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Book SynopsisVigorous, provocative... The Sack of Detroit is compelling, bold and stylishly written.—Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal A provocative, revelatory history of the epic rise—and unnecessary fall—of the U.S. automotive industry, uncovering the vivid story of innovation, politics, and business that led to a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today, from the acclaimed author of Hoover In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation's aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit's profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence. And no company su

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestseller!  Few are better positioned to illuminate the vagaries of this transformation than Galloway, a tech entrepreneur, author and professor at New York University’s Stern School. In brisk prose and catchy illustrations, he vividly demonstrates how the largest technology companies turned the crisis of the pandemic into the market-share-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime. --The New York Times As good an analysis as you could wish to read. --The Financial TimesFrom bestselling author and NYU Business School professor Scott Galloway comes a keenly insightful, urgent analysis of who stands to win and who's at risk to lose in a post-pandemic worldThe COVID-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old, and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, the mask wearers and the mask haters. Some businesses--like home exercise company Peloton, vi

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Book SynopsisSecond volume of Deutscher prize-winning trilogy on the future of IR, tracing the defining characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time.Trade Review'A brilliant treatise on the 'foreign encounter'. Magisterial in scope, this book reshapes our conception of historical temporalities, civilisational flows and international relations' -- Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Sixth Century Chair in International Relations, University of Aberdeen'Challenges us to understand the world in its full complexity and contradictory actuality' -- Peter Bratsis'An exploration of the mythical, religious, cultural and ideological themes through which the historically and geographically distinct communities' modes of foreign relations have been understood, organised and narrated' -- Radhika DesaiTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Tribal Foreign Relations and Mythical Ancestry 2. Sedentary-Nomad Encounters in Semitic Myth and Religion 3. Warrior Heroes in the Indo-European Lineage 4. Imperial Cosmologies and the Nomadic Counterpoint 5. Rival Fundamentalisms on the Imperial Frontier References Index

