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Book SynopsisAs many are reconsidering the relationship between markets and government, this timely book demonstrates the perennial relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition to public affairs. Academics, public servants, policy experts, and concerned citizens can all benefit from this timely study of common-good capitalism's prospects.

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Trade ReviewA collection of varied and amazing lives, all bent on shaping history. Together, these experienced, undeterred Nicaraguan women offer powerful clues about a truly revolutionary and democratizing feminism. -- Adrienne RichIf it were not for writers like Margaret, how would women around the world find each other when there is such an institutional effort to keep us apart and silent? Here Margaret brings us the voice of Sandino's daughters, honoring his hat and wearing their own, wiser now, having been part of political and personal revolution. -- Holly Near"A completely new and different book from her earlier Sandino's Daughters. The core is a dozen lengthy interviews with feminist women (all but one), hence not randomly drawn from Nicaraguan society. Randall opens the volume with a useful, wide-ranging interpretative survey of history, politics, and the social situation of women. One observation that sticks: women who most resembled men in their conduct rose highest under Sandinista rule." * Handbook of Latin American Studies *Since the defeat of the Sandinistas at the Nicaraguan polls in 1990, which surprised winners and losers alike as well as their supporters and most observers, much ink has been spilled in attempts to determine the causes. And while Nicaragua has faded from the front pages of U.S. newspapers, some are still interested in what road Nicaragua would then follow. Sandino's Daughters Revisited, Margaret Randall's collection of twelve oral histories with women involved in the Sandinista revolution, adds insights into these and other questions. This book is useful for the specialist and non-specialist alike and has much to offer the historian, the teacher, the student, and anyone interested in learning more about the Sandinista Party and the women of Nicaragua. With Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua Margaret Randall adds both to her oral history work with women in the Sandinista revolution and to a thesis elaborated in Gathering Rage: The Failure of 20th Century Revolutions to Develop a Feminist Agenda (Monthly Review Press, 1992). This thesis was that the failure to develop a feminist agenda contributed to the failure of revolutionary movements in Latin America in the 20th century, in this case particularly to the Sandinistas' loss of power in the elections of 1990. -- Dennis Kortheuer (University of California, Irvine ) * History Net, H-LatAm *A collection of varied and amazing lives, all bent on shaping history. Together, these experienced, undeterred Nicaraguan women offer powerful clues about a truly revolutionary and democratizing feminism. -- Adrienne RichIf it were not for writers like Margaret, how would women around the world find each other when there is such an institutional effort to keep us apart and silent? Here Margaret brings us the voice of Sandino's daughters, honoring his hat and wearing their own, wiser now, having been part of political and personal revolution. -- Holly Near"A completely new and different book from her earlier Sandino's Daughters. The core is a dozen lengthy interviews with feminist women (all but one), hence not randomly drawn from Nicaraguan society. Randall opens the volume with a useful, wide-ranging interpretative survey of history, politics, and the social situation of women. One observation that sticks: women who most resembled men in their conduct rose highest under Sandinista rule." * Handbook of Latin American Studies *Since the defeat of the Sandinistas at the Nicaraguan polls in 1990, which surprised winners and losers alike as well as their supporters and most observers, much ink has been spilled in attempts to determine the causes. And while Nicaragua has faded from the front pages of U.S. newspapers, some are still interested in what road Nicaragua would then follow. Sandino's Daughters Revisited, Margaret Randall's collection of twelve oral histories with women involved in the Sandinista revolution, adds insights into these and other questions. This book is useful for the specialist and non-specialist alike and has much to offer the historian, the teacher, the student, and anyone interested in learning more about the Sandinista Party and the women of Nicaragua. With Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua Margaret Randall adds both to her oral history work with women in the Sandinista revolution and to a thesis elaborated in Gathering Rage: The Failure of 20th Century Revolutions to Develop a Feminist Agenda (Monthly Review Press, 1992). This thesis was that the failure to develop a feminist agenda contributed to the failure of revolutionary movements in Latin America in the 20th century, in this case particularly to the Sandinistas' loss of power in the elections of 1990. -- Dennis Kortheuer (University of California, Irvine ) * History Net, H-LatAm *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. "Women's Solidarity Has Given Our Lives a New Dimension: Laughter" / Michele Najlis 3. "I Was a Woman, a Miskito Woman, a Woman from the Coco River" / Mirna Cunningham 4. "The Only Way for Women to Fight for Their Rights Is If They Get Together and Do It" / Diana Espinoza 5. "I Am Looking for the Women of My House" / Daisy Zamora 6. "Our Experience in the FSLN Is What Gives Us This Strength" / Milu Vargas 7. "As a Woman, I Think It Was Worth Living the Revolutionary Process" / Vidaluz Meneses 8. "We Were the Knights of the Round Table" / Gioconda Belli 9. "It Doesn't Matter What Kind of Uniform You Wear" / Aminta Granera 10. "It's True: We Can't Live on Consciousness Alone, But We Can't Live Without It" / Doris Tijerino 11. "Nicaragua Is a Surprising Country" / Dora Maria Tellez 12. "Coming Out as a Lesbian Is What Brought Me to Social Consciousness" / Rita Arauz 13. "Who Was Going to Trust a Montenegro?" / Sofia Montenegro

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Book SynopsisSandino's Daughters, Margaret Randall's conversations with Nicaraguan women in their struggle against the dictator Somoza in 1979, brought the lives of a group of extraordinary female revolutionaries to the American and world public. The book remains a landmark. Now, a decade later, Randall returns to interview many of the same women and others.Trade ReviewA book of extraordinary impact. Illustrated with striking portrait photos, it is the product of interviews with scores of women who fought and won in the Sandinista Liberation Front. . . . The women speak for themselves. And they speak with compelling power. . . . Every story in this book is different, every woman memorable. . . . [This] is a book to remind us all of what the best in us can be. * Calgary Herald *Table of ContentsOne: From AMPRONAC 1 Two: The Commanders 40 Three: Amada Pineda 80 Four: Daisy Zamora 94 Five: Nora Astorga 116 Six: The Women in Olive Green 129 Seven: Sister Martha Women of Hope 150 Eight: Gladys Baez 163 Nine: Mothers and Daughters 184 Ten: Profound Changes 204

