International relations Books
Johns Hopkins University Press Flawed Logics
Book SynopsisLebovic's controversial argument will promote debate as to the very plausibility of arms control.Trade ReviewThis book is well written and, as such, a pleasure to read. -- T.V. Paul H-Net Reviews Flawed Logics is an impressive piece of scholarship. Lebovic displays an encyclopedic knowledge of past debates about arms control in the United States. -- Jeffrey W. Knopf, Monterey Institute of International Studies H-Net Reviews Lebovic's depictio of logical inconsistency is accurate and will be of interest to advanced students. Choice Flawed Logics offers an excellent overview of arms control from the Baruch Plan to New START. The volume generates interesting scholarly insights. -- Ralph Dietl Sehepunkte Highly recommended to students of all levels of expertise, as well as politicians and members of academia. -- Natalia Sharova Review of Politics Flawed Logics: Strategic Nuclear Arms Control from Truman to Obama by James H. Lebovic [opens] the reader's eyes to the complex and chaotic process of American policymaking during the Cold War... highly recommended to students of all levels of expertise, as well as politicians and members of academia. -- Natalia Sharova Review of Politics James Lebovic's Flawed Logics is a thoughtful, penetrating, and disturbing book, well worth the interested reader's attention. It offers a thorough review and analysis of how American officials and advisers shaped U.S. arms control policies on nuclear weapons in negotiations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, with brief consideration given as well to U.S. arms control policymaking since George H.W. Bush's presidency. -- Patrick M. Morgan Peace Review For anyone interested in a sophisticated history of US arms control efforts, James Lebovic's Flawed Logics provides a fine starting point... Lebovic avoids the quantitative methods, airtight logical typologies, and parsimonious theorizing that dominate much of contemporary international relations scholarship. Instead, he sticks to a qualitative reading of the policy debates over nuclear arms agreements and nuclear strategies within each presidential administration since Harry S. Truman's. Christian Scholar's Review [Lebovic's] book provides a new perspective through which students can have a thorough picture of the history of nuclear arms control negotiations. The book is also of interest to experts and policy makers who would like to deepen their knowledge about the role of beliefs and ideas in the field. Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Arms Control and the Power of Belief1. Initial U.S. Nuclear Arms Control Initiatives: The Truman through Eisenhower Years2. Early Success at Arms Control: The Kennedy Administration and the Limited Test Ban Treaty3. The Era of Bilateral Nuclear Arms Limitations: The Johnson through Carter Years4. Nuclear Arms Reductions in the Final Cold WarDecade: The Reagan Years5. Nuclear Arms Reductions after the Cold War: The George H. W. Bush through Obama Years 1826. The United States and Strategic Nuclear Arms Control: Assessing Intentions, Constraining CapabilitiesNotesReferencesIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press National Security through a Cockeyed Lens
Book SynopsisHis concluding chapter examines a range of debiasing techniques, exploring how they can improve decision making.Trade ReviewThis provides an American foreign policy expert's survey of security studies and new methods of analyzing and understanding international politics. Highly recommended for any college-level political science collection! Midwest Book Review National Security through a Cockeyed Lens is an interesting read for anyone seeking to understand how seemingly poor decisions can be made at critical junctures. Middle East Journal National Security through a Cockeyed Lens serves as a seminal work, instructive for scholars and decision makers alike... Yetiv's volume could be one of the key books for presidents and their advisers to read before they begin making decisions... -- William W. Newmann H-Diplo The principles in this book deserve wide recognition. Yetiv places necessary focus on lapses in decision making that are important to acknowledge. -- James Lebovic Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: When Psychology Meets Decision Making1. Afghanistan and Conflict: Intention and Threat Perception2. President Reagan and Iran-Contra: Focus Feature3. Radical Terrorism: A Cockeyed Lens4. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A War of Overconfidence5. U.S. Energy Policy: Short-Term BiasConclusion: Making Better DecisionsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Leaving without Losing
Book SynopsisAnyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking.Trade ReviewAs the U.S. searches for a way forward, Katz's largely objective and thoughtful analysis offers much to consider. Publishers Weekly A fine pick for any military or political science holding. Midwest Book Review Katz offers a strong, cogent argument. Choice A model of its kind. -- Anthony Smith New Zealand International Review This slender volume is packed with many insights. A collection of short chapters, some not much longer than op-eds, reveals author Mark Katz's wisdom and prudence when it comes to the use of military power, and the need for patience and persistence when pursuing long-term objectives... His straightforward prose engages the reader in what often feels like a quiet one-on-one conversation... The book is suffused with a tone of welcome optimism, but not naivete. -- Christopher Preble Middle East Policy A well-written and well-organized presentation of possibilities and angles that counterterrorism policy makers and analysts should consider. World Future ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: The Beginning of the End of the War on Terror?The War on Terror in PerspectiveThe Second Decade of the War on TerrorWhat Exactly Is the War on Terror?Understanding What Went Wrong in the First DecadeAssessing the Bush StrategyWhy Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Iraq?Why Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Afghanistan?Democratization and the Legacy of History in the Muslim WorldAssessing the Obama StrategyOpportunities after WithdrawalConsequences of Withdrawing from Iraq and AfghanistanRegional OppositionRadical RepressionRifts among the RadicalsWithdrawal Need Not Be DefeatBeyond Iraq and AfghanistanRegional and Local Conflicts in the War on TerrorThe Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIranYemenPakistanDecoupling Regional and Local Conflicts from the War on TerrorNew Factors and Broader ContextsThe Death of Osama bin LadenThe Arab SpringThe Geopolitical ContextThe Historical ContextThe Bush and Obama LegaciesWorks CitedIndex
£21.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Maxwells Demon and the Golden Apple
Book SynopsisMaxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.Trade ReviewThis is the most original and thought-provoking forecast of future world politics to be published in recent years. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs ... it is more than simply provocative, it demands attention -- Jonathan Kirshner Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Navigating the Chaos of Contemporary World Politics: Network versus No-work1. Understanding the Language of Energy: Why Entropy Does Not Herald Doomsday2. Entropy as Metaphor: Pattern Recognition, Time's Arrow, and the Big Chill3. The Multidimensions of Disorder: Thermodynamics and World Politics4. The Role of Emerging Powers in the Age of Entropy; or,What Happens When the Sheriff Leaves Town andAnonymous Moves In5. How Power Diffusion Works to a State's Advantage: This Is Not Your Great-Grandfather's Multipolar World6. Rising Entropy at the Macro Level: The World Is Not Flat in Purgatory7. Rising Entropy at the Micro Level: Information Overload and the Advent of Truthiness8. Maxwell's Demon and Angry Birds: Big Data to the Rescue?NotesIndex
£21.38
Johns Hopkins University Press Africa Consensus
Book SynopsisKuhnhardt reviews the history of Africa's international status and employs the rising African Union's own identified intervention areas-peace and security; development, integration, and cooperation; shared values; and institution- and capacity-building-to analyze challenges and possibilities.Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: From Scramble to Partnership—The Changing Place of Africa in World Affairs1. The Global Turn and Its Meaning for Africa2. Past Scrambles for Africa: Lessons Learned3. A New African Beginning4. Strategic Pillar: Peace and Security5. Strategic Pillar: Development, Integration, and Cooperation6. Strategic Pillar: Shared Values7. Strategic Pillar: Institution-Building and Capacity-Building8. Africa Consensus: A New Compact for a Common AgeAbout the AuthorNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Reflections on Uneven Democracies
