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Book SynopsisThis volume investigates theoretical and practical aspects of innovative political representation in the early 21st century.Trade ReviewScholars of many different areas of political science will probaly find something here that addresses their own concerns, while scholars of either Canadian politics or democratic theory are likely to find much of interest in this collection. -- Alexandra Kelso, University of Strathclyde * Political Studies Review, Vol 3, No 3, September 2005 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction / David Laycock Part 1: Representation in Response to Minority Rights, Multiculturalism and Institutional Complexity 1. When (if ever) Are Referendums on Minority Rights Fair? / Avigail Eisenberg 2. Language, Representation, and Suprastate Democracy: Questions Facing the European Union / Peter Ives 3. Getting to Yes: People, Practices, and the Paradox of Multicultural Democracy / Catherine Frost 4. Feminist Engagement with Federal Institutions: Opportunities and Constraints for Women's Multilevel Citizenship / Louise Chappell Part 2: Reconceiving Representation through Citizenship and Community 5. Sharing the River: Aboriginal Representation in Canadian Political Institutions / Melissa S. Williams 6. The Self-Government of Unbounded Communities: Emancipatory Minority Autonomy in China and Western Europe / Susan J. Henders 7. What Do Citizens Need to Share? Citizenship as Reasonableness / Jonathan Quong Part 3: Pluralist, Deliberative, and Participatory Challenges to Representation 8. The New Constitutionalism and the Polarizing Performance of the Canadian Conversation / Gerald Kernerman 9. Demanding Deliberative Democracy and Representation / Greg Pyrcz 10. What Can Democratic Participation Mean Today? / Mark E. Warren 11. Representing Pluralism: A Comment on Pyrcz, Warren, and Kernerman / Simone Chambers Conclusion References Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book unravels the paradox of the Canadian prairies by explaining how the region’s three provinces developed such distinct political cultures.Trade ReviewThis is a well written book, extensively researched, well thought out and combining an interesting mix of theory and historical-empirical evidence. It speaks intelligently about questions to do with the theory of political culture, socialization, the role of ideas in politics and the nature of qualitative content analysis. -- Allen MIlls, University of Winnipeg * Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol 45 No 3 *Table of ContentsForeword by Nelson WisemanIntroduction: Cultures, Campaigns, and Codes1 The Prairie Paradox: Explaining Cultural Difference2 Politics over Time: Explaining Cultural Persistence3 Campaigns in Alberta: A Code of Freedom4 Campaigns in Saskatchewan: A Code of Security5 Campaigns in Manitoba: A Code of ModerationConclusion: Decoding Prairie CulturesAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisChallenging interpretations of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as either the founder of a progressive Canada or an unavowed and destructive socialist, this book argues that he was in fact a staunch defender of capitalist values who helped make the country more conservative.Trade ReviewThe Constant Liberal is a worthy and useful contribution to the considerable body of literature surrounding the life and career of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It offers a partial corrective to popular perceptions of Trudeau, illustrating the more conservative aspects of his beliefs and thinking in the process. Above all, in drawing from an often neglected body of source material, The Constant Liberal serves as an exposition of a once powerful and influential current of Canadian political thought, now largely tamed or dormant. -- Luke Savage * Literary Review of Canada *This book is an excellent contribution to the scholarly literature of Canadian political biography, partly because it invites readers to think seriously about its conclusions, regardless of whether or not they agree with them. -- James McHugh, University of Akron * American Review of Canadian Studies *[Aivalis’s] careful re-telling of the historical record provides a useful and interesting narrative which will be of interest to many readers today, and provides considerable fodder for thought as we engage in current political debates. -- Andrew Jackson, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University * The Broadbent Blog *Well-written, intelligently argued, and admirably researched, The Constant Liberal is an important contribution to the international debate about the fate of Western social democracy, the end of the Keynesian consensus, and the meaning of liberalism today. -- John English * The Canadian Historical Review *The author’s highly readable narrative – spanning five decades – focuses on a series of key policy areas and ultimately delivers a thought-provoking social democratic analysis of the politics of Pierre Trudeau. In fact, the book reveals as much about the ideology and politics of the social democratic left as it does about Trudeau. -- Larry Savage, Labour Studies, Brock University * Labour/Le travail, Iss. 82 *Historians interested in understanding Trudeau or Canada since 1945 will find considerable material to reflect on the major challenges affecting the country during this period. -- Thristan Falconer * Histoire sociale/Social History *"…Aivalis offers a welcome critical look at Trudeau’s policies that cuts through the myth surrounding the man." -- Vanessa LeBlanc * Ontario Historical Society Review *This new book by Christo Aivalis…focuses on Trudeau’s political philosophy and how he expressed it in legislation. From that perspective he seems much less a philosopher-king and far more an astute politician who was further to the right than he seemed. Moreover, Aivalis shows how Trudeau paved the way for modern neoliberalism — which he did not much like at all. -- Crawford Kilian * The Tyee *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Trudeau, Socialism, and the CCF, 1945–582 Trudeau, Organized Labour, and Liberal Democratic Society, 1945–583 The Rassemblement, the UFD, and the New Party, 1956–614 Trudeau, the Liberals, and the NDP, 1960–685 The Limits of Trudeau’s Tax Reform and Poverty Reduction6 FIRA, the NEP, and Economic Democracy7 Inflation and Wage and Price Controls8 The New Society, Tripartism, and the Charter of Rights and FreedomsConclusion: Trudeau’s Legacy and Life after Politics

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Book SynopsisChallenging interpretations of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as either the founder of a progressive Canada or an unavowed and destructive socialist, this book argues that he was in fact a staunch defender of capitalist values who helped make the country more conservative.Trade ReviewThe Constant Liberal is a worthy and useful contribution to the considerable body of literature surrounding the life and career of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It offers a partial corrective to popular perceptions of Trudeau, illustrating the more conservative aspects of his beliefs and thinking in the process. Above all, in drawing from an often neglected body of source material, The Constant Liberal serves as an exposition of a once powerful and influential current of Canadian political thought, now largely tamed or dormant. -- Luke Savage * Literary Review of Canada *This book is an excellent contribution to the scholarly literature of Canadian political biography, partly because it invites readers to think seriously about its conclusions, regardless of whether or not they agree with them. -- James McHugh, University of Akron * American Review of Canadian Studies *[Aivalis’s] careful re-telling of the historical record provides a useful and interesting narrative which will be of interest to many readers today, and provides considerable fodder for thought as we engage in current political debates. -- Andrew Jackson, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University * The Broadbent Blog *Well-written, intelligently argued, and admirably researched, The Constant Liberal is an important contribution to the international debate about the fate of Western social democracy, the end of the Keynesian consensus, and the meaning of liberalism today. -- John English * The Canadian Historical Review *The author’s highly readable narrative – spanning five decades – focuses on a series of key policy areas and ultimately delivers a thought-provoking social democratic analysis of the politics of Pierre Trudeau. In fact, the book reveals as much about the ideology and politics of the social democratic left as it does about Trudeau. -- Larry Savage, Labour Studies, Brock University * Labour/Le travail, Iss. 82 *Historians interested in understanding Trudeau or Canada since 1945 will find considerable material to reflect on the major challenges affecting the country during this period. -- Thristan Falconer * Histoire sociale/Social History *"…Aivalis offers a welcome critical look at Trudeau’s policies that cuts through the myth surrounding the man." -- Vanessa LeBlanc * Ontario Historical Society Review *This new book by Christo Aivalis…focuses on Trudeau’s political philosophy and how he expressed it in legislation. From that perspective he seems much less a philosopher-king and far more an astute politician who was further to the right than he seemed. Moreover, Aivalis shows how Trudeau paved the way for modern neoliberalism — which he did not much like at all. -- Crawford Kilian * The Tyee *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Trudeau, Socialism, and the CCF, 1945–582 Trudeau, Organized Labour, and Liberal Democratic Society, 1945–583 The Rassemblement, the UFD, and the New Party, 1956–614 Trudeau, the Liberals, and the NDP, 1960–685 The Limits of Trudeau’s Tax Reform and Poverty Reduction6 FIRA, the NEP, and Economic Democracy7 Inflation and Wage and Price Controls8 The New Society, Tripartism, and the Charter of Rights and FreedomsConclusion: Trudeau’s Legacy and Life after Politics