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was not only one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century women's rights movement but was also the movement's principal philosopher. This title argues that Stanton's work reflects the rich tapestry of American political culture in the second half of the nineteenth century.Trade ReviewDavis does a brilliant job of analyzing (while not excusing) the political tacticsand often, political Machiavelliismthat the early feminist employed during her long, active life. * Feminist Review *Davis's monograph is a valuable resource not only for scholars across the humanities...but also for those who wish to better understand American political culture and the history of ideas. -- Kristan Poirot * Rhetoric & Public Affairs *Davis admirably succeeds in this book that integrates the conceptual and political legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton with current scholarship on heritage of the American liberal state. A must-read for students of American political development, womens rights, and legal theory. -- Eileen McDonagh,author of Breaking the Abortion DeadlockElizabeth Cady Stanton was open to any idea she encounteredold or new, conventional or innovatedexcept male supremacy. Daviss admirable book shows that this great feminists adaptability was both her best and worst characteristic. -- Judith Baer,author of Our Lives before the Law: Constructing a Feminist JurisprudenceScholars of American political thought have often failed to appreciate the significance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Scholars of Cady Stanton have often not been deeply immersed in broader studies of American political thought. Daviss outstanding book rectifies both these deficiencies in ways that will have enduring value. -- Rogers M. Smith,author of Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political MembershipIn this thoroughly researched, well-written, and engaging study, Davis reveals how Cady Stanton drew upon liberalism, republicanism, ascriptive forms of Americanism, and radicalism in advancing the cause of women's rights. Daviss historical institutionalist approach to the topic is most suited for demonstrating not only the way in which Cady Stanton, as a political actor, adjusted her arguments because of strategic consideration of the way they were received, but also the normative theoretical commitments that shaped the thinking of Cady Stanton as a political philosopher. The book is a must read for scholars of the history of political thought, feminist theory, and women's studies who wish to understand the full significance of Cady Stantons intellectual and political legacy for American political thought. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *A convincing case for Stanton’s significance as a central figure in the American political tradition. * Women’s Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Multiple Traditions 2 Seneca Falls and Beyond: Attacking the Cult of Domesticity with Equality and Inalienable Rights3 The 1850s: Married Women's Property Rights, Divorce, and Temperance 4 Gatherings of Unsexed Women: Separate Spheres and Women's Rights 5 The Civil War Years: Breaking Down Boundaries Between Public and Private6 The Postwar Years: Reconstruction and Positivism7 The Postwar Years: The New Departure, the Alliance with Labor, and the Critique of Marriage8 Not the Word of God But the Work of Men: Cady Stanton's Critique of Religion 9 "In the Long Weary March, Each One Walks Alone": Evolution and Anglo-Saxonism at Century's End 10 Multiple Feminisms and Multiple Traditions: Elizabeth Cady Stanton in American Political Thought Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores not just how citizens respond to political and economic restructuring engineered at the top but also how people enact their own visions of life, politics, and justice by responding to daily challenges.Trade ReviewThis book is an excellent collection of research which shows the gaps in understanding that have emerged from studying post-communist states and societies from above and from the perspective of taken-for-granted concepts, such as the neat separation of public and private spheres. Rather the contributors illustrate the need to disaggregate the concepts that have been used to understand post-communist problems and to disaggregate, as researchers, our own approaches and assumptions. * Europe-Asia Studies *This is a much-needed collection. Studies of the political and economic transformation of the postcommunist countries have focused on the role of the state and market, obscuring both a full consideration of the role of society and the impact of change on society. Such a bottom-up perspective is necessary to understand the phenomenon of postcommunism. In bringing together a series of essays on focused gender, poverty, and corruption the book is a must for anyone who wants to develop a multifaceted and nuanced understanding of the far-reaching changes of the past two decades. -- Michael Bernhard,Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Chair, Department of Political Science, University of FloridaThis is a much-needed book that charts a new path in studying postcommunist societies. Jan Kubik, Amy Linch, and their collaborators propose an original, multidisciplinary approach that challenges standard modes of analyzing transformations in Central and Eastern Europe. This approach, calling for careful and context-sensitive empirical research, recognizes the diversity of experiences and outcomes in the region and offers conceptual tools to understand vastly dissimilar societies and cultures undergoing massive political, social, and economic transformations. For anyone concerned with patterns of postcommunist transformation, this is a must read. -- Grzegorz Ekiert,Professor of Government and Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard UTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Preface Seteney ShamiAcknowledgments Introduction. Postcommunism in a New Key Amy LinchPart One: General Approaches to Postcommunism1 From Transitology to Contextual Holism Jan Kubik2 Social Justice, Social Science, and the Complexities of Postsocialism Thomas C. Wolfe and John PicklesPart Two: Gender3 Social Justice, Hegemony, and Women's Mobilizations Joanna Regulska and Magdalena Grabowska4 Grounds for Hope? Voices of Feminism and Women's Activism in Romania Laura Lovinvi Contents5 Transformation to Democracy Medea BadashviliPart Three: Poverty6 Poverty and Popular Mobilization in Postcommunist Capitalist Regimes Ivan Szelenyi and Katarzyna Wilk7 "Scandalous Ethnicity" and "Victimized Ethnonationalism" Alina Vamanu and Iulian VamanuPart Four: Corruption8 A Critique of the Global Corruption "Paradigm" Alena V. Ledeneva9 Informal Payments to Doctors Rasma Karklins10 Informal Relations in Public Procurement Ase Berit Grodeland Afterword. Mobilizing Justice Across Hegemonies in Place Michael D. Kennedy About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWilliam Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, George F Will, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, John Bolton - these are a political force to be reckoned with. But how to define this new conservatism? This volume examines the ideas, policies and roots of this ideological movement. It also offers an analysis of the neoconservative ethos.Trade Review"Thompson . . . has put together a book of essays that seeks to & confront this new conservatism and lay bare its inner workings. The collection brings together commentators on contemporary American politics. . . . The group has an unabashedly progressive bent and their stated objective is to bury the new conservatism even as they enviously praise its successes." * Popmatters *"A useful resource that will enable the careful reader to understand the similarities and differences among these multiple ideologies." * Choice *"Arguing that American conservatism today is not only a rejoinder to liberalism but a reflection of at least some of its values, Confronting the New Conservatism subjects the neo-conservative and Christian conservative movements to thoughtful scrutiny and original scholarly analysis. While animated by progressive politics, this collection offers students and citizens alike a deeper look at the intellectual and ideological foundations of the American right in ways that will encourage understanding as well as a more effective liberal response." -- Benjamin R. Barber,author of Jihad vs. McWorld"Thompson has assembled an exciting collection of essays written by a high quality group of scholars. The essays are sharp and academically rigorous, but also highly engaging and readable." -- Judith Grant,author of Fundamental FeminismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Confronting the New ConservatismMichael J. ThompsonPart I What Is the New Conservatism?1 America's Conservative Landscape: The New Conservatism and the Reorientation of American Democracy Michael J. Thompson2 Cultural Rage and the Right-Wing Intellectuals Philip Green3 Considerations on the Origins of Neoconservatism: Looking Backward Stanley Aronowitz4 The New Political Right in the United States: Reaction, Rollback, and Resentment Chip BerletPart II The New Conservatism at Home5 From Neoconservative to New Right: American Conservatives and the Welfare StateCharles Noble6 Tearing Down the Wall: Conservative Use and Abuse of Religion in Politics Diana M. Judd7 Paradox or Contradiction: The Marriage Mythos in Neoconservative Ideology R. Claire Snyder8 The Neoconservative Assault on the Courts: How Worried Should We Be? Thomas M. KeckPart III The Global Reach of the New Conservative Ideology9 The Imperial Presidency: The Legacy of Reagan's Central America PolicyGreg Grandin10 The Neocon Con Game: Nihilism RevisitedNicholas Xenos11 One-Dimensional Men: Neoconservatives, Their Allies and Models Lawrence Davidson12 Resisting the Right: Challenging the Neoconservative Agenda Stephen Eric BronnerContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisExamines the origins, evolution, and resilience of the Western Sahara conflict, deploying a diverse array of sources and firsthand knowledge of the region gained from multiple research visits. By shifting geographical frames—local, regional, and international—this provides a robust analysis of the stakes involved.

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Book SynopsisMakes a compelling argument that, despite revolutionary upheaval, the ideals of modernity remain remote in Iran due to the absence of a modern notion of sexuality. Talattof illustrates his argument through the life of Shahrzad, a celebrated stage and screen actress, dancer, journalist, and published poet who eventually became imprisoned and later homeless in the streets of Tehran.

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Book SynopsisIf the surface of Turkish politics has changed dramatically over the decades, the vocabulary for sorting these changes remains constant: Europe, Islam, minorities, the military, the founding father. This book explores the diverse mobilization and production of history and power in the primary figures that circulate in discourse about Turkey.

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Book SynopsisExamines a variety of texts - ranging from speeches and campaign advertisements to news reports and political pamphlets - to outline the populist character of conservatism in the United States. Paul Elliott Johnson focuses on key inflection points in the development of populist conservatism.Trade Review“Paul Johnson’s I The People offers a theoretically rich lens for understanding the paradoxes of modern conservative rhetoric, drawing together rhetorical, psychoanalytic, and political theory. Johnson attends astutely to the interarticulation of toxic white masculinity and conservative populism in the United States, offering insights into both contemporary iterations of political culture and to their historical antecedents.”- Claire Sisco King, author of Washed in Blood: Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema;“Anyone who wants to understand the rhetorical appeal of modern conservatism should read this book. I The People shows how conservative constructions of ‘the people’ frame democracy as a threat to individual freedom- even at the highest levels of government. Paul Johnson exhumes a new history of rhetorical appeals and communicative strategies to examine how conservative populisms articulate diversity and the common good as sources of individual trauma. An important and timely read.”- Elisabeth R. Anker, author of Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom

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Book SynopsisContemporary efforts to revitalise the civic mission of higher education in America have revived an age-old republican tradition of teaching students to be responsible citizens, particularly through the study of rhetoric, composition, and oratory. This book examines the political, cultural, economic, and religious agendas that drove the various - and often conflicting - curricula and contrasting visions of what good citizenship entails.

