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Book SynopsisToday’s democracies suffer from two mutually reinforcing ills: declining problem-solving capacities and a growing disconnect between the people and political elites. Reconstructing Democracy offers case studies in citizen efficacy, showing how people can solve problems locally and thereby quell the frustrations that demagogues prey on.Trade ReviewThis is an urgent manifesto for the reconstruction of democratic belonging in our troubled times. In their theorizing of democracy as a resonant dynamic of local engagements, civic practices, and forms of collective agency, Charles Taylor, Patrizia Nanz, and Madeleine Beaubien Taylor offer robust philosophical and empirical solutions to the deep need for reestablishing a sense of trust in citizen participation and solidarity. -- Davide Panagia, author of The Political Life of SensationReconstructing Democracy at first glance seems modest in its scope and aim, but it is actually quite ambitious. Taylor, Nanz, and Taylor find compelling examples of how engagement by citizens with other citizens at the most basic level of discussion and consultation can reshape communities, and in reshaping communities, reform the public sphere. The various citizen councils, grassroots organizers, and NGOs they highlight are those that don’t simply listen to citizens but encourage their active participation. The effect is to open up a fresh range of ideas for enabling ordinary citizens to shape the priorities of the places where they live. -- Thomas Dumm, author of Home in AmericaThis little book serves as a reminder of what’s missing from public life. -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *

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Book SynopsisOffers a history of the monarchy of Belgium, a country artificially created in 1817. This book argues that the pan-European super-state resembles a ''Greater-Belgium'' rather than a ''Greater-Switzerland''.

