Trade ReviewA highly readable translation of Tocqueville's writings on colonization and slavery and a useful introduction of just the right length... Tocqueville's writings on colonialism, rather than revealing the limits of his liberalism, lead one to the core of it. -- Delba Winthrop Society By offering the first translation of these documents in a single volume, Pitts has provided a valuable service to the nineteenth-century specialist. The book should enhance readers' perspectives of both European liberalism and French colonialism. -- Jack B. Ridley History: Reviews of New Books As Jennifer Pitts points out in an informative and perceptive introduction to her edition and translation of Tocqueville's Writings on Empire and Slavery, his thinking remained in the mold of a nineteenth-century liberal, more sensitive to the fragility of free institutions in the French state than to the suffering of colonials. -- Klaus J. Hansen Canadian Journal of History Should be required reading for anyone interested in the history of colonialism, imperialism, liberalism and Algeria... Writings on Empire and Slavery features the clarity and depth that one expects from the author of Democracy in America. -- Michael Shurkin Patterns of Prejudice A highly useful collection. -- Daniel Lazare The NationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Some Ideas About What Prevents The French From Having Good Colonies (1833)Chapter 2. First Letter on Algeria (23 June 1837)Chapter 3. Second Letter on Algeria (22 August 1837)Chapter 4. Notes on the Koran (March 1838)Chapter 5. Notes on the Voyage to Algeria in 1841Chapter 6. Essay on Algeria (October 1841)Chapter 7. Intervention in the Debate Over the Appropriation of Special Funding (1846)Chapter 8. First Report on Algeria (1847)Chapter 9. Second Report on Algeria (1847)Chapter 10. The Emancipation of Slaves (1843)NotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press World Religions and Democracy
Book SynopsisMasmoudi, Laith Kubba, Ladan Boroumand, Roya Boroumand.Trade ReviewA rich feast of the topic. -- Majid Tehranian Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: A Conceptual FrameworkChapter 1. Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations"Part II: Eastern ReligionsChapter 2. The Ironies of ConfucianismChapter 3. Confucianism and DemocracyChapter 4. Hinduism and Self-RuleChapter 5. Buddhism, Asian Values, and DemocracyChapter 6. Burma's Quest for DemocracyPart III: Judaism and Christianity Chapter 7. Judaism and Political LifeChapter 8. The Catholic WaveChapter 9. The Pioneering ProtestantsChapter 10. The Ambivalent OrthodoxChapter 11. Christianity: The Global PicturePart IV: IslamChapter 12. Muslims and DemocracyChapter 13. A Historical OverviewChapter 14. Two Visions of ReformationChapter 15. The Challenge of SecularizationChapter 16. The Sources of Enlightened Muslim ThoughtChapter 17. The Elusive ReformationChapter 18. The Silent MajorityChapter 19. Faith and Modernity Chapter 20. Terror, Islam, and DemocracyEpilogue: Does Democracy Need ReligionIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press World Religions and Democracy A Journal of
Book SynopsisMasmoudi, Laith Kubba, Ladan Boroumand, Roya Boroumand.Trade ReviewA rich feast of the topic. -- Majid Tehranian Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: A Conceptual FrameworkChapter 1. Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations"Part II: Eastern ReligionsChapter 2. The Ironies of ConfucianismChapter 3. Confucianism and DemocracyChapter 4. Hinduism and Self-RuleChapter 5. Buddhism, Asian Values, and DemocracyChapter 6. Burma's Quest for DemocracyPart III: Judaism and Christianity Chapter 7. Judaism and Political LifeChapter 8. The Catholic WaveChapter 9. The Pioneering ProtestantsChapter 10. The Ambivalent OrthodoxChapter 11. Christianity: The Global PicturePart IV: IslamChapter 12. Muslims and DemocracyChapter 13. A Historical OverviewChapter 14. Two Visions of ReformationChapter 15. The Challenge of SecularizationChapter 16. The Sources of Enlightened Muslim ThoughtChapter 17. The Elusive ReformationChapter 18. The Silent MajorityChapter 19. Faith and Modernity Chapter 20. Terror, Islam, and DemocracyEpilogue: Does Democracy Need ReligionIndex
£20.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Assessing the Quality of Democracy A Journal of
Book SynopsisSchmitter, European University Institute, Florence; Doh Chull Shin, University of Missouri at Columbia.Trade ReviewAn important milestone in the study of democratic quality, and an excellent resource for both scholarly researchers and graduate courses on comparative democracy and democratization. -- Daunis Auerson Political Studies Review 2007Table of ContentsAcknowldgmentsIntroductionI. Dimensions of Democratic Quality1. Why the Rule of Law Matters2. The Ambiguous Virtues of Accountability3. Freedom as the Foundation4. Addressing Inequality5. The Chain of Responsiveness6. A Skeptical PerspectiveII. Comparative Case Studies7. Italy and Spain8. Chile and Brazil9. Bangladesh and India10. South korea and Taiwan11. Poland and Romania12. Ghana and South AfricaIndex
£29.91
Johns Hopkins University Press Bureaucracy in a Democratic State
Book Synopsisand that shared values and commitments to democratic norms, along with political control, produce a bureaucracy that is responsive to the American people.Trade ReviewRecommended. Graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. Choice 2007 A timely analysis of working democracy. Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment 2008Table of ContentsPreface1. Governance and the Bureaucracy Problem2. Democracy and Political Control of the Bureaucracy3. Structural Barriers to Political Control4. Political Control versus Bureaucratic Values: Representative Bureaucracy and Latino Representation5. Inside the Bureaucracy: Principals, Agents, and Bureaucratic Strategy6. Democracy, Bureaucracy, and Modern GovernanceAppendix: A Specific Model of GovernanceReferencesIndex
