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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Bharat: India 2.0
Book SynopsisBharat: India 2.0 is a brilliant vision for the nation by one of India''s most prominent scientists. Through a meticulous analysis of the proceedings of the Constituent Assembly, Prof. Desiraju demonstrates the limitations of the Westminster model of governance for a country that has nurtured the longest extant human civilization. Specifically, the Indian Constitution of 1950, with its subsequent amendments, has many fault lines related to federalism, secularism and caste-based reservations that will lead to problems in the future. Going beyond conventional analyses, Desiraju argues for changes that acknowledge the civilizational aspects of a deeply religious country and proposes a unique solution to this problem. Padma Shri Subhash Kak (Scientist, Indologist, Vedic Scholar)
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Puritan is Political: Mapping Islamic
Book SynopsisIt elucidates how the concept of puritan Islam becomes a powerful source for the Islamic organisations to preach, propagate and network the gospel of Islamic terrorism and how and why the moderate voices from the Islamic communities have failed to respond to these challenges.
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Amsterdam University Press Art and Politics: Between Purity and Propaganda
Book SynopsisIn Art and Politics, Segal explores the collision of politics and art in seven enticing essays. The book explores the position of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions. Joes Segal takes you on a journey to the Third Reich, where Emil Nolde supported the regime while being called degenerate; shows us Diego Rivera creating Marxist murals in Mexico and the United States for anti-Marxist governments and clients; ties Jackson Pollock's drip paintings in their Cold War context to both the FBI and the CIA; and considers the countless images of Mao Zedong in China as unlikely witnesses of radical political change.Trade Review- "[Segal's] command of ideas and sources is nothing short of magnificent, and nearly every page bursts with important, elegantly written and nuanced observations. If you're ready to de-reify your brain, read this." - Eric A. Gordon, People's World, 2016 - Radio interview with KCRW Radio . Read the accompanying blog post hereTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Positive and Negative Integration - The First World War in France and Germany 2. Between Nationalism and Communism - Diego Rivera and Mexican Muralism 3. National and Degenerate Art - The Third Reich 4. Internal and External Enemies - The Cold War 5. From Maoism to Capitalist Communism - The People's Republic of China 6. The In-Between Space - Kara Walker's Shadow Murals 7. A Heavy Heritage - Monuments in the former Soviet Bloc Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index of Names
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij What is Antizionism? (...and is it Antisemitic?):
Book SynopsisAntizionism - the opposition to Zionism and the state of Israel - has progressed at a breath-taking speed. Whether it be at the United nations, in the Middle East, on campuses, in the mass-media or elsewhere, Antizionism has become a very topical subject that has engendered passionate debates. Paradoxically, the study of Antizionism has remained in its infancy and this book is the first attempt to examine the subject as a global phenomenon on a more comprehensive and systematic level. The author examines in great detail the controversial subject of the relationship between Antizionism and Antisemitism. The various Antizionist ideologies and their leading proponents are discussed one by one. A whole section is devoted to an analysis of the means used by Antizionist campaigners. Dr Stellman''s ground-breaking and thought-provoking study is a work meant to provide easily accessible reference for those encountering Antizionism, either as activists or professionals. To that aim, the book contains definitions, list of resources, revision questions, training exercises and discussion points.
