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Book SynopsisEach year, millions of people are internally displaced and resettled in the wake of wars and floods or to make way for large-scale development projects, and this number is increasing. Humanitarian and development specialists continue to struggle with designing and executing effective protection strategies and durable solutions. Relocation Failures explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. The author argues that policies for internally displaced peoples are weak and diluted by narrow interpretations of state sovereignty and collective action dilemmas, and in the case of Sri Lanka, unintentionally intensified ethnic segregation and ultimately war. This unique new book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. In highlighting the ways that development assistance can exacerbate smoldering conflicts, the volume provides an important caution to the aid community.Trade Review'This book [analyzing the consequences and amelioration] of the several kinds of 'internal displacement' is a welcome addition to the literature. There are instructive similarities, but also important differences, among forced resettlement as a result of development projects, armed conflict, or natural disasters. [It is a sad commentary on our times that development studies is having to extend its scope to the restoration of governance capabilities, economic productivity and social relationships, rather than just figuring out how to advance each of these dimensions [of national existence] to more satisfactory levels.] Muggah brings insightful social science analysis to this subject, plus an incisive historical perspective. His choice of Sri Lanka as a case study is [, sadly for that country,] very apt, since this country offers relevant examples of all three kinds of internal displacement for us to learn from.' Norman Uphoff, Cornell University 'Can one author concomitantly wield the analytical lenses of several disciplines? This insightful study brilliantly conquers this daunting methodological challenge. Muggah's major book is the sharpest theoretical, political, and sociological analysis of the conundrum of displacements and resettlement processes caused by development, conflicts, and natural disasters, that are integral not only to Sri Lanka's social fabric but epitomize the status of our today's World at large.' Michael M. Cernea, George Washington UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction 1. A unified approach to displacement and resettlement 2. Protection and durable solutions: regimes for internally displaced and resettled populations 3. A short history of settlement and resettlement in Sri Lanka 4. Resettlement for development: Systems L and B 5. Resettlement during war: Trincomalee and Batticaloa 6. Resettlement after the wave: reflections on the North and East Conclusions Annex 1a-1d. Mapping ethnic distributions: 1911 to 2001 References

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Book SynopsisThe size and intensity of the Israeli army's operations since 2000 as well as the unprecedented scale of settlement construction brought about a qualitative change in the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis, altering it, Klein argues, from a border conflict to an ethnic struggle, pure and simple. Jewish Israel has now established its ethno-security regime over the whole area, from Jordan to the Mediterranean, a process that was accelerated and facilitated by election results in Israel, the United States and the Palestinian Authority. Arguing against the prevailing wisdom, which describes Israel's control system as merely one of 'occupation', in The Shift Klein contends that it is based now on twin ethnic and security pillars and seeks to include Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin. The core of his book examines the current ruling structure of the shrinking Jewish majority over the almost majority Palestinians and its different levels: Israeli Palestinian citizens, the residents of Jerusalem, the two West Bank groups divided by the Separation Barrier and those living under siege in the Gaza Strip. The Shift is based on primary sources and data that usually are published separately. Klein weaves them into his ground-breaking book, offering the reader a comprehensive portrayal of the on-the-ground realities and providing a new framework for understanding the status of the durable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its history, and its likely future course.Trade Review'The strongest part of the book is the material and analysis on the settlers and how they are stitched into the military and bureaucratic structures on both sides of the 1967 border. We get a sense of the ideological forces from below that drive radical settlers, but also a sense of the powerful political and military structures that enable them to continue to expand.' * John Chalcraft, LSE *'A brilliant and compelling account of the hard ground truths that now shape the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and seem to preclude a happy outcome. ... if you still believe in the possibility of Israeli-Palestinian peace, and especially if you don't, this book is for you.' * Aaron David Miller, author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace *'This dense little book, a fact-filled account of Israel and the Palestinians since the June 1967 war, treats not peace-process politics but actual developments on the ground. - Klein likens Israeli control of the Palestinians to colonialism, with striking comparisons to Algeria under French rule. He hits another hot button in arguing cogently that the system amounts to apartheid, but a softer apartheid than prevailed in South Africa.' * Foreign Affairs *

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Book SynopsisIn a world dominated by nation-states, expressions of private violence have generally been neglected: either as relics of a more disorganised world or as marginal nuisances to states themselves. The prevalence and centrality of private violence in the past and present warns against such complacency. An increasing academic interest in 'non-state' or private violence in International Relations has been mirrored in the world of policy as terrorists, insurgents, private military companies, and more recently pirates, have all become the focus of international security. Despite the increasing interest, the historical analysis of such actors has not been at a premium. This volume seeks to rectify this gap. Setting private violence in an historical context the contributors consider the development of private violence in time, as well as offering a comparative analysis of its unfolding across different geographical planes. The nine chapters that form the volume critically explore the lives of pirates, privateers, mercenaries, warlords, bandits and smugglers - groups of men (and occasionally women) that have sustained themselves and their kin principally through recourse to violence, but generally from outside or on the margins of public, state authority. They underline ways in which private violence acts both as a threat to existing forms of social order, and as a vehicle of empowerment for the established political authorities.

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Book SynopsisWhile the 'New Taliban' looms large in the global media, little is known about how it functions as an organisation. How united is it? Are its structures relatively strong, or surprisingly brittle? Are personal relations and networking based on traditional ties of kin and ethnicity the sum total of its organisational capabilities, or are efforts underway to build more institutionalised chains of command? How united is the New Taliban, and how does it maintain whatever degree of unity it has, given the attrition it has suffered in the field? And to what extent is its leadership able to impose switches in strategy among the rank-andfile, given Afghanistan's difficult geography and poor communications? These are among the questions answered in this book by a renowned cast of practitioners, journalists and academics, all of whom have long field experience of the latest phase of the New Taliban's insurgency in Afghanistan. Decoding the New Taliban includes a number of detailed studies of specific regions or provinces, which for different reasons are especially significant for the Taliban and for understanding their expansion. Alongside these regional studies, the volume includes thematic analyses of negotiating with the Taliban, the Taliban's propaganda effort and its strategic visionTrade Review'An outstanding and important collection - just the sort of locally specific, openly debatable, scholarly analysis ... that will be required more and more if the international community is ever to understand the insurgents and divine how to prevent a second Taliban revolution... as up-to-date as scholarship can be.' -- Steve Coll (Pulitzer Prize-winner), The New Yorker'Some evidence that the Taliban have moved on since they were in power is provided by Antonio Giustozzi, who has edited a collection of essays entitled Decoding the New Taliban... Giustozzi argues that the Taliban realise their old position on education was self-defeating and lost them support, and the line is now being reversed. In Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, according to Tom Coghlan, one of Giustozzi's contributors, people in September 2008 'reported a strikingly less repressive interpretation of the Taliban's social edicts.' They no longer ban TV, music, dog-fighting and kite-flying; nor do they insist on the old rule that men grow beards long enough to be held in the fist.' -- Jonathan Steele, London Review of BooksProvides a nuanced micro-level view of the country... One of the most significant contributions ... is the insight into the modus operandi of the insurgency.' -- Foreign Affairs'Far removed from the usual clichés and hasty generalisations, Decoding the New Taliban offers the reader a keen, first-hand sense of field research in Afghanistan, with all its uncertainties and contradictions. the authors, working on different regions or themes, offer new data and thought-provoking analyses. this book is an important step in understanding our failure in the current war.' -- Gilles Dorronsoro, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of Revolution Unending: Afghanistan 1979 to the PresentAntonio Giustozzi has succeeded in drawing together an excellent collection of perceptive essays from eminent and distinguished contributors. The focus on developments in diverse Afghan localities ensures that there is much in the volume that is novel, and instructive for both specialist and general readers. I would strongly recommend that it be published, and given the exceptional topicality of its subject-matter, the sooner the better.' -- Professor William Maley, author, Rescuing AfghanistanA valuable collection . . . [that] offer[s] important clues that could help to answer some of the most pressing foreign policy questions now confronting the Obama administration.' -- David Rohde, The New Republic'This well-researched book contains valuable insight on the command and control of the Taliban.' -- Military Review'Decoding the New Taliban is a serious and comprehensive collection of essays written by authorities on their subject matter that will directly benefit those who find themselves on the ground with the Afghan people and among the still evolving Neo-Taliban.' -- Middle East Quarterly'Decoding the New Taliban is one of the only sources where one can find concrete, specific, and up-to-date information on the structure, strategy, and operations of the Taliban insurgents. Along with Giustozzi's earlier book, Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop, Decoding the New Taliban is essential reading for anyone interested in the challenges facing the United States in bringing stability to this crucial region of the world.' -- Professor David B. Edwards, Willliams College, author of Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad