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Book SynopsisNo introductory work of American history has had more influence over the past forty years than Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. This book is the first work to use archival and classroom evidence to assess the impact that Zinn’s classic work has had on historical teaching and learning and on American culture.Trade ReviewIt is undeniable that Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States changed history. Reviled and revered-and everything in between-it remains the bestselling U.S. history book in U.S. history. Robert Cohen and Sonia E. Murrow have done the nation and the world an indispensable service by finally placing Zinn's powerful achievement in its full historical context. With careful attention to archival sources and a keen consideration of the book's cultural impact, they have returned Zinn's work to where it belongs- with the people: scholars who engage him, teachers who teach him, artists who adapt him, activists who channel him, students who love him, politicians who hate him, and all the ordinary folks who always inspired him. Rethinking America's Past is a unique and brilliant book that has arrived at just the right time in our history."- Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Harvard University, editor of The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the "People's Historian";"Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is undoubtedly the most widely read survey of American history of the past forty years. Cohen and Murrow offer a candid, fair-minded assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. Citing the words of both teachers and students, they explain why it has been so influential and how it has affected the teaching of history in schools, across the country, and among the public at large. This is a welcome exception to the politicized polemics that too often frame discussions of Zinn's book."- Eric Foner, author of The Second Founding;"In this important new book, Cohen and Murrow remind us why Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is too important a book to be forgotten. Through careful analysis of his seminal work, the authors show us how the book can be used in classrooms today to remind students that from the very beginning, America's history has been shaped by oppression and resistance, conflict as well as cooperation among those who have frequently been rendered invisible by the grand narratives that have been constructed in the name of patriotism and allegiance. For educators and students who know that history is much more than a collection of facts and dates, and who seek to understand the social processes that have shaped the formation of this nation, this book will be an invaluable resource."- Pedro Noguera, author of Excellence Through Equity;"An important historical analysis of the genesis, reception, impact, and longevity of Howard Zinn's A People's History and the social justice teaching community it helped foster."- Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks;"Howard Zinn is a national treasure. His life and work are political and intellectual landmarks. Historian, author, mentor, and relentless activist for democracy, Howard Zinn taught us how to rethink the making of America from a people's point-of-view. This book by Robert Cohen and Sonia E. Murrow is just the volume we need in troubled times like these."- Ira Shor, author of When Students Have Power

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Book SynopsisOffers a statewide study of women's part in the history of conservatism, the New Right, and the Republican Party in the state of Georgia. Robin Morris examines how the growth of the Republican Party in the 1960s and 1970s was due in large part to the political activism of white women.Trade ReviewThe primary research in Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women is fascinating and original. Morris's ground level construction of Georgia politics and white women's central role in reshaping state and by consequence national politics in the 1960s and 1970s provokes so many new questions and suggests revisions to much of what we know about white women's conservatism."—Elizabeth McRae, author of Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy"Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women is not just the same story in a new region-it is a fundamentally new contribution to the literature, which should be of interest not just to scholars of conservative women but to anyone seeking to understand what is arguably the most significant political transformation in recent U.S. history."—Emily Suzanne Johnson, author of This Is Our Message: Women's Leadership in the New Christian Right

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Book SynopsisIn 1990 Germany launched an experiment to transplant democracy into a formerly communist country, effectively dismantling the system of the German Democratic Republic and rebuilding it in the likeness of the democratic Federal Republic of Germany. This book deals with this topic.Trade Review“An impressive and important piece of work. This book will significantly enhance the literature on the subject of postcommunist transition and facilitate the understanding of a process that is often misunderstood, especially in the very unique circumstance of the former GDR. To my knowledge there is no analogous study in the English language.”—Ilya Prizel, Johns Hopkins University“Much of the recent literature on postcommunist ‘transitions to democracy’ simply ignores the East German experience, apparently assuming that reunification provided East Germans with an easy and ready-made route to democratic capitalism and that little may be learned about transitions from the German experience. Yoder rejects this simplistic notion, filling a serious gap in the transition literature and doing so with intelligence, insight, and style.”—Jane Dawson, University of Oregon

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Book SynopsisArgues that an ideological vacuum has fuelled the problems throughout postcommunist Europe and the former Soviet Union. Drawing upon field research, this book aims to paint a picture of post-communist political life in which ideological labels are meaningless and exchangeable at will, and political parties appear and disappear regularly.Trade Review“A pioneering study. This book should be required reading for journalists and diplomats who deal with postcommunist Europe.”—James Felak, University of Washington“Cohen's deft and ingenious examination of the historical, political, biographical, and moral features of Slovakia's present and recent past, in particular the peculiar and powerful quality and impact of the Leninist legacy, contributes substantially to our grasp of this area's novel political sociology.”—Ken Jowitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisOffers a challenge to common characterisations of post-communist politics as either a resurgence of aggressive nationalism or an evolution toward Western-style democracy. This title focuses on Slovakia's failure to forge a collective memory of the World War II experience. It is suitable for scholars in political science and history.Trade Review“A pioneering study. This book should be required reading for journalists and diplomats who deal with postcommunist Europe.”—James Felak, University of Washington“Cohen's deft and ingenious examination of the historical, political, biographical, and moral features of Slovakia's present and recent past, in particular the peculiar and powerful quality and impact of the Leninist legacy, contributes substantially to our grasp of this area's novel political sociology.”—Ken Jowitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisA study of the cultural policies and activities of the Italian Communist Party, following the collapse of fascism and the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991. This book is intended to those with an interest in modern Italy, the European left, political science, and media studies.Trade Review“The book is an original contribution to knowledge based on a prodigious amount of research. . . . A significant achievement.” -- Stephen Hellman * International History Review *“Stephen Gundle's book is a highly original contribution to our knowledge of the culture and politics of modern Italy, combining as it does theoretical sophistication with extensive empirical research.”—Paul Ginsborg, Universita degli Studi di Firenze“Between Hollywood and Moscow is an outstanding work that treats the effects of modernization and the development of a mass consumer society in Italy in an original and illuminating manner. It restores a sense of the importance of culture as an integral part of political strategizing and communicates the shifting meanings of culture over four decades of Italian history.”—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University"A comprehensive account of the cultural policies of the Italian Communist Party. This is a very useful book containing much relevant information on a surprisingly under-researched topic." -- Donald Sassoon * Modern Italy *“Between Hollywood and Moscow makes an original contribution to the study of the PCI and post-war Italy in general from a cultural point of view, and reveals the importance of specific cultural strategies and transformations in the political history of the PCI.”—John Dickie, University College, LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter One: Between Hollywood and MoscowPolitics, Culture, and Society after the Fall of Fascism Chapter Two: Bread, Love, and Political StrifeCold War Communism and the Development of Cultural Policy Chapter Three: What’s Good for Fiat is Good for ItalyTelevision, Consumerism, and Party Identity in the 1950s Chapter Four: From Elvis Presley to Ho Chi MinhYouth Culture and Cultural Conflict Between the Centre Left and the Hot Autumn Chapter Five: Crisis, Austerity, SolidarityThe Question of Hegemony in the 1970s Chapter Six: Welcome to ProsperityEconomic Growth and the Erosion of Left-Wing Culture Chapter Seven: The Last TangoThe Collapse of Communism and the Dissolution of the PCI Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAs a nineteenth-century think-tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. This book presents the story of this institution.Trade Review“[An] elegantly presented book . . . . “ - Maurice Larkin, Times Literary Supplement"This is an extremely useful analysis for anyone interested not only in French social welfare, but also in the history of the parapolitical sphere, associational life among France's elite, and the shifting boundaries between public and private. . . . Horne has done an excellent job of widening the scope of social welfare history, giving us all a whole new range of actors and issues to contemplate." - Steve M. Beaudoin, Journal of Social History"[An] accomplished book." - Elizabeth Sage, Journal of Modern History"Horne's excellent book is a welcome addition to a growing body of historical works on the late nineteenth-century origins of the French welfare state." - Joshua Cole, Social History“Janet Horne’s book provides not only an excellent history of the Musée Social but also an important new perspective on the activities of turn-of-the-twentieth-century reform networks. It demonstrates that the Musée Social constituted a unique French institution, free from Jacobin, centralizing pressures,where experts, intellectuals, and administrators could interact among themselves. Her work reveals the misunderstood but essential role played by independent reformers in the modernization of France.”—Pierre Rosanvallon, directeur d'études à l'Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales“This book is far more than the history of a single institution. It is also a thoughtful examination of political ideology and social discourse in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and an important and convincing argument about the origins of social policy in the Third Republic.”—Don Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill“[An] elegantly presented book . . . . “ -- Maurice Larkin * TLS *"[An] accomplished book." -- Elizabeth Sage * Journal of Modern History *"Horne's excellent book is a welcome addition to a growing body of historical works on the late nineteenth-century origins of the French welfare state." -- Joshua Cole * Social History *"This is an extremely useful analysis for anyone interested not only in French social welfare, but also in the history of the parapolitical sphere, associational life among France's elite, and the shifting boundaries between public and private. . . . Horne has done an excellent job of widening the scope of social welfare history, giving us all a whole new range of actors and issues to contemplate." -- Steve M. Beaudoin * Journal of Social History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One. Rhetoric of Reform 1. The Modern Sphinx: Debating the Social Question in Nineteenth- Century France 2. Inventing a Social Museum Part Two. Networking for Reform 3. A Genealogy of Republican Reform 4. A Laboratory for Social Reform Part Three. Implementing Reform 5. Voluntary Associations and the Republican Ideal 6. The Modernity of Hygiene: Interventions in the City Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe current place of Marxism in Asian and Asian Studies thinking.Trade Review“New Asian Marxisms brilliantly dramatizes how contemporary scholars have remembered Marxism in Asia of an earlier time and how this 'afterlife' today calls into question the amnesia of Western Marxism and its own complicity with exclusions identified with the culturalist claims of a ‘unified’ West. While the essays in this volume are all concerned with a particular place and time, they also remind us of what so often is forgotten--that Marxism is at home only in the world.”—Harry Harootunian, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: Everything Diverges / Tani E. Barlow Introduction: Decency and Debasement / William Pietz Dreaming of Better Times: “Repetition with a Difference” and Community Policing in China / Michael Dutton Constructing Perry’s “Chinaman” in the Context of Adorno and Benjamin / D. R. Howland Redemption and Consumption: Depicting Culture in the 1990s / Dai Jinhua Making Time: Historic Preservation and the Space of Nationality / Marshall Johnson Aesthetics and Chinese Marxism / Liu Kang The World Conception of Japanese Social Science: The Kõza Faction, the Otsuka School, and the Uno School of Economics / Sugiyama Mitsunobu “And They Would Start Again”: Women and Struggle in Korean National Literature / You-me Park Spring, Temporality, and History in Li Dazhao / Claudia Pozzana Spring / Li Dazhao The Probable Defeat: Preliminary Notes on the Chinese Cultural Revolution / Alessandro Russo Interpreting Revolutionary Excess: The Naxalite Movement in India, 1967–1971 / Sanjay Seth Marxism, Anti-Americanism, and Democracy in South Korea: An Examination of Nationalist Intellectual Discourse / Gi-Wook Shin “Who Am I?”—Questions of Voluntarism in the Paradigm of Socialist Alienation / Jing Wang Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDeparting from earlier studies of kokugaku (which means "the study of our country"), this title considers how three of the more marginalized participants in the movement challenged its principal founder and engaged its fundamental concerns about what defines the Japanese nation and unifies those within it.Trade Review“Before the Nation is a significant addition to the field of Japanese intellectual history and a very fine book.”—Leslie Pincus, author of Authenticating Culture in Imperial Japan: Kuki Shuzo and the Rise of National Aesthetics“In Before the Nation Susan L. Burns offers rock-solid research on a crucial topic in the intellectual history of state-formation and nationalism in Japan.”—J. Victor Koschmann, author of Revolution and Subjectivity in Postwar JapanTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Between Community and the Nation 1 1 Late Tokugawa Society and the Crisis of Community 16 2 Before the Kojikiden: The Divine Age Narrative in Tokugawa Japan 35 3 Motoori Norinaga: Discovering Japan 68 4 Ueda Akinari: History and Community 102 5 Fujitani Mitsue: The Poetics of Community 131 6 Tachibana Moribe: Cosmology and Community 158 7 National Literature, Intellectual History, and the New Kokugaku 187 Conclusion: Imagined Japan(s) 220 Appendix: "Reading" the Kojiki 227 Notes 231 Works Cited 259 Index 271

