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Book SynopsisProvides an accessible and novel framework to understand both US homeland security and the thinking around how to keep civilians safe. The book makes innovative arguments about the American government and keeping citizens safe, and provides practical solutions to real-world problems.Trade Review“A thorough and comprehensive analysis of homeland security in the U.S., both from a conceptual standpoint and from an operational standpoint. Rohrbaugh makes homeland security issues more approachable and understandable.” —Laurie Trautman, Director of the Border Policy Research Institute, Western Washington University “Part memoir, part policy analysis, Rohrbaugh provides a compelling look at the homeland security enterprise spanning the country . . . More or Less Afraid of Nearly Everything should be of interest to general readers interested in current events, public policy practitioners as well as undergraduates and graduate students who aspire to become government officials or policy analysts.” —Rey Koslowksi, University at Albany, State University of New York

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the rich literatures in political science on coalitions, legislatures, and voting behaviour, this book weaves together sophisticated statistical analyses of foreign policy events across thirty European countries alongside in-depth case studies from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Finland.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables 1. Why Study Coalition Governments in Foreign Policy? 2. The Constraints and Opportunities of Coalition Foreign Policy: Moving Beyond the Dichotomy 3. From Parties to Coalitions: Explaining Foreign Policy Commitments in Post-Cold War Europe 4. Reaching ‘Across the Aisle’: Danish Commitments During the 1990 and 2003 Wars in Iraq 5. When Foreign Policy Spills Over: Dutch Support for the 2003 Iraq War 6. Loyal to Whom? Finland’s Decision to Join the Eurozone 7. “Governing Together,” Abroad: Conclusions and Implications Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFocuses on not only the turn toward technological solutions to managing the risk of crime through digital (and software-based) surveillance and automated information systems, but also the introduction of somewhat bizarre and fly-by-night experimental ‘answers’ to perceived risk and danger.Table of Contents Table of Contents Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter One Policing the Post-Liberal City: Paradoxes and Contradictions Chapter Two Johannesburg in the Geographic Imagination: Agoraphobia and other Obsessions Chapter Three Vulnerable Bodies: Self-Protection in a Risky World Chapter Four The Surveillant Assemblage: The Hyper-panoptic Imagination Chapter Five The CCTV ‘Revolution’ [With Nicky Falkof] Chapter Six Colliding Worlds in Micrososm Chapter Seven Security by Design: Spatial Management in the Hypermodern City Epilogue Introduction Epilogue 1 Jane Alexander Security Exhibition Epilogue 2 Mosquito Lightning [Carla Busuttil and Gary Charles] Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the case of Bosnian Muslims, a rare historic instance of a new nation emerging. Although for Bosnian Muslims the process of national emergence and the assertion of a new salient identity have been going on for over two decades, Mirsad Krijestorac is the first to explain the significance of the whole process.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction I: Nationalism, Nation, Maybe State … And Identity: Theorizing Nationalism And Its Relation With A Group’s Salient Idenity A-1: Universal Particularism of Nationalism A-2: Nationalism as Groupness A-3: Power Relations as History of Nationalism A-4: Types of Nationalism A-5: Nationalism to overcome inertia in a motivation for a group change A-6: Prescription for Imagining Nations A-7: Social structure transformation A-8: Case Study Selection A-9: An argument for a bottom-up approach for a study of a case of nationalism B: Defining And Disaggregating Salient Identity B-2: Three levels of identity, individual, group and community of groups B-2-2: Third level of response for group identity II: A Short History Of Bosnian Muslim Groupness 2-1: Bosnian Muslims as a Distinct Group of the Bosnian Pot of People 2-2-1: Significant Early History of Bosnia and Its People 2-3: Bosnia's Ottoman Legacy 2-4: The Rise of Independent Bosnian Muslim Elites III: The Three Pillars Of Bosnian Muslim Nationalism 3-1: Integrity of BiH as a Territory and an Entity 3-2: Islamic Foundation of Bosnian Muslims as a Separate Group 3-3: Theological Roots of Official Bosnian Islam 3-4: Four Phases of IZBiH Interactions with the non-Islamic State 3-5: Bosniaks, Bosnian Language or Language of Bosnia and Herzegovina IV: Mapping The Bosnian Muslim Diaspora Sample 4-1: Materials and Procedure 4-2: Defining Diaspora and Population Sample 4-3: The Collection Sites 4-3-1: Chicago Metropolitan Area 4-3-2: St Louis, Missouri 4-3-3: New York Metropolitan Area 5-3-4: Other Locations V: Analysis Of Us Bosnian Muslim Diaspora Survey Data: Frequencies And Distributions 5.1: Discussion on Operationalization and Level of Analysis 5-2: Questions and Constructs 5-3: Representativeness of This Sample of the Bosnian Muslim Population 5-4: Nationalism Constructs 5-5: The Type of Nationalism Index 5-6: Controlled Variables 5-7: Nationalism Type – Frequencies of Fourteen Items 5-7-1: Regional Representation 5-7-2: Regionalism and its Manifestations Among Participants 5-7-3: Feeling Yugoslav, Yes or No? 5-7-4: Friendship and Social Distance 5-7-5: Participant Attitudes Toward Traits of the Group 5-7-6: Bosnian Muslims as an Endogamous Group 5-7-7: Participants’ Perceptions about Bosnian Muslim Culture 5-8: The Nationalism Strength Index 5-9: Frequencies of Nationalism Strength Index Items 5-9-1: Attitudes Towards Fellow Slav Muslims Outside of BiH 5-9-2: Regional and Schooling Frequencies 5-9-3: Culture and Ties to the Homeland 5-9-4: Long-Distance Imagination and Engagement 5-9-5: Bosnian Language and Intensity of Nationalism 5-10: Controlled Variables Distribution and Frequencies 5-10-1: Gender and Representativeness 5-10-2: Gender and Traits of Bosniak Identity 5-10-3: Gender and Customs 5-10-4: Religiosity and Representativeness 5-10-5: Memory and Perception of Inequality 5-10-6: Passport Identity 5-10-7: Other Relevant Data Frequencies 5-11: Limitations of Data and Study VI: Results Of The Test Of Interactions Between Nationalism And Desired Salient Identity 6-1: Lower Level Analysis 6-1-1: Correlations of Nationalism Strength with Desired Identity, Previous Identity, and Controlled Variables Success 6-1-2: Correlations between Social Status Categories and Nationalism Strength 6-1-3: Correlations between Previous Identity and Nationalism Strength 6-1-4: Correlations of Social Status and Previous Identity with Nationalism Strength 6-1-5: Correlations of Level of Education and Nationalism Strength 6-1-6: Correlations of Nationalism Strength and Age of Respondents 6-1-7: Comparison of Nationalism Strength Across Gender Groups 6-1-8: Strength of Nationalism for BiH Property Owners 6-2: Types of Nationalism Correlations 6-2-1: Types of Nationalism Correlations with the Controlled Variable of Age 6-2-2: Correlations of Type of Nationalism with the Controlled Variable of Gender 6-2-3: Nationalism Type and Years of Schooling 6-2-4: Correlations of House/Apartment Ownership in BiH with Type of Nationalism 6-2-5: Correlation of Nationalism Type with the Feeling towards Previous and Desired Identities 6-3: Multinomial Logistic Regression for Nationalism Strength and Nationalism Type on Six Bosniak Identity Categories 6-3-1: Parameter Estimates for SB Relative to VSB 6-3-2: Parameter Estimates for WB Relative to VSB 6-3-3: Parameter Estimates for OVSB Relative to VSB 6-3-4: Parameter Estimates for OSB Relative to VSB 6-3-5: Parameter Estimates for OWB Relative to VSB 6-3-6: Discussion on Multinomial Regression for the Case of Bosniak Identity Conclusion: Lessons For A Better Understanding Of Nationalism And Importance Of Bosniak Identity Appendices (supplemental files): Appendix A: Nationalism Strength Questions and Frequencies Appendix B: Nationalism Type Questions and Frequencies Appendix C: Survey Questionnaire Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisStands out as a pivotal work on the interconnection between the root causes of Jihadi Salafi Groups and state fragility conditions and their amalgamated role in the formation and evolution of these organisations.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Chapter One: Introduction State Fragility Jihadi Salafi Groups Theory and Methodology Organization of Book Chapter Two: Fragile States and Jihadi Salfi Groups in the Islamic World State Fragility in the Islamic World JSGs Organizational Development of JSGs International Environment of the Rise of JSGs Chapter Three: Root Causes of Al-Qaeda Individual Level Group Level International Level Chapter Four: Condition of the Rise of Al-Qaeda: State Fragility in Afghanistan State Formation State Conservatism Social Transformation Changes Brought About by War State Fragility State Fragility and the Rise of al-Qaeda Lack of Legitimacy Weak Authority Lack of Capacity Chapter Five: Root Causes of IS The Insurgency Jihadi Organization in Iraq Root Causes of IS Individual Level Group Level International level Chapter Six: Condition of the Rise of IS: State Fragility in Iraq State Formation and the Origins of State Fragility The Monarchical Project (1921-1958) The Republican Project (1958-1968) The Baathist Project (1968-2003) State Fragility and Insurgency (2003-2004) The Contribution of State Fragility to the Rise of IS Poor Legitimacy Weak Authority Contribution of Weak Authority to the Rise of IS Lack of Capacity Chapter Seven: Causes of al-Qaeda Revolt in Saudi Arabia Individual Level Group Level International Level Chapter Eight: Conditions of Al-Qaeda Revolt: State Fragility in Saudi Arabia State Formation State Fragility State Fragility and the 2003 Revolt Chapter Nine: Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisArgues that political parties are motivated to strategically blur their position on an issue when they struggle with a certain disadvantage in the issue. Specifically, political parties present an ambiguous position when their own supporters are divided in their stances on the issue.Trade Review“This is a great book for all political scientists eager to better understand how parties strategically act to ensure their vote share. Politicians and party elites could learn from the evidence here to think about their own choices.”— Sean McGraw, Boston College“Rationality of Irrationality is a highly promising book on position blurring as a partisan strategy and how voters respond to this strategy. Han expands on this recent wave of literature on position blurring with original ideas and inspiring analyses. A must-read for anyone interested in party strategies and their electoral effects.”— Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus UniversityTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Position Blurring 3. Measuring Position Blurring 4. Position Blurring and Voter Behavior 5. Issue Disadvantage, Party Competition Environment, and Issue Avoidance 6. Radical Right-Wing Parties’ Position Blurring on the Economy 7. Social Democratic Parties’ Position Blurring on Immigration 8. Concluding Remarks Appendix References