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Book SynopsisA compelling case for recognising media communications as technologies of political economy.Trade Review'Jonathan Beller powerfully addresses the most urgent issue of today's political economy: the gradual merging of capital and computation into new structures of power' -- Matteo Pasquinelli, Professor of Media Theory, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe'Beller is one of the leading and pioneering theorists of the political economy of attention. This book is extremely pertinent for a readership seeking news ways of understanding contemporary capitalism. Beller has developed an original strategy by placing media archaeology and critical race theory in dialogue with the popularized work of Marshall McLuhan, and also by using Marx and Borges as interlocutors of well-known cyber-theorists such as Turing and Shannon' -- Allen Feldman, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, and author of Archives of the Insensible'So-called digital culture operates on and intensifies a substrate of racial-capitalist calculation that precedes the invention of the electronic digital computer. Jonathan Beller's remarkable book examines the implications of this foundational claim through 'poetico-theoretical' analyses of information theory, literature, and cinema. By tracking the co-constitutive operations of economics, informatics, visuality, and psychology, Beller reveals the violent formations that ground contemporary mediatic regimes' -- Seb Franklin, author of Control: Digitality as Cultural LogicTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Informatics of Inscription/Inscription of Informatics 1. Gramsci’s Press: Why We Game 2. A Message from Borges: The Informatic Labyrinth 3. Alan Turing’s Self-Defense: On Not Castrating the Machines 4. Shannon/Hitchcock: Another Method for the Letters 5. The Internet of Value, by Karl Marx: Information as Cosmically Distributed Alienation Part II: Photo-graphology, Psychotic Calculus and Informatic Labor 6. Camera Obscura After All: The Racist Writing with Light 7. Pathologistics of Attention 8. Prosthetics of Whiteness: Drone Psychosis 9. The Capital of Information: Fractal Fascism, Informatic Labor and M-I-M’ Appendix: From the Cinematic Mode of Production to Computational Capital – An Interview conducted by Ante Jeric and Diana Meheik for Kulturpunk Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the conflict between China's rapid modernisation and the west, as well as its own traditional valuesTrade Review'For a China mired in the past, even by language, to imagine a utopia of a modern future took major reinventions of thought, expression and outlook. This extremely difficult process, unappreciated in the West but probably unparalleled in modern history, is superbly charted in this important collection' -- Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics, SOAS University of London'The debate about China's destination has been raging for nearly 200 years. This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the diverse possibilities in the evolution of China's identity' -- Professor Hugo de Burgh, Walt Disney Chair in Global Media and Communications, Tsinghua University'The current Cold War climate that sees China as a threat, and little else, makes it all the more important to understand China on its own terms. The book’s avoids simplistic accounts and presents important insights into Chinese visions of itself' -- Anthony Welch, Professor of Education, University of SydneyTable of ContentsPreface Introduction - David Margolies and Qing Cao 1. The Lure of Utopia: Reinterpreting Liang Qichao’s Xinmin Shuo, 1902–1906 - Qing Cao 2. Utopian Future in Chinese Poetry: Bian Zhilin in Republican China - Yang Zhou 3. The China Dream: Harmonious Dialectics and International Law - Yonit Manor-Percival 4. Nostalgic Utopia in Chinese Aesthetic Modernity: The Case of the Film Fang Hua (Youth) - Jie Wang (translated by Charles Collins) 5. American Dreams in China: The Case of Zhongguo Hehuoren - Qinghong Yin (translated by Charles Collins) 6. Between Reality and Utopia: Chinese Underclass Literature since the 1990s - Jiaona Xu (translated by Charles Collins) 7. Eco-humanism and the Construction of Eco-aesthetics in China - Xiangzhan Cheng (translated by Charles Collins) Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSomething dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First, in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008, Russia asserted its military power to halt the expansion of NATO to its very borders. Secondly, on 15 September 2008 the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed. This precipitated a severe financial crash and helped to push the world economy into the worst slump since the 1930s. Both crises marked a severe setback for the global power of the United States, which had driven NATO expansion and forced through the liberalization of financial markets. More broadly they challenged the consensus that had reigned since the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989 that a US-orchestrated liberal capitalist order could offer the world peace and prosperity. Already badly damaged by the Iraq debacle, this consensus has now suffered potentially fatal blows. In BonfiTrade Review"A superb book which exhibits engaging though authoritative scholarship of a kind which is sadly too rare." Sociological Imagination "As one would expect from Callinicos, this book is forensic in its detail and is a useful tool in the armoury of anyone who wishes to see beyond the platitudes of the yellow press." Morning Star "A powerful critique; a serious engagement with a crucial contemporary debate." Political Studies Review "An important book for anybody wanting an introduction to how Marxist political economy can help to understand the times in which we live." Marx and Philosophy "The crisis of 2007-9 is an event of historic importance that has affected economy, society and politics. Callinicos analyses its causes within the broader development of capitalism in recent decades. Particularly relevant is his stress on financialisation as well as the implications he draws regarding the balance of imperial power across the world. Written with the author's customary skill, this is a welcome contribution from the left to the public debate." Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS, University of London Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ix Introduction: How the World Changed in 2008 1 1 Finance Humbled 20 What is fi nancialization? 23 Three perspectives on financial crises 34 More than just a financial crisis 50 Dilemmas of recovery 83 2 Empire Confined 95 The state roars back 95 Collision of empires 106 Orchestrating disharmony 121 Conclusion: Regime Change or System Change? 127 The end of neoliberalism? 127 State, market and planning 134 Notes 144 Index 169