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Book SynopsisSocieties with common-property systems maintaining strong equality and extensive freedom were initially nearly ubiquitous around the world, and that the private property rights system was established through a long series of violent state-sponsored aggressions.Trade Review"This book fills an important interdisciplinary need in joining anthropology to philosophy. It continues the argument Widenquist and McCall started in their earlier book, Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy. Both books debunk out-of-date and incorrect assumptions about human society that somehow remain foundational in political philosophy. The prior book focused on the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, and The Prehistory of Private Property develops and expands this line of thought. The authors do a real service by opening up comparative scholarship to new perspectives about the inevitability of inequality, capitalist markets, and private property. Anyone interested in how human societies operate and how western scholars have portrayed them will find this a compelling read." -Michael E. Smith, Arizona State University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Allen is an important political theorist and classicist who’s tried to turn theory into action. . . . And Allen’s vision, which she puts forward in her new book, Justice by Means of Democracy . . . is something called power-sharing liberalism. To her, one mistake liberalism has made has been that it is willing, again and again, to deprioritize political equality in favor of material redistribution. But she thinks renewal isn’t going to come from people just getting more from government. They’re going to have to be more full participants in government, and that’s going to require fundamentally overhauling the system. And maybe more than that, it’s going to require potentially constructing entirely new possibilities within it.” -- Ezra Klein * The Ezra Klein Show, New York Times *"An important book. . . . Allen’s big idea is that justice can’t be achieved simply by taking from the rich and giving to the poor, and liberty isn’t just about being left alone to do your own thing. People care about more than money, and we are social creatures. We flourish when we participate as equals in the public sphere. 'Justice is therefore best, and perhaps only, achieved by means of democracy,' she wrote in the opening pages." -- Peter Coy * New York Times *“Such a strong argument for people getting involved in politics. Not everyone has to run for governor of Massachusetts, but so many people in our movement, our prognosticators, opinion people who are pushing a message of doom and—maybe just getting up and getting involved, maybe that’s a good answer to that. . . . [Allen’s] arguments that freedom emerges from conditions where people are empowered to participate, to architect, to structure the world around them, it’s great.” -- Felicia Wong * The Roosevelt Institute/The New Republic/PRX's “How to Save a Country” *"Allen’s latest book, Justice by Means of Democracy, has little patience for abstractions that neglect real-world constraints. Allen argues instead for greater attention to the background conditions that make real disagreement possible, in part by critiquing and reframing the arguments in John Rawls’ seminal work of political philosophy, A Theory of Justice. . . . Her vision of ensuring that 'all people have an experience of ownership, belonging, and equal footing in relation to our political institutions' is compelling. . . . There’s much to appreciate about both the style and substance of Allen’s argument." -- John Inazu * The Dispatch *"It is hard to understate the importance of Allen’s insistence that political equality is diminished or enhanced not only or even primarily by the proper design of governmental institutions, but also and maybe more importantly in the realms of civil society and political economy. It is not enough to have 'egalitarian participatory constitutional democracy' if the social and economic conditions under which people must participate are not themselves structured with political equality in mind." -- Adam Smith * Front Porch Republic *"Allen offers a compelling and wide-ranging articulation of liberalism. She shows that not only do liberalism and democracy often go together, but also that they are inseparable partners in the quest for human flourishing. In Allen’s view, human freedom is predicated on political equality, which is increasingly under threat as power becomes concentrated among the wealthy. . . . Justice by Means of Democracy provides the road map that contemporary liberalism so desperately needs." -- Jeffery Tyler Syck * American Purpose *"Allen has done political philosophy a great service with this book. . . . Liberals and non-liberals alike should applaud its arrival." -- Max Foley-Keene * Commonweal *"In sum, Justice by Means of Democracy moves us away from parochial definitions of identity and nation to an active model of democratic power and citizenship—one that is in the service of a just, relational, economically empowering, dignity-enhancing, and inclusively democratic society. And by elaborating the principles that could form the basis of such a society, Allen is also able to lay out criteria for making policies that might actually create it." -- Margaret Levi * Democracy: A Journal of Ideas *"A major political philosophical work. . . . Allen’s agenda is about making democracy much more responsive, representative and dynamic and ensuring greater parity of esteem between democratic and economic equality." -- Nick Plumb * Renewal.org *"Allen integrates both scholarship and democratic activism into her work as an academic and as an activist. Justice by Means of Democracy examines these different threads as well; what is justice, and how does democracy work towards achieving justice? And what is the role of the citizen in these pursuits?" -- Lilly J. Goren * New Books Network *"A work of political philosophy drawn from Allen’s lifetime of scholarly interests and her analysis of traumatic socioeconomic and political events during the past decade. A just society is secured by political equality, she explains—and justice itself depends on democracy. But she argues further that 'power-sharing liberalism' is the best way to achieve the equality and justice essential to human flourishing: a prescription for inclusion and careful avoidance of any group’s monopoly on political, economic, or social power. Aspirationally, 'Justice by means of democracy will exist when all people, regardless of background, fully share power and responsibility.'" * Harvard Magazine *"Allen's new book lays out vision for power-sharing liberalism that will lead to greater inclusion, responsiveness, participation—and better lives for all. In Allen’s vision for a just society, every citizen would experience empowerment—both in their private lives and in our shared governing. Achieving this, according to Allen, requires a world where people have a work-life-civic balance and certain foundational needs assured: straightforward and affordable healthcare, low housing and energy costs, and good jobs that integrate people into the productivity of a dynamic, inclusive economy." -- Eileen O'Grady * Harvard Gazette *"A profound political theorist and classicist, Professor Allen was my dean when I received my PhD, and I have long admired her intellectual rootedness in theory and practice." -- Alyssa Ayres, dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University * McKinsey & Company, 2023 Summer Reading Guide *"Allen’s book presents a bold thesis: ‘Justice . . . requires egalitarian participatory constitutional democracy.’ Allen persuasively argues that neither liberalism nor democracy can stand alone. In addition, the argument incorporates equality by deploying the republican conception of liberty as non-domination. As such, the book presents an important critique of much of twentieth-century liberalism, which emphasized the distinction between liberty and democracy. . . . An important and provocative work of political theory. Essential." * Choice *“With a philosophically rich set of arguments, Allen brilliantly reveals how democracy is the means to achieve justice. As impressively, she derives from her political theory practical steps for the achievement of our common purpose and flourishing. This is a book in the tradition of Rawls and Dahl, but it is a book informed by the recognition of difference and diversity and the search for more encompassing standards of justice. It is without doubt one of the most important books ever written on democracy.” -- Margaret Levi, professor of political science and codirector of the Ethics, Society, and Technology Hub, Stanford University“Justice by Means of Democracy is a compelling, major statement by one of the most important, influential, and original political philosophers working today. The goal of the book, which is admirably achieved, is to reorient current discussions of justice, away from the primary economic focus on equal distribution of material goods (income or wealth) and toward democratic political equality. This book will transform academic debates in political philosophy and set the terms for how justice is made manifest in social policy. Superb.” -- Josiah Ober, author of "Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice"“Ambitious in scope, Justice by Means of Democracy rivals John Rawls’s Theory of Justice, the standard twentieth-century go-to text for liberal political philosophies seeking to address structural inequalities. Taking the idea of the ‘basic structure of society’ as its point of departure, Justice by Means of Democracy adds positive liberties and public autonomy to Rawls’s emphases on negative liberties and private autonomy and replaces Rawls’s famous ‘difference principle’ with a principle of ‘difference without domination.’ Offering an exciting new theory of justice for the twenty-first century, Justice by Means of Democracy is a remarkable achievement.” -- Jill Frank, author of "Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato’s 'Republic'"Table of ContentsPart I: A Theory of Justice Revised Prologue. On Surprise and the Purpose of Political Philosophy Chapter 1. Justice That Sacrifices Democracy: An Error Chapter 2. Justice by Means of Democracy: An Ideal and Its Design Principles Part II: Subsidiary Ideals of Justice for Each Domain Chapter 3. The First Subsidiary Ideal: Egalitarian Participatory Constitutional Democracy Chapter 4. The Second Subsidiary Ideal: A Connected Society Chapter 5. The Third Subsidiary Ideal: Polypolitanism Chapter 6. The Fourth Subsidiary Ideal: Empowering Economies Part III: From Ideal to Design Principles to Practice Chapter 7. A New Model for the Practice of Democratic Citizenship Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this engaging book, David M. McCourt makes the case for New Constructivist approaches to international relations scholarship. The book traces constructivist work on culture, identity, and norms within the historical, geographical, and professional contexts of world politics, and reflects on recent innovations in fields including practice theory, relationalism, and network analysis. Copiously illustrated with real-world examples from the rise of China and US foreign policy, it illuminates the processes by which international politics are built. This is both an accessible tour of Constructivism to date and a persuasive declaration for its continuing application and value.Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Constructivism? 1. The Old Constructivism 2. The New Constructivism 3. Rules, Law, and Language in the New Constructivism 4. World-Making: Experts and Professionals in the New Constructivism 5. New Constructivist Methodology and Methods 6. Politics, Ethics, and Knowledge in the New Constructivism 7. The New Constructivism as a Phronetic Social Science Conclusion: The Space of Constructivism