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Book SynopsisThe Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East has always attracted widely divergent attention. Scholars have regarded it both as the source of terrorism, and, more recently as the potential harbinger of democratization. The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe has attracted far less attention. But heavily influenced by its ambiguous reputation in the Middle East it has led to widespread speculation about its character. Its critics regard the European organizations as part of a suspicious, secretive, centrally led world-wide organization that enhances the alienation of Muslims in Europe. Its sympathizers, on the other hand, regard the Brotherhood as a moderate movement that has been Europeanized and promotes integration. This volume brings together experts on the European Muslim Brotherhood who address some of the main issues on which the debate has concentrated. After an introduction dealing with the European debate in the press, the first section shows that Brotherhood consists primarily of a network of informal ties, which have developed a host of localized practices and contradictory trends. The second part deals with the Brotherhood organizations in different European countries and traces their highly specific trajectories and relations with the local non-Muslim press and authorities. The third section concentrates on the ideological developments of the movement in the Middle East and Europe.Trade Review'This volume is a rich documentation and critical assessment of political movements related to the Muslim Brothers and their changing ideologies in various European nation states since the 1960s. It systematically addresses not only the often negative perceptions by journalists and politicians in Europe, but also the contradictions and ambiguities within the organisations. It is a highly qualified academic approach that helps to paint a much-needed differentiated picture.' * Bettina Graf, Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin, co-editor of Global Mufti: The Phenomenon of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi *'This is a very timely collection of contributions on a much vilified movement by a fine group of first class scholars. They portray the Muslim Brotherhood and its complex intellectual and ideological heritage, trying to come to grips with the many contemporary and multiple challenges it faces. While critically assessing its enduring secrecy and monopolistic claims about its representativeness, this volume convincingly argues that the Muslim Brotherhood has dramatically changed over the decades. It is now a moderate movement, as diverse as the national environments in which its affiliated organisations operate. This volume confronts head-on the argument of pundits who argue that Islam cannot change.' * Rik Coolsaet, Ghent University, author of Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge: European and American Experiences *'A penetrating assessment of the origins and inner workings of an influential and diverse Islamist movement operating in Europe. Where the Brotherhood is widely portrayed as a counter-Enlightenment Trojan Horse, this volume offers an impressively more nuanced understanding of its evolution, moving away from its totalising dogma and militancy towards political pragmatism as it engages with democracy, secularism, and Muslim minority status.' * Humayan Ansari, Professor of Islam and Culture, Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of The Infidel Within: Muslims in Britain Since 1800 *

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Book SynopsisGuardians of the Arab State explains clearly and concisely how and why military organisations become involved in politics across the Middle East and North Africa, identifying four key factors: a high degree of organisational capacity, clear institutional interest, a forgiving population and weak civilian control. Looking at numerous case studies ranging from Mauritania to Iraq, the book finds that these factors are common to all Arab countries to have experienced coups in the last century. It also finds that the opposite is true in cases like Jordan, where strong civilian control and the absence of capacity, interest, or a positive public image made coup attempts futile. Gaub also convincingly argues that the reasons are structural rather than cultural, thereby proving a counter-narrative to conventional explanations which look at Arab coups along religious or historical lines. In essence, the questions addressed herein lead back to issues of weak statehood, legitimacy, and resource constraints -- all problems the Arab world has struggled with since independence.Guardians of the Arab State picks up where previous literature on Middle Eastern military forces dropped the debate, and provides an updated and insightful analysis into the soul of Arab armies.Trade ReviewA must-read book for all those seeking to understand the critical role of armies in the rise and fall of states in the Arab world and the critical role that they have played historically and since the uprisings of 2011, written by one of the leading experts on the subject. -- Paul Salem, Vice President for Policy and Research, the Middle East Institute, Washington DCFlorence Gaub has produced a masterful analysis of the complex and critical relationship between Arab leaders and their militaries, a severely understudied topic. Her examination of these militaries' political role should be read by anyone seeking to understand the Arab world -- its history, the catalysts for the Arab uprisings, and its trajectory for the future. -- Mara E. Karlin, PhD, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of DefenseFlorence Gaub has truly grasped the intricate military and political balance that continues to define the Arab World today. How can we find a middle ground between building strong armies capable of shielding a region marred by instability, while also embracing the necessary reforms to attain more inclusive and peaceful societies? This is but one of the many questions that she presses us to contemplate in this very well documented book. -- General Tannous Mouawad, Lebanese Army (Ret'd)The political trajectory of the Middle East and North Africa after World War II looks on the face of it to have been a series of military coups, revolutions, civil wars and failing states. Indeed, the Arab world seems particularly prone to military involvement in politics -- Why is this? Where does it happen? And why does it sometimes not? Florence Gaub gives clear answers to these questions, analyses perfectly the role of the militaries, civilian governments and the people in almost each of the Arab countries, and draws convincing conclusions. An excellent book. -- Wolf-Dieter Löser, former General, German Army and Commandant of the NATO Defense CollegeThis book is a must-read for diplomatic and military planners across the globe who are concerned about stability in the Middle East, a region with no shortage of military coups, revolutions, civil wars and failing states. Understanding the foundations of civil-military triad -- regional civilian leaders' legitimacy, Arab military capabilities, and citizen threat perception -- is a critical requirement for the pursuit of regional stability. This book provides an historical portrait of why Arab armies get involved in the political space and provides policy recommendations for necessary reforms. -- Paula Broadwell, former Deputy Director of the Fletcher School Counter-Terrorism Center

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Book SynopsisFollowing the 'Arab Spring' uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, many had high hopes not only for democratisation but also for transitional justice to address the myriad abuses that had taken place in the region, both during the uprisings and for decades prior to them. Protesters had called not only for removal of corrupt and abusive leaders, but also for the protection of human rights more generally, including socio-economic rights as well as civil and political rights. Despite these hopes, most of the transitions in the region have stalled, along with the possibility of transitional justice. This volume is the first to look at this process and brings together leading experts in the fields of human rights and transitional justice, and in the history, politics and justice systems of countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Bahrain and Morocco. While these countries have diverse histories, political institutions, and experiences with accountability, most have experienced non-transition, stalled transition, or political manipulation of transitional justice measures, highlight--ing the limits of such mechanisms. These studies should inform reflection not only on the role of transitional justice in the region, but also on challenges to its operation more generally.

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Book SynopsisSince 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on the other. That convergence has eclipsed the political transitions that occurred in the countries whose regimes were toppled in 2011, as if they were merely footnotes to a narrative that naturally led from an 'Arab Spring' to an 'Arab Winter'. This volume aims at rehabilitating those transitions, by considering them as expressions of a 'revolutionary moment' whose outcome was never pre-determined, but depended on the choices of a large range of actors. It brings together leading scholars of Arab politics to adopt a comparative approach to a few crucial aspects of those transitions: constitutional debates, the question of transitional justice, the evolution of civil-military relations, and the role of specific actors, both domestic and international.Trade Review‘Gathering an impressive cast of leading scholars, the editors propose a rich and sophisticated picture of the Arab Spring’s aftermath, covering often contested and complex aspects of history in a careful and nuanced way.’ -- Libyan Studies'An excellent contribution to the debate about the Arab uprisings.' -- Bustan: The Middle East Book Review'Though cast as seminal, the Arab Spring has produced uncertain effects. With mastery of larger trends and local circumstances, this discerning volume provides a rigorous focus on transitional social forces. Contributors persuasively warn against presumptions of both inevitable democratisation and engrained authoritarianism — an invaluable window onto a roiling post-Spring region.' -- James Piscatori, Professor of International Relations, Durham University, and co-author of 'Muslim Politics''This is an impressive volume, featuring original and thought-provoking contributions by some of the most astute observers of the contemporary Middle East. In a field crowded with studies of the 2011 uprisings, this book stands out for the breadth of its coverage, the depth of its analysis, and the quality of its scholarship.' -- Mehran Kamrava, Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar, and author of 'Inside the Arab State''The Arab spring has triggered an emotional but short lived enthusiasm in the West; disappointment led to political and academic neglect of what was seen as an ephemeral event. This volume rehabilitates the Arab Spring as an essential moment by placing it in a long term perspective. A remarkable in-depth analysis by the best experts of an event which has definitively changed the strategic and political landscape of the region.' -- Olivier Roy, Professor, European University Institute, Florence and author of 'Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State''A stellar cast of leading scholars systematically explore the implications of the Arab Uprisings for the broader literature on political transitions. Revisiting the Arab Uprisings represents a hugely important advance in our understanding of these events by showing that it is impossible to reduce the aftermath of 2011 to simple narratives of either democratic progress or backsliding. Crucial reading for scholars of Middle East politics and comparative democratisation.' -- Peter Mandaville, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University

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Book SynopsisLeslie F. Stebbins is an independent researcher and the Director of Research4Ed where her clients include Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Education, Tufts University, and the Gates Foundation. She has more than thirty years of experience in higher education with a background in library and information science, instructional design, research, and teaching. Her previous books, Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age and Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth have been mainstays in college and university media studies and information literacy courses. Leslie lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Book SynopsisWe live in an age of media saturation, where with a few clicks of the remote - or mouse - we can tune in to programming where the facts fit our ideological predispositions. This title demonstrates that the strong effects of media exposure found in past research are simply not applicable in today's more saturated media landscape.Trade Review"Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson debunk conventional wisdom concerning the divisive effects of cable programming by showing that the availability of consumer choice dampens the effects of exposure to partisan news sources on a variety of beliefs and attitudes. Changing Minds or Changing Channels? will have a significant impact on research in American politics and political communication for years to come." (Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University)"

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Book SynopsisWhy do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on balloon boy? This title deals with these questions.Trade Review"Making the News sets forth the deceptively simple-sounding argument that the news agenda is 'skewed' so that few issues reach and remain on the front page. By applying new methods to explain these patterns irrefutably and on a broad scale, Amber E. Boydstun makes a valuable contribution to the literature on political communication." (Reginal Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin)"

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Book SynopsisWhy do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions.Trade Review"Making the News sets forth the deceptively simple-sounding argument that the news agenda is 'skewed' so that few issues reach and remain on the front page. By applying new methods to explain these patterns irrefutably and on a broad scale, Amber E. Boydstun makes a valuable contribution to the literature on political communication." (Reginal Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin)"

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Book SynopsisDrawing on experiments and survey data, this title shows that Americans who watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to compromise.Trade Review"With How Partisan Media Polarize America, Matthew Levendusky argues persuasively that partisan media matter to political attitudes and behavior-and that their influence extends far beyond the relatively few people who actually watch such programs. This is an important contribution to a topic that is critical to understanding the present and future of political communication in America, and Levendusky brings together rigorous research with lively prose and compelling anecdotes." (Matthew Baum, Harvard University)"

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Book SynopsisConfronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best - the watched. The book focuses on the conversations of low-income mothers from Appalachian Ohio as they talk about the welfare bureaucracy and its remarkably advanced surveillance system.