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Book SynopsisIn State Government and Economic Performance, Paul Brace combines political and economic analysis to examine the changing relationship between state andfederal governments, and to identify those factors which have allowed certain states to manage change effectively.Trade ReviewA major work on what has been, until now, an understudied topic among political scientists. -- James C. Garand, Editor American Politics Quarterly Perhaps the definitive work on state economic development policy to date. Publius A major work on what has been, until now, an understudied topic among political scientists -- James C. Garand, Editor American Politics Quarterly Perhaps the definitive work on state economic development policy to date PubliusTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. The Mystery of State Political EconomyChapter 2. National Context and State Capacity Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Dependence in ArizonaChapter 4. The Political Economy of Intervention in Michigan and New YorkChapter 5. Context: Isolating the Economies of StatesChapter 6. Capacity: The Impact of State Government, Party, and Policy on State Economic PerformanceChapter 7. Conclusions: The States and Their Economies in ContextEpilogueAppendix A: Data and MeasurementAppendix B: MethodologyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAmerican historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed.Trade ReviewThis work is a welcome addition to the field of labor relations and labor history... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 This book would appeal to anyone interested in the history of Las Vegas, labor relations, organized labor, or knowing more about the worker struggles that took place behind the neon lights. -- Amy Butler Monthly Labor Review 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Rise of Corporate Resorts2. Working in Las Vegas3. The First Work Stoppages4. The Struggle for the Casinos5. Workplace Incidents6. Fighting for Equal Rights7. The Spirit of '768. Management Digs In, 1982–19849. The Strike of 1984–1985AfterwordNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisEmerging from Turbulence tells the stories of Boeing workers whose lives underwent dramatic shifts as a result of recent changes in the American economy. Workers' own words show the shifting landscape of the American workplace as pension funds evaporate, corporations buy each other out, and companies like Boeing stop seeing themselves as a family.Trade ReviewGrunberg and Moore—professors of comparative sociology and psychology, respectively—[present an] . . . insightful . . . book based on their two decades of research into Boeing's corporate culture. They emphasize changes that have occurred since 1997, when Boeing merged with another aerospace giant, McDonnell Douglas, and shifted from focusing on being a 'great engineering firm' to minimizing risk, pleasing shareholders, and achieving profits. The 'Boeing family' was no more; employees were told by the new president to 'quit behaving like a family and become more like a team. If you don't perform, you don't stay on the team.' The authors set out to chronicle this sweeping shift in one company's social contract using personal narratives from past and current employees, categorizing them by the timing and duration of their employ. Sub-categories include 'No Longer Family,' 'I Work to Live,' and 'Not What I Expected.' The workers'-eye-view is valuable. * Publishers Weekly *Boeing executives eager to inspire an engaged workforce might want to set aside their management books to study closely this account of what their employees think and feel. * The Seattle Times *Boeing's changes, sparked by a merger with rival McDonnell Douglas, included the relocation of work to cheaper places, the outsourcing of key components and aggressive cost cuts. These details, and conclusions drawn from them, form the basis of Emerging from Turbulence. . . .[Grunberg's] study . . . goes far beyond Boeing. It provides a view over two decades of the unwinding of the postwar social contract – where workers felt they could rely on decent pay and benefits in exchange for hard work. * Financial Times *Emerging from Turbulence offers compelling documentation of the unfolding effects of contemporary workplace transformations. In the tradition of Studs Terkel’s Working, the stories captured here resonate well beyond the iconic Boeing Company. This timely contribution will prompt serious reflection about what to expect of the workplace of the future. -- Linda Smircich, Isenberg School of Management, University of MassachusettsAn elegant, carefully crafted book, Emerging from Turbulence portrays the depth and scope of self-worth that people draw from the social relations and respect that they find at work. However, by comparing workers with different lengths of service, Grunberg and Moore document notably different changes in orientations toward work and the self when a ‘family’ company eliminates its community fabric and becomes a honed instrument of capitalism contributing to the increasingly stratified distribution of wealth in America. The book offers a comprehensive sense of how employees facing such change turn inward in seeking senses of personal value. -- Paul M. Roman, Regents' Professor of Sociology, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, University of GeorgiaEmerging from Turbulence provides a voice for employees of Boeing following its merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. This book represents an example of what many employees across the country have gone through with such transitions to more lean production and how that transformation is experienced from the eyes and words of the employees. Grunberg and Moore are brave in depicting the psychological downfalls of transitioning from an employee-oriented company to a profit-focused company, but, more than anything, the book chronicles the impact of mergers and outsourcing on declines in employee commitment and loyalty, and represents how many US workplaces have moved towards more instrumental relationships with their workers. -- Leslie B. Hammer, Portland State UniversityTable of Contents1. Boeing’s Transformation and America’s New Social Contract Part I: Retired from Boeing 2. Heritage Boeing 3. No Longer Family Part II: Still Employed at Boeing 4. Still Family 5. I Work to Live 6. Permanently Scarred 7. Attached to Work, Detached from Company Part III: Newly Hired at Boeing 8. A Bright Future 9. A Second Career 10. Not What I Expected 11. Accepting the New Reality Part IV: Conclusion 12. Implications of the New Social Contract Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisChina is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon. Peer beneath the veneer of modernization since Mao's death, and the symptoms of decay are everywhere: Deflation grips the economy, state-owned enterprises are failing, banks are hopelessly insolvent, foreign investment continues to decline, and Communist party corruption eats away at the fabric of society. Beijing's cautious reforms have left the country stuck midway between communism and capitalism, Chang writes. With its impending World Trade Organization membership, for the first time China will be forced to open itself to foreign competition, which will shake the country to its foundations. Economic failure will be followed by government collapse. Covering subjects from party p

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis, from one of the world’s most influential economic thinkers and the author of When Markets Collide • Updated, with a new chapter and author’s note“The one economic book you must read now . . . If you want to understand [our] bifurcated world and where it’s headed, there is no better interpreter than Mohamed El-Erian.”—TimeOur current economic path is coming to an end. The signposts are all around us: sluggish growth, rising inequality, stubbornly high pockets of unemployment, and jittery financial markets, to name a few. Soon we will reach a fork in the road: One path leads to renewed growth, prosperity, and financial stability, the other to recession and market disorder.In The Only Game in Town, El-Erian casts his gaze toward the fu

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Book SynopsisThis "power-capital institution" based on three millennia of Confucian ideology and decades of Maoist communism exercises monopolistic control of public resources at the expense of civil society and social justice for the majority of citizens.The Price of China's Economic Development urges policymakers to alter their analytic lens.

