Political ideologies and movements Books
Oxford University Press Tribes and Politics in Yemen
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The University of Chicago Press The Common Cause
Book SynopsisIlluminates an ethic of moral imperfectionism, a set of anticolonial, antifascist practices devoted to ordinariness and abnegation that ranged from doomed mutinies in the Indian military to Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual discipline.Trade Review"Drawing on an unusual mix of archives, and moving fluidly between dynamic analysis and vivid historical narrative, this study is a major contribution to current debates on the relation of ethics to politics. An important and original book." (Amanda Anderson, Brown University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Beyond Ideology
Book SynopsisThe congressional agenda includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other. This book argues that many partisan battles are rooted in competition for power rather than disagreement over the rightful role of government.Trade Review"Innovative, interesting, and important, Beyond Ideology gives us rich new insights on an institution about which we still know relatively little compared with the House. It is a substantial contribution that sheds new light on complex relationships and offers engaging illustrations drawn from political interactions on legislation." - David W. Rohde, Duke University"
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The University of Chicago Press Sovereign of the Market
Book SynopsisWhat should serve as money, who should control its creation and circulation, and according to what rules? For more than two hundred years, the money question shaped American social thought, becoming a central subject of political debate and class conflict. Sovereign of the Market reveals how and why this happened. Jeffrey Sklansky's wide-ranging study comprises three chronological parts devoted to major episodes in the career of the money question. First, the fight over the innovation of paper money in colonial New England. Second, the battle over the development of commercial banking in the new United States. And third, the struggle over the national banking system and the international gold standard in the late nineteenth century. Each section explores a broader problem of power that framed each conflict in successive phases of capitalist development: circulation, representation, and association. The three parts also encompass intellectual biographies of opposing reformers for each p
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University of Chicago Press Direct Action Radical Pacifism from the Union
Book SynopsisThis text tells the story of how a small group of "radical pacifists" - nonviolent activists such as David Dellinger, Staughton Lynd, A.J. Muste, and Bayard Rustin played a major role in the rebirth of American radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1: The Journey to War Resistance 2: Forging a New Radicalism: Conscientious Objectors during World War II 3: Rebels without a Revolution, 1945-1952 4: Slumber and Awakening, 1952-1957 5: Direct Action, 1957-1963 6: The Vietnam Era Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Direct Action Radical Pacifism from the Union
Book SynopsisThis text tells the story of how a small group of radical pacifists - nonviolent activists such as David Dellinger, Staughton Lynd, A.J. Muste, and Bayard Rustin played a major role in the rebirth of American radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s.
£999.99
The University of Chicago Press Nationalists Cosmopolitans Popular Music in
Book SynopsisThis work focuses on the development of a unique style of music - combining the electric guitar with indigenous Shona music - that emerged in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Turino examines this emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the black middle classes, and how it influenced politics.
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The University of Chicago Press Why the American Century
Book SynopsisExploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract average consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology.Table of ContentsPreface: "The New Colossus" Pt. 1: Making the Century American Ch. 1: Producers, Brokers, and Users of Knowledge Ch. 2: Defining Tools of Social Intelligence Ch. 3: Inventing the Average American Pt. 2: The Social Contract of the Market Ch. 4: Turning out Consumers Ch. 5: Deradicalizing Class Pt. 3: Embattled Identities Ch. 6: From Voluntarism to Pluralism Ch. 7: Enlarging the Polity Pt. 4: Exporting American Principles Ch. 8: Individualism and Modernization Ch. 9: The Power of Uncertainty Acknowledgments Notes Index
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University of Illinois Press Free Spirits
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Calling on an impressive range of sources including weekly journals, essays, letters, and various organizational reports, Lause clearly demonstrates the wealth of evidence supporting the influence of spiritualists… Recommended."--Choice "Opens a door between works that consider spiritualism as a purely religious phenomenon and works that deal with the history of the reform movements of the time in purely political or economic terms. By developing this thesis, Lause shows how limited previous treatments of progressive reform have been."--John B. Buescher, author of The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear: Agitator for the Spirit Land "Historians of religion, culture, and politics will all learn something new. . . . Free Spirits is filled with fascinating material."--The Journal of Southern History "There is virtually no scholarship on the influence and counter-influence of spiritualism and politics. The fresh insights on Lincoln, who is generally protected from any real alliance with spiritualism by virtue of his 'difficult' wife, is a great contribution, as are the messages from the southern dead."--Cathy Gutierrez, author of Plato's Ghost: Spiritualism in the American Renaissance"Opens a door between works that consider spiritualism as a purely religious phenomenon and works that deal with the history of the reform movements of the time in purely political or economic terms. By developing this thesis, Lause shows how limited previous treatments of progressive reform have been."--John B. Buescher, author of The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear: Agitator for the Spirit Land