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Amsterdam University Press Contesting Austerity: Social Movements and the
Book SynopsisContesting Austerity compares the contentious responses to austerity in Portugal and Spain between 2008 and 2015. While in Spain a sustained wave of mobilisation lasted for three years and led to a transformation of the party system, in Portugal social movements mobilised only in specific instances, trade unions dominated protest and institutional change was limited. Contesting Austerity shows that trajectories and outcomes in these countries are linked to the nature and configurations of the players in the mobilisation process.Trade Review"Contesting Austerity is a landmark work. Its innovative perspective highlights how the distinct political cultures of Spain and Portugal shaped reactions to the crisis. A must-read for all interested in Iberian politics and society." . Pedro Ramos Pinto, Associate Professor in International Economic History, University of Cambridge "Contesting Austerity brings new insights into how movements and parties interacted in Spain and Portugal during the ‘age of austerity’. Anyone interested in understanding the effect of protest in these cases, and more generally in the post-2008 period, can do no better than to turn to this outstanding book." . David. J. Bailey, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham "This book investigates the Spanish and Portuguese protest cycle in times of austerity. It brings back into social movement studies a debate on capitalism filling a gap in existing literature. With a dynamic view of a complex process in unsettled times, it contributes to the understanding of how the financial crisis and ensuing crisis of legitimacy opened spaces for contentious actors." . Donatella della Porta, Director of Centre on Social Movements Studies, Scuola Normale SuperioreTable of ContentsAcronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Starting point The contentious politics of neoliberalism European crisis The politics of austerity in the Southern European countries Contesting austerity in Southern Europe Contesting austerity: social movements and the left 1 Cycles, arenas and claims: A players-based approach Cycles of protest, political opportunity structures and eventful protests Blurring the lines: a multi-player perspective Repertoires, discourses and claim-making Research design, methods and data collection 2 Preludes to the anti-austerity mobilisations: From Democratisation to the Great Recession Contentious transitions Contention under consolidating democracies New millennium contentious transitions Anti-austerity antecedents (2005-2010) Diverging paths to the anti-austerity cycle of protest 3 Turning points: Going beyond the core Setting the scene for austerity Networks and players Turning points in Portugal Turning points in Spain Going beyond the core: a summary Between democracy, precarity and austerity: movement culture and frames Networks of resistance Opening the way forward 4 Enduring austerity: From representation to redistribution Enduring austerity Players and claim-making between 2009-2015 Overlapping dynamics of contention in Spain Mareas as a hybrid: between social movements and trade unions Housing, civil disobedience and relation with Institutions Recentralisation, platforms and protest events: post-15M dynamics Labour from below From movement void to strategic alliance building in Portugal Trade unions and movement void Constitutional break and the QSLT – Alliance building and exclusions Claim-making and repertoires in the QSLT Demobilisation A plural arena 5 From the streets to institutions: Reconfiguration of the left after the anti-austerity mobilisations Dynamics of demobilisation Reshaping the left: between party elites and social movements Breaking hegemony: Podemos and the party-constellation Municipal projects: the case of Madrid Podemos, IU and the recomposition of the left The road to the general elections and the party-constellation Resilience and the recomposition of the left in Portugal Left Bloc from 2011 to 2015: crisis, internal dynamics and reshaping of the Left in Portugal From Congresso Democratico das Alternativas to a recomposition of the left Political outcomes and post-2015 alliances Conclusion Appendices Appendix I Chronology Appendix II Interviews Appendix III Protest Event Analysis Codebook Bibliography Index
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MER Paper Kunsthalle Some Use for Your Broken Clay Pots
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Valiz Commonism: A New Aesthetics of the Real