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Book SynopsisEveryone worries about privacy these days. Packed with stories that are funny and sad, familiar and strange, this book tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought, lost, and won. It explores how we manage our secrets, our phone calls and e-mail, the perimeters of our homes, and our interactions with neighbors.Trade Review"Islands of Privacy is a major work of original research, depicting the processes, exchanges, and concerns involved in the ongoing social negotiation of this thing we call 'privacy.' The strength of Nippert-Eng's closely detailed approach is that it allows us to see that privacy is a complicated value subject to constant change, pressure, defense, and negation. The book is also elegantly written-in admirable Studs Terkel fashion, Nippert-Eng is able to get people to tell some great stories about the things that interest us all." -John Gilliom, author of Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy"

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA succinct but thoroughly researched account of how Israel's security agencies have sought to defeat terrorist organizations from the pre-state Yishuv to events following the 2006 war with Hezbollah. After examining the historical record, Ami Pedahzur concludes that the application of defensive measures has proved more successful in deterring terrorist attacks than 'targeted killings' and other forms of warlike measures. -- Leonard Weinberg, University of Nevada, Reno Ami Pedahzur has written an astute, well-documented, and compelling analysis of Israel's reliance on the 'war model' to combat terrorism. Israel's political and military leaders were consistently unable to resist the temptation of dramatic and costly uses of force when modest defensive or conciliatory measures were preferable. This lesson should not be lost on any national policymaker confronted by terrorism. -- Martha Crenshaw, Stanford University [Pedahzur's] insights are so well reasoned and relevant that the pages almost turn themselves. Publishers Weekly (starred review) [A] superb examination of Israel's secret services. -- Daniel Byman New York Post More than entertaining spy stories... this book will be a great aid to other Western countries around the world struggling to confront terror. Jewish Book World [Pedahzur] offers a brilliant description of Israel's fight against terrorism from 1948 to the present. -- Seth J. Frantzman The Jerusalem Post A fascinating history of counterterrorism by Israeli security agencies... Highly recommended. Choice "The Israeli Secret Services & the Struggles Against Terrorism" is a fine read and solidly recommended. -- James A. Cox Midwest Book Review the book sheds a great deal of light on the activities of counterterrorism organizations that mostly operate in the shadows and on the seemingly haphazard ways counterterrorism policy is formulated in times of crisis. -- Aaron M. Hoffman ShofarTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Emergence of Israel's Counterterrorism Doctrine 2. The Path to the Defensive Model and Back 3. Rescuing Hostages 4. The Lebanese Puzzle 5. New Challenges from the West Bank and Gaza 6. The Global Challenge of Iran and Hezbollah 7. New Rivals, Old Responses 8. A War Against an Elusive Enemy 9. The Second Lebanon War and Beyond 10. Fighting the Terrorism Plague Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWalsh has made a valuable, groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of intelligence sharing. Political Science Quarterly The International Politics of Intelligence Sharing offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of international intelligence. -- Maj. Daniel Sennott, USA Military Review This book explores what other works on intelligence either fail to mention or only touch upon... It is a valuable work that adds a new dimension to the literature. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Understanding Intelligence Sharing: Curveball and KSM 2. Transatlantic Intelligence Sharing During the Cold War 3. Intelligence Sharing for Counterinsurgency: Vietnam and Colombia 4. Intelligence Sharing in the European Union: Institutions Are Not Enough 5. Intelligence Sharing and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy 6. Findings and Implications Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJewish Terrorism in Israel addresses a huge lacuna in the field by providing the first systematic, in-depth treatment of Jewish terrorism from ancient times to today. It concludes with vitally important developments in Jewish extremism over the past nine years, making a signal contribution at a moment when interest in terrorism and counterterrorism is high, when more attention than ever is being focused on terrorism motivated by religion, and when we most need insight into the nature of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. -- Bruce Hoffman, author of Inside Terrorism Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger provide us with an intelligent, sensible, and compelling story of terrorism among a people more famously known as historical victims rather than perpetrators. Their use of multiple research methods--including first-hand observations and interviews--is admirable; their insight into the interaction among religious, political, social, and psychological forces is convincing; and their accounts of informal networks and ideological socialization are especially revealing. This book is a model of scholarship on a topic most resistant to dispassionate analysis. -- Neil J. Smelser, University of California, Berkeley This engaging book documents the dark side of Jewish political activism in Israel from ancient times to the present. These gripping accounts, which describe the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the anti-Arab vitriol of Meir Kahane, and the strident opposition of the settler movement, show that terrorism has been in the shadows of Jewish politics in Israel, just as it has been in every other religious tradition around the world. Jewish Terrorism in Israel should be required reading for anyone concerned about the moral dilemmas of Jewish activism, peace in the Middle East, and the rise of religious violence everywhere. -- Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence [Pedahzur and Perliger] provide excellent insight into a little reported and even lesser understood reality. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This work is timely, objective, and bold... highly recommended. Choice Choice Sets a high bar for subsequent works. -- L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs [Jewish Terrorism in Israel] provides rich, detailed exploration of a form of terrorism often little noted within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -- Rebecca L. Torstrick H-Levant Most, perhaps all, religious traditions have produced their own long intermittent and unique histories of terrorism. Yet this remarkable, engrossing study is the first to put the story of one religion together. It will surely stimulate studies of other religious traditions, a subject everyone needs to know more about. -- David Rapoport, author of Inside Terrorist Organizations Essential reading for anyone interested in global terrorism. The European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface Life in the Counterculture The Catastrophic Event The Dynamic and Causes of Radicalization Method Book Structure 1. Ancient and Modern History: The Founding Myths Hasmoneans Terrorism in Jerusalem Jewish Political Activism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2. Early and Mid-Twentieth Century: Ethno-Religious Terrorism The Split Between the Etzel and the Lehi The Assassination of Lord Moyne From the Season to the United Resistance Movement The Partition Plan The Assassination of Israel Kastner Kingdom of Israel (the Tzrifin Underground) Brit Hakanaim (Covenant of the Zealots) 3. The Camp David Accords: The Struggle over the Promised Land The Attack on the Mayors The Crisis of the Camp David Accords The Jewish Underground The Founding Clique Vengeance Removing the Abomination The Massacre at the Islamic College The Exposure of the Network and Conclusions 4. Meir Kahane and the Kach Movement: Jews Against Israelis Hebron Then and Now From Jewish Defense League to Kahanist Counterculture Early Days Yoel Lerner The Modern Hasmonean Revolt The Struggle in Sinai TNT The Committee for the Safety of the Roads The Disciples God of Vengeance 5. The Assassination of Yitzak Rabin The Vengeance Underground The Yigal Amir Group The Plot Formation of the Network 6. The Second Intifada: Vengeance The Hilltop Youth The Bat Ayin Group The Withdrawal from Gaza Gush Katif Sa Nur Kfar Tapuach Amona 7. Eccentric Cults, Vengeances, and Lone Wolves Uzi Meshulam Cult The Jerusalem Groups: The Ein Kerem Group and the Lifta Gang Spontaneous Vengeance Interim Summary: The Exceptional Groups Mental Health and External Events Vengeance, Counterculture, and Mental Disturbances The Lone Avengers The Mindset of the Lone Wolves 8. In the Name of God, the People, and the Land: Reassessment of the Causes of Jewish Terrorism Comparing Jewish Terrorism with Other Manifestations of Religious Terrorism Concluding Remarks: Looking Ahead Glossary Chronology of Attacks and Events Related to Jewish Terrorism Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBates's own position is supremely original and perfectly and clearly articulated. He shows that the political does not have to lead to fascism and violence and exclusion (clearly it has not prevented these things from taking place) but can have a more progressive, individualist, and anti-exclusionary form. -- James Martel, San Francisco State University In this breakthrough rereading of early-modern thought, David William Bates discovers the origins of liberal norms in and through the creation of a fully autonomous political domain. As Bates shows, it was no accident that construction of internal constitutionalist restraints on the state occurred just as the modern state emerged to its full external potential for global violence. Bates's argument is at the cutting edge in the history of political thought, and his interpretations of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau renovate the study of each author. -- Samuel Moyn, Columbia University [A] masterful study. -- David Tkach The Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsForeword by Dick Howard Preface Introduction: Constitutional Violence and Enlightenment Thought 1. The Autonomous State and the Origin of the Political 2. States of Reasoning: Modern Natural-Law Theory 3. Locke's Natural History of the Political 4. Systems of Sovereignty in Montesquieu 5. Rousseau's Cybernetic Political Body Conclusion: From the Concept of the Political to the Rule of Law Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA scholar and a journalist assess the push to make gender equality a cornerstone of America’s international agenda.Trade ReviewIn this remarkably readable book, Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl make clear the direct link to enhanced stability in countries where women actively participate in public life. The landscapes surveyed are startlingly broad, from developments in China, India, and Rwanda to in-depth case studies of Afghanistan, Guatemala, and Saudi Arabia. This volume is important for anyone who wants to think seriously about the shape and purpose of foreign policy. Secretary Clinton's declaration that women's subjugation threatens our national interests has been dismissed by many as mere idealism, yet it stems from a pragmatic approach and deep experience. Understanding what Hudson and Leidl reveal about the varying applications of the Hillary Doctrine strikes me as the start of wisdom. -- from the foreword by Swanee Hunt A sound study that carries an urgent message. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Women define security differently than do men. For 50 years, grass-roots global feminism has urged policymakers to see women, to see that women are the first and worst affected by violence, poverty, wars, displacement, and other catastrophes--yet the least and last to be consulted about solutions. Yet consciousness is finally trickling up, and the centrality of women to global security for all--set forth here with scholarly rigor by Hudson and Leidl--is a most welcome leap forward in legitimizing the crucial need for major policy re-visioning. Ignore this book at your peril. -- Robin Morgan, author of The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism The Hillary Doctrine may not make you comfortable, but it will change the way you think about national and international security. Through a combination of case studies, interviews and meticulous research including perhaps the most exhaustive compilation of data ever assembled on the subject, Hudson and Leidl make the case that the equality of women is not simply an issue of fairness. It is fundamental to peace and prosperity globally. The authors are never tendentious or polemical. This superbly written narrative is understated if anything. The carefully assembled facts and the often searing voices of women themselves tell a compelling story. Hudson and Leidl follow a concise historical treatment of women's rights with illuminating case studies, setting the stage for focused policy recommendations. Having established that the security of women and the security of states are closely linked, the authors argue for an expansion of the Hillary Doctrine as U.S. national policy to an international Right to Protect Women. This book is required reading for policy makers and implementers as well as anyone concerned about where we are going as a nation and a world. -- Ryan Crocker, former ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, and dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University How has the exclusion of the female half of this country damaged U.S. foreign policy? Let me count the ways -- from ignoring a North Vietnamese peace initiative because it was headed by a woman to excluding the violence against females that is the normalizer of all violence. This country is fighting poisonous growths, yet leaving their roots intact. From now on, no debate about national or global policy can proceed without reading The Hillary Doctrine by Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl. It is the first book about high level efforts to create a foreign policy as if women mattered. -- Gloria Steinem I recommend it. -- Nicholas Kristof The New York Times A solid introduction. Library Journal Thoughtful and nuanced... I highly recommend [The Hillary Doctrine] to anybody interested in elevating women's voices in world affairs, as well as the practicalities of day-to-day U.S. foreign policymaking. -- Micah Zenko Newsweek Highly relevant. -- Gideon Rachman Financial Times [The Hillary Doctrine] is valuable pre-election reading for Americans, and illuminating for the rest of us as well. -- Tom Sandborn The Vancouver Sun A comprehensive overview of how women's rights have become better accepted as a part of US foreign policy... As the first book-length study of the Hillary Doctrine this is a valuable and energetic start. -- Jessica Abrahams Prospect Nuanced, sober, and meticulous... Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Hudson and Leidl's book is a must-read for scholars and students interested in the relationship between women's rights, human rights, and national security. And if we take the authors' premise seriously that women's rights are fundamental to human rights, then this book should be a must-read for any scholar or student interested in foreign policy. -- Shawn J. Parry-Giles H-Diplo The strongest case to date for considering women's rights a central issue of national security... Highly recommended. Choice Even-handed, deeply researched... [The Hillary Doctrine] is a highly readable, fast moving history that covers a critical topic. -- Christina Asquith openDemocracy The Hillary Doctrine is a painstaking examination of Clinton's efforts to advance the status of women during her tenure as secretary of state... [Hudson & Leidl] make the case that advancing the status of women will require giving the issue a permanent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, one that will long outlast Clinton. -- Suzanne Nossel Foreign Affairs Rich in empirical research and theory, The Hillary Doctrine... is a must-read for anyoneinterested in understanding why and how women's security and the status of women around the world matter for U.S. foreign policy and national security. Ethics and International AffairsTable of ContentsForeword, by Ambassador Swanee Hunt Preface Acknowledgments Part I: History and Evolution 1. How Sex Came to Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy Part II: Theory and Cases 2. Should Sex Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy? 3. Guatemala: A Case Study 4. A Conspicuous Silence: U.S. Foreign Policy, Women, and Saudi Arabia Part III: Policy and Implementation 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Implementing the Hillary Doctrine 6. Afghanistan: The Litmus Test for the Hillary Doctrine 7. The Future of the Hillary Doctrine: Realpolitik and Fempolitik Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA scholar and a journalist assess the push to make gender equality a cornerstone of America's international agenda.Trade ReviewIn this remarkably readable book, Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl make clear the direct link to enhanced stability in countries where women actively participate in public life. The landscapes surveyed are startlingly broad, from developments in China, India, and Rwanda to in-depth case studies of Afghanistan, Guatemala, and Saudi Arabia. This volume is important for anyone who wants to think seriously about the shape and purpose of foreign policy. Secretary Clinton's declaration that women's subjugation threatens our national interests has been dismissed by many as mere idealism, yet it stems from a pragmatic approach and deep experience. Understanding what Hudson and Leidl reveal about the varying applications of the Hillary Doctrine strikes me as the start of wisdom. -- from the foreword by Swanee Hunt A sound study that carries an urgent message. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Women define security differently than do men. For 50 years, grass-roots global feminism has urged policymakers to see women, to see that women are the first and worst affected by violence, poverty, wars, displacement, and other catastrophes--yet the least and last to be consulted about solutions. Yet consciousness is finally trickling up, and the centrality of women to global security for all--set forth here with scholarly rigor by Hudson and Leidl--is a most welcome leap forward in legitimizing the crucial need for major policy re-visioning. Ignore this book at your peril. -- Robin Morgan, author of The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism The Hillary Doctrine may not make you comfortable, but it will change the way you think about national and international security. Through a combination of case studies, interviews and meticulous research including perhaps the most exhaustive compilation of data ever assembled on the subject, Hudson and Leidl make the case that the equality of women is not simply an issue of fairness. It is fundamental to peace and prosperity globally. The authors are never tendentious or polemical. This superbly written narrative is understated if anything. The carefully assembled facts and the often searing voices of women themselves tell a compelling story. Hudson and Leidl follow a concise historical treatment of women's rights with illuminating case studies, setting the stage for focused policy recommendations. Having established that the security of women and the security of states are closely linked, the authors argue for an expansion of the Hillary Doctrine as U.S. national policy to an international Right to Protect Women. This book is required reading for policy makers and implementers as well as anyone concerned about where we are going as a nation and a world. -- Ryan Crocker, former ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, and dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University How has the exclusion of the female half of this country damaged U.S. foreign policy? Let me count the ways -- from ignoring a North Vietnamese peace initiative because it was headed by a woman to excluding the violence against females that is the normalizer of all violence. This country is fighting poisonous growths, yet leaving their roots intact. From now on, no debate about national or global policy can proceed without reading The Hillary Doctrine by Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl. It is the first book about high level efforts to create a foreign policy as if women mattered. -- Gloria Steinem I recommend it. -- Nicholas Kristof The New York Times A solid introduction. Library Journal Thoughtful and nuanced... I highly recommend [The Hillary Doctrine] to anybody interested in elevating women's voices in world affairs, as well as the practicalities of day-to-day U.S. foreign policymaking. -- Micah Zenko Newsweek Highly relevant. -- Gideon Rachman Financial Times [The Hillary Doctrine] is valuable pre-election reading for Americans, and illuminating for the rest of us as well. -- Tom Sandborn The Vancouver Sun A comprehensive overview of how women's rights have become better accepted as a part of US foreign policy... As the first book-length study of the Hillary Doctrine this is a valuable and energetic start. -- Jessica Abrahams Prospect Nuanced, sober, and meticulous... Highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Hudson and Leidl's book is a must-read for scholars and students interested in the relationship between women's rights, human rights, and national security. And if we take the authors' premise seriously that women's rights are fundamental to human rights, then this book should be a must-read for any scholar or student interested in foreign policy. -- Shawn J. Parry-Giles H-Diplo The strongest case to date for considering women's rights a central issue of national security... Highly recommended. Choice Even-handed, deeply researched... [The Hillary Doctrine] is a highly readable, fast moving history that covers a critical topic. -- Christina Asquith openDemocracy The Hillary Doctrine is a painstaking examination of Clinton's efforts to advance the status of women during her tenure as secretary of state... [Hudson & Leidl] make the case that advancing the status of women will require giving the issue a permanent place on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, one that will long outlast Clinton. -- Suzanne Nossel Foreign Affairs Rich in empirical research and theory, The Hillary Doctrine... is a must-read for anyoneinterested in understanding why and how women's security and the status of women around the world matter for U.S. foreign policy and national security. Ethics and International AffairsTable of ContentsForeword, by Ambassador Swanee Hunt Preface Acknowledgments Part I: History and Evolution 1. How Sex Came to Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy Part II: Theory and Cases 2. Should Sex Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy? 3. Guatemala: A Case Study 4. A Conspicuous Silence: U.S. Foreign Policy, Women, and Saudi Arabia Part III: Policy and Implementation 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Implementing the Hillary Doctrine 6. Afghanistan: The Litmus Test for the Hillary Doctrine 7. The Future of the Hillary Doctrine: Realpolitik and Fempolitik Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDistinguished novelists, philosophers, historians, sociologists, and political scientists propose a new approach to settling multicultural tensions in the modern world.Trade ReviewThe contributors to this volume open up fertile new ground exploring problems, hypotheses, and recommendations in provocative and original ways. Readers will find the fresh thinking exhibited in these pages eye-opening and mind-expanding. -- Hans Oberdiek, Swarthmore College Alfred Stepan and Charles Taylor have played a leading role in getting us to rethink the meaning of political secularism, above all to undermine the simplistic notions that secularism means an absolute separation of 'church and state,' that this is essential to democracy, and that there is only one institutional template for achieving a secular polity. In this collection of essays, they have assembled a set of contributors who look at the varied ways in which quite different societies, past and present, Western and non-Western, have tried to achieve multireligious coexistence and the role of the state in that process. This is just the kind of historical and theoretical inquiry we need as we work through the challenge of crafting a suitably multiculturalized set of secularisms. -- Tariq Modood, University of Bristol A welcome and felicitous addition to the vast literature on the subject. Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Alfred Stepan and Charles Taylor Religion and the Imagination, by Salman Rushdie with Gauri Viswanathan Part 1. Classical Western Approaches to Toleration A Form of Liberty and Indulgence: Toleration as a Layered Institution, by Ira Katznelson How to Define Secularism, by Charles Taylor Secularism: Its Content and Context, by Akeel Bilgrami Half-Toleration: Concordia and the Limits of Dialogue, by Nadia Urbinati Part 2. Before and Beyond Classical Approaches to Toleration Beyond Toleration: Civility and Principled Coexistence in Asokan Edicts, by Rajeev Bhargava Empire and Toleration: A Comparative Sociology of Toleration Within Empire, by Karen Barkey Modernity, State, and Toleration in Indian History: Exploring Accommodations and Partitions, by Sudipta Kaviraj Muslims and Toleration: Unexamined Contributions to the Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democracies, by Alfred Stepan Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisStephen Gillers proposes a bold set of legal and policy changes to strengthen the freedom of the press and support the free press as a public good, including protecting news gathering and confidential sources. Journalism Under Fire weaves together practice, law, and policy into a program that can ensure a future for investigative reporting.Trade ReviewJournalism Under Fire issues an extraordinarily timely five-alarm warning. It is a forceful response to those who today—and in the future—would demean and disparage the essential importance of a free press to American democracy. One of America’s leading ethicists and legal scholars, Stephen Gillers also reminds us why supporting and protecting investigative reporting is an essential antidote to corporate and government abuse of power and threats to democratic institutions. This book is for any citizen who wants to better understand what is at stake and who seeks bold ideas for how to keep our democracy and press free and strong in the Trump era—and beyond. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The NationGillers expertly weaves together legal texts, public policy, and normative theory to shed new light on the Press Clause, which, as the work makes clear, has been largely abandoned by the Supreme Court in recent years. The book develops a persuasive and coherent Press Clause theory and outlines its practical implications. -- Jonathan Peters, University of GeorgiaUsing a careful and subtle reading of the Constitution and recent legal examples to buttress its case, this work provides an important, sustained argument about the Press Clause of the First Amendment. A timely, significant book by a leading legal thinker. -- Tom Goldstein, University of California, BerkeleyPenetrating and essential... -- Bruce Shapiro * The Nation *Gillers is under no illusions that his program will be adopted anytime soon, but his superb examination of where we are and where we should be headed is immensely valuable, nevertheless. * Technical Communication *Gillers’s book is the antidote for those infected with wealth and power that seek to exploit, cover-up or otherwise demean the freedom of the Press to use investigative journalism as a tool for the greater good along with the proper policy, practice, and legal changes that can ensure a future for investigative reporting in a thriving democracy. -- Adrienne A. Wallace, Grand Valley State University * Journalism & Mass Communicators Educator *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. What Does the Press Clause Mean?2. What and Who Is “The Press”?3. What Does the Press Clause Demand of the Press?4. Protection of Confidential Information5. Press Clause Protection for Newsgathering6. Three Legislative Changes to Safeguard Investigative ReportingIn Conclusion: Potter Stewart’s TruthNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisCinematic Guerrillas is a media history of Chinese film exhibition and reception that offers fresh insights into the powers and limits of propaganda.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book, Jie Li delivers a fascinating account of socialist cinema. Reviving the scene of mobile projection and reception, Li reveals the human as central to technology, infrastructure, and energy. By taking propaganda history seriously, Li makes a major contribution to global media theory and archaeology. Cinematic Guerrillas will reverberate across multiple fields in the years to come. -- Weihong Bao, author of Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in ChinaCinematic Guerillas is both a bumper research harvest and a thrilling read. The memories of Mao-era mobile projectionists and audiences make us understand and feel how the cinema enchanted its audiences with revolutionary spirit—and how it made them willing to pay the heavy price of utopian dreams. -- Chris Berry, coeditor of Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of TranslationCinematic Guerrillas offers an ingenious exploration of Mao-era China. Jie Li considers state messages conveyed in film, embedding them in a physical mediascape of itinerant projectionists who hauled equipment, cash-strapped collectives who paid for local screenings, and villagers who flocked to open-air showings for entertainment and respite. Perceptive, hilarious, and heartbreaking. -- Gail Hershatter, author of The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective PastHow do you turn a scattered population into a revolutionary mass? Drawing on extensive archival and oral research, Li depicts the work of thousands of mobile projectionists traveling all over China training rural peoples for political struggle. A tour de force of historical reconstruction and theoretical intervention, this book shows how the Chinese revolution was also a media revolution dependent on the logistical work of ‘cinematic guerillas.’ -- Brian Larkin, author of Signal and Noise: Infrastructure, Media, and Urban Culture in NigeriaCinematic Guerrillas is cultural history at its best. Not only does it provide an engaging account of the culture of the young and aspiring PRC, but it also lays out an impeccable method to study socialist culture, straddling media studies and political economy to critically analyze some fundamental features of its very effective propaganda. -- Laikwan Pang, author of The Art of Cloning: Creative Production During China's Cultural RevolutionJie Li’s research on Maoist cinema as a spirit medium reveals the constant struggle to keep revolutionary enthusiasm high after the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949. Her research on mobile projectionists brings out the complexity of working with rural audiences who sought the entertainment value in films meant to be understood ideologically. This book is a fine contribution to the study of cinema under socialism. -- Wendy Larson, author of Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of CultureThrough its marvelous narrative, Cinematic Guerrillas makes a compelling case that reception constitutes the core of cinema’s function and value . . . What Li manages to both uncover and produce is a rich and richly contradictory history of Chinese cinema, or, more precisely, of cinema in China, detailing in its intricacies how projectionists and audiences became key conduits of the “media revolution” that others might more commonly call the “Chinese revolution.” -- Bruno Guaraná * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary Spirit MediumshipPart I: Projectionists as Media Infrastructure1. Cinematic Nation-Building: Media Networks and Spiritual Battlegrounds2. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried3. The Three Sisters Movie Team: Projecting Models, Model Projectionists, and Female Projectionists4. The Cost of Spiritual Food: A Ritual Economy of Rural CinemaPart II: Audiences as Creative Agents5. The Hot Noise of Open-Air Cinema6. Guerrilla Cinema and Guerrilla Reception7. Transcultural Guerrillas: The Reception of Foreign Films in Socialist China8. Poisonous Weeds and Censorship as ExorcismEpilogueAppendix: InterviewsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisCinematic Guerrillas is a media history of Chinese film exhibition and reception that offers fresh insights into the powers and limits of propaganda.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book, Jie Li delivers a fascinating account of socialist cinema. Reviving the scene of mobile projection and reception, Li reveals the human as central to technology, infrastructure, and energy. By taking propaganda history seriously, Li makes a major contribution to global media theory and archaeology. Cinematic Guerrillas will reverberate across multiple fields in the years to come. -- Weihong Bao, author of Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in ChinaCinematic Guerillas is both a bumper research harvest and a thrilling read. The memories of Mao-era mobile projectionists and audiences make us understand and feel how the cinema enchanted its audiences with revolutionary spirit—and how it made them willing to pay the heavy price of utopian dreams. -- Chris Berry, coeditor of Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of TranslationCinematic Guerrillas offers an ingenious exploration of Mao-era China. Jie Li considers state messages conveyed in film, embedding them in a physical mediascape of itinerant projectionists who hauled equipment, cash-strapped collectives who paid for local screenings, and villagers who flocked to open-air showings for entertainment and respite. Perceptive, hilarious, and heartbreaking. -- Gail Hershatter, author of The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective PastHow do you turn a scattered population into a revolutionary mass? Drawing on extensive archival and oral research, Li depicts the work of thousands of mobile projectionists traveling all over China training rural peoples for political struggle. A tour de force of historical reconstruction and theoretical intervention, this book shows how the Chinese revolution was also a media revolution dependent on the logistical work of ‘cinematic guerillas.’ -- Brian Larkin, author of Signal and Noise: Infrastructure, Media, and Urban Culture in NigeriaCinematic Guerrillas is cultural history at its best. Not only does it provide an engaging account of the culture of the young and aspiring PRC, but it also lays out an impeccable method to study socialist culture, straddling media studies and political economy to critically analyze some fundamental features of its very effective propaganda. -- Laikwan Pang, author of The Art of Cloning: Creative Production During China's Cultural RevolutionJie Li’s research on Maoist cinema as a spirit medium reveals the constant struggle to keep revolutionary enthusiasm high after the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949. Her research on mobile projectionists brings out the complexity of working with rural audiences who sought the entertainment value in films meant to be understood ideologically. This book is a fine contribution to the study of cinema under socialism. -- Wendy Larson, author of Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of CultureThrough its marvelous narrative, Cinematic Guerrillas makes a compelling case that reception constitutes the core of cinema’s function and value . . . What Li manages to both uncover and produce is a rich and richly contradictory history of Chinese cinema, or, more precisely, of cinema in China, detailing in its intricacies how projectionists and audiences became key conduits of the “media revolution” that others might more commonly call the “Chinese revolution.” -- Bruno Guaraná * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary Spirit MediumshipPart I: Projectionists as Media Infrastructure1. Cinematic Nation-Building: Media Networks and Spiritual Battlegrounds2. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried3. The Three Sisters Movie Team: Projecting Models, Model Projectionists, and Female Projectionists4. The Cost of Spiritual Food: A Ritual Economy of Rural CinemaPart II: Audiences as Creative Agents5. The Hot Noise of Open-Air Cinema6. Guerrilla Cinema and Guerrilla Reception7. Transcultural Guerrillas: The Reception of Foreign Films in Socialist China8. Poisonous Weeds and Censorship as ExorcismEpilogueAppendix: InterviewsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The Propaganda of Freedom makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Cold War. The thesis that an ideology of ‘freedom’ made it impossible for leading American intellectuals to recognize the cultural achievements of Soviet artists during the Cold War is compelling and convincing--even for readers unversed in the cultural or musical history of the twentieth century. Moreover, it exposes one of the weaknesses of an omnipresent American world view: the fallible notion that, by virtue of its devotion to individual liberty, the United States surpasses the rest of the world in its ability to nurture artistic, scientific, and cultural achievement. In fact, all too often American foreign policy is based on the false premise that promoting ‘individual freedom’ must remain at the heart of the nation’s efforts to exert influence abroad.“The book raises important questions not only about the efficacy of US foreign policy, but also about the relationship between culture and democracy, even about the nature of democracy itself --questions extremely pertinent in a world where populist political movements have called into question democratic norms that once seemed unassailable.“Above all, it is the author’s extrapolation of a ‘fetishization of freedom’ that makes this work so vital. Horowitz writes: ‘That so many fine minds could have cheapened freedom by over-praising it, turning it into a reductionist propaganda mantra, is one measure of the intellectual cost of the Cold War.’ I would argue that these same reductionist tendencies have played a significant part in the rise of volatile populist movements, as well as in the construction of the so-called war on terror that followed the 9-11 attacks. In this sense, the book serves as a warning that the American tendency towards political and cultural unilateralism is not only naïve, but dangerous.”--David Woolner, Resident Historian, the Roosevelt Institute; author of The Last One Hundred Days: FDR at War and at Peace“The Propaganda of Freedom is an impressive achievement, a wholly absorbing read, a valid indictment of Nicolas Nabokov and the whole Congress of Cultural Freedom project as supremely misconceived and clumsily executed--something of a mirror image, in fact, of postwar Stalinist Russia itself. In that sense they deserved each other. And there can be no doubt that the approach both countries came to embrace by the late 1950s, enshrined in the 1958 cultural diplomacy agreement, changed many more minds and attitudes over the decades that followed.”--John Beyrle, former United States Ambassador to Russia (2008-2012)“Readers of Joseph Horowitz’s seminal Understanding Toscanini and Wagner Nights will know what to expect from The Propaganda of Freedom: a brilliant, combative work where the intensity of historical research is matched by the force of analysis. He has spotted what he calls an ‘imposed propaganda of freedom’ in John F. Kennedy’s arts advocacy--an analysis that raises important questions for historians of the Kennedy Administration and the Cold War. Not the least of these is the relationship between the artist (embodied here by Shostakovich and Stravinsky) and the state in Cold War society. As one of the leading cultural historians and public intellectuals of the last four decades, whose world-class research and writing have had such a profound impact on the study of twentieth century American culture, Mr. Horowitz has written another exceptional revisionist work that completely upends our understanding of the cultural Cold War.”--Richard Aldous, author of Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian and Reagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship“The Propaganda of Freedom, Joseph Horowitz’s fascinating, compact study of Cold War cultural relations, is a timely reminder that ideology not only informs propaganda--whether true or false--but also the key concept of ‘freedom.’ As culture became an exchangeable commodity between the opposing powers of the Soviet Union and the United States (and its Western allies), it became open to manipulation by both sides. Horowitz closely examines the role of the Soviet propaganda machine and the American Congress for Cultural Freedom (funded largely by the CIA) and the key figure of Nicolas Nabokov. He presents fresh perspectives on old arguments and exposes as dubious the idea that culture only exists where there is freedom. The concept was aired in 1949 by opponents of the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace in New York, and later taken up with eloquence by President Kennedy, admittedly not a man of any cultural depth. Horowitz reminds us of the danger of such fallacious arguments, and of the many facetted sides of Soviet art. The purportedly opposing figures of Shostakovich and Stravinsky, seen to represent Soviet and American societies, could both create masterpieces despite different stylistic choices; in the former’s case notwithstanding ideological control and repression, and in the latter’s as an expression of the exile’s hermetic oasis where politics didn’t intrude. In all this, one wonders how Nicolas Nabokov succeeded in selling a festival of avant-garde music in Paris to the CIA--as an act of propaganda or of ‘lavishly bankrolled impetuous opportunity?’”--Elizabeth Wilson, author of Shostakovich: A Life Remembered“The Propaganda of Freedom newly explores the cultural Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It discovers vital connections that previously were wholly hidden from view. An exceptionally timely and consequential study that dramatically changes our understanding of a fascinating chapter in twentieth century cultural history.”--Vladimir FeltsmanTable of ContentsApologia Preface: Why and What JFK, the Artist, and “Free Societies”: A Cold War Myth Nicolas Nabokov and the Cultural Cold War Lines of Battle: The Case for Stravinsky; the Case against Shostakovich CIA Cultural Battlegrounds: New York and Paris Survival Strategies: Stravinsky and Shostakovich Survival Strategies: Nicolas Nabokov Cold War Music, East and West Enter Cultural Exchange Summing Up: Culture, the State, and the “Propaganda of Freedom” Afterword: The Arts, National Purpose, and the Pandemic Appendix A: Nicolas Nabokov, “The Case of Dmitri Shostakovitch” (1943) Appendix B: President John F. Kennedy/Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., The Amherst Speech (1963) Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisFrom efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. The Media World of ISIS explores the characteristics, mission, and tactics of the organization's use of media and propaganda.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Michael Krona and Rosemary Pennington Part I: Media & ISIS's Imaginary Geography1. The Myth of the Caliph: Suffering and Redemption in the Rhetoric of ISIS / Jason A. Edwards 2. Time, Space, and Communication: A Preliminary Comparison of Islamic State to the Mongol Hordes and the Khmer Rouge / Marwan M. Kraidy and John Vilanova 3. The Islamic State's Passport Paradox / William Lafi Youmans 4. Picturing Statehood During ISIS's Caliphal Days / Karim El Damanhoury Part II: Mediating Terror 5. ISIS's Media Ecology and Participatory Activism Tactics / Michael Krona6. Video Verite in the Age of ISIS / Kathleen German 7. Brand of Brothers: Marketing the Islamic State / Brian Hughes 8. It's More than Orange: ISIS's Appropriation of Orange Prison Jumpsuits as Rhetorical Resistance / Patrick G. Richey and Michaela Edwards Part III: Narratives of the Islamic State9. Western Millennials Explain Why They Joined the Islamic State / Matt Pascarella10. Monstrous Performance: Mohammed Emwazi's Transformation / Arthi Chandrasekaran and Nicholas Prephan 11. Transactional Constitution: ISIS's Cooptation of Western Discourse / Jacqueline Bruscella, and Ryan Bisel 12. Terror Remixed: The Islamic State and the Stop the Christian Genocide Campaign / Rosemary Pennington Epilogue: Rosemary Pennington and Michael KronaIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. The Media World of ISIS explores the characteristics, mission, and tactics of the organization's use of media and propaganda.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Michael Krona and Rosemary Pennington Part I: Media & ISIS's Imaginary Geography1. The Myth of the Caliph: Suffering and Redemption in the Rhetoric of ISIS / Jason A. Edwards 2. Time, Space, and Communication: A Preliminary Comparison of Islamic State to the Mongol Hordes and the Khmer Rouge / Marwan M. Kraidy and John Vilanova 3. The Islamic State's Passport Paradox / William Lafi Youmans 4. Picturing Statehood During ISIS's Caliphal Days / Karim El Damanhoury Part II: Mediating Terror 5. ISIS's Media Ecology and Participatory Activism Tactics / Michael Krona6. Video Verite in the Age of ISIS / Kathleen German 7. Brand of Brothers: Marketing the Islamic State / Brian Hughes 8. It's More than Orange: ISIS's Appropriation of Orange Prison Jumpsuits as Rhetorical Resistance / Patrick G. Richey and Michaela Edwards Part III: Narratives of the Islamic State9. Western Millennials Explain Why They Joined the Islamic State / Matt Pascarella10. Monstrous Performance: Mohammed Emwazi's Transformation / Arthi Chandrasekaran and Nicholas Prephan 11. Transactional Constitution: ISIS's Cooptation of Western Discourse / Jacqueline Bruscella, and Ryan Bisel 12. Terror Remixed: The Islamic State and the Stop the Christian Genocide Campaign / Rosemary Pennington Epilogue: Rosemary Pennington and Michael KronaIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this volume Ivo Mijnssen uses the thirteen 'Hero Cities' of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus as a lens to understand how Soveit officials shaped war memory through ritualized space. He argues that the designation of hero cities created an idealized narative of collective heroism which served the state's needs. . . . His accessible monograph contributes to the fields of Russian and Soviet history, architecture, and cultural memory studies in general. It serves as an excellent resource for shcolars and students interested in all aspects of Soviet war commemoration, celebration of Soviet holidays, and youth culture. -- Adrienne M. Harris * Modern Language Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsMap of Hero CitiesShort Description of Hero Cities1. Heroism across Generations2. Creating an Idealized Past: The Soviet Heroarchy from Stalin to Brezhnev3. Victory Square: The Place of Memory in Tula4. Great Expectations: From Postwar Ruins to a Worthy Life5. Novorossiysk as a Monumental Ensemble: Little Land and the Ideal of War6. Brezhnev's Beloved Novorossiysk: From Wartime Glory to Window to the World7. Impossible ContinuityAppendix: Archives and InterviewsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this volume Ivo Mijnssen uses the thirteen 'Hero Cities' of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus as a lens to understand how Soveit officials shaped war memory through ritualized space. He argues that the designation of hero cities created an idealized narative of collective heroism which served the state's needs. . . . His accessible monograph contributes to the fields of Russian and Soviet history, architecture, and cultural memory studies in general. It serves as an excellent resource for shcolars and students interested in all aspects of Soviet war commemoration, celebration of Soviet holidays, and youth culture. -- Adrienne M. Harris * Modern Language Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsMap of Hero CitiesShort Description of Hero Cities1. Heroism across Generations2. Creating an Idealized Past: The Soviet Heroarchy from Stalin to Brezhnev3. Victory Square: The Place of Memory in Tula4. Great Expectations: From Postwar Ruins to a Worthy Life5. Novorossiysk as a Monumental Ensemble: Little Land and the Ideal of War6. Brezhnev's Beloved Novorossiysk: From Wartime Glory to Window to the World7. Impossible ContinuityAppendix: Archives and InterviewsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisConfronting the past has become an established norm for countries undergoing transitions from violence to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, or both. This book draws from two bodies of literaturepeace building and transitional justiceto examine whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace and, if so, how and under what conditions. The authors approach these questions by examining whether truth telling contributes to the following elements, all of which are deemed to be constitutive of sustainable peace: reconciliation, human rights, gender equity, restorative justice, the rule of law, the mitigation of violence, and the healing of trauma.While the transitional-justice literature appears to have grasped the importance of truth telling for securing sustainable peace, few studies have undertaken empirical analysis and evaluations of the long-term impact of such mechanisms. Contributors to this interdisciplinary volumefrom the fields of political sTrade Review“The volume's objective, as editor Tristan Anne Borer states in her introduction, is to examine 'whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions.' It is a welcome aim. Neither the post-conflict peace-building literature nor the transitional justice literature has rigorously and systematically examined that relationship. . . . Borer's introduction stands out as one of the better chapters, providing a solid overview of the literature, and a lucid discussion of key conceptual and definitional issues.” —Political Science Quarterly"Truth telling is always important but never more so than when a country undergoes a transition. Getting to the truth challenges myths, half-truths, denials, and lies. When the silence is broken, it offers the opportunity for new beginnings. Telling the Truths is a major step in this direction." —Alex Boraine, Founding President and Chairperson of the Board, International Center for Transitional Justice, Cape Town, South Africa"This interesting, well-written book is timely and important for scholars of democratic transitions and conflict resolution as well as those working in the areas of international law and organization." —Jackie Smith, Sociology and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame“This collection demonstrates that scholarship of transitional justice and truth-telling structures is reaching a new stage of maturity. This interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners confront and problematize a number of aspirational assumptions found in the discourse between both scholars and policy-makers about the utility of truth commissions. The authors explicitly question the value of truth telling for countries emerging from protracted conflicts, call for modest expectations of any single attempt to hasten reconciliation, and present nuanced interpretations of the complexities of truth telling and peace building. . . . [They] discuss cases and raise questions and hypotheses that can inspire a new research agenda on the relationship between truth and peace.” —Human Rights and Human Welfare"This is a specialized volume that furthers the development of the interdisciplinary field of peace studies, and belongs in most university libraries. . . In an insightful introductory chapter, she lays out the research challenges in looking at truth telling as a peace-building activity, and then examines empirical evidence in case studies across the globe. . . With contributors from around the world and from several disciplines, the volume seeks to weigh truth telling as part of the restorative justice process and to document that peace building involves long-term processes." —Choice