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Book SynopsisIs There Such a Thing as Populism? calls into question our common understanding of populism. Taken on their own, commonplace references to the people, leaders, or elites are more like dog whistles or false positives of populism than part of a serious attempt to address the phenomenon. Scholars asked themselves, What is populism? without realizing that this assumed there was such a thing and that we just needed to figure out what it meant. That was a mistake. Benjamin Arditi proposes that we put this certainty on hold and start from a different premise, asking, Is there such a thing as populism? This doesn't rule out its existence or take it for granted.Structured as a set of polemical interventions and theoretical proposals, Arditi addresses key theoretical, methodological, and comparative questions in the study of populism. These include the limitations of formal definitions of populism, the importance of context and the conjuncture, polemics, the situated gaze, and issues c

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Book SynopsisSchool shootings, police misconduct, and sexual assault where people are injured and die dominate the news. What are the connections between such incidents of violence and extreme harm? In this new book, world-renowned sociologist Patricia Hill Collins explores how violence differentially affects people according to their class, sexuality, nationality, and ethnicity. These invisible workings of overlapping power relations give rise to what she terms “lethal intersections,” where multiple forms of oppression converge to catalyze a set of violent practices that fall more heavily on particular groups. Drawing on a rich tapestry of cases, Collins challenges readers to reflect on what counts as violence today and what can be done about it. Resisting violence offers a common thread that weaves together disparate antiviolence projects across the world. When parents of murdered children organize against gun violence, when Black citizens march against the excessive use of police force in their neighborhoods, and when women and girls report sexual abuse by employers, coaches, and community leaders, the ideas and actions of ordinary people lay a foundation for new ways of thinking about and combating violence. Through its ground-breaking analysis, Lethal Intersections aims to stimulate debate about violence as one of the most pressing social problems of our times.Trade Review"The brilliant Patricia Hill Collins has written another must-read book, theorizing the relationship between power, intersectional violence, and inequality in expansive ways. It's a tour de force!"—Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Black feminists always benefit from anything Patricia Hill Collins writes. In her latest book, she brilliantly connects disparate practices of violence through an intersectional Black feminist lens. This is a valuable addition to the discourse on antiviolence movement-building."—Loretta J. Ross, academic, feminist, and activist "Once again Patricia Hill Collins demonstrates the power and potential of feminist analysis that is always attentive to the structural ubiquity of racial capitalism and to interrelationalities that defy geographical borders, political boundaries, and epistemological limits.—Angela Y. Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita, History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz "Lethal Intersections shows how virtually every instance of premature death can reveal the inner workings of power. Early death is the ultimate expression of social injustice. Instead of accepting this inequality as natural or inevitable, Collins urges readers to reject complacency and demand more of democratic governments to protect us from untimely death and to promote our collective wellbeing."—Christine Williams, The University of Texas at Austin "A profoundly inviting and compelling account of intersectional violence. Collins leaves no one behind in this analysis, which makes the book an act of resistance in and of itself."—Patrick R. Grzanka, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One. Lethal Intersections and ViolenceChapter Two. Violence and the Power of IdeasChapter Three. Violence and National IdentityChapter Four. Invisible ViolenceChapter Five. Resisting Intersectional ViolenceReferencesNotes

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Book SynopsisHow did democracy go from a pejorative label for mob rule to the widely shared ideal of enlightened self-rule? How has it evolved as an idea and a set of practices? How have the ways democracy has been practiced impacted the idea of democracy itself? In this short, accessible book, leading democratic theorist Jason Brennan guides readers through the evolution of the concept of democracy and actual democratic practice over time to help them understand the foundations of this longstanding and yet newly fragile political system. In his wide-ranging tour of the concept, Brennan will examine what democracy meant to the Greeks who first developed the concept before examining how it changed throughout European and later Western history. This will open up rich and perplexing questions. Over time, democracy shifted from being a fringe idea to the gold standard of political institutions: how did this change occur? How did the question of who counts as part of the ruling people change over time?Trade ReviewWhat's so great about democracy? If it is great, it's urgent to know why, and there couldn't be a better place to start. Jason Brennan brilliantly gathers and explains the best contending philosophical arguments-old and new. He shows how they challenge our preconceptions and invites us to think about democracy afresh. It comes not a moment too soon, and I hope it is widely read. * David Estlund, Brown University *This is a brilliant, eminently readable introduction to philosophical thinking about democracy. Brennan ingeniously frames the discussion as a series of paired arguments concerning whether democracy is good for helping us to achieve five key ideals: stability, virtue, wisdom, liberty, and equality. In each case, historical thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, and Lenin are brought into lively conversation with contemporary philosophers. The result is magnificent, getting the reader right to the most interesting ideas while allowing plenty of room for philosophers of the past and present to speak for themselves. I can think of no better introduction to democratic theory * Alexander Guerrero, Rutgers University *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Democracy: Why or Why Not? 2. For Stability: Stability through Shared Power 3. Against Stability: Passion and Polarization 4. For Virtue: Does Democracy Enlighten and Ennoble? 5. Against Virtue: Does Democracy Make Us Angry, Mean, and Dumb? 6. For Wisdom: Two Heads Are Smarter than One 7. Against Wisdom: Garbage In, Garbage Out 8. For Liberty: The Consent of the Governed? 9. Against Liberty: Democracy as the Many-Headed Master 10. For Equality: Democracy as the Public Expression of Equal Standing 11. Against Equality: Is Democratic Equality an Illusion? Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWhat if fascism didn't disappear at the end of WW II with the defeat of Hitler and Mussolini? Even more troubling, what if fascism can no longer be confined to political parties or ultra nationalist politicians but has become something much more diffuse that is spread across our societies as cultural expressions and psychological states? This is the disturbing thesis developed by Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen, who argues that late capitalism has produced hollowed-out and exchangeable subjectivities that provide a breeding ground for a new kind of diffuse, banal fascism. The overt and concentrated fascism of the new fascist parties thrives on the diffuse fascism present in social media and everyday life, where the fear of being left behind and losing out has fuelled resentment towards foreigners and others who are perceived as threats to a national community under siege. Only by confronting both the overt fascism of parties and politicians and the diffuse fascism of everyday life will we be able to combat fascism effectively and prevent the slide into barbarism.Trade Review"Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen is one of the most compelling Marxist theorists writing today. In his latest book, the late capitalist fascisms with which we are now so familiar are seen for what they are: properly democratic responses to a capitalist organization of society beset by ongoing and systemic crises. Rasmussen offers us not only a penetrating account of contemporary fascist political tendencies, but a glimpse of what sorts of collective forces will be needed to overcome them. This is a vitally important book for anyone who wants to understand the past decade, as well as the decade to come."—Jason E. Smith, author of Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation "Rasmussen's book warrants attention"Survival: Global Politics and StrategyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1: Late Capitalism as Crisis 2: The Fascist Spectacle Notes