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Valiz Passivity: Between Indifference and Pacifism
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Finnish Literature Society Rhetorics of Nordic Democracy
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Sandorf Passage Journey to Russia
Book SynopsisWhen Miroslav Krleža traveled through Russia for six months between the end of 1924 and the beginning of 1925, the celebrated Croatian writer was there to figure out what it all meant. The sprawling country was still coming to terms with the events of the 1917 revolution and reeling from Lenin’s death in January 1924. During this period of profound political and social transition, Krleža opened his senses to train stations, cities, and villages and collected wildly different Russian perspectives on their collective moment in history.Krleža’s impressionistic reportage of mass demonstrations and jubilant Orthodox Easter celebrations is informed by his preoccupation with the political, social, and psychological complexities of his environment. The result is a masterfully crafted modernist travelogue that resonates today as much as it did when first published in 1926.Trade Review"Krlezais a shrewd observer of man as social animal, and his wry, sardonic style fits cleanly into the Eastern European tradition of bureaucratic satire by the likes of Kafka, Karel Capek and Jaroslav Hasek " - -Publishers Weekly on On the Edge of Reason"A great Croatian writer is seen at his most animated and unsparing in a venomous satire . . . on political aggrandizement and xenophobia. . . . Much worth reading as an introduction to an unjustly neglected European master." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Banquet in Blitva"The Croatian Miroslav Krleza is among the most neglected of the world's writers." -- Antioch Review"Miroslav Krleza's Journey to Russia is a book that ought to be some kind of immortal classic." Nell Zink, Author of Doxology and The Wallcreeper
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The Chinese University Press A Cloud Across the Pacific: Essays on the Clash
Book SynopsisThis book uncovers the basic contradictions between contemporary China's complex ideological marketplace and Western liberalism. It describes and puts into critical context three versions of Western liberalism (those of F.A. Hayek, John Rawls, and John Dunn), three versions of Chinese liberalism (those of Yang Kuo-shu, Li Qiang, and Ambrose Y.C. King), two versions of modern Confucian humanism (those of T'ang Chun-i, and Henry K.H. Woo), and various versions of Chinese Marxism, including Kao Li-k'o's in the early 1990s and some of the recent New Left writings. It shows that all these Chinese political theories, not only Chinese Marxism, depend on a number of premises at odds with Western liberalism, especially epistemological optimism and an extravagantly optimistic concept of political practicability. It also argues that not only these Chinese theories but also Western liberalism have failed to offer adequate normative guidelines for the improvement of political life. This study uniquely combines a deep understanding of the history of Chinese thought with a strong grasp of modern philosophical trends and an innovative methodology for the description and criticism of political theories. It will be useful to students of modern Chinese intellectual history, of political philosophy, of political culture, of the comparative study of cultures, and of U.S.-Chinese relations.
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Central European University Press Dynamics of an Authoritarian System: Hungary,
Book SynopsisThis conceptually synthetic and empirically rich book demonstrates the vulnerability of democratic settings to authoritarianism and populism. Six scholars from various professional fields explore here the metamorphosis of a political party into a centralized authoritarian system. Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party needed less than ten years to accomplish this transformation in Hungary. In 2010, after winning a majority that could make changes in the constitution – two-thirds of the parliamentary seats, they evolved and stabilized the system, which produced again the two-thirds majority in 2014 and 2018. The authors reveal how a democratic setting can be used as a device for political capture. They show how a political entity managed to penetrate almost all sub-fields of the economy to arrive at institutionalized corruption, and how the centralized power structure reproduces itself. With the help of a powerful empirical apparatus—among others analyses of more than 220,000 public tenders, redistributions of state