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Book SynopsisThe Indonesian economy, took shape as part of the colonial transformation of the archipelago by the Dutch in the mid-nineteenth century. This book identifies key actors and analyzes long-term changes in agricultural production and rural society, examining how they shaped the national Indonesian economy.Trade Review“Using exhaustive statistical data from international and domestic sources, Kano . . . has analyzed changes in the direction and contents of international trade and balance of payments to Indonesia.” — Choice“Japanese scholars have made important contributions to Indonesian studies in recent years, but when they publish in Japanese, their work is known only to the small number of scholars of Southeast Asia who are able to read that language. It is good to welcome a book by Professor H. Kano of the University of Tokyo which includes both translations of work previously published in Japanese and also several new chapters prepared for the volume. . . . (A) stimulating book, well worth the attention of all serious students of Indonesia’s economic history since the middle years of the nineteenth century.” — The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

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Book SynopsisBroadly viewing the global economy as a political competition that produces winners and losers, International Political Economy holistically and accessibly introduces the field of IPE to students with limited background in political theory, history, and economics. This text surveys major interests and institutions and examines how state and non-state actors pursue wealth and power. Emphasizing fundamental economic concepts as well as the interplay between domestic and international politics, International Political Economy not only explains how the global economy works, it also encourages students to think critically about how economic policy is made in the context of globalization.New to the Seventh Edition Includes the disruptive impact of the pandemic on the global economy Includes discussion of climate change, the Green New Deal, and Green Industrial Policy Extended discussion of the impact of great power competition on the globTrade ReviewPraise for International Political Economy This is, hands down, the single best textbook I have used for any class in more than two decades of university teaching. It achieves that difficult and elusive goal of conveying complex material at a high level while also making it very accessible and understandable. The result is an invaluable IPE text that brings the students up to the level of the material rather than the reverse. Strom Thacker, Union College Oatley's IPE textbook is simply the best of its kind. It is comprehensive, analytically rigorous, and thoughtfully written for students with no previous background in the field. David A. Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an outstanding introduction to the field of international political economy. Crucially for a textbook, it finds the right balance between theory and context. It provides an engaging and well-written introduction to key developments in world economic history, while also introducing the essential tools that are necessary to interpret these developments. Added to this, students will find it full of engaging real world examples that bring the subject to life. It should be considered as a standard text for all IPE courses at undergraduate level. Michael Breen, Dublin City University Thomas Oatley's text lays out the foundations of IPE. With constant reference to both historical cases and current policy concerns, it provides both an academic introduction to the issues concerning the field and a vivid application to familiar events. Students reading this book will be empowered to assess the global economy and its effects from a theoretically and empirically informed perspective. Michael Plouffe, University College London Expertly bridging the disciplines of economics and political science, Thomas Oatley’s book has inspired, disciplined, and transformed a new generation of scholars and students. Andrew X. Li, Central European University Oatley's textbook represents a masterful introduction to the field of international political economy. The book provides an accessible yet sophisticated overview of the subject for beginners. The society- and state-centered approaches equip students with the theoretical building blocks to understand who wins and who loses from globalization. Each superb new edition gives updated empirical examples, keeping the text timely. I have been using it with students in my classes for a decade. James Raymond Vreeland, Princeton University Praise for International Political Economy "This is, hands down, the single best textbook I have used for any class in more than two decades of university teaching. It achieves that difficult and elusive goal of conveying complex material at a high level while also making it very accessible and understandable. The result is an invaluable IPE text that brings the students up to the level of the material rather than the reverse." Strom Thacker, Union College "Oatley's IPE textbook is simply the best of its kind. It is comprehensive, analytically rigorous, and thoughtfully written for students with no previous background in the field." David A. Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "This is an outstanding introduction to the field of international political economy. Crucially for a textbook, it finds the right balance between theory and context. It provides an engaging and well-written introduction to key developments in world economic history, while also introducing the essential tools that are necessary to interpret these developments. Added to this, students will find it full of engaging real world examples that bring the subject to life. It should be considered as a standard text for all IPE courses at undergraduate level." Michael Breen, Dublin City University "Thomas Oatley's text lays out the foundations of IPE. With constant reference to both historical cases and current policy concerns, it provides both an academic introduction to the issues concerning the field and a vivid application to familiar events. Students reading this book will be empowered to assess the global economy and its effects from a theoretically and empirically informed perspective." Michael Plouffe, University College London "Expertly bridging the disciplines of economics and political science, Thomas Oatley’s book has inspired, disciplined, and transformed a new generation of scholars and students." Andrew X. Li, Central European University "Oatley's textbook represents a masterful introduction to the field of international political economy. The book provides an accessible yet sophisticated overview of the subject for beginners. The society- and state-centered approaches equip students with the theoretical building blocks to understand who wins and who loses from globalization. Each superb new edition gives updated empirical examples, keeping the text timely. I have been using it with students in my classes for a decade." James Raymond Vreeland, Princeton University "Thomas Oatley’s IPE book remains the go-to text for foundational, comprehensive, and rigorous training in the concepts, principles, and major debates in the field. Highly recommended!" Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1 International Political Economy CHAPTER 2 The WTO and the World Trade System CHAPTER 3 The Political Economy of International Trade Cooperation CHAPTER 4 A Society-Centered Approach to Trade Politics CHAPTER 5 A State-Centered Approach to Trade Politics CHAPTER 6 Trade and Development I: Import Substitution Industrialization CHAPTER 7 Trade and Development II: Neoliberalism and Institutionalism CHAPTER 8 Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy CHAPTER 9 The Politics of Multinational Corporations CHAPTER 10 The International Monetary System CHAPTER 11 Cooperation, Conflict, and Crisis in the Contemporary International Monetary System CHAPTER 12 A Society-Centered Approach to Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies CHAPTER 13 A State-Centered Approach to Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies CHAPTER 14 Developing Countries and International Finance I: The Latin American Debt Crisis CHAPTER 15 Developing Countries and International Finance II: The Global Capital Flow Cycle CHAPTER 16 The Achievements of and Challenge to the Global Capitalist Economy Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisScholars and students of Latin America, political economy, and democratization studies will find Gonzalez's arguments engaging and the framework he built for this study especially useful in their own work.Trade ReviewGonzalez persuasively argues that structural changes to democratic governments have imporved the changes that they will survive hard times. The book raises fascinating questions about the connection between financial crises and innovation, and the possibility that economic turmoil may further strengthen democracy. -- Britta and Russell Crandall SurvivalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in Explaining Regime Change1. Financial Shocks, Economic Crises, and Democracy: Theory and PracticePart I: Great Depression, 1929-342. Economic Crisis and Democracy during the Great Depression3. Institutions: Polarized Domestic Conflicts and Weak International Capacity4. Interests: Foreign Capital and Domestic Coalitions against Democracy5. Ideas: Extreme Ideological Conflict and Rise of the State in the EconomyPart II: Economic Crises and Democracy in the Late Twentieth Century6. 1982 Debt Crisis and 1997–2002 Emerging Markets Crises7. Institutions: Demise of Military-as-Government and Higher Costs for Action8. Interests: Capital Flight, Pressures from Below, and Democracy9. Ideas: Cold War Endgame, Unipolar Moment, and NeoliberalismConclusion: Implications for Democracy after the 2008-9 Financial MeltdownNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOrenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong YiTrade ReviewThis text is well-crafted and is a challenging, thoughtful, and provocative treatise on the topic... This book offers a welcome, fresh insight to the consequences of democratic transitions in a variety of regions. Book Bargains and Previews Starting from the phenomenon of growing inequality in much of the world, the book looks at the difference between poverty and inequality and the political effects of each of these on democracy, including the rise of authoritarian populism... Recommended for students of developing nations in general and Latin America in particular. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: What Are the Issues?Chapter 1. Dealing with InequalityChapter 2. Does Electoral Democracy Boost Economic Equality?Chapter 3. Why Democracies FailChapter 4. Latin America: Democracy with DevelopmentPart II: Latin America and Eastern EuropeChapter 5. The Latin American ExperienceChapter 6. Aiding Latin America's PoorChapter 7. Postcommunist Welfare StatesChapter 8. East-Central Europe's QuandaryChapter 9. How Regions DifferPart III: Africa and AsiaChapter 10. Growth Without Prosperity in AfricaChapter 11. South African DisparitiesChapter 12. Growth and Hunger in IndiaChapter 13. "Mixed Governance" and Welfare in South KoreaIndex