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Book SynopsisThe End of the Megamachine provides a uniquely comprehensive picture of the roots of the destructive forces that are threatening the future of humankind today. Spanning 5000 years of history, the book shows how the three tyrannies of militarized states, capital accumulation and ideological power have been steering both ecosystems and societies to the brink of collapse. With the growing instability of the Megamachine in the 21st century, new dangers open up as well as new possibilities for systemic change, to which everyone can contribute. "The topic could not be more important. A very valuable and surely timely contribution." Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/University of ArizonaTrade Review"A must read for everyone rising against the system that is destroying life on earth and our future.” Vandana Shiva, World Future Council

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Book SynopsisThe Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups, and Diplomats argues the 2017 coup that ousted long time Zimbabwean president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and the generality of coups, cannot be accurately and rigorously understood without examining the crucial role of gender and women''s politics in military seizures of power. Tendi''s findings show that the politics of gender and women pervade military coup causes, dynamics, justifications, and international responses to coups. Contrary to influential representations of Zimbabwe''s 2017 coup and other recent coups as markedly different from past coups, Tendi draws on deep gendered histories of military coups in Africa to argue that in reality there are significant continuities in coup characteristics across time. This highly original account of the 2017 Zimbabwean coup identifies the motives, dynamics, and trigger of the coup and demonstrates the centrality of gender and women''s politics in these factors and processes. Additionally, despite

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Foucault's lectures, interviews, and occasional pieces have long been recognized by Foucault scholars to be especially valuable in their clarity and value as supplements to Foucault's major works. . . .This is an important book for Foucault studies, and, given Foucault's influence, more broadly, for the academy."--Miguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick

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Book SynopsisIn this book the influential philosopher Jacques Rancière, in discussion with Peter Engelmann, explores the enduring connection between politics and aesthetics, arguing that aesthetics forms the fundamental basis for social and political upheaval. Beginning from his rejection of structuralist Marxism, Rancière outlines the development of his thought from his early studies on workers’ emancipation to his recent work on literature, film and visual art. Rather than discussing aesthetics within narrow terms of how we contemplate art or beauty, Rancière argues that aesthetics underpins our entire ‘regime of experience’. He shows how political relations develop from sensual experience, as individual feelings and perceptions become the concern of the community as a whole. Since politics emerges from the ‘division of the sensual’, aesthetic experience becomes a radically emancipatory and egalitarian means to disrupt this order and transform political reality. Investigating new forms of emancipatory politics arising from current art practices and social movements, this short book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art, aesthetics, philosophy and political theory.Trade Review‘More than a lucid introduction to Rancière’s intellectual history and key concepts, this book’s provocative conversations explore our joint capability for new forms of political expression lying beyond the stultifying logic of the global ruling class.’Paul Michael Garrett, NUI Galway, Republic of IrelandTable of ContentsFirst Conversation Second Conversation Afterword by Peter Engelmann Notes