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Book SynopsisHistorically, national borders have evolved in ways that serve the interests of central states in security and the regulation of trade. This book explores Canada-US border and security policies that have evolved from successive trade agreements since the 1950s, punctuated by new and emerging challenges to security in the twenty-first century.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Foreword 01: Introduction 02: British Columbia and the Pacific NorthwestBenjamin Muller, Laurie Trautman, and Nicole Bates-Eamer 03: Alberta and the Northwest Jamie Ferrill, Geoffrey Hale, and Kelly Sundberg 04: The Prairies and the MidwestTodd Hataley, Christian Leuprecht, and Alexandra Green 05: Ontario and the Great LakesTodd Hataley, Christian Leuprecht, and Alexandra Green 06: QuÉbec and the Eastern SeaboardDavid Morin, StÉphane Roussel, and Carolina Reyes Marquez 07: Atlantic Canada and New EnglandKevin Quigley and Stephen Williams 08: The Territorial NorthHeather Nicol, Adam Lajeunesse, Whitney Lackenbauer, and Karen Everett 09: Conclusion Contributors

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Book SynopsisArgues that any attempt to understand how the content and function of the laws of war changed in the second half of the twentieth century should consider two major armed conflicts, fought on opposite edges of Asia, and the legal pathways that link them together across time and space.Trade Review“This is an illuminating collection that challenges us to take seriously who legal arguments speak to and how. This book brims with doctrinal and historical sophistication and shows just how central Vietnam and Palestine were, and are, to the conceptual battles of the law of war.”—Naz K. Modirzadeh, Harvard Law School“Contestation over international law rages in our day, and juxtaposing its relevance in two pivotal conflicts is an inspired way to illuminate how law is transforming politics and vice versa. This collection deserves to be widely read across multiple fields.”—Samuel Moyn, Yale UniversityTable of Contents Foreword: How International Law Evolves: Norms, Precedents, and Geopolitics Richard Falk 1: The Transformation of International Law and War between the Middle East and Vietnam Brian Cuddy and Victor Kattan 2: From Retaliation to Anticipation: Reconciling Reprisals and Self-Defense in the Middle East and Vietnam, 1949–1965 Brian Cuddy 3: Public Discourses of International Law: US Debates on Military Intervention in Vietnam, 1965–1967 Madelaine Chiam and Brian Cuddy 4: Legality of Military Action by Egypt and Syria in October 1973 John Quigley 5: Revolutionary War and the Development of International Humanitarian Law Amanda Alexander 6: The War Against the People and the People’s War: Palestine and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions Ihab Shalbak and Jessica Whyte 7: “The Third World is a Problem”: Arguments about the Laws of War in the United States after the Fall of Saigon Victor Kattan 8: Operationalizing International Law: From Vietnam to Gaza Craig Jones 9: From Vietnam to Palestine: Peoples’ Tribunals and the Juridification of Resistance Tor Krever 10: War and the Shaping of International Law: From the Cold War to the War on Terror Brian Cuddy and Victor Kattan Acknowledgments Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisHighlights the ways in which genocide and enforced disappearances are intertwined - each centering on human rights violations. This book draws on insight and expertise of human rights advocates worldwide and each chapter is informed by in-depth study of a given country.Trade Review“By documenting the impact of victims who have turned activists and formed effective grassroots movements with global impact, Book of the Disappeared provides a roadmap for the reader who wants to become familiar with global movements for justice that had their roots in communities where these atrocities occurred. Any person interested in human rights, international justice, the voice of the silenced, etc. will be interested to read this book.” —Avideh Shashaani, President, Fund for the Future of our ChildrenTable of Contents Acknowledgements Artwork Introduction JENNIFER HEATH and ASRAF ZAHEDI Interlude: Index of the Disappeared CHITRA GANESH and MARIAM GHANI 1 ─ Latin America's Contributions to the Development of Institutional Responses to Enforced Disappearances ARIEL E. DULITZKY 2 ─ The Impact of Enforced Disappearance on Women AMRITA KAPUR Interlude: Between Two Rivers SAMA ALSHAIBI 3 ─ Iraq: Enforced Disappearance as a Tool of War DIRK ADRIAENSENS 4 ─ Extraordinary Rendition: A Human Rights Analysis DAVID WEISSBRODT Interlude: Abu Ghraib NANCY MARON 5 ─ Lives in Limbo: Afghanistan’s Epidemic of Disappearances DALAS MAZOORI and STEFAN SCHMITT 6 ─ Vanishing Nation: Enforced Disappearances in Syria SARETA ASHRAPH and NICOLETTE WALDMAN Interlude: Do Not Forget Us: La Tanssana HELEN ZUGHAIB 7 ─ Politics of Silence and Denial: 1988 Enforced Disappearances and Executions in Iran ASHRAF ZAHEDI Interlude: The Eyes YASSI GOLSHANI 8 ─ The Legacy of Wartime Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina EDINA BEĆIREVIĆ and MAJDA HALIOVIĆ 9 ─ Genocide of the Rohingya AKILA RADHAKEISHNAN and ELENA SARVER Interlude: The Elephant and the Pond of Blood LEANG SECKON 10 ─ The Khmer Rouge Bureaucrats: Counting the Missing JAMES A. TYNER Interlude: Lynch Fragments MELVIN EDWARDS 11 ─ Our Resilient Bodies: The Role of Forensic Science and Medicine in Restoring the Disappeared to History SOREN BLAU Interlude: In Between/Underneath (Entremedio/Por Debajo) JONATHAN HERRERA SOTO 12 ─ Retributive or Restorative Justice: Gacaca Courts’ Contribution to Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in poet-Genocide Rwanda HILMI ZAWATI 13 ─ MIA: Disappearing Political Analysis in Transnational Justice VASUKI NESIAH Interlude: Stolen MORGAN C. PAGE 14 ─ Story as Portal: Healing, Regeneration, and Possibility After Genocide KAYHAN IRANI 15 ─ The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic Helpers ERVIN STAUB About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the constitutional order that characterized the High Middle Ages. The authors provide a historical account of how this constitutional order evolved following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.Trade Review“In this fascinating new contribution, Salter and Young provide us with a rich account of the development of a certain style of politics in Medieval Europe, one based on fundamental liberties, and they suggest how this was eventually linked to Europe’s economic rise. A welcome new addition covering a very particular historical trajectory.” - David Stasavage, New York University“Salter and Young are to be commended on producing such an accessible and insightful book.” - Mark Koyama, George Mason University“The Medieval Constitution of Liberty is a superb book. It begins with a short tour through the Maddison data. From 1 AD to 1600, income per capita was virtually flat. But starting in the late 18th century forward, the west grew by a factor between 30 and 45. Known variously as the ‘European Miracle,’ the Great Enrichment, or the hockey stick of economic growth, the ‘disparity between the West and the rest is the salient social fact of modernity.’ Salter and Young argue that the West’s political and economic liberty which began in the early Middle Ages, but especially the High Middle Ages, helps explain this fundamental fact of modernity. Liberty, in turn, requires a ‘polycentric’ approach to governance, that is, multiple sources of power, constitutions, and other political institutions. Medieval assemblies, for example, that in some Western European countries much later would become a source of representative institutions, often began as creatures of the monarch for purposes of addressing collective action problems, credible commitment problems, and coordination problems.” - Barry R. Weingast, Stanford University“The Medieval Constitution of Liberty is ambitious and thought-provoking. It tackles, with erudition, one of the enduring puzzles of modern history--the origins of Western constitutions and norms of liberty. It also wisely rejects both theories that put the strength of the state and elites as the driving force and also those that see a special role for European culture. I recommend this fascinating book strongly.” - Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and ProsperityTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part 1: The Historical Backdrop 2. The Fall of Rome and the Rise of the Barbarian West 3. The Carolingian Project 4. The Peace of God Part 2: The Medieval Constitution: Theory and History 5. Political Property Rights and Constitutional Bargaining 6. Sovereignty and Self-Enforcing Political Property Rights 7. Polycentric Sovereignty 8. Why Western Europe? Why Not Elsewhere? Part 3: The Medieval Institutions of Liberty 9. Representative Assemblies 10. The Self-Governing Medieval City Part 4: The Rise of the Nation-State 11. The Tragedy of the Medieval Anticommons? 12. What State Capacity Cannot Do 13. Postscript: The Road Away from Polycentric Sovereignty 14. Appendix: Historiographical Notes

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Book SynopsisFrom subsea cables to server halls, data infrastructures underpin new forms of governance, shaping subjects and their lives. This book moves from protestors in Hong Kong to sand miners in Singapore and asylum-seekers in Christmas Island, exploring how these territories are political and visceral, altering the experience of their inhabitants.Trade ReviewTechnical Territories makes a strong case that we cannot ignore how developments in the data infrastructure arena are shaping geopolitics and international relations. This is an important contribution—one that focuses attention on the influence of material developments for how we think about and understand the changing political geography of the planet." - Alexander B. Murphy, University of OregonTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I: Technical Territory 1. Introduction 2. Assembling Technical Territory Part II: How to Do Things with Territory 3. Countering the Protestor in Hong Kong 4. Filtering the Migrant on Christmas Island 5. Constructing the Nation in Singapore Part III: The Future of Territory 6. From the Cloud to the Edge 7. Unmaking and Remaking Territory References

