International relations Books
Princeton University Press World of Struggle
Book SynopsisA World of Struggle reveals the role of expert knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a world of astonishing inequality and injustice is born. In this provocative book, David Kennedy draws on his experience woTrade ReviewSelected for The New York Times Book Review's "What's the Best Book, New or Old, You Read this Year?" 2016 "David Kennedy's A World of Struggle describes our world more accurately than any book I have read this year. Kennedy offers no clear prescriptions. Yet he clarifies that understanding how this world of injustice and inequality came about is the essential first step toward a democratic alternative."--Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review "In his new book on how the world is ruled today through expert knowledge, Professor David Kennedy enters this continuing discussion in brilliant, pathbreaking, and trademark fashion... Presented without theoretical encumbrance or jargon, A World of Struggle is a straightforward but sophisticated account that capitalizes on prior insight to achieve a unique and powerful vantage point. The superlative book wins its distinction not only because it constructs a novel theory but also because it applies that theory to how the globe as a whole is ruled--something no one in the canon of social theory has really done."--Samuel Moyn, Harvard Law Review "Accounts of global politics are usually organized around time periods of settled order, during which powerful states laid down rules and established institutions. In this illuminating study, Kennedy tells a different story, in which contemporary international relations play out as a continuous struggle between technocratic elites around the world, in which nothing is ever settled and everything is negotiable."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii INTRODUCTION Could This Be 1648? 1 PART I Political Economy and Struggle 21 CHAPTER 1 Political Economy: World-Making Stories 23 CHAPTER 2 Struggle: Toward a Cartography of Engagement 54 PART II Expertise 87 CHAPTER 3 World-Making Ideas: Imagining a World to Govern and Resist 89 CHAPTER 4 Expertise: The Machinery of Global Reason 108 CHAPTER 5 Expertise in Action: Rule by Articulation 135 PART III Law 169 CHAPTER 6 Law and the Global Dynamics of Distribution 171 CHAPTER 7 International Legal Expertise: Innovation, Avoidance and Professional Faith 218 CHAPTER 8 Legal Expertise in War 256 EPILOGUE Let It Be So 277 Notes 281 Index 293
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Princeton University Press Who Owns Antiquity
Book SynopsisAntiquities need to be protected from looting but also from nationalistic identity politics. This title calls for measures to broaden rather than restrict international access to antiquities. It explains how partage broadened access to our ancient heritage and helped create national museums in Cairo, Baghdad, and Kabul.Trade Review"A condemnation of cultural property laws that restrict the international trade in antiquities, the book doubles as a celebration of the world's great border-crossing encyclopedic museums."--Jori Finkel, New York Times "Who Owns Antiquity? is an impassioned argument for what Cuno calls the 'cosmopolitan aspirations' of encyclopedic museums. By this he means not only collecting and showing art from every place and era, but also, and more crucially, the promotion of an essential kind of cultural pluralism... Whatever one makes of Cuno's thesis, it brings into focus some urgent questions--for museums and for archaeology--that have yet to be given much attention."--Hugh Eakin, New York Review of Books "Who Owns Antiquity? by Art Institute of Chicago director James Cuno deals with one of the most sensitive questions in today's art world: Should antiquities be returned to their country of origin? [T]his book provides a lot of worthwhile background."--Wall Street Journal "It would be a mistake to see this deeply felt and carefully reasoned argument as self-serving. The crux of his argument is that modern nation-states have at best a tenuous connection with the ancient cultures in question, and their interests are political rather than scientific...Cuno advocates instead a universal, humanistic approach to the world's shared cultural treasures...Cuno's pleas for a more expansive approach to cultural artifacts must be taken seriously."--Publishers Weekly "[A]n illuminating...book."--Edward Rothstein, New York Times "The author's message is that stewardship, not ownership, is what matters. Trade in antiquities should be dictated not by politics, but by the demands of conservation, knowledge, and access. The argument presented here is thought-provoking. Cuno may be over-optimistic. But you can't help feeling that he is right."--Financial Times "Cuno worries that 'encyclopedic' museums such as the Art Institute and the Louvre, which contain antiquities from around the planet, are endangered by nations that, simply put, want their stuff back -- and don't want any more stuff to leave their borders. In Who Owns Antiquity? Cuno answers his own question this way: All of us do."--Andrew Herrmann, Chicago Sun Times "Chronicles [Cuno's] views about the antiquity trade--a global community enmeshed in a war of ideas. Collectors, museum directors, archeologists, dealers and even nations are in dispute. The battle line is drawn between those who believe that national policies should prevent the looting of archeology sites and those--including a very outspoken Cuno--who think that such policies don't prevent plundering and should be changed to ensure artifacts are globally shared."--Madeline Nusser, Time Out Chicago "I can't remember a book on museums that has generated quite so much publicity and critical comment as this one."--Artknows "Cuno implicitly poses the question: 'Whose nation is it anyway?' ... His is a cogent and powerful argument that he expresses with personal conviction."--Robin Simon, New Statesman "James Cuno, director of the Art institute in Chicago, has written a clear, well-argued...book about the vexed question of how great museums like his should collect ancient objects."--Art Newspaper "Impressive in its grasp of historical and political issues, ranging across anthropology, archaeology, and law, Cuno's book evinces careful thought about the implications of antiquities trafficking across many eras."--American Scholar "[F]ascinating, and extremely helpful in providing a lucid account of changing attitudes to cultural property since the Second World War... Many of his arguments are persuasive."--Literary Review "Who Owns Antiquity? by James Cuno explores the impact of new restrictions being placed on the acquisition of antiquities and how these will affect future museums."--Art and Antiques "[Cuno] argues convincingly that current cultural property laws are too retentionist... It's difficult to disagree with the idea that people benefit when antiquities of other countries can be seen in museums around the world. And the virtues of partage also seem clear. As Cuno points out, the collections at the great museums of the world could not have been put together under our current system of cultural property laws, and the millions of people who have marveled at these collections would be poorer for not having seen them."--Mary Katherine Ascik, The Weekly Standard "Cuno sets his stage for a discussion of an ongoing legalistic international battle dealing with archaeological objects by introducing the case of the Elgin marbles. What superficially may seem a simple matter of 'ethnic nationalism' is described as considerably more complex, dealing with such matters as 'cultural property,' the notion of nation-states, and 'partage'--the sharing of archaeological finds (the author's suggested solution to disputes)... All readers interested in current interaction among museums, academics, collectors, politicians, and so forth will be well informed here."--K. Marantz, Choice "James Cuno's passionate, finely reasoned new book, Who Owns Antiquity? ... is a fresh salvo in the ongoing battle between museums that collect antiquities and modern states that claim to be the legal heirs of ancient societies and cultures... Cuno mobilizes a wealth of anecdotes and examples to support [his] position."--Benjamin Genocchio, Art in America "The book is cogently argued and extremely well documented. The 'select bibliography' is ten pages. It explores in great depth all of the recent turmoil regarding the legal ownership of antiquities... No one involved in the acquisition of antiquities can ill afford to pass this book by as it sets the stage and defines the complexities involved in this heated battle that is sure to rage on for years to come."--Jerome M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Minerva "Whether or not you agree with Cuno's arguments, I believe this book is an important addition to the discussion on museum collections."--Richard Gerrard, Muse "Cuno raises key issues that need to be addressed."--David W. J. Gill, American Journal of Archaelogy "Art Institute of Chicago director James Cuno's book Who Owns Antiquity?, published May 2008, offers a spirited, cogent defense of encyclopedic museums' right to collect such treasures. The book has provoked equally spirited controversy."--Tom Mullaney, Chicago Artists' News "Overall, Cuno's analysis presents a range of themes, particularly the role of the encyclopedic museum in contemporary society, that will resonate with the museum community and students of museum studies. Nationalistic agendas are set within a compelling theoretical argument that should be read by those engaged in writing as well as following museum and archaeological policies, provided that the reader understands that Cuno's emphasis is on objects and access to them rather than on the more pressing issue of the preservation of archaeological sites and cultural landscapes for a cosmopolitan world community."--Christina Luke, American Anthropologist "Cuno defends the museum side of the issue, and he is well suited to make the case."--Matthew J. Milliner, First Things "Written with vim and verve; copiously and thoughtfully annotated. It is not necessary to agree with everything said, but there is much room for thought."--James Hargrave, Ancient West & EastTable of ContentsPreface ix Afterword x Introduction: The Crux of the Matter 1 CHAPTER ONE: Political Matters 21 CHAPTER TWO: More Political Matters 44 CHAPTER THREE: The Turkish Question 67 CHAPTER FOUR: The Chinese Question 88 CHAPTER FIVE: Identity Matters 121 Epilogue 146 Notes 163 Select Bibliography 207 Index 217
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Princeton University Press Liberal Loyalty
Book SynopsisArgues that we owe civic obligations to the state if it is sufficiently just, and that constitutionally enshrined principles of justice in themselves - rather than territory, common language, or shared culture - are grounds for obedience to our particular state and for democratic solidarity with our fellow citizens.Trade Review"Are liberals left with either a repugnant cultural nationalism or a floating cosmopolitanism, or can they create a coherent liberal account that grounds citizens' loyalty to a particular state? Stilz forcefully argues that they can. After skillfully exposing problems with both cosmopolitan and nationalist liberalisms and effectively refuting liberal-leaning anarchists, Stilz turns to Kant, Rousseau, and Habermas for inspiration, arguing that liberals must conceptualize loyalty as a political duty to support institutions that promote liberal freedoms."--Choice "Stilz has articulated with great clarity and consistency an alternative to both consent-theories of political obligation and to their nationalist counterparts. That alternative will find many supporters, and deserves to be taken very seriously even by its critics."--Lea Ypi, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "One of the values of Stilz's work is her attempt to reclaim particular terms and categories from contemporary political and philosophical discourse... The end of her work, the articulation of a rationally arrived-at duty of justice leading us to be loyal to democratic institutions and processes, is a worthwhile and ongoing project."--John Randolph LeBlanc, American Review of Politics "Anna Stilz's book [is] a thoughtful, compelling meditation on liberal citizenship."--Steven Johnston, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface vii PART ONE: Equal Freedom and the State Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Chapter 2: Authority 27 Chapter 3: Democracy 57 Chapter 4: Political Obligation and Justice 85 PART TWO: Solidarity and Allegiance Chapter 5: Freedom and Culture in Rousseau 113 Chapter 6: Nationalism or Patriotism? 137 Chapter 7: Democracy as Collective Action 173 Chapter 8: Conclusion 209 Bibliography 213 Index 221