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays by the influential founder of the black radical traditionTrade Review'Before the movement for black lives made black radicalism cool for millennials, Cedric Robinson did the work of excavating an intellectual history we rely upon today' -- The Root'Like W. E. B. Du Bois, Michel Foucault, Sylvia Wynter, and Edward Said, Robinson was that rare polymath capable of seeing the whole - its genesis as well as its possible future. No discipline could contain him. No geography or era was beyond his reach.... He left behind a body of work to which we must return constantly and urgently' -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination'‘Through these essays, we see further evidence of Robinson’s profound faith in the ability of ordinary people to fight against the corruptions of a world that routinely mocks the logic and practice of democracy. In them, we get a clear sense of what Robinson insisted in his work from the outset: that Black freedom struggles are a central part of resisting today’s violent racial and capitalist order’ -- The NationTable of ContentsForeword by Ruth Wilson Gilmore Preface by Elizabeth Peters Robinson Introduction: Looking for Grace in Redemption - H. L. T. Quan Part I - On Africa and Black Internationalism 1. Notes Toward a “Native” Theory of History 2. In Search of a Pan-African Commonwealth 3. The Black Detective and American Memory Part II - On Bourgeois Historiography 4. “The First Attack is an Attack on Culture” 5. Oliver Cromwell Cox and the Historiography of the West 6. Fascism and the Intersections of Capitalism, Racialism, and Historical Consciousness 7. Ota Benga’s Flight Through Geronimo’s Eyes: Tales of Science and Multiculturalism 8. Slavery and the Platonic Origins of Anti-democracy Part III - On World Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy 9. Fascism and the Response of Black Radical Theorists 10. Africa: In Hock to History and the Banks 11. The Comedy of Terror 12. Ralph Bunche and An American Dilemma Part IV - On Reality and Its (Mis)Representations 13. White Signs in Black Times: The Politics of Representation in Dominant Texts 14. The American Press and the Repairing of the Philippines 15. On the Los Angeles Times, Crack Cocaine, and the Rampart Division Scandal 16. Micheaux Lynches the Mammy 17. Blaxploitation and the Misrepresentation of Liberation 18. The Mulatta on Film: From Hollywood to the Mexican Revolution 19. Ventriloquizing Blackness: Eugene O’Neill and Irish-American Racial Performance Part V - On Resistance and Redemption 20. Malcolm Little as a Charismatic Leader 21. The Appropriation of Frantz Fanon 22. Amilcar Cabral and the Dialectic of Portuguese Colonialism 23. Race, Capitalism, and the Anti-democracy 24. David Walker and the Precepts of Black Studies 25. The Killing in Ferguson 26. On the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Index

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Book SynopsisThis new edition features a revision by Donald A. Cress of his bestselling 1987 translation of On the Social Contract together with Introduction, footnotes, and chronology by David Wootton, one of our leading historians of the Enlightenment.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“In these linked portraits of activists and radicals at a watershed moment in history, David and Margaret Talbot tell a profound story about idealism in action and the rousing, inspiring, often messy ways in which popular movements and charismatic individuals fight injustice and bring about revolutionary transformation. By turns sweeping and intimate, and built on fresh interviews and original reporting, By the Light of Burning Dreams feels like necessary reading in our own tumultuous moment: an urgent reminder that change can happen and a vivid illustration of how it does.” — Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing “An intelligent and sympathetic reappraisal of the political upheavals of the ’60s and’ 70s. . . . An abundance of fresh material gives this book an intergenerational appeal. . . . Through sharp reporting and good storytelling, the authors enliven a journalistic genre that in less skilled hands might have gone flat.” — Kirkus “If you’ve read either of the Talbot siblings, you know they don’t write anything dry. Simple saviors and canned profiles in courage are not for them. These essays bristle with energy and contention. . . . Whether covering the labor organizing of Cesar Chavez, the gay pride of Craig Rodwell or the celebrity activism of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Talbots are guided by dogged reporting and an instinct for finding and telling a story. Even if you know these revolutionaries, you’ll find details here to surprise you. They might even make you want to go out and make a difference yourself.” — San Francisco Chronicle “The timing is perfect for By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution, a fresh, deeply-reported examination of some of the most effective movement organizers to emerge in the 1960s….After a global pandemic dramatically increased already untenable inequity overlapped with the radical reassertion ― in the streets and online ― that America is built on fundamentally false pretenses when it comes to equality, the Talbots provide a memorable blueprint for how individuals can continue the work even when the TV crews move on.” — Scheer Post “[The Talbots] survey the seismic sociocultural changes that transpired in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s—what they call the Second American Revolution—by identifying seven discrete yet often intertwining movements or events of consequence…. The authors clearly admire the courage, political savvy, and sheer physical effort required to create and then sustain such critical movements, but they’re also unsparing in saying that mistakes were made…. As a result, the Talbots have created a coherent narrative of mid-century political activism, from which readers can see the through lines of modern-day success or failure, and proceed from there.” — Booklist, starred review “By the Light of Burning Dreams crackles with the radical energy of the 1960s and 70s. It’s a shot in the arm of bold idealism, an indispensable companion for today’s revolutionaries that reminds us what can happen if we dare to believe in – and fight for – a better world." — Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland “Charismatic but flawed figures dominate this vibrant portrait of 1960s radical movements. . . . An exhilarating, inspiring outing.” — Publishers Weekly “Wide-ranging yet accessible…. A loving but critical portrait of a generation whose effects are still felt today.” — Library Journal "A moving chronology of the activism that burned bright in the decades of the ’60s and ’70s. Each movement is written about with a compassionate, yet practical view of their attributes and their shortcomings. The successes elicit joy, the setbacks provoking consternation, but the history provided in this treasure is illuminating and concludes with optimism. A+ History." — Seattle Book Review "Inspiring.... No hagiographers here; the Talbots point to the failures and imperfections in their characters, making their legacies human and real." — The National Book Review "David Talbot and Margaret Talbot take us back to that tumultuous time fifty years ago... [and] successively spotlight some of the most compelling personalities of the 1960s and 70s.... It’s a painful story to read because it highlights how sadly incomplete that revolution proved to be. And it brings to mind the ferocity of the Right-Wing reaction that followed later in the 1970s and beyond, setting the stage for the sad state of the American scene today." — Berkleyside "Did the actions of radicals transform the nation in any fundamental way? Or did they blaze too quickly across the landscape?. ... David Talbot and Margaret Talbot, siblings and veteran journalists, have crafted a book of personal narratives rich with the kinds of details that might help answer such queries.... The book brims with vivid descriptions of how all these characters looked, dressed, got along with one another (or didn’t), and how they came across in public. The Talbots sprinkle in factual nuggets that might surprise even former activists from those years or the historians who write about them (this reviewer belongs to both clusters)." — The New Republic

