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Book SynopsisA new American creed has reconstructed the social contract. Generations from 1890 to 1940 took for granted that citizenship entailed voting, volunteering, religiosity, and civic consciousness. Conspicuously, the WWII generation introduced collectivist notions of civic obligations—but such obligations have since become regarded as options. In this book, David H. Kamens takes this basic shift as his starting point for exploring numerous trends in American political culture from the 1930s to the present day. Drawing on and synthesizing an enormous array of primary and secondary materials, Kamens examines the critical role of macro social changes, such as the growth and expansion of government and education, often in response to the emergence of globalization. From these tectonic shifts erupted numerous ripple effects, such as the decline of traditional citizen values, the rise of individualism, loss of trust in institutions, anti-elitism, and dramatic political polarization. In this context, antagonism to government as an enemy of personal freedom grew, creating a space for populist movements to blossom, unrestrained by traditional political parties. Beyond painting a comprehensive picture of our current political landscape, Kamens offers an invaluable archive documenting the steps that got us here. Trade Review"Kamens provides an impressive depiction of historic American political culture – individualist and anti-statist – as explaining current public crises and conflicts. From this point of view, the contemporary scene is less exceptional than the period of mobilized consensus from the 1930s through the '80s. This creative book will be of great interest to those thinking about the future of American democracy, especially as globalization disconnects empowered individuals from the responsibilities and constraints of citizenship." -- John W. Meyer, Professor Emeritus of Sociology * Stanford University *"In the tradition of Tocqueville, Almond and Verba, and Lipset, David Kamens provides a sweeping analysis of the U.S. polity, paying special attention to its distinctive development from the 1930s and the distinctive predicament it is in today. The book is masterfully crafted and urgently needed at this moment of harrowing political crisis." -- David John Frank, Professor of Sociology * University of California, Irvine *"A New American Creed is so rich in data and original insights—of which this review can barely scratch the surface—that it should be required reading for every officeholder, candidate, and voter interested in understanding the current political climate, how we got here, and whether the situation is reparable." -- Karen Lyon * The Hill Rag *"[Kamens'] conclusions are sobering, to say the least. He worries about the rise of individualism and whether it can coexist with a stable and viable political community....Can [US political parties] manage polarization and provide stability to the political system? Kamens offers little hope that they can. Recommended." -- E. C. Sands * CHOICE> *"A New American Creed: The Eclipse of Citizenship and Rise of Populism provides a sophisticated analysis of a fundamental issue of our times – the nature of contemporary American democracy. Kamens makes an unparalleled case for understanding prominent features of recent decades, such as the rise of populism and nativism, as emerging in part due to long-term cultural and institutional changes at national and global levels. He reminds us that the reconstruction of the individual actor as the primary focus of social, political, and economic action facilitates, on the one hand, the expansion of civil rights to historically marginalized groups, but, on the other hand, simultaneously undercuts the emergence of a strong welfare state and allows for massive inequality. This theoretically innovative and well-argued book is a must-read for anyone interested in the present and future of American democracy." -- Patricia Bromley, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education * Stanford University *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Introduction chapter abstractThe book argues that global events of the 1930s and the following decades temporarily suspended key elements of the American creed. The role of government became enlarged and a regulated capitalism emerged. The decades of the post–1960s witnessed a reaction to these changes. An expanded education system legitimated a surge in individualism and a decline in citizen obligations. Emphasis on individual rights swelled, and individual responsibilities became options. Fear of government as an enemy of individual freedoms also grew. These developments were the seeds out of which social and political polarization later grew. They also provided support for intensified anti-elitism and its political offspring—anti-establishment populism. 2The United States in Comparative Perspective chapter abstractThis chapter surveys the elements of the traditional American creed. It is the narrative of a frontier society that deemphasizes diversity of opinion and culture. In its place this ethos imagines that all legitimate citizens share a diffuse religion called the American way. In this depiction this common belief system is the glue that holds society together society in lieu of a strong state. It places a high value on conformity, though equality of all citizens and individualism are also parts of the creed. This folk culture supports populism as a political philosophy and source of political action, anti-intellectualism and anti-scientific attitudes, and exclusion of those who do not share this folk culture. Yet it provides staunch support for deregulated capitalism and technological innovation. This chapter shows with comparative public opinion data that U.S. political culture continues to be different from that of other wealthy democracies. 3The Embedded State chapter abstractThis chapter argues that American government is more embedded in society than European democracies. This means that the boundaries between state and civil society are weaker in the United States. This form of populist democracy compels government officials to bargain with citizen groups over policy. This feature helps account for the rapidity with which American society can mobilize policy and resources if there is a popular consensus for change. The same feature also allows for rapid demobilization once popular interest has waned or when the public mood changes. Politicians avoid legitimacy crises by using a form of decision making that produces consensus but gives less weight to cost control and the evaluation of outcomes. Congress passes legislation with broad goals. Decision makers in regulatory agencies must then interpret the statutes and formulate the working rules and outcomes. Cost control and evaluation of outcomes fall by the wayside in this process. 4The Collectivist Moment chapter abstractThe argument of this chapter is that the Great Depression of the 1930s initiated a period of suspension of the classic American creed. Suddenly government became legitimate as a collective actor in the struggle against a major economic catastrophe. But its form did not change. The center distributed resources and new authority to local governments. The federal government did not centralize policy control because of the preferences of Southern Democrats. The 1950s continued this process with the growth of the national security state and the threat of the Cold War. The perception of external threats also acted as a check on populism during this period. 5The Liberal Activist Society chapter abstractThe optimism of the 1950s led to resurgence of two key elements of the American creed: individualism and deregulated capitalism. Two movements developed around these themes. First, movements pushing for the extension of individual rights and freedoms resurfaced. Second, business groups began the fight against a regulated economy. Liberals supporting the first agenda pushed for more government spending to expand the welfare state and education. The idea of the knowledge society was born. Supporting education and the expansion of universities and science became legitimate government responsibilities. Government funding for them soared. Civil society responded by backing social movements pushing for the extension of individual rights. But support for government expansion became contentious among business groups and conservatives. Opposition to this plank of liberalism was growing. 6The Intensification of Individualism and the Displacement of Citizenship chapter abstractThis chapter argues that the individual has become the main social construct of society. Its significance displaces the idea of citizenship, which includes a variety of obligations as well as rights. Becoming educated has become the major responsibility of children and parents. Education is now the secular religion of society and the way to produce rational and moral individuals. One result is to reduce the charisma and authority of many institutions and to confer it on educated individuals. This transformation of authority in society has paved the way for radical forms of populism based on generalized anti-elitism. 7The Growth of Big Government and the Conservative Counterattack chapter abstractThis chapter argues that government growth produced a backlash from those who saw it as an attack on a key feature of the American creed: the hegemony of capitalism in America. The chapter describes the decline of the liberal state and the growing unwillingness of political elites to fund it. Business elites fought the regulated capitalism of the postwar period by mobilizing politically. These attacks escalated and focused on starving government of funds both by cutting taxes, particularly on business and the wealthy, and by refusing to borrow money to finance government projects. They successfully revived that part of the American creed that supported individual freedom to thrive through their own economic efforts. The chapter also describes key changes in society that result from an expanded state. 8The Breakup of the Postwar Order chapter abstractThis chapter describes the dissent that emerged in the post–1960s era. It argues that conflict grew around two elements of the American creed: the extension of individual freedoms and rights that was occurring and government regulation of capitalism. These splits produced four separate political cultures that neither political party has been able to contain. Two majoritarian positions have emerged: majorities favor the extension of civil rights and freedoms to many, and majorities favor less regulation of capitalism and the economy. But there are strong minorities who dissent from both these positions. Moral conservatives and the religious have reservations on many issues such as abortion and homosexuality. On the other hand, people who define themselves as progressives argue for more regulation of industry and the economy, such as pollution regulations and worker rights. Political entrepreneurs and the media have seized on these issues and have produced a more polarized society. 9The Intensification of Populism and the Declining Legitimacy of Elites chapter abstractThis chapter argues that the new populism castigates all elites in society as illegitimate. It has arisen and become successful because of two major changes in American society. First, the intensification of individualism has transferred authority to individuals and undermined that of elites in society. Second, the breakdown of the center and the failure of both parties to deal with economic and other problems has opened up space for radical alternatives to flourish. The chapter discusses the types of populism that emerge and the way that economic and cultural discourse becomes connected to intensify populist antagonism to particular sets of others. 10From Consensus to Culture Wars chapter abstractThis chapter notes that local community politics is much less polarized than the national political debate. This fact suggests that it is national institutions that are responsible for the new politics of polarization. The chapter discusses the sources of this change: (1) the changing trajectories of the political parties, (2) deregulation of the national media, and (3) the increasing importance of social media as megaphones of extremism. 11Conclusion chapter abstractThis chapter discusses three issues raised by the book: (1) whether individualism can be the basis for national solidarity, (2) the future of the current polarization of politics, and (3) populism and its future. It presents several different possibilities and cautions that these futures will be determined by both what happens in the United States and the fate of globalization itself.

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Book SynopsisThe Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. Together with criminal and civil laws, these laws regulate and produce political difference. But whether women or men, Muslims or Christians, queer or straight, all people in Lebanon have one thing in common—they are biopolitical subjects forged through bureaucratic, ideological, and legal techniques of the state. With this book, Maya Mikdashi offers a new way to understand state power, theorizing how sex, sexuality, and sect shape and are shaped by law, secularism, and sovereignty. Drawing on court archives, public records, and ethnography of the Court of Cassation, the highest civil court in Lebanon, Mikdashi shows how political difference is entangled with religious, secular, and sexual difference. She presents state power as inevitably contingent, like the practices of everyday life it engenders, focusing on the regulation of religious conversion, the curation of legal archives, state and parastatal violence, and secular activism. Sextarianism locates state power in the experiences, transitions, uprisings, and violence that people in the Middle East continue to live.Trade Review"Maya Mikdashi's gloriously written Sextarianism is the book we have been waiting for. Deeply personal in its tone, expansively political in its intent, this book draws on unusual archives and intimate knowledge of Lebanon to show the relation between gender, sexuality, and the state in all its ambivalent, messy complexity."—Laleh Khalili, University of London"Sextarianism is luminous. Maya Mikdashi brings panache and an exquisite eye for the quotidian to diverse objects of analysis, all while prying open new conversations about archival research as collective labor. A must-read for anyone studying state formation, the geopolitics of queer theory, and secularism, with implications far beyond Lebanon."—Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University"A tour de force by one of the most dynamic, iconoclastic, and original socio-political analysts of the Arab world of this generation. Maya Mikdashi's Sextarianism will transform the way Lebanon has been understood; more radically, it will force everyone to rethink how religious and sexual differences work at/as the nexus of states and citizenship."—Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University"Both theoretically sophisticated and deeply poignant, Sextarianism disrupts assumptions that secularism liberates people from religion, challenging idealized solutions to political-sectarianism. Readers are gifted with marvelously vivid and careful ethnography, through which Maya Mikdashi brings to life the often-painful effects of state sectarian practices on people's lives in Lebanon."—Lara Deeb, Scripps College"Using court records, Mikdashi... disentangles the ways in which the sectarian Lebanese state handles sexual difference through the application of personal status laws....Recommended."—M. L. Russell, CHOICE

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Book SynopsisThe Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. Together with criminal and civil laws, these laws regulate and produce political difference. But whether women or men, Muslims or Christians, queer or straight, all people in Lebanon have one thing in common—they are biopolitical subjects forged through bureaucratic, ideological, and legal techniques of the state. With this book, Maya Mikdashi offers a new way to understand state power, theorizing how sex, sexuality, and sect shape and are shaped by law, secularism, and sovereignty. Drawing on court archives, public records, and ethnography of the Court of Cassation, the highest civil court in Lebanon, Mikdashi shows how political difference is entangled with religious, secular, and sexual difference. She presents state power as inevitably contingent, like the practices of everyday life it engenders, focusing on the regulation of religious conversion, the curation of legal archives, state and parastatal violence, and secular activism. Sextarianism locates state power in the experiences, transitions, uprisings, and violence that people in the Middle East continue to live.Trade Review"Maya Mikdashi's gloriously written Sextarianism is the book we have been waiting for. Deeply personal in its tone, expansively political in its intent, this book draws on unusual archives and intimate knowledge of Lebanon to show the relation between gender, sexuality, and the state in all its ambivalent, messy complexity."—Laleh Khalili, University of London"Sextarianism is luminous. Maya Mikdashi brings panache and an exquisite eye for the quotidian to diverse objects of analysis, all while prying open new conversations about archival research as collective labor. A must-read for anyone studying state formation, the geopolitics of queer theory, and secularism, with implications far beyond Lebanon."—Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University"A tour de force by one of the most dynamic, iconoclastic, and original socio-political analysts of the Arab world of this generation. Maya Mikdashi's Sextarianism will transform the way Lebanon has been understood; more radically, it will force everyone to rethink how religious and sexual differences work at/as the nexus of states and citizenship."—Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University"Both theoretically sophisticated and deeply poignant, Sextarianism disrupts assumptions that secularism liberates people from religion, challenging idealized solutions to political-sectarianism. Readers are gifted with marvelously vivid and careful ethnography, through which Maya Mikdashi brings to life the often-painful effects of state sectarian practices on people's lives in Lebanon."—Lara Deeb, Scripps College"Using court records, Mikdashi... disentangles the ways in which the sectarian Lebanese state handles sexual difference through the application of personal status laws....Recommended."—M. L. Russell, CHOICE