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Book SynopsisExploring the emergence and evolution of theories of nationhood that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination of the late-eighteenth-century intellectual movement kokugaku, which means 'the study of our country.” Departing from earlier studies of kokugaku that focused on intellectuals whose work has been valorized by modern scholars, Burns seeks to recover the multiple ways 'Japan' as social and cultural identity began to be imagined before modernity.Central to Burns''s analysis is Motoori Norinaga’s Kojikiden, arguably the most important intellectual work of Japan''s early modern period. Burns situates the Kojikiden as one in a series of attempts to analyze and interpret the mythohistories dating from the early eighth century, the Kojiki and Nihon shoki. Norinaga saw these texts as keys to an original, authentic, and idyllic Japan that existed before being tainted by 'flaweTrade Review“Before the Nation is a significant addition to the field of Japanese intellectual history and a very fine book.”—Leslie Pincus, author of Authenticating Culture in Imperial Japan: Kuki Shuzo and the Rise of National Aesthetics“In Before the Nation Susan L. Burns offers rock-solid research on a crucial topic in the intellectual history of state-formation and nationalism in Japan.”—J. Victor Koschmann, author of Revolution and Subjectivity in Postwar JapanTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Between Community and the Nation 1 1 Late Tokugawa Society and the Crisis of Community 16 2 Before the Kojikiden: The Divine Age Narrative in Tokugawa Japan 35 3 Motoori Norinaga: Discovering Japan 68 4 Ueda Akinari: History and Community 102 5 Fujitani Mitsue: The Poetics of Community 131 6 Tachibana Moribe: Cosmology and Community 158 7 National Literature, Intellectual History, and the New Kokugaku 187 Conclusion: Imagined Japan(s) 220 Appendix: "Reading" the Kojiki 227 Notes 231 Works Cited 259 Index 271

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Book SynopsisRanciere's account of Western philosophical thought from Plato to Bourdieu argues that philosophers depend on an ideal "poor" for their own analyses but preclude them from abstract thoughtTrade Review“Sure to provoke controversy, The Philosopher and His Poor is a virtuoso performance. I can’t think of anyone who has pursued the populist premise—the intuition that in this or that situation the grounding of truth or value is to be located in those most dispossessed—with anything approaching Rancière’s degree of articulateness or philosophical sophistication. I predict that this book will become a landmark.”—Bruce Robbins, author of Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress“The Philosopher and His Poor is a remarkable work. Jacques Rancière demonstrates the recurrence throughout the history of western thought of a particular self-constituting move: the freedom and the right to think are premised upon a situating and excluding of those whose task is other than to think, what Rancière calls ‘the poor.’”—Derek Attridge, author of The Singularity of LiteratureTable of ContentsEditor’s Preface vii Editor’s Introduction: Mimesis and the Division of Labor ix A Personal Itinerary xxv I. Plato's Lie 1. The Order of the City 3 2. The Order of Discourse 30 II. Marx's Labor 3. The Shoemaker and the Knight 57 4. The Production of the Proletarian 70 5. The Revolution Conjured Away 90 6. The Risk of Art 105 III. The Philosopher and the Sociologist 7. The Marxist Horizon 127 8. The Philosopher’s Wall 137 9. The Sociologist King 165 For Those Who Want More 203 Afterword to the English-Language Edition (2002) 219 Notes 229

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Book SynopsisInvestigates how "W" stands for women. This book contains ten feminist scholars who analyze various aspects of Bush' persona, language, and policy to show how his administration has shaped a new politics of gender.Trade Review“Full of strikingly original and meticulously theorized readings of contemporary public life, W Stands for Women is one of the most intellectually and politically exciting books that I’ve read in years.”—Catherine A. Holland, author of The Body Politic: Foundings, Citizenship, and Difference in the American Political Imagination“Making lasting feminist sense of the George W. Bush presidency—long after it’s over—will be a crucial intellectual task. W Stands for Women is going to be essential reading as we all tackle this challenge.”—Cynthia Enloe, author of Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link“W Stands for Women offers a compelling, well-integrated account of ‘the post-September 11 security state’ in the United States.” -- Sylvia Bashevkin * Feminist Theory *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Feminism, Gender, and Security in the Bush Presidency / Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori J. Marso 1 Part I. Compassionate Patriarchy The Allure of Authoritarianism: Bush Administration Ideology and the Reconsolidation of Patriarchy / R. Claire Snyder 17 The Politics of Compassion in the Age of AIDS / Karen Zivi 41 Part II. Bush's Masculinities Straight Eye for the Straight Guy / David S. Gutterman and Danielle Regan 63 W's Masculine Pseudo-Democracy: Brothers-in-Arms, Suicide Bombers, and the Culture of Life / Andrew Feffer 87 Part III. Gendered War Logics at Home and Abroad The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State / Iris Marion Young 115 Gender Trouble at Abu Ghraib? / Timothy Kaurman-Osborn 141 Feminists versus Feminization: Confronting the War Logics of the George W. Bush Administration / Mary Hawkesworth 163 Part IV. Feminist Responses Feminism and Security Rhetoric in the Post September-11 Bush Administration / Michaele L. Ferguson 191 Feminism and the Complications of Freeing the Women of Afghanistan and Iraq / Lori J. Marso 221 References 245 Contributors 269 Index 271