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Book SynopsisThis important study demonstrates that varied disciplinary approaches can illuminate the reach and impact of political ideologies on both politics and society.Table of ContentsIntroduction / David LaycockPart 1: Ideology in Partisan, Policy, and Academic Contexts 1 Consent, Representation, and Liberty: America as the Last Medieval Society – or a Footnote to Louis Hartz / Ivan Jankovic2 Canadian Development Assistance and Mediated Geopolitics / Katherine Reilly3 Right-Wing Populism, Conservative Governance, and Multiculturalism in Canada / David Laycock and Steven Weldon4 Not Merely Playing: Game Theory’s Subversive Proclivities / Laurent DobuzinskisPart 2: Ideology in the Politics of Civil Society5 The Contribution of Rhetorical Analysis and Discourse Theory to the Study of Political Ideologies: The Cases of Multiculturalism and Environmentalism / Ian Angus6 Mobilizing Political Strategy: The Global Practices of Taxpayer Groups / Kyle Willmott7 Telling Their Stories: Ideology and the Subject of Prairie Agriculture / Katherine Strand and Darin Barney8 Laborlore and the Ideology of the British Columbia Labour Bureaucracy, 1900–2015 / Mark Leier9 A Reconnaissance of Everyday Working Class Ideology in British Columbia / Dennis PilonConclusion / David LaycockIndex

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Book SynopsisLegal Naturalism advances a clear and convincing case that Marx's theory of law is a form of natural law jurisprudence.Trade ReviewTaiwo proposes the novel, even startling thesis that 'an adequate Marxist theory of law must locate itself in the natural law tradition.' Examining Marx's early as well as later works, Taiwo claims that Marx moved from a position of legal rationalism to legal naturalism, finding the source of natural law in society. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWhat has brought about the widespread public provision of welfare and income security within free-market liberalism? Some social scientists have regarded welfare as a preindustrial atavism; others, as a functional requirement of industrial society...Trade ReviewHicks's vast and impressive study... makes valuable contributions to the study of the welfare state. -- Timothy Tilton, Indiana University * American Journal of Sociology *Alexander Hicks has written one of the most important works in the past thirty years on the development of income security policies in democratic capitalist states. If this were not sufficient, the book also is the most significant comparative public policy study I have read. Based on years of reflection, scholarship and teaching, it covers, not merely cites, a range of literatures. It is extremely sensitive to particular historical experiences. It is theoretically informed. Most impressively, it is methodologically sophisticated and imaginative. And the book is concise and well-written. In short, it is a model of what exciting comparative research can be. -- Norman Furniss, Indiana University * Comparative Politics *This book by Alexander Hicks is a number-cruncher's delight, but is should be of interest to normal people as well because of its exceptional awareness of the entire range of literature on welfore programs. -- Donald Sassoon, University of London * American Historical Review *Through sophisticated and historically sensitive quantitative and formal qualitative analyses, he is able to appraise the social democratic thesis through several phases of welfare state development.... The results are so rich as to be difficult to sumarize in a short review. -- Edwin Amenta, New York University * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book Synopsis"I served not in defense of the bourgeois order, but only for a crumb of bread since I was burdened with five small children." "From 1923 to 1925 I worked as a musician but later my earnings weren't steady and I quickly stopped. Without an income to...Trade ReviewAlexopoulos explores the phenomenon of listhensy—those whom the Bolshevik regime categorized as 'exploiters' and the first Soviet constitution of 1918 formally disenfranchised.... This book suggests several important findings. Apart from details about the group's social profile (for example, gender, occupation, and ethnicity), it demonstrates the profound change in the meaning of this category from the mid-1920s—namely, from merely denoting exclusion from the electoral system to designation a group subject to pervasive discrimination and acute economic deprivation (which, for some, included deportation and hard labor).... It explores a new complex of sources and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Soviet social history. -- Gregory L. Freeze, Brandeis University * Slavonica *Alexopoulos made a systematic study of thousands of the 100,000 records available and came up with new information on the fate of Kulaks, who were perceived class enemies between 1926 and 1936. This is the first book to analyze the specifics of this aspect of Soviet history. * Library Journal *At the core of this book is a painstakingly assembled database consisting of hundreds of individual petitions and case files that Alexopoulos uses to discuss the lishentsy as a loosely defined social category.... In many senses a methodological tour de force, Alexopoulos's database allows her to detail in sweeping empirical terms the trials and tribulations of thousands of forgotten casualties of socialist construction.... Stalin's Outcasts deserves to be widely read. -- David Brandenberger, University of Richmond * Slavic Review *Offers new perspectives on the old problem of Russia's 'missing' middle class, by taking us far from the thematic and chronological limits conventionally imposed on our views of this social group. We get a new sense of the vigor and scale of the emerging 'commercial culture' and its celebration of a marketplace of values in Russia before 1917. -- Dan Healey, University of Wales * Cultural and Social History *The past decade has been an exciting time for scholars of Soviet history. Following the collapse of the communist system, the Russian government declassified millions of official documents and thus provided researchers with a wealth of new information about the Soviet regime and its subjects. Many historians, myself included, have boasted about their access to newly opened archival materials, but few can match the claim of Golfo Alexopoulos, who not only gained access to declassified documents, but actually discovered an archive that few scholars even knew existed. On the remote edge of a small town in Siberia, behind a concrete wall topped with barbed wire, Alexopoulos located the Archive for the Preservation of Reserve Records, a state repository for over 100,000 case files on people deprived of rights under the Stalin regime. Based on these files, and on a range of materials from other archives, Alexopoulos has written a fascinating monograph on Stalinist definitions of citizenship and the suffering endured by those excluded from Soviet polity.... With this book, Alexopoulos makes a valuable contribution to the field of Soviet history. Its significance derives both from the importance of her topic and the originality of her research. The book deserves a wide audience among historians of Russia and will be read with interest by other scholars as well. -- David L. Hoffman, Ohio State University * American Historical Review *We knew little about Soviet people who were constitutionally deprived of electoral rights. Golfo Alexopoulos is the first to tell their story, and she does it thanks to ingenious research in nine archives. Her book contributes not only to our understanding of early Soviet society. It should be required reading also for scholars interested in practices of social ostracism. -- Gabor T. Rittersporn, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris-Berlin * The Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisSoviet official culture underwent a dramatic shift in the mid-1930s, when Stalin and his fellow leaders began to promote conventional norms, patriarchal families, tsarist heroes, and Russian literary classics. For Leon Trotsky—and many later...Trade ReviewHoffmann... argues that campaigns for literacy, sobriety, personal hygiene and 'cultured speech' helped promote an aspect of social transformation that coexisted with the forced labor camps and mayhem. Drawing on original archival research, he documents a less well-known movement that involved reproduction incentives in the face of plummeting birth rates during the 1930s, which ironically coincided with earlier efforts for sexual abstinence to preserve 'energy for socially productive work.' * Library Journal *Using a variety of sources, including the Russian archives, the author has written a brilliant description of Stalinist values and proved that Stalin was an ideologue to the end. He shows that the ideology failed precisely because it was an ideology—out of touch with reality and people. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *Hoffmann provides a new cultural framework for understanding Soviet history during the interwar period.... Hoffmann argues that the Stalinist state neither 'betrayed' the socialist revolutionary nor 'retreated' to traditional Russian mores. Instead he shows that the Stalinist order, like other European post-Enlightenment states, sought to catalogue, mobilize, and shape its citizens into ideal men and women. Defining modernity as the rise of the interventionist state and the birth of mass politics, Hoffmann details the various ways that the Soviet state tried to enlighten and transform human nature in their quest to create an ideal socialist order.... This book will force us to think about the wider international implications of Stalinism. The writing is a model of clarity, and the text can be used at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. -- Choi Chatterjee * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisHow do leaders perceive threat levels in world politics, and what effects do those perceptions have on policy choices? Mark L. Haas focuses on how ideology shapes perception. He does not delineate the content of particular ideologies, but rather the degree of difference among them. Degree of ideological difference is, he believes, the crucial factor as leaders decide which nations threaten and which bolster their state''s security and their own domestic power. These threat perceptions will in turn impel leaders to make particular foreign-policy choices. Haas examines great-power relations in five periods: the 1790s in Europe, the Concert of Europe (18151848), the 1930s in Europe, Sino-Soviet relations from 1949 to 1960, and the end of the Cold War. In each case he finds a clear relationship between the degree of ideological differences that divided state leaders and those leaders'' perceptions of threat level (and so of appropriate foreign-policy choices). These relationshipsTrade ReviewRealist theory claims that nations are motivated by considerations of power. In this impressive book, Mark L. Haas contends that ideology has played a far greater role in shaping politics among major states over the last two centuries than realism expects. Searching for a systematic impact, Haas argues that the degree of ideological 'distance' between great powers has been crucial in how their leaders define interests and perceive threats. It is not the content of a state's ideology—defined as its prevailing political principles—that matters so much as it is the ideological affinities or differences between states. Haas expects that, like birds of a feather, similar sorts of states, regardless of whether they are liberal, monarchist, communist, or fascist, will tend to flock together. Haas is most convincing in showing that power and ideology operate together in shaping perceptions of threats and interests. * Foreign Affairs *This is a definite must-read. Haas is an effective writer; each of the case studies is meticulously researched, and the evidence marshaled in support of the hypotheses is impressive. Overall, he makes a strong case for the inclusion of ideological factors, specifically distance, in examining and predicting the behavior of leaders of nation-states toward each other. * Perspectives in Politics *