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Book SynopsisRepublicanism is a centuries-old political tradition, yet its precise meaning has long been contested. The term has been used to refer to government in the public interest, to regimes administered by a collective body or an elected president, and even just to systems embodying the values of liberty and civic virtue. But what do we really mean when we talk about republicanism? In this new book, leading scholar Rachel Hammersley expertly and accessibly introduces this complex but important topic. Beginning in the ancient world, she traces the history of republican government in theory and practice across the centuries in Europe and North America, concluding with an analysis of republicanism in our contemporary politics. She argues that republicanism is a dynamic political language, with each new generation of thinkers building on the ideas of their predecessors and adapting them in response to their own circumstances, concerns, and crises. This compelling account of the origins, history, and potential future of one of the world’s most enduring political ideas will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in republicanism, from historians and political theorists to politicians and ordinary citizens.Trade Review�A wonderfully clear and wide-ranging survey of republican ideas. Essential reading for intellectual historians, political theorists, as well as anyone interested in the practical relevance of inspiring political ideas.� Cecile Laborde, University of Oxford �Remarkably wide-ranging, consistently lucid and intelligent, and grounded in a deep understanding, this is the indispensable introduction.� Jonathan Scott, The University of Auckland

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Book SynopsisRepublicanism is a centuries-old political tradition, yet its precise meaning has long been contested. The term has been used to refer to government in the public interest, to regimes administered by a collective body or an elected president, and even just to systems embodying the values of liberty and civic virtue. But what do we really mean when we talk about republicanism? In this new book, leading scholar Rachel Hammersley expertly and accessibly introduces this complex but important topic. Beginning in the ancient world, she traces the history of republican government in theory and practice across the centuries in Europe and North America, concluding with an analysis of republicanism in our contemporary politics. She argues that republicanism is a dynamic political language, with each new generation of thinkers building on the ideas of their predecessors and adapting them in response to their own circumstances, concerns, and crises. This compelling account of the origins, history, and potential future of one of the world’s most enduring political ideas will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in republicanism, from historians and political theorists to politicians and ordinary citizens.Trade Review�A wonderfully clear and wide-ranging survey of republican ideas. Essential reading for intellectual historians, political theorists, as well as anyone interested in the practical relevance of inspiring political ideas.� Cecile Laborde, University of Oxford �Remarkably wide-ranging, consistently lucid and intelligent, and grounded in a deep understanding, this is the indispensable introduction.� Jonathan Scott, The University of Auckland

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Book SynopsisThe essence of libertarianism is the view that coercive political institutions, such as the state, are justified only insofar as they function to protect each person’s liberty to pursue their own goals and well-being in their own way. Libertarians accordingly argue that any attempt to enforce top-down concepts of social justice or economic equality are fundamentally misconceived. In this book, leading expert Eric Mack provides a rigorous and clear account of the philosophical principles of libertarianism. He offers accounts of three distinctive schools of libertarian thought, which he labels the natural rights approach, the cooperation to mutual advantage approach, and the indirect consequentialist approach. After examining the historical roots of these approaches in the thought of figures such as John Locke and David Hume, he provides illuminating accounts of the foundational arguments and the theories of economic justice offered by Robert Nozick and F.A. Hayek. He then examines a range of other debates, such as those surrounding the nature of the minimal state and those between critics and defenders of libertarianism. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in political philosophy, political ideologies and the nature of liberty and state authority, from students and scholars to general readers.Trade Review"This book is, unquestionably, the best available account of the literature on the philosophical foundations of modern libertarianism. Mack, himself a major contributor to that literature, carefully tracks its historical origins and offers an impressively acute analysis of the works of libertarianism’s leading contemporary exponents."—Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester "Eric Mack is at once one of the gentlest but also one of the most probing critics our profession has ever seen. His reconstructions are works of art, even when he ultimately disagrees. Mack has been as good as it gets for a very long time, and this is his greatest work." —David Schmidtz, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Philosophical Antecedents Chapter 3. Libertarian Foundations Chapter 4. Economic Justice and Property Rights Chapter 5. Objections: Internal and External Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe essence of libertarianism is the view that coercive political institutions, such as the state, are justified only insofar as they function to protect each person’s liberty to pursue their own goals and well-being in their own way. Libertarians accordingly argue that any attempt to enforce top-down concepts of social justice or economic equality are fundamentally misconceived. In this book, leading expert Eric Mack provides a rigorous and clear account of the philosophical principles of libertarianism. He offers accounts of three distinctive schools of libertarian thought, which he labels the natural rights approach, the cooperation to mutual advantage approach, and the indirect consequentialist approach. After examining the historical roots of these approaches in the thought of figures such as John Locke and David Hume, he provides illuminating accounts of the foundational arguments and the theories of economic justice offered by Robert Nozick and F.A. Hayek. He then examines a range of other debates, such as those surrounding the nature of the minimal state and those between critics and defenders of libertarianism. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in political philosophy, political ideologies and the nature of liberty and state authority, from students and scholars to general readers.Trade Review"This book is, unquestionably, the best available account of the literature on the philosophical foundations of modern libertarianism. Mack, himself a major contributor to that literature, carefully tracks its historical origins and offers an impressively acute analysis of the works of libertarianism’s leading contemporary exponents."—Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester "Eric Mack is at once one of the gentlest but also one of the most probing critics our profession has ever seen. His reconstructions are works of art, even when he ultimately disagrees. Mack has been as good as it gets for a very long time, and this is his greatest work." —David Schmidtz, University of Arizona

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Book SynopsisThe election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in the UK have caused fear and panic among liberals worldwide. They argue that the populist backlash represents a dangerous new authoritarianism. But what if the really dangerous authoritarianism is in fact their own? In this provocative and highly original book, Salvatore Babones argues that democracy has been undermined by a quiet but devastating power grab conducted by a class of liberal experts. They have advanced a global rights-based agenda which has tilted the balance away from the lively and vibrant unpredictability of democratic decision-making toward the creeping technocratic authority of liberal consensus. Populism represents, contends Babones, an imperfect but reinvigorating political flood that has the potential to sweep away decades of institutional detritus and rejuvenate democracy across the West. Babones’ bracing attack on the insidious “new authoritarianism” of the expert class and call for an end to liberal mission creep will stimulate and challenge all readers trying to make sense of the political tumult of the recent past.Trade ReviewNamed one of 2018's Best Books on Politics by the Wall Street Journal"Babones’ relentless critique of the liberal expert class brilliantly exposes their contempt for ordinary people. A crucial contribution to our understanding of how contemporary liberalism is increasingly illiberal and undemocratic."Adrian Pabst, co-author of The Politics of Virtue: Post-liberalism and the Human Future"An overdue and rational corrective about populism and authoritarianism."The Australian"Brilliantly insightful and always fair-minded, The New Authoritarianism is a compelling insider’s account of how the liberal-minded became close-minded."Quadrant "This is a superb book. Anyone interested in politics must read it; it is one of those rare tracts which is constantly rewarding."Spectator Australia

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, many people in democracies are turning to a strongarm politics for reassurance against globalization, uncertainty and precarity. In countries ranging from the US and the UK to Brazil, India and Turkey, support has grown for a nativist politics attacking migrants, minorities, liberals and elites as enemies of the nation. Is there a politics of belonging that progressive forces could mobilize to counteract these trends? After Nativism takes up this question, arguing that disarming nativism will require more than improving the security and wellbeing of the ‘left-behind’. The lines drawn by nativism are of an affective nature about imagined community, with meanings of belonging and voice lying at the heart of popular perceptions of just dues. This, argues Ash Amin, is the territory that progressive forces – liberal, social democratic, socialist – need to reclaim in order to shift public sentiment away from xenophobic intolerance towards one of commonality amid difference as a basis for facing existential risk and uncertainty. The book proposes a relational politics of belonging premised on the encounter, fugitive aesthetics, public interest politics, collaboration over common existential threats, and daily collectives and infrastructures of wellbeing. There is ground for progressives to mount a counter-aesthetics of belonging that will convince the discontents of neoliberal globalization that there is a better alternative to nativism.Trade Review‘Ash Amin's book has the great virtue of explaining the failure of the progressive left to make arguments for renewed democratic politics which match the visceral appeals of the populist right. Amin's solution, which promotes an aesthetic mode of resistance based on tactile and experiential images of belonging, is sure to provoke a rich debate.’Arjun Appadurai, New York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Grounds of Belonging 2. Street Affinities 3. The Intimate Public Sphere 4. Aesthetics of Nation Coda Bibliography

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Book SynopsisToday, the word “neoliberal” is used to describe an epochal shift toward market-oriented governance begun in the 1970s. Yet the roots of many of neoliberalism’s policy tools can be traced to the ideas and practices of mid-twentieth-century liberalism. In Illusions of Progress, Brent Cebul chronicles the rise of what he terms “supply-side liberalism,” a powerful and enduring orientation toward politics and the economy, race and poverty, that united local chambers of commerce, liberal policymakers and economists, and urban and rural economic planners. Beginning in the late 1930s, New Dealers tied expansive aspirations for social and, later, racial progress to a variety of economic development initiatives. In communities across the country, otherwise conservative business elites administered liberal public works, urban redevelopment, and housing programs. But by binding national visions of progress to the local interests of capital, liberals often entrenched the very inequalities of power and opportunity they imagined their programs solving. When President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty—which prioritized direct partnerships with poor and racially marginalized citizens—businesspeople, Republicans, and soon, a rising generation of New Democrats sought to rein in its seeming excesses by reinventing and redeploying many of the policy tools and commitments pioneered on liberalism’s supply side: public-private partnerships, market-oriented solutions, fiscal “realism,” and, above all, subsidies for business-led growth now promised to blunt, and perhaps ultimately replace, programs for poor and marginalized Americans. In this wide-ranging book, Brent Cebul illuminates the often-overlooked structures of governance, markets, and public debt through which America’s warring political ideologies have been expressed and transformed. From Washington, D.C. to the declining Rustbelt and emerging Sunbelt and back again, Illusions of Progress reveals the centrality of public and private forms of profit that have defined the enduring boundaries of American politics, opportunity, and inequality— in an era of liberal ascendance and an age of neoliberal retrenchment.Trade Review"Countering the scholarly and popular tendency to sharply segment American political economy between New Deal and neoliberalized 'orders,' Cebul makes the case that, with certain modifications, supply-side progressivism was the throughline that bridged the policies, strategies, and ultimate convictions of most New Deal liberals and their New Democrat heirs." * Phenomenal World *"An immeasurably valuable resource for understanding both the historical achievements and the profound historical failures of American liberalism—an understanding that is needed if liberalism is to be reinvented in the present day." * Public Seminar *"Illusions of Progress offers a new and incisive view of the enormous transformations in American liberalism from the New Deal to the New Democrats of the late 1990s and beyond. Cutting through old assumptions about liberal largesse as well as new theories that neoliberalism has supplanted all pretense of the welfare state, Brent Cebul introduces the notion of “supply-side liberalism” to examine the United States’ peculiar approach to pressing social issues by wedding public policy to private enterprise. Cebul’s book provides crucial insights and analysis into contemporary debates over the role of the state in the provision of social goods and services." * Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership *"Illusions of Progress is a remarkable book—wide-ranging, theoretically powerful, and a striking intervention in historical thinking about the twentieth-century United States. Brent Cebul's interpretation and his emphasis on the role of local business elites in making postwar liberalism what it was offers a new way of thinking about liberalism, conservatism, and neoliberalism, and much else besides." * Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics *"In Illusions of Progress, Brent Cebul provides a deeply researched, revisionist history of Democratic policymaking from the New Dealers to the New Democrats of the 1990s. It is an important contribution to our understanding of the origins of neoliberalism in the United States." * Joseph Crespino, author of Strom Thurmond’s America: A History *