subsidies, and the interconnectedness of those privileged with the political elite — the authors detail the functioning of a crony system and the network aspects of political connections in the rapid enrichment of politically-linked businesses. Their studies demonstrate the role of political capture in this redistribution and how this capture leads to a new social stratification.Trade Review"This is a dazzling book, researched in depth, elegantly presented and brilliantly argued. I am not aware of any other book that analyses the workings of the Orbán regime as comprehensively and as insightfully as this volume. This impressive book brings the Orbán dictatorship into full focus and should be in every serious university library." https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2205320 -- Sabrina P. Ramet * Europe-Asia Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART I. METAMORPHOSIS OF A PARTY INTO A SYSTEM Paths to Political Capture and Institutionalized Corruption in Hungary, 2010–2021 System evolutions in comparative perspective Political-economic context of systemic evolution From political dominance to political capture Diffusion of political capture into autonomous national, local and grass-roots institutions Forced resource redeployment as instruments of self reproduction of the evolving system Politically selective resource distribution and those most privileged by forced resource redeployment The domestic and external factors of persistent self-reproduction during evolution Conclusions PART II. REPRODUCTION THROUGH REDISTRIBUTION Redistribution and Integration Introduction Welfare redistribution, social integration and inequalities Project-based redistribution Recombinant redistribution Conclusions Cronyism in the Orbán Regime An Empirical Analysis of Public Tenders, 2005–2020 Introduction Literature Data and Indicators The Orbán Regime and MGTS+ companies: descriptive statistics Models and estimations Conclusions References Annex Political Connectedness in Hungarian State Capitalism: The Case of the “Fidesz-Connected” Mészáros Group of Companies Introduction Methodology: data collection and processing Fidesz-connected entrepreneurs on the list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians Regulatory and procurement advantages or favors Lőrincz Mészáros: family and business Annex Summary
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Central European University Press A Concise Field Guide to Post-Communist Regimes:
Book SynopsisWhile the literature of hybrid regimes has given up the presumption that post-communist countries must democratize, its language and concepts still mostly relate to Western democracies. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar tailored to the specifics of the region. In 120 theses they unfold a conceptual framework with (1) a typology of post-communist regimes and (2) a detailed presentation of ideal-type actors and the political, economic, and social phenomena in these regimes. The book is a more digestible companion to the 800-page The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), which was a detailed theoretical study with plenty of empirical illustrations. Each of the 120 theses contains a statement and its concise discussion supported by illustrative tables, figures, and QR-codes that connect the interested reader to the more detailed analysis in the Anatomy. In a condensed variety, this book has kept the holistic approach of the Anatomy and treats the spheres of political, market, and communal action as parts of a single, coherent whole. The endeavor to synthesize a vast range of ideas does not, however, result in a too complicated text. On the contrary, freed from the implicit presumptions of democracy theory, the new terminology yields a readily usable toolkit of unambiguous means of expression to speak about post-communism.Trade Review"Węgierscy badacze: Ustrój, który wymyślili Orban z Kaczyńskim, wymyka się definicjom. To zupełnie nowa jakość." https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30175241,to-jakby-opisywac-slonia-przy-pomocy-jezyka-na-temat-ryb.html -- Wojciech Sadurski * Wyborcza *"In the wide-reaching academic literature on corruption and oligarchs’ influence, Magyar and Madlovics’s synthesis and typologies are exemplary, and their conceptualization rigorous." https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/hungarian-studies/article-abstract/48/2/216/287751/Why-Did-Hungarian-Politics-Become-Authoritarian-A?redirectedFrom=fulltext -- Katalin Fábián * Hungarian Studies Review *"Hiermit ein drittes Forschungsparadigma zur Analyse der Entwicklung Osteuropas nach der Transitologie (in den 1990er Jahren dominant) und einem Konzept, das er als 'Hybridologie' bezeichnet, entwickelt werde. Jenes Dritte bezeichnet er als Paradigma der 'Post-Communist Dynamics'. 