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Princeton University Press Watchdogs on the Hill The Decline of
Book SynopsisAn essential responsibility of the U.S. Congress is holding the president accountable for the conduct of foreign policy. In this in-depth look at formal oversight hearings by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Linda Fowler evaluates how the legislature's most visible and important watchdogs performed from the mid-twentiethTrade Review"[T]his book is an important contribution to the debate on the role of Congress in making foreign policy and, perhaps, even provides a guide for a way out."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii PART I Information, Regular Order, and Democratic Accountability in International Affairs Introduction Oversight Hearings and U.S. Foreign Policy 3 Chapter 1 Guarding the Guardians through Oversight 21 Chapter 2 Committee Motivations for Oversight 47 PART II Oversight Hearings and Regular Order in U.S. Foreign Relations Chapter 3 Institutional Change and Senate Committee Hearings 71 Chapter 4 Committee Goals and Oversight Strategies 98 Chapter 5 Police Patrols and Fire Alarms in U.S. Foreign Policy 132 PART III Reclaiming Congressional War Powers Chapter 6 Return to the Rule of Law in International Affairs 171 Chapter 7 Reforming National Security Oversight in the Senate 186 Appendix A Coding Congressional Committee Hearings 203 Appendix B Description of Dependent and Independent Variables 209 Appendix C Methodological Appendix to Chapter 3 212 Appendix D Methodological Appendix to Chapter 4 218 Appendix E Methodological Appendix to Chapter 5 225 References 235 Index 251
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Princeton University Press Active Defense
Book SynopsisTrade Review"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List""This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of China’s military doctrine as it has evolved since the founding of the People’s Republic."---Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs"Meticulously analyzes China’s military strategy since 1945 . . . . A classic that is likely to have great long-term influence . . . . In this unstable environment, Professor Fravel’s book could hardly be timelier."---Chas W. Freeman, Jr., Book Post"This book is an outstanding contribution to the canon on Chinese military and strategic affairs . . . . Fravel’s new book is an instant classic and a mandatory reference source. I would recommend this volume to students of Chinese foreign policy, international relations, and military affairs without reservation."---James Mulvenon, China Quarterly"Taylor is an authority on the People’s Liberation Army, and his latest book is deeply researched and based on primary materials, providing a picture of the ways in which strategic thought in the Chinese military context has evolved over the years. It’s easy to recommend as a necessary reference volume for anyone writing on China’s contemporary approach to military affairs, rich in context and history."---Ankit Panda, War on the Rocks"An invaluable reference with great intellectual rigor and excellent explanation of sources and methods, Active Defense belongs in a prominent place in the bookshelf of all serious students of China security issues."---Andrew S. Erickson, Journal of Chinese Political Science"Fravel’s book is a worthwhile read. China experts and enthusiasts will find it especially compelling, as will those interested in military strategy."---Shai A. Kivity, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
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Princeton University Press The Politics of Happiness
Book SynopsisHow might happiness research affect government policy in the United States - and beyond? This book examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy - in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens.Trade ReviewOne of Fiscal Times Best Books for 2010 "Compelling."--David Brooks, New York Times "With his clear analysis and outside-the-box ideas, Bok encourages thoughtful consideration of what we should want for ourselves and expect from our government."--Sarah Halzack, Washington Post "Careful and cogent... Bok believes ... that the American government, which is in no danger of tranquilizing its citizens, can and should design policies to enhance their happiness."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Boston Globe "Delving into the burgeoning field of happiness research, former president of Harvard University Bok (The State of the Nation) sifts through scientific studies on how societal well-being indications can and should be used to shape social and political policy... Bok's arguments on how good government, access to education, and adequate child care make for a pleasanter society are incontrovertible, and he initiates an important, jargon-free discussion of American public policy, especially when its aims contradict or diminish the public weal."--Publisher's Weekly "Bok addresses how happiness research could inform US policy. The first three chapters unpack the claims of happiness psychologists, evaluate reliability and discuss policy application. The remainder address happiness in relation to economic growth, inequality, financial hardship (retirement, healthcare and job loss), suffering (chronic pain, sleep disorder and depression), marriages and families, education and the quality of government. The debate on happiness, Bok concludes, 'will be an accomplishment of enduring importance to humankind'."--Paul Stenner, Times Higher Education "Mr. Bok's rich, challenging, remarkable new book is remarkably solid. For it is based not on the empty aphorisms so beloved by lazy and second-rate pseudo-philosophers. There is a surprisingly massive quantity of serious statistical and sociological research that has been done on the subject of happiness in both prosperous and developing societies, and Mr. Bok draws liberally and impressively upon it. His conclusions are remarkable and well worth heeding... This is a remarkable, original, provocative and brilliant book. Anyone who wants to be happy, or to share their happiness with others, should snap it up at once."--Martin Sieff, Washington Times "Bok reviews a wide range of surveys that consistently associate levels of happiness or satisfaction with several demographic and social variables... Bok concludes that the scientific evidence on well-being is now robust enough for politicians to start taking action."--Felicia Huppert, Nature "[Bok asks] whether governments should really try to maker their citizens happier. Answer: yes, not through promoting economic growth, but through environmental policies, healthcare, and strengthening marriage and the family."--Glenda Cooper, Prospect Magazine "Provides insights into the mysteries of happiness."--Phillip Longman, Washington Monthly "Bok, former president of Harvard, outlines the work of 'happiness scholars' and suggests that their findings would be an 'eminently defensible way' of informing public policy, at least as valuable as opinion polls or economic indexes. Among the most significant findings he cites is that an increase in wealth does not correlate with an increase in happiness and that rising inequality has not caused a decrease. From these and other points, Bok argues for many general and specific policy measures that, he believes, would add to the sum of happiness in the United States... Readers will find him in turn provocative and quixotic."--Bob Nardini, Library Journal "[A] sweeping study of behavioural research and public policy... This is a book that leaders of developing nations obsessed with economic growth will find puzzling and troubling, but not as much as market economists will."--Stephen Matchett, Australian "Okay, I hear your protests, your gut telling you that Bok is a naive professor with his head in the clouds. Skeptical myself, I found his book full of surprises. Example: The growing inequality of incomes in the United States has not made Americans more dissatisfied than in previous times. Only one group is upset by this growing disparity--wealthy Americans! See what I mean? Counterintuitive conclusions, like this one, abound."--Mandy Twaddell, Providence Journal "Relatively light and accessible... Although Bok is partisan, his is a good introduction to the subject. He accurately outlines the findings of the research while questioning its shortcomings."--Daniel Ben-Ami, Spiked Review of Books "[This] is a careful, helpful book. It brings together the key findings in the area of happiness research--a relatively new discipline of the social sciences that uses surveys and polls to measure well-being... The Politics of Happiness is not a complete answer... It does however, add the methodology and reasoning of modern social science to the profound insights of ancient moral and political philosophy."--Nitin Pai, Pragati, Indian National Interest Review "Bok explores a number of new studies related to the concept of happiness and then painstakingly asks whether and how government can do much to increase human happiness... The Politics of Happiness raises a number of challenges to our assumptions."--Debbie Bruno, Roll Call "This book is clear and nicely written and provides a fascinating overview of what does--and doesn't--contribute to the wellbeing of people in the Western world."--Miriam Cosic, Australian "Bok's summary of the available research is skillful and to the point."--Tevi Troy, Claremont Review of Books "A book policymakers and people in governance should read. So that there can be more happiness all around."--Vaidehi Nathan, Organiser "This book offers a fresh look at the surprisingly not-so-elusive quality of happiness and why economic policy can make a difference where it counts. Bok has a smooth and convincing narrative style, and he weighs his arguments carefully."--Maureen Mackey, Fiscal TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: What Investigators Have Discovered 9 CHAPTER 2: The Reliability of Research on Happiness 32 CHAPTER 3: Should Policy-Makers Use Happiness Research? 45 CHAPTER 4: The Question of Growth 63 CHAPTER 5: What to Do about Inequality 79 CHAPTER 6: The Threat of Financial Hardship 99 CHAPTER 7: Relieving Suffering 124 CHAPTER 8: Marriages and Families 139 CHAPTER 9: Education 156 CHAPTER 10: The Quality of Government 179 CHAPTER 11: The Significance of Happiness Research 204 Notes 213 Index 247
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Princeton University Press Emergency Politics