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Book SynopsisUnder Stalin's leadership, the Soviet government carried out a massive number of deportations, incarcerations, and executions. Paradoxically, at the very moment that Soviet authorities were killing thousands of individuals, they were also engaged in an enormous pronatalist campaign to boost the population. Even as the number of repressions grew exponentially, Communist Party leaders enacted sweeping social welfare and public health measures to safeguard people''s well-being. Extensive state surveillance of the population went hand in hand with literacy campaigns, political education, and efforts to instill in people an appreciation of high culture. In Cultivating the Masses, David L. Hoffmann examines the Party leadership''s pursuit of these seemingly contradictory policies in order to grasp fully the character of the Stalinist regime, a regime intent on transforming the socioeconomic order and the very nature of its citizens. To analyze Soviet social policies, HoffmanTrade ReviewCultivating the Masses is a major contribution to an ongoing effort to place the interwar history of the Soviet Union in comparative, transnational, and transcultural perspective according to the central assumptions of this paradigm.... This book is a meritorious contribution to that ongoing conversation. -- Glennys Young * Russian Review *David L. Hoffmann offers a powerful counterweight to... simple (and self-exonerating) explanations in the first major comparative assessment of Soviet socialism in its turbulent foundational decades.... Hoffmann has presented an ambitious survey of Soviet state practices that deserves an audience in all fields of modern world history. Even if some might dispute his largely structuralist interpretation of the system's most infamous abuses, they will be hard pressed to ignore the abundance of evidence he presents of influences common to the transition to modernity. His prose is lucid, and the comparative approach and chronological scope of this monograph make it an attractive choice for the classroom. -- T. Clayton Black * The NEP Era: Soviet Russia 1921-1928 *For well over a decade now a major debate in Soviet historiography has centered on Bolshevik Russia's suspected participation in a happening called modernity, a happening that is as exciting to attend as it is difficult to locate.... Hoffmann's Cultivating the Masses is the latest book-length contribution to this debate; it testifies to the tenacity of the problematic, while raising doubts as to its continuing fecundity. The research behind Hoffmann’s historical narrative is impeccable throughout... and his handling of non-Russian contexts is truly impressive in its breadth. -- Petre Petrow * Slavic and East European Journal *In Cultivating the Masses, David L. Hoffmann argues that the Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin was not an anomaly in European history—rather, it was one variant of that continent's broader experience with industrial modernity. A challenging thesis, this contention leads Hoffmann not only to reject the popular view that the USSR followed a unique, Sonderweg-like historical trajectory but also to cast doubt upon more routine claims that Soviet state policy development was essentially sui generis, proceeding according to an insular, domestically determined agenda.... A fascinating study, Cultivating the Masses deserves to be widely read. -- David Brandenberger * The Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Social WelfareCameralism, Social Science, and the Origins of WelfareThe Social Realm in RussiaWarfare and WelfareThe Soviet Welfare State2. Public HealthSocial Medicine and the StateSocial HygieneForeign Influences on Soviet Health CarePhysical Culture and Its Militarization3. Reproductive PoliciesBirthrates and National PowerContraception, Abortion, and Reproductive HealthPromoting Motherhood and FamilyEugenicsInfant Care and Childraising4. Surveillance and PropagandaMonitoring Popular MoodsWartime PropagandaSoviet SurveillancePolitical EnlightenmentThe New Soviet Person5. State ViolenceOrigins of Modern State ViolenceInternments, Deportations, and Genocide during the First World WarThe Russian Civil War and the 1920sCollectivization and PassportizationThe Mass OperationsThe National OperationsConclusionArchives ConsultedIndex