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Book SynopsisOffers a critical analysis of China's "long 1990s," the tumultuous years between the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. This title examines the reactions of intellectuals, authors, and filmmakers to the cultural and political shifts in 1990s China.Trade ReviewWith this new book, Zhang has provided an indispensible critical lens through which to discern the dizzying speed of social change and dazzling complexity that characterize the contemporary Chinese condition as symptomatic of ‘the Reagan, Thatcher, and Deng Xiaoping Revolution.’” - David Leiwei Li, Comparative Literature“Postsocialism and Cultural Politics is, among many things, both well organised and easy to navigate. . . . [Zhang’s] application of postsocialism to literature and film is deft and nuanced, and proffers arresting insights into the works themselves as well as the socio-political situation they exist in. Zhang's subtle understanding of Deleuze, Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Derrida underpins his analysis of Chinese literature and film. His examples drawn from the works of Baudelaire, Dickens, nineteenth-century German oil painting, Balzac, and Kafka lends Zhang's work a cosmopolitan quality, and draws parallels beyond the parameters of his subject. Postsocialism and Cultural Politics is a thorough and compelling examination of the socio-political situation in 1990s China.” - Joshua Hoey, M/C Reviews“An extraordinarily rich panorama of the cultural and socio-political debates in China today. Xudong Zhang’s analyses are not only models of theoretical interpretation, the whole book can stand as a triumphant demonstration of the way in which readings of novels, films, social and political texts, and the polemics around them can be positioned to illuminate each other.”—Fredric Jameson, Duke University“Xudong Zhang has produced a brilliant and compelling study of the various forces struggling with one another in China during the pivotal decade that followed the failure of the 1989 social movement. Through a deft explication of the complicated factors at play—summed up wonderfully in a clear exposition of the collision between postmodernism and postsocialism—Zhang is able to provide a uniquely nuanced picture of the China that has emerged as such a formidable force in our globalized age.”—Theodore Huters, author of Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican China“Postsocialism and Cultural Politics is, among many things, both well organised and easy to navigate. . . . [Zhang’s] application of postsocialism to literature and film is deft and nuanced, and proffers arresting insights into the works themselves as well as the socio-political situation they exist in. Zhang's subtle understanding of Deleuze, Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Derrida underpins his analysis of Chinese literature and film. His examples drawn from the works of Baudelaire, Dickens, nineteenth-century German oil painting, Balzac, and Kafka lends Zhang's work a cosmopolitan quality, and draws parallels beyond the parameters of his subject. Postsocialism and Cultural Politics is a thorough and compelling examination of the socio-political situation in 1990s China.” -- Joshua Hoey * M/C Reviews *With this new book, Zhang has provided an indispensible critical lens through which to discern the dizzying speed of social change and dazzling complexity that characterize the contemporary Chinese condition as symptomatic of ‘the Reagan, Thatcher, and Deng Xiaoping Revolution.’” -- David Leiwei Li * Comparative Literature *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Socialism 1 Part I. Intellectual Discourse: National and Global Determinations 1. The Return of the Political: The Making of the Post-Tiananmen Intellectual Field 25 2. Nationalism, Mass Culture, and Intellectual Strategies in the 1990s 102 3. Postmodernism and Postsocialist Society: Cultural Politics after the "New Era" 136 Part II. Literary Discourse: Narrative Possibilities of Postsocialism 4. Shanghai Nostalgia: Mourning and Allegory in Wang Anyi's Literary Production in the 1990s 181 5. Toward a Critical Iconography: Shanghai, "Minor Literature," and the Unmaking of a Modern Chinese Mythology 212 6. "Demonic Realism" and the "Socialist Market Economy": Language Game, Natural History, and Social Allegory in Mo Yan's The Republic of Wine 240 Part III. Cinematic Discourse: Universality, Singularity, and the Everyday World 7. National Trauma, Global Allegory: Construction of Collective Memory in Tian Zhuangzhuang's The Blue Kite 269 8. Narrative, Culture, and Legitimacy: Repetition and Singularity in Zhang Yimou's The Story of Qiu Ju 289 Notes 311 Bibliography 331 Index 341

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Book SynopsisIn the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story.Trade Review“Antonio Negri takes the ideas he developed in reading Spinoza, the Jewish heretic, and brings them to bear on one of the most crucial texts of orthodox Christianity to show how much unrealized potential for radical change persists even within those theoretical formations that seem the most monolithic and reactionary. Negri’s approach prefigures efforts by philosophers such as Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Giorgio Agamben to re-read the history of Christian thought against the grain. It also connects to and explicates the language of Christian asceticism that informs Empire.”— Timothy S. Murphy, coeditor of The Philosophy of Antonio Negri and editor and translator of Antonio Negri’s Subversive Spinoza“Job regards God, according to Negri, not as judge or father or even as the source of discipline and mediation, but merely as antagonist, the locus of an empty, unjust command. There is no more question of measure—equating sins and punishment or virtues and rewards—that could support a conception of divine justice. But Job is not powerless. . . . According to Negri’s reading he stands before God angry, indignant, unrepentant, and rebellious.”—from the foreword by Michael Hardt, co-author, with Antonio Negri, of Empire and Multitude“The book of Job is the first (and, in many ways, still unsurpassed) exemplary case of the critique of ideology, teaching us how to resist legitimizing our misfortunes with any kind of ‘deeper meaning’––and who is more suitable to actualize this book for our times as Antoni Negri? In his hands, The book of Job turns into a revolutionary text, into a true manual of resistance.”—Slavoj ŽižekTable of ContentsForeword: Creation beyond Measure / Michael Hardt vii Preface to the 2002 Edition xv Introduction 1 1. The Difference of Job 5 2. Of the Absoluteness of the Contingent 18 3. The Adversary and the Avenger 31 4. The Chaos of Being 48 5. The Dispositif of the Messiah 63 6. The Constitution of Power 79 7. Ethics as Creation 95 Commentary: Negri, Job, and the Bible / Roland Boer 109 Bibliographical Appendix 129 Index 133

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the revolutionary history in the interwar period, the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin, and the ideological contestations within the Communist International and its role in the Soviet Union and international revolution.Trade Review"World Revolution is a key part of the revolutionary Marxist tradition and well worth reading today." -- Tony Phillips * Socialist Review *"The timing of the re-publication of World Revolution, to mark the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolutions, might make the reader think that the work is only of historical interest. It is not. It is worth reading today because of the contemporary resonances. . . . If you are interested in the development of Marxist philosophy, in response to the horrors of the Stalinist counter-revolution, I recommend that you read World Revolution." -- Chris Gilligan * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *"This edited version of James’s account of the internal tremors of the Bolshevik regime and its conflated relation to international communism is valuable from the standpoint that it also includes opinions on how the book was received and interpreted after its publication. Therefore, one of the main strengths of this edition is not just James’s analysis, but the reviews of World Revolution that turn it into a complete guide that depicts his conversion and dedication to Trotskyism. . . . A classic survey that should be read by scholars, students, or individuals with a general interest in the development of the Soviet Union, Marxism, Trotskyism, and international communism between the wars." -- Fredrik Petersson * Revolutionary Russia *"Vital. . . for those interested in reclaiming something from the revolutionary traditions of the twentieth century." -- Lisa K. Kirschenbaum * Journal of World History *Table of ContentsAbbreviations xi Editor's Note xiii Introduction / Christian Høgsbjerg 1 World Revolution, 1917-1936 Preface 63 Introductory 65 1. Marxism 75 2. The Forerunners of the Third International 89 3. The War and the Russian Revolution 114 4. The Failure of the World Revolution and the Foundation of the International 135 5. Lenin and Socialism 155 6. Stalin and Socialism 174 7. Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution 192 8. The Kulak and the British General Council 222 9. Stalin Rules the Chinese Revolution 243 10. The Platform and the Five-Year Plan 276 11. Industry and the Plan 294 12. "After Hitler, Our Turn" 306 13. The Great Retreat 349 14. The Revolution Abandoned 361 15. A Fourth International the Only Hope 387 Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb's Soviet Communism 401 Notes 407 Reviews of World Revolution Selected Reviews of the Original British Edition "The Rise and Fall of the Communist International: James's New Book Reviewed by Fenner Brockway in New Leader 425 Reply from C. L. R. James 429 "Du Côté de Chez Trotsky," in New Statesman, by Raymond Postgate 430 "Lunacy or Logic? Two Views of One Book," in Controversy 432 "Communist" by J. R. Campbell 432 "Trotskyist" by Harry Wicks 434 "The Retreat of Moscow," in The Plebs, by Rowland Hill 455 "World Revolution," in International Affairs, by E. H. Carr 458 "Communism in Theory and Practice," in The Advertiser (Adelaide) 460 "The Third International," in Sydney Morning Herald 461 Selected Reviews of the Original American Edition "No Place for Communists," in the Saturday Review, by Eugene Lyons 463 "History of the CI," in New International by Joseph Carter [Joseph Friedman] 465 "World Revolution," in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, by Harry N. Howard 469 Appendixes Appendix A. C. L. R. James, Introduction to Red Spanish Notebook: The First Six Months of the Revolution and Civil War by Mary Low and Juan Breá [1937] 471 Appendix B. C. L. R. James, "Report on Activities in the Provinces" [1938] 473 Appendix C. Extracts from the Discussions between C. L. R. James and Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico [April 1939] 490 Index 507