Book SynopsisLooking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 David Easton Award, Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association "[A] remarkable book... Honig's careful work enriches our understanding of democratic politics."--William Corlett, Law and Politics Book Review "Creatively engaging with many debates in democratic theory, [Honig] is at her best reinterpreting unconventional texts like biblical parables or the legal history of the Red Scare."--Choice "Emergency Politics nicely combines theory with insightful analyses of historical and contemporary events... This is a timely and important book that should be read by anyone interested in the current state of democratic theory and practice. It is a cogent argument for an agonistic conception of democracy, based on insightful theoretical and empirical analyses."--Lasse Thomassen, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Preface xv Introduction: Surviving 1 Chapter One: Beginnings 12 Chapter Two: Emergence 40 Chapter Three: Decision 65 Chapter Four: Orientation 87 Chapter Five: Proximity 112 Aftermath 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 181 Index 193
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Princeton University Press Monitoring Democracy
Book SynopsisGovernments and NGOs - in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world - have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. This book argues that the practice of international election monitoring is broken, but still worth fixing.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Chadwick F. Alger Prize, International Studies Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 "Monitoring Democracy is an impressive attempt to assess the success of international election monitoring by systematically comparing several hundred monitoring missions across the globe... [Kelley] also offers extensive concrete suggestions for improving monitoring in the future. This book addresses a major gap in the literature, in which there are numerous individual case studies but little serious comparative work. It is, therefore, mandatory reading for election monitoring professionals and for scholars doing research in that area."--Choice "Monitoring Democracy provides an insightful analysis of a topic of utmost policy relevance. Kelley carefully considers confounding factors, selection problems and possible biases in the data. The book touches on many interesting questions, and even offers advice to practitioners. The data work is impressive, both in terms of the codification of monitors' reports and the number of case-studies."--Karina Cendon Boveda, International Affairs "Kelley has produced a fine piece of scholarship that should be required reading for scholars interested in democracy promotion, as well as practitioners. The analysis is careful, broad, and admirably conversant in the details of specific countries and elections... One of her greatest contributions is the associated data set, which is publicly available and codes for both the characteristics of the monitoring missions and their detailed evaluations. Hence, interested researchers are amply supplied with the theoretical and empirical tools to build on Kelley's work."--Michael K. Miller, Perspectives on Politics "[T]his hook provides a rich, cogent, and thought-provoking entry point. It is essential reading for those interested in democracy promotion, international organizations and norms, and international influences on domestic politics."--Daniela Donno, Political Science Quarterly "Monitoring Democracy stands out as a major landmark in studies on the ways and waywardness of international election observers."--Manu V. Devadevan, Human Rights ReviewTable of ContentsIllustrations xi Tables xiii Preface xv Abbreviations xix PART I Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Two Questions 6 Methods of Analysis 12 Chapter 2: Th e Rise of a New Norm 16 The Changing Normative Environment 21 Contestation 23 Increased Supply and Demand 26 The Popularization of Monitoring 28 Monitoring Today: Organizational Variation 34 Summary 41 Chapter 3: Th e Shadow Market 43 Disagreements about Contested Elections 47 Who Invites Whom? 54 Discussion 56 Chapter 4: What Infl uences Monitors' Assessments? 59 Analyzing Summary Monitor Assessments 60 Five Types of Bias 63 Discussion 75 Chapter 5: Do Politicians Change Tactics to Evade Criticism? 77 What Constitutes Evidence of a Monitor- Induced Shift ? 78 What Are the Safer Forms of Cheating? 80 Data: Th e Varieties of Irregularities 82 The Record 84 Discussion 92 PART II Chapter 6: International Monitors as Reinforcement 97 Altering Incentives to Cheat 99 Altering Domestic Conditions 104 If It Works, When Should It Work? 107 Summary 109 Chapter 7: Are Monitored Elections Better? 112 Measures of Election Quality 112 An Overview of the Record 115 Statistical Analysis 121 Discussion 129 Chapter 8: Long- Term Eff ects 131 Selection of Countries and Method of Analysis 133 Do International Monitors Improve Elections Over Time? 136 When Do Countries Follow the Recommendations of International Monitors? 141 Discussion 151 Conclusion: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 155 Do Monitors Assess Elections Accurately and Objectively? 156 Do Monitors Improve the Quality of Elections? 166 Closing Th oughts 176 Appendix A: Data Description 181 Two Datasets 181 Variables 184 Appendix B: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 3 195 Appendix C: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 4 197 Dependent Variable 197 Analysis 197 Appendix D: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 7 199 with Mark Buntaine Additional Description of Matching Process 199 Appendix E: Case Summaries 211 with Kiril Kolev Albania: Th e Importance of Leverage 211 Armenia: Paper Compliance 214 Bangladesh: Slowly but Surely? 218 Bulgaria: Motivated but Slow 221 El Salvador: International Meddling for Both Good and Bad 223 Georgia: Not So Rosy 228 Guyana: Uphill Battle 232 Indonesia: A Sluggish Behemoth 237 Kenya: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 242 Lesotho: Deadlock 245 Mexico: Constructive Engagement 247 Nicaragua: Excessive Meddling and Deal Making 252 Panama: Both a Will and a Way 256 Russia: Goliath Beats David 258 South Africa: Remarkably Unremarkable 261 Notes 265 References 293 Index 321
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Princeton University Press The Empire Trap
Book SynopsisThroughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement in the empire business began, how American foreigTrade Review"[T]his is a very good book--cogently argued, detailed, and well-written."--Politics Reader "The Empire Trap represents an important addition to scholarship on twentieth century U.S. foreign policy. Maurer convincingly demonstrates that American investments in foreign countries were repeatedly threatened by expropriating governments and that in countless instances the United States utilized a variety of methods to protect those investments or to ensure fair compensation when they were lost."--Jeffrey Malanson, Enterprise & Society "It is impressive not only for its scope ... but also for its attention to detail in each of the cases presented. Most important, Maurer's analysis brilliantly captures a big picture that challenges much of the conventional wisdom showing how a small number of private investors draw government into one international quagmire after another because it was the only way they could have their property rights enforced."--Alan Dye, EH.Net "This is an exemplary work of historical social science, shedding light on many debates within the international relations literature."--Michael J. Lee, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii One Introduction 1 Two Avoiding the Trap 25 Three Setting the Trap 58 Four The Trap Closes 89 * Box 1. The Mexican Exception 137 Five Banana Republicanism 148 Six Escaping by Accident 188 Seven Falling Back In 245 Eight The Empire Trap and the Cold War 313 * Box 2. Ethiopia and Nicaragua 347 Nine The Success of the Empire Trap 350 Ten Escaping by Design? 387 Eleven The Empire Trap in the Twenty-first Century 433 Notes 453 Index 537
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Princeton University Press The End of the West The Once and Future Europe 18
Book SynopsisHas Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. In this book, the author, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance.Trade ReviewOne of Financial Times's Best Books of Politics for 2011 "One of the many virtues of David Marquand's The End of the West, a book that carefully documents the gap between the EU's ambitions and its achievements, is that it explains exactly why EU politics are so tedious... [I]t provides a crisp and relevant analysis of the difficult choices that Europe faces."--Henry Farrell, The Nation "A sweeping new assessment of the continent's drift."--The Guardian "[Marquand] the grand old pro-European is on to something when he pokes an inquiring finger into the question of what modern Europe wants to be... [T]his highly readable book offers a compelling description of Europe's modern malaise."--Anne McElvoy, New Statesman "One of the many virtues of David Marquand's The End of the West, a book that carefully documents the gap between the EU's ambitions and its achievements, is that it explains exactly why EU politics are so tedious... [A] crisp and relevant analysis of the difficult choices that Europe faces."--Henry Farrell, The Nation "The End of the West is a bracing and timely work, no doubt about it."--European Voice "A committed pro-European's brilliant, timely analysis of what is wrong with the European Union."--Vernon Bogdanor, Times Higher Education Supplement The End of the West is a wake-up call. It raises many questions and calls for drastic changes in the EU government... Marquand gives us a concise and brilliant analysis of the failures and weaknesses of the EU. Readable and compact, this book helps us understand the reasons behind the present problems affecting the EU."--Arab News "This is a text with compelling questions, not one with definite solutions. What makes it fascinating is the forthright and dispassionate examinations of crucial problems. As Europe faces, in the months and years ahead, the formidable tribulations generated by the global downturn, it is the wider issues delineated in Marquand's The End of the West that should be probed, examined and argued with."--Donald Sassoon, Political Quarterly "This brief but trenchant contribution to the vast literature on the European Union stands out through the author's imaginative way of setting the EU's current dilemmas and tribulations firmly in the context of Europe's cultural and historical heritage as a whole. He offers specific solutions only to some of today's huge problems, but in general he indicates most constructively the lines on which solutions should be sought."--Roger Morgan, Times Higher Education "In this well-written book, Marquand poses several challenges to the leaders of the EU. Realizing that a much weaker European power faces rising major powers in the East, mainly China and India, Marquand encourages European peoples and politicians to critically analyze and come to terms with the major issues that confront them, including Islamophobia, immigration, the resurrection of the old ethnicities, and, above all, their ethnocentrism."--Choice "Marquand draws on [his] experiences and offers a strong vision of Europe and its problems."--Floris Meens, European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition ix Foreword by Ruth O'Brien xvii Acknowledgments xxi Chapter I - Prologue 1 Chapter II - Weighing like a Nightmare 27 Chapter III - Hate--and Hope 67 Chapter IV - The Revenge of Politics 102 Chapter V - Which Boundaries? Whose History? 141 Notes 179 Index 189
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Princeton University Press Line in the Sand A History of the Western