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Book SynopsisEngelstein asks how Russia's identity came to be defined in terms of an consensus opposed to Western-style liberalism, examining debates on religion and secularism, the role of culture and the law, and the status of the empire's ethnic peripheries.Trade Review"Slavophile Empire has a clear logic and coherence: the divisions of law, religion, and art all revolve around the central question of identity and relationship to the 'West.' I found the chapters on Slavophiles and art especially stimulating and original." -- Gregory FreezeV, ictor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of HistoryBrandeis University, author of The Parish Clergy in Nineteenth-Century Russia"Laura Engelstein's writing is always thoughtful and instructive. The essays in Slavophile Empire are a pleasure to read. They illuminate the battle that Russian thinkers and artists waged with one another and with the government to define the terms of Russia's encounter with modernity and indeed to define what it meant to be Russian in a modern world whose categories of thought derived primarily from Europe." -- David L. Ransel, Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana UniversityBloomington, author of A Russian Merchant's Tale: The Life and Adventures of Ivan Alekseevich Tolchënov, Based on His Diary"The tensions between nationalistic aspirations and imperial status and self perception in many ways defined Russia's search for identity for nearly two centuries and have not lost their relevance until the present day. In her fascinating book Laura Engelstein offers an erudite and sophisticated analysis of the dynamics of these tensions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian culture from legal consciousness to religious thought and art criticism. I am sure that Slavophile Empire will become required reading for anyone interested in Russian cultural and intellectual history." -- Andrei Zorin, Professor of Russian, University of Oxford"These concise and lucid essays by Laura Engelstein reveal the complex and straitened political culture of moderate and conservative Russia in the century before the 1917 revolution. Engelstein provides a compelling analysis of the futile quests of liberals and conservative thinkers and artists to find a basis for a viable Russian national identity either in civic ideals or in Orthodox religion while facing an unyielding autocracy and an increasingly intransigent revolutionary movement." -- Richard Wortman, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisThe Greengrocer and His TV offers a new cultural history of communism from the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution that reveals how state-endorsed ideologies were played out on television, particularly through soap opera-like serials.Trade ReviewDoing the history of passivity and accommodation is not easy, and Bren proceeds ingeniously by exploring the subtle buying into the system by the vast viewing audience that embraced the lives of the characters on popular television serials, lives redolent of what 'normalization' meant. Then, in a particularly revealing step, she examines the awkward response to reruns of some of the most popular of these serials in the aftermath of what she calls Czechoslovakia's 'late communism.' -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *Engagingly written, smart, and surprising, The Greengrocer and His TV will be directly useful to scholars and students of European cultural and intellectual history, media studies, and the Cold War. But thanks to its wit and insight, Paulina Bren's Greengrocer is one of those rare academic monographs that repays reading from cover to cover, making it a pleasure for readers beyond the university classroom.... Bren's analysis of normalization-era television serials as a lens through which to understand late Socialism helps her move quickly beyond the standard dualisms that have dominated scholarship on the Cold War for so long. -- Andrea Orzoff * Austrian History Yearbook *Paulina Bren has delved into the letters written to Czechoslovak TV in the communist era to paint a fascinating picture of reactions to the regime's attempt to produce programs that were both entertaining and ideologically correct. -- "Eastern Approaches" blog * The Economist *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. "A Criminal Comedy but of a Revivalist Spirit": The Beginning and the End of the Prague Spring2. Purge and the Remaking of a Socialist Citizenry3. Intellectuals, Hysterics, and "Real Men": The Prague Spring Officially Remembered4. The Quiet Life versus a Life in Truth: Writing the Script for Normalization5. Broadcasting in the Age of Late Communism6. Jaroslav Dietl: Normalization's Narrator7. The Socialist Family and Its Caretakers8. Self-Realization and the Socialist Way of LifeConclusionNotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmong the thousands of political refugees who flooded into the United States during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, none had a greater impact on the early republic than the United Irishmen. They were, according to one Federalist, the most God-provoking Democrats on this side of Hell. Every United Irishman, insisted another, ought to be hunted from the country, as much as a wolf or a tyger. David A. Wilson''s lively book is the first to focus specifically on the experiences, attitudes, and ideas of the United Irishmen in the United States.Wilson argues that America served a powerful symbolic and psychological function for the United Irishmen as a place of wish-fulfillment, where the broken dreams of the failed Irish revolution could be realized. The United Irishmen established themselves on the radical wing of the Republican Party, and contributed to Jefferson''s second American Revolution of 1800; John Adams counted them among the foreigners and degraded cTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book, important for the specialist and of interest to the general reader... David Wilson has in this well-organized volume made a substantial contribution to transatlantic studies. It is the definitive work on the United Irish in America. * Canadian Journal of History *It is an engagingly told story about the Irish nationalists who came to America after the failure of their cause in Ireland. -- Arthur Sheps * Letters in Canada *United Irishmen, United States has much to offer scholars interested in the pre-famine history of Irish America, late eighteenth and early nineteenth century trans-Atlantic radicalism, and the ethnic dimension of urban politics in the early republic. Written in concise, crystalline prose, this modest book contains a wealth of previously untold stories about the flamboyant and fascinating Irish radicals who came to American in the late 1790s and 1800s.... This book makes an important contribution to the literature by eloquently narrating a largely overlooked chapter of Irish-American history.... A rich, compelling analysis of the complicated nature of Irish-American political life in the early republic. -- H-SHEAR * H-Net Reviews *

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Book SynopsisThe first book to examine the communist takeover in Poland from the bottom up, and the first to use archives opened in 1989, Rebuilding Poland provides a radically new interpretation of the communist experience. Padraic Kenney argues that the postwar takeover was also a social revolution, in which workers expressed their hopes for dramatic social change and influenced the evolutionand eventual downfallof the communist regime.Kenney compares Lödz, Poland''s largest manufacturing center, and Wroclaw, a city rebuilt as Polish upon the ruins of wartime destruction. His account of dramatic strikes in the textile mills of Lödz shows how workers resisted the communist party''s encroachment on factory terrain and its infringements of worker dignity. The contrasting absence of labor conflict among migrants in the frontier city of Wroclaw holds important clues to the nature of stalinism in Poland: communist power was strongest where workers lacked organizational ties or cultural roots. In theTrade Review"This book is a solid, well-researched, and well-argued study of the origins of the communist era in Poland. It shows the significance of gender differences in determining working-class action and demonstrates the complexity of Polish labor history, clearly delineating the differences between two working-class communities: Lodz and Wroclaw."—Richard D. Lewis, Slavic Review"With the passage of time and the opening of archives after the fall of Communism new and more soundly based academic perspectives are emerging about many key issues concerning the establishment of Communist rule in Eastern Europe. Kenney's well-documented study refutes both extreme views. . . . He traces out a more complex and dynamic interpretation. . . . Kenney presents two detailed, but highly contrasting, case-studies of Lödz and Wroclaw in the 1945–50 period."—George Sanford, Slavonic and East European Review"An important book on an important subject. Padraic Kenney has made a major contribution to our understanding of the social and political evolution of post-war east-central Europe." —Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University