£21.59
Three Rivers Press The Audacity of Hope Thoughts on Reclaiming the
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate “In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.&rdq
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Random House USA Inc Revolution 1989
Book SynopsisRevolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world.At the start of 1989, six European nations were Soviet vassal states. By year's end, they had all declared national independence and embarked on the road to democracy. How did it happen so quickly? Victor Sebestyen, who was on the scene as a reporter, draws on his firsthand knowledge of the events, on scores of interviews with witnesses and participants, and on newly uncovered archival material. He tells the story through the eyes of ordinary men and women as well as through the strategic moves of world leaders. He shows how the KGB helped bring down former allies; how the United States tried to slow the process; and why the collapse of the Iron Curtain was the catalyst for the fall of the entire Soviet empire.
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Random House USA Inc Muzzled
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St Martin's Press No LOGO
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pirate Enlightenment or the Real Libertalia
Book SynopsisThe final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societiesvibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire.In graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island's politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, Graeber's final posthumous book, is the outgrowth of this early research and the culmination of ideas that he developed in his classic, best
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WW Norton & Co Public Citizens
Book SynopsisThe story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society.Trade Review"Elegantly argued and meticulously documented…Sabin makes his case intelligently and forcefully." -- Timothy Noah, New York Times Book Review"Crisp, clear, eloquent, and carefully focused on the political changes of the 1970s." -- Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic"Carefully researched and patiently argued." -- Louis Menand, New Yorker"There is a stereotype of the cleavage in American politics, which is that Democrats want to use the government to do big things, and Republicans don’t, and that is the fight. But if you look more deeply…there’s a bit of a divided Democratic soul here…There’s a great new book on this called Public Citizens by Paul Sabin." -- Ezra Klein on The Ezra Klein Show"[Sabin's] cogent history is timely and likely to be enduring. An insightful and squirm-inducing account of how the good guys won and then lost." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)"Sabin crafts a coherent historical narrative out of the alphabet soup of government agencies and public interest groups, and sheds light on major developments in American politics. This deep dive delivers plenty of rewards." -- Publishers Weekly"This book could not be more timely. Paul Sabin powerfully demonstrates that the liberal postwar order was not only undercut by the rise of the right, but also by an activist left that for good reason decried government’s deafness to citizens’ needs and participation. How best to serve the public interest is the greatest challenge of our time, and we could have no better guide through the historical thicket than Sabin." -- Lizabeth Cohen, author of Saving America's Cities"Paul Sabin’s history of America’s 1960s and ’70s is directly relevant to the country’s civic, political, and ethical choices in the decades ahead. This is a surprising, insightful, and lastingly useful book." -- James Fallows, author of Our Towns"Astute and nuanced, Paul Sabin uses Ralph Nader and the public interest movement he helped spawn to tell a fascinating story of American governance and the limits of markets, regulation, and citizen action." -- Richard White, author of Railroaded"Paul Sabin has written a fascinating account of the forgotten history of public interest liberalism. Looking back at Ralph Nader and allied good government warriors, Sabin offers a powerful reminder that the attack on big government didn’t just come from the right but the left as well." -- Julian Zelizer, author of Burning Down the House"Long before 'the Reagan Revolution,' an army of citizen activists launched a searing attack on liberalism, big government, and the administrative state—and helped pave the way for market-oriented conservatism. Paul Sabin’s timely, provocative, and deeply ironic account should be required reading for everyone interested in environmentalism, consumerism, political economy, and the 1970s." -- Laura Kalman, author of The Long Reach of the Sixties
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Basic Books Adam Smith
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The University of Michigan Press Visualizing Secularism and Religion
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The University of Michigan Press The Evolution of Agrarian Institutions
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The University of Michigan Press Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of
Book SynopsisErik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting.