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Book SynopsisRefuting the common perception that the American left has a religion problem, Vaneesa Cook highlights an important but overlooked intellectual and political tradition that she calls "spiritual socialism." Spiritual socialists emphasized the social side of socialism and believed the most basic expression of religious values—caring for the sick, tired, hungry, and exploited members of one's community—created a firm footing for society. Their unorthodox perspective on the spiritual and cultural meaning of socialist principles helped make leftist thought more palatable to Americans, who associated socialism with Soviet atheism and autocracy. In this way, spiritual socialism continually put pressure on liberals, conservatives, and Marxists to address the essential connection between morality and social justice. Cook tells her story through an eclectic group of activists whose lives and works span the twentieth century. Sherwood Eddy, A. J. Muste, Myles Horton, Dorothy Day, Henry Wallace, Pauli Murray, Staughton Lynd, and Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke and wrote publicly about the connection between religious values and socialism. Equality, cooperation, and peace, they argued, would not develop overnight, and a more humane society would never emerge through top-down legislation. Instead, they believed that the process of their vision of the world had to happen in homes, villages, and cities, from the bottom up. By insisting that people start treating each other better in everyday life, spiritual socialists transformed radical activism from projects of political policy-making to grass-roots organizing. For Cook, contemporary public figures such as Senator Bernie Sanders, Pope Francis, Reverend William Barber, and Cornel West are part of a long-standing tradition that exemplifies how non-Communist socialism has gained traction in American politics.Trade Review"[I]n her thought-provoking new book . . . Cook finds in the past ample evidence that the intersection of Christianity and radicalism in the modern United States has been quite bustling . . . Cook has done . . . a tremendous service . . . in lifting up a spiritual-socialist tradition that has languished too long in obscurity." * Christianity Today *"Spiritual Socialists should fundamentally change the way we tell the story of the twentieth-century Left.. In [Cook's] careful retelling, the 1930s–1950s were generative years for radicalism in the United States....The book, which is an intellectual history of the major figures of the religious left, makes a number of important contributions. " * Journal of Church and State *"In this bold, incisive book, Vaneesa Cook makes an important contribution to the growing body of scholarship on the American ‘Religious Left.’ She argues that the most effective movements of the political left in the twentieth-century United States were thoroughly suffused with religious values… Cook’s study makes a compelling argument that religion has profoundly shaped American society, not merely guiding radical politics but being inextricably embedded in them." * American Religion *"Writing gracefully and powerfully, Vaneesa Cook draws on her understanding of history to speak to today's concerns without jargon or cant. Spiritual Socialists is a sweeping and refreshingly independent contribution to the study of the religious left in the modern United States." * Doug Rossinow, author of Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America *"This is a courageous book. At a time when elected officials in the highest public offices refer to one another by offensive nicknames and attribute to each other the most self-seeking motives, and groups on the Left often attack each other in rigidly ideological invective, Vaneesa Cook seeks to recover 'the moral core of socialist belief.' She does so by examining the work of a group of figures, among them Dorothy Day, Sherwood Eddy, A. J. Muste, Myles Horton, Henry Wallace, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pauli Murray. Her work exhibits diligence and empathy." * Staughton Lynd, author of Doing History from the Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below *

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Book SynopsisSince 2000, more than twenty countries around the world have held elections in which parties that espouse a political agenda based on an Islamic worldview have competed for legislative seats. Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World examines the impact these parties have had on the political process in two different areas of the world with large Muslim populations: the Middle East and Asia. The book's contributors examine major cases of Islamist party evolution and participation in democratic and semidemocratic systems in Turkey, Morocco, Yemen, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. Collectively they articulate a theoretical framework to understand the strategic behavior of Islamist parties, including the characteristics that distinguish them from other types of political parties, how they relate to other parties as potential competitors or collaborators, how ties to broader Islamist movements may affect party behavior in elections, and how participation in an electoral system can affect the behavior and ideology of an Islamist party over time. Through this framework, the contributors observe a general tendency in Islamist politics. Although Islamist parties represent diverse interests and behaviors that are tied to their particular domestic contexts, through repeated elections they often come to operate less as antiestablishment parties and more in line with the political norms of the regimes in which they compete. While a few parties have deliberately chosen to remain on the fringes of their political system, most have found significant political rewards in changing their messages and behavior to attract more centrist voters. As the impact of the Arab Spring continues to be felt, Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World offers a nuanced and timely perspective of Islamist politics in broader global context. Contributors: Wenling Chan, Julie Chernov Hwang, Joseph Chinyong Liow, Driss Maghraoui, Quinn Mecham, Ali Riaz, Murat Somer, Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Saloua Zerhouni.Trade Review"[T]his pioneering volume, which is clear and accessible in both argument and style, should prove highly illuminating for students of Islamist and comparative politics, as well as for politicians and non-expert readers." * Political Studies Review *"A superb book that offers balanced, nuanced, evidence-based thoughtful analysis at both the case study and comparative levels." * R. William Liddle, Ohio State University *"This empirically rich and level-headed approach to Islamist politics combines a broad theoretical and analytical framework with deep knowledge of particular cases in and beyond the Arab world." * Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University *

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Book SynopsisWinner: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Best Subsequent Book 2017 Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 2017 Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline construction at Standing Rock, and demanded justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women. In As We Have Always Done, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson locates Indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely Indigenous theorizing, writing, organizing, and thinking.Indigenous resistance is a radical rejection of contemporary colonialism focused around the refusal of the dispossession of both Indigenous bodies and land. Simpson makes clear that its goal can no longer be cultural resurgence as a mechanism for inclusion in a multicultural mosaic. Instead, she calls for unapologetic, place-based Indigenous alternatives to the destructive logics of the settler colonial state, including heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation.Trade Review"This is an astonishing work of Indigenous intellectualism and activism—by far the most provocative, defiant, visionary, and generous of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's impressive corpus to date."—Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation), University of British Columbia"I have learned more about this battered world from reading Leanne Betasamosake Simpson than from almost any writer alive today. A dazzlingly original thinker and an irresistible stylist, Simpson has gifted us with a field guide not to mere political resistance but to deep and holistic transformation. It arrives at the perfect time."—Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything"A remarkable achievement that illuminates what is possible when we engage in the revolutionary act of indigenous self-love, As We Have Always Done asks the simple question, ‘What if no one sided with colonialism?’ The many possible answers to that question are reflected in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s beautifully written book in which she kindly challenges indigenous people to reclaim their lives and bodies from the settler colonial state."—Sarah Deer (Muscogee [Creek] Nation), author of The Beginning and End of Rape"Incisive. Unmitigated. Inspiring. Simpson gives no quarter to colonialism. No quarter to a nasty Western narrative. She provides a pure, Indigenous lens—a lens that the white man tried to kill and bury. This book is a reminder that they failed in that rotten endeavor. It belongs on every Canadian bookshelf. On every American coffee table. Simpson's words are an affirmation of Indigenous resilience and resolve."—Simon Moya-Smith (Lakota and Chicano), culture editor at Indian Country Media Network "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson confronts colonialism from the perspective of Indigenous nationhood, but goes beyond arguing for changes in politics, writing in a way that enacts changes in our thinking about politics."—Indian Country Today "While her intended audience is other Indigenous peoples, I think non-Indigenous Canadians will find it inspiring as they take up her challenge of decolonization."—Watershed Sentinel "As We Have Always Done is an in-depth look into Indigenous resistance and what is possible when that resistance embraces Indigenous culture. It gives us a glimmer of hope. Hope that there is another way to live. That we can forge relationships, be with each other, and live for much more than what neo-liberal capitalism tells us life is about."—The Collective "This book will not only offer the Indigenous community much courage, but it will also open the eyes of many non-Indigenous people. We have here not just a description of a state of affairs, but also a practical guide. A very important, successful publication."—Amerindian Research "The book is essential for anyone studying any aspect of Indigenous decolonization, politics, law, and settler colonialism, and signals a vital shift away from current neoliberal discussions and policies of indigenization and reconciliation in order to rebuild and recover indigenous nationhoods."—Transmotion "Simpson reminds us to be present, accept our battle scars and confusion, and move forward to our most beautiful. Love is present throughout her work. Her words convey compassion for our grief, our mistakes, our self-hatred, and our misdeeds, as well as an understanding of what it is to be Indigenous, to be Anishinaabeg."—Tribal College Journal "Simpson writes about women who are skilled at hunting, fishing and medicine, women who hold political influence and live public lives, women who enjoy body sovereignty and sexual relationships beyond the confines of heterosexual monogamy; about people who do not fit the ‘colonial gender binary’ of male and female (123), who experience and express gender and sexual variance; about children who are separated from their communities and placed in residential schools, where they are prevented from speaking their own languages and learning about their own cultures. "—Wasafiri "As We Have Always Done is a profound intellectual achievement, a roadmap out of colonialism that should be required reading for everyone. Beautifully written and unapologetically Indigenous, the book is a love letter to the joy and resilience of Native people, and their enduring strength in the face of white settler supremacy."—The Mantle "As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance is both an exceptional critical achievement and a joy to read."—Oxford University Press Journals "As We Have Always Done is a stunning accomplishment that will no doubt inform Native political thought for years to come."—American Indian Quarterly "A radical book that takes its Indigenous audience seriously."—Women’s Studies Quarterly "As We Have Always Done is grounded in its own critical embodied research, writing outside of the framework of academics and institutions. Yet still, her words and the indigenous lessons within them are developed in a format that feels familiar, like the empirical scientific system."—Nature Book Guide Table of ContentsIntroduction: My Radical Resurgent Present1. Nishnaabeg Brilliance as Radical Resurgence Theory2. Kwe as Resurgent Method3. The Attempted Dispossession of Kwe4. Nishnaabeg Internationalism5. Nishnaabeg Anticapitalism6. Endlessly Creating Our Indigenous Selves7. The Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples’ Bodies8. Indigenous Queer Normativity9. Land as Pedagogy10. “I See Your Light”: Reciprocal Recognition and Generative Refusal11. Embodied Resurgent Practice and Coded Disruption12. Constellations of CoresistanceConclusion: Toward Radical Resurgent Struggle AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis fresh appraisal of philosopher Herbert Marcuse’s work foregrounds the geographical aspects of one of the leading social and political theorists of the 20th century.   Margath A. Walker considers how Marcusean philosophies might challenge the way we think about space and politics, and create new sensibilities. Applying them to contemporary geopolitics, digital infrastructure, and issues like resistance and immigration, the book shows how social change has been stifled, and how Marcuse’s philosophies could provide the tools to overturn the status quo.  She demonstrates Marcuse’s relevance to individuals and society, and finds this important theorist of opposition can point the way to resisting oppressive forces within contemporary capitalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Not Demand the Impossible? Geography and Marcuse Dimensionality Flattened Mission Reconstruction Trialectic Topologies of the Right Here, Not Yet and Over False Binaries New Sensibilities

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Book SynopsisAusterity is not always one-size-fits-all; it can be a flexible, class-based strategy taking several forms depending on the political-economic forces and institutional characteristics present. This important book identifies continuity and variety in crisis-driven austerity restructuring across Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Spain. In their analysis, the authors focus on several components of austerity, including fiscal and monetary policy, budget narratives, public sector reform, labor market flexibilization, and resistance. In so doing, they uncover how austerity can be categorized into different dynamic types, and expose the economic, social, and political implications of the varieties of austerity.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Theoretical Framework and Empirics; Political Economy of Debt and Finance; Politics of Public Money; Public Sector Restructuring; Labour Market Flexibility and Restructuring; Institutionalizing Precarity and Low Wage Work; Resistance and Its Limits; Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis‘Capitalism may be teetering once again on the edge of a terminal crisis, but there are no gravediggers in sight. This time around not only are there no gravediggers there are no longer any rival economic systems either …’ In ‘The Western Ideology’ Andrew Gamble demonstrates the contradictions and the resilience of the doctrines that define liberal modernity, and examines the contemporary possibilities for dissent and change. This volume brings together for the first time this seminal essay with a collection of Andrew Gamble’s writings on political ideas and ideologies, which have been chosen by the author to illustrate the main themes of his writing in intellectual history and the history of ideas. Themes include the character of economic liberalism and neoliberalism, especially as expressed in the work of Friedrich Hayek, as well as critiques from both social democratic and conservative perspectives and from critics as varied as Karl Marx, Michael Oakeshott and Bob Dylan. The collection includes a new autobiographical introduction, notes on the essays and an epilogue putting the essays into the context of today’s society. Andrew Gamble provides a unique exploration of the debates and the ideas that have shaped our politics and Western ideology. A companion volume of Andrew Gamble’s essays, After Brexit and Other Essays, focusing on political economy and British politics, is also available from Bristol University Press.Table of ContentsIntroduction: An Intellectual Journey Notes on the Essays The Western Ideology (2008) Neo-liberalism and the Tax State (2013) Ideas and Interests in British Economic Policy (1989) Hayek on Knowledge, Economics and Society (2006) Marxism After Communism (1999) G.D.H. Cole and the History of Socialist Thought (2002) Social Democracy in a Global World (2009) The Quest for a Great Labour Party (2018) Oakeshott’s Ideological Politics (2012) Oakeshott and Totalitarianism (2016) The Drifter’s Escape (2004) Epilogue: The Western Ideology Revisited