'The basic hypothesis of the authors is that the post-communist political trajectory after the fall of communism is leading to ‚informal patronal‘ systems of rule, and by no means to the establishment of Western-style legal-rational liberal democracy.' Die zentrale Institution jenes dritten Paradigmas wird als 'Mafia-Staat' bezeichnet. Dieses Konzept stützt sich auf Erkenntnisse über die historische Mafia, in der traditionelle Familienbeziehungen bestimmend sind und ein Patron die zentrale Figur darstellt. 'In essence, the mafia state is the business venture of the adopted political family managed through the instruments of public authority: the privatized form of a parasite state.'“ https://www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/article/download/11463/11348 -- Dieter Segert * Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung *
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Central European University Press An Older and More Beautiful Belgrade: A Visual
Book SynopsisThis substantial essay depicts urban collapse in an exceptionally difficult period of the Serbian capital. The author has marshalled facts, reflections, photographs and other imagesto demonstrate the transformation of Belgrade during the Milošević years. With the theoretical grounding of cultural anthropology, history studies, culture of memory, history of art, and urbanism, Mileta Prodanović considers changes to the built environment and urban landscape in the city in the 1990s. He covers many visual aspects of life with great ingenuity: shopping centers, unregulated construction and “wild” modifications of buildings, new buildings (broadcasting studios, shops, homes) that do not fit the surroundings, bad taste in home furnishings (camp, kitsch), boondoggles such as the international art center, problematic historical markers like the obelisk of the eternal flame, billboards, store displays, electoral propaganda, graffiti, grave-markers and cemetery memorials, coins and paper money, calendars, beer labels, and even religious icons (and more). All this information is provided with some critique and much implied comparison to past standards. Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps and Plates Foreword by Milena Dragićević Šešić Author’s Summary 1. NEW FORMS OF SACRILEGE The Icon: Between the World and God Differentiating Icon from Idol Profane Icons: A Socialist Innovation The Icon in Serbia’s Post-Socialist “Popular Awakening” 2. PATHOPOLIS Money as an Image of the State Belgrade as a Patchwork City Urban Downfall in the Shadow of War The City as a Forum “Targeting” in the Urban Environment We Won (1): Medals as Reflections of an Incoherent Ideology New Houses for New People Celebrity Charlatans Interlude: How the Past Travels Požeška Street as a Manifesto of “Anti-bureaucratic” Architecture The Way Something Is Written Is as Important as the Content. Maybe Even More. Interlude: The Fine Art of Image Destruction (Iconoclasm Revisited) Elections in the Urban Landscape Megalomaniacs We Won (2): The Eternity Which Lasted a Few Months 3. NECROPOLIS Princes, Living and Dead Rulers' Graves Subjects' Graves “Hush Thou, Night...” ADDENDUM 1: Millennium Bug in the Graveyard ADDENDUM 2: Millennium Bug in Republic Square Biographies Index
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Central European University Press Democracy Fatigue: An East European Epidemy
Book SynopsisOver the early 21st century, democracy worldwide has deteriorated significantly. At the same time, new populist forces have appeared that challenge democracies through legal reforms. The stark contrast between Eastern and Western Europe in this respect is the focus of this collection of essays. The authors consider the 2008-2012 economic crisis to be at the root of the success of the populist parties and the rise of cultural backlash against liberal values. In turn, European governments’ responses to the crisis—mainly austerity measures demanded by IMF and the EU— help explain desenchantment with the European Union. These policies made the wider public feel that they were being left out of politics, and populist parties promised to return power to them. The contributors argue that polarization of the electorate can set in motion a radicalization that strengthens authoritarians at the expense of democrats. They also demonstrate that Eastern and Western Europe differ in their attitudes to the decline in quality of democracy. The studies consider how satisfied people are with the political changes they witness, and argue that seemingly more authoritarian attitudes in the East explain why people feel more satisfied with a defective democracy that empowers the populist-authoritarian political actors that they support.