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Book SynopsisFrom selected Port Authority of New York and New Jersey successes and failures, Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles produce a significant and engaging account of a powerful governmental entity that offers durable lessons on collaboration, leadership, and the challenge of overcoming complex political challenges in modern America.Trade Review“Mobilizing the Metropolis is a gem. Not only does it artfully tell the story of the organizational evolution and successes of nation’s first public authority in the 20th century but also it underlines the critical importance of regional infrastructure projects—airports, bridges, tunnels, ports, ferries, terminals, and their connectors in forging the NY-NJ metro area into the powerful economic force it has become over the past 100 years. Most notable, it offers a pathway for the transformation of PANYNJ into an effective 21st century institution.” —Eugenie L. Birch, FAICP, Stuart Weitzman School of Design“Mobilizing the Metropolis offers an authoritative account of how the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey grew and shaped the metropolitan region. Exhaustively researched, it offers a trenchant analysis of the key factors accounting for the Port Authority’s spectacular rise and recent struggles. There are valuable lessons learned applicable to other public agencies and regions. This is a significant contribution to the study of public bureaucracy and infrastructure and should attract a broad audience.” —Steven P. Erie, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of California San Diego“Mobilizing the Metropolis is both the definitive history of the Port Authority and an impressive critical analysis of its evolution, strengths, and weaknesses over its century-long existence. Highly readable, it contains important lessons about how any public authority should, or should not, be created and operated.” —Jim Burnley, Chair, Eno Center for Transportation, Former United States Secretary of Transportation“Plotch and Nelles hit the mark with this tour-de-force review of major infrastructure project delivery and the golden rule of effective coalitions. They explain that, in order to succeed, projects must have crystal clear scope, positive, enabling stakeholder relations, and coalitions that are singularly focused on successful budgetary and schedule outcomes.” —Andy Byford, former Commissioner of Transport for London, president of NYC Transit, and CEO of Toronto Transit Commission“Plotch and Nelles offer a novel framework that identifies several factors that explain both the Port Authority’s successes and failures. Anyone who is interested in urban politics, regionalism, urban planning, state and local government, or more specifically in the New York metro area, will find this a fascinating book.” —Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University“This book provides a detailed economic history of the Port Authority of NY and NJ. Yet it is also a work that addresses a number of key questions concerning the political economy of large public organizations. Given the economic and cultural significance of the Port Authority and the key infrastructures for which it is responsible, this is an important contribution with international relevance.” —Iain Docherty, University of StirlingTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Creation and First Triumphs 3. Grappling with Capacity Problems at the Airports 4. Competing on a Global Scale 5. Fostering Regional Mobility Through Enduring Partnerships 6. Turning Point: A Strike at Autonomy and a Blow to the Culture 7. Moving Three Bridges from the Periphery to Center Stage 8. Building and Rebuilding the World Trade Center 9. The Rhetoric and Reality of Political Independence 10. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisUtilizing data from the World Values Survey, the contributors to this collection explore the potential soft power of China by examining its residents’ social values. A study of changes and continuities in the values of Chinese citizens, the book examines findings in the context of evolutionary modernization theory and cross-national comparison.Trade ReviewThis is a very timely study of changing political values in China based on the most recent wave of the World Values Survey in 2018. With Ronald F. Inglehart’s recent passing, it is a fitting tribute to him." - Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University"China as Number One? is firmly set in a prominent and influential theoretical frame of modernization theory, or evolutionary modernization theory, and makes important theoretical contributions to the ongoing debate on the relationship among economic development, cultural change, and democratization. The volume provides very rich contextual information and in-depth discussions about Chinese culture, politics, and society, which are not easily available in other works on China." - Jie Chen, Southern University of Science and Technology and James Madison University"This book examines the changes and continuities in mass political and cultural values in a rising/modernizing China using various waves of the World Value Surveys, and in the process addresses the important question of whether China can become the world’s leading nation from the perspective of soft power. The book will be of great interest to scholars of Chinese politics, political culture, and public opinion, as well as journalists and the general public." - Haifeng Huang, University of California, MercedTable of Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface, Mary E. Gallagher and Yang Zhong Chapter 1. Introduction, Ronald Inglehart and Yang Zhong Chapter 2. Democratic Authoritarianism: A Study of Chinese Political Orientations. Wenfang Tang Chapter 3. Political Participation in China, Lingnan He and Dali L. Yang Chapter 4 Postmaterialism in China, Yu Yan Chapter 5. Contained Emancipative Values: Waves of Conservative and Liberal Trends in China, John James Chapter 6. The Rise and Fall of Trust in Transitional China, Alfred M. Wu, Eduardo Araral, and Biao Huang Chapter 7. Attitudes toward Religion, Science and Technology in China, Yang Zhong Chapter 8. Conclusions, Yang Zhong and Ronald Inglehart Contributors’ Biographies Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamines the role of informal institutions in sociopolitical life. Zeki Sarigil examines several empirical cases of informal institution as derived from various issue areas in the Turkish sociopolitical context (ie, civil law, conflict resolution, minority rights, and local governance) and from multiple levels (ie, national and local).Trade Review“From a leading political scientist on Turkey, this book makes a welcome intervention into studies of how informal rules and understandings shape political behavior outside of formal governance institutions. Zeki Sarigil's analysis is theoretically innovative and empirically rich, unpacking the power of the ‘unwritten’ in sociopolitical life with important insights for Turkey scholars and beyond.”—Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University“This book proposes new categories of informal institutions, based on integrating the dimension of legitimacy of formal institutions, and therefore expanding previous existing categories. This is original, stimulating, groundbreaking work.” —Elise Massicard, Sciences Po “Sarigil successfully builds upon the existing theories of informal institutions, incorporating the important dynamic of social and cultural legitimacy, and weaving this formulation together with vivid and informative examples from the Turkish case. In so doing, he also contributes richly to our understanding of minority communities in Turkey.” —Michael Wuthrich, University of KansasTable of Contents LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES APPENDICES PREFACE The Importance of Informal Institutions and Norms The Contributions of this Book ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter 1: Introduction Definition of Key Terms Methodological Approach A Summary of the Arguments Organization of the Book CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The Existing Typological Accounts The Limitations of Two-dimensional Typologies An Alternative Typology of Informal Institutions The Rise of Informal Institutions Informal Institutional Change Conclusion Chapter 3: A Symbiotic Informal Institution: Religious Marriage (Dini Nikah) in Turkey Data Sources Informal Religious Marriage in Turkey The Popularity and Rationale of Religious Marriage The Symbiosis Other Possible Motivations for Religious Marriage Multivariate Analyses Hypotheses Variables and Measurement Results ‘Religionizing’ Formal Civil Marriage Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 4: A SUPERSEDING INFORMAL INSTITUTION: CEM COURTS The Alevi Community in Turkey Cem Courts Why Non-State, Informal Courts? Still an Option? From Oblivion to Revival Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 5: A LAYERED INFORMAL INSTITUTION: RELIGIOUS MINORITY HOLIDAYS IN TURKEY Religious Minorities in Turkey Non-Muslim Religious Minorities State Attitude towards Non-Muslim Minorities Official Regulation of Religious Holidays in Turkey Religious Minority Holidays in Turkey Non-Muslim Minority Holidays (Christmas and Easter) Muslim Minority Holidays (Day of Ashura and Gadir Hum) State Attitude towards Religious Minority Holidays: De Facto Recognition and Accommodation Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 6: A SUBVERSIVE INFORMAL INSTITUTION: ‘MULTILINGUAL MUNICIPALISM’ OF THE KURDISH MOVEMENT The Turkish State’s Attitudes and Policies towards Minority Languages The Kurdish Ethnopolitical Movement in Turkey Multilingual Municipalism (Çok Dilli Belediyecilik) State Response to Multilingual Local Governance Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Implications Future Research BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisPresents the exciting autobiography of Robert Axelrod, one of the most acclaimed and wide-ranging scientists of the last fifty years. Axelrod built a career dedicated to collaborating with business school professors, international relations scholars, political scientists, computer scientists, and even evolutionary biologists and cancer researchers.Trade Review“Bob Axelrod is among the most creative and influential social scientists of his generation. He has won virtually every major scholarly award in the various fields to which he has contributed and often helped to create. His autobiography gives us a unique inside-out view of how this remarkable mind works.”—Robert D. Putnam, Harvard Kennedy School, author of Bowling Alone“I was a college student when I first encountered Robert Axelrod’s pathbreaking research on cooperation. It captured my imagination more fully than anything I had seen before, and indeed, more fully than just about anything I have seen since! Robert Axelrod is one of my heroes, so, for me, this book was a blessing. I soaked up its stories and insights. Rarely do I get to the end of a book and wish it would keep going.”—Steven Levitt, University of Chicago, author of Freakonomics“When you read Bob Axelrod’s autobiography, your first impression is that this is someone you would really like if you knew him, the second that he would be absolutely fascinating to talk to. Fifty years’ acquaintance confirms that both are true. Readers will find here a remarkable, charming, and disarming book.”—Mark Granovetter, Stanford University, author of “The Strength of Weak Ties”“Professor Robert Axelrod’s works are among the classic textbooks in the field of international politics in China. His achievements have played an important role in the development of China’s international relations. For example, it has raised awareness among policymakers that not all rivalries need be zero-sum.”—Lu Chuanying, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, author of China and CybersecurityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Douglas Hofstadter Part I. A Splendid Education 1. Family, Math, and Competitiveness 2. Computers and Modeling 3. Culture and More Math at College 4. Internships on Statistics, Evolution, and National Security 5. Political Science in Graduate School Part II. Being There 6. Berkeley in a Time of Troubles, 1968-74 7. Walking the Interdisciplinary Walk at Michigan, 1974- Part III. Cooperation 8. Tournaments 9. Evolution 10. Trench Warfare 11. Responses Part IV. Self-Organization 12. Minimizing the Strangeness of Bedfellows 13. Social Polarization 14. Belief Systems Part V. Sex and Cancer 15. The Reason for Sexual Reproduction 16. Cancer as Social Dysfunction Part VI. Outside the Ivory Tower 17. Opposing the Vietnam War 18. Trying to Reduce the Risk of War 19. Countering Hostile Influence Part VII. Concluding Thoughts 20. Crossing the Moat 21. Looking Forward Acknowledgments Endnotes List of Illustrations Figure 1. In Oval Office, March 6,1961 Figure 2. The BACH group in the late 1980s From left to right: Michael Cohen, Robert Axelrod, William Hamilton, Arthur Burks, John Holland, Rick Riolo, Michael Savageau, Carl Simon. Figure 3. Possible Alignments on the Eve of World War II Figure 4. Rich Davis, me, Scott Atran, and Safwat Hegazi in Cairo, Oct. 2012 Figure 5. Receiving the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama, November 20, 2014