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Book Synopsis‘Being more like America again and less like Europe is the heart of the UK model of capitalism … [but] there are many respects in which Britain remains unlike America despite its strong appeal to the British political class ...’ In 'After Brexit' Andrew Gamble sets out the economic models and external relationships that Britain has pursued since the Second World War and examines the choices it now faces as it adjusts to life outside of the European Union. This volume brings together this essay with some of Andrew Gamble’s most important and influential writings on British politics and political economy from the last forty years. They reflect on many of the issues that animate British politics, from the relative decline of the economy and the reshaping of the welfare state to the transformation of the Conservative and Labour parties and the changing constitutional order with the devolution of power to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The volume is introduced by the author and includes his notes on each of the essays as well as an epilogue, which considers their original context and what has changed since. Taken together, the essays in this volume are testament to the acuity of one of Britain’s foremost political thinkers and provide rich insight into debates and ideas that continue to influence British politics and Britain’s place in the world. A companion volume of Andrew Gamble’s essays, The Western Ideology and Other Essays, focusing on political ideas and ideologies, is also available from Bristol University Press.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Historical Contexts Notes on the Essays After Brexit (2019) Explanations of British Decline (1999) The European Disunion (2006) The Anglo-American World View (2019) The Free Economy and the Strong State (1979) Thatcherism and Conservative Politics (1983) Economic Growth and Political Dilemmas (1983) The Crisis of Conservatism (1995) The Thatcher Myth (2015) Theories of British Politics (1990) The Constitutional Revolution in the United Kingdom (2006) What’s British about British Politics? (2016) Epilogue: Last Thoughts

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Book SynopsisThe world has changed dramatically since the emergence of post-Marxism, and a reassessment is needed to determine its significance in the modern world. First published as a special issue of Global Discourse, this book explores the theoretical position of post-Marxism and investigates its significance in recent global political developments such as Brexit, Trump and the rise of the far right. With valuable insights from international contributors across a range of disciplines, the book puts forward a strong case for the continuing relevance of post-Marxism and, particularly, for Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s theory of radical democracy.Table of Contents1. New Introduction – Stuart Sim 2. Democracy beyond hegemony – Mark Purcell 3. Reply: Democracy without hegemony: a reply to Mark Purcell – Ronaldo Munck 4. The post-Marxist Gramsci – James Martin 5. Reply: The post-Marxist Gramsci: a reply to James Martin – Georges Van Den Abbeele 6. The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies – Paul Bowman 7. Reply: The limits of post-Marxism: the (dis)function of political theory in film and cultural studies: a reply to Paul Bowman – Andrew Rowcroft 8. Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe: the evolution of post-Marxism – Philip Goldstein 9. Reply: Laclau and Mouffe’s blind spots: a reply to Goldstein – Philippe Fournier 10. Enriching discourse theory: the discursive-material knot as a non-hierarchical ontology – Nico Carpentier 11. Reply: Enriching discourse theory: the discursive-material knot as a non- hierarchical ontology: a reply to Nico Carpentier – Mads Ejsing & Lars Tønder 12. From domination to emancipation and freedom: reading Ernesto Laclau’s post- Marxism in conjunction with Philip Pettit’s neo-republicanism – Gulshan Khan 13. Reply: From domination to emancipation and freedom: reading Ernesto Laclau’s post-Marxism in conjunction with Philip Pettit’s neo-republicanism: a reply to Gulshan Khan – Andreas Ottemo 14. Spectres of post-Marxism? Reassessing key post-Marxist texts – Stuart Sim 15. Reply: Spectres of post-Marxism? Reassessing key post-Marxist texts: a reply to Stuart Sim – Richard Howson 16. Forget populism! – Frank A. Stengel

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Book SynopsisInequality is an ever-present danger in our society. This important book addresses the crucial nexus between the lived experience of inequality and how it shapes political responses. With contributors from the UK and Continental Europe, the book compiles case studies with theoretically informed discussions of the relationship between affective polarisation, social inequality and the fall-out from Brexit and COVID-19. Using a broad concept of social inequality, the book incorporates aspects of economy and society, language, and emotion culture, as well as interviews and film in historical and transnational perspectives. The contributors offer a powerful examination of the ways in which the politics of the UK and the lived experiences of its residents have been reframed in the first decades of the 21st century.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch 1. The Divided Left in the UK: Partisanship, Ideology, and Class After Brexit – Paolo Chiocchetti 2. Populism and the People: Elitism, Authoritarianism and Libertarianism – Kirsten Forkert and Marius Guderjan 3. “Coloring the Utterance With Some Kind of Perceivable Affect.” Constructing ‘Country’ and ‘People’ in Speeches by Theresa May and Boris Johnson: A Linguistic Perspective – Rainer Schulze 4. The Challenges of Polarisation: Lessons for (Re)politicising Inequality Across Four English Towns – Insa Koch, Mark Fransham, Sarah Cant, Jill Ebrey, Luna Glucksberg, Mike Savage 5. ‘Go Away, but Don’t Leave Us.’ Affective Polarisation and the Precarisation of Romanian Essential Workers in the UK – Anisia Petcu 6. Racialised Affective Polarisation in the UK – Jana Gohrisch 7. “Now You Have To Listen”: A Historical Analysis of Britain’s Left-Behind Communities – Harvey Butterfield 8. Britain in a State of Emergency – Studying Ken Loach’s Films I, Daniel Blake (2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019) – Ellen Grünkemeier 9. Cloaking Class – Making the Working Class Visible – Lisa McKenzie 10. Class, Poverty and Inequality in Scotland: Independence and the Creation of Affective Polarisations – Carlo Morelli and Gerry Mooney 11. Language and Identity – the Taliesin Tradition – Ifor Ap Glyn Conclusion – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch

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Book SynopsisChronicles a Black Puerto Rican man’s odyssey and transformation from an incarcerated gang member to the Co-Founder of the Young Lords Party. Growing up fatherless and poor, Felipe Luciano didn’t yearn for wealth or dream of becoming a famous actor or athlete. He was tired of being poor and ached to be a man, to reach that point of sagacity, courage, and independence that would signal to the world that he was now a warrior, ready to fight the battle for truth and justice, to slay the dragon of evil, whatever that might be. In Flesh and Spirit, Luciano paints a vivid portrait of his life in New York City as a member of the city’s Latino community as well as his pivotal role in the Young Lords and The Last Poets. Luciano’s memoir begins when as a teenage Brooklyn gang member he is convicted of manslaughter. This pivotal moment changes the trajectory of his life. The American kid raised on Davy Crockett and Superman TV tales emerged from the womb of prison into a harsh, new monochromatic black/white world without the benefit of rose-colored glasses. It was a painful shattering of all his childhood beliefs and the realization that he was a poor Black Puerto Rican in white America clutching onto values that didn’t work. The only flotsam in this churning sea of ’60s social turmoil was college, poetry, revolutionary activity, and sometimes God. After getting an education, Luciano went on to become an acclaimed poet and political activist who advocates for the Latino population of New York City, for the kids growing up in the same circumstances he did. Sparing no one—not the revolutionaries, the Revolution, nor the author himself—Flesh and Spirit is written with honesty and humility to help guide young people of color and other Americans through the labyrinths of ideology, organization, missteps, false paths, and phony societal promises. Featuring archival photographs by Michael Abramson reproduced from Palante: Voices and Photographs of the Young Lords, 1969-1971 © 2011 Haymarket Books.Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 Know Thy Codes 1 2 A Tale of Two Beatings 10 3 Confronting Demons 19 4 Living under the Sign of Death 27 5 Prison Pedagogy 34 6 Every Block Has a Story 45 7 Crossing the Lines 53 8 Culture Shock 84 9 East Wind and The Last Poets 97 “Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger” (Poem) 119 10 The Battle of the Brooms and the Founding of the Young Lords 121 11 First People’s Church 150 12 Brothers- in-Arms: The Miracle of Puerto Rican Love 168 13 Dope Fiends and Discipline in the Young Lords Party 177 14 Occupying Lincoln Hospital 185 15 My Last Dance with the Party 201 16 Revolutionary Machismo? 229 17 Art Must Be Honest, or It Is DOA 265 18 From the Taino Peoples to the Young Lords 273 Coda: A Voice for Our People 281 Acknowledgments 283 Index 289

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Book SynopsisHere are seven readable biographical sketches of important people who influenced the times in which they lived by bringing their faith to bear on social issues. In writing about them the author incorporates biography, theology, and politics into a coherent whole portrait of the subjects. Present day journals like First Things, National Review, and Christianity Today began as an extension of the personalities of the people profiled in this book, whose interests guided faithful believers in the midst of changing and turbulent times. The Politics of Morality combines a scholarly penchant for fact with historical evidence to show how these men connected the principles of government with the ideals of Christianity. Here is the story of Russell Kirk’s original vision, and William F. Buckley’s ornery conservative conscience. Francis Schaeffer’s zealous evangelicalism meets Richard J. Neuhaus’s keen insight and Chuck Colson’s passion for justice. Carl F.H. Henry’s novel vision for a Christian magazine is compared to Michael Novak’s refutation of socialism. This book is a help because it analyzes the lives of people who remain influential in bringing Christian principles to bear on issues in the public square. Anyone interested in current issues has something to learn from the life and work of these individuals.