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The University of Michigan Press Constructivism Reconsidered
Book SynopsisExplores Constructivism's theoretical, empirical, and methodological strengths and weaknesses, and debates what these say about its past, present, and future to reach a better understanding of international relations (IR) in general and how Constructivism informs IR in particular.Trade ReviewConstructivism Reconsidered is the major assessment of constructivism to date. It makes an important and lasting contribution to IR theory, and all those who want to understand constructivism or use it in their work need to read this book."" - John A. Vasquez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign""The editors and authors have put together an intriguing volume taking stock of constructivism in its third decade. Many times edited volumes are forced into a false coherence that appears coerced after only a few pages. What distinguishes this volume is its retention of a dizzying variety. Much like any delicious tasting menu or omakase experience, the reader will find in this volume many ideas to savor, and a few that either leave a bitter taste, or leave one scratching her head pondering what was that?"" - Ted Hopf, National University of Singapore
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Alfred A. Knopf Cheap Land Colorado
Book Synopsis From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.“In these dispatches, [Conover] invites readers to ride shotgun along an unraveling edge of the American West, where sepia-toned myths about making a fresh start collide with modern modes of alienation, volatility, and exile.... In a nation whose edges have come to define its center, this is essential reading.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land—and keeping clear of the mainstream. The failed subdivisions of the enormous San Luis Valley make this possibl
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Mariner Books Spain in Our Hearts
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Random House USA Inc End of Discussion How the Lefts Outrage Industry
Book SynopsisWith a new foreword for the paperback edition reflecting Trump's election and the recent uproar surrounding right-leaning speakers on college campuses, this unapologetic conservative duo featured on FOX News, Townhall, The Federalist, and CNN combat the silencing of free speech in America.They're trying to silence you. But don't let them dictate the End of Discussion. In the age of Trump, a prejudice against free speech is spreading, fueled by a growing movement that believes ideas must be squelched to protect people. The presidential election of 2016 should have been the clearest sign yet to the Left that trying to convince half the country to shut up is not the same as actually convincing them. And yet, in its wake, the impulse to stifle and punish incorrect viewpoints, and the deplorables who voice them, is alive and well. It's a vicious and ironic cycle, especially in academia, where dissenting speech is deemed dangerous and equated to violence -- while
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Random House USA Inc HomeLand
Book SynopsisA moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to return to your native land—this is a “winsome memoir of departure and reversal . . . about the way a series of unknowns accrue into a life” (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror).When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she’d given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself?In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and
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Random House USA Inc Utopia Everymans Library
Book Synopsis First published in 1516, during a period of astonishing political and technological change, Sir Thomas More's Utopia depicts an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination, violence, and religious intolerance. Raphael Hythloday, a philospher and world traveler, describes to the author and his friend an island nation he has visited called Utopia (combining the Greek ou-topos and eu-topos, for no place and good place, respectively). Hythloday believes the rational social order of the Utopians is far superior to anything in Europe, while his listeners find many of their customs appealing but absurd. Given the enigmatic ambivalence of the character that More named after himself and the playful Greek puns he sprinkled throughout (including Hythloday's name, which means knowing nonsense), it is difficult to know what precisely More meant his readers to make of all the innovations of his Utopia. But
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Republic
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Rowman & Littlefield The Essential Ronald Reagan A Profile in Courage