Book SynopsisStudents of democracy and institutional performance, both Latin Americanists and comparativists more generally, will find this essential reading.Trade ReviewA very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Democracy Part I: Democratic Breakdowns, Survival, and TransitionsChapter 1. Democratic Breakdown and Survival in Latin America, 1945–2005Chapter 2. Argentina's Democracy Four Decades after Modernization and Bureaucratic-AuthoritarianismChapter 3. Reflections on "Transitology": Before and AfterPart II: The Political Economy of Democracy and Authoritarianism Chapter 4. Rentier Populism and the Rise of Super-presidents in South AmericaChapter 5. Democracy and Markets: Notes on a Twenty-First-Century ParadoxChapter 6. Inequality and Democracy: Latin American Lessons for the United StatesChapter 7. Economic Performance, Political Competition, and Regime Stability in Postwar Latin AmericaPart III: Weak Formal Institutions, Rule of Law, and Delegate DemocracyChapter 8. Theorizing a Moving Target: O'Donnell's Changing Views of Postauthoritarian RegimesChapter 9. Building Institutions on Weak Foundations: Lessons from Latin AmericaChapter 10. Inequality and the Rule of Law: Ineffective Rights in Latin American DemocraciesChapter 11. Unpacking Delegative Democracy: Digging into the Empirical Content of a Rich Theoretical ConceptChapter 12. Accountability Deficits of Delegative DemocracyPart IV: Human Agency and the Quality of DemocracyChapter 13. Democracy, Agency, and the Classification of Political RegimesChapter 14. Democracy and Democratization: Guillermo O'Donnell's Late Attempt to Rework Democratic TheoryPart V: Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of PoliticsChapter 15. "A mí, sí, me importa": Guillermo O'Donnell's Approach to Theorizing with Normative and Comparative IntentConclusion. Studying Big Political IssuesTimelineReferencesList of ContributorsIndex
£54.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Reflections on Uneven Democracies
Book SynopsisStudents of democracy and institutional performance, both Latin Americanists and comparativists more generally, will find this essential reading.Trade ReviewA very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Democracy Part I: Democratic Breakdowns, Survival, and TransitionsChapter 1. Democratic Breakdown and Survival in Latin America, 1945–2005Chapter 2. Argentina's Democracy Four Decades after Modernization and Bureaucratic-AuthoritarianismChapter 3. Reflections on "Transitology": Before and AfterPart II: The Political Economy of Democracy and Authoritarianism Chapter 4. Rentier Populism and the Rise of Super-presidents in South AmericaChapter 5. Democracy and Markets: Notes on a Twenty-First-Century ParadoxChapter 6. Inequality and Democracy: Latin American Lessons for the United StatesChapter 7. Economic Performance, Political Competition, and Regime Stability in Postwar Latin AmericaPart III: Weak Formal Institutions, Rule of Law, and Delegate DemocracyChapter 8. Theorizing a Moving Target: O'Donnell's Changing Views of Postauthoritarian RegimesChapter 9. Building Institutions on Weak Foundations: Lessons from Latin AmericaChapter 10. Inequality and the Rule of Law: Ineffective Rights in Latin American DemocraciesChapter 11. Unpacking Delegative Democracy: Digging into the Empirical Content of a Rich Theoretical ConceptChapter 12. Accountability Deficits of Delegative DemocracyPart IV: Human Agency and the Quality of DemocracyChapter 13. Democracy, Agency, and the Classification of Political RegimesChapter 14. Democracy and Democratization: Guillermo O'Donnell's Late Attempt to Rework Democratic TheoryPart V: Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of PoliticsChapter 15. "A mí, sí, me importa": Guillermo O'Donnell's Approach to Theorizing with Normative and Comparative IntentConclusion. Studying Big Political IssuesTimelineReferencesList of ContributorsIndex
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Scholars Policymakers and International Affairs
Book SynopsisClearly written and thoughtfully organized, this innovative book provides analytic insights and practical wisdom for those who want to understand how to build more effective connections between the worlds of thought and action.Trade ReviewEditors Abraham F. Lowenthal and Mariano E. Bertucci present a collection of readable, reflective essays written by scholars and practitioners... The collaboration between scholar and practitioner is an undertapped but potentially powerful resource. By exhibiting a degree of humility, and heeding some of the lessons in this book, we can break down the insularity of the two fields to very beneficial effect. -- Joseph Bristol Foreign Service Journal This superb volume is very much needed... Its essays join a number of highly regarded scholar-practitioners from across the Americas and Europe, and the authors take a hard look at the experience in a number of policy areas and countries or regions. Latin American Policy Both scholars and policy makers who are looking for ideas on how to bridge the gap between their two worlds will find this book a valuable resource. H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsBuilding Bridges Between Worlds of Thought and ActionPart I: Recognizing Opportunities Chapter 1. What Do Scholars Bring to Government and Take Back Again? Chapter 2. Connecting the "Idea" World with the "Real" One: Reflections on Academe and Policy Part II: Setting Agendas and Framing IssuesChapter 3. Scholars, Policymakers, and Agenda Creation: Women in Development Chapter 4. Dialogue of the Deaf: Scholars, Policymakers, and the Drug War in US Foreign Relations Part III: Developing Policy OptionsChapter 5. "Speaking Truth to Power" in Mexico: Gaps, Bridges, and Trampolines Chapter 6. Scholars Who Became Practitioners: The Influence of Research on the Design, Evaluation, and Political Survival of Mexico's Antipoverty Program Chapter 7. Missing Scholars and Hard-Nosed Cops: The Weak Research behind Citizen Security Policies Part IV: Shaping, Implementing, Evaluating, and Revising PolicyChapter 8. Scholarly Participation in Transnational Policy Networks: The Case of Targeted Sanctions Chapter 9. Contributing to Policy through Evaluation: USAID and Democracy Promotion Chapter 10. Transforming Argentine Foreign Policy: Politicians, Scholars, and Diplomats Part V: Praxis and the Academy: Perspectives from PolicymakersChapter 11. The Long Diplomacy: How a Changing World Creates New Opportunities for Partnership between Scholars and Practitioners Chapter 12. How Scholars Can Contribute to Policymaking: Lessons from Mexico Part VI: Understanding, Respecting, and Gaining from DifferencesChapter 13. Scholars and Policymakers: Canadian and Asia Pacific Experiences Chapter 14. On the Scholar-Practitioner Interface: Separation and Synergy Chapter 15. Scholars, Policymakers, and International Affairs: Toward More Fruitful Connections BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex
£46.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Cold War Deadly Fevers
Book SynopsisFollowing the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today's international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.Trade ReviewWithout doubt, Cold War, Deadly Fevers is an important contribution to the expanding field of international health history. -- Diego Armus Isis This history of malaria eradication in Mexico reveals that there is no magic bullet. Rather, there is a need for 'holistic, persistent, flexible approaches' to fashion popular support for prevention programs and an integrated public health perspective 'that entails overcoming the culture of survival.' This thoroughly researched and clearly written book shines a light in the gloom. Doody's Review Service This is a valuable book for all public health professionals. Highly recommended. Choice A well-crafted and complex study that offers important lessons on the history of international health and foreign aid. One of the greatest strengths of this impressive work, however, is Cueto's insight into the motivations and attitudes of the people who created the program, those who implemented it, and those who were deemed its beneficiaries. -- Jonathan D. Ablard Hispanic American Historical Review Dr. Cueto's superbly well-informed exploration of malaria not only as a disease but as a social economic, and human problem makes his book required reading. -- Filiberto Malagon Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine Raises questions highly relevant to today's international health campaigns to eradicate malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis... Well researched, conceptualized and executed. The work is a welcome and significant contribution to the field of the history of public health as well as a critical guide for public health practitioners who seek more beneficial global health paradigms. -- Alexandra Puerto Contra Corriente Should be compulsory reading for public health officials. -- Thomes P. Weber British Journal for the History ofScience This new work is a model of its kind. -- Christopher Abel Journal of Latin American Studies Cueto's book is significant in that it pushes scholars in several disciplines to acknowledge the power that health and disease have in reformulating our understanding of threats during the Cold War, and, notably, in our times. -- Gabriela Soto Laveaga Review of Policy Research As one might expect from a scholar of the standing of Marcos Cueto, this book is a richly documented work, presenting a solid argument and well-constructed ideas. It explores an interesting though neglected and at times misunderstood period in Mexican history, that of the Cold War. -- Natalia Priego Bulletin