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Book Synopsis Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American Dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers can’t get ahead, wages have been stagnant for decades, and the middle class is dying. Michael R. Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, disputes this rhetoric as wrong and dangerous. In this succinctly argued volume, he shows that, on measures of economic opportunity and quality of life, there has never been a better time to be alive in America. He backs his argument with overwhelming—and underreported—data to show how the facts favor realistic optimism. He warns, however, that the false prophets of populism pose a serious danger to our current and future prosperity. Their policies would leave workers worse off. And their erroneous claim that the American Dream is dead could discourage people from taking advantage of real opportunities to better their lives. If enough people start to believe the Dream is dead, they could, in effect, kill it. To prevent this self-fulfilling prophecy, Strain’s book is urgent reading for anyone feeling the pull of the populists. E. J. Dionne and Henry Olsen provide spirited responses to Strain’s argument. Trade Review "An inoculation against politically motivated misinformation." —George Will, The Washington Post "Strain sets a fine example in his short, approachable book. He shows that living standards have not stagnated in America. To the contrary, most prime-age workers today are better off than their parents were. There are real economic and social problems, which policymakers should address. But the economy is not rigged for all but those at the very top. One should hope his message is heard—and repeated—far and wide." —William J. Luther, Independent Review​ “[A] much-needed look at everything that’s going right in this country….People often fall into a belief that life was somehow better in the past. In The American Dream Is Not Dead, Michael Strain shows it wasn’t, while not denying that the U.S. faces real challenges even in our prosperous age. It’s a good gift for that pessimistic reactionary down the street.”—National Review “Michael Strain’s book delivers a passionate defense that opportunity and meritocracy still exist in America.” —The Adam Smith Institute​ “Michael Strain offers a trenchant look at U.S. households' material standard of living. If his message were summarized on a hat, it would read ‘Make America Grateful Again.’” —N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers “Michael Strain’s important book is a welcome antidote to the pervasive pessimism surrounding economic policy debates. I don’t agree on everything but feel better after reading it about our economy and more importantly, about how policy can make it better.” —Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University and former Secretary of the Treasury "Without glossing over the real challenges that too many Americans face, Michael Strain makes a persuasive case that the American dream remains alive and well. And, he provides important policy recommendations that policymakers would do well to heed in order to strengthen the American dream." —Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the House of Representatives “In this important book, Mike Strain persuasively bolsters his title claim that ‘the American Dream is not dead.’ While the nation faces disruptive challenges from economic changes from trade and technology, those very changes help propel our prosperity. What could kill the American Dream, as Strain notes, is a populist call for protection. Every serious student of the current economic and political situation should read this book.” —Glenn Hubbard, dean emeritus and the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers “Before you declare the American Dream is dead, you should take the time to read Michael Strain’s case to the contrary. Strain provides a thoughtful and balanced assessment of the evidence on the state of American workers and families, rejecting some of the claims from both the left and the right.” —Jason Furman, professor of practice, Harvard Kennedy School and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers “Michael Strain is one of the keenest economists at work on the center-right today. In this brief but important book, he dares to bring facts to the overheated and often poorly informed debate over the state of the American Dream. Engaging and convincing, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our economic present—and future.” —Rich Lowry, editor of National Review “In this lively contribution to our national debate, Michael Strain presents the evidence for how Americans are really doing. Strain shows we're faring better than you'd think from doom-sayers of left and right. He also argues that misunderstanding our real situation could lead to foolish and damaging policies that would make things worse, not better. An important short book.” —William Kristol, director, Defending Democracy Together "We have a bad news bias. Frequently, however, that creates an inaccurate picture of the world. In The American Dream Is Not Dead, Michael Strain shows that while there are very real challenges ahead of us as a country, Americans are living in the best, most prosperous time in our nation’s history. This book shows that hope and truth go together." —Arthur C. Brooks, professor of practice, Harvard Kennedy School Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School “This vital book suggests we reconsider the doom and gloom economic narrative in favor of acknowledging that ongoing economic progress continues to deliver rising material prosperity each year, increasing opportunity, and greater freedom from want. The argument matters because the strongest foundation for a "small c" conservative perspective is that a system that delivers such progress is worth conserving. Strain's intellectual depth, policy breadth, and relentless honesty mark him as one of the leading conservative intellectuals of our time. I'm no conservative, partly because I might see the case for change more clearly than Strain. But Strain asks hard questions, presents uncomfortable data, and makes counterarguments more clearly than any other right-of-center wonk. Whatever side of politics you're on, this smart little book will make you a better wonk, with a clearer sense about the facts that underpin the biggest policy debates of our time.” —Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy, University of Michigan "Just how good or bad are things in America right now? Michael Strain's The American Dream Is Not Dead is the most balanced and informative take on this question you are likely to see." —Tyler Cowen, professor of economics, George Mason University and coauthor of the Marginal Revolution blog “The American Dream is alive and well—not based on wishful thinking, but on abundant evidence. Michael Strain’s balanced and expert presentation, acknowledging problems but identifying the strengths in America’s economy, is exactly what the policy debate has needed: a data-driven look at good news that has been ignored by politicians of left and right alike.” —Charles Murray, F. A. Hayek Chair, American Enterprise Institute “While I’m not convinced that the American Dream is entirely healthy, I’m more optimistic about its prospects after reading this book. I’m regularly on the other side of an argument from Michael Strain, yet I crave reading what he writes because in it I’ll find more compelling reasoning than I’ll typically otherwise encounter. Michael’s willingness to engage constructively and convincingly makes him an important voice in any meaningful discussion about the American Dream.” —— Ali Velshi, host, “Velshi” on MSNBC “Michael Strain's The American Dream Is Not Dead should be read widely by people who think—or fear—otherwise. In clear and simple style, this accessible, no-nonsense treatise lays out the basic facts about the track record of the American economy and how the economy has delivered for ordinary Americans by such yardsticks as wage growth, middle class job creation, family income, and economic mobility. By these and other criteria, he argues, performance in recent decades has been tolerably good—certainly much better than many of us have been told.” —Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise InstituteTable of Contents Introduction / 3 Part 1: The American Dream Is Not Dead 1. Defining the Dream / 9 2. Today’s Message: The Dream Is Dead / 11 3. We Have Real Challenges / 15 4. The American Dream Is Not Dead / 23 5. Today’s Economy Is Delivering / 27 6. Incomes Are Growing / / 33 7. Quality of Life Has Clearly Improved / 59 8. “Hollowing Out” Won’t Be the End of the Story / 63 9. America Is an Upwardly Mobile Society / 77 10. Advancing the Dream / 101 Part 2: Dissenting Points of View 11. Populism Isn’t the Problem: It’s a Response to Inequality by E. J. Dionne / 115 12. Why Economic Trends Support Conservative Populism by Henry Olsen / 125 13. A Response to E. J. Dionne and Henry Olsen / 133 Acknowledgments 143Notes / 145 About the Contributors / 151 About the Author / 153

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Book SynopsisDemocracy is neither inevitable nor guaranteed to last. To survive, democracy needs people adequately prepared to enact it. Such preparation for effective citizenship in a complex and plural world requires an adult civic education, one that goes beyond simple knowledge acquisition. It requires a transformative education to help learners become agents and co-shapers of their worlds. This book offers examples of the roles that civic education has played and can play in different communities. In this collection, scholars from around the world report and reflect on civic adult education, examining approaches, paradigms, and concepts that help us to act in culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse societies.Trade ReviewThis timely, wide-ranging volume reminds us that democracy requires intentional, lifelong learning and practice. It will be a valuable scholarly resource for civic educators and researchers who seek to study, understand, and apply active forms of civic education to support and sustain democratic values and skills. The chapters cover a broad range of theory and applied examples from around the world regarding the why, what, and how of adult civic education." - Jonathan R. Alger, president, James Madison University"This important and timely book takes a comprehensive look at the purpose, role, and impact of civic engagement on the development, attainment, and retention of stable democracies. The variety of contributing authors in this text take incisive examinations of civic engagement in a variety of global contexts and deftly confront the ways in which an understanding of the political, social, and economic environs contribute to our ability to develop new paradigms for civic learning and democratic engagement. The text further elucidates the ways in which an educated citizenry is one of the biggest assets any evolved society can offer to the world in an effort to maintain peace, order, and stability. These various arguments and positions also make it clear to the reader that a postsecondary education is not a “nice-to-have,” but a “must-have” for nations seeking to constructively advance democratic ideals and promulgate a civil society through adult and traditional learners’ exposure to diverse people, cultures, languages, and ideals." - Yolanda Watson Spiva, president, Complete College America, co-author of Daring to Educate: The Legacy of the Early Spelman College Presidents, and contributing author to Recognizing Promise: The Role of Community Colleges in a Post Pandemic World"The book is an impressive testimony of the importance of democratic, civic adult education in times of increasing authoritarianism. The editors present a wide variety of theoretical and practical contributions that will inspire a broad readership of educators and educationalists all over the world." - Danny Widemeersch, professor emeritus of social and cultural pedagogy at KU Leuven (Belgium)

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Book SynopsisAmericans have been divided along political lines for so long that they have nearly forgotten how to talk to one another, much less how to listen. This is not likely to improve as long as differences between them continue to be cast in overly simplistic terms, such as ignorance vs. enlightened awareness or morality vs. reprobate immorality.

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Book SynopsisBalkan Legacies is a study of the aftermath of war and state socialism in the contemporary Balkans. The authors look at the inescapable inheritances of the recent past and those that the present has to deal with. The book's key theme is the interaction, often subliminal, of the experiences of war and socialism in contemporary society in the region. Fifteen contributors approach this topic from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and through a variety of interpretive lenses, collectively drawing a composite picture of the most enduring legacies of conflict and ideological transition in the region, without neglecting national and local peculiarities. The guiding questions addressed are: what is the relationship between memories of war, dictatorship (communist or fascist), and present-day identity - especially from the perspective of peripheral and minority groups and individuals? How did these components interact with each other to produce the political and social culture of the Balkan Peninsula today? The answers show the ways in which the experiences of the latter part of the twentieth century have defined and shaped the region in the twenty-first century.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction, by Balázs Apor and John Paul Newman LEGACIES OF WAR 1. The Legacy of War and Nation-Building in Croatia since 1990, by Vjeran Pavlaković 2. Invented Warriors: The Legacy of the Invented Serbian Hajduk Tradition, by Stevan Bozanich 3. The 1940s and Their Afterlives: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Enduring Problem of Communism in Greece, by Evi Gkotzaridis POLITICS AND THE LEGACIES OF COMMUNISM 4. The Dimitrov Legacy in Bulgaria, by Marietta Stankova 5. Commemorating Socialist Cultural Heritage in Albania: Between Nostalgia and Rehabilitation, by Matthias Bickert and Irida Vorpsi 6. The Unstable Boundaries of Communism: Discourse and Politics in Post-Communist Romania, by Alina Thiemann EVERYDAY LEGACIES OF COMMUNISM 7. Smoke Screens and Liminal Spaces in Socialist Romania:Legacy, Diversity, and Cultural Dissent on the Shores of the Black Sea, by Ruxandra I. Petrinca 8. YU-rovision: The Eurovision Song Contest in the Memory Regimes of the Post-Yugoslav States and Its Cold War Legacy, by Irena Šentevska 9. On Resilient Memories, Heroes, and Public Spaces:Legacies of Communism in Urban Life of Post-Yugoslavia, by Jovana Janinović NONCOMMUNIST LEGACIES 10. The Unexpected Twist: The Historical Legacies of the Twentieth Century and the Process of "Antiquisation" in Macedonia, by Mišo Dokmanović 11. Remembrance of the Monarchy as a Factor in Bulgarian Politics, by Markus Wien 12. Remembering the 1990s in Croatia: The Potential ofDiscarded Books on and beyond Anniversaries, by Dora Komnenović ENTANGLED LEGACIES, MINORITIES, AND OUT-GROUPS 13. "Tell me a name and I will tell you who they are":Post-Yugoslav Refugees and the Legacy(ies) of Ethnification, by Dragana Kovačević Bielicki 14. Glimpses of the Other in Eastern Europe: Historical Legacies and Values Seen through Education of Roma and People with Disabilities during and after Socialism, by Mãdãlina Alamã, Bob Ives, and Kenneth Bleak 15. Divided by Borders, United in History: Minority Identities and Cross-Border Memories among the Burgenland Croats, by Katharina Tyran About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisUnlikely Allies offers the first comprehensive and scholarly English-language analysis of German-Ukrainian collaboration in the General Government, an area of occupied Poland during World War II. Drawing on extensive archival material, the Ukrainian position is examined chiefly through the perspective of Ukrainian Central Committee head Volodymyr Kubiiovych, a prewar academic and ardent nationalist. The contact between Kubiiovych and Nazi administrators at various levels shows where their collaboration coincided and where it differed, providing a full understanding of the Ukrainian Committee's ties with the occupation authorities and its relationship with other groups, like Poles and Jews, in occupied Poland.Ukrainian nationalists' collaboration created an opportunity to neutralize prewar Polish influences in various strata of social life. Kubiiovych hoped for the emergence of an autonomous Ukrainian region within the borders of the General Government or an ethnographic state closely associated with the Third Reich. This led to his partnership with the Third Reich to create a new European order after the war. Through their occupational policy of divide to conquer, German concessions raised Ukrainians to the position of a full-fledged ethnic group, giving them the respect they sought throughout the interwar period. Yet collaboration also contributed to the eruption of a bloody Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict. Kubiiovych's wartime experiences with Nazi politicians and administrators-greatly overlooked and only partially referenced today-not only illustrate the history of German-Ukrainian and Polish-Ukrainian relations, but also supply a missing piece to the larger, more controversial puzzle of collaboration during World War II.Table of Contents Maps Preface 1. The Makings of Ethnic Struggle in Interwar Poland 2. Ukraine—The German Fete 3. "Small Deeds and Great Works" 4. Grateful Traitor 5. Token Concessions 6. "The Basis for Every Nation Is Territory" 7. "They Rejoice in Our Success for Ukraine" 8. Fight and Flight Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUnlikely Allies offers the first comprehensive and scholarly English-language analysis of German-Ukrainian collaboration in the General Government, an area of occupied Poland during World War II. Drawing on extensive archival material, the Ukrainian position is examined chiefly through the perspective of Ukrainian Central Committee head Volodymyr Kubiiovych, a prewar academic and ardent nationalist. The contact between Kubiiovych and Nazi administrators at various levels shows where their collaboration coincided and where it differed, providing a full understanding of the Ukrainian Committee's ties with the occupation authorities and its relationship with other groups, like Poles and Jews, in occupied Poland.Ukrainian nationalists' collaboration created an opportunity to neutralize prewar Polish influences in various strata of social life. Kubiiovych hoped for the emergence of an autonomous Ukrainian region within the borders of the General Government or an ethnographic state closely associated with the Third Reich. This led to his partnership with the Third Reich to create a new European order after the war. Through their occupational policy of divide to conquer, German concessions raised Ukrainians to the position of a full-fledged ethnic group, giving them the respect they sought throughout the interwar period. Yet collaboration also contributed to the eruption of a bloody Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict. Kubiiovych's wartime experiences with Nazi politicians and administrators-greatly overlooked and only partially referenced today-not only illustrate the history of German-Ukrainian and Polish-Ukrainian relations, but also supply a missing piece to the larger, more controversial puzzle of collaboration during World War II.Table of Contents Maps Preface 1. The Makings of Ethnic Struggle in Interwar Poland 2. Ukraine—The German Fete 3. "Small Deeds and Great Works" 4. Grateful Traitor 5. Token Concessions 6. "The Basis for Every Nation Is Territory" 7. "They Rejoice in Our Success for Ukraine" 8. Fight and Flight Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDemocratizing Leadership: Counter?hegemonic Democracy in Organizations, Institutions, and Communities promotes leadership in the democratization of culture to counter the current hegemony of domination and cultivate an alternative hegemony of collaboration. It is premised on a leadership framework for decision?making rooted in democratic voice and leading to collective action. This broad peacebuilding prescription for individual and collective agency accounts for the constructive role of conflict in democratic pluralism, and the need to develop practices and structures that prevent violent conflict in order to advance positive peace. This theory addresses the contexts of deliberative, agonistic, and revolutionary democratic frameworks.Democratizing Leadership is informed by three qualitative case studies described in rich detail. First Bank System Visual Art Program, In the Heart of the Beast Theater's May Day Ritual, and The Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers exemplify the practice of democratizing leadership. These diverse settings include corporate banking during 1980's deregulation, an annual community May Day parade, and an informal alliance of peacemaking organizations. Leadership in each case promotes authentic voice, encourages decision?making with integrity, and advocates for responsible collective action.