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Book SynopsisUnder Stalin's leadership, the Soviet government carried out a massive number of deportations, incarcerations, and executions. Paradoxically, at the very moment that Soviet authorities were killing thousands of individuals, they were also engaged in an enormous pronatalist campaign to boost the population. Even as the number of repressions grew exponentially, Communist Party leaders enacted sweeping social welfare and public health measures to safeguard people''s well-being. Extensive state surveillance of the population went hand in hand with literacy campaigns, political education, and efforts to instill in people an appreciation of high culture. In Cultivating the Masses, David L. Hoffmann examines the Party leadership''s pursuit of these seemingly contradictory policies in order to grasp fully the character of the Stalinist regime, a regime intent on transforming the socioeconomic order and the very nature of its citizens. To analyze Soviet social policies, HoffmanTrade ReviewCultivating the Masses is a major contribution to an ongoing effort to place the interwar history of the Soviet Union in comparative, transnational, and transcultural perspective according to the central assumptions of this paradigm.... This book is a meritorious contribution to that ongoing conversation. -- Glennys Young * Russian Review *David L. Hoffmann offers a powerful counterweight to... simple (and self-exonerating) explanations in the first major comparative assessment of Soviet socialism in its turbulent foundational decades.... Hoffmann has presented an ambitious survey of Soviet state practices that deserves an audience in all fields of modern world history. Even if some might dispute his largely structuralist interpretation of the system's most infamous abuses, they will be hard pressed to ignore the abundance of evidence he presents of influences common to the transition to modernity. His prose is lucid, and the comparative approach and chronological scope of this monograph make it an attractive choice for the classroom. -- T. Clayton Black * The NEP Era: Soviet Russia 1921-1928 *For well over a decade now a major debate in Soviet historiography has centered on Bolshevik Russia's suspected participation in a happening called modernity, a happening that is as exciting to attend as it is difficult to locate.... Hoffmann's Cultivating the Masses is the latest book-length contribution to this debate; it testifies to the tenacity of the problematic, while raising doubts as to its continuing fecundity. The research behind Hoffmann’s historical narrative is impeccable throughout... and his handling of non-Russian contexts is truly impressive in its breadth. -- Petre Petrow * Slavic and East European Journal *In Cultivating the Masses, David L. Hoffmann argues that the Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin was not an anomaly in European history—rather, it was one variant of that continent's broader experience with industrial modernity. A challenging thesis, this contention leads Hoffmann not only to reject the popular view that the USSR followed a unique, Sonderweg-like historical trajectory but also to cast doubt upon more routine claims that Soviet state policy development was essentially sui generis, proceeding according to an insular, domestically determined agenda.... A fascinating study, Cultivating the Masses deserves to be widely read. -- David Brandenberger * The Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Social WelfareCameralism, Social Science, and the Origins of WelfareThe Social Realm in RussiaWarfare and WelfareThe Soviet Welfare State2. Public HealthSocial Medicine and the StateSocial HygieneForeign Influences on Soviet Health CarePhysical Culture and Its Militarization3. Reproductive PoliciesBirthrates and National PowerContraception, Abortion, and Reproductive HealthPromoting Motherhood and FamilyEugenicsInfant Care and Childraising4. Surveillance and PropagandaMonitoring Popular MoodsWartime PropagandaSoviet SurveillancePolitical EnlightenmentThe New Soviet Person5. State ViolenceOrigins of Modern State ViolenceInternments, Deportations, and Genocide during the First World WarThe Russian Civil War and the 1920sCollectivization and PassportizationThe Mass OperationsThe National OperationsConclusionArchives ConsultedIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first ethnographic study of life in Cuba to emerge in over twenty years, Inside the Revolution offers a rare, close view of how socialist ideology translates into everyday experience in one Cuban municipality. Mona Rosendahl draws on eighteen...Trade Review"It is remarkable that of the hundreds of books published in recent decades on Cuba, so few have provided detail about the impact of Castro's regime on ordinary Cubans. Rosendahl's book does so, and for this reason is an invaluable contribution. . . . Inside the Revolution looks at family matters, marriage and work, household economies, bureaucracy, and the concept of mobilization, among other subjects. . . . Attractively printed . . . interesting photographs."—Choice"Rosendahl, a Swedish anthropologist, has written a rare close-up analysis of how the ideology of the Cuban revolution translates itself into everyday experience. Her study of a municipality in Oriente province provides a nuanced antidote to those who would argue that the regime no longer enjoys grassroots support."—Kenneth Maxwell, Foreign Affairs"This book not only contributes substantively to our understanding of what the Cuban revolution has meant to its people, but it offers invaluable methodological insight into the challenges of ethnographic research in a society where critical discourse is more tightly controlled. . . . This book not only informs, but entreats students of political economy, Latin cultures, gender roles, and social stratification to go beyond their preconceived ideas and take a systematic, firsthand look at Cuban socialism—its strengths and weaknesses. Rosendahl's observations and insights into Cuban life as well as her experiences in doing research in such a unique society should prove invaluable to a wide audience."—Contemporary Sociology"Inside the Revolution is a seriously researched and . . . well-written monograph."—Gert Oostinde, New West Indian Guide. 1999."Rosendahl's overall focus is ideology—understood broadly as a set of ideas that deals with society and social relations in terms of what is, what ought to be, and what may be. However, her aim is to demonstrate how the official political ideology is met and interpreted from a local point of view. Thus, she not only examines the premises and contents of the official ideology, but also examines how the ideology is codified and experienced in everyday life."—Marit Melhuus, University of Oslo. Ethnos Vol. 64:3, 1999"Rosendahl's ethnography takes readers to a place and time when Cubans suffered fewer hardships and shared a stronger faith in the Castro government: Orient province in the late 1980s. . . The study analyzes the transmission of socialist ideology, its translation into practice, and its refashioning into a 'folk version' of the official revolutionary discourse by ordinary Cubans. . . Her observations and interviews offer rare and valuable insights into life in provincial Cuba."—Michael Snodgrass, Indiana University-Purdue University, Latin American Research Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2001

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Book SynopsisResistance has become an important and controversial analytical category for the study of Stalinism. The opening of Soviet archives allows historians an unprecedented look at the fabric of state and society in the 1930s. Researchers long spellbound by...Trade ReviewDrawing extensively on archival research, the contributors demonstrate the wide variation of popular responses to actions initiated by the Stalinist state.... Contending with Stalinism is an important work that is well grounded both theoretically and empirically. The combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical research makes this volume a significant contribution to our understanding of both the Stalinist phenomenon and popular responses to it. -- Robert Owen Krikorian, George Washington University * Journal of Cold War Studies *Viola's elucidating introduction and essay map out the slipperiness of the concept of resistance, noting the need to contextualize action and intent, and state perceptions and prescriptions. The seven excellent essays illustrate how opposition to the regime in the early 1930s could be overt... or existential, that is, simply by living in a minority culture.... Some Soviets were clearly defiant; others were defined by the regime as deviant and thus disloyal.... The Viola collection shows that in the early 1930s organized opposition was still possible, although ultimately futile. -- Patricia Herlihy, Brown University * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Contending with Stalinism certainly adds to the continuing discussion of state-society relations.... Viola rightly remarks that the term Stalinism lacks explanatory or causal force; it is necessary to look closely at how people in and outside the governing apparatus behaved. We should hope that this point and the fine research presented here in its support increasingly find their way into textbooks, western civilization classes, and finally the attitudes of the educated public. -- Robert W. Thurston, Miami University * Slavic Review *Drawing on a wealth of recently available archival materials, the contributors to this volume greatly enhance our understanding of the 1930s and give us a clearer sense of the size and content of popular resistance under Stalin. Based on solid research, this volume makes a substantive scholarly contribution in illuminating forms of popular resistance with new detail and fresh perspective. -- Kate Transchel, California State University, Chico * Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisSoviet official culture underwent a dramatic shift in the mid-1930s, when Stalin and his fellow leaders began to promote conventional norms, patriarchal families, tsarist heroes, and Russian literary classics. For Leon Trotsky—and many later...Trade ReviewHoffmann... argues that campaigns for literacy, sobriety, personal hygiene and 'cultured speech' helped promote an aspect of social transformation that coexisted with the forced labor camps and mayhem. Drawing on original archival research, he documents a less well-known movement that involved reproduction incentives in the face of plummeting birth rates during the 1930s, which ironically coincided with earlier efforts for sexual abstinence to preserve 'energy for socially productive work.' * Library Journal *Using a variety of sources, including the Russian archives, the author has written a brilliant description of Stalinist values and proved that Stalin was an ideologue to the end. He shows that the ideology failed precisely because it was an ideology—out of touch with reality and people. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *Hoffmann provides a new cultural framework for understanding Soviet history during the interwar period.... Hoffmann argues that the Stalinist state neither 'betrayed' the socialist revolutionary nor 'retreated' to traditional Russian mores. Instead he shows that the Stalinist order, like other European post-Enlightenment states, sought to catalogue, mobilize, and shape its citizens into ideal men and women. Defining modernity as the rise of the interventionist state and the birth of mass politics, Hoffmann details the various ways that the Soviet state tried to enlighten and transform human nature in their quest to create an ideal socialist order.... This book will force us to think about the wider international implications of Stalinism. The writing is a model of clarity, and the text can be used at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. -- Choi Chatterjee * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisAll revolutionary regimes seek to legitimize themselves through foundation narratives that, told and retold, become constituent parts of the social fabric, erasing or pushing aside alternative histories. Frederick C. Corney draws on a wide range of...Trade ReviewA brief review can hardly do justice to this rich study, which combines extensive archival research with an innovative methodology. Arguing that memory is not innate but rather shaped in the ongoing process of its recollection and narration. Corney places the dynamic production of memory at center stage. The approach and argument are largely persuasive.... Telling October deserves a wide readership not only among historians of Russia but also among scholars interested in the history of revolutions and the problem of memory more broadly. It could also be usefully integrated into advanced undergraduate and graduate teaching on the Russian revolution. * Slavic Review *In this path-breaking and most stimulating book, Corney examines the history of the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution from a new perspective. Instead of focusing his attention on the events of that year and those leading up to it, the author explores how these events were interpreted during the first decade after 1917.... This theoretically sophisticated book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject and pays special attention to ritual practices, how language was used, and other aspects of memory culture. * Choice *The events of October 1917 did not become 'the October Revolution' until the Bolshevik revolutionaries who came to power undertook a concerted effort to make it so. This is the thesis of Frederick C. Corney's excellent new book, Telling October.... This is an important book and one well worth reading. The institutionalization of the memories of October had to be carefully managed, as Corney shows. His book is an excellent antidote to both Soviet and Western accounts which simply focus on the Military Revolutionary Committee, as if the Bolshevik party make the October Revolution in ten days. Rather, as the reader will find out, it was the memories of the October Revolution that had to be carefully crafted. * The Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisIn the recent campaign led by the National Congress of Italian Canadians to gain redress for compatriots interned during the Second World War, leaders claimed that the Canadian state had waged a 'war against ethnicity.' Their version of history, argue the editors, drew on selective evidence and glossed over the fascist past of some Italian Canadians.The editors have assembled scholars who, while having diverse views, seek to stimulate informed debate. Enemies Within is the first study of its kind to examine not only the formulation and uneven implementation of internment policy, but the social and gender history of internment. It brings together national and international perspectives. The book offers differing interpretations of Italian internment in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. It invites comparisons between Italian Canadians and Canada's other internees, including Communists, German Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians and Jewish refugee