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Carlos García Rivero Part 1. Populism in Europe. Concept and context Chapter 1. The Quality of Democracy in Europe – Enrique Clari & Carlos García-Rivero Chapter 2. The Concept of Populism and Populist Democracy – Ángel Rivero Chapter 3. Mapping Populist Political Parties in Europe – Enrique Clari Chapter 4. On the Persistence of Radical-Right-Wing Populism in Europe: The Role of Grievances and Emotions – Hans-Georg Betz Part 2. Political Participation under Populism. Trends and Limits Chapter 5. The Limits of Democratic Competition. Evidence of the Asymmetrical Impact of Polarization on Europeans Political Attitudes and Behaviour – Enrique Clari and Carlos García-Rivero Chapter 6. Populist’s Voters’ Profiles in Different Electoral Calls. Lessons from Spain – Javier Antón-Merino, Sergio Pérez-Castaños and Marta Méndez-Juez Chapter 7. Ideological Congruence in the Extreme Right in Europe. Germany, Poland and Sweden in Comparative Perspective – Carlos García-Rivero and Hennie Kotzè Chapter 8. Internal Sanctions for the Rule of Law Breaches Under Art.7 TEU: Why is the EU Dragging its Feet? – Clara Portela and Ruth Ferrero Part 3. Populist Parties in Different European regions Chapter 9. Populism in Western vs Eastern Europe – José Rama and Andrés Santana Chapter 10. Populism in Southern Europe – Belén Fernández and Ángel Valencia Chapter 11. Populism in the Nordic countries – Eirikur Bergmann Conclusions. What Lies Ahead – Carlos García-Rivero About the Contributors Index
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Central European University Press Entangled Paths Toward Modernity: Contextualizing
Book SynopsisThis book discusses how socialist ideology emerged as an option of political modernity in the Balkans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and compares three nations sharing similar geopolitical, historical and cultural (religious) background but divided by language and cultural traditions. This book presents three case studies (Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), dealing with the adaptation of three socialist paradigms in three Balkan countries. It carries studies that aspire to tell a different and complementary story with respect to the issue of modernity and socialism (and Marxism). It presents similarities and differences between the ways and forms as socialist ideology appeared in these three predominantly agricultural countries in the final phase of the Ottoman rule in South-Eastern Europe - including transnational interactions and transfers. This book: analyzes the relations and competition between concepts of liberalism and socialism; and, describes where socialism in the three countries was heading to at the beginning of the 20th century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of abbreviations I. Introduction II. Intellectuals III. The ambiguities of modernity (Serbia) IV. Caught up in the contradictions of modernity (Bulgaria) V. Modernity without socialism (Greece) VI. Epilogue Index
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Siglo XXI Ediciones Cuba: ¿Dictadura O Democracia?
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Siglo XXI Ediciones Dialectica y Revolucion. Ensayos de Sociologia E Historia del Marxismo
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Kopernik Disinformation: How Did the Western Media See
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the disinformation on Turkeys failed coup attempt in July 2016. The night of 15 July 2016 was long for Turkey. A military coup was in action. Some soldiers -- also known as FETÖ terrorists -- declared a military takeover on national TV, holding the trembling anchorwoman at gun point while tanks rolled in the streets, bulldozing cars and civilians alike, helicopters rained down bullets on unsuspecting protestors; access to the Bosporus Bridge was blocked, fighter jets began to fly very low, Turkish Parliament was bombed with impunity. With the dawn, it became apparent the perpetrators of the nights bloody coup attempt had destroyed many government buildings and killed some 250 people and wounded more than 2000. Turks unprecedented bravery and sacrifice in defense of democracy, freedom, and country against a military intervention was an exemplary act of civil defense, but it is seldom recognized or appreciated as such in the mainstream Western media.