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Book SynopsisWhy do citizens choose to cast blank and spoiled votes? And how do campaigns mobilizing the invalid vote influence this decision? None of the Above answers these questions using evidence from elections in eighteen Latin American democracies.Trade ReviewA wonderful example of a well-executed scholarly book that takes an interesting and misunderstood phenomenon—invalid voting—and explores both the meaning and the consequences across a wide range of contexts. Dr. Cohen is a true expert on this topic. This book showcases her deep knowledge of protest voting in Latin American elections and presents convincing evidence that the practice of invalid voting in protest is more important than many might think at first." - Carew Boulding, University of Colorado at BoulderTable of Contents Tables Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: None of the Above Chapter 2. Invalid Ballots as a Protest Signal Chapter 3. Campaigning for No-one: Invalid Vote Campaigns in Latin America Chapter 4. Public Approval of Invalid Vote Campaigns Chapter 5. Predicting the Electoral Success of Invalid Vote Campaigns Chapter 6. A Tale of Two Departments: Tracing the Success of Invalid Vote Campaigns in Peru Chapter 7. The Downstream Consequences of Invalid Vote Campaigns Chapter 8. Conclusion Chapter 1 Appendix Chapter 2 Appendix Chapter 4 Appendix Chapter 5 Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix Chapter 7 Appendix Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExplores emotions as motivators of collective action - a theory that treats humans as ""symbol-using animals"" to understand the patterns of leadership in global affairs-to account for the way in which anger produced similar rhetorics in three ideologically diverse voices surrounding 9/11: Osama bin Laden, President George W. Bush, and Susan Sontag.Trade ReviewHer overall approach to angry rhetoric informs even more recent public displays of angry rhetoric, as they have been associated with responses to numerous 'home-grown' terrorist attacks since 9/11."" - Kenneth Zagacki, North Carolina State University""With Angry Public Rhetorics, Celeste Condit shows what transdisciplinary research can do. What emerges in these pages is an account of anger as it burns through global public discourse, soldering people together with its energy, its heat, and-perhaps surprisingly, as Condit shows-its optimism. This book could not be more timely."" - Debra Hawhee, McCourtney Institute for Democracy""Angry Public Rhetorics is interesting, well-done analytically, and addresses important questions surrounding both post-9/11 American politics and the politics of global emotions more generally. The book offers new insights regarding the dynamics and implications of anger to make a fine contribution."" - Ty Solomon, University of Glasgow

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Book SynopsisIs there a need to remodel constructivism to be more politically attuned? Piki Ish-Shalom calls for an activist academy that engages society and the polity to prevent the watering down of democracy, while helping to create a space for criticism.Trade ReviewThis book, from a well-respected scholar, provides new and important insights on the responsibilities and tensions of IR academics in relation to the policy world."" - Anthony Lang, University of St. Andrews

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the creation of different sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from a comparative political economy perspective, arguing that different state-society structures at the sectoral level are the drivers for SWF variation. Juergen Braunstein focuses on the early formation period of SWFs, a critical but little understood area.Trade ReviewDr. Braunstein fills an important niche in the sovereign wealth fund literature by providing a meticulously researched and skillfully executed description of the different domestic and international actors, networks, and forces at work in the development of modern SWFs. This book is an excellent example of the kind of detailed research needed to fully understand the crucial impact of these funds."" - Paul Rose, Ohio State University

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Book SynopsisArgues that elite inexperience may constrain self-interest and lead elites to undertake incremental approaches to reform, aiding the process of democratic consolidation. Using a multimethods approach, the book examines three consecutive periods of reform in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority country and third largest democracy.Trade ReviewThis is a highly valuable book on the relatively underexplored topic of electoral reform. It is thorough and based on original and painstaking research, including an impressive array of extensive interviews. The book will make a large contribution to the political science literature on elections and electoral rules. In addition, it provides invaluable detail on the electoral process in the world's third largest democracy." - Joel Selway, Brigham Young University"Shair-Rosenfield draws upon dauntingly complex data-collection and analysis to tease out the actual implications of counterfactual decisions regarding electoral rules. The end result is a creative effort to drill deeply into a case to clarify why theoretical predictions fail to hold up consistently." - Meredith Weiss, University of Albany

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Book SynopsisExplains why some insurgencies collapse after a military defeat while under other circumstances insurgents are able to maintain influence, rebuild strength, and ultimately defeat the government. The author argues that ultimate victory in civil wars rests on the size of the coalition of social groups established by each side.

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Book SynopsisDomestic terrorist groups, like all violent non-state actors, compete with governments for their monopoly on violence and their legitimacy in terms of representing the citizenry. This book shows violence is neither the only nor the most effective way in which non-state actors and governments work to achieve their goals.