of Latin American Research Cueto, a distinguished and highly respected historian of medicine and public health, frames his concise, yet detailed, history of malaria eradication programmes in Mexico within a larger argument about the overall goals of, and approaches to, public health in the developing world, both past and present. -- Julia Rodriguez Global Public Health More than just a case study of the successes and failures of malaria eradication in Mexico, Cold War, Deadly Fevers suggests what might be done to improve public health in developing nations. -- Michael R. Hall Journal of Third World Studies Anyone with an interest in international development, especially in Latin America, and a belief that history holds important lessons for building sustainable efforts in international development, should read it. Cueto excels in analyzing historical processes at multiple scales, from the global, to the national, to the local. -- Eric D. Carter Geographical Review A meticulously researched, succinct, and artfully crafted narrative about malaria eradication in Mexico during the Cold War. -- Heather L. McCrea Journal of Historical Geography An excellent case study of the mid-twentieth-century multilateral campaign in Mexico to eradicate malaria. It skillfully places the Mexican effort in the context of international political history and health policy. It is essential reading for public health professionals and anyone interested in Mexican history, the history of medicine, or U.S. foreign policy. -- Ann Zulawski Bulletin of the History of MedicineTable of ContentsFigures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsA Note on Sources1. Introduction: The Burden of an InfectionThe Origins and Development of Malaria Control EffortsOrganizing Principles for This VolumePlan of the Book2. Global DesignsForeign Aid and the Cold WarInternational Health CooperationThe Encounter of International Health and PoliticsConcluding Thoughts3. National DecisionsMexican Politics and MedicineMexican Malaria ControlOrganizing Malaria EradicationThe Mexicanization of the Campaign4. Local ResponsesIntercultural ChallengesAnthropological CritiqueA Provincial Doctor RebelsIndigenous ResistanceA Campaign in Decline5. Conclusions: The Return of Malaria and the Culture of SurvivalMexico's Recent Experience with MalariaThe Lessons of Malaria Eradication: Patterns of Vertical Health ProgramsNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press The Great Game 18561907
Book SynopsisBy relating it to other regional actors, Sergeev creates a more accurate view of the game's impact on later wars and on the shape of post-World War I Asia.Trade Review[Sergeev] is able to move beyond the Game to its players, to the architects of strategy. The reader is at the table with senior policy-makers, listening to them balance possibilities and practicalities within the structures of shifting relations between Russia and Britain. -- Peter Skinner Foreword Reviews An important contribution to the field and offers valuable insights into its complexities. Subsequent examinations of this topic will have to contend with Sergeev's recontextualization of the Great Game. -- Eugene Edward Beiriger Diplomacy and Statecraft Sergev is the first to provide an account based on a large number of sources from archives in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tashkent in addition to those available in London. This unique research allows him to offer not only an updated version of Britain and Russia's struggle for empire in Central Asia in the 19th century, but also a much more nuanced approach that takes into account the experience of Central Asians and Indians... An excellent, indispensable reference source for libraries, students, researchers, and general readers. Essential. Choice The Great Game is an important contribution to the field and offers valuable insights into its complexities. Subsequent examinations of this topic will have to contend with Sergeev's recontextualization of the Great Game. -- Eugene Edward Beiriger Diplomacy and Statecraft In The Great Game, 1856-1907: Russo-British Relations in Central and East Asia, Evgeny Sergeev makes a substantial, indeed impressive and welcome... contribution to the historical study of the 'Great Game' played out on the 'chess-board' of Asia by Russia and Britain... Sergeev demonstrates an acquaintance with the Russian sources which far surpasses that of any related work to-date, making his contribution invaluable. And this should take nothing away from his impressive depth of knowledge in the English sources as well, not to mention occasional reference to French and German. -- R. Charles Weller Reviews in History Sergeev's book is based on a wide range of sources from both the Russian and British sides and the discussion of this intense imperial rivalry from both standpoints represents the major strength of the work. -- Peter Waldron Slavonic and East European ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsSelected ChronologyIntroduction: Reconsidering Anglo-Russian Relations in Asia1. The Prologue of the Great Game2. Russia's Challenge and Britain's Response, 1856–18643. The Road to the Oxus, 1864–18734. The Climax of the Great Game, 1874–18855. Strategic Stalemate, 1886–19036. The End of the GameEpilogue: Reverberations of the Great GameAppendix: A Nominal Roll of the Rulers, Statesmen, Diplomats, and Military Officers Engaged in the Great Game, 1856–1907NotesSelected Archival Sources and BibliographyIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Fuels Paradise
Book SynopsisAn ambitious cross-national and longitudinal study grounded in promising theories of national behavior, Fuels Paradise will contribute substantially to broader debates about the determinants of state action and public policy.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. The PuzzlePart One2. What's the Problem? Energy Security in the Developed Democracies3. What's a State to Do? Potential Policy Responses to Energy Insecurity4. Explaining State Responses to Energy InsecurityPart Two5. Britain6. France7. Germany8. Japan9. The United States10. The Quest for Energy SecurityNotesReferencesIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Forging Trust Communities
Book SynopsisScholars and students in political science, public administration, international studies, sociology, and the history of science and technology will find this to be an insightful and indispensable work.Trade ReviewWu has given us an important book of ideas, presented with clarity and originality, that could go a long way toward helping us keep up with - and understand the vast implications of - the technology swirling around us. Hill RagTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I1. Trust Communities from the Telegraph to the InternetActivists Use the Latest Technology AvailableGovernments Use Technology to Define the NationThe Link between Commercial Success and Political UsefulnessSharing and Interaction Create Meaning within a Trust CommunityTrust Communities Can Have Diverse MembersInformation as Political CurrencyThe Trust Community as an Analytical ToolUnpacking the Concept of "Trust Community"2. Blogs, Wikis, and International Collective ActionHow This Case Came to LightFailure of Government, Humanitarian, and Media InstitutionsWhy Individuals Came Together and How They Did ItShock, Grief, and AngerFrustration and the Impulse to HelpCreating the Blog and WikiMaking the Blog Easier to UseCreating the WikiMoving the Wiki to a New HomeThe Egalitarian EthosBlog and Wiki Effectiveness on the GroundDid Volunteers Participate Again in Other Collective Actions?The View through the Lens of a Trust CommunityCreating a Common IdentityBuilding TrustSocial CapitalNetworkTrust CommunityInstitutionPart Two3. Activists Challenge Institutions with Information Technology NetworksChina 1900Philippines 2001Taiwan 1970sGlobal 1990sEgypt and Tunisia 2011Conclusion4. Governments Shape Nations with Communications TechnologyInfrastructure and National IdentityCanada 1927Brazill 1900DiscussionInfrastructure, Economic Development, and National SecurityChina 1979United States 1864United States 1968Information, Ideas, and National SecurityUSSR 1960Russia 1880Information, Ideas, and Delivering Public ServicesGlobal 1990United States 1960Information, Ideas, and National IdentityIndia 1987UK 1938Qatar 1996DiscussionConclusionPart III5. Technology + Trust = Political InfluenceTrust Communities — Opportunities for Individuals and InstitutionsThe Role of CapitalismEngagement, Participation, and InteractivityTrust Communities and DiversityInformation and Ideas as a Source of PowerTrust Community as an Analytical LensFuture ResearchConclusionEpilogueFor the ActivistFor BusinessesFor GovernmentsNotesReferencesIndex
£19.00
Johns Hopkins University Press American Crossings