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Book SynopsisThis examination of republicanism in an Anglo-American and European context gives weight not only to the thought of the theorists of republicanism but also to the practical experience of republican governments in England, Geneva, the Netherlands, and Venice.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: the republican tradition: from commonwealth to common sense David Wooton; Part I. 1. Marchamont Nedham and the beginnings of English republicanism, 1649-1656 Blair Worden; 2. James Harrington and The Commonwealth of Oceana, 1656 Blair Worden; 3. Harrington's Oceana: origins and aftermath, 1651-1660 Blair Worden; 4. Republicansim and the restoration, 1660-1683 Blair Worden; Part II. 5. Liberty, virtue, and the rule of law, 1689-1770 M. M. Goldsmith; 6. Antiquity surpassed: the repudiation of classical republicanism Paul A. Rahe; 7. Genevan republicanism Linda Kirk; 8. The Dutch republic and the idea of freedom Herbert H. Rowen; 9. Ulysses bound? Venice and the idea of liberty from Howell to Hume David Wootton; 10. From troglodytes to Americans: Montesquieu and the Scottish enlightenment on liberty, virtue, and commerce Richard B. Sher; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius. It recounts how the village sought recovery from its suffering and forced resettlement in the Maoist era through the reconstruction of its Confucian temple.Trade Review"Anthropologists and historians will find themselves rewarded by this nuanced examination of social memory, ritual life, and the traumatic recent history of a remarkable village." -- China Review International"One of the best local ethnographies to date on post-reform China. . . . Conceptually sophisticated yet undiminished by unnecessary jargon, the book provides one of the most readable and intelligently framed accounts of change and continuity at the local level in China." -- Journal of Asian Studies"This gem of a book takes the study of Chinese village culture to new levels of theoretical sophistication, ethnographic nuance and literary evocativeness. . . . There are many fine books that tell similar stories of the devastation of rural communities during the Maoist era. Dachuan is different only in that the depth of its tragedy was several degrees worse than most. But what makes Jun Jing's book unique is his discovery of a way to probe the meaning of such a history for the villagers." -- China Quarterly"In 1961 the entire village of Dachuan was destroyed when it was submerged under a reservoir created by a newly constructed hydroelectric dam. . . . In Jun Jing's beautifully written account, The Temple of Memories, he reveals how the villagers transcended the all-too-common aspects of their suffering and resourcefully reconstructed their village and their history." -- Asian Affairs"All audiences can enjoy the universal subjects of the book—children and food. . . . Feeding China's Little Emperor's is useful both for anthropologists or those looking at social change over the last few decades." -- The China Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Peter Gries makes a convincing case that the partisan paralysis that has distorted our domestic politics has had a surprisingly powerful effect on foreign policy as well. He challenges the conventional wisdom both among academic political scientists and among journalists and political practitioners about the way public sentiments shape American decisions on war and peace. This is an eye-opening analysis for anyone concerned about America's place in the world." -- James Fallows"The Politics of American Foreign Policy is a well-researched, very readable book that provides new insights into the motivations of American public thinking and positions on foreign policy. It will open your eyes to what stimulates Americans across a broad spectrum on the critical issues we face in the world today." -- Thomas R. Pickering * former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former United States Ambassador *"The Politics of American Foreign Policy is the sort of book that comes along only once in a long while, capable not only of challenging received wisdom but of launching scholarly and public debates in entirely new directions. It is impossible to think about public opinion and foreign policy in the same way after reading this book. Gries enters into a well-worn debate and makes it utterly fresh again—an impressive accomplishment!" -- Paul A. Kowert, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts * Boston *"During my 16 years in the House of Representatives, moderates were an endangered species. Today, they are extinct. In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Peter Gries shows how today's hyper-partisanship is rooted in clashing liberal and conservative worldviews—and how these ideological differences shape US foreign policy. A must-read for both students and practitioners." -- Congresswoman Connie Morella (R-Maryland * 1987–2003) *"Throughout The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Gries forcefully challenges [assumptions on US foreign policy making] and convincingly argues that the underlying ideological beliefs of American voters—rather than merely intransigent partisanship—are predictive of public opinion on matters related to global affairs . . . The domestic 'culture wars,' Gries contends, permeate preferences regarding US action abroad, thus inhibiting the ability of Washington to formulate sound foreign policy . . . Recommended." -- M. O'Gara * CHOICE *"Our dysfunctional political system is a national embarrassment. Whether the issue is the budget, gun control, health care, or immigration, the executive and legislative branches are unable to work together to solve the nation's problems. Partisan posturing has pushed out bipartisanship and compromise. Cooperation between liberals and conservatives is becoming a quaint memory. U.S. foreign policy is increasingly hamstrung by partisan politics as well. From Europe to the Middle East to China, Democrats and Republicans not only cannot agree: they are disinclined to work together to promote the national interest. In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Peter Gries analyzes the partisanship—affecting both domestic and foreign policy—and finds its origins in the deeply embedded ideologies that are changing our electoral landscape.""The Politics of American Foreign Policy is an important contribution to a much broader discussion across the social sciences on the role of political ideology in public political life. Gries effectively demonstrates that Americans have a wide-ranging and coherent set of foreign policy preferences, independent of political elites, produced through complex interactions between deep-seated moral convictions and cognitive as well as group-level attributes." -- Luke Wood * H-Net *"We have always had a sense that liberals and conservatives differ over foreign affairs. By applying concepts from social psychology and international relations to the interpretation of the most authoritative survey to date of public attitudes towards US foreign policy, this well-written book tells us why. The Politics of American Foreign Policy is a treasure trove of interesting findings on the deep rooted opinions of Americans and will appeal to a wide audience." -- Brian C. Rathbun, School of International Relations * University of Southern California *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Peter Gries makes a convincing case that the partisan paralysis that has distorted our domestic politics has had a surprisingly powerful effect on foreign policy as well. He challenges the conventional wisdom both among academic political scientists and among journalists and political practitioners about the way public sentiments shape American decisions on war and peace. This is an eye-opening analysis for anyone concerned about America's place in the world." -- James Fallows"The Politics of American Foreign Policy is a well-researched, very readable book that provides new insights into the motivations of American public thinking and positions on foreign policy. It will open your eyes to what stimulates Americans across a broad spectrum on the critical issues we face in the world today." -- Thomas R. Pickering * former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former United States Ambassador *"The Politics of American Foreign Policy is the sort of book that comes along only once in a long while, capable not only of challenging received wisdom but of launching scholarly and public debates in entirely new directions. It is impossible to think about public opinion and foreign policy in the same way after reading this book. Gries enters into a well-worn debate and makes it utterly fresh again—an impressive accomplishment!" -- Paul A. Kowert, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts * Boston *"During my 16 years in the House of Representatives, moderates were an endangered species. Today, they are extinct. In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Peter Gries shows how today's hyper-partisanship is rooted in clashing liberal and conservative worldviews—and how these ideological differences shape US foreign policy. A must-read for both students and practitioners." -- Congresswoman Connie Morella (R-Maryland * 1987–2003) *"Throughout The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Gries forcefully challenges [assumptions on US foreign policy making] and convincingly argues that the underlying ideological beliefs of American voters—rather than merely intransigent partisanship—are predictive of public opinion on matters related to global affairs . . . The domestic 'culture wars,' Gries contends, permeate preferences regarding US action abroad, thus inhibiting the ability of Washington to formulate sound foreign policy . . . Recommended." -- M. O'Gara * CHOICE *"Our dysfunctional political system is a national embarrassment. Whether the issue is the budget, gun control, health care, or immigration, the executive and legislative branches are unable to work together to solve the nation's problems. Partisan posturing has pushed out bipartisanship and compromise. Cooperation between liberals and conservatives is becoming a quaint memory. U.S. foreign policy is increasingly hamstrung by partisan politics as well. From Europe to the Middle East to China, Democrats and Republicans not only cannot agree: they are disinclined to work together to promote the national interest. In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, Peter Gries analyzes the partisanship—affecting both domestic and foreign policy—and finds its origins in the deeply embedded ideologies that are changing our electoral landscape.""The Politics of American Foreign Policy is an important contribution to a much broader discussion across the social sciences on the role of political ideology in public political life. Gries effectively demonstrates that Americans have a wide-ranging and coherent set of foreign policy preferences, independent of political elites, produced through complex interactions between deep-seated moral convictions and cognitive as well as group-level attributes." -- Luke Wood * H-Net *"We have always had a sense that liberals and conservatives differ over foreign affairs. By applying concepts from social psychology and international relations to the interpretation of the most authoritative survey to date of public attitudes towards US foreign policy, this well-written book tells us why. The Politics of American Foreign Policy is a treasure trove of interesting findings on the deep rooted opinions of Americans and will appeal to a wide audience." -- Brian C. Rathbun, School of International Relations * University of Southern California *