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Book SynopsisDemocratizing Leadership: Counter?hegemonic Democracy in Organizations, Institutions, and Communities promotes leadership in the democratization of culture to counter the current hegemony of domination and cultivate an alternative hegemony of collaboration. It is premised on a leadership framework for decision?making rooted in democratic voice and leading to collective action. This broad peacebuilding prescription for individual and collective agency accounts for the constructive role of conflict in democratic pluralism, and the need to develop practices and structures that prevent violent conflict in order to advance positive peace. This theory addresses the contexts of deliberative, agonistic, and revolutionary democratic frameworks.Democratizing Leadership is informed by three qualitative case studies described in rich detail. First Bank System Visual Art Program, In the Heart of the Beast Theater's May Day Ritual, and The Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers exemplify the practice of democratizing leadership. These diverse settings include corporate banking during 1980's deregulation, an annual community May Day parade, and an informal alliance of peacemaking organizations. Leadership in each case promotes authentic voice, encourages decision?making with integrity, and advocates for responsible collective action.

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Book SynopsisA key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and released without trial, Holcroft was notorious in his own time, but today appears mainly as a supporting character in studies of 1790s literary activism. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama authoritatively reintroduces and reestablishes this central figure of the revolutionary decade by examining his life, plays, memoirs, and personal correspondence. In engaging with theatrical censorship, apostacy, and the response of audiences and critics to radical drama, this thoughtful study also demonstrates how theater functions in times of political repression. Despite his struggles, Holcroft also had major successes: this book examines his surprisingly robust afterlife, as his plays, especially The Road to Ruin, were repeatedly revived worldwide in the nineteenth century.Trade Review“Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama foregrounds the radicalism and the drama in Holcroft’s striking playwriting career. Interweaving episodes from his biography, staged plays, and public reception of both, Garnai’s book demonstrates Holcroft’s centrality to 1790s London radical culture and what analyses of his plays contribute to discussions of performativity, censorship, and the burdens of cultural transmission in his day and ours. A timely revival of a largely unsung but masterful agitator.”— Julie Carlson, author of England’s First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley “This striking book restores Thomas Holcroft—often granted a walk-on part in histories of radicalism in the 1790s or of the Jacobin novel—to his important place in theatre history. Garnai reveals a spectacular career in all its complexity and allows Holcroft the curtain call he has long deserved.”— Jon Mee, author of Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s: The Laurel of Liberty “Indicted for high treason, intimately linked to 1790s radicalism, and idealized by Godwinian perfectibility, playwright Thomas Holcroft has been overlooked for too long. His extraordinary life is recovered here in Garnai’s fine study.”— David Worrall, author of Theatric Revolution: Drama, Censorship, and Romantic Period Subcultures, 1773-1832 “Garnai’s wide-ranging and carefully-researched study explores Holcroft’s life and his deeply political work in insightful and thought-provoking ways. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama confirms Holcroft’s important place among the pantheon of radical figures who believed in the power of writing to create lasting social and political change.”— Shawn Lisa Maurer, editor of Art and NatureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Thomas Holcroft and the Treason Trials Chapter Two: The Road to Ruin and its Afterlives Chapter Three: Radicalism, Authorship and Sincerity in Holcroft’s Later Plays Chapter Four: Holcroft’s Diary and Other Life Writing Chapter Five: Holcroft’s Melodrama Chapter Six: Final Years and Other Afterlives Bibliography

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Book SynopsisJust north of the Arctic Circle is the settlement of Vorkuta, a notorious camp in the Gulag internment system that witnessed three pivotal moments in Russian history. In the 1930s, a desperate hunger strike by socialist prisoners, victims of Joseph Stalin’s repressive regime, resulted in mass executions. In 1953, a strike by forced labourers sounded the death knell for the Stalinist forced labour system. And finally, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a series of strikes by new, independent miners’ unions were central to overturning the Stalinist system.Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by a temporary class of peasants-in-uniform. Kellogg explores the persistence and creativity of workers’ resistance in even the darkest hours of authoritarian repression and offers new perspectives on the failure of democratic governance after the Russian Revolution.

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Book SynopsisFor too long, the rule of law has been assumed as opposed to rigorously interrogated. Christopher May's excellent study not only draws attention to this oversight, but also lucidly demonstrates how and why the rule of law rule of law has achieved the status of common sense of global politics. For anyone interested in the legalization of global politics as well as its social, political and ideological consequences, this superb book is essential reading.'- Susanne Soederberg, Queen s University, CanadaThis timely book explores the complexities of the rule of law - a well-used but perhaps less well understood term - to explain why it is so often appealed to in discussions of global politics. Ranging from capacity building and the role of the World Bank to the discourse(s) of lawyers and jurisprudential critiques, it seeks to introduce non-lawyers to the important and complex political economy of the rule of law.In accessible terms, Christopher May argues that we can no longer merely use the idea of the rule of law without question but rather must appreciate its multifaceted and contested character if we are to begin to understand how and why it is now seen as a 'good thing' across the political spectrum. He expertly examines the problems encountered by rule of law programes in post-conflict and developing countries, as well as presenting the range of contested meanings of the term. The author also considers the possibility of establishing a pluralistic account of the rule of law and investigates the plausibility of an international rule of law.By building on and extending debates in socio-legal studies about the social role of law, and dealing with issues largely absent from international political economy this book will be of great interest to socio - legal scholars and political economists. It also presents an overarching analysis of the manner in which politics and law interact that will be of great value to political scientists and development economists.Contents: Preface Introduction: The Rule of Law as the Common Sense of Global Politics 1. The Rule of Law as Social Imaginary, A Methodological Interlude: How I Do (Global) Political Economy 2. Defining the Rule of Law, Between Thick and Thin Conceptions 3. The Rule of Law and the Legaliization of Politics 4. Building the Rule of Law With a Political Focus 5. Building the Rule of Law With an Economic Focus 6. Global Constitutionalism. The Rule of Law by Another Name? 7. One Rule of Law or Many? Internal and External Challenges to the Rule of Law 8. Concluding Thoughts Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘For too long, the rule of law has been assumed as opposed to rigorously interrogated. Christopher May’s excellent study not only draws attention to this oversight, but also lucidly demonstrates how and why the rule of law has achieved the status of common sense of global politics. For anyone interested in the legalization of global politics as well as its social, political and ideological consequences, this superb book is essential reading.’ -- Susanne Soederberg, Queen’s University, Canada‘Christopher May’s The Rule of Law is clearly a must for all those interested in legal problems, international political economy, economic development, post-conflict restructuring or, more generally, the role of norms in today’s globalised world. A timely and insightful disruption of the monotony of the rule of law discourse, this book definitely calls into question our supposedly commonsensical assumptions and self-evident practices. It is, therefore, clearly a significant achievement and undoubtedly recommended.’ -- Ignas Kalpokas, LSE Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Rule of Law as the Common Sense of Global Politics 1. The Rule of Law as Social Imaginary, A Methodological Interlude: How I Do (Global) Political Economy 2. Defining the Rule of Law, Between Thick and Thin Conceptions 3. The Rule of Law and the Legaliization of Politics 4. Building the Rule of Law With a Political Focus 5. Building the Rule of Law With an Economic Focus 6. Global Constitutionalism. The Rule of Law by Another Name? 7. One Rule of Law or Many? Internal and External Challenges to the Rule of Law 8. Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChina's growth as a major international superpower means that it is now more important than ever to understand how its politics work. Rejecting familiar discussions of China cast in terms of traditional culture, contemporary economic power or shifting official ideologies, this forward thinking work instead analyses the historically contingent mix of agents, ideas and institutions that make up the country's political life. This approach allows Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk and Peter W. Preston to pragmatically unpack the logic of contemporary politics in China. They trace the construction of the party-state system, note some of its major re-orientations and consider its present condition. The book also covers a range of hot policy topics including: internet sovereignty; the One Belt, One Road initiative; the South China Sea issue and the problems of the elderly empty nesters and left-behind children. Offering a detailed yet concise treatment of key social policy areas and other complex issues, this book will serve a broad audience of students, researchers and professionals, irrespective of discipline, along with all those with an interest in China or Chinese politics.Trade Review'In this excellent study, the authors take a novel approach to Chinese politics and provide an impressively sophisticated analysis of a timely and policy-relevant issue. The book shows that Chinese politics is not a ''black-box'' as commonly assumed but explainable and predictable. It will be of great benefit to those who are interested in Chinese politics.' --Zheng Yongnian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. China and the Modern World 2. China in the Early Twentieth Century: collapse, recovery and war 3. New China I: The Revolutionary Era of Mao 4. New China II: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping 5. Contemporary China: Domestic Politics 6. Contemporary China: International Politics 7. Afterword: The Logic of Chinese Politics Index

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Book SynopsisOur times are not just weird, but literally surreal: we live in a paranoid, increasingly authoritarian culture in which the real, the presumed and the purported are indistinguishable strands of a dense hallucinatory web of mediated spectacles. Surrealpolitik takes up cultural theorist Mark Fisher’s challenge to expose capitalist realism’s 'realism' as nothing of the sort. To subject the symbolic order to a surrealist mode of inquiry is to transgress taboos, reveal biases and inconsistencies, test assumptions and investigate the extent to which the real is, like our dreams - a fungible projection of our unconscious expectations. The nexus of dreams, hyperreality, paranoia, totalitarianism, terror, art, myth and culture is where realpolitik becomes the surrealpolitik of the title.