Book SynopsisIn summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission. This book offers an insight on this event.Trade ReviewAmerican Crossings intelligently considers why Latin America is a region substantially at peace with itself. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Borders in the Americas: Theories and RealitiesPart I: Geopolitics of BordersChapter 2. Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State: An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin AmericaChapter 3. Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America: Causes and Unintended ConsequencesChapter 4. Political Learning Through a Transgovernmental Network: Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute During the 1990sPart II: National Policies for Border Security and Cross-Border TradeChapter 5. Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences: The PeculiarCase of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and ParaguayChapter 6. Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela BorderChapter 7. Northbound "Threats" at the United States–Mexico Border: What Is Crossing Today, and Why?Part III: Licit and Illicit Behavior by Borderland ActorsChapter 8. Illicit Americas: Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in the United States' Relations with Its NeighborsChapter 9. The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador: Borderline and Borderland DynamicsChapter 10. Making Sense of Borders: Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazú TriangleChapter 11. ConclusionsList of ContributorsIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press America and the Politics of Insecurity
Book SynopsisBringing the psychology of uncertainty together with contemporary case studies, this book is a sweeping diagnostic for-and antidote to-ineffective political discourse in a globalized world that imports bads as well as goods.Trade ReviewRecommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. Globalization and Insecurity2. Uncertainty, Interests, and Identity3. Unknown Unknowns4. American Exceptionalism and Post-9/11 Foreign Policy5. Climate Change and the Flood6. Porosity and Paradox7. Reaction from the Right8. Reactions from the Left9. The New Normal and the Limits of InsecurityReferencesIndex
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Africa and Global Health Governance
Book SynopsisA timely inquiry into how domestic politics and global health governance interact in Africa. Global health campaigns, development aid programs, and disaster relief groups have been criticized for falling into colonialist patterns, running roughshod over the local structure and authority of the countries in which they work. Far from powerless, however, African states play complex roles in health policy design and implementation. In Africa and Global Health Governance, Amy S. Patterson focuses on AIDS, the 20142015 Ebola outbreak, and noncommunicable diseases to demonstrate why and how African states accept, challenge, or remain ambivalent toward global health policies, structures, and norms. Employing in-depth analysis of media reports and global health data, Patterson also relies on interviews and focus-group discussions to give voice to the various agents operating within African health care systems, including donor representatives, state officials, NGOs, community-based groups, hTrade ReviewThe highlight of the book is that it explores the issues in a positive way and does not take a critical "west knows best" approach. The solutions to the challenges presented are unique to the African continent and are explored in a way that can enable understanding and appreciation of this.—Nursing TimesTable of ContentsFigure and TablesAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and Abbreviations1. African States and Global Health Governance2. When All Factors Align3. International Confusion, Local Demands4. What Is the Problem?ConclusionAppendix AAppendix BNotesFieldwork DataWorks CitedIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Defense of Berlin
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1963. In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw from West Berlin. His demands eventually resulted in the division of Germany's capital city through the building of the Berlin Wall. In The Defense of Berlin, Jean Edward Smith discusses Berlin from the time of arrangements set during the war through 1962, with an emphasis on the effect that the crisis of division had on the city.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Defense of Berlin (Setting the Scene) Chapter 2. Wartime Agreements Regarding the Occupation of Berlin Chapter 3. The Military Decision to Halt at the Elbe Chapter 4. "An Iron Curtain ls Drawn Upon Their Front" Chapter 5. The Occupation BeginsChapter 6. Blockade Chapter 7. The City Is Split Chapter 8. Recovery (1949-1958) Chapter 9. The First Ultimatum Chapter 10. Negotiations under Pressure Chapter 11. The Tale of Three Summits (Camp David-Paris-Vienna) Chapter 12. From Vienna to August 13 Chapter 13. The Wall Chapter 14. "No Concessions Without Counter-Concessions"NotesAppendices:I. Berlin's Early History II. Chronology of Events 1941-1962 III. The Moscow Proposals, 1943 IV. The Iowa Conference V. Proceedings at TehranBibliographyIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Britain and China
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1962. This book is a study of relations between Britain and China. The first section surveys historical relations between the two nations and culminates with the Second World War. The second part examines British policy during the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and the Geneva Conference. The third part discusses what contemporary issues in British-Chinese relations were at the time the book was written.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. The PastChapter 1. The British Assault Chapter 2. The Chinese RejoinderChapter 3. Britain and the KuomintangPart II. Britain and the People's RepublicChapter 4. The Coming of the CommunistsChapter 5. The Korean WarChapter 6. MissionariesChapter 7. MerchantsChapter 8. Geneva and AfterChapter 9. Hong KongChapter 10. The Two ChinasPart III. The FutureChapter 11. Chinese Aspirations and British InterestsChapter 12. British Policy and the FutureIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Quebec Confronts Canada
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. The nationalistic sentiment of French Canada was starkly dramatized by the Montreal terrorist bombings in the spring of 1963. Admittedly the work of extremists, that eruption of violence was an offshoot of the profound social, political, economic, and cultural transformationan accelerated evolution rather than a revolutionthat Quebec has undergone since the end of World War II. This revolution tranquille is characterized by a new sense of self-confidence among French Canadians, an eagerness to reject what they regard as any hint of second-class citizenship, and a determination to take full share in all aspects of Canadian lifewithout, however, sacrificing their French culture and heritage. A threat to the Canadian Confederation is implicit in the growing reluctance of modern French-speaking Canadians to abide the tyranny of the majority, however enlightened or well-intentioned it may be. This first book-length study in English of the conflict between FrencTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. La Revolution TranquilleChapter 2. Quebec NationalismChapter 3. Intellectual ClimateChapter 4. The Language QuestionChapter 5. Political Framework Chapter 6. Constitutional Problems Chapter 7. Social Autonomy Chapter 8. Economic Autonomy Chapter 9. English-Canadian Attitudes Chapter 10. OutlookSelected BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Making of Detente
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1995. In the early 1970s, largely as a result of the debilitating struggle in Vietnam, the United States began to reassess and redefine its basic approach to East-West relations. At the same time, the Soviet Union was awakening to the liabilities that a continuing and unregulated state of hostility would impose on its own internal and external agenda. Keith Nelson details the circumstances and traces the steps that led to the first significant accommodation and easing of tension between the superpowers during the Cold War. In this important study, Keith Nelson explains the detente period in an imaginative, convincing, and impressively scholarly manner. Although there have been scores of books and memoirs on the subject, none have done the job quite like Nelson's. In particular, he has used post-glasnost Russian memoirs and monographsand, especially, his own interviews with such key players as Dobrynin and Arbatovto present one of the most intelligent KremlinologTrade ReviewThe Johns Hopkins Press has published another thought-provoking and well-written book that encourages international relations specialists to rethink key assumptions about the cold war . . . The study invites both more reflection and research. It is likely to prove a seminal work to diplomatic historians and international relations specialists alike in the years ahead.—Allan E. Goodman, International History ReviewThere is much to like in this book. It is written in a lucid and engaging style. The organization is good, with smooth and effective transitions between the American and Soviet sides of the story. The book is especially strong on the evolution of thinking in the Kremlin; relying on a number of post-Cold War memoirs and monographs, as well as interviews with former Soviet officials, Nelson effectively portrays Moscow's motives and tactics in opting for detente.—Fredrik Logevall, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Developing Confrontation Chapter 2. The Breakdown of Old Arrangements Chapter 3. New Military Parity and the Decline of Bipolarity Chapter 4. Seeking America's Escape from Vietnam Chapter 5. Finding America's Way to Detente Chapter 6. Brezhnev and Squaring the Circle Epilogue: From Detente to the Gorbachev Revolution Notes Bibliography Index