Book SynopsisLine in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary changed from a mere line on a map tTrade ReviewFinalist for the 2012 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, Contemporary (1900-Present), Western Writers of America "[R]emarkably well-told tale of the origins of the U.S.-Mexico border line and the social, economic, and political developments it has generated over more than a century and a half... She clearly aims to tell the story of the border from both sides of the line and to emphasize the manner in which both the United States and Mexico have used it to foster transnational communities of interest as much as to divide them."--San Antonio Express-News "[I]nteresting and easy to read."--Choice "St. John's book is valuable for providing the history behind the explosive topics of border control and immigration reform in contemporary U.S. politics. Beyond that, however, history buffs will be satisfied with the Western characters that inhabit this tale in the days when the line remained blurry."--Stephen Mauro, Wild West "[H]er work is a marvelous achievement. Just as no river runs through the western border, relatively little transnational scholarship has brought life to it compared to the Texas-Mexico region. This work will change that situation."--Richard Ribb, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "In all, St. John's book offers a general and nicely articulated history of this area, incorporating a bi-national perspective which is not tainted by narratives of U.S. exceptionalism. For these reasons this book offers a valuable contribution to the extant scholarship on the border."--Ignacio Martinez, 49th Parallel "St. John's book is replete with plenty of primary sources and archival material, too, unearthing many archival sources untouched by other historians. These primary materials add to the rich interweaving of ideas and conclusions that she draws, and pepper the prose with new anecdotes not seen in other related works... [A] quality book--one that I will use in my borderlands classes and seminars for many years, and one that all borderlands scholars and students will need to have. They will enjoy it immensely!"--Sterling Evans, H-Net Reviews "This book is a welcome addition to the increasing body of U.S.-Mexico border scholarship that has appeared in the twenty-first century. Rachel St. John provides a well-written narrative based on exhaustive research from a variety of sources on both sides of the border."--F. Arturo Rosales, New Mexico Historical Review "Rachel St. John's Line in the Sand is the best book yet on the early development of the U.S.-Mexico border. It should be read widely by policy makers who continue to claim that border debates arose only during the very recent past, and by students of borderlands history at all levels. Particularly impressive is how St. John brings together the concerns and approaches of several subfields of U.S. and Mexican history, including histories of the U.S-Mexico border, the American West, and Mexico's northern frontier."--Geraldo L. Cadava, American Studies Journal "Rachel St. John has written an intelligent and highly readable transnational history of the western half of the United States-Mexico border... St. John's research is thorough and impressive... She has used English- and Spanish-language source materials and conducted research in both Mexican and American archival collections. Her sure grasp of the histories of both nations allows her to explore confidently the important economic, cultural, and political developments occurring on both sides of the border."--Patrick Ettinger, The Americas "The general trajectory of St. John's narrative has become somewhat familiar to borderlands scholars, but Line in the Sand deepens our understanding by focusing on the borderline itself and by extending the discussion of border enforcement into Mexico. The author shows that by the 1930s, a significant territorial boundary not only regulated border crossings but also enforced cultural and racial barriers to national belonging. With elegant prose and incisive analysis, she convincingly argues that anyone who hoped to cross had to reckon with its increasingly salient restrictions."--Eric V. Meeks, Journal of American Ethnic History "St. John's intervention in the public discourse over the border and immigration encourages us to take a wider view of the border to see it as a symptom of larger economic and political processes rather than the cause."--Raul A. Ramos, Diplomatic HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter One: A New Map for North America: Defining the Border 12 Chapter Two: Holding the Line: Fighting Land Pirates and Apaches on the Border 39 Chapter Three: Landscape of Profits: Cultivating Capitalism across the Border 63 Chapter Four: The Space Between: Policing the Border 90 Chapter Five: Breaking Ties, Building Fences: Making War on the Border 119 Chapter Six: Like Night and Day: Regulating Morality with the Border 148 Chapter Seven: Insiders/Outsiders: Managing Immigration at the Border 174 Conclusion 198 Notes 209 Bibliography 249 Index 273
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Princeton University Press The Terrorists Dilemma
Book SynopsisHow do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? This title examines the great variation in how terrorist groups are structured.Trade ReviewJacob N. Shapiro, Winner of the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award, International Studies Association Winner, 2013 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies "In a unique study, Shapiro explores the management of such groups with considerable rigor, beginning with the nineteenth-century Russian progenitors of contemporary terrorist groups and ending with al Qaeda."--Foreign Affairs "Shapiro's book offers theoretical insight into the working of covert organizations that removes many cobwebs that cloud our understanding of the phenomenon."--Gayatri Chandrasekaran, Mint "Shapiro's topical historical overview, biographical profiles and case studies make for interesting reading... Shapiro's advice is penetrating."--Survival "Ultimately, the terrorist's dilemma that Shapiro is exploring is the divergence between the need for control and order and the equal need for opacity and security within a terrorist organisation. It is unlikely that any such organisation will ever be able to completely resolve this predicament, as by their very nature political movements seek to create parallel governance structures and therefore exactly the sort of managerial bureaucracy that Shapiro sees as their Achilles' heel. By laying out in such detail how this weakness can be exploited, Shapiro is undertaking a task that will likely stand the test of time."--Raffaello Pantucci, RUSI Journal "[T]he book is well worth the read for the persuasive case that Shapiro makes that policy makers, law-enforcement agents, academics, and the general public would benefit from a greater understanding of terrorist groups as organizations."--Anita M. McGahan, Administrative Science Quarterly "The Terrorist's Dilemma is one of the most important contributions made to terrorism studies in the past decade."--Barak Mendelsohn, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Challenge of Organizing Terror 3 1.2 The Terrorist's Dilemma 4 1.3 Why Understanding Hierarchy and Control Matters 10 1.4 What About 9/11? 13 1.5 Are Terrorist Organizations Really So Familiar? 15 1.6 Can We Treat Terrorist Organizations as Rational? 18 1.7 Plan of the Book 22 2 The Terrorist's Dilemma 26 2.1 Introduction 26 2.2 Why Preference Divergence? 34 2.3 How Groups Respond to Preference Divergence 49 2.4 The Difficult Challenge of Balancing Security with Efficiency and Control 56 2.5 Conclusion 61 3 The Insider's View on Terrorist Organizations 63 3.1 Organizing Terror 63 3.2 Data 65 3.3 Quantitative Analysis 68 3.4 Content Analysis: Some Good Stories 70 3.5 Conclusion 81 4 Organizing Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Operations and Finances 82 4.1 Introduction 82 4.2 A Brief History of al-Qa'ida in Iraq 85 4.3 Managing AQI 89 4.4 Conclusion 98 5 The Tradeoffs 101 5.1 Introduction 101 5.2 Managing Terrorist Funds: The Security-Efficiency Tradeoff 103 5.3 Managing Terrorist Violence: The Security-Control Tradeoff 114 5.4 Discussion 127 6 Uncertainty and Control in Russia 131 6.1 Introduction 131 6.2 A Brief History of Pre-Revolutionary RussianTerrorism 132 6.3 A History of Pre-Revolutionary Terrorism 137 6.4 Uncertainty and Patterns of Control 151 6.5 Other Aspects of Russian Terrorism 160 6.6 Conclusion 167 7 Discrimination and Control in Ireland 169 7.1 Introduction 169 7.2 Discrimination and Patterns of Violence 171 7.3 Measuring Control 175 7.4 The Provisional IRA 176 7.5 The Loyalist Paramilitaries 191 7.6 Conclusion 202 8 Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine 205 8.1 Introduction 205 8.2 Fatah: The Challenges of Integration 209 8.3 Hamas 226 8.4 Control in Fatah and Hamas 239 8.5 Conclusion 247 9 Conclusion and Recommendations 249 9.1 Summary of the Argument 249 9.2 Exploiting Organizational Vulnerabilities 254 9.3 Conclusion 270 Appendix A Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies 272 A.1 Introduction 272 A.2 Terrorist Autobiographies 273 Appendix B Methodological Appendix 303 B.1 Case Selection 303 B.2 Sources 305 Bibliography 307 Index 323
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Princeton University Press On Compromise and Rotten Compromises
Book SynopsisWhen is political compromise acceptable--and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Compromise is a great political virtue, especially for the sake of peace. But, as Avishai Margalit argues, there are moral limits to acceptable compromise even for peaceTrade ReviewAvishai Margalit, Winner of the 2012 Ernst-Bloch-Prize Winner of the 2012 Philosophical Book Award, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research "In a provocative book, Margalit--a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton--claims that 'rotten compromises are not allowed, even for the sake of peace.' Focussing on the political rather than on the personal, he defines a rotten compromise as 'an agreement to establish or maintain an inhuman regime.' Such compromises can be rotten as a result of the terms themselves--such as the provisions in the United States Constitution that allowed for slavery--or as a result of the wickedness of those who determine the terms, as in the case of Hitler and the Munich agreement. 'We should, I believe, be judged by our compromises more than by our ideals and our norms,' Margalit writes. 'Ideals may tell us something important about what we would like to be. But compromises tell us who we are.'"--The New Yorker "Books in Brief" "The work of Avishai Margalit provides a refreshing and instructive contrast to much that has become conventionally accepted in recent political thinking, particularly about the moral conflicts that arise in pursuit of peace."--John Gray, New York Review of Books "Margalit's book is an inquiry into the limits of justifiable compromises, not in ordinary democratic bargaining but at times when agreements call on us to accept inhuman regimes for the sake of peace... Provide[s] grist for thinking through the difficulties of compromise in [foreign policy], from tragic choices at desperate moments of history to the routine nastiness in American public life today."--Paul Starr, The New Republic "Yet there's a strain in Margalit's observations that packs a realist punch. Recognizing that we are 'forced by circumstances to settle for much less than we aspire to' on issues of justice, we ought to be 'judged by our compromises more than by our ideals and norms. Ideals may tell us something important about what we would like to be. But compromises tell us who we are.' In taking that line, Margalit shines light on a truth about real-world justice that few theorists acknowledge: It's impossible to correct all the injustices done in this world since time immemorial, let alone all injustices that might be open to correction. We lack not just means of implementation--we lack data on the uncountable injustices that have ever taken place."