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Book SynopsisThis book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations.Trade ReviewAnalytically sophisticated and heavily documented with an extensive bibliography. It belongs in all college and university libraries... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Highly original academic work. -- Russell Crandall Survival Gonzalez's book is a serious attempt to understand the complex processes of political and economic change in Chile and Mexico. It is worth reading, and opens up an important debate about authoritarian rule and its pernicious consequences. -- Reynaldo Yunuen Ortega Oritz Journal of Latin American Studies 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Dual Transitions from Authoritarian RulePart I: The 1970s: Divergent Politicoeconomic Trajectories1. Chile, 1970–19822. Mexico, 1970–1982Part II: The 1980s: Surviving the Crisis Years and Convergence of Trajectories3. Chile's Decisive Decade, 1982–19904. Mexico's Lost Decade, 1982–1988Part III: The 1990s: Versions of Electoral Democracy and Free Market Economies5. The New Chile, 1990–20006. Mexico in North America, 1988–2000Conclusion: Dual Transitions in Chile, Mexico, and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Participatory Innovation and Representative
Book SynopsisThe contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy.Trade ReviewParticipatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America assesses with expert eyes fascinating experiments... in giving citizens a greater voice in local government. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2010 Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America is an important contribution to expanding our knowledge of how participatory institutions emerge under less than ideal conditions and their implications for democratic processes. -- Stephanie L. Smith Governance 2011
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization in Africa Progress and Retreat A
Book SynopsisWeiss, Christopher Wyrod, Daniel J. YoungTrade ReviewThe collection is representative of African politics and will serve the needs of faculty, especially for undergraduate courses. Choice 2010 Given its broad sweep of anglophone Africa, highly readable style, balanced perspectives, and penetrating analysis, this volume represents an important contribution to the field and a valuable resource for students wishing to comprehend the seemingly contradictory outcomes associated with African democratisation. -- Ian Cooper Journal of Modern African Studies 2011 Rich accounts of democracy's progress and retreat in Africa. -- Inge Amundsen African Studies Review 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionPart I: Progress and Retreat in AfricaChapter 1. Challenges of a "Frontier" RegionChapter 2. Presidents UntamedChapter 3. Legislatures on the Rise?Chapter 4. The Rule of Law versus the Big ManChapter 5. The Institutionalization of Political Power in AfricaChapter 6. The Decline of the African Military CoupChapter 7. Growth Without Prosperity in AfricaChapter 8. Formal versus Informal Institutions in AfricaPart II: West AfricaChapter 9. Nigeria's Muddled ElectionsChapter 10. Another Step Forward for GhanaChapter 11. Senegal: The Return of PersonalismChapter 12. Sierra Leone: A Vote for Better GovernanceChapter 13. Liberia Starts OverPart III: East AfricaChapter 14. Kenya: Back from the Brink?Chapter 15. The Crisis in KenyaChapter 16. Tanzania's Missing OppositionChapter 17. Personalizing Power in UgandaChapter 18. The Remarkable Story of SomalilandPart IV: Southern and Central AfricaChapter 19. An Accidental Advance? South Africa's 2009 ElectionsChapter 20. The Illusion of Democracy in BotswanaChapter 21. Zambia: One Party in Perpetuity?Chapter 22. Voting for Change in the DRCChapter 23. Angola's Façade DemocracyChapter 24. Zimbabwe's Long AgonyIndex
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University of Toronto Press Learning Civil Societies
Book SynopsisThis collection explores the theoretical underpinnings of democratic planning and governance in relation to civil society formation and social learning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning Civil Societies for Democratic Planning and Governance LEONORA ANGELES and PENNY GURSTEINPart 1. Planning, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement in a Postmodern World Postcolonialism and Planning: Where Has It Been? Where Is It Going? ANTHONY D. KING Localities and Cultural Citizenship: Narratives of Racialized Girls Living In, Through, and Against Whiteness JO-ANNE JEE Creating Digital Public Space: Implications for Deliberative Engagement PENNY GURSTEIN Rationality and Surprise: The Drama of Mediation in Rebuilding Civil Society JOHN FORESTERPart 2. Civil Society Learning for Democratic Governance Social Movements, Civil Society, and Learning in a World at Risk BUDD L. HALL Learning and Teaching for Transformation: Insights from a Collaborative Learning Initiative PETER TAYLOR, JETHRO PETTIT, and LUCY STACKPOOL-MOORE The Myth of Community? Implications for Civil Society Organizations and Democratic Governance IRENE GUIJT Renegotiating Decentralization and State--Civil Society Relations: A Reinterpretation of Naga City's Experiment in Participatory Governance LEONORA ANGELESContributors
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