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press American Defense Policy
Book SynopsisA vital text for understanding the twenty-first-century battlefield and the shifting force structure, this book prepares students to think critically about the rapidly changing world they'll inherit. American Defense Policy, first published in 1965 under the leadership of Brent Scowcroft, has been a mainstay in courses on political science, international relations, military affairs, and American national security for more than 50 years. This updated and thoroughly revised ninth edition, which contains about 30% all-new content, considers questions of continuity and change in America's defense policy in the face of a global climate beset by geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and terrorist violence. The book is organized into three parts. Part I examines the theories and strategies that shape America's approach to security policy. Part II dives inside the defense policy process, exploring the evolution of contemporary civil-military relations, the changing character oTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Values and Interests for American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 1. Theories and ValuesChapter 2. American Grand StrategyChapter 3. The International Environment - AlliesChapter 4. The International Environment - AdversariesPart II. Evolution and Revolution in Defense Policy, Process, and InstitutionsIntroductionChapter 5. Evolution and Revolution in Civil-Military RelationsChapter 6. The Changing Profession of ArmsChapter 7. Resource Allocation and Force Structure for a Complex WorldPart III. Contemporary Issues in American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 8. Homeland Defense: Threats from All SidesChapter 9. Unconventional Wars and Unconventional ForcesChapter 10. The Near PossibleEpilogueAfterwordAbout the ContributorsIndex
£57.60
Johns Hopkins University Press Republics of Myth
Book SynopsisWhy does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut from harsh rhetoric to hostage-taking, from crippling sanctions to targeted killings. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. The two nations have differing interests and grievances about each other, but their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national narratives that shape their politics, actions, and vision of their own destiny in the world. The dominant American narrative is the myth of the frontierthat the US can tame it, tame its inhabitants, and nurture democracy as well. Iran, conversely, can claim two dominant myths: the first, an unbroken (but not for lack of trying) lineage back to Cyrus the Great, and the second, the betrayal of Imam Hussein, the Prophet's grandson. Both ITable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronymsIntroduction. Foundations of a Conflict1. The Narrative Trap2. The Fraught US-Iran Relationship, from Mosaddeq to Khomeini3. The Iran-Iraq War4. Rafsanjani and the Post-Khomeini Order5. Khatami and the Possibility of Dialogue6. The Shadow of Khobar in Washington7. Bush in the Khatami Era8. The Iraq War and Its Consequences9. The Nuclear File under Bush 4310. Obama Enters11. Rouhani, Zarif, and the Nuclear Deal12. Trump and Regeneration through ViolenceConclusion. Narratives and National InterestsNotesAbout the AuthorsIndex
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Terminus
Book SynopsisA sweeping narrative of America's imperial history and its long entanglement with China. In Terminus, Stuart Rollo examines the origins and trajectory of American empire in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on its westward expansion and historic entanglement with China. American foreign and strategic policy in this region, Rollo argues, has always been shaped by broader economic and political concerns centered on China. China's current rise, and the economic and strategic systems that China is developing, represents the most serious challenge to the structure of American empire to date. Rollo paints a sweeping historical narrative of American imperial history and its relationship with China from 1776 to the present. Grounded in archival research, official and personal correspondence, policy documents, declassified intelligence material, and congressional records, Terminus traces the development of American empire building from the pre-independence period to the eve of World War I,Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Westward Expansion and the Commercial Origins of EmpireChapter One. The Long March Westward and Native DispossessionChapter Two. The China Focus in Westward ExpansionChapter Three. A Colonial EmpirePart II. Ascending Power to Unipolarity, 1914–1991Chapter Four. The 30 Years CrisisChapter Five. American HegemonyChapter Six. War with Asia, Recession, and ResurgencePart III. From a Unipolar Global Empire to a Shrinking Exploitative HegemonyChapter Seven. The Unipolar Moment and Imperial HubrisChapter Eight. The Sleeper Awakes: China's Rise as a World Historical MomentChapter Nine. Trump, Biden, and Trouble AheadConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£39.52
Johns Hopkins University Press Global Human Smuggling
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface, by Morgane NicotIntroduction: Control, Complexity, and Creativity, by David Kyle and Luigi Achilli1. Smuggling the State Back In: Agents of Human Smuggling Reconsidered, by David Kyle and John Dale2. How the State Made Smuggling and Smuggling Made the State: Immigration Control and Evasion on the U.S.-Mexican Line, by Peter Andreas3. Multinational Initiatives Against Global Trafficking in Persons for Sexual Exploitation, 1899-1999, by Eileen P. Scully4. Multilateral Protocols on Trafficking and Smuggling: Divergent Paths of Cooperation and Disintegration Since 2000, by Sarah P. Lockhart5. Human Smuggling and Terrorism: Complex Adaptive Systems and Special Operations, by David C. Ellis6. The Unfolding of Migrant Smuggling Across the EU-Turkey Border: Structural, Institutional, and Agency-based Factors, by Ahmet Içduygu7. The Double Duality of Migrant Smugglers: An Analytical Framework, by Jørgen Carling8. Financial Elements of Clandestine Journeys: How You Pay Your Smuggler Matters, by Kim Wilson9. The Burners: Smuggling Networks and Maghrebi Migrants, by Matt Herbert10. Smuggling Migrants from Africa To Europe: Threat, Resource, or Bargaining Chip?, by Luca Raineri11. Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling Networks: The Case of North Korea, by Kyunghee Kook12. People Smuggling in Southeast Asia: Rohingya and Chin Stories of Agency, Freedom and Power in Cross Border Movement, by Gerhard Hoffstaedter13. The Experiences of Women as Facilitators of Irregular Migration – And What They Say About the Way We Think About Migrant Smuggling, by Gabriella Sanchez14. Enter the Boogeyman: Representations of Human Smuggling in Mainstream Narratives of Migration, by Luigi Achilli and Alice Massari15. Ecuadorean Migrant Smuggling: A Diversity of Contemporary Patterns and Dynamics, by Soledad Álvarez Velasco16. Combatting People Smuggling with the Same Crime? Australia's "Creative" Anti-smuggling Efforts in Indonesia, by Antje Missbach and Wayne Palmer17. The Rise of "Border Security": Chaos, Clutter, and Complexity in a Technological Arms Race, by Victor Manjarrez18. Transnational Struggles and the 'State': Biopower and Biopolitics in the Case of a Nigerian Human Trafficking Ring, by Gregory Feldman19. The Transformation of Mexican Migrant Smuggling Networks during the 21st Century, by Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios20. In Search of Protection: Irregular Mobility Among Palestinian Youth in Gaza, by Caitlin ProcterIndex
£33.75
American Psychological Association Political Psychology in Latin America