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the revolutionary history in the interwar period, the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin, and the ideological contestations within the Communist International and its role in the Soviet Union and international revolution.Trade Review"World Revolution is a key part of the revolutionary Marxist tradition and well worth reading today." -- Tony Phillips * Socialist Review *"The timing of the re-publication of World Revolution, to mark the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolutions, might make the reader think that the work is only of historical interest. It is not. It is worth reading today because of the contemporary resonances. . . . If you are interested in the development of Marxist philosophy, in response to the horrors of the Stalinist counter-revolution, I recommend that you read World Revolution." -- Chris Gilligan * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *"This edited version of James’s account of the internal tremors of the Bolshevik regime and its conflated relation to international communism is valuable from the standpoint that it also includes opinions on how the book was received and interpreted after its publication. Therefore, one of the main strengths of this edition is not just James’s analysis, but the reviews of World Revolution that turn it into a complete guide that depicts his conversion and dedication to Trotskyism. . . . A classic survey that should be read by scholars, students, or individuals with a general interest in the development of the Soviet Union, Marxism, Trotskyism, and international communism between the wars." -- Fredrik Petersson * Revolutionary Russia *"Vital. . . for those interested in reclaiming something from the revolutionary traditions of the twentieth century." -- Lisa K. Kirschenbaum * Journal of World History *Table of ContentsAbbreviations xi Editor's Note xiii Introduction / Christian Høgsbjerg 1 World Revolution, 1917-1936 Preface 63 Introductory 65 1. Marxism 75 2. The Forerunners of the Third International 89 3. The War and the Russian Revolution 114 4. The Failure of the World Revolution and the Foundation of the International 135 5. Lenin and Socialism 155 6. Stalin and Socialism 174 7. Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution 192 8. The Kulak and the British General Council 222 9. Stalin Rules the Chinese Revolution 243 10. The Platform and the Five-Year Plan 276 11. Industry and the Plan 294 12. "After Hitler, Our Turn" 306 13. The Great Retreat 349 14. The Revolution Abandoned 361 15. A Fourth International the Only Hope 387 Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb's Soviet Communism 401 Notes 407 Reviews of World Revolution Selected Reviews of the Original British Edition "The Rise and Fall of the Communist International: James's New Book Reviewed by Fenner Brockway in New Leader 425 Reply from C. L. R. James 429 "Du Côté de Chez Trotsky," in New Statesman, by Raymond Postgate 430 "Lunacy or Logic? Two Views of One Book," in Controversy 432 "Communist" by J. R. Campbell 432 "Trotskyist" by Harry Wicks 434 "The Retreat of Moscow," in The Plebs, by Rowland Hill 455 "World Revolution," in International Affairs, by E. H. Carr 458 "Communism in Theory and Practice," in The Advertiser (Adelaide) 460 "The Third International," in Sydney Morning Herald 461 Selected Reviews of the Original American Edition "No Place for Communists," in the Saturday Review, by Eugene Lyons 463 "History of the CI," in New International by Joseph Carter [Joseph Friedman] 465 "World Revolution," in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, by Harry N. Howard 469 Appendixes Appendix A. C. L. R. James, Introduction to Red Spanish Notebook: The First Six Months of the Revolution and Civil War by Mary Low and Juan Breá [1937] 471 Appendix B. C. L. R. James, "Report on Activities in the Provinces" [1938] 473 Appendix C. Extracts from the Discussions between C. L. R. James and Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico [April 1939] 490 Index 507

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Book SynopsisAimee Bahng traces the cultural production of futurity by juxtaposing the practices of speculative finance against those of speculative fiction, showing how speculative novels, films, and narratives create alternative futures that envision the potential for new political economies, social structures, and subjectivities that exceed the framework of capitalism.Trade Review"Compelling and unique . . . Aimee Bahng's skillfully made point: that the emerging field of critical finance studies, paired with feminist science studies, can help to reconfigure not only literary criticism but also Americanist, anti-/decolonial scholarship, queer theory, and science fiction studies. Migrant Futures truly sits at the edges of disciplines and casts its illuminating light over all of them." -- Sean Guynes * ASAP/Journal *"In her readings of various Asian and Asian American texts and experiences, Aimee Bahng makes a significant intervention into Asian futurism. Instead of struggling to identify a specific Asianness in futurity, Bahng’s work attempts to connect Asian futurism with other neocolonial, postcolonial, and imperial experiences." -- Eunice Sang Eun Lee * Situations *"The ideas in Migrant Futures are big, novel, and fantastic. But more than that, the structure itself is an act of academic decolonization and speculation." -- Joshua Earle * Catalyst *"Illuminating. . . . Aimee Bahng’s ambitious book contributes to the nascent but growing field of critical finance studies, as well as to the more established tradition of scholarship on racial capitalism." -- Gabriella Friedman * American Quarterly *"Rarely does an academic monograph leave its readers feeling buoyant, but Migrant Futures succeeds at doing just that. Bahng’s stellar book demonstrates that doomsday prophecies about capitalism’s all-encompassing power come to their pessimistic conclusions by way of an atrophied cultural canon." -- Christine Okoth * Journal of American Studies *"Aimee Bahng’s Migrant Futures offers a bold intervention into the future: both in the sense that it charts new ground for speculative thinking about the landscape of futurity as well as its stunning capacity to reshape the future of Asian American and ethnic studies." -- Keva X. Bui * Journal of Asian American Studies *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. On Speculation: Fiction, Finance, and Futurity 1 1. Imperial Rubber: The Speculative Arcs of Karen Tei Yamashita's Rainforest Futures 25 2. Homeland Futurity: Speculations at the Border 51 3. Speculation and the Speculum: Surrogations of Futurity 79 4. The Cruel Optimism of the Asian Century 119 5. Salt Fish Futures: The Irradiated Transpacific and the Financialization of the Human Genome Project 146 Epilogue. Speculation as Discourse, Speculation as Exuberance 168 Notes 171 Bibliography 201 Index 217