--Carlin Romano, Chronicle Review "Through historical examples and analytic precision, Margalit succeeds in revealing a moral basis and its implications for the often overlooked but crucially important political and individual activity of compromise. Margalit's exploration into the conception of compromise features lucid distinctions and engaging language, creating a book that is capable of speaking to nonacademics and academics alike... [T]his book is valuable for anyone seeking an insightful account of the interrelationship between the political and moral and serves as a starting point for further philosophical study regarding compromise."--Choice "Margalit's work provides a useful tool for those who may walk into environments of potential compromise in the future, to assist them to make the best possible decisions with the information available to them at the time."--Amanda Stoker, Book Review Queensland Library "The best political theory (and this includes Hegel) brings together these two goals--the retrospective and the prospective. Avishai Margalit's On Compromise and Rotten Compromises is in this respect exemplary. Margalit wants to clarify issues in political morality that have tremendous urgency today, and he seeks to do so partly by reflecting on events in our past. His book is an uncommon example of philosophical argument informed by acute historical awareness."--David McCabe, Commonweal "Margalit concludes that we should be judged not according to the norms and values that we affirm, but based upon the compromises we accept. It is a proposition that informs the extremely eloquent and thought-provoking argument he presents in this very welcome analysis of an important topic."--Shaun P. Young, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Compromise? 1 Chapter 1: Two Pictures of Political Compromise 19 Chapter 2: Varieties of Compromise 39 Chapter 3: Compromising for Peace 69 Chapter 4: Compromise and Political Necessity 89 Chapter 5: The Morality of Rotten Compromises 121 Chapter 6: Sectarianism and Compromise 147 Conclusion: Between Evil and Radical Evil 175 Notes 199 Index 211
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Princeton University Press Knowing the Adversary
Book SynopsisStates are more likely to engage in risky and destabilizing actions such as military buildups and preemptive strikes if they believe their adversaries pose a tangible threat. This book draws on a wealth of historical archival evidence to shed new light on how world leaders and intelligence organizations actually make these assessments.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 DPLST Book Prize, Diplomatic Studies Section of the International Studies Association Winner, 2014 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies "[Knowing the Adversary] enriches the debate over the best way for policymakers and analysts to filter the vast pools of information they gather about rivals."--Foreign Affairs "[A] solid scholarly book...The major contribution of the book is the systematic focus on a notoriously amorphous subject--how world leaders and intelligence organizations draw inferences about their adversaries' long-term intentions."--Choice "Knowing the Adversary is a great success: it is thoroughly researched, well written, convincing in its conclusions, and rich in policy implications of the highest security importance."--Mark L. Haas, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Theories of Intentions and the Problem of Attention 14 Chapter 2 I ndicators of Nazi Germany's Intentions and the Coming of World War II, 1934-39 44 Chapter 3 British Decision Makers' Perceptions of Nazi Germany's Intentions 58 Chapter 4 The British Intelligence Community's Assessments of Nazi Germany's Intentions 102 Chapter 5 The Carter Era and the Collapse of Detente, 1977-80 114 Chapter 6 US Decision Makers' Perceptions of Soviet Intentions: The Collapse of Detente 126 Chapter 7 The US Intelligence Community's Assessments of Soviet Intentions: The Collapse of Detente 158 Chapter 8 I ndicators of Soviet Intentions and the End of the Cold War, 1985-88 178 Chapter 9 US Decision Makers' Perceptions of Soviet Intentions: The End of the Cold War 192 Chapter 10 The US Intelligence Community's Assessments of Soviet Intentions: The End of the Cold War 224 Chapter 11 S ummary and Implications 241 Appendix: Summary of Hypotheses 255 Notes 259 Index 345
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Princeton University Press The Weimar Century
Book SynopsisThe Weimar Century reveals the origins of two dramatic events: Germany's post-World War II transformation from a racist dictatorship to a liberal democracy, and the ideological genesis of the Cold War. Blending intellectual, political, and international histories, Udi Greenberg shows that the foundations of Germany's reconstruction lay in the countTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 European Studies Book Award, Council for European Studies "The Weimar Century is a stimulating, original, and timely meditation on politics and ideas."--Michael Kimmage, New Republic "[A] fantastic new study."--Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Dissent "A fascinating and readable study of five thinkers who are mainly forgotten but were influential in the early Cold War era and postwar Germany."--Jorg Meindl, Yearbook of German American Studies "A most ambitious and important work that spans several fields and offers new interpretations of the post-World War II democratization of West Germany, the consolidation of the Atlantic alliance, and the character of US Cold War thought and policy."--Mary Nolan, Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 The "Miracle" of Germany's Reconstruction 5 The Foundations of Postwar Thought: The Weimar Republic and Its Discontents 11 Emigres and the American Cold War: Knowledge and Power 17 Chapter I: The Search for "Responsible Elites": Carl J. Friedrich and the Reform of Higher Education 25 Protestant Legitimacy and Elite Education in Heidelberg 28 The Heidelberg Mission in the United States: The Creation of a New American Academia 45 Cold War Universities: "Responsible Elites" in Cold War United States and Germany 56 Chapter II: Socialist Reform, the Rule of Law, and Labor Outreach: Ernst Fraenkel and the Concept of "Collective Democracy" 76 Democracy, Labor, and Law in Frankfurt and Berlin 79 Social Democracy and U.S. Power: Fraenkel in the United States and Korea 89 The German Left and the Cold War 107 Chapter III: Conservative Catholicism and American Philanthropy: Waldemar Gurian, "Personalist" Democracy, and Anti-communism 120 Catholicism, "Personalism," and Democracy in the Rhineland: The Origins of Gurian's Thought 122 The Path to the "Theory of Totalitarianism": The Personalist Campaign against Nazism in Exile 134 Personalism and American Philanthropy: Transatlantic Democracy and Anti-communism 144 Chapter IV: Individual Liberties and "Militant Democracy": Karl Loewenstein and Aggressive Liberalism 169 The Internal Struggle of Liberal Democracy 172 "Militant Democracy" and U.S. Diplomacy in Latin America 181 "Militant Democracy" in the Cold War: Liberalism and Anti-communism in West Germany 198 Chapter V: From the League of Nations to Vietnam: Hans J. Morgenthau and Realist Reform of International Relations 211 International Politics, Law, and War 213 Morgenthau and the Cold War Establishment 225 Power and Morality: Opposition to the Intervention in Vietnam 237 Conclusion 256 List of Abbreviations 263 List of Archives 265 Index 267
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Princeton University Press Young Islam
Book SynopsisToday, two-thirds of all Arab Muslims are under the age of thirty. Young Islam takes readers inside the evolving competition for their support--a competition not simply between Islamism and the secular world, but between different and often conflicting visions of Islam itself. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research among rank-and-file activistTrade ReviewWinner of a Washington Post Abu Aardvark 2015 Middle East Book Award Co-Winner of the 2016 Book Award, Religion and International Relations Section, International Studies Association "This book offers a fascinating look at the competition between different Islamist groups in Morocco. Spiegel presents a rich political narrative, but also a nicely textured look at the lived experience of Islamist political participation by young Moroccans."--Marc Lynch, WashingtonPost.com's Monkey Cage blog "Spiegel is that rare creature, an academic who presents serious fieldwork in a totally accessible form. This book is therefore not only a valuable contribution to understanding Moroccan youth today but has relevance to the entire Islamic world."--Jonathan Fryer, Interlib "[E]legantly written... Instead of simplistic dichotomies between secularism and its Islamist critics, readers discover a range of perspectives. The author is conversant with sophisticated scholarly debates, but the book is nonetheless engaging and readable."--Choice "Spiegel breaks new ground in the study of Islamic political parties by moving beyond the framework of opposition-state dynamics that focus on either repression or inclusion/exclusion dynamics of Islamic political participation. Instead, he focuses upon the interrelationship, competition, and coevolution of Islamic parties and movements with one another and the ramifications these processes hold for Islamic activism and the future of political Islam... A unique contribution to the field and to the study of Islamic political movements within an ever increasingly complex environment."--Payam Mohseni, Journal of Church and State "An impressive ethnographic account which breaks successfully with simplified binary perceptions of Islamism. For all scholars interested in Islamist organizations and Arab demography, the author delivers a well-informed micro-analysis of contemporary Islamism in North Africa and opens a usually locked door into the real life of young Islamists."--Tanja Eschenauer, DemocratizationTable of ContentsA Note on Language vii A Note on Anonymity ix Introduction ISLAMIST PLURALISM 1 Part I RELATIONSHIPS 1 SHUTTLE ETHNOGRAPHY 21 2 COEVOLUTION 33 Part II IDENTITIES 3 RANK AND FILE 61 4 WHAT YOUTH WANT 87 Part III SHADOWS 5 UNHEARD VOICES OF DISSENT 115 6 REGULATING ISLAM 129 Part IV INDIVIDUALS 7 EVERY RECRUITER IS A REINTERPRETER 151 8 SUITS AND DJELLABAS 165 9 STRATEGIZING THE SACRED 177 Conclusion THE NEXT ISLAMIST GENERATION 193 Acknowledgments 199 Notes 201 Index 243
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Princeton University Press Changes of State Nature and the Limits of the
Book SynopsisDeals with the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. This book takes an approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them.Trade Review"Annabel S. Brett has amassed a great deal of information and delivers it and, as importantly, original insights of great value, with elegance, impressively, memorably... Highly recommended. What the Renaissance coped with in terms of balance between tradition and modernity, between mankind and nature, between freedom and order ... and a new relationship between God and His creation, proves a worthy topic for an exceptionally talented scholar and a good read for the rest of us."--Bibliothe'que d'Humanisme et Renaissance "The book's achievements are at several levels: as an impressively detailed intellectual history of some of the wide-ranging controversies preoccupying natural law theorists in sixteenth- to mid-seventeenth-century Europe; as a cogent analysis of what is at stake in Grotius's and above all Hobbes's significant developments of natural law theory; and as an innovative approach to the study of political thought."--Simon Kow, Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of ContentsA Note on the Text ix Acknowledgements xi INTRODUCTION: On the threshold of the state 1 CHAPTER ONE: Travelling the borderline 11 CHAPTER TWO: Constructing human agency 37 CHAPTER THREE: Natural law 62 CHAPTER FOUR: Natural liberty 90 CHAPTER FIVE: Kingdoms founded 115 CHAPTER SIX: The lives of subjects 142 CHAPTER SEVEN: Locality 169 CHAPTER EIGHT: Re-placing the state 195 Bibliography of works cited 225 Index 237