Book Synopsis This book explores Latin America through a political psychology lens. This book presents a broad spectrum of theoretical and methodological perspectives illustrating how political psychology has addressed critical social issues in Latin America and provides a selective summary of the work carried out by some of the leading Latin American researchers in political psychology. This volume will allow readers to identify the most relevant topics of this discipline in Latin America, including the specific structural conditions of inequality and intergroup conflict in the region, as well as the most relevant contributions from Latin America to the global field of political psychology, including strategies of resistance and resilience and reflections on the potential transforming power of citizens to effect change through political participation and collective action.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Political Psychology in Latin AmericaClaudia Zúñiga and Wilson López-López Chapter 1. Citizens and Democracy: Political Legitimacy Processes in Latin American Democracies Silvina Brussino and Daniela Alonso Chapter 2. Emotions and Protests: Contributions to Political Psychology from Latin American Research Rodrigo Asún, Claudia Zúñiga, Adriana Acosta, and Regina Fernández Chapter 3. A Psycho-Political Approach to Social Inequality in Latin America Débora Imhoff Chapter 4. Youth Civic Engagement: Challenges for Social Cohesion from Latin AmericaB. Paula Luengo Kanacri, Gloria Jiménez-Moya, and Roberto González Chapter 5. Bias against Native Chileans in a Conflictive Context: Literature Review and Theoretical IntegrationCamila Salazar-Fernández and José L. Saiz Chapter 6. Psychology of Peace: Findings and Challenges for the Multidimensional Transformation of Violent Social Practices Wilson López-López, Claudia Pineda-Marin, Andrea Correa-Chica, Camilo Rincón-Unigarro, and Luis M. Silva Chapter 7. The Relationship between Political Ideology and National Identification in Latin America: A Meta-Analytical SynthesisAgustín Espinosa, Erika János, Darío Páez, and Harry Lewis Chapter 8. Political Communication and IdeologyIdaly Barreto and Iván Felipe Medina-Arboleda Chapter 9. Memory as a Political Action: Reflections from a Post-Dictatorial Chile María José Reyes, Francisco Jeanneret, María Angélica Cruz, César Castillo, Juan Jeanneret, Manuela Badilla , Juan Fernando Pavez, and Centro de Interpretación FiSura Chapter 10. Arguing for a Liberation PsychologyMauricio Gaborit Conclusion and Future Directions for Political Psychology in Latin America Claudia Zúñiga and Wilson López-López
£56.70
Temple University Press,U.S. SelfDetermination without Nationalism
Book SynopsisUrging for a move toward a new concept of eco-sovereignty, based on a reformulation of political self-determinationTrade Review"Self-Determination without Nationalism is a serious and novel contribution to the ongoing dialogue about 'globalization' among philosophers and political theorists.... There is much of great interest for readers in this book."-William L. McBride, Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Distinguishing Peoples from Nations2 Self-Determination and Minority Rights3 Self-Determination and Plebiscitary Democracy4 Ethical Communities without Nations5 The Illusion of Global Community6 The Contemporary Revival of Sovereignty7 The Legitimacy of Sovereignty ClaimsConclusionNotesIndex
£60.35
Temple University Press,U.S. SelfDetermination without Nationalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Self-Determination without Nationalism is a serious and novel contribution to the ongoing dialogue about 'globalization' among philosophers and political theorists.... There is much of great interest for readers in this book."-William L. McBride, Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Distinguishing Peoples from Nations2 Self-Determination and Minority Rights3 Self-Determination and Plebiscitary Democracy4 Ethical Communities without Nations5 The Illusion of Global Community6 The Contemporary Revival of Sovereignty7 The Legitimacy of Sovereignty ClaimsConclusionNotesIndex
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. The Borders of Justice
Book SynopsisExploring the limits of and contradictions of transitional justiceTrade Review"The Borders of Justice interrogates the concept and practices of justice in original and provocative ways, combining the geographical diversity of the authors with a variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches. The essays reveal how justice appears differently in different places and from different perspectives. This is an important contribution to contemporary debates on justice." -Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature at Duke University, and co-author (with Antonio Negri) of Empire, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, and CommonwealthTable of ContentsEditors' Introduction 1. Justice and Equality: A Political Dilemma? Pascal, Plato, Marx - Etienne Balibar 2. Global Justice and Politics: On the Transition from the Normative to the Political Level - Francisco Naishtat 3. Traversing the Borders of Liberalism: Can There Be a Liberal Multiculturalism? - Juha Rudanko 4. The Long March from the Margins: Subaltern Politics, Justice, and Nature in Postcolonial India - Subir Sinha 5. Struggles of Justice: Political Discourses, Experiences, and Claims - Emmanuel Renault 6. Aestheticizing Law into Justice: The Fetus in a Divided Planet - Anirban Das 7. The Justice-Seeking Subject - Ranabir Samaddar 8. Law's Internationalization and Justice for the Citizens and Noncitizens in France - Jean-Louis Halperin 9. Borderscapes of Differential Inclusion: Subjectivity and Struggles on the Threshold of Justice's Excess - Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson Contributors Index
£64.60
Temple University Press,U.S. The Borders of Justice
Book SynopsisExploring the limits of and contradictions of transitional justiceTrade Review"The Borders of Justice interrogates the concept and practices of justice in original and provocative ways, combining the geographical diversity of the authors with a variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches. The essays reveal how justice appears differently in different places and from different perspectives. This is an important contribution to contemporary debates on justice." -Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature at Duke University, and co-author (with Antonio Negri) of Empire, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, and CommonwealthTable of ContentsEditors' Introduction 1. Justice and Equality: A Political Dilemma? Pascal, Plato, Marx - Etienne Balibar 2. Global Justice and Politics: On the Transition from the Normative to the Political Level - Francisco Naishtat 3. Traversing the Borders of Liberalism: Can There Be a Liberal Multiculturalism? - Juha Rudanko 4. The Long March from the Margins: Subaltern Politics, Justice, and Nature in Postcolonial India - Subir Sinha 5. Struggles of Justice: Political Discourses, Experiences, and Claims - Emmanuel Renault 6. Aestheticizing Law into Justice: The Fetus in a Divided Planet - Anirban Das 7. The Justice-Seeking Subject - Ranabir Samaddar 8. Law's Internationalization and Justice for the Citizens and Noncitizens in France - Jean-Louis Halperin 9. Borderscapes of Differential Inclusion: Subjectivity and Struggles on the Threshold of Justice's Excess - Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson Contributors Index
£22.49
Temple University Press,U.S. The Collision of Political and Legal Time
Book SynopsisHow does the U.S. Supreme Court shape constitutional and political development? In The Collision of Political and Legal Time, Kimberley Fletcher answers this question by analyzing the key role the Court has played in interpreting presidential decision-making in the area of foreign affairs since 1936. She reconsiders the Curtiss-WrightCourt, which instituted a new constitutional order that established plenary powers independent of congressional delegation. Fletcher also reexamines Japanese internment and detainee cases, demonstrating the entrenchment of the new constitutional order and how presidential ascendency becomes institutionalized. Other cases, such as Youngstown, illustrate how the Court, during a time of war, will check Executive power and authority.The Collision of Political and Legal Time examines these cases and controversies in foreign policymaking through the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries to show that the Court is not passive or constrained; it does not me
£27.90
University of Toronto Press High Ideals and Noble Intentions
Book SynopsisThis historically informed comparative analysis provides the basis for practical recommendations meant to improve the future of voluntary sector-government relations across Canada.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments * Introduction * 1600 to 1930: An Emerging Institutionalism * The 1930 Income War Tax Amendment * Where Is the Voice of Canada's Voluntary Sector? * Cuts to the Core * Canada, This Is London Calling * High Ideals and Noble Intentions Notes Bibliography Index
£23.39
University of Toronto Press Canada Looks South
Book SynopsisIn Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada's growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region.Trade Review'Stimulating and insightful book.' -- Philip Chrimes International Affairs; vol 89:03:2013Table of ContentsContributors Preface 1 Introduction: Canada and the Americas: There's Still Much to Discover JAMES ROCHLIN (University of British Columbia - Okanagan) 2 The Most Challenging of Links? Canada and Inter-American Security HAL KLEPAK (Royal Military College of Canada) 3 Canada's Trade Engagement with the Americas: Swimming With or Against the Tide? RICARDO GRINSPUN AND JENNIFER MILLS 4 Canada and the Democratic Charter: Lessons From the Coup in Honduras MAXWELL A. CAMERON AND JASON TOCKMAN 5 Canada-Mexico Relations: Moving Beyond 65 Years of Stunted Growth DUNCAN WOOD (ITAM) 6 Through Sun and Ice: Canada, Cuba and Fifty Years of 'Normal' Relations PETER MCKENNA (University of Prince Edward Island) AND JOHN M. KIRK (Dalhousie University) 7 Canadian Assistance to Haiti: Some Sobering Snags in a Fragile State Approach YASMINE SHAMSIE (Wilfrid Laurier University) 8 Canada-CARICOM Relations: Beyond the Trade Agenda? RAMESH CHAITOO 9 Canada and Central America: Citizen Action and International Policy STEPHEN BARANYI (University of Ottawa) AND JOHN M. FOSTER (The North-South Institute) 10 Canada-Colombia: A Rhetorical Relationship? MARIA TERESA AYA SMITMANS (Universidad Externado de Colombia) 11 Between Rhetoric and Reality: Canadian-Venezuelan Relations LESLEY M. BURNS 12 The Current Paradox in Brazil-Canada Relations and the Path Forward W.E. (TED) HEWITT (University of Western Ontario) 13 Canada-Chile Relations: Assessing a Key Bilateral Relationship ROBERTO DURAN (Catholic University of Chile) Conclusion