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Book SynopsisProbably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government. The writer recounts the major reforms of Solon, the rule of the tyrant Pisistratus and his sons, the emergence of the democracy in which power was shared by all free male citizens, and the leadership of Pericles and the demagogues who followed him. He goes on to examine the city's administration in his own time - the council, the officials and the judicial system. For its information on Athens' development and how the democracy worked, The Athenian Constitution is an invaluable source of knowledge about the Athenian city-state.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, PenTable of ContentsThe Athenian ConstitutionList of Illustrations and MapsIntroductionTHE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTIONTHE EPITOME OF HERACLIDESNotesChronological TableBibliographyGlossary and Subject IndexIndex of Persons and Places

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Book SynopsisAn erudite yet accessible examination of how democracy has failed in the US, from America''s best-known voice of geopolitics, Noam Chomsky.The United States asserts the right to use military force against failed states' around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in this devastating analysis, America shares features with many of the regimes it insists are failing and constitute a danger to their neighbours.Offering a comprehensive and radical examination of America past and present, Chomsky shows how this lone superpower which topples foreign governments, invades states that threaten its interests and imposes sanctions on regimes it opposes has stretched its own democratic institutions to breaking point.And how an America in crisis places the world ever closer to the brink of nuclear and environmental disaster.''The mighty Chomsky lands some crunching punches. His analysis of U.S. double standards is spot-on'' Observer

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Book SynopsisOn Liberty is the story of today''s threats to our freedoms and a highly personal, impassioned plea in defence of fundamental rights, from Shami Chakrabarti, Britain''s leading human rights campaignerOn 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West''s response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. She shows, too, the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today. Drawing on her own work in high-profile campaigns, from privacy laws to anti-terror legislation, Chakrabarti shows the threats to our democratic institutions and why our rights are paramount in upholding democracy.''Probably the most effective public affairs lobbyist of the past 20 years'' - David Aaronovitch, The Times ''The undaunted freedom fighter'' - Observer''The most dangerous woman in Britain'' - Sun

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Book SynopsisA GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR ''A whodunnit political page-turner'' Melissa Benn, New Statesman ''The best political book I have read for a long while'' Rod Liddle, The Spectator From the No.1 bestselling author of The Establishment, an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes nextWe live in an age of upheaval. The global crisis of Covid-19 has laid bare the deep social and economic inequalities which were the toxic legacy of austerity. These revolutionary times are an opportunity for a radical rethink of Britain as we know it, as the politically impossible suddenly becomes imaginable. And yet, the Left''s last attempt to upend the established order and transform millions of lives came to a crashing halt on 12th December 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn led the Labour party to its worst electoral defeat since 1935. In This Land, Owen Jones provides an insider''s honest and unflinching appraisal of a movement: how it promised to change everything, why it went so badly wrong, where this failure leaves its values and ideas, and where the Left goes next in the new world we find ourselves in.He takes us on a compelling, page-turning journey through a tumultuous decade in British politics, gaining unprecedented access to key figures across the political spectrum. It is a tale of high hopes and hubris, dysfunction and disillusionment. There is, Jones urges, no future for any progressive project that does not face up to and learn from its errors. We have the opportunity to build a fairer country and a more equal world, but if our time is to come, then we must learn from our past.''An absorbing, nuanced account of the making of electoral disaster'' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Trade ReviewOwen Jones has managed to produce a whodunnit political page-turner and a surprisingly fair account (given that Jones was a player in the Corbyn project) of both an inspiring and tortuous period of Labour history. -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman *An absorbing, nuanced account of the making of electoral disaster. -- Gaby Hinsliff * Guardian *Very, very powerful ... you will not come away from reading This Land without your understanding of what happened to the Labour Party over the last five years massively enhanced. -- James O'BrienFor Owen Jones, the drama of these years is almost Shakespearean... Where Jones is strongest, and impressively so, is when he turns his analytical gaze on his own side. His dissection of the anti-Semitism issue is heartfelt and intelligent. His account of the infighting and weakness of the leader's team rings true... He correctly observes that Brexit left Labour on a hook. -- Robert Shrimsley * Financial Times *Jones has [a hard] task: to assess the failure of a project he championed, in which he was a significant player, and which depended on the work and was damaged by the flaws of people he is close to. It is a far more honest account of those difficulties than is ever given by journalists of the political centre, or the right ... Jones has made a serious attempt to understand the left's weaknesses as something other than the fault of the party's right ... Jones is making a brutal assessment, of the sort too often lacking in the past few years, of what is possible. -- James Butler * London Review of Books *Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our time * The Times Literary Supplement *The best political book I have read for a long while, all the better for Jones's unashamed participant observation. -- Rod Liddle * The Spectator *