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Book SynopsisIn The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile, Pablo Policzer tackles the difficult task of analyzing how authoritarian regimes utilize coercion. Even in relatively open societies, coercive institutions such as the police and military tend to be secretive and mistrustful of efforts by outsiders to oversee their operations. In more closed societies, secrecy is the norm, making coercion that much more difficult to observe and understand. Drawing on organization theory to develop a comparative typology of coercive regimes, Policzer analyzes the structures and mechanisms of coercion in general and then shifts his focus to the early part of the military dictatorship in Chile, which lasted from 1973 to 1990. Policzer''s book sheds new light on a fundamental, yet little-examined, period during the Chilean dictatorship. Between 1977 and 1978, the governing junta in Chile quietly replaced the secret police organization known as the Dirección de Informaciones Nacional (DINATrade Review“An important and well-crafted book, The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile makes a valuable contribution to the literatures on comparative politics, authoritarian repression, democratic transitions, and recent Chilean politics. Policzer admirably succeeds in offering an original argument about the nature of authoritarian coercion while also changing our perception of the dynamics of the Pinochet regime." —Anthony W. Pereira, Tulane University“Pablo Policzer opens up the black box of the Pinochet regime and reveals the complex internal politics surrounding how the regime used and sought to regulate repression. We know too little about the internal workings of authoritarian regimes, and Policzer's book shows us not only how principal-agent problems led to a fundamental reorganization of repression, but also the unpredictable ways in which human rights monitoring shaped struggles within the state over the management of repression. This is path-breaking work and a must-read for students of authoritarianism." —William Stanley, University of New Mexico“Pablo Policzer analyzes how authoritarian regimes utilize coercion in The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile. The book sheds new light on the early Chilean dictatorship, especially the period in the late 70s when the junta quietly replaced its infamous secret police organization (DINA).” —Kellogg Institute Newsletter“Acknowledging that coercion is one of the dark spaces of politics, Policzer aims to illuminate the ways in which authoritarian regimes organize their institutions, as well as the causes and consequences of their choices. . . . Policzer’s analysis casts the Pinochet dictatorship in a new light, illustrating how Pinochet faced various trade-offs in organizing his coercive apparatus.” —Choice“Taking the Pinochet regime in Chile as a case study, Policzer develops a framework within which to clarify the different ways coercive force can be organized in different regimes and at different points in time. He focuses on how in 1977-78 the dictator replaced the most powerful repressive institution in the country, the DINA, with the CNI. . . ” —Reference and Research Book News“Between 1977 and 1978 the governing junta in Chile replaced the secret police organization known as the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) with a different institution, the Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI). Policzer’s study seeks to account for the creation of DINA, its rise to become the most powerful repressive institution in the country, and its sudden replacement with the CNI, which carried out repression in a markedly more restrained manner.” —Law & Social Inquiry“This important book enriches the literature on authoritarian regimes by asking what factors and specific mechanisms explain the changes in the organization of coercion under such regimes. This is a significant book because it poses new questions and delivers new theoretical tools to explore this new region of problematization.” —Latin American Politics and Society“. . .repression is often understood in terms of relatively simple explanatory schemes: ideological zeal, domestic power arrangements, and international political pressure. In this new book, Pablo Policzer seeks to expose the inadequacies of such explanations and to offer an alternative approach for explaining and understanding political repression. . . . this work is original and thought-provoking, and offers a valuable contribution to the history of the Pinochet regime. It is certainly a stepping stone for new research in the field of political repression.” —Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies"Policzer's main thesis is that political repression is a more complex and multifaceted process than has been assumed. This is an original contribution that raises as many questions as it answers." —Latin American Perspectives“Pablo Policzer’s The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile is one of the few existing studies of coercive institutions, and shows that repressing a society is a much more complicated organizational endeavor than is usually assumed.” —Journal of Comparative Politics