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Joining Empire
Book SynopsisA fresh assessment of the neoliberal political economy behind Canadian foreign policy from Afghanistan to Haiti, Joining Empire establishes Jerome Klassen as one of the most astute analysts of contemporary Canadian foreign policy and its relationship to US global power.Trade Review'Joining Empire is perhaps the most lucid and empirically grounded analysis of the formation of the transnationalized fraction of the Canadian corporate elite and the development of an imperial power bloc to date... This book is a major contribution and deserves to be widely read.' -- Neil Burron Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol 41:01:2016 'Considering the dominance of Neoliberalism, this contribution could not be timelier... Klassen's greatest theoretical contribution is how he ties together the vectors of Empire to provide a well-rounded view of capitalism.' -- David Plazek American Review of Canadian Studies, February 2016 'This is political economy scholarship at its best... This study's importance is not just Canada-centric; its theoretical framework and methodology are relevant to scholars researching foreign policy in other Western nation-states... Highly recommended.' -- A.F. Johnson Choice Magazine vol 52:11:2015 'We now have a theoretically sophisticated and up-to-date account of how Canadian foreign and security policy expresses the class interests of Canadian capital.' -- Bill Burgess Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction: Political Economy and the New Canadian Foreign Policy Part I: Theory and Method 1. Understanding Empire: Theories of International Political Economy Part II: American Power and Continental Integration 2. Hegemonic Liberalism: The Political Economy of US Primacy 3. Continental Neoliberalism and the Canadian Corporate Elite Part III: Canadian Capital and Transnational Neoliberalism 4. Global Exploitation: The Internationalization of Canadian Capital 5. Transnational Class Formation: Globalization and the Canadian Corporate Network Part IV: The State and Foreign Policy 6. Armoured Neoliberalism: The Power Bloc and the New Imperial State 7. One of the Big Boys: Canada in Afghanistan and Haiti Conclusion: Canada and Empire: The Counter-Consensus
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Europe UnImagined
Book SynopsisEurope Un-Imagined examines one of the world’s first and only trans nationally produced television channels, Association relative à la télévision européenne (ARTE). ARTE calls itself the European culture channel and was launched in 1991 with a French-German intergovernmental mandate to produce television and other media that promoted pan-European community and culture. Damien Stankiewicz’s ground-breaking ethnographic study of the various contexts of media production work at ARTE (the newsroom, the editing studio, the screening room), reveals how ideas about French, German, and European culture coalesce and circulate at the channel. He argues that the reproduction of nationalism often goes unacknowledged and unremarked upon, and questions whether something like a European imagination can be produced. Stankiewicz describes the challenges that ARTE staff face, including rapidly changing media technologies and audiences, unreflective national stereotyping,Trade Review"Stankiewicz’s work is provocative, and it should be taught in all courses in media studies and on the anthropology of the media because it will provide fodder for lively discussions about the role of television in crafting shared cultural and national identities." -- Kristen Ghodsee * H-Net Reviews, June 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Bienvenue a ARTE / Wilkommen bei ARTE Chapter 2: Producing trans/national media Chapter 3: Trans/national belonging Chapter 4: Re-presenting history on and at ARTE Chapter 5: culture, "culture," Culture Chapter 6: Trans/national audiences Conclusions and Provocations
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Red White and Kind of Blue
Book SynopsisDavid Schneiderman offers a critical perspective on the Americanization of Canadian constitutional practice and a timely warning about its unexamined consequences.Trade Review'Highly recommended.' -- G. A. McBeath Choice Magazine vol 53:11:2016 "Red, White and Kind of Blue? is crisp and unnerving. It suggests Parliament is so malleable, and many of its participants so weak, it dispensed with ancient checks and balances without a shot being fired." -- Holly Doan Blacklocks Reporter, October 10, 2015 "By providing a provocative discussion of contemporary issues and analysis of constitutional reform, Red, White and Kind of Blue is a worthy read. As for its core argument, the book should succeed in spurring a useful debate about Canada's constitutional culture as well." -- Emmett MacFarlane, The Literary Review of Canada, March 2016Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One. "No Servile Copy": Constitutional Differences That Matter Chapter Two. President or Prime Minister? Prorogation 2008 Chapter Three. The King's Prerogative vs. Parliamentary Privilege: Prorogation 2009 Chapter Four. A "More Salutary Check"? Electing the Canadian Senate Chapter Five. Appointing Justices: Supreme Court Nominees and the Press Conclusion
£26.99
University of Toronto Press After the Paris Attacks
Book SynopsisAfter the Paris Attacks brings together a group of leading scholars, journalists, and political observers to explore how the world reacted to the violent attacks at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris in January 2015 and to examine what opportunities exist for a saner and safer future.Table of ContentsPREFACE Edward M. Iacobucci and Stephen J. Toope PART I: Religion, Culture and Pluralism After Paris: Liberalism, Free Speech, Religion, and Immigration in Europe Randall Hansen Free Speech and Civility in Pluralist Societies Simone Chambers The Status of Muslim Minorities Following the Paris Attacks Jeffrey G. Reitz A Tale of Two Massacres: Charlie Hebdo and Utoya Island Mohammad Fadel The (In)Secure Citizen: Islamophobia and the Natives of the Republic after Paris Ruth Marshall Evil as a Noun: Dichotomous Avoidance of Political Analysis Mark G. Toulouse The Search for Equal Membership in the Age of Terror Ayelet Shachar Charlie Hebdo and the Politics of Fear: Questions without Answers Anna C. Korteweg PART II: Geopolitical Effects What Does It Mean to Be at War? Arthur Ripstein After the Paris Attacks: Long Views Backwards and Forwards Ronald W. Pruessen International Law and Transnational Terrorism Jutta Brunnee Looking Back and Looking Forward: Authenticity through Purification Janice Gross Stein PART III: From Headlines to Analysis: The Media After The Paris Attacks: Reflections on the Media Natasha Fatah Journalism and Political Decision-Making in an Age of Crises Brian Stewart PART IV: Canada: Security and Society Legislating in Fearful and Politicized Times: The Limits of Bill C-51's Disruption Powers in Making Us Safer Kent Roach and Craig Forcese What Lessons Have We Learned about Speech in the Aftermath of the Paris Attacks? David Schneiderman C-51 and the Canadian Security and Intelligence Community: Finding the Balance for Security and Rights Protections Wesley Wark Freedom and Security: The Gordian Knot for Democracies Hugh Segal Anti-Terrorism's Privacy Sleight-of-Hand: Bill C-51 and the Erosion of Privacy Lisa M. Austin Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Shadows? Ronald Deibert The Complex Ecology of Policing, Trust, and Community Partnerships in Counterterrorism Ron Levi and Janice Gross Stein Postscript: The Paris Attacks as a Turning Point? Stephen J. Toope
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Dirty Hands and Vicious Deeds
Book SynopsisTheseoriginal essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Samuel Totten 1. US Action and Inaction in the Massacre of Communists and Alleged Communists in Indonesia (1965–1966) by Kai M. Thaler Essay Documents 2. The Bangladesh Genocide and the Nixon–Kissinger “Tilt” (1971) by Salim Mansur Essay Documents 3. “Our Hand Doesn’t Show”: The United States and the Consolidation of the Pinochet Regime in Chile (1973–1977) by Christopher Dietrich Essay Documents 4. Mass Killing at a Distance: US Complicity in the East Timor Genocide and International Structural Violence (1975–1999) by Joseph Nevins Essay Documents 5. The US Role in Argentina’s “Dirty War” (1976–1983) by Natasha Zaretsky Essay Documents 6. The United States Government’s Relationship with Guatemala During the Genocide of the Maya (1981–1983) by Samuel Totten Essay Documents 7. Calculated Avoidance: The Clinton Administration and the 100-Day Genocide in Rwanda (1994) by Samuel Totten and Gerry Caplan Essay Documents Afterword by Samuel Totten Appendices List of Crimes Against Humanity United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Acknowledgments About the Authors Index