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Book SynopsisGall presents new information on government workers and their recent battles to defend workplace rights.Table of ContentsPreface1. The New Industrial Regime2. War, Prosperity, and Depression, 1914–19333. Rebirth of the Unions, 1933–19394. Labor Goes to War, 1939–19455. Strikes, Politics, Radicalism, 1945–19506. Affluent Workers, Stable Unions Labor in the Postwar Decades7. Race, War, Politics Labor in the 1960s8. Labor at the Close of the Twentieth Century9. Losing Ground Workers and Unions since 9/11Selected Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating look at the unpredictable path of a single commodity will change the way readers look at both tea and the emergence of America.Trade ReviewJane T. Merritt provides a compelling analysis of the economic, social, and political consequences of tea consumption in the American colonies during the eighteenth century.—Economic History ReviewThis book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the powerful global context of the American Revolution and of late-eighteenthcentury American commercial ambitions and achievements.—American Historical ReviewStudents at all levels utilising this text will value the appended detailed essay on both primary and secondary sources in addition to the detailed end-notes.—Historical AssociationMerritt's book on tea takes a distinguished place in a growing list of formidable studies of colonial commodities whose histories have global importance: cod, cotton, madeira, mahogany, rum, salt, sugar, and who knows what next.—Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsContents AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsSeries Editor's Foreword Introduction: Consumer RevolutionsChapter 1: The English Commercial Empire ExpandsChapter 2: The Rise of a "Tea-fac'd Generation"Chapter 3: Politicizing American ConsumptionChapter 4: The Global Dimensions of the American Tea CrisisChapter 5: Repatriating Tea in Revolutionary AmericaChapter 6: Chinese Tea and American Commercial IndependenceConclusion NotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating look at the unpredictable path of a single commodity will change the way readers look at both tea and the emergence of America.Trade ReviewJane T. Merritt provides a compelling analysis of the economic, social, and political consequences of tea consumption in the American colonies during the eighteenth century.—Economic History ReviewThis book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the powerful global context of the American Revolution and of late-eighteenthcentury American commercial ambitions and achievements.—American Historical ReviewStudents at all levels utilising this text will value the appended detailed essay on both primary and secondary sources in addition to the detailed end-notes.—Historical AssociationMerritt's book on tea takes a distinguished place in a growing list of formidable studies of colonial commodities whose histories have global importance: cod, cotton, madeira, mahogany, rum, salt, sugar, and who knows what next.—Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsContents AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsSeries Editor's Foreword Introduction: Consumer RevolutionsChapter 1: The English Commercial Empire ExpandsChapter 2: The Rise of a "Tea-fac'd Generation"Chapter 3: Politicizing American ConsumptionChapter 4: The Global Dimensions of the American Tea CrisisChapter 5: Repatriating Tea in Revolutionary AmericaChapter 6: Chinese Tea and American Commercial IndependenceConclusion NotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow manufacturing textiles and guns transformed the United States from colonial dependent to military power. In 1783, the Revolutionary War drew to a close, but America was still threatened by enemies at home and abroad. The emerging nation faced tax rebellions, Indian warfare, and hostilities with France and England. Its arsenala collection of hand-me-down and beat-up firearmswas woefully inadequate, and its manufacturing sector was weak. In an era when armies literally froze in the field, military preparedness depended on blankets and jackets, the importation of which the British Empire had coordinated for over 200 years. Without a ready supply of guns, the new nation could not defend itself; without its own textiles, it was at the economic mercy of the British. Domestic industry offered the best solution for true economic and military independence. In Manufacturing Advantage, Lindsay Schakenbach Regele shows how the US government promoted the industrial development of textiles andTrade ReviewAn original and fascinating book that rewards the reader with discerning insights into the genesis of American industry . . . The author writes with verve and a captivating command of nuance, insight, breadth and in-depth analysis . . . In sum, both historians and economists would benefit from closely engaging with the arguments in this fine addition to the bookshelf on the early sources of American industrial supremacy.—B. Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College, EH.NetManufacturing Advantage is an important addition to the field of policy history and an equally important contribution to scholarship in several other historical disciplines, including business history, history of technology, and military history. Her analytical framework of "national security capitalism" offers an important new perspective for scholars in the above fields.—Vagel C. Keller, Pennsylvania HistoryTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1. "Our Naked Troops" Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Guns and Textiles Chapter 3. Embargo and War Chapter 4. Financing Industry through Florida Chapter 5. Managing New Markets Chapter 6. Industrial Manifest Destiny Conclusion Appendix A. Terms Related to Textiles Appendix B. Terms Related to Firearms Notes