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Book SynopsisAimee Bahng traces the cultural production of futurity by juxtaposing the practices of speculative finance against those of speculative fiction, showing how speculative novels, films, and narratives create alternative futures that envision the potential for new political economies, social structures, and subjectivities that exceed the framework of capitalism.Trade Review"Compelling and unique . . . Aimee Bahng's skillfully made point: that the emerging field of critical finance studies, paired with feminist science studies, can help to reconfigure not only literary criticism but also Americanist, anti-/decolonial scholarship, queer theory, and science fiction studies. Migrant Futures truly sits at the edges of disciplines and casts its illuminating light over all of them." -- Sean Guynes * ASAP/Journal *"In her readings of various Asian and Asian American texts and experiences, Aimee Bahng makes a significant intervention into Asian futurism. Instead of struggling to identify a specific Asianness in futurity, Bahng’s work attempts to connect Asian futurism with other neocolonial, postcolonial, and imperial experiences." -- Eunice Sang Eun Lee * Situations *"The ideas in Migrant Futures are big, novel, and fantastic. But more than that, the structure itself is an act of academic decolonization and speculation." -- Joshua Earle * Catalyst *"Illuminating. . . . Aimee Bahng’s ambitious book contributes to the nascent but growing field of critical finance studies, as well as to the more established tradition of scholarship on racial capitalism." -- Gabriella Friedman * American Quarterly *"Rarely does an academic monograph leave its readers feeling buoyant, but Migrant Futures succeeds at doing just that. Bahng’s stellar book demonstrates that doomsday prophecies about capitalism’s all-encompassing power come to their pessimistic conclusions by way of an atrophied cultural canon." -- Christine Okoth * Journal of American Studies *"Aimee Bahng’s Migrant Futures offers a bold intervention into the future: both in the sense that it charts new ground for speculative thinking about the landscape of futurity as well as its stunning capacity to reshape the future of Asian American and ethnic studies." -- Keva X. Bui * Journal of Asian American Studies *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. On Speculation: Fiction, Finance, and Futurity 1 1. Imperial Rubber: The Speculative Arcs of Karen Tei Yamashita's Rainforest Futures 25 2. Homeland Futurity: Speculations at the Border 51 3. Speculation and the Speculum: Surrogations of Futurity 79 4. The Cruel Optimism of the Asian Century 119 5. Salt Fish Futures: The Irradiated Transpacific and the Financialization of the Human Genome Project 146 Epilogue. Speculation as Discourse, Speculation as Exuberance 168 Notes 171 Bibliography 201 Index 217

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Book SynopsisQuestions the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey.Trade Review"A work of historical importance, this book should be read by all who are interested in the innumerable conflicts that beset the contemporary world. Essential." -- J. A. Fischel * Choice *"Karatani’s Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy is a deceptively complex work that offers numerous transdisciplinary insights for the philosophically initiated and uninitiated alike. And while its true value may be its intellectual historical angle – namely, its fascinating re-presentation of the history of Greek philosophy – Isonomia is a very worthwhile part of Karatani’s broader effort to offer readers an illuminating systematic perspective from which to view our contemporary political and philosophical situation." -- Brendan Harvey * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *Table of ContentsTranslator's Note vii Map viii Author's Preface to the Japanese Edition ix Introduction Universal Religion 1 Ethical Prophets 5 Exemplary Prophets 7 1. Ionian Society and Thought Athens and Ionia 11 Isonomia and Democracy 14 Athenian Democracy 17 State and Democracy 20 Colonization and Isonomia 22 Iceland and North America 26 Isonomia and Council 31 2, The Background of Ionian Natural Philosophy Natural Philosophy and Ethics 35 Hippocrates 39 Herodotus 42 Homer 46 Hesiod 51 3. The Essential Points of Ionian Natural Philosophy The Critique of Religion 56 Self-Moving Matter 58 Poiesis and Becoming 62 4. Post-Ionian Thought Pythagoras 68 Heraclitus 80 Parmenides 87 Post-Eliatics 96 5. Socrates and Empire The Athenian Empire and Democracy 103 Sophists and Rule by Rhetoric 107 The Trial of Socrates 110 The Riddle of Socrates 114 Daimon 118 The Socratic Method 121 Plato and Pythagoras 125 The Philosopher-King 127 Isonomia and the Philosopher-King 130 Appendix. From Structure of World History to Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy 135 Timeline of the Ancient World 141 Notes 143 Bibliography 155 Index 159

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Book SynopsisEmilio de Ípola proposes an original reading of Althusser in which he shows how Althusser’s oeuvre is divided between two different projects: that of his canonical works, and a second subterranean current of thought that runs throughout his entire oeuvre and which only gained explicit expression in his later work.Trade Review"Althusser, The Infinite Farewell is a pleasing, innovative and useful book on the philosophy of Louis Althusser. . . . A significant addition to the secondary literature on Althusser, based on both his own biographical experience and some serious digging in the archives. This short book deserves a place on the shelves of all of those who value Althusser as a serious thinker." -- Derek Wall * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisEmilio de Ípola proposes an original reading of Althusser in which he shows how Althusser’s oeuvre is divided between two different projects: that of his canonical works, and a second subterranean current of thought that runs throughout his entire oeuvre and which only gained explicit expression in his later work.Trade Review"Althusser, The Infinite Farewell is a pleasing, innovative and useful book on the philosophy of Louis Althusser. . . . A significant addition to the secondary literature on Althusser, based on both his own biographical experience and some serious digging in the archives. This short book deserves a place on the shelves of all of those who value Althusser as a serious thinker." -- Derek Wall * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisA profile of the Bolshevik attempt to build a a new state by mobilizing the working class, in effect building society, that in the end resulted in failed institutions and weakened bureaucracy.

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Book SynopsisTells stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This title presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger.Trade Review" ... An anthropological approach to the G reek state's response to the Greek left." -H-War List-serv Dangerous Citizens is several brilliant books at once: meditation, memoir, ethnography, an intricate political history of Modern Greece. But it has a single subject: what happens to persons who are defined by others as dangerous and yet feel themselves to be powerless, banished to a social margin. Neni Parourgia's goal is to reconstruct and understand the daily (and nightly) lives of these persons, and to orchestrate their eloquent but all too rarely heard cries. -- -Michael Wood Princeton University "Dangerous Citizens is a powerful and unforgettable book. It is at once a horrific history of nearly a century of state violence in Greece that few people may be aware of; a profound meditation on the conditions of possibility for both the idea and the reality of concentration camps; and a text that intertwines ethnography, history, and personal memoir to very powerful effect." -- -Sherry Ortner University of California, Los Angeles "Intimate, fascinating, and inventively analytic ... A worthy and brilliant successor to Panourgia's much acclaimed Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity: An Athenian Anthropography." -- -George E. Marcus University of California, Irvine "Columbia anthropology professor Neni Panourgia's new project takes the concept of an 'interactive conversation' a step further. The recent online release of Dangerous Citiznes: The Greek Left and the Terror of the State by far exceeds the publication of the book by the same name in being revolutionary. Instead of being your average Kindle e-book or online PDF, the new Website is a freely accessed interactive, multimedia text that exemplifies an exciting but problematic pathway for published scholarship." -The Eye "A riveting ethnographic account of the experiences of dissidents of the Greek state in the course of the twentieth century. The insights of Panourgia's new book promise to change the way in which anthropologists read and engage with social theory. This book should become compulsory reading for any course in anthropology and European studies." -- -Yael Navaro-Yashin Cambridge University "Dangerous Citizens assembles paradoxical evidence of leftist formations in Greece, long waged and suppressed. A multi-scaled history of political suffering, this fascinating text is plain-spoken yet gnomic, with adroit comparative asides to wrap non-specialist readers in drastic episodes artfully unfurled. Neni Panourgia resists sanitized geopolitical generalization; she lodges patently nationalist loci (e.g., war-waging) in radically skewed intimacies of experience. Revisiting fabled scenes of violent encounter and more-than-traumatic memory, this gifted critic offers uncompromising ethnography of manifest dissidence, everyday resilience, and specificities of terror (sometimes unwitting) endlessly difficult to fathom." -- -James A. Boon Princeton University "Dangerous Citizens is a simultaneous indictment of the "liberal" nation-state's blithe pretensions and willful self-ignorance; of the political and discursive relegation of modern Greek history to the historical margins of the colonial "civilizing mission"; and of inhuman simplifications of the past everywhere. In an evocation of Oedipus that owes nothing to crass invocations of continuity with the ancient world, Neni Panourgia writes with the ethical passion of a partial witness who nonetheless claims no special privilege other than that of the common humanity denied by the state to those it repeatedly configures as its enemies. In posing this appealingly controversial challenge to the liberal self-imagination, moreover, Panourgia -- who has honed her distinctive writing idiom into a compelling mix of careful scholarship and stylistic adventurism -- calls anthropology itself to account." -- -Michael Herzfeld Harvard University "A most challenging reflection about the presence of the past in society, Panourgia's new book relates the singular story of the Greek Left, bringing out its multiple voices and often conflicting narratives. In this ethnography, based both on the author's past experiences and on extensive fieldwork in Athens, the narrator/anthropologist explores the tension between individual voices and collective representations and boldly confirms -again- that the writing of anthropology can always be an innovative experience." -- -Maria Couroucli Research Fellow CNRS, University of Paris-Ouest-Nanterre