Book SynopsisRecounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis.Trade Review...a masterpiece of compression; strongly recommended as a first book to read on Reagan. -- Michael Potemra * National Review *As Edwards rightly notes, Reagan is an 'American for the ages.' -- Loredana Vuoto * The Weekly Standard *Ronald Reagan stands as the most consequential president of the second half of the 20th century. In The Essential Ronald Reagan, Lee Edwards tells the Reagan story as a leading scholar of American conservatism and a gifted writer can. -- Michael Barone, senior writer, U.S. News & World ReportThe Essential Ronald Reagan is a masterful political biography of a great American president. -- Edwin Meese III, Presidential Counselor, 1981-1985, U.S. Attorney General 1985-1988I'm often asked to recommend a short biography of Ronald Reagan, one that concisely strikes at the core of the man, his ideas, and what he did. The Essential Ronald Reagan is the book that I will now recommend. Lee Edwards has produced a well-written, well-researched, balanced, engaging, and insightful biography of Ronald Reagan. -- Paul Kengor, Ph.D., author of God and Ronald Reagan and professor at Grove City CollegeOffers the first comprehensive political portrait of the man. * Forecast *Lee Edwards, who wrote the first biography of Ronald Reagan in 1967, has now written the revised edition—incorporating the stunning accomplishments of Reagan as Governor of California and President of the U.S. This is the essential biography of one of our greatest presidents. -- Martin Anderson, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University...this book reveals a man whose amiable facade guarded a more thoughtful and knowledgeable interior. * Publishers Weekly *This book is not just a checklist of accomplishments, but also a concise, penetrating study of Reagan's formation and leadership...Edwards consciously creates a succinct political biography...This assessment of Reagan's presidency is something one sees far too little of in the Reagan literature—and it is an honest one. -- Matthew James Sitman * Townhall *Overall, readers will find this book to be both well-written and informative. The author has provided an important political analysis of Reagan and his presidency. * Foreword Reviews *"The Essential Ronald Reagan is a very good introduction to America's 40th president. ...As the quasi-official historian of the conservative movement, Edwards is a fitting guide to Reagan's life and legacy." -- John J. Miller * Washington Examiner *Edwards offers an interesting perspective on Reagan's transformation from a liberal Democrat who was an ethusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt to a conservative Republican who eschewed big government... Readers will find this book to be both well-written and informative. The author has provided an important political analysis of Reagan and his presidency. -- Robin Dasher-Alston * Foreword Reviews *In 147 pages of text, Lee Edwards has accomplished what Ronald Reagan's official biographer, Edmund Morris, was unable to do in 674: He has captured the essence of the 40th president's character. -- Peter Hannaford * The Weekly Standard *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction: A Time for Testing Chapter 3 From the Heartland Chapter 4 Going Hollywood Chapter 5 Communism and Capitalism Chapter 6 In the Ring at Last Chapter 7 The Biggest Role of All Chapter 8 Golden Years Chapter 9 The Reagan Doctrine Chapter 10 Never Again Part 11 Bibliographic Essay Part 12 Notes Part 13 Index Part 14 Acknowledgments Part 15 About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield The Politics of Life 25 Rules for Survival in a
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWashington journalist and author Crawford (Attack the Messenger) gives Machiavelli a user-friendly 21st century update with this guide to life's struggles for the unwary, the good-natured and the 'never met a man I didn't like' gang. . . Crawford is adept in his use of anecdotes to illustrate tough truths in a logical framework, providing excellent advice for launching endeavors, moving in a positive direction, surviving the scoundrels and embracing life. * Publishers Weekly *Finally, a book that cleverly uses real politics to help people gain ground in their own lives. The ten commandments will get you to heaven, but Craig Crawford's 25 rules will help you survive the purgatory on earth. Read this —before it's too late! -- Larry J. Sabato, director, University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of The Kenneday Half-CenturyCraig Crawford, a Washington pundit, has written a fascinating and insightful guidebook on the use of power in public life, and ways to avoid the pitfalls. He shows it takes a little bit of Machiavelli to play the game in politics—and life—and succeed. -- Helen Thomas, Dean, White House Press Corps, Hearst ColumnistTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter 1: Life is a Filthy Battle for Control Chapter 2: Better to Boldly Assert Than Cautiously Deny Chapter 3: Love Helps, but Fear Motivates Chapter 4: Popular Lies Beat Unpopular Truth Chapter 5: Ambition Is Never Satisfied Chapter 6: Only the Flexible Succeed Chapter 7: Better to Imitate a Winner Than Be an Original Loser Chapter 8: Never Keep Your Word If Circumstances Change Chapter 9: To Control Others, First Walk in Their Shoes Chapter 10: The More Visible Your Power, the More Its Limits Are Known Chapter 11: Arrogance Makes an Easy Target Chapter 12: Most Would Rather Follow a Leader Than Lead a Following Chapter 13: Those Who Prefer to Lead A Following Cannot Be Trusted Chapter 14: Never Seek a Favor That Could Cost Too Much to Return Chapter 15: Leading the Way for Change Seldom Pays Chapter 16: Wanting Power Requires Less Intelligence Than Seeking Power Chapter 17: Those Who Are Dependent on You Will Be the Most Faithful Chapter 18: A True Enemy Should Be Eliminated, Never Tolerated Chapter 19: In Dealing with Passive Aggression, Be More Passive and More Aggressive Chapter 20: Victory Can Sometimes Be Concealed in Compromise Chapter 21: Implement Painful Choices Quickly to Minimize the Effects Chapter 22: Distribute Rewards Slowly to Prolong the Effects Chapter 23: Allowing Others to Speak Truthfully Diminishes Their Respect for You Chapter 24: Never Postpone Inevitable Conflict Chapter 25: The Powerful Never Give Up Control; It Must Be Taken Away