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Book SynopsisExamines the factors that contributed to post-uprising leadership durability in the Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia in 2004-12. Using structured, focused comparison and process tracing, Vasili Rukhadze argues that the key independent variable influencing post-mobilization leadership durability is ruling coalition size and cohesion.Table of Contents List of tables and figuresAknowledgements I. Introduction, Research Design, and Methodology, and Literature Review II. Historical Background III. The Case of Ukraine IV. The Case of Kyrgyzstan V. The Case of Georgia VI. Conclusions References List of Interviewees

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Book SynopsisHow do international leaders emerge and why are they successful in bringing followers to converge on their positions? This book draws on recent advances in political psychology and state-of-the-art research in international relations to go beyond current knowledge and simplistic accounts of international leadership.Trade Review“Beauregard’s The Passion of International Leadership offers an important and timely account of leaders’ emotions and the processes of persuasion, resonance, and contagion that constitute followership. With cross-disciplinary theorizing and four engaging case studies, the book sheds new light on when intensities of emotion begin, where they travel, and how they impact diplomacy and cooperation.” —Andrew A.G. Ross, Professor of Political Science, Ohio UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Cognitive Emotional Leadership Theory 2. Leading by Defection: Recognizing Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia 3. The Showman Peacemaker: The 2008 Russia-Georgia War 4. Leadership from Resonating Outrage: Sanctioning Russia Over Ukraine 5. Confronting Monsters: Air Strikes Against ISIS Conclusion A. Appendix on Methods B. Appendix on Internationalized Intrastate Conflicts Bibliography

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Book SynopsisElizabethan foreign policy was very much the policy of Queen Elizabeth l herself. It was not foreplanned, envisaged whole in advance. It was built up out of her responses to questions and problems posed by her relations with neighboring and, in the case of France and Spain, far more powerful countries.

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Book SynopsisThis examination of the dynamics of international relations attempts to define the impact of both domestic and international politics on subjects as diverse as nuclear disarmament, human rights and trade.Table of ContentsPREFACE ABBREVIATIONS PART 1 ° INTRODUCTION I. Introduction: Integrating International and Domestic Theories of International Bargaining Andrew Moravcsik PART 2 ° SECURITY ISSUES 2. Dual Track and Double Trouble: The Two-Level Politics of INF Richard C. Eichenberg 3. The Political Economy of Security Agreements: The Linked Costs of Failure at Camp David Janice Gross Stein 4. East-West Bargaining Over Germany: The Search for Synergy in a Two-Level Game Jack Snyder 5. Armaments Among Allies: European Weapons Collaboration, 1975-1985 Andrew Moravcsik PART 3 ° ECONOMIC DISPUTES 6. The 1933 World Economic Conference as an Instance of Failed International Cooperation Barry Eichengreen and Marc Uzan 7. The Interaction of Domestic and International Politics: The Anglo-American Oil Negotiations and the International Civil Aviation Negotiations, 1943-1947 Helen Milner 8. International Threats and Internal Politics: Brazil, the European Community, and the United States, 1985-1987 ]ohn S. Odell 9. U.S.-Japan Negotiations on Construction and Semiconductors, 1985-1988: Building Friction and Relation-Chips Ellis S. Krauss PART 4 ·NORTH-SOUTH TENSIONS 10. The United States and Central America: Interlocking Debates Robert A. Pastor 11. U.S. Policy and Human Rights in Argentina and Guatemala, 1973-1980 Lisa L. Martin and Kathryn Sikkink 12. Bargaining with the IMF: Two-Level Strategies and Developing Countries Miles Kahler PART 5 ·CONCLUSION 13. Building an Integrative Approach to International and Domestic Politics: Reflections and Projections Peter B. Evans APPENDIX Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games Robert D. Putnam CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisDemonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation.

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Book SynopsisFor most of the 20th century, considered opinion in the US regarding Palestine has favored the inherent right of Jews to exist in the Holy Land. That Palestinians, as a native population, could claim the same right has been largely ignored. This book shows how the endurance of such assumptions has impeded a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Trade Review"Breaks new ground through the sheer scope of its analysis, tracing 130 years of formulation of American perceptions of the Middle East and their ultimate manifestation in U.S. government policy. It is unhesitatingly recommended, as a standard text, to anyone wishing to better understand the conflict." - Nigel Parry, Middle East International "There is no shrewder observer of the American-Palestinian-Israeli triangle. Christison has written a masterful treatise on how it is that the United States managed to ignore the Palestinians for a century." - Donald Neff, Journal of Palestine Studies "After reading this book, it will be impossible not to wince the next time a representative of the U.S. government describes America as an honest broker." - Lawrence Davidson, Middle East JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Palestinians in the Nineteenth-Century Mind 2. Woodrow Wilson: "Rising Above" Self-Determination 3· Franklin Roosevelt: Locked In 4· Harry Truman: History Belongs to the Victors 5· Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson: Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law 6. Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford: An Unrecognizable Episode 7· Jimmy Carter: Making a Difference 8. Ronald Reagan: Missed Opportunities 9· George Bush: No Illusions 10. The Pictures in Our Heads 11. Afterword: Clinton's Legacy Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future.Trade Review"Remains the best introduction to Tibet." -- Nicholas Kristof New York TimesTable of ContentsPreface The Imperial Era Interlude: De Facto Independence Chinese Communist Rule: The Mao Era The Post-Mao Era The Future Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations follow page

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Book SynopsisA study of international organizations. It traces the crucial role played by international organizations in determining the shape of the world. It illuminates the evolution and meaning of the global community and global consciousness.Trade Review"This remarkable book shifts the focus of postwar international history away from Cold War rivalries and onto the astonishingly robust growth of international non-governmental organizations....[S]hould be required reading for the twenty-first century." - Emily S. Rosenberg, author of Financial Missionaries to the World; "An ambitious, sweeping reconceptualization of twentieth-century world politics that places transnational and non-governmental groups at the core of global developments." - John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs"Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Origins of Global Community 2. The New Internationalism 3. Beyond the Cold War 4. More States, More Nonstate Actors 5. The Growth of Civil Society 6. Toward Global Community Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of China's influence on international relations in Asia. This book explores the various dimensions of China's rise, its influence on the region, the consequences for the United States, and alternative models of the evolving Asian order.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction: The Rise of China and Asia's New Dynamics David Shambaugh PART ONE: CHINA AND THE CHANGING ASIAN LANDSCAPE 1. Return to the Middle Kingdom? China and Asia in the Early Twenty-first Century David Shambaugh 2. China's Regional Strategy Zhang Yunling and Tang Shiping PART TWO: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION 3. China's Regional Trade and Investment Profile Hideo Ohashi 4. China's Regional Economies and the Asian Region: Building Interdependent Linkages Robert F. Ash PART THREE: POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY 5. China-Japan Relations: Downward Spiral or a New Equilibrium? Mike M. Mochizuki 6. China's Ascendancy and the Korean Peninsula: From Interest Reevaluation to Strategic Realignment? Jae Ho Chung 7. Taiwan Faces China: Attraction and Repulsion Richard Bush 8. China and Southeast Asia: The Context of a New Beginning Wang Gungwu 9. China's Influence in Central and South Asia: Is It Increasing? John W. Garver 10. China and Russia: Normalizing Their Strategic Partnership Yu Bin PART FOUR: SECURITY 11. China's Evolving Regional Security Strategy Bates Gill 12. China's Regional Military Posture Michael D. Swaine PART FIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES 13. China's Regional Strategy and Why It May Not Be Good for America Robert Sutter 14. China's Rise in Asia Need Not Be at America's Expense David M. Lampton PART SIX: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ASIAN REGION 15. The Transformation of the Asian Security Order: Assessing China's Impact Jonathan D. Pollack 16. The Evolving Asian Order: The Accommodation of Rising Chinese Power Michael Yahuda