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Book SynopsisSerbin brings the story of Brazil’s long night of dictatorship into the present, exploring its unique contributions and challenges as an emerging global capitalist giant.Trade Review“This is a thorough, balanced, and beautifully written account of the progression of the Brazilian left over the past fifty years. This book presents a compelling account, unique in its virtues. The scholarship is outstanding. Kenneth Serbin calls on a vast compendium of secondary sources, previously untapped primary sources, and his own extensive oral histories of key figures in this process.” —Bryan McCann, Georgetown University“From Revolution to Power in Brazil provides a lavishly detailed chronicle of the guerrillas and revolutionaries who rose to the pinnacle of Brazil’s political system only to fall from grace and find their quest for power questioned by robust institutions. As Brazil grapples once again with threats to its democratic advances, this book is essential reading for understanding how political power functions in Latin America’s largest country.” —Simon Romero, New York Times"Kenneth Serbin is one of the most eminent historians of Brazil working today. His previous books have illuminated key aspects of this country’s recent past, especially during the dark dictatorship period. This volume adds to this accumulated knowledge, by unveiling how some relevant actors in the Brazilian political arena evolved from the military to the democratic periods. Always using a fluid and gracious style and following the strictest academic precision, Serbin helps us to better understand our society and ourselves." —Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva, Insper Institute of Education and Research“Using collective biography, [Serbin] tells the story of nine activists who moved into position in the political system. . . . This is a valuable study providing insight into the unique political system of present-day Brazil.” —Choice"From Revolution to Power in Brazil is important for understanding the life trajectories of former militants who survived military rule in Brazil, and it offers new pathways for thinking about activism and dissent under dictatorship and transition politics." —Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies“This tribute to the legacy of a generation of courageous activists, in a country that sees itself once again defending its fragile democracy against a powerful authoritarian resurgence, would be enough to make From Revolution to Power in Brazil mandatory reading, regardless of disagreements that are bound to arise around the study of such sensitive and timely topics.” —American Historical Review“Serbin . . . offers readers what is likely to become a new classic in the area. From Revolution to Power in Brazil is indeed a work that innovates in scope, focus, and goals." —Latin American Politics and Society