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Princeton University Press Sailing the Waters Edge
Book SynopsisWhen engaging with other countries, the U.S. government has a number of different policy instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military force. But what determines which policies are chosen? Does the United States rely too much on the use of military power and coercion in its foreign policies? SailinTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association "Milner and Tingley provide a thorough examination of how presidential power in foreign policy is contingent on relations with domestic actors (Congress, interest groups, and the public). Their book is a welcome addition to the literature as the dominant assumption is that presidents are impervious to domestic pressure."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Tables viii List of Figures ix Preface xi 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Motivation and Focus1 Core Contributions 6 What Is Foreign Policy? 7 Presidential Power in Foreign Policy 10 Overview of Our Theory 18 Implications for US Foreign Policy 21 Organization of the Book 27 Conclusion 30 2 A THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND US FOREIGN POLICY 33 Foreign Policy Instruments 35 Distributive Politics and US Foreign Policy 39 Political Ideology and the Extent of Ideological Divisions over US Foreign Policy 56 Connecting to Policy Substitution 67 Hypotheses: Presidential Influence and the Characteristics of Policy Instruments 69 Alternative Explanations 71 Conclusion 74 3 FOLLOW THE SAND DOLLARS: Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy Instruments 77 What Are Interest Groups and What Do They Do? 82 Testimony and Lobbying Data about Interest Groups across Foreign Policy Instruments 83 Interest Groups and International Engagement 85 Who Gets Lobbied? 104 Conclusion 119 4 FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SHORE: Budget Politics and Roll Call Voting on US Foreign Policy 121 When Do Presidents Get the Budgets They Request? 123 The Voting-Legislating Connection 129 Conclusion 153 5 CONTROLLING THE SAND CASTLE: The Design and Control of US Foreign Policy Agencies 157 Institutional Design 159 Analyzing Bureaucratic Control 162 Case Studies 168 Implications for Substitution 180 Conclusion 182 6 THE VIEW FROM THE PUBLIC BEACH: Presidential Power and Substitution in American Public Opinion 185 Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 186 Chapter Outline 188 The Role of the President: Information and Impact 189 Ideological Divisions and Substitution across Foreign Policy Instruments 196 Conclusion 206 7 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1993-2009: A Case Study of Policy Instrument Politics and Substitution 209 Sub-Saharan Africa Policy (1993-2001): The Clinton Years 212 Sub-Saharan Africa Policy during the George W Bush Administration (2001-2009) 234 Conclusion 252 8 CONCLUSIONS 255 Our Argument and Findings 255 Important Implications for IR Theory 263 Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, Polarization, and Bipartisanship 266 How Does Our Argument Apply to Other Countries? 267 Limitations and Future Research 269 Implications for American Foreign Policy 272 Works Cited 285 Index 319
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Princeton University Press The Global Commonwealth of Citizens Toward
Book SynopsisThe Global Commonwealth of Citizens critically examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of globalization. Arising after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the decisive affirmation of Western-style democracy, cosmopolitan democracy envisions a world politics in which democratic participatiTrade Review"Archibugi has been a leading proponent of new forms of cosmopolitan political community in which citizens have opportunities to participate directly in making global choices. In this book, he provides a grand summation of a decade of thinking about cosmopolitan democracy... Archibugi's claim that democracy must be reinvented for a global era leads to extended discussions of the ways in which transnational democracy might operate. It is easy for such discussions to become abstract statements of political dreams, but Archibugi, to his credit, rolls up his sleeves and grapples with the specific ways in which citizen groups can get directly involved."--Foreign Affairs "In applying cosmopolitan logic to concrete issues such as humanitarian intervention, institutional reform at the UN, and democratic transitions, Archibugi has provided an indispensable contribution."--Choice "This work is a much awaited book length exposition of the project of global democracy from one of its leading proponents and represents the culmination of two decades of reflection on this topic. This shows in the richness, thoughtfulness and depth of the arguments the author puts forward in his contribution to a debate that is fundamental for contemporary politics."--Tiziana Torresi, Global Justice Network "Archibugi offers a morally appealing vision of cosmopolitan democracy, and thus anyone who has yet to give up on modernity's humanitarian impulses should read this book."--William E. Scheuerman, Perspectives on Politics "Archibugi outlines his cosmopolitan project in a simple and readable style. Anyone interested in problems of global governance will find the book stimulating and instructive."--Faruk Yalvac, Spectrum "His erudition and command of the salient literature are evident throughout this work, and he moves with ease through a range of debates about suprastate accountability, while engaging convincingly with numerous possible critiques of cosmopolitan democracy... The Global Commonwealth of Citizens provides not only an exhaustive treatment of the benefits and drawbacks of cosmopolitan democracy but the most detailed statement to date of how some form of cosmopolitandemocracy could be realized."--Luis Cabrera, Ethics & International Affairs "This engaging book ... deserves to be read by all who are interested in international institutions and democracy."--Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research "Archibugi's book ... should be applauded and paid attention to."--Jack Crittenden, Journal of Politics "[I]nnovative, thorough and brilliant book."--Stefan Hojelid, European Legacy "The torch has passed from Kant to Archibugi, and if political theorists had a team of optimists, Archibugi would be one of the captains. But I do not think that that optimism, utopian or otherwise, is anything that needs to be excused or explained away. It should be applauded and paid attention to, as should Archibugi's book."--Jack Crittenden, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsTables and Figures ix Acronyms and Abbreviations xi Preface and Ac know ledg ments xiii Chapter 1: Introduction: A Queen for the World? 1 PART ONE: THE THEORY OF COSMOPOLITAN DEMOCRACY 15 Chapter 2: The Conception of Democracy 17 Chapter 3: Democracy and the Global System 53 Chapter 4: The Architecture of Cosmopolitan Democracy 85 Chapter 5: Critical Debate on Cosmopolitan Democracy 123 PART TWO: THE PRACTICE OF COSMOPOLITAN DEMOCRACY 151 Chapter 6: The Central Importance of the United Nations 153 Chapter 7: Cosmopolitanism and Humanitarian Intervention 184 Chapter 8: Can Democracy Be Exported? 206 Chapter 9: A Cosmopolitan Perspective on the Self-Determination of Peoples 226 Chapter 10: Is a Multi lingual Democracy Possible? 249 Chapter 11: Conclusions: The Prospects for Cosmopolitan Democracy 274 Index 289
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Princeton University Press Empires of Vice
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award, Qualitative Methods Section of the American Political Science Association""Honorable Mention, Charles Taylor Book Award, American Political Science Association""Honorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association""Kim’s argument adds a valuable dimension and a perspective from the colonies most affected in a period which has been less written about by historians. . . . [Kim] adds to our understanding of howfundamental changes in response to the consumption of opiates came about."---Virginia Berridge, Addiction"Empires of Vice is well researched, with sources ranging from government records and meeting minutes to personal papers from state and private archives. It is written in an accessible style and will be of value to scholars of Southeast Asia, drugs history, and colonialism."---Eric Colvard, Journal of British Studies"Empires of Vice is an important book that underscores the critical role of low-level bureaucrats in transforming the state. . . . [Diana Kim's] work is deeply rooted in the central contributions and concerns of a broad set of literatures,but also, by shifting the object of empirical analysis to a different region, a later time period than predominant literature, and by looking closely at the anxieties of overlooked actors, Empires of Vice grows its own wings."---Katrina Quisumbing King, American Journal of Sociology"An original account of the shift towards opium prohibition that occurred across colonial South East Asia . . . . Kim’s work will be of interest to scholars of drug history, the history and politics of South East Asia and those interested in the development of the colonial state."---Ashley Wright, South East Asia Research"Deeply researched and closely argued. . . . Empires of Vice makes important contributions to the historiography of opium regulation, the comparative history of empire, and the development of state making and governance in Southeast Asia."---Andrew J. Rotter, American Historical Review"[Empires of Vice] present[s] an engaging study that disproves the notion of monolithic colonial regimes and adds welcome nuances to our understanding of narcotics control in Southeast Asia.—Joyce A. Madancy, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"
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Princeton University Press The Mexican Heartland
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this formidable work of scholarship, Georgetown University historian John Tutino recounts Mexico’s long journey to modernity from the standpoint of small communities surrounding Mexico City. This ambitious exercise spans five centuries to analyze how these communities ‘built, sustained, subsidized, resisted and changed capitalism’ in its various phases from silver-based imperial capitalism under Spanish rule to the shift from national capitalism to liberal globalism in the late 20th century."---José Ángel Gurria, Finance & Development"This longue-durée Braudelian study of Mexico draws from compelling and fascinating regional and local studies. . . . Based on the author’s own original research as well as on broad scholarship from history, anthropology, sociology and political science in both English and Spanish that brings academic perspectives into dialogue beyond the conventional boundaries of disciplines and academic traditions."---Moramay López-Alonso, EH.net"Combining economic and social history, Tutino explores the 500 year trajectory that saw central Mexico's transition from a major player in the world market even as the region remained largely autonomous from it to an economic afterthought buffeted by the hollowing out of the region by the neoliberal turn."---Andrae Marak, World History Connected"What Tutino has done is remarkable, working up and down the scales of analysis from villages to the world market, from gender relations of households to imperial policy."---Jeremy Adelman, American Historical Review"Tutino demonstrates the continued value and validity of an interpretation based on historical materialism. The book is an important contribution to the study of Mexico, globalization, and capitalism."---Robert W. Patch, Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe