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The American University in Cairo Press Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to
Book SynopsisWahhabism is often understood as a radical version of Islam responsible for inspiring and motivating Islamic terrorism. Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism is an inquiry into how Wahhabism has been understood and represented by Western intellectuals, particularly those belonging to the neo-conservative and liberal traditions. In contrast to the existing literature that treats Wahhabism as a historical phenomenon or a monolithic theological ideology, a literature often written by authors keen to promote geopolitical interests or with ideological axes to grind, Davis’s work considers Wahhabism as a discursive construct crafted and popularized by a Western intellectual elite. This comprehensive study speaks to how and why Western intellectuals have chosen to represent Wahhabism in specific ways, ranging from an analysis of the particular rhetorical techniques employed by these intellectuals to a consideration of the religious and political beliefs that inspire and motivate their decisions. Western Imaginings is aimed at students of political philosophy, intellectual traditions, and sociology; media and policy professionals; and anyone interested in how Islamic doctrines like Wahhabism have been represented in an international context framed by a heightened anxiety about radical Islam.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Wahhabism as a Contested Category 2. On Intellectuals, Prejudice, and Understanding the Social World 3. Dialectics, Ideal Types, Fuzzy Categories, and Analyzing Language 4. Spreading the Rule of Reason: Liberal Imaginings of Wahhabism 5. Themata, Generative Metaphors, and Making Sense of Liberal Intellectuals’ Representations of Wahhabism 6. Those Evil and Violent Savages: The Neoconservative Assault on Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd The Rise of Indonesian Communism
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Political Dynamics Under Xi Jinping
Book SynopsisChina watching is anything but being boring because Chinese politics is filled with dramas almost on a daily basis. In the past three years since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese political drama has unfolded with a lot of twists and turns.Based on a series of articles published on the Diplomat, this volume offers snapshots of different episodes of the political drama from December 2014 to January 2016, focusing mostly on the main character of the show — President Xi Jinping and serving as an appetizer for those who are hungry about Chinese elite politics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule: Economic
Book SynopsisThis edited volume is a compilation of the analyses written by East Asian Institute experts on Hong Kong since the handover. It covers most, if not all the important events that have taken place in Hong Kong since 1997, including its economic integration and relations with China, its governance conundrums, the Hong Kong identity and nation-building, the implementation of the minimum wage, and the elections from 2011-2012. The book's panoramic view of Hong Kong makes it a useful resource for readers who seek a broad understanding of the city and how it has evolved after its return to China. It also offers some glimpses into the direction Hong Kong is heading in its socio-economic relations with China at both the state and society levels, as well as its domestic political developments and the prospects for democratization.Table of ContentsEconomic Integration between Hong Kong and China; CEPA; Hong Kong's Linkages with Guangdong; Renminbi in Hong Kong; Donald Tsang's Governance Crisis; Statutory Minimum Wage; Hong Kong Identity; Democratization; Chief Executive Election; Legislative Council Election; District Council Election; Political Reforms.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Leading Schools Of Thought In Contemporary China
Book SynopsisThe evolution of China's intellectual landscape, especially the battles among different influential social and political ideas, sheds light on its history. Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China offers a close-up look of eight major schools of thought that swept across China between 1978 and 2008, ranging from Deng Xiaoping's thoughts to Neo-Confucianism. Subject to unrelenting debates among both scholars and the general public, the popularity of these ideas waxed and waned throughout those turbulent decades. They have two things in common. First, they are all problem-oriented insofar as they carry their advocates' hopes of finding in them solutions to both new and old problems the country has faced. Second, while richly informed by such traditions as authoritarianism and Confucianism that have long held sway in much of Asia, including China, these ideas also reveal the deep influence of, and even affinity with, some of the most influential social and political theories in the Western tradition, including liberalism, socialism and conservatism. Readers will find in the continuing contestation among these theories in the marketplace of ideas not only much of what is exciting about the intellectual scene in China today, but also clues about China's future.Table of ContentsDeng Xiaoping's Southern Tour: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics; Defenders of Late Mao Zedong Thought: The Old Left School; The New Left School; Democracy in China: The Democratic Socialist School; Freedom as New Cultural Heritage: The Liberal School of Thought; Bending Branches and the Rebounding of Nationalism: The Nationalist School of Thought; The Surging Tide of Populism: The Populist School of Thought; The Political Demands of Mainland Neo-Confucians: The Neo-Confucian School;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd China's Economic Statecraft: Co-optation,
Book SynopsisThis book aims to study China's economic statecraft in the contemporary era in a comprehensive manner. It attempts to explore China's approaches to using its economic, trade, investment, and financial power for the pursuit of its political, security, and strategic interests at the regional and global levels. The volume addresses three major issue areas in particular. The first issue pertains to how Beijing has used its economic clout to protect what it perceives as its 'core interests' in its external relations. Three cases are included: the Taiwan issue, human rights, and territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The second major area of inquiry focuses on how China has employed its economic power in its key bilateral relations, including relations with Japan, North Korea, the United States, and other states in the East Asian region. The third issue concerns China's economic statecraft in the global context. It addresses the impacts of China's economic power and policy on the transformation of the global financial structure, developments in Africa, the international intellectual property rights regime, and China's food security relations with the outside world.