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Book SynopsisThis book consists of a sustained exchange between a libertarian economist and conservative political philosopher on the fundamental economic, moral, political and philosophical issues that divide libertarians and conservatives.Trade Review"The American ethos is rooted in classical liberalism, which forms the foundation for modern conservatives, libertarians, welfare liberals—and their enduring debates. This dialogue between a conservative political philosopher and a libertarian economist illuminates the common ground and the profound disagreements among people who share a common heritage."—David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute, and author of The Libertarian Mind"Schlueter and Wenzel explore the conflict and kinship between conservatism and libertarianism with a degree of scholarship that shames the thin 'debate' foisted upon Americans by so many talking heads. Their tenor of mutual respect sets a benchmark for future meetings—or brawls—between our two tribes. Whether or not there can ever be a fusion of these philosophies, their shared appreciation for free people and free markets provides much common ground upon which we might cooperate to preserve our traditions and our liberty."—Jim DeMint, President, The Heritage Foundation"American conservatism now faces a crack-up and realignment. Polls and pundits shouldn't decide its future, but rather a serious reflection on justice and the common good. Enter Wenzel and Schlueter's new book. Their arguments are rich and learned, clear and engaging. Whether they are discussing high principles or real-life applications, these authors never shirk the task of good political philosophy: wise judgment. This is a guide for students, activists, thought leaders, and public servants alike." —Robert P. George, Princeton University"Schlueter and Wenzel's intriguing book provides not only a useful primer on two distinct political theories, but also a compelling model for how thoughtful individuals can engage in respectful debate despite their deep disagreements. This timely title will help readers see why the longstanding, but uneasy, alliance between conservatives and libertarians is now under threat."—Jason Brennan, Georgetown University and author of Against DemocracyTable of ContentsIntroduction One: What Is Conservatism? Two: What Is Libertarianism? Three: What's Wrong with Conservatism: A Reply to Schlueter Four: What's Wrong with Libertarianism: A Reply to Wenzel Five: Libertarian Case Studies Six: Conservative Case Studies Seven: A Conservative's Conclusion (Schlueter) Eight: A Libertarian's Conclusion (Wenzel)

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Book SynopsisFor an element so firmly fixed in American culture, the frontier myth is surprisingly flexible. This volume explores the deployment and consequent transformation of the frontier myth by four US presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.

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Book SynopsisWhen the depression of the 1890s prompted unemployed workers from Los Angeles to join a nationwide march on Washington, ‘Coxey’s Army’ marked the birth of radicalism in that city. This book traces the subsequent struggle between the radical left and L.A.’s power structure, and tells how both sides shaped the city’s character.

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Book SynopsisOffers the first comprehensive biography of Major General Edwin A. Walker, a figure who, in the 1950s and 1960s, became a leader of a far-right political movement known for its elaborate conspiracy theories, authoritarianism, and uncompromising white supremacy.Trade ReviewThe world has long needed a political biography of Edwin A. Walker, the army general turned conservative hellraiser. Peter Adams's new book delivers in spades. Not only does The Insurrectionist make an important contribution to the growing literature on right-wing extremism, but Adams connects Walker's conspiratorial worldview and reactionary politics to the conservative radicalism reverberating throughout America today." - John S. Huntington, author of Far-Right Vanguard: The Radical Roots of Modern Conservatism"In this well-researched and riveting book, Peter Adams shows that the racism, misinformation, paranoia, and violence of Edwin A. Walker have a long and ominous history in American politics and society. The Insurrectionist provides essential context for readers wanting to better understand the current assaults on democracy." - Tracy Campbell, author of The Year of Peril: America in 1942"Edwin A. Walker's life, as Adams expertly shows, is a sobering tale about the rise of modern authoritarianism and antidemocratic fervor that helps us understand the complex roots of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by insurrectionists on January 6, 2021." - John Giggie, director, Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama"Based on in-depth archival research and theoretical insights, The Insurrectionist delivers crucial contexts for understanding the current assault on democratic institutions and thus for analyzing these forces in an epic and ongoing battle." - Orville Vernon Burton, coauthor of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court