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a fresh perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it.Trade Review"This is a rare book... Well researched, insightfully analyzed and clearly argued." The China Journal "A thoughtful and informative resource that helps understand the motivation and direction of its leaders." Basil & SpiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about Power 2. Might 3. Money 4. Minds 5. China and Its Neighbors 6. A Precarious Balance 7. What Chinese Power Means for America and the World Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMaritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. This title tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group.Table of ContentsMap of Guatemala List of Abbreviations Preface PART ONE: THE DISAPPEARANCE 1. Thursday, July 23. 1992 2. Thursday Morning and Afternoon 3. Friday, July 24, 1992 4. Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26. 1992 5. The Catholic Church in Guatemala, 1524-1992 6. Monday and Tuesday, July 27-28, 1992 7. Wednesday, July 29, 1992 8. Thursday, July 30, 1992 PART TWO: THE VISA 9. Friday, July 31, 1992 10. Saturday, August 1, 1992 11. Sunday, August 2, 1992 12. Monday, August 3, 1992 13. Tuesday, August 4, 1992 14. Wednesday, August 5, 1992 15. Thursday, August 6, 1992 The Aftermath Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it.Trade Review"This is a rare book... Well researched, insightfully analyzed and clearly argued." The China Journal "A thoughtful and informative resource that helps understand the motivation and direction of its leaders." Basil & SpiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about Power 2. Might 3. Money 4. Minds 5. China and Its Neighbors 6. A Precarious Balance 7. What Chinese Power Means for America and the World Notes Index