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Book Synopsis*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A Financial Times 2023 book to watch*''Forceful ... The fundamental thrust of Goodwin''s argument is right ... a new centre ground of British politics is being formed - even if both parties have yet to fully comprehend it'' The TimesWhat has caused the recent seismic changes in British politics, including Brexit and a series of populist revolts against the elite? Why did so many people want to overturn the status quo? Where have the Left gone wrong? And what deeper trends are driving these changes?British politics is coming apart. A country once known for its stability has recently experienced a series of shocking upheavals. Matthew Goodwin, acclaimed political scientist and co-author of National Populism, shows that the reason is not economic hardship, personalities or dark money. It is a far wider political realignment that will be with us for years to come. An increasingly lTrade ReviewA single missile laser-targeted at a careless, feckless ruling elite who have ignored the wants and wills of the vast majority of voters ... The fundamental thrust of Goodwin's argument is right. ... a new centre ground of British politics is being formed - even if both parties have yet to fully comprehend it. -- Sebastian Payne * The Times *A much-needed corrective. It gives voice to those whose values are scarcely heard or represented by the media ... impassioned and convincing. -- Patrick West * spiked *Goodwin's central thesis is that the rise of the radical right, the Brexit referendum and Johnson's general election victory of 2019 are expressions of a deeper realignment in UK politics that pits the marginalised white working class, socially conservative older voters and the 'non-graduate majority' against a new elite of university-educated progressives. -- Nick Pearce * Financial Times *The most consistent chronicler of events that have upturned the UK several times ... there is much to recommend it as an antidote against the madness of our times. -- Titus Techera * Washington Examiner *Well-written and cogently argued ... [Goodwin] understands the broad forces that spurred the surprising changes and tumult in the politics of the West, and he writes about them without villainizing or heroizing ... a crucial one to read. -- Bo Winegard * Aporia *This book is a valuable read for understanding better the cause of our recent democratic upheavals. -- Baroness Stowell * The House Magazine *Hot property... [from] an insightful author and a trendsetting 'entrepreneurial academic', combining his scholarly work with writing punchy op-eds and making his case on TV and radio. -- Rakib Ehsan * CapX *Goodwin is angry on behalf of the white working class. He wants a political programme that offers them more protection from the gales of international economic competition and from the erosion of their socially conservative values. -- David Willetts * Prospect *

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Book SynopsisAn innovative view of how everyone doing part-time work and part-time caregiving would promote flourishing families, free time, equality, and the true value of care.The way that Western countries approach work and care for others is fundamentally dysfunctional. The amount of time spent at work places unsustainable stress on families, particularly in the face of rising inequality, while those who perform care are underpaid and their labor undervalued.In Part-Time for All, Jennifer Nedelsky and Tom Malleson propose a plan to radically restructure both work and care. As such, they offer a solution to four pressing problems: the inequality of caregivers; family stress from competing demands of work and care; chronic time scarcity; and policymakers who are ignorant about the care that life requires--the care/policy divide. Nedelsky and Malleson argue that no capable adult should do paid work for more than 30 hours per week, so that they can contribute substantial amounts of time to unpaid cTrade ReviewPart-Time for All makes a powerful argument for a deep and revolutionary new ideal-one toward which we all should strive. * Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Emerita, Harvard Kennedy School *As Nedelsky and Malleson state: 'Deep structural changes for all will be needed to redress the long-standing devaluation of care.' Their proposals to restrict everyone's full-time work and to insist that everyone devote time to care is nothing short of revolutionary. * Joan C. Tronto, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Minnesota *In this timely book, Jennifer Nedelsky and Tom Malleson shed light on the paradox that while we all are aware of the importance of the social organization of care, it tends to be relegated to the shadows of exploitative work. Anyone who thought that empirical, structural realism and normative, utopian thinking are opposites, will know better after reading this manifesto. As the authors show powerfully, deeply rooted problems require radical thinking, grounded and humane. * Rainer Forst, Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Care Chapter 2: Work Chapter 3: Transitioning Chapter 4: Feasibility Conclusion Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBraumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading. * Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy *Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me. * Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Empirical Reasons for Skepticism 3 Theoretical Reasons for Skepticism 4 A Conventional View of War 5 Measuring War 6 A Few Handy Tools 7 Trends in Warfare, 1815-present