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Book SynopsisThe so-called ?'spatial turn?' in the social sciences has led to an increased interest in what can be called the spatialities of power, or the ways in which power as a medium for achieving goals is related to where it takes place. This unique and intriguing Handbook argues that the spatiality of power is never singular and easily modeled according to straightforward theoretical bullet-points, but instead is best approached as plural, contextually emergent and relational.The Handbook on the Geographies of Power consists of a series of cutting edge chapters written by a diverse range of leading geographers working both within and beyond political geography. It is organized thematically into the main areas in which contemporary work on the geographies of power is concentrated: bodies, economy, environment and energy, and war. The Handbook maintains a careful connection between theory and empirics, making it a valuable read for students, researchers and scholars in the fields of political and human geography. It will also appeal to social scientists more generally who are interested in contemporary conceptions of power.Contributors include: J. Agnew, J. Allen, I. Ashutosh, J. Barkan, N. Bauch, L. Bhungalia, G. Boyce, B. Braun, M. Brown, P. Carmody, N. Clark, M. Coleman, A. Dixon, V. Gidwani, N. Gordon, M. Hird, P. Hubbard, J. Hyndman, J. Loyd, A. Moore, L. Muscarà, N. Perugini, C. Rasmussen, P. Steinberg, K. Strauss, S. Wakefield, K. YusoffTrade Review‘Reading the Handbook on the Geographies of Power, you feel like you are on a road trip to visit an old friend (or fiend, to some),especially if you have engaged in understanding, describing, or explaining the unequal geographies of the world. That friend/fiend is power, a pervasive concept in our daily lives, and in the existence of other living and inanimate objects.’ -- Martín Arias-Loyola, Economic Geography‘Handbook on the Geographies of Power is a well-written volume with empirically rich and theoretically well-grounded chapters that are easy to comprehend and will be greatly appreciated by academics and students.’ -- Austin Dziwornu Ablo, Eurasian Geography and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction 1. Introduction to the Handbook on the Geographies of Power Mat Coleman and John Agnew Part II Bodies Mat Coleman 2. When Ethnography Meets Space Ishan Ashutosh 3. Sex and Sexuality: Exploring the Geographies of Prostitution Phil Hubbard 4. Spatial Technologies of Racialized Knowing: On Visuality, Measurement, and the Law Robin Wright, Eric Goldfischer, Aaron Mallory and Kate Derickson 5. “This Wack(Yhut) Idea!!!”: The Plantation Bloc and Political Economy of Prison Expansion in Louisiana Jenna M. Loyd 6. Human, All too Human, Geographies Claire Rasmussen and Michael Brown Part III Economy John Agnew 7. Reflections on the Power in and the Power of Financial Markets Adam D. Dixon 8. Corporate–state relations in the age of Trumpism: analytical problems with the neoliberal synthesis and some potential ways forward Joshua Barkan 9. Reproduction, Justice and Spatialities of Power Kendra Strauss 10. Abstract and Concrete Labor in the Age of Informality Vinay Gidwani 11. The Circulation of Financial Elites John Allen Part IV Energy And Environment Mat Coleman 12. The Anthropocene and Geographies of Geopower Kathryn Yusoff 13. The Power of Water Philip Steinberg 14. Animated Place: Invisible Industrial Technologies and the Shaping of Eating Bodies Nicholas Bauch 15. Microontologies and the Politics of Emergent Life Nigel Clark and Myra Hird 16. Destituent Power and Common Use: Reading Agamben in the Anthropocene Bruce Braun and Stephanie Wakefield Part V Warfare John Agnew 17. Human Shields and the Political Geography of International Humanitarian Law Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini 18. Matrix Governance and Imperialism Pádraig Carmody 19. Governing Banishment: Settler Colonialism, Territory, and Life in an Economy of Death Lisa Bhungalia 20. Military Contracting and the Labor of Force Projection Adam Moore 21. Autonomy, Human Vulnerability and the Volumetric Composition of US Border Policing Geoff Boyce 22. Maps, Complexity, and the Uncertainty of Power Luca Muscarà 23. To Help or Not to Help? Humanitarian Spaces, Power, and Government Jennifer Hyndman 24. Power’s Outsides Mat Coleman and John Agnew Index

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Book SynopsisIn the last half century, the rule of law has increasingly been appealed to as a common global value. The Handbook on the Rule of Law analyses the appeal of this idea, its context, and background through a range of questions about the character, history and global reach of the rule of law, offering readers a definitive understanding of this central global norm.Original contributions from leading academics explore the rule of law conceptually and historically through its associated institutions, as well as examine detailed cases evaluating how the everyday application of the rule of law impacts society as a whole. Exploring a wide range of research on the social, political and economic dimensions of the rule of law, this Handbook clearly illustrates the link between the rule of law and the global political system.This informative Handbook will be key reading for post-graduate students of international relations, global politics, and law, as well as for legal scholars wanting to build upon their knowledge with a wider account of the rule of law. Researchers in areas impacted by the rule of law will also find this volume to be stimulating reading.Contributors include: J. Allison, T. Almeida Cravo, D. Banik, A. Bedner, P. Costa, C. Cutler, D.l. Desai, C. Feinäugle, J. Flood, T. Ginsburg, J. Gutmann, S. Hinderling, D. Howath, T. Kellogg, T. Krever, M. Krygier, A. Loretoni, F. Macaulay, A. Magen, C. May, J. Møller, P. Nicholson, L. Pech, M.M. Prado, M. Rishmawi, C. Schwöbel-Patel, L.B. Tiede, V. Vadi, S. Voigt, C. Walker, A. Wiener, A. Winchester, P. ZumbansenTrade Review'This is the most interesting collection I have read on the rule of law in a while. It covers the usual rule of law themes, but goes beyond that to include a broad and diverse range of additional topics and perspectives. The essays are sophisticated and engaging, written by knowledgeable authors, taking up historical as well as contemporary issues. This is well worth reading.' --Brian Tamanaha, Washington University, School of Law, US'This excellent compilation provides a comprehensive inquiry into the rule of law in the contemporary times. May and Winchester have produced the reference for anyone interested in understanding the complex workings and multi-dimensional impacts of this ubiquitous term.' --Susanne Soederberg, Queen's University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Christopher May and Adam Winchester Part I: Defining the Rule of Law 1. The advantages of a thin view Jørgen Møller 2. The Promise of a Thick View Adriaan Bedner 3. Difficulties with Measuring the Rule of Law Tom Ginsburg 4. The Rule of Law, Legal Pluralism, and Challenges to a Western-centric View: Some Very Preliminary Observations Peer Zumbansen 5. Arbitrary Power and the Ideal of the Rule of Law Martin Krygier (with Adam Winchester) 6. The Centrality of Predictability to the Rule of Law Christopher May 7. The Rule of Law in Inter-national Relations: Contestation despite Diffusion - Diffusion through Contestation Antje Wiener Part II. The History of the Rule of Law 8. The Rule of Law: An Outline of its Historical Foundations Pietro Costa 9. Minimising Magna Carta and Modernising Exposition of the Rule of Law in the English Historical Constitution J.W.F. Allison 10. Turning the Rule of Law into an English Constitutional Idea J.W.F. Allison 11. The Rule of Law and the Rise of Capitalism Tor Krever Part III: Institutions of the Rule of Law 12. The Rule of Law and its Application to the United Nations Clemens Feinäugle 13. Power Rules: The World Bank, Rule of Law Reform, and the World Development Report 2017 Deval Desai 14. The Rule of Law and the European Union Amichai Magen and Laurent Pech 15. Non-governmental Organisations and the Rule of Law: The Experience of Latin America Fiona Macaulay 16. Lawyers and the Rule of Law David Howath 17. The Rule of Law and Legal Education: Do They Still Connect? John Flood Part IV: Contextualising The Rule of Law 18. The Rule of Law, New Constitutionalism, and Transnational Legality A. Claire Cutler 19. Global Administrative Law Valentina Vadi 20. The Rule of Law and Feminism. The Dilemma of Differences Anna Loretoni 21. The Rule of Law and Islam Jerg Gutmann and Stefan Voigt 22. The Rule of Law and Human Rights Mona Rishmawi Part V: Applying the Rule of Law 23. The Rule of Law From a Law and Economics Perspective Mariana Mota Prado 24. The Rule of Law, Institutions, and Economic Development Lydia Brashear Tiede 25. The Legal Empowerment of the Poor Dan Banik 26. The Rule of Law as a Marketing Tool: The International Criminal Court and the Branding of Global Justice Christine Schwöbel-Patel 27. The Rule of Law and Terrorism Clive Walker 28. Post-conflict Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law Teresa Almeida Cravo 29. Rule of Law in Asia: The Case of China Thomas E. Kellogg 30. Court Development in Timor-Leste: ‘Handover’ and its Long Shadow Pip Nicholson and Samantha Hinderling Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean that our most popular modern myth is a radical left story about fighting corporate authoritarianism? From its roots in the 1960s new left, Star Wars still speaks to millions of people today. By design, the saga mirrors our own time and politics. A real empire of corporate domination has arisen within weakened and corrupted republics. Now it threatens our existence on a planetary scale. But the popularity of Star Wars also suggests that if we tell the right stories, we can welcome many more people to the rebellion and the fight for a better world...

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Book SynopsisAssembling scholarship on the subject of nationalism from around the world, this Research Handbook brings to the attention of the reader research showcasing the unprecedented expansion of the scholarly field in general and offers a diversity of perspectives on the topic. It highlights the disarray in Western social sciences and the rise in the relative importance of previously independent scholarly traditions of China and post-Soviet societies. Nationalism is the field of study where the mutual relevance of these traditions is both most clearly evident and particularly consequential. Chapters explore specific cases (some of them previously underexplored) across a range of topics, including: the construction of a national identity, the institutionalization of nationalism, democracy and self-determination, the roles of class, ethnicity, religion and race in nationalism, and the connection between nationalism and the economy. Offering a comparative perspective on nationalism across different regions and civilizations, this Handbook also allows the reader to compare and evaluate different approaches across the social sciences, re-examining their utility. Political science, sociology and international relations scholars will find this to be an essential read in exploring the wide-ranging differences in nationalism across different countries, and its effects both historically and in modern times. This will also be a valuable book for policy-makers looking for different perspectives on the topic. Trade Review'The varieties of nationalism have long perplexed historians and humbled theorists. In this curated collection of articles representing investigations of special cases and concepts, the editors, Liah Greenfeld and Zeying Wu, have recognized and investigated that resistant diversity. No attempt is made to squeeze distinct stories into a common mold. Rather, readers may explore diverse examples and come to their own conclusions. This is an invaluable first stop for any researcher interested in understanding the complexities of our world in this time of multiplying misconceptions and their dangerous consequences.' --Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, US'Wonderful analyses of nationalism appeared forty years ago, helping us to understand the resurgence of this force in the 1990s. But the world-and nationalism-has changed. This superb, highly innovative collection is very welcome: it ranges over the whole world, deals with cultures as well as structures, and its contributions-at last!-are neutral.' --John A. Hall, McGill University, Canada'The case studies in this volume reveal the various ways nationalism has been conceptualized across disciplines and cultures. Liah Greenfeld's critical introduction provides an ambitious model for rethinking and integrating this diverse material. As a source of primary data, and as a challenge to theory, this collection should be required reading for anyone interested in nationalism and its vicissitudes.' --Charles Lindholm, Boston University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Nationalism 1 Liah Greenfeld PART I WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS ALL ABOUT? Section A Between Left and Right 1 When right meets left: on the progressive rhetoric of far-right populist parties in Europe 22 Francesco Duina and Dylan Carson 2 The left and nationalism: from the French Revolution to the Anthropocene 34 Daniele Conversi Section B Post-Cold War Disarray 3 Nationalism and terrorism 54 Nick Brooke 4 Historical ethnic collective identity and citizenship in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova 66 Maxim Tabachnik 5 Dominant nation particularism in state-nations: Russian and Serbian nationalism in Soviet and Yugoslav dissolution 78 Veljko Vujačić PART II THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE 6 Race and nation in the formation of Brazilian identity 91 Leone Campos de Sousa 7 Ressentiment , nationalism and the emergence of political culture in Grenada 100 Oliver Benoit 8 Frantz Fanon and the dream of African nationalism 116 Oy.shiku Carr PART III CHANNELS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION 9 Art, architecture, and nationalism 126 Athena S. Leoussi 10 Iconic nature, material symbolism, and American nationalism: Thomas Moran and a vista on Yellowstone 137 Eric Malczewski 11 Picturing nationalism in the nineteenth-century US Civil War press 148 Jennifer E. Moore 12 Heritage and national consciousness: bricks as methodology and metaphor 160 Oliver Benoit 13 For country through science: nationalism and German scientists in the early twentieth century 175 Richard Yarrow PART IV ECONOMIC NATIONALISM VS ECONOMIC DETERMINISM 14 Economic nationalism in favor of globalization: post-war Japan and postreform China 190 Zeying Wu 15 Two faces of nationalism in the European Union 203 Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski 16 Globalization, the rhetoric of nationalism, and the resilience of neoliberalism 215 Metehan Tekinirk 17 The nationalism of the rich 230 Emmanuel Dalle Mulle PART V ELITE AND GRASSROOTS CONCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY 18 Japanese nationalism: its historical phases and issues of modernity 243 Chikako Takeishi 19 Bai people: transition from an occupation in Xizhou town to an ethnicity 255 Yanbin Chen 20 The competition between state nationalism and ethnic nationalism in China 263 Liming Chen and Guoxia Zu 21 Eurasian nationalism 276 Yuri Ivanovich Basilov PART VI BY THE SIDE OF EMPIRES 22 Mapping the matrix of nationalisms in Hong Kong: on the six generations of Hongkonger identities from the 1920s to 2020 and their generational conflicts 290 Tommy Leung Yiu-man 23 “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times”: the birth of the first Orient nation in the twenty-first century 312 Yuk-man Cheung 24 The road to Catalan independence: sovereignty, self-determination and the struggle for democracy, 2006–19 334 Agust. Colomines i Companys 25 We are two nations: bivocal nationalism in Georgia 347 Nutsa Batiashvili PART VII COMPETING FOR SUPREMACY 26 “Make the past serve the present”: cultural confidence and Chinese nationalism in Xi Jinping thought 360 Chandler Rosenberger 27 Nationalism and greatness: Russia under the Putin presidencies 371 Bo Petersson PART VIII CIVILIZATIONAL SPECIFICITIES Section A Monotheistic Civilization 28 Nationalism and religion: Christianity 384 Nicolas Prevelakis 29 Polish nationalism and the Jews 395 Genevi.ve Zubrzycki 30 The return of the image of the Jew as Poland’s threatening other: Polish national identity and antisemitism in the third decade after the end of communism in 1989 406 Joanna Beata Michlic Section B Chinese Civilization 31 Neo-authoritarianism: a new type of Chinese nationalism 428 Zhidong Cai 32 The transformation of the Chinese nationalist discourse system and research paradigm over 40 years of "reform and opening-up" 440 Hongying Hu 33 The problem of Chinese nationalism: Eurocentrism, US exceptionalism and de-colonization in the modern world-system 453 Tung-Yi Kho Index 471