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Book SynopsisIn Unchecked and Unbalanced, Arnold Kling provides a blueprint for those who are skeptical of political and financial elitism. At the heart of Kling''s argument is the growing discrepancy between two phenomena: knowledge is becoming more diffuse, while political power is becoming more concentrated. Kling sees this knowledge/power discrepancy at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. Financial industry executives and regulatory officials lacked the ability to fathom the complexity of the system that had emerged. And, in response, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, said that they required still more power, including $700 billion to purchase toxic assets from banks. Kling warns that increased concentration of power is a problem, not a panacea, for our modern world and suggests reforms designed to curb the growth of government and allow citizens greater control over the allocation of public goods. Published in cooperation with the HooTrade ReviewThis is essential reading on the political dangers facing us today and the risk of excess centralization. Arnold Kling is one of my favorite commentators. -- Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and general director, Mercatus CenterIf it seems to you as if politicians and government officials are getting dumber, Arnold Kling has the explanation: As their power grows, they know less of what they need to know to exercise it wisely. Kling offers a remedy that is likely to arouse interest in the electorate, and apprehension in officialdom. -- Glenn Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Tennessee and author of the blog instapunditUnchecked and Unbalanced is an interesting book….The questions Kling asks are not always the ones I would have asked, but they are thought provoking nonetheless. * The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Spring 2011 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contents Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Financial Crisis of 2008 Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Discrepancy Between Knowledge and Power Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Mechanisms for Decentralizing Power Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Acknowledgements Chapter 8 Index

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Book SynopsisIt makes the world go round, but money can truly be an enigma. DK’s visual approach breaks new ground. In graphics, charts, and diagrams, How Money Works demystifies processes and answers the hundreds of financial questions we all have.Money facilitates the billions of transactions that take place every day across the globe. Using ‘need to know’ boxes, step-by-step diagrams, and other eye-catching visuals, How Money Works shows you how this is possible. It explains economic theories, how governments raise and control money, what goes on in the stock exchange, how analysts predict where shares are heading, and many other issues. It busts jargon, explaining terms such as quantitative easing, cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market.This must-have guide to money further features:Key financial concepts in a uniquely visual way, using bold infographics combined with simple, jargon-free language.&

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Book SynopsisThis book is the perfect introduction to the subject of economics and economic ideas throughout history.From the earliest forms of currency to the Industrial Revolution, and from the birth of the stock market to free-market capitalism and globalized trade, The Little Book of Economics brings economic theory and the work of key economists to life. Journeying through centuries of economic thought, it is the perfect pocket-sized guide to the subject.Packed with infographics and flowcharts that explain complex concepts clearly and simply, The Little Book of Economics offers you the same combination of clear text and hard-working infographics in a portable format that is perfect for reading on the go.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines ways in which communities can affect change by providing strategies on creating and developing communities that enables people to live their lives. Through a model of our comprehensive community development efforts, collective impact, enhancing social capital, developing neighborhoods with affordable housing that create opportunity and community and placemaking.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: What is Community? What is Community Development? History of Community Development; Models of Community DevelopmentChapter 2: Social Capital: Dimensions of Social Capital, Social Networks, Critiques of Social Capital Chapter 3: The Social Capital Implications of Habitat for Humanity Homeownership Matthew J. Hanka, Mohammed Khayum and Ramona HarveyChapter 4: Social Capital and Economic Development: A Neighborhood PerspectiveMatthew J. Hanka and Trent EngbersChapter 5: Service Learning and Community Development Anne Statham and Helen RosenbergChapter 6: Adaptive Collaborative Community Transformation (ACCT) model of Comprehensive Community Development and Case Studies: Glenwood, Jacobsville, and Engage Henderson Chapter 7: What is Collective Impact? Case Studies of Collective Impact: VOICE and Promise ZoneChapter 8: HOPE VI, New Urbanism, and Social CapitalMatthew J. Hanka and John GilderbloomChapter 9: Placemaking and Social CapitalConclusion: Lessons learned in community development and collective impact