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Book SynopsisPoliczer offers an original argument about the nature of authoritarian coercion while also changing our perception of the dynamics of the Pinochet regime in Chile.Trade Review“An important and well-crafted book, The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile makes a valuable contribution to the literatures on comparative politics, authoritarian repression, democratic transitions, and recent Chilean politics. Policzer admirably succeeds in offering an original argument about the nature of authoritarian coercion while also changing our perception of the dynamics of the Pinochet regime." —Anthony W. Pereira, Tulane University“Pablo Policzer opens up the black box of the Pinochet regime and reveals the complex internal politics surrounding how the regime used and sought to regulate repression. We know too little about the internal workings of authoritarian regimes, and Policzer's book shows us not only how principal-agent problems led to a fundamental reorganization of repression, but also the unpredictable ways in which human rights monitoring shaped struggles within the state over the management of repression. This is path-breaking work and a must-read for students of authoritarianism." —William Stanley, University of New Mexico“Pablo Policzer analyzes how authoritarian regimes utilize coercion in The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile. The book sheds new light on the early Chilean dictatorship, especially the period in the late 70s when the junta quietly replaced its infamous secret police organization (DINA).” —Kellogg Institute Newsletter“Acknowledging that coercion is one of the dark spaces of politics, Policzer aims to illuminate the ways in which authoritarian regimes organize their institutions, as well as the causes and consequences of their choices. . . . Policzer’s analysis casts the Pinochet dictatorship in a new light, illustrating how Pinochet faced various trade-offs in organizing his coercive apparatus.” —Choice“Taking the Pinochet regime in Chile as a case study, Policzer develops a framework within which to clarify the different ways coercive force can be organized in different regimes and at different points in time. He focuses on how in 1977-78 the dictator replaced the most powerful repressive institution in the country, the DINA, with the CNI. . . ” —Reference and Research Book News“Between 1977 and 1978 the governing junta in Chile replaced the secret police organization known as the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) with a different institution, the Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI). Policzer’s study seeks to account for the creation of DINA, its rise to become the most powerful repressive institution in the country, and its sudden replacement with the CNI, which carried out repression in a markedly more restrained manner.” —Law & Social Inquiry“This important book enriches the literature on authoritarian regimes by asking what factors and specific mechanisms explain the changes in the organization of coercion under such regimes. This is a significant book because it poses new questions and delivers new theoretical tools to explore this new region of problematization.” —Latin American Politics and Society“. . .repression is often understood in terms of relatively simple explanatory schemes: ideological zeal, domestic power arrangements, and international political pressure. In this new book, Pablo Policzer seeks to expose the inadequacies of such explanations and to offer an alternative approach for explaining and understanding political repression. . . . this work is original and thought-provoking, and offers a valuable contribution to the history of the Pinochet regime. It is certainly a stepping stone for new research in the field of political repression.” —Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies"Policzer's main thesis is that political repression is a more complex and multifaceted process than has been assumed. This is an original contribution that raises as many questions as it answers." —Latin American Perspectives“Pablo Policzer’s The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile is one of the few existing studies of coercive institutions, and shows that repressing a society is a much more complicated organizational endeavor than is usually assumed.” —Journal of Comparative Politics