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Princeton University Press Sailing the Waters Edge The Domestic Politics of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association "Milner and Tingley provide a thorough examination of how presidential power in foreign policy is contingent on relations with domestic actors (Congress, interest groups, and the public). Their book is a welcome addition to the literature as the dominant assumption is that presidents are impervious to domestic pressure."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Tables viii List of Figures ix Preface xi 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Motivation and Focus1 Core Contributions 6 What Is Foreign Policy? 7 Presidential Power in Foreign Policy 10 Overview of Our Theory 18 Implications for US Foreign Policy 21 Organization of the Book 27 Conclusion 30 2 A THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND US FOREIGN POLICY 33 Foreign Policy Instruments 35 Distributive Politics and US Foreign Policy 39 Political Ideology and the Extent of Ideological Divisions over US Foreign Policy 56 Connecting to Policy Substitution 67 Hypotheses: Presidential Influence and the Characteristics of Policy Instruments 69 Alternative Explanations 71 Conclusion 74 3 FOLLOW THE SAND DOLLARS: Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy Instruments 77 What Are Interest Groups and What Do They Do? 82 Testimony and Lobbying Data about Interest Groups across Foreign Policy Instruments 83 Interest Groups and International Engagement 85 Who Gets Lobbied? 104 Conclusion 119 4 FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SHORE: Budget Politics and Roll Call Voting on US Foreign Policy 121 When Do Presidents Get the Budgets They Request? 123 The Voting-Legislating Connection 129 Conclusion 153 5 CONTROLLING THE SAND CASTLE: The Design and Control of US Foreign Policy Agencies 157 Institutional Design 159 Analyzing Bureaucratic Control 162 Case Studies 168 Implications for Substitution 180 Conclusion 182 6 THE VIEW FROM THE PUBLIC BEACH: Presidential Power and Substitution in American Public Opinion 185 Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 186 Chapter Outline 188 The Role of the President: Information and Impact 189 Ideological Divisions and Substitution across Foreign Policy Instruments 196 Conclusion 206 7 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1993-2009: A Case Study of Policy Instrument Politics and Substitution 209 Sub-Saharan Africa Policy (1993-2001): The Clinton Years 212 Sub-Saharan Africa Policy during the George W Bush Administration (2001-2009) 234 Conclusion 252 8 CONCLUSIONS 255 Our Argument and Findings 255 Important Implications for IR Theory 263 Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, Polarization, and Bipartisanship 266 How Does Our Argument Apply to Other Countries? 267 Limitations and Future Research 269 Implications for American Foreign Policy 272 Works Cited 285 Index 319
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Princeton University Press How Statesmen Think
Book SynopsisRobert Jervis has been a pioneering leader in the study of the psychology of international politics for more than four decades. How Statesmen Think presents his most important ideas on the subject from across his career. This collection of revised and updated essays applies, elaborates, and modifies his pathbreaking work. The result is an indispensTrade Review"These essays make an invaluable contribution to understanding 'how statesmen think.' The book is strongly recommended for students and researchers in international relations." * Choice *"Robert Jervis is one of those rare scholars of International Relations whose work is path-breaking and enduring in multiple research areas, ranging from nuclear deterrence to political psychology, from intelligence to complexity theory. . . . That this volume brings together twelve of Jervis's previously published essays on political psychology and international relations is a boon to scholars and practitioners alike."---Balkan Devlen, International AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I Political Psychology 13 1 Understanding Beliefs 15 2 The Drunkard's Search 40 II Heuristics and Biases 61 3 Representativeness, Foreign Policy Judgments, and Theory-Driven Perceptions 63 4 Prospect Theory: The Political Implications of Loss Aversion 85 III Political Psychology And International Relations Theory 105 5 Signaling and Perception: Projecting Images and Drawing Inferences 107 6 Political Psychology Research and Theory: Bridges and Barriers 125 7 Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash 148 8 Identity and the Cold War 169 IV Psychology And National Security 189 9 Deterrence and Perception 191 10 Psychology and Crisis Stability 216 11 Domino Beliefs 234 12 Perception, Misperception, and the End of the Cold War 261 Index 281
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Princeton University Press Young Islam
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of a Washington Post Abu Aardvark 2015 Middle East Book Award Co-Winner of the 2016 Book Award, Religion and International Relations Section, International Studies Association "This book offers a fascinating look at the competition between different Islamist groups in Morocco. Spiegel presents a rich political narrative, but also a nicely textured look at the lived experience of Islamist political participation by young Moroccans."--Marc Lynch, WashingtonPost.com's Monkey Cage blog "Spiegel is that rare creature, an academic who presents serious fieldwork in a totally accessible form. This book is therefore not only a valuable contribution to understanding Moroccan youth today but has relevance to the entire Islamic world."--Jonathan Fryer, Interlib "[E]legantly written... Instead of simplistic dichotomies between secularism and its Islamist critics, readers discover a range of perspectives. The author is conversant with sophisticated scholarly debates, but the book is nonetheless engaging and readable."--Choice "Spiegel breaks new ground in the study of Islamic political parties by moving beyond the framework of opposition-state dynamics that focus on either repression or inclusion/exclusion dynamics of Islamic political participation. Instead, he focuses upon the interrelationship, competition, and coevolution of Islamic parties and movements with one another and the ramifications these processes hold for Islamic activism and the future of political Islam... A unique contribution to the field and to the study of Islamic political movements within an ever increasingly complex environment."--Payam Mohseni, Journal of Church and State "An impressive ethnographic account which breaks successfully with simplified binary perceptions of Islamism. For all scholars interested in Islamist organizations and Arab demography, the author delivers a well-informed micro-analysis of contemporary Islamism in North Africa and opens a usually locked door into the real life of young Islamists."--Tanja Eschenauer, DemocratizationTable of ContentsA Note on Language vii A Note on Anonymity ix Introduction ISLAMIST PLURALISM 1 Part I RELATIONSHIPS 1 SHUTTLE ETHNOGRAPHY 21 2 COEVOLUTION 33 Part II IDENTITIES 3 RANK AND FILE 61 4 WHAT YOUTH WANT 87 Part III SHADOWS 5 UNHEARD VOICES OF DISSENT 115 6 REGULATING ISLAM 129 Part IV INDIVIDUALS 7 EVERY RECRUITER IS A REINTERPRETER 151 8 SUITS AND DJELLABAS 165 9 STRATEGIZING THE SACRED 177 Conclusion THE NEXT ISLAMIST GENERATION 193 Acknowledgments 199 Notes 201 Index 243
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Princeton University Press Darkness by Design
Trade Review"There are few books on the structure and governance of equity markets, and even fewer that can be enjoyed by new and experienced readers . . . Mattli’s sets a high standard."---David Murphy, Open Letters Review"Mr Mattli’s book is a delightful chronicle of the changes in the way trading-related information has flowed"---Namit Gupta, Business Standard"What Mattli shows in his study of the New York Stock Exchange is that, prior to 1970, it is quite possible to believe that capitalists did behave with a degree of honour and regard for the public good in the way they conducted business."---Don Flynn, Chartist"Mattli’s book is both lucid and short, two priceless qualities in discussing market structure."---David Morris, Financial News
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Princeton University Press Resolve in International Politics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the 2017 Alexander L. George Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology""[A] marvelous book. . . . After perusing this erudite and tightly argued book . . . every reader will agree that resolve matters." * Choice *"Important and impressive. . . . Kertzer's theoretically innovative and methodologically sophisticated book greatly improves our understanding of the crucial but underexplored concept of resolve. It is likely to be very influential in the field of international security and should be on the reading list of all scholars who study conflict bargaining, as well as those who take a behavioral approach."---Roseanne W. McManus, Perspectives on Politics
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Princeton University Press Secret Wars
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Lepgold Prize, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University""Honorable Mention for the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association""[An] intriguing analysis."---Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs"[An] excellent new book. . . . Throughout, Carson’s archival research is impressive."---Sam Winter-Levy, Lawfare"This is a very interesting and thought-provoking analysis of covert conflict in international politics." * Paradigm Explorer *"[A]n outstanding book, one likely to produce a vibrant research program in the years to come."---Stacie Goddard, H-Diplo"Carson is to be congratulated for a scholarly study with broad appeal that presents a new perspective on international politics that overturns many commonly held assumptions. - Matthew Hughes, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "
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Princeton University Press Of Privacy and Power
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the ICOMM Best Book Award, International Communication Section of the International Studies Association""One of Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2019""A Daniel Drezner Best Political Economy Book of the Year""A Just Security Holiday Reading Book of the Year""Talk about having a year. Most political economy scholars would be happy to have one standout publication in a year. Farrell and Newman produced two distinct pieces of scholarship, both of which deal with the less anticipated ramifications of deepening economic interdependence. Of Privacy and Power explains how the United States was able to get the European Union to adopt some (but not all) of its post-9/11 security measures on issues ranging from airline passenger data to finance. Interdependence empowered newer, nontraditional actors, creating new cross-national bargains."---Daniel Drezner, Washington Post"An important contribution to political science, expanding on their concept of 'weaponized interdependence,' namely how the U.S. (and sometimes other political actors) uses access to international networks, such as SWIFT, to push other nations around."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"American debates about privacy and security tend to be framed in terms of purely domestic interests: This book details how those conflicts are critically shaped by international relations, and how the US and EU facets of that fight can’t be understood in isolation."---Julian Sanchez, Just Security