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) Culture Warrior
Book SynopsisWith three straight #1 bestsellers and more than 4 million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America’s heart and soul.Bill O’Reilly is the very embodiment of the idea of a Culture Warrior—and in this book he lives up to the title brilliantly, with all the brashness and forthrightness at his command. He sees that America is in the midst of a fierce culture war between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to change America into a “secular-progressive” country. This is a conflict that differs in many ways from the usual liberal/conservative divide, but it is no less heated, and the stakes are even higher.In Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nation’s motto “E Pluribus
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democracy after Communism A Journal of Democracy
Book SynopsisTamas formerly of Georgetown University; Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland at College Park; Grigory Yavlinsky, member of the Russian State Duma (parliament).Trade ReviewA thoughtful collection of essays on the hazards, practical and conceptual, of one of the monumental changes in world affairs in our time. -- Bohdan Harasymiw International Journal 2004Table of ContentsContents: I. The Exit from Communism 1. How Different Are Postcommunist Transitions: Ghia Nodia 2. Comparing East and South: Valerie Bunce 3. The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites: John Higley, Judith Kullberg, and Jan Pakulsk i4. Civil Society after Communism: Aleksander Smolar 5. Understanding Postcommunist Transitions: Leszek Balcerowicz 6. Estonia's Success Story: Mart Laar 7. The Postcommunist Wars: Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. II. The East European Experience 8. The Postcommunist Divide: Jacques Rupnik 9. Europe Transformed: Richard Rose 10. Reassessing the Revolutions of 1989: Vladimir Tismaneanu 11. The Transformation of Central Europe: Bronislaw Gereme k12. Victory Defeated: G.M. Tamas 13. The International Context: Jacques Rupnik 14. A Diverging Europe: Richard Rose 15. History and Memory: The Revolutions of 1989-91: Aleksander Smolar III. The Post-Soviet Experience 16. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Michael McFaul 17. The Primacy of History and Culture: Zbigniew Brzezinski 18. The Impact of Nationalism: Ghia Nodia 19. From Democratization to "Guided Democracy": Archie Brown 20. The Advantages of Radical Reform: Anders Aslund 21. Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. 22. Sovereignty and Uncertainty in Ukraine: Nadia Diuk 23. Russia's Hybrid Regime: Lilia Shevtsova 24. Putin's Path: M. Steven Fish 25. Going Backwards: Grigory Yavlinsky 26. A Mixed Record, an Uncertain Future: Michael McFaul
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Random House USA Inc Young Radicals In the War for American Ideals
Book SynopsisFrom the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution, the stunning story of five American radicals fighting for their ideals as the country goes mad around them “Inspiring and entertaining.”—David Brooks, The New York Times “It’s not difficult to see why [Lin-Manuel] Miranda would have been attracted to [Jeremy] McCarter as a writing partner.”—The Wall Street Journal “One of the exciting new nonfiction books this summer.”—Time Where do we find our ideals? What does it mean to live for them—and to risk dying for them? For Americans during World War I, these weren’t abstract questions. Young Radicals tells the story of five activists, intellectuals and troublemakers who agitated for freedom and equality in the hopeful years before the war, then fought to de
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MW - Rutgers University Press Strange Bedfellows How LateNight Comedy Turns
Book SynopsisPresidential candidates have been making it a point to add the late-night comedy circuit to the campaign trail. This title explains that this programming is more than a mere replacement for traditional news outlets; it plays its own role in shaping public perception of government and the political process.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Losing Our Religion 2. "Showmen is Devoid of Politics": The Roots of Pseudo-Satire and the Rise of the Comedy-Industrial Complex 3. Film at 11:00, Jokes at 11:30: Topical Comedy and the News 4. The Personal and the Political 5. Pay No Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain 6. Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith 7. For Whom the Bell Dings 8. Laughing All the Way to the White House 9. Irony is Dead...Long Live Satire? Acknowledgments Notes Index
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University of Minnesota Press Ecologism Towards Ecological Citizenship Concepts
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University of Minnesota Press Value in Marx