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Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Moving Forward: Malays for the 21st Century
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ISEAS Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to
Book SynopsisIndonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia’s contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.
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World Scientific Publishing Company Strategic Currents Triggered and Mobilised
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Academic Studies Press Ukraines Patronal Democracy and the Russian
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Academic Studies Press Holocaust
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Academic Studies Press Dreams of Emancipation
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Haymarket Books Haremos esto hasta liberarnos: Organización de la
Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller “Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to.” What if social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes, “Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”Trade Review"Mariame Kaba is a humble phenom in the most important of traditions - abolition. What we have in these pages is a wide ranging account of abolitionist theory in action - and that is no easy feat. Through Kaba’s rigorous commitment to humanity, we are reminded that another future is possible. We are fortunate that Kaba’s praxis is accounted for in this compelling and incisive text. For those of us who are eager to bring about a world where Black lives matter, this is required reading."— Opal Tometi, Co-Founder #BlackLivesMatter and founder Diaspora Rising “I want to say this is a ‘generation-defining’ book, but that feels wrong because I know it will be shaping political imaginations for a century or more. It's generations-defining. This is a classic in the vein of Sister Outsider, a book that will spark countless radical imaginations.” — Eve L. Ewing, author, 1919 “Mariame Kaba’s clarity, firm-but-gentle guidance, embracing spirit, deep creativity, and love of laughter, demonstrate how abolition is, in deed, presence. Thank goodness for this urgent book.” —Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author, Change Everything "One of the most fascinating developments during this age of Black Lives Matter is how ‘abolition' has been integrated into mainstream debates on how to change the United States. Yet there is still so much not known or understood about the history, politics and practice of abolition-informed politics. Longtime organizer and educator, Mariame Kaba, is one of the most important voices in the emergent abolitionist movement. We have all been waiting on this book! Kaba and her collaborators write with urgency, while imbuing critical insights with clarifying analyses into what it means to demand an end to the reflexive impulse toward punishment that defines much of our society." —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation “Much of the vast living archive that is Mariame Kaba’s amazing career as an abolitionist-feminist organizer, people’s intellectual, movement strategist, and Black freedom fighter, is not in written form. It is inscribed in her praxis: the many campaigns she has crafted, the young people she has mentored, and the organizations she has founded. But in this unique collection of essays, interviews and transcribed speeches, we get a glimpse of that brilliant and powerful body of work, and it is awe-inspiring and instructive: a must-read for anyone serious about the struggle for freedom and justice in the 21st century.”— Barbara Ransby, historian, author, activist “This book writes a political genealogy of one of our movement era’s most significant intellectuals and community organizers and her people into the record of a feminist and abolitionist Black Radical Tradition. Kaba invites us all into a 500-year clock through reflection, assessment, and celebration of the people who dedicate their lives to social change. Yet again, she teaches us to praise the choir, appreciate vulnerability and be disciplined in service of transforming ourselves and the world in which we live.”— Charlene A. Carruthers, author, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements "This is a long awaited book. For the throngs of people who have been inspired by Mariame Kaba’s work, we now have – in one place – her words, her keen analysis of criminalization, her relentless critique of the carceral state and seemingly limitless optimism about the possibilities of social transformation. For anyone who has not yet been moved by her work, the search for a serious discussion of abolitionists organizing is over. At once an urgent call to action, a step-by-step guide to the practice of transformative justice, a collection of inspirational interviews and a few lighthearted reflections, this book will significantly advance radical justice work. We Do This ‘Til We Free Us is just what we need and it has arrived right on time." — Beth Richie, author, Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation
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