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This insightful Advanced Introduction provides an overview of the organisation, regulation and structure of political parties today. Richard S. Katz discusses the essential role that political parties play in modern democracies, with politics taking place within and among parties. Analysing the significant diversity found between parties, Katz illustrates the profound impact that the legal definition and organisation of parties can have on a democratic system.Key Features: Reviews how and why parties have been regulated Explores the scholarly and legal definitions of parties Focuses on government formation and party government Analyses the historical development of forms of parties and party coalitions Examines intra-party politics alongside inter-party cooperation and competition This Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars in political science, public policy, leadership, and international politics. It will also be a useful guide for practitioners seeking to better understand the position of parties in a democratic system.Trade Review‘Richard Katz's book provides an authoritative and highly erudite tour of the world of party politics, surveying the key concepts and theories that populate the literature, and leavening the analysis with a wide variety of empirical examples and subtle reflection. A valuable guide to an extensive body of scholarship.’ -- Paul Webb, University of Sussex, UK‘This Advanced Introduction provides a stimulating entry point for both students and scholars seeking to better understand the multiple faces of contemporary party politics.’ -- Susan Scarrow, University of Houston, US‘Drawing upon his decades long work contributing to the contemporary study of political parties, Katz provides a concise and sophisticated analysis. Sweeping in coverage, this volume provides an insightful, high-level survey of the internal organization of parties, the contours of party systems, and the centrality of parties within democratic politics.’ -- William Cross, Carleton University, Canada‘This Advanced Introduction by a leading scholar covers all major aspects of political parties in parliamentary and presidential democracies. It introduces to the study of political parties by drawing on the major contributions to research, which makes it a truly advanced introduction in that it engages superbly with relevant scholarly debates.’ -- Thomas Poguntke, University of Düsseldorf, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. What is a party and what is party politics? 2. Party organization 3. Intraparty politics 4. Party regulation 5. Party systems and interparty competition 6. Party government and coalitions References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This insightful Advanced Introduction provides an overview of the organisation, regulation and structure of political parties today. Richard S. Katz discusses the essential role that political parties play in modern democracies, with politics taking place within and among parties. Analysing the significant diversity found between parties, Katz illustrates the profound impact that the legal definition and organisation of parties can have on a democratic system.Key Features: Reviews how and why parties have been regulated Explores the scholarly and legal definitions of parties Focuses on government formation and party government Analyses the historical development of forms of parties and party coalitions Examines intra-party politics alongside inter-party cooperation and competition This Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars in political science, public policy, leadership, and international politics. It will also be a useful guide for practitioners seeking to better understand the position of parties in a democratic system.Trade Review‘Richard Katz's book provides an authoritative and highly erudite tour of the world of party politics, surveying the key concepts and theories that populate the literature, and leavening the analysis with a wide variety of empirical examples and subtle reflection. A valuable guide to an extensive body of scholarship.’ -- Paul Webb, University of Sussex, UK‘This Advanced Introduction provides a stimulating entry point for both students and scholars seeking to better understand the multiple faces of contemporary party politics.’ -- Susan Scarrow, University of Houston, US‘Drawing upon his decades long work contributing to the contemporary study of political parties, Katz provides a concise and sophisticated analysis. Sweeping in coverage, this volume provides an insightful, high-level survey of the internal organization of parties, the contours of party systems, and the centrality of parties within democratic politics.’ -- William Cross, Carleton University, Canada‘This Advanced Introduction by a leading scholar covers all major aspects of political parties in parliamentary and presidential democracies. It introduces to the study of political parties by drawing on the major contributions to research, which makes it a truly advanced introduction in that it engages superbly with relevant scholarly debates.’ -- Thomas Poguntke, University of Düsseldorf, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. What is a party and what is party politics? 2. Party organization 3. Intraparty politics 4. Party regulation 5. Party systems and interparty competition 6. Party government and coalitions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge and authoritative Handbook covers a broad spectrum of social movement research methodologies, offering expert analysis and detailed accounts of the ways in which research can effectively be carried out on social movements and popular protests. Addressing practice-oriented questions, this Handbook engages with both theoretical and political dimensions, unpacking the multidimensional nature of social movement research for new and established scholars alike and for movement-based as well as academic researchers across many disciplines.Divided into three thematic sections, this stimulating Handbook dives deep into discussions relating to the methodological challenges raised by researching social movements, the technical questions of how such research is conducted, and then to more practical considerations about the uses and applications of movement research. Expert contributors and established researchers utilise real-world examples to explore the methodological challenges from a range of perspectives including classical, engaged, feminist, Black, Indigenous and global Southern viewpoints. The Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Social Movements will not only appeal to experienced researchers, but also to activists who have started to think about researching their own movements and to politically engaged students. It speaks to new and established scholars in relevant disciplines such as sociology, political science, anthropology, geography, development studies, gender studies, and race and ethnic studies, and particularly those looking to better appreciate the different research methods for understanding social movements.Trade Review‘The editors have assembled a powerful toolbox for students and scholars of global social movements. The chapters include data rich analyses that illustrate innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to participatory, collaborative and community-based research. The contributors make a strong case for the urgency of research that can produce ethical dialogues, movement strategies, and principled actions.’ -- Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, University of Pennsylvania, US and author of Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil‘A copious compilation for social movement research, attentive to movement-relevant knowledge and conscious of western ventriloquism and the political diminishment of southern movements as empirical fodder for northern theorizing. For academic and activist alike, a politically productive resource that will travel across forests, fields, shantytowns, factories, university classrooms and libraries.’ -- Dip Kapoor, University of Alberta, Canada and author of Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession: Indigenous, Peasant and Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia (2019)Table of ContentsContents: 1 How can we research social movements? An introduction 1 Alberto Arribas Lozano, Anna Szolucha, Sutapa Chattopadhyay and Laurence Cox PART I APPROACHES TO RESEARCHING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 2 Researching global movements: practices, dialogues and ethics 24 Geoffrey Pleyers 3 Feminist methodologies in social movement studies: gender, positionality and research in practice 36 Özge Yaka and Sevil Çakır Kılınçoğlu 4 Research from, with and for indigenous social movements 50 Xochitl Leyva Solano and Axel Köhler 5 Social movements as learning communities, researchers and knowledge producers 63 Alberto Arribas Lozano 6 A Marxist approach to researching social movements 77 John Krinsky 7 Researching social movements in authoritarian states: preparing and conducting fieldwork in Iran and Turkey 91 Paola Rivetti 8 Cross-sectoral dialogues with social movements in Southeast Asia: translating values, affects, and practices in a polymorphic region 102 Gabriel Facal, Catherine Scheer, Sarah Anaïs Andrieu, Joel Mark Baysa-Barredo, Giuseppe Bolotta, Gloria Truly Estrelita, Rosalia Sciortino, Saskia Wieringa, and Wijayanto 9 Methodological pluralism in social movement studies: why and how 115 Donatella della Porta PART II DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT RESEARCH 10 Learning within freedom movements: using critical oral history methodology 128 Geri Augusto, Danita Mason-Hogans, and Wesley Hogan 11 Doing digital ethnography: a comparison of two social movement studies 144 John Postill 12 Media and communication activism: doing ethnography with ultra-right and progressive social movements 159 Cinzia Padovani 13 Visual research with Mayan social movements in Guatemala: a critical approach 168 Carlos Y. Flores 14 Back and forth: militant ethnography in the ‘crowded fields’ 182 Magdalena Sztandara 15 Making sense of the Narmada movements through Adivasi narratives 197 Sutapa Chattopadhyay 16 The art of talks and conversations in Indigenous research: decolonising interview methods 214 Keneilwe Phatshwane 17 Researching social movement participation in the Global South: what to do after discovering and recording plural and ambiguous narratives in the field? 230 Minati Dash 18 Using surveys to study demonstrators 243 Emily Rainsford and Clare Saunders 19 Analysing protest events: a quantitative and systematic approach 257 Tiago Carvalho 20 How do grievances become manifestos? Developing frame analysis in social movement research 271 Aurora Perego and Stefania Vicari 21 Researching identity and culture in place-based struggles 290 Ayse Sargin 22 Researching ideologies and social movements: why and how? 306 Susann Pham 23 ‘Repertoires of contention’: examining concept, method, context and practice 321 Arnab Roy Chowdhury 24 Searching for mechanisms of social movement success: research on political and cultural underpinnings of protestors’ impact 336 David W. Everson and Robert M. Fishman 25 Historical approaches to researching social movements 349 Stefan Berger PART III APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT RESEARCH 26 A story of three activists: the value of activist action research in social movement learning 365 Jane Burt, Tokelo Mahlakoane, Eustine Matsepane and Mmathapelo Thobejane 27 Community-based research: approaches, principles and challenges 377 Anna Szolucha 28 Participatory research as activism: Orlando Fals Borda and the Latin American tradition of engaged research 387 Joanne Rappaport 29 Participatory action research in social movements 399 Laurence Cox 30 Using research in movement strategy 409 Natasha Adams 31 Research methods for studying collective action outcomes 420 Katrin Uba 32 Civil resistance research: how can we make our work more useful to activists and organizers? 432 Steve Chase Index

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Book SynopsisWhile many analysts emphasize Trump’s uniqueness, he can also be viewed as a symptom of a deeper systemic crisis. This collection examines the roots, impacts, and future prospects of Trumpism as well as the possibilities for combatting it. Chapters analyze the role of racism and xenophobia, evangelical religion, and elite support in enabling Trump’s political ascent, demonstrating how both his demagogic style and his policies draw from the historic repertoire of the Right. The authors also trace the impacts of his presidency on inequality, health, ecological destruction, and U.S. empire. As far-right forces cement their hold on the Republican Party, and as the Democratic Party appears unable to stop them, what lies ahead? The authors argue that confronting Trumpism requires a frontal attack on the conditions that incubated the monster.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Trump As Symptom; Kevin A. Young Chapter 1. Trump, Biden, and Why Elections Don’t Bring Bigger Policy Changes; Kevin A. Young Chapter 2. Trumping the People: How the Corporate Elite Benefitted from the Trump Administration; Joshua Murray Chapter 3. Trumpism and Racial Oppression; Malik Miah Chapter 4. The Marriage of White Evangelicals and Trump: Vaccine Refusal, Critical Race Theory, and the New Culture Wars; Grace Yukich Chapter 5. Immigration Politics from Trump to Biden: The End of Reform and the Growth of Class Struggle; Justin Akers Chacón Chapter 6. Risky Business: Health Care Before and After Trump; Colin Gordon Chapter 7. Fossil Fuels, the Ruling Class, and Prospects for the Climate Movement; Kevin A. Young Chapter 8. Domination without Hegemony and the Limits of U.S. World Power; Corey R. Payne and Beverly J. Silver Chapter 9. Trump and the Politics of Imperial Decline; Richard Lachmann

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