Book SynopsisLong prone to dogmatic disagreement, the question of value in Marx’s thought requires renewal if Marx’s work is to remain vibrant. Value in Marx offers a rereading of Marx that strips value of its turgid theoretical reduction and reframes it as an investigation into the tensions between social relations and forms as they are rather than as what they could become.Trade Review"Marx’s writings have inspired an extraordinary corpus of writing designed to understand and change capitalism. However, while many have tried to wear his boots, few have journeyed in genuinely new directions while holding Marx’s compass. Henderson here finds contemporary value in Marx’s writings in ways both faithful and surprising." —Noel Castree, Manchester University"Value in Marx offers a truly original reading—itself a rare thing—backed by virtuosic textual analysis of Marx and a near-impeccable awareness of the wider literature. One cannot ask for much more." —David B. Clarke, Swansea UniversityTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Did Marx Have a Theory of Value?Part I1. The Value-Capital Couplet and How to Break It2. The Politics of Capitalist “Totality” in a More-Than-Capitalist WorldPart II3. The End of Value (As We Know It)4. From Necessity to Freedom and Back Again: Abjected Labor and the Taint of ValuePart III5. The Value Hypothesis: Three Scenes for a Political Imaginary of ValueNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Freegans
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Eat this book. If you’re lucky enough to find it in the trash, dig it out and bite in. It’s sociologically fresh and environmentally nutritious. Alex V. Barnard writes crisply and invitingly, and his analysis of the ‘fetishism of waste’ is novel and helpful. This is ethnography as it is meant to be: going through the trash and thrash of everyday life and uncovering analytic treasures—free to be had, if we only stop to look."—Michael Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison "In Freegans, Alex V. Barnard examines how this group of activists aims to change the way we live on this world, one overripe tomato at a time."—Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal"Readers with interests in social justice, activist movements, environmentalism, consumerism, and food waste will find this book thought-provoking."—Library Journal"Barnard’s book is refreshing ... an important and thorough critique of food waste."—On the Brink"The timeliness of many themes, from political disenfranchisement and social movements to climate change and food security, make this a compelling and urgent read. Barnard’s easy and accessible writing style ensures this book is also engaging and valuable to a non-academic audience."—Environmental Politics"This engaging, well-written book, full of vivid observations and interviews, is sure to attract a wide readership. Highly recommended."—CHOICE"This work will shed light on how alternative activists are enacting a more sustainable future today, and citizens who are doubtful that sustainability can be attained via conscious consumption might find inspiration in freegans’ radical waste politics."—Food, Culture & Society"Barnard succeeds in making visible drivers of ecological destruction in capitalism and provides a thoughtful analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and inconsistencies of anti- capitalist social movements."—Environmental Values"A wonderful text for a social movement class looking for a well written, enjoyable read to illustrate the recruitment, tactics, role of identity and culture, and decline of a movement."—Mobilization"This thorough account reminds us of the dangers of capitalist co-option and the need to stick to our values when the world around us appears blind. Freegans reveal a more complete story of capitalist waste and want that to contribute to unraveling these complex issues."—The British Journal of Sociology"A critical addition to undergraduate and graduate classes on the subject."—Agriculture and Human Values"Barnard’s re-conceptualization of freegans’ speeches and practices offers other interesting insights."—European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsContentsPreface Introduction: A Brief History of a Tomato 1. Capitalism’s Cast-offs2. Diving In, Opting Out3. Waving the Banana in the Big Apple4. A New World Out of Waste5. The Ultimate Boycott?6. Backlash, Conflict, and DeclineConclusion: Salvaging SustainabilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Democracys Dangers Discontents The Tyranny of
Book SynopsisBy democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers and Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary US policy. He asserts that many of the problems we face today are the consequences of the increasing democratization of our government and that the flaws of democracy, being ultimately an expression of the flaws in human nature, are unlikely to be corrected. Yet, he says, the continuing vigour of the US Constitution and the American character give us
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. American Individualism Hoover Institution Press
Book SynopsisIn late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distil from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American exceptionalism: the set of beliefs and values that still makes America unique.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Liberty and Democracy Philosophic Reflections on
Book SynopsisContributors grapple with the issue of the proper role of democracy in a society that is committed to respecting protecting the individual rights of all. They challenge conventional thinking, offering provocative ideas on democracy and individual freedom.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Changing Images of Law in Film and Television
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University of Missouri Press History of Political Ideas CW22
Book SynopsisThis volume identifies two distinct beginnings of the movement toward modern political consciousness, the Renaissance and the Reformation. It analyzes the political ideas that first emerged during the Renaissance and Reformation and considers their presence in modern thought.