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Princeton University Press After Victory
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Jervis-Shroeder Best Book Award"
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Princeton University Press How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this superb book, Barany asks how many militaries in nearly 20 countries responded to popular uprisings from 1979 to 2011." * Choice *"Barany's short work is a welcome addition to the literature on revolutions for its clarity, accessibility, and range of case studies."---Alistair Shawcross, International Journal on World Peace"A pathbreaking book on the behavior of armed forces in times of popular revolutions."---Hicham Bou Nassif, Perspectives on Politics
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Princeton University Press Sharing Responsibility
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is well written, easy to read and . . . constitutes an important reminder that the responsibility to protect is a responsibility we have to come up with and we have to take it seriously if remembrance of historical experience, as cruel and as tragic as it often has been, is of any value to mankind."---Peter Hilpold, Europa Ethnica
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Princeton University Press Darkness by Design
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Princeton University Press Of Privacy and Power
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the ICOMM Best Book Award, International Communication Section of the International Studies Association""One of Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2019""A Daniel Drezner Best Political Economy Book of the Year""A Just Security Holiday Reading Book of the Year""Talk about having a year. Most political economy scholars would be happy to have one standout publication in a year. Farrell and Newman produced two distinct pieces of scholarship, both of which deal with the less anticipated ramifications of deepening economic interdependence. Of Privacy and Power explains how the United States was able to get the European Union to adopt some (but not all) of its post-9/11 security measures on issues ranging from airline passenger data to finance. Interdependence empowered newer, nontraditional actors, creating new cross-national bargains."---Daniel Drezner, Washington Post"An important contribution to political science, expanding on their concept of 'weaponized interdependence,' namely how the U.S. (and sometimes other political actors) uses access to international networks, such as SWIFT, to push other nations around."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"American debates about privacy and security tend to be framed in terms of purely domestic interests: This book details how those conflicts are critically shaped by international relations, and how the US and EU facets of that fight can’t be understood in isolation."---Julian Sanchez, Just Security
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Princeton University Press Nationalisms in International Politics
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Princeton University Press Vigilantes beyond Borders
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Princeton University Press Human Rights for Pragmatists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bronze Winner in Political and Social Sciences, ForeWord Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards""A Foreign Affairs Best of Books"
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Princeton University Press Vigilantes beyond Borders
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Princeton University Press The Geopolitics of Shaming
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Princeton University Press Imagining War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 1998 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center at Ohio State University "Kier's book is a welcome and important addition to the growing body of literature concerned with doctrine. The high quality of her work reflects not only a keen understanding of the of the doctrinal process but also a willingness to investigate the archival materials essential for such an understanding."--Robert A. Doughty, American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction31Structure, Function, and Military Doctrine102Culture and Military Doctrine213Explaining French Doctrine394Culture and French Doctrine565Explaining British Doctrine896Culture and British Doctrine1097Conclusion140Notes167Works Cited203Index231
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Princeton University Press Kenya
Book SynopsisKenya has been the object of much controversy among students of African politics. Some view it as one of the greatest "successes" of the post-independence period; others see it as an example of all that is wrong with African development. Henry Bienen approaches this controversy by asking whether the concept of political participation has been propeTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. x*Abbreviations, pg. 1*I. Introduction: Kenya and the Problem of Political Participation, pg. 3*II. Describing Kenya: Administrative and Political Control, pg. 25*III. Describing Kenya: Party Politics, pg. 66*IV. Ethnicity and Class, pg. 131*V. Conclusion: Support for the Regime, pg. 183*Selected Bibliography, pg. 197*Index, pg. 213
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Princeton University Press Soviet Perspectives on International Relations
Book SynopsisSerious debates and discussions on world politics in Russian journals and books have greatly increased since 1956, resulting in a steadily changing appraisal of the world political situation by the Russians. Professor Zimmerman studies that changing appraisal. He describes Soviet international relations perspectives during Khrushchev's years in powTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*Chapter One: Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter Two: The Emergence of International Relations as a Discipline, pg. 25*Chapter Three: The Actors, pg. 75*Chapter Four: The Hierarchy, pg. 121*Chapter Five: The Distribution of Power, pg. 158*Chapter Six: United States Foreign Policy from the Soviet Perspective, pg. 211*Chapter Seven: The Balance of Power as System and Policy, pg. 242*Chapter Eight: Post-imperialism and the Transformation of Soviet Foreign Policy, pg. 275*Selected Bibliography, pg. 295*Index, pg. 329
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Princeton University Press Security in Disarmament
Book SynopsisThe risks of arms control and disarmament, how they can be reduced or eliminated, and the political implications of drastic disarmament are analyzed by eleven experts. Emphasis is placed on the development of techniques for disarming that are politically feasible and give reasonable assurance to each side that the other is not violating its obligatTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*Introduction to Part One, pg. 11*I. Inspection: Shadow and Substance, pg. 15*II. Inspection, Trust, and Security during Disarmament, pg. 37*III. Verification of Reductions in the Number of Strategic Delivery Vehicles, pg. 50*IV. Verification Requirements for a Production Cutoff of Weapons-Grade Fissionable Material, pg. 69*V. Organization of a "Mixed" National and International Inspectorate, pg. 80*VI. Inspection and the Problem of Access, pg. 107*VII. The Politics of Administering Disarmament, pg. 123*VIII. The Cuban Crisis and Disarmament: Implications for Inspection and Enforcement, pg. 139*Introduction to Part Two, pg. 155*IX. Violations of Disarmament Agreements, pg. 157*X. Responses to Violations: A General Survey, pg. 178*XI. Respect for International Law and Confidence in Disarmament, pg. 204*XII. The Limitations of Inspection for Drastic Disarmament, pg. 226*XIII. International Police: A Sequential Approach to Effectiveness and Control, pg. 240*XIV. The Role of Police Forces in Response to Violations, pg. 286*XV. The Impartiality of the International Police, pg. 320*Introduction to Part Three, pg. 343*XVI. Provision for Peaceful Change in a Disarming World, pg. 347*XVII. Conflicting National Interests in Alternative Disarmed Worlds, pg. 361*XVIII. Supranational versus International Models for General and Complete Disarmament, pg. 384*Appendix, pg. 411*Contributors, pg. 427*Selected Bibliography, pg. 429*Index, pg. 431*Backmatter, pg. 441
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Princeton University Press Frances Rhineland Policy 19141924 The Last Bid
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. BEYOND ALSACE-LORRAINE: FRENCH WAR AIMS ON THE EASTERN FRONTIER, 1914-1918, pg. 15*2. RHENISH SEPARATISM AND PARIS PEACEMAKING, 1919, pg. 33*3. RHENISH VERSUS GERMAN POLICY: THE BIRTH OF FRENCH REVISIONISM, 1920, pg. 97*4. SANCTIONS, FULFILLMENT, AND THE EROSION OF THE ENTENTE, 1921, pg. 139*5. POINCARE AND DIPLOMATIC DEADLOCK, 1922, pg. 178*6. FRANCE AT THE RUBICON: THE RUHR DECISION, 1922, pg. 214*7. ECONOMIC WAR ON THE RHINE AND RUHR: THE STRUGGLE OF POSTWAR REVISIONISMS, 1923, pg. 250*8. CONFLAGRATION: RHENISH SEPARATISM, 1923-1924, pg. 305*9. CONCLUSION: THE DEFEAT OF FRENCH REVISIONISM, pg. 360*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 380*INDEX, pg. 405
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Princeton University Press AngloSoviet Relations 19171921 Volume 3
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Princeton University Press The American Law of Slavery 18101860
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Shadow on the White House Presidents and the Vietnam War 19451975
Book SynopsisExamines how the issue of the Vietnam War shaped the leadership of six presidents, and vice versa. Focusing on the personalities, politics, priorities and actions of the presidents, the contributors consider the expansion of presidential power in foreign-policy formulation since World War II.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Justice Among Nations
Book SynopsisThis text provides an introduction to conceptions of international justice, spanning 2500 years of intellectual history from Thucydides and Plato to Morgenthau and Waltz. It shows how older traditions of political philosophy remain relevant to contemporary debates in international relations.Trade ReviewThis powerful and important book should be assigned in core courses offered to all advanced students in international relations. - International History Review; ""An excellent contribution that masterfully combines philosophy, theology, and morality into a history of international relations from the ancient Greeks to the present."" - Military Review; ""An extremely welcome and powerful contribution."" - International Affairs
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Vietnam War Files
Book SynopsisDrawing from a treasure trove of formerly secret files, Jeffrey Kimball attempts to uncover the truth behind Nixon's and Kissinger's management of the Vietnam War and to better understand the policies and strategies of the Vietnamese, Soviets and Chinese.
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