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Book SynopsisGuantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. This history of the women and men who worked on the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay tells the story of US-Cuban relations from a fresh perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people.Trade Review"Lipman offers a new and compelling angle on the crisis." London Review Of Books "Lipman's account is impressive, original, and well researched... Should interest foreign relations scholars, Latin America area specialists, and labor historians." H-Net Reviews "Splendid... Lipman shows successfully that Cuban workers mattered." International History Review "Lipman has produced a grounded, powerful critique of United States policy." Estudios Interdisciplinarios De America Latina Y El Caribe (Eial)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Between Guantanamo and GTMO Prologue: Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment 1. The Case of Kid Chicle: Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939-1945 2. "We Are Real Democrats": Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940-1954 3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940-1958 4. A "Ticklish" Position: Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959-1964 5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters: Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements Epilogue: Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux Appendix: Guantanamo Civil Registry, 1921-1958 Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisRecreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Between Camps 1. Upper East Side Story: Repatriation, Romance, and Cold War Mobilization 2. Bloc-Busters: The Politics and Pageantry of Escape from the East 3. Stalin's Slaves: The Rise of Gulag Consciousness 4. First Captive in a Hot War: The Case of Robert Vogeler 5. Prisoners of Pavlov: Korean War Captivity and the Brainwashing Scare Epilogue: Returns and Repercussions List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBeginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', this title presents an account of what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes.Trade Review"An expert and brisk historical primer." -- Marc Tracy New York Times Book Review "The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring." -- R. D. Long Choice "The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring." Choice "Comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict." Interaction / Bms Book NewsTable of ContentsList of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Historic Roots of the Problem 2. The First Indo-Pakistani War 3. The Second Indo-Pakistani War 4. The Third Indo-Pakistani War and the Birth of Bangladesh 5. From the Simla Summit to Zia's Coup 6. Afghanistan's Impact on Indo-Pakistani Relations 7. Pakistan's Proxy War and Kashmir's Azaadi Revolution 8. Recent Attempts to Resolve the Escalating Conflict 9. The Stalled Peace Process 10. Potential Solutions to the Kashmir Conflict Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA biographical account of the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States. This is a journey along a wall that cuts through a third nation- the Divided States of America.Trade Review"Part historical account, part theoretical appraisal, and part design manifesto, Borderwall as Architecture is reminiscent of Rem Koolhaas' Delirious New York in its sweeping assessment of both the sociocultural peculiarities and outlandish possibilities represented by a prominent structural element." -- Blaine Brownell Architect Magazine "...in raising questions that not many others are asking about the relationship between two countries that share 2,000 miles of border, his book serves an important purpose." The Daily Beast "Rael sees endless opportunities for creative defiance as he exposes the wall's xenophobic horror stories, absurdities and ironies by imagining design as both an undermining and reparative measure... [his proposals] force us to re-examine the feasibility of constructing "a big beautiful wall" around fortress America by underscoring that borders are innate zones of connectivity as much as division." New York Journal of BooksTable of ContentsForeword Borderwalls as Public Space? Teddy Cruz Acknowledgments Introduction The Revolting Door Ronald Rael ONE Pilgrims at the Wall Marcello Di Cintio TWO Borderwall as Architecture: The Divided States of North America Ronald Rael THREE Transborderisms: Practices That Tear Down Walls Norma Iglesias-Prieto FOUR Recuerdos/Souvenirs: A Nuevo Grand Tour Ronald Rael FIVE Why Walls Won’t Work Michael Dear SIX Afterwards Ronald Rael Selected Bibliography AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS CREDITS INDEX OF RECUERDOS INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the United States' endless wars. Investigating multiple genres of popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and political economy, Imperial Benevolenceshows that American popular culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while assuming American exceptionalism and innocence. This is despite the fact that it is rarely a product of the state. Expertly coordinated essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways that movies and television series such asZero Dark Thirty, The Avengers, and evenThe Walking Dead,as well as video games such asCall of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States as a global force for good. Popular culture, with few exceptions, has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the barbarians determined to destroy it. Trade Review"The essayists make a convincing argument for commercially successful popular culture productions contributing to the soft power of U.S. imperialism by underscoring the message that the United States is a benevolent power in its fight for freedom and by eliding naked self-interest." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments A Brief Note on Terminology Introduction • Camouflaging Empire: Imperial Benevolence in American Popular Culture Scott Laderman 1 • Imperial Cry Faces: Women Lamenting the War on Terror Rebecca A. Adelman 2 • “Prowarrior, But Not Necessarily Prowar”: American Sniper, Sheep, and Sheepdogs Edwin A. Martini 3 • “The First Step toward Curing the Postwar Blues Is a Return to Nature”: Veterans’ Outdoor Rehabilitation Programs and the Normalization of Empire David Kieran 4 • Exceptional Soldiers: Imagining the Privatized Military on U.S. Television Stacy Takacs 5 • Obama’s “Just War”: Th e American Hero and Just Violence in Popular Television Series Min Kyung (Mia) Yoo 6 • Superhero Films after 9/11: Mitigating “Collateral Damage” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Tim Gruenewald 7 • Humanity’s Greatest Hope: The American Ideal in Marvel’s The Avengers Ross Griffin 8 • The Perfect Cold War Movie for Today? Smoke and Mirrors in Steven Spielberg’s Vision of the Cold War Tony Shaw 9 • Disfiguring the Americas: Representing Drugs, Violence, and Immigration in the Age of Trump Patrick William Kelly 10 • Black Ops Diplomacy and the Foreign Policy of Popular Culture Penny M. Von Eschen About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWhy did Donald Trump follow Barack Obama into the White House? Why is America so polarized? And how does American exceptionalism explain these social changes? In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, Jouet then lived in the Bible Belt, Manhattan, and beyond. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, he wields his multicultural sensibility to parse how the intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalisman idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. While exceptionalism once was a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts. They also shed light on the intriguing ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, a visceral suspicion of government, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than the rest of the Western worldEurope, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Exceptional Americadissects the American soul, in all of its peculiar,clashing, and striking manifestations.Trade Review“A fresh contribution to the literature on US exceptionalism by exploring the divisions within US society over a range of key issues, including welfare, economic inequality, the justice system and foreign policy. Drawing on key facts and figures, Jouet presents an engaging analysis of the fundamental contradictions shaping the USA today. . . . Jouet’s book covers a wide range of subjects, including legal studies, political sociology/science, criminology, comparative studies, history and economics. This book will spark a renewed discussion about what makes America exceptional.” * London School of Economics Review of Books *"[Jouet] takes a long look at the notion of American exceptionalism in this thought-provoking new book. . . . he tackles his subject with a multicultural point of view, considering anti-intellectualism, fundamentalism, sex and gender roles and the politics of mass incarceration. The book takes the reader right up to the present; Jouet finished writing it just after the 2016 presidential election." * The Mercury News *“Exceptional America is the type of book with which you have to laugh in order not to cry.” * New York Journal of Books *"I found Jouet’s book to be engaging, easy-to-read, and thought provoking, and I found myself sharing many of the author’s intriguing statistics and findings out loud with my peers as I was reading. More importantly, though, Jouet unveils the forces driving political polarization and the kind of uniquely American beliefs that led to election of President Trump. He helps explain many far right stances that cosmopolitan liberals may otherwise dismiss as bigoted or uninformed." * Ameri Quests *"Exceptional America, deftly analyzing a host of peculiar features characterizing American society, should be read both by Americans wishing to reflect on the causes of their country’s profound polarization and by non-Americans seeking to better understand a nation that, despite its pervasive cultural influence, at times appears strange and unfathomable." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 • One Nation, Divisible 2 • From the American Enlightenment to Anti-Intellectualism 3 • Th e Exceptional Influence of Christian Fundamentalism 4 • Th e Culture Wars of Faith, Sex, and Gender 5 • Between Democracy and Plutocracy 6 • Millions Standing against Their Own Economic Interest 7 • Mass Incarceration, Executions, and Gun Violence in “the Land of the Free” 8 • America and the World Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisRobert Ferrell Book Prize Honorable Mention 2021, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in History Honorable Mention 2022, Association for Asian American StudiesAfter the US war in Vietnam, close to 800,000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived, and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This is the story of what happened in the camps. In Campsraises key questions that remain all too relevant today: Who is a refugee? Who determines this status? And how does it change over time? From Guam to Malaysia and the Philippines to Hong Kong,In Campsis the first major work on Vietnamese refugee policy to pay close attention to host territories and to explore Vietnamese activism in the camps and the diaspora. This book explains how Vietnamese were transformed from de facto refugees to individual asylum seekers to repatriates. Ambitiously covering people on the groundlocal governments, teachers, and corrections officersas well as powerful players such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the US government, Jana Lipman shows that the local politics of first asylum sites often drove international refugee policy. Unsettling most accounts of Southeast Asian migration to the US,In Campsinstead emphasizes the contingencies inherent in refugee policy and experiences.Trade Review"A major contribution to refugee history. In Camps offers a clearly written and carefully contextualized account of the encounters and interactions between the various elements in the international refugee regime: government authorities, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and refugees themselves. This book will also be of considerable value to teachers and researchers interested in contemporary human rights issues in relation to the treatment of refugees, as well as to anyone seeking a fresh perspective on the history of Southeast Asia." * Middle Ground Journal *"Makes an essential contribution to understanding the politics of refugee status determination and protection during the Vietnamese refugee crisis between 1975 and 2005. I recommend it as a well-researched, engaging and informative read." * Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography *"Spanning four host contexts from 1975 to 2005, Jana K. Lipman’s book absorbingly uncovers how Vietnamese in camps, regional authorities, and diasporic activists shaped the politics of refugee status determination. Lipman charts the uneven transformation of Vietnamese from de facto refugees to asylum seekers and repatriates. . . . A key reference for students and scholars of Southeast Asia, forced displacement, and resettlement." * Journal of Vietnamese Studies *“Through microhistories that examine the inner politics of camps in Guam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, Lipman captures the vibrant—and at times conflicting—advocacy that occurred regarding the fate of millions of Vietnamese, and the domestic politics that intersected with their refugee claims.” * Mekong Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 • "Give Us a Ship": The Vietnamese Repatriate Movement on Guam, 1975 2 • To "Shoot" or to "Shoo": Vietnamese in Malaysia, 1975–1979 3 • A Model Camp 4 • Hong Kong: Deterrence, Detention, and Repatriation, 1980–1989 5 • "Protest against Forced Repatriation!": Humanitarianism and Human Rights in Hong Kong, 1989–1997 6 • Palawan and Diasporic Imaginaries, 1996–2005 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSaving the Childrenanalyzes the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, from its formation during the First World War through the era of decolonization. Whereas Save the Children claimed that it was saving children to save the world, the vision of the world it sought to save was strictly delimited, characterized by international capitalism and colonial rule. Emily Baughan's groundbreaking analysis, across fifty years and eighteen countries, shows that Britain's desire to create an international order favorable to its imperial rule shaped international humanitarianism. In revealing that modernhumanitarianism and its conception ofchildhood are products of the early twentieth-century imperial economy, Saving the Children argues that the contemporary aid sector must reckon with its past if it is to forge a new future.Trade Review"This exceptionally comprehensive, beautifully written and ambitious book provides an intellectual history of liberal internationalism, British humanitarianism, empire and welfare in the first half of the twentieth century." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Baughan tells this story compellingly, skillfully weaving a wealth of archival sources, from over thirty archives from many different countries, while never losing a sense of the bigger picture and relevance of the research for the wider world. The result is thought-provoking and will surely be influential." * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *"A joy to read. . . .essential…for those interested in the history of child welfare, the history of childhood during wartime, and children’s evacuation processes in the early twentieth century." * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *"Emily Baughan’s dense and fascinating Saving the Children: Humanitarianism, Internationalism, and Empire is an outstanding contribution…for its thorough research, its critical approach, and its geographical and chronological reach." * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 • British Internationalisms and Humanitarianism 2 • The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child and Stateless Children 3 • Empire, Humanitarianism, and the African Child 4 • Protecting Children in a Time of War 5 • Hearts and Minds Humanitarianism 6 • War, Development, and Decolonization Conclusion: One Hundred Years of Saving Children Notes Bibliography Index

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