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University of Missouri Press Uncovering the Constitutions Moral Design
Book SynopsisThe US Constitution provides a framework for our laws, but what does it have to say about morality? Paul DeHart ferrets out that document's implicit moral assumptions, demonstrating that the Constitution presupposes a natural law to which human law must conform. His argument works toward resolving current debates over the Constitution's normative framework.Trade ReviewThe case DeHart makes for the moral telos of the Constitution has been made now in a way that must be utterly compelling to anyone who has not closed his mind entirely to the canons of reason. This is a rare and remarkable achievement. I know of nothing else that does the work this well."" - Hadley Arkes, Amherst College, author of Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths
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University of Missouri Press Liberal Education and Citizenship in a Free
Book SynopsisA collection of 18 original essays that deepen our understanding of under appreciated issues in the history of political thought. The contributing authors’ competing perspectives provide innovative insights into how liberal arts universities might adapt to a post-COVID-19 academic environment by recalibrating long-standing pedagogic aims.Trade Review“This is a valuable volume that addresses the importance of liberal education and the challenges to it. From reflections on the classical meaning of liberal education, to the promises and perils of technology and the sciences, to curriculum issues within the modern academy, this book has something important to contribute.”—Khalil M. Habib, Hillsdale College, coeditor of The Soul of Statesmanship: Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom
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Michigan State University Press What Roosevelt Thought The Social and Political
Book SynopsisThis study shows the unfolding of Roosevelt's views in the context of a larger philosophy. His views on rival social systems, the United Nations, the Supreme Court and colonialism, as well as his ideas on religion, human rights and other issues are presented within the context of his life.
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MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Eleanor Baldwin and the Womans Point of View New
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Constitution of the United States and Related
Book SynopsisThis highly useful volume contains the complete text of The Constitution of the United States, including all 26 amendments, as well as the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the key sections of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Also included is a fine introduction by editor Martin Shapiro. .Table of ContentsIntroduction vii The Constitution of the United States The Historical Document xxvi The Constitution of the United States 1 Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Historical Document and Political Behavior 36 Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 (Key Sections) 37 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Key Sections) 66 Related Documents The Declaration of Independence 78 The Articles of Confederation 84 Selected Bibliography 97
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Baraka Books An Independent Quebec The Past the Present and
Book SynopsisDrawing on his rich experience in public service and teaching, Jacques Parizeau, former premier of Quebec, explains how the idea of an independent Quebec first took root and evolved. Parizeau also provides lively commentary on the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s, on his career as finance minister under Premier René Lévesque, and on his own administration in the mid-1990s.Trade ReviewOn all issues, Jacques Parizeau has interesting things to say. . . . There are too many mediocre politicians for us not to welcome the idea that a politician is also a thinker." —La Presse (Montreal)"What Parizeau brilliantly illustrates is that today ‘no country is too small to develop as long as it is part of large trade space or market." —Le Devoir (Montreal)"Parizeau, the former premier of Quebec and leader of the Yes camp in the 1995 independence referendum, delivers a thorough overview of the history and future of the separatist movement in the province." —Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR"Explosive conclusions!" —The National Post"I agree 100% with Bob Sirois." —Bobby Holik, two-time Stanley Cup winner with the New Jersey Devils
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BookBaby America in Crisis
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Picador Pirate Enlightenment or the Real Libertalia
Book SynopsisThe final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societiesvibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire.In graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island's politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, Graeber's final posthumous book, is the outgrowth of this early research and the culmination of ideas that he developed in his classic, best
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