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Europe UnImagined
Book SynopsisEurope Un-Imagined examines one of the world’s first and only trans nationally produced television channels, Association relative à la télévision européenne (ARTE). ARTE calls itself the European culture channel and was launched in 1991 with a French-German intergovernmental mandate to produce television and other media that promoted pan-European community and culture. Damien Stankiewicz’s ground-breaking ethnographic study of the various contexts of media production work at ARTE (the newsroom, the editing studio, the screening room), reveals how ideas about French, German, and European culture coalesce and circulate at the channel. He argues that the reproduction of nationalism often goes unacknowledged and unremarked upon, and questions whether something like a European imagination can be produced. Stankiewicz describes the challenges that ARTE staff face, including rapidly changing media technologies and audiences, unreflective national stereotyping,Trade Review"Stankiewicz’s work is provocative, and it should be taught in all courses in media studies and on the anthropology of the media because it will provide fodder for lively discussions about the role of television in crafting shared cultural and national identities." -- Kristen Ghodsee * H-Net Reviews, June 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Bienvenue a ARTE / Wilkommen bei ARTE Chapter 2: Producing trans/national media Chapter 3: Trans/national belonging Chapter 4: Re-presenting history on and at ARTE Chapter 5: culture, "culture," Culture Chapter 6: Trans/national audiences Conclusions and Provocations
£60.35
University of Toronto Press High Ideals and Noble Intentions
Book SynopsisThis historically informed comparative analysis provides the basis for practical recommendations meant to improve the future of voluntary sector-government relations across Canada.Trade Review'Peter Elson clearly highlights the structural problems currently facing the voluntary sector by examining the historical and institutional forces that have driven relationships between governments and non-profits. He provides compelling evidence that critical junctures occur as a consequence of developments both incremental and dramatic. High Ideals and Noble Intentions provides a blueprint for change that will be significant to the future development of the voluntary sector in Canada.' -- James J. Rice, School of Social Work , McMaster University 'High Ideals and Noble Intentions fills a void in the current literature on Canada's non-profits by providing a comprehensive political history of the sector within a book-length analytical framework. Peter Elson's thorough understanding of voluntary institutions and national policy allows him to build a logical, evidentiary argument. The questions he raises, presented accessibly and engagingly, will have widespread policy appeal.' -- Jacquelyn Scott, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton UniversityTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments * Introduction * 1600 to 1930: An Emerging Institutionalism * The 1930 Income War Tax Amendment * Where Is the Voice of Canada's Voluntary Sector? * Cuts to the Core * Canada, This Is London Calling * High Ideals and Noble Intentions Notes Bibliography Index
£42.30
University of Toronto Press Canada Looks South
Book SynopsisIn Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada's growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region.Trade Review'Stimulating and insightful book.' -- Philip Chrimes International Affairs; vol 89:03:2013Table of ContentsContributors Preface 1 Introduction: Canada and the Americas: There's Still Much to Discover JAMES ROCHLIN (University of British Columbia - Okanagan) 2 The Most Challenging of Links? Canada and Inter-American Security HAL KLEPAK (Royal Military College of Canada) 3 Canada's Trade Engagement with the Americas: Swimming With or Against the Tide? RICARDO GRINSPUN AND JENNIFER MILLS 4 Canada and the Democratic Charter: Lessons From the Coup in Honduras MAXWELL A. CAMERON AND JASON TOCKMAN 5 Canada-Mexico Relations: Moving Beyond 65 Years of Stunted Growth DUNCAN WOOD (ITAM) 6 Through Sun and Ice: Canada, Cuba and Fifty Years of 'Normal' Relations PETER MCKENNA (University of Prince Edward Island) AND JOHN M. KIRK (Dalhousie University) 7 Canadian Assistance to Haiti: Some Sobering Snags in a Fragile State Approach YASMINE SHAMSIE (Wilfrid Laurier University) 8 Canada-CARICOM Relations: Beyond the Trade Agenda? RAMESH CHAITOO 9 Canada and Central America: Citizen Action and International Policy STEPHEN BARANYI (University of Ottawa) AND JOHN M. FOSTER (The North-South Institute) 10 Canada-Colombia: A Rhetorical Relationship? MARIA TERESA AYA SMITMANS (Universidad Externado de Colombia) 11 Between Rhetoric and Reality: Canadian-Venezuelan Relations LESLEY M. BURNS 12 The Current Paradox in Brazil-Canada Relations and the Path Forward W.E. (TED) HEWITT (University of Western Ontario) 13 Canada-Chile Relations: Assessing a Key Bilateral Relationship ROBERTO DURAN (Catholic University of Chile) Conclusion
£59.50
University of Toronto Press Partners and Rivals
Book SynopsisPartners and Rivals, the latest book from acclaimed economist Wendy Dobson, examines the central role that China and the United States will play on the global stage in the next half-century.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction * Changing Shape of the World Economy * China's Incomplete Transformation (Or What It Means to Age Before Becoming Rich) * Turning Point or Countdown to Crises? * China's Growing International Footprints * 21st Century Rivalry: Chinese and Americans' Views of Each Other * China and Global Governance * China and the United States at a Crossroads: The Inside Game * The Outside Game * Partners and Rivals? The Uneasy Relationship
£28.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd US Foreign Policy in Action
Book SynopsisThis innovative teaching text on United States foreign policy interprets the foreign policy decision-making process through the lens of political debate and exchange. It introduces historical developments and theories of U.S. foreign policy and engages students in the politics of the foreign policy process through innovative learning exercises. Features critical analysis of contemporary trends in U.S. foreign policy, including debates in the Obama administration, foreign policy and the 2012 presidential election, and reaction to the Arab Spring Written by an award-winning teacher-scholar in international relations, with extensive experience in both policy making and pedagogy Views foreign policy decision making through the lends of political debate Offers fresh perspectives on historical developments as well as surveying prominent foreign policy theories Includes new and innovative participatory learning exercises exploring a range ofTable of ContentsList of Photos ix List of Figures xi List of Maps xii List of Tables xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xiv 1 Introduction: United States Foreign Policy in Action 1 Historical Foundations 3 Major Actors in the Foreign Policy Process 7 Pedagogical Approach: How to Use This Book 9 Key Features 10 Overview of the Book 11 2 The History of US Foreign Policy 14 Revolutionary Values 15 The Struggle to Defi ne the New Nation 18 Manifest Destiny? 22 The Civil War 24 Rise to Globalism 26 The “American Century” and World Wars 29 Discussion Questions 35 3 Foreign Policy in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Era 38 Introduction 39 The Cold War 40 The Truman Doctrine 42 Korea and Vietnam 45 Redefining Values and Interests? 47 The End of the Cold War 55 Engagement and Enlargement 58 Interests versus Values? The War on Terrorism 59 Discussion Questions 64 4 Key Government Institutions: The President, Congress, and the Courts 68 Section I: Constitutional Authority and the “Invitation to Struggle” 69 The President and the Executive Branch 71 Presidential Influence 72 Instruments of Presidential Power 83 Congress: The Legislative Branch 84 The Courts: The Judicial Branch 95 Conclusion 98 Discussion Questions 99 Section II: Structured Debate: Leadership in Action and the War on Terrorism 100 Guidelines and Rules of Procedure 100 Debate: Executive Dominance and the War on Terrorism 101 Background: The War on Terrorism 101 Framing the Debate: Values and Interests 103 Position 1: YES, The President Should Have Greater Authority in the War on Terrorism 103 Additional Resources 105 Position 2: NO, The President Should Not Have More Foreign Policy Authority 106 Additional Resources 111 5 Bureaucracies: Unelected Actors in the Foreign Policy Process 116 Section I: Bureaucracies and Foreign Policy 117 Key Characteristics of Bureaucracies 117 The Theory of Bureaucratic Politics 119 The Department of Defense 122 The Department of State 129 Intelligence Bureaucracies 137 Discussion Questions 144 Section II: National Security Council Simulation: Bureaucratic Politics in Action 145 Exercise Scenario: Proliferation Threats 147 Iranian Nuclear Ambitions 148 Appendices: Templates and Role Assignments 155 Additional Resources 160 6 Interest Groups and Political Parties 163 Section I: The Power of Unelected Actors 164 Interest Groups 164 What Do You Want? 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