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Book SynopsisInequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book, international anti-inequality campaigner Ben Phillips shows why winning the debate is not enough: we have to win the fight. Drawing on his insider experience, and his personal exchanges with the real-life heroes of successful movements, he shows how the battle against inequality has been won before, and he shares a practical plan for defeating inequality again. He sets a route map for us to overcome deference, build our collective power, and create a new story. Most books on inequality are about what other people ought to do about it – this book is about why winning the fight needs you. Tired of feeling helpless in the face of spiralling inequality? Want to know what you can do about it? This is the book for you.Trade Review“This powerful book makes clear why we cannot rely on elites to fix inequality and why it is up to us, together. Ben Phillips introduces us to the frontline heroes of the fight against inequality, and shows how we have won previous struggles and can win now.” Winnie Byanyima, former executive director of Oxfam International “Inequality would not be a major issue around the world without the work of Ben Phillips. He has helped mobilize people power to transform the imbalances that destabilize our economies and scar our communities. This practical book empowers readers with the data, information, arguments and advice they need to be able to help bring an end to this crisis.” Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal “Ben Phillips is a stalwart campaigner for a fairer world. How to Fight Inequality is a handy primer to help people to build power together.”John Githongo “Ben Phillips has helped bring global attention to the inequality crisis. How to Fight Inequality is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to help. He brings to the book lessons and stories from a lifetime deeply enmeshed in activism and organising, finding hope not in famous leaders but in everyday people, and helping set out how each of us can get engaged in building a more equal society.”Naila Kabeer “We now know just how harmful inequality is to us all. But can anything be done about it? Ben Phillips’s smart new book is packed with powerful stories of change won from the ground up, helps guide us in what we can do by organising together, and demonstrates that a more equal future is ours to make.”Kate Pickett “Inequality defines our present but it is not our fate. In Ben Phillips’s crisp guide he shows from past victories and today’s vibrant new movements a way we can win. His first-hand stories from ‘extraordinary, ordinary people’ winning change illustrate how together we have the power to beat inequality.”Kumi Naidoo “Most of us know how severe – and how dangerous – inequality has become. The debates have been won, but the problem keeps getting worse. Now we must win the fight. And there can be no spectators: it is up to you and me to make change happen. As US President Lyndon Johnson once told Martin Luther King: ‘I know what I have to do – but you have to make me do it.’ Ben Phillips’ short, sharp, powerful book provides a rousing call for action, and draws on the hard lessons of history to create an essential how-to guide to what works and what doesn’t, in the epoch-defying struggle of our new gilded age.”Nicholas Shaxson

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Book SynopsisA “back-to-basics” guide to government contract law Finally! A plain-English presentation of the basic legal concepts of government contract law for professionals at any stage in their careers. Until now, anyone in the procurement field has had to trudge through dense and complex texts written in hard-to-follow “legalese” in their quest to understand procurement law. With Understanding Government Contract Law, they finally have a source of clear and concise explanations of the legal principles involved in government contract law, written by an authority on the subject. Part I of the book focuses on the unique problems facing each of the parties to a government contract - the contract officer and the contractor - and offers insight to the many roles played by the contract officer in the procurement process. Part II describes why and how the government contract is different from commercial contracts. Part III explores the ins and outs of a government contract lawsuit. The author presents key legal principles of government contract law by: • Stating a legal principle • Specifying where in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that principle is found • Offering the rationale, context, and any public policy behind the principle • Describing, with case law examples, situations where the government applied the law correctly and situations where the government came to that conclusion incorrectly

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • “Unforgettable . . . a book about Putin’s Russia that is unlike any other.”—Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of PainFrom a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, a groundbreaking portrait of modern Russia and the inner struggles of the people who sustain Vladimir Putin’s rule ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—NPR, Kirkus ReviewsIn this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country’s most remarkable figures—from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians—who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and privileges from those in power. Others, finding themselves to be less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face. Between Two Fires chronicles the lives of a number of strivers who understand that their dreams are best—or only—realized through varying degrees of cooperation with the Russian government. With sensitivity and depth, Yaffa profiles the director of the country’s main television channel, an Orthodox priest at war with the church hierarchy, a Chechen humanitarian who turns a blind eye to persecutions, and many others. The result is an intimate and probing portrait of a nation that is much discussed yet little understood. By showing how citizens shape their lives around the demands of a capricious and frequently repressive state—as often by choice as under threat of force—Yaffa offers urgent lessons about the true nature of modern authoritarianism.Praise for Between Two Fires“A deep and revealing portrait of life inside Vladimir Putin’s Russia. . . . Yaffa mines a rich vein, describing his subjects’ moral compromises and often ingenious ways of engaging a crooked bureaucracy to show how the Kremlin sustains its authoritarianism.”—The New York Times Book Review“Few journalists have penetrated so deep and with so much nuance into the moral ambiguities of Russia. If you want insight into the deeper distortions the Kremlin causes in people’s psyches this book is invaluable.”—Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible   “A stunning chronicle of Putin’s new Russia . . . It celebrates the vitality of the Russian people even as it explores the compromises and accommodations that they must make. . . . This embrace of contradictions is what makes Between Two Fires such a poignant and poetic book.”—Alex Gibney, Air Mail

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