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Book SynopsisBetween 1920 and 1940, Cuba underwent a transition from oligarchic rule to a nominal constitutional democracy. This crucial stage of Cuba's political evolution, often overshadowed by the 1959 revolution, is addressed here, stressing the importance of the mass mobilization of the popular classes.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Detailed [and] lucid . . . Lombardo writes Blue-Collar Conservatism with detachment, allowing the words, deeds, and images to speak for themselves. It's one of the great strengths of the book. The writing is straightforward, and the viewpoint seems inarguable. What moves you is the story, even if you know a lot of it already." * The Philadelphia Inquirer *"The story of Philadelphia in the 1970s is a complicated one, and Lombardo tells it well in an academic book that is not overcrowded with academic jargon. H is well-researched analysis of blue-collar-conservatives, a confounding topic in recent years, is enlightening and bears on our own time as much as Rizzo's." * National Review *"Lombardo's ability to blend the social history of Philadelphia with the political history of Rizzo and his rivals is impressive, and it captures the significance of 1970s Philadelphia when situated within the broader story of conservatism." * Journal of Urban History *"Timothy Lombardo's Blue-Collar Conservatism offers a powerful intervention to our understanding contemporary political culture and the popularity of Trumpism in Philadelphia...Lombardo's scholarship provides a deeper context and appreciation of the urban Midwest as a contested political region, where support for #BlackLivesMatter movement and the New Right ranges across race, spatial, and gender divides." * Middle West Review *"Based on impressive original research and brimming with fresh insights, Blue-Collar Conservatism is a must-read book for anyone seeking to understand the origins and impact of 'law-and-order' politics in modern America." * Kevin M. Kruse, coauthor of Fault Lines: The History of America Since 1974 *"This impressive book offers an important new interpretation in that it connects white-ethnic politics in Philadelphia and similar cities to the broader history of conservatism in a nuanced way that goes beyond standard narratives of backlash. Here, Timothy J. Lombardo shows that blue-collar conservatism emerged out of the interaction of culture, identity, neighborhood politics, and the interplay of race with spatial segregation in the city and the metropolitan region." * Guian McKee, University of Virginia *"As police commissioner and Philadelphia mayor, Frank Rizzo became a hero to blue-collar white ethnics and a villain to liberals and minorities. In this impressive study of the politics of race and place, identity and security, Timothy J. Lombardo astutely explains Rizzo's appeal and powerfully illuminates the urban roots of populist conservatism." * Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Blue-Collar Conservatism and Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia PART I. FROM LIBERALISM TO LAW AND ORDER Chapter 1. City of "Neighborhoods" and "Jungles" Chapter 2. Grassroots Law and Order Chapter 3. "This Man Is the City's Salvation" Chapter 4. Philadelphia Plans PART II. THE RISE OF BLUE-COLLAR CONSERVATISM Chapter 5. "He's One of Us" Chapter 6. Neighborhood Politics Chapter 7. The Limits of Color Blindness Chapter 8. Post-Rizzo Philadelphia Epilogue. Blue-Collar Conservatism and Modern America List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this slim and elegantly written volume, Mr. Goldman has distilled an immense array of arguments about America’s meaning. The book is a pleasure to read." * The Wall Street Journal *"Samuel Goldman’s After Nationalism explores competing narratives regarding American identity. While we can agree that America became independent after the Revolutionary War, we have long disagreed over what type of nation that conflict brought forth. Goldman’s lucid work describes three of the most widely held accounts, each of which reverberates in current debates." * The Washington Post *"[R]ich and thoughtful...Goldman ultimately comes out against what he calls our 'present nationalist revival' (primarily of the Right, and also of the Left). But among this book’s many virtues is Goldman’s ability to present a genuinely sympathetic case for his opponents’ views. If understanding the appeal of a political movement is a precondition for criticizing it, then Goldman is in a better position to offer such criticism than nearly any of his fellow contributors to that crowded subgenre, the Post-2016 Critique of Nationalism." * National Review *"After Nationalism is a gripping, fast-paced, and probing study into how American political leaders and thinkers—ranging from John Jay to Abraham Lincoln to Fredrick Douglass to Dwight Eisenhower—have debated the essence of American identity and what binds the nation together." * Christianity Today *"Goldman’s book can easily be finished in a single day by an enthusiastic reader, clocking in at a mere 153 pages, but he accomplishes much in that short span: nothing less than a compelling reflection on the meaning of our country’s existence....Were more people blessed with Goldman’s perspicacity, especially those of us who argue and write about politics, our country would be far better off than it is now." * Commonweal *"After Nationalism is an important book that merits serious attention from both academics and the general public alike. A true scholar, Goldman displays an impressive mastery of relevant sources and an affinity for synthesis. Moreover, non-specialists will find the presentation free of jargon, accessible, and relevant. Goldman’s place is not among modern masters of long narrative. Rather, he belongs in the company of those theorists and observers who have grappled seriously and insightfully with the elusive concept of national identity." * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs *"Samuel Goldman offers readers a concise, learned, and profound reflection on the elusive nature of American national identity, whether defined in terms of covenant, crucible, or creed. Given the current divided condition of our polity and culture, I am hard-pressed to conceive of a more timely and essential book." * Andrew Bacevich, president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft *"Nationalism has enduring appeal in different precincts of the American right and left, and Donald Trump's presidency made its defenders seem both more noticeable and more noxious. In this interesting and smart book, Samuel Goldman insists that calls to restore American cohesion are usually either abstract but empty or specific but implausible. The only credible way to unify Americans, Goldman concludes, would start with their plurality." * Samuel Moyn, Yale University *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Chapter 1. The New English Covenant Chapter 2. Broken Crucible Chapter 3. A Warlike Creed Chapter 4. Memory, Nostalgia, Narrative Chapter 5. After Nationalism Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[T]his book presents a necessary reminder of the many forms that fanaticism has taken throughout history and of its versatility today...Fanaticism represents a significant and timely contribution to a much sought-after balance between 'the fanatic and the zombie,' as Alain Finkielkraut aptly put it (The Defeat of the Mind, 1995). It also serves as a reminder that, as one of Dostoevsky’s characters quoted in Goldsmith’s book phrases it, 'The first [fire] is in people’s minds, not on the rooftops.'" * Perspectives on Politics *"[Goldsmith] follows in [the] tradition of treating emotions as a central quality of political analysis but incorporates a helpful methodology within intellectual history of tracing the evolution of concepts through their linguistic adaptations to historical condition. Those of us who are sympathetic to the idea that any subject is enriched by studying its origins and evolutions across cultures and historical periods will welcome Goldsmith’s book as an opportunity to dig deeper into the history of fanaticism." * Law & Liberty *"Goldsmith’s Fanaticism seeks to elucidate the elements of fanaticism, as distinguished from extremism, enthusiasm, and similar concepts. The heart ofthe book discusses Kant’s Critique of Judgment, Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, and Dostoevsky’s Demons—works that help clarify fanaticism and oppose it…[A]n interesting, useful, and thoughtful study." * Choice *"All those concerned with the issues of the extreme in politics should find this work helpful, of real value." * Timothy Fuller, Colorado College *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Answering the Question: What Is Fanaticism? Chapter 2: Three Moments in the History of Fanaticism Chapter 3. Kant Between the Schwärmer and the Enthusiast Chapter 4. Edmund Burke’s Critique of the “Philosophical Fanatics” Behind the French Revolution Chapter 5. Dostoevsky’s Demons: Encountering Political Fanaticism Conclusion. Confronting Fanaticism and Its Partisans Notes References Index Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisArgues that the Dirty Harry series sheds critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time. Joe Street maintains that the films themselves became active participants in the culture wars, paying particular attention to the films’ representation of crime, family and community, sexuality, and race.

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Book SynopsisReaching across disciplines and national boundaries, this volume examines cultural heritage work within the context of both democratic institutions and democratic practices, including participatory, deliberative, and direct democratic practices. Case studies highlight how democratic politics and cultural heritage impact and depend upon one another.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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