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Book SynopsisThis history explains the intersection of politics and culture, and the formation of a national identity, during Spain's Second Republic and Civil War. It counters recent scholarship claiming that leaders of the Second Republic had no programmes to encourage a Spanish national identity.Table of ContentsThe Intellectual and Social Roots of Republican Spain; ""If These People Had Received But a Refrain of Poetry""; Creating Consent Through Culture; Theater as Secularized Religion; Taming the Seventh Art - the Battle For Cultural Unity on the Cinematographic Front; The Cult of Reading - Literacy and Regeneration; The Spanish Civil War - Culture on the Battlefield.

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Book SynopsisIn less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success.Trade Review"At last, a comprehensive expose of the economic and sexual exploitation that erected this utopia of greed. Syed Ali has seen the future in Dubai and it doesn't work." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums -- Mike DavisClick here to visit the author's website. * http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/Book.html *

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Book SynopsisAn urgently needed examination of the current cyber revolution that draws on case studies to develop conceptual frameworks for understanding its effects on international order The cyber revolution is the revolution of our time. The rapid expansion of cyberspace in society brings both promise and peril. It promotes new modes of political cooperation, but it also disrupts interstate dealings and empowers subversive actors who may instigate diplomatic and military crises. Despite significant experience with cyber incidents, the conceptual apparatus to analyze, understand, and address their effects on international order remains primitive. Here, Lucas Kello adapts and applies international relations theory to create new ways of thinking about cyber strategy. Kello draws on a broad range of case studies - including the Stuxnet operation against Iran, the cyberattacks against Sony Pictures, and the disruption of the 2016 U.S. presidential election - to make sense of the contemporary technological revolution. Synthesizing data from government documents, forensic reports of major events, and interviews with senior decision-makers,this important work establishes new theoreticalbenchmarks to help security experts revise strategy and policy for the unprecedented challenges of our era.Trade Review"[Kello’s] work represents an important step toward bridging the gap between academic thinking about international relations and the cyber revolution in the real world. We can hope his courage, audacity and clarion call will inspire others to follow."—The Wall Street Journal“The cyber revolution clearly constitutes an ever-growing challenge to international order. Lucas Kello reflects on technology’s role in political revolution, and the importance of aligning international-relations studies with the unruly expansion of cyberspace.”—Nature“Displays an enviable grasp of the technical issues, as well as of the academic landscape . . . Readers of all kinds will find Mr. Kello’s book informative and thought-provoking.”—Economist

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Book SynopsisMakes use of a number of experiments in which respondents are told various stories about the past and future and then the impact of these stories upon contemporary preferences is measured. The book shows that in essence, political reality can be politically determined. Past, present, and future are not givens.Trade ReviewGinsberg and Bachner’s considerations of the political importance of time—weaved with astute observations from domestic and international politics, religion, and film history—is nothing short of brilliant. I cannot remember being this excited about a book."—Douglas B. Harris, Loyola University MarylandTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface Chapter 1. Time and Politics Chapter 2. Reshaping the Past to Change the Present Chapter 3. Reimagining the Future to Reshape the Present Chapter 4. How the Future Affects the Past Chapter 5. Conclusion: The Uncertainty of Reality Appendix. National Survey on Policy Attitudes

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Book SynopsisMakes use of a number of experiments in which respondents are told various stories about the past and future and then the impact of these stories upon contemporary preferences is measured. The book shows that in essence, political reality can be politically determined. Past, present, and future are not givens.Trade ReviewGinsberg and Bachner’s considerations of the political importance of time—weaved with astute observations from domestic and international politics, religion, and film history—is nothing short of brilliant. I cannot remember being this excited about a book."—Douglas B. Harris, Loyola University MarylandTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface Chapter 1. Time and Politics Chapter 2. Reshaping the Past to Change the Present Chapter 3. Reimagining the Future to Reshape the Present Chapter 4. How the Future Affects the Past Chapter 5. Conclusion: The Uncertainty of Reality Appendix. National Survey on Policy Attitudes

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Book SynopsisUses ethnographic accounts of three organisations to reveal how interacting with government-funded after-school programs can enhance the civic and political lives of low-income citizens.Trade Review“Carolyn Barnes’ work appropriately complicates our view. Her careful qualitative studies of after-school programs in three race-class subjugated communities show how for some self- and program-selected parents in some programs, participation can prove enfranchising; these parents become more engaged politically and in their communities. These after-school programs represent small, but telling, counterexamples to the general disciplinary trend in social policy.” —Steven Maynard-Moody, University of Kansas“Carolyn Barnes makes a case for policies that encourage greater citizen involvement in social services, not just to serve ‘customers’ but to empower citizens. She asks us to think about how we might structure our institutions to enhance citizens’ capabilities to participate in democratic public life.” —Johann N. Neem, author of Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America

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