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Book SynopsisThe book presents Daniel Berrigan’s contribution and challenge to Catholic social thought. The aim of this book is, for the first time, to make Berrigan’s thought and life available to the academic Catholic community and to activists so that a fruitful interaction takes place.Trade ReviewIn a brief review essay, one cannot do justice to the breadth of scholarship presented in this volume. * —American Catholic Studies *“Explores a fundamental tension concerning the role of the political within Catholic social thought, and considers Berrigan's work within the broader discussion of social justice.”---—Carol Joy Gordon, Fairfield University[Berrigan's] writings, and especially his poetry, remain insightful, powerful, and prophetic to this day. His words are uplifting in their consistent Christian ethic, but horrifyingly still relevant, even decades later. * —Journal of Catholic Education *

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Book SynopsisCalling into question the Cold War perspective that continued to permeate analyses of radicalism long after the fall of the Soviet Union, this study examines young Depression-Era radicals’ worldview—a worldview developed from the epicenter of young radical activism and ideology: New York City college campuses.Trade Review"Fighting Authoritarianism provides a new and important examination of U.S. youth activism of the 1930s. Moving beyond the Cold War concerns that have dominated past studies of dissident youth in that era, Britt Haas shows us how their ideals and actions were, in many ways, quintessentially American." -- -Lawrence S. Wittner Professor of History emeritus, SUNY/Albany "From the cloisters of Columbia University to the coalfields of Kentucky, from racism in the South to the civil war in Spain, American youth in the 1930s mobilized against social and political injustice. This engaging study of progressive youth organizations charts their origins, their quest to fashion an America true to its ideals, and their demise. One of the strengths of Fighting Authoritarianism is that we hear the voices of young people; voices that speak, most often, with optimism and hope. By giving youth agency, Haas eschews the Cold War paradigm of earlier studies that emphasized communist control, and confirms that youth activism can be a source of inspiration in dark times." -- --Phillip Deery Victoria University, Melbourne "This book is a major contribution to the historiography of the era of the Great Depression. The role of youth has often been overlooked, but that is being corrected, especially with the scholarship of this book. Recommended highly for all people interested in the Great Depression." -- -Donald W. Whisenhunt Western Washing UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Effects of the Crash: The Youth Problem from New York City to Harlan County, Kentucky, and Back Again Chapter 2. The Reed Harrison Affair: Youth Claim Their Rights and Freedoms at Columbia University and Beyond Chapter 3. The Scottsboro Boys: Demands for Equality from the Deep South to New York City Chapter 4. The Popular Front: Strength in Unity, New York City Organizations Come Together in Solidarity Chapter 5. Playing Politics and Making Policy: Institutionalizing a Vision from New York to Washington Chapter 6. The Fight Against Fascism: The Spanish Republicans Find their Support in New York City Chapter 7. Dissolution: World War II Subverts the Zeitgeist and Youth's Vision for America Conclusion

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Book SynopsisCalling into question the Cold War perspective that continued to permeate analyses of radicalism long after the fall of the Soviet Union, this study examines young Depression-Era radicals' worldviewa worldview developed from the epicenter of young radical activism and ideology: New York City college campuses.Trade Review"Fighting Authoritarianism provides a new and important examination of U.S. youth activism of the 1930s. Moving beyond the Cold War concerns that have dominated past studies of dissident youth in that era, Britt Haas shows us how their ideals and actions were, in many ways, quintessentially American." -- -Lawrence S. Wittner Professor of History emeritus, SUNY/Albany "From the cloisters of Columbia University to the coalfields of Kentucky, from racism in the South to the civil war in Spain, American youth in the 1930s mobilized against social and political injustice. This engaging study of progressive youth organizations charts their origins, their quest to fashion an America true to its ideals, and their demise. One of the strengths of Fighting Authoritarianism is that we hear the voices of young people; voices that speak, most often, with optimism and hope. By giving youth agency, Haas eschews the Cold War paradigm of earlier studies that emphasized communist control, and confirms that youth activism can be a source of inspiration in dark times." -- --Phillip Deery Victoria University, Melbourne "This book is a major contribution to the historiography of the era of the Great Depression. The role of youth has often been overlooked, but that is being corrected, especially with the scholarship of this book. Recommended highly for all people interested in the Great Depression." -- -Donald W. Whisenhunt Western Washing UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Effects of the Crash: The Youth Problem from New York City to Harlan County, Kentucky, and Back Again Chapter 2. The Reed Harrison Affair: Youth Claim Their Rights and Freedoms at Columbia University and Beyond Chapter 3. The Scottsboro Boys: Demands for Equality from the Deep South to New York City Chapter 4. The Popular Front: Strength in Unity, New York City Organizations Come Together in Solidarity Chapter 5. Playing Politics and Making Policy: Institutionalizing a Vision from New York to Washington Chapter 6. The Fight Against Fascism: The Spanish Republicans Find their Support in New York City Chapter 7. Dissolution: World War II Subverts the Zeitgeist and Youth's Vision for America Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary collection, featuring some of today’s most prominent political theorists, sociologists, philosophers, and historians, challenges narratives of neoliberalism’s demise. The book queries whether contemporary political ruptures—including the rise of far-right forces—will challenge, support, or extend the reach of market rule around the globe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Theorizing Mutant Neoliberalism | 1 William Callison and Zachary Manfredi 1. Neoliberalism’s Scorpion Tail | 39 Wendy Brown 2. The Market’s People: Milton Friedman and the Making of Neoliberal Populism | 61 Sören Brandes 3. Neoliberals against Europe | 89 Quinn Slobodian and Dieter Plehwe 4. Anti-Austerity on the Far Right | 112 Melinda Cooper 5. Disposing of the Discredited: A European Project | 146 Michel Feher 6. Neoliberalism, Rationality, and the Savage Slot | 177 Julia Elyachar 7. Sexing Homo OEconomicus: Finding Masculinity at Work | 196 Leslie Salzinger 8. Feminist Theory Redux: Neoliberalism’s Public-Private Divide | 215 Megan Moodie and Lisa Rofel 9. “Innovation” Discourse and the Neoliberal University: Top Ten Reasons to Abolish Disruptive Innovation | 244 Christopher Newfield 10. Absolute Capitalism | 269 Étienne Balibar List of Contributors | 291 Index | 295

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Book SynopsisExplores how successful Korean neutralization could have radically transformed the balance of power equation in East Asia. The book offers a groundbreaking view of Korean diplomatic history from a more regional geography paradigm.

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Book SynopsisStreets in Korea rarely go quiet without first having a public demonstration and Korean citizens are known as seasoned protestors, charting the course of national politics. Between the Streets and the Assembly explores how protest movements have become the prominent mode of democratic politics in Korea.

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Book SynopsisAgainst a fraught democratization process that unfolded from 2011 to 2020, Forging the Nation looks at how state and societal actors in Myanmar's multiethnic society, recovering from over seven decades of civil war, negotiated land politics to shape democratic land institutions.

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a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book covers all major aspects pertinent to democratic party systems including the origin of parties, electoral systems, cleavages, the way parties organize and how this all relates to democratic government. Above all, it is based on relevant empirical data. A must-read for all students of party politics.'> -- Thomas Poguntke, University of Düsseldorf, Germany‘This book offers a clear and concise introduction to the contexts and implications of political party interactions in contemporary democracies. It will be a useful resource for both students and instructors.’ -- Susan Scarrow, University of Houston, US‘Where do party systems come from? What is their impact on governing methods and policy choices? What is the future for party government? In this penetrating Advanced Introduction to Party Systems, Webb addresses all of these questions while drawing on considerable comparative data. A highly recommended overview of this important subject.’ -- William Cross, Carleton University, Canada‘Webb's Advanced Introduction delivers on its promise. It very clearly and concisely gives you a sense of the field in an afternoon. Webb identifies the major areas of study of parties and party systems and explains the major debates scholars have about each of them. A must-read for students and scholars alike.’ -- Robin Kolodny, Temple University, US‘This is a much-anticipated study by one of the world’s most pre-eminent authors in the field of party politics, and it does not disappoint. Paul Webb’s Advanced Introduction provides the definitive review of the state of political parties and party systems today.’ -- David Farrell, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Defining and classifying party systems 2 The origins of party systems: Socio-political cleavages 3 New cleavages and electoral and party system change 4 Party systems and institutional constraints: The effect of the electoral systems 5 Party organizations and institutionalized party systems 6 Office or policy: What drives the formation of governments? 7 What is party government – and does it work? 8 Party systems and political legitimacy References Index

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