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Encyclopedia of Public Administration uniquely addresses public administration as a sprawling, diverse field that contains some elements of political science, economics, law, sociology, ethics and many other disciplines, while also comprising issues and approaches that are distinctive to public administration itself.Table of ContentsContexts, Integrity, and Control Access or Right to Information and Its Impact on Public Administration (Gregory Michener) Accountability and Responsibility (Robert Gregory) Administrative Culture (Muiris MacCarthaigh and Leno Saarniit) Administrative Styles and Policy Styles (Louisa Bayerlein and Christoph Knill) Administrative Traditions (B. Guy Peters) African Public Administration (Goran Hyden) Auditing and Accountability (Jenny de Fine Licht) Central Agencies and Control in Public Administration (Donald J. Savoie) Communist State Administrative Structures (Astrid Hedin) Comparative Public Administration (Hellmut Wollmann) Competing Values in Public Administration (Zeger van der Wal) Controlling Bureaucratic Corruption (Ting Gong and Sunny L. Yang) East Asian Models of Public Administration: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects (Akira Nakamura) Economic Crisis and Public Administration (Denita Cepiku and Filippo Giordano) Ethics, Corruption, and Integrity of Governance: What It Is and What Helps (Leo Huberts and André van Montfort) The Extended Scope of Accountability in Public Administration (Richard Mulgan) Historical Development of American Public Administration (Mordecai Lee) Judicial Controls Over the Bureaucracy (Calliope Spanou) Latin American Public Administration (Mariana Chudnovsky) The Legitimacy of Civil Services in the 21st Century (Christoph Demmke) The Napoleonic Tradition in Public Administration (Edoardo Ongaro) The Principal-Agent Approach and Public Administration (Jan-Erik Lane) Public Administration and Development (Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira) Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (Stanislaw Mazur) Transnational Administration of Regional and Global Policies (Kim Moloney and Diane Stone) Transparency in Public Administration (Tero Erkkilä) Organizational Systems, Leadership, and Management Administrative Reform: Opportunities, Drivers, and Barriers (Anthony B. L. Cheung) Agencification in Public Administration (Koen Verhoest, Sandra van Thiel, and Steven F. De Vadder) The Anthropology of Bureaucracy and Public Administration (Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan) Boundary Organizations: Intermediaries in Science-Policy Interactions (Anna Wesselink and Robert Hoppe) Career Patterns in Administration (Sylvia Veit) Centralization and Decentralization: Compatible Governance Concepts and Practices (Eva M. Witesman) Civil Service Systems (Vainius Smalskys and Jolanta Urbanovic) Collaborative Governance (Joris Voets, Taco Brandsen, Christopher Koliba, and Bram Verschuere) The Corps Model for Administration (Natacha Gally) Fundamentals of Government Structure: Alignments of Organizations at and Beyond the Center of Power (Ian Thynne) Governance Through Civil Society (Jacob Torfing) Governing by Silos (Ian Scott) High-Performance Government (Janine O'Flynn) How Effective are Political Appointees? (Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr.) Institutionalism and Public Administration (Jan Olsson) Institutionalizing Public Action: Multiple Alignments of Goods, Services, Roles, and Tasks (Ian Thynne) Leadership and Change in the Public Sector (Jose Luis Mendez) Leadership and Public Administration (Ludger Helms) Machinery-of-Government Building Blocks: Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (Roger Wettenhall) Models of Administrative Reform (Giliberto Capano) Multi-Level Governance and Public Administration (Edoardo Ongaro) Network Management in Public Administration: The Essence of Network and Collaborative Governance (Erik-Hans Klijn) Networks and Public Administration (Robin H. Lemaire) New Public Management (Per Lægreid) The Organizational Basis for Public Governance (Morten Egeberg and Jarle Trondal) Organization Theory and Public Administration (Tom Christensen) Patronage and Public Administration (Francisco Panizza, B. Guy Peters, and Conrado Ramos Larraburu) Performance Management in Public Administration (Johabed G. Olvera and Claudia N. Avellaneda) Politicization of Public Services in Comparative Perspective (John Halligan) Human Resource Management in Public Administration: Key Challenges (John P. Burns) Public Sector Pay in Administration (B. Guy Peters) Public Service Motivation in Public Administration (Wouter Vandenabeele and Carina Schott) The Quality of Government and Public Administration (Alina Mungiu-Pippidi) Rational Choice Perspectives on Bureaucracy (Anthony M. Bertelli and Nicola Palma) State-Owned Enterprises: Structures, Functions, and Legitimacy (Ian Thynne) Strategic Management in Public Administration (John Bryson and Bert George) Weberian Bureaucracy (Fritz Sager and Christian Rosser) Women in Public Administration in the United States: Leadership, Gender Stereotypes, and Bias (Sofia Calsy and Maria J. D'Agostino) Policy Systems, Processes, and Instruments Agenda Setting and the Policy Process: Focusing Events (Thomas A. Birkland and Kathryn L. Schwaeble) Behavioral Public Administration (Lars Tummers) Bounded Rationality in Public Administration (JoBeth Shafran, Bryan D. Jones, and Connor Dye) Bureaucracies and Policy Ideas (Tobias Bach) Coordination, Integration, Coherence, and Collaboration of Public Policies (B. Guy Peters) Federalism and Policy Implementation (Kenneth Wiltshire) Implementation and the Policy Process (Peter Hupe) Implementation Capacity and Evaluation Capacity (Adrian Kay) Implementation Structures: The Use of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Policy Implementation (Mark T. Imperial) Incrementalism and Public Policy-Making (Michael Hayes) Information Processing and Digitalization in Bureaucracies (Tero Erkkilä) Inside Activism: Political Agency and Institutional Change (Jan Olsson and Erik Hysing) Instruments and Implementation in Public Policy and Administration (Michael Howlett) Interest Groups, the Bureaucracy, and Issue Prioritization (Bert Fraussen and Darren Halpin) Policy Advice From Bureaucracy (Marleen Brans and Ellen Fobé) The Policy Capacity of Bureaucracy (Sharma Shubham, Lei Shi, and Xun Wu) Policy Instruments and Administrative Capacities (Kai Wegrich) Policy Integration: Challenges for Public Administration (Christoph Knill, Christina Steinbacher, and Yves Steinebach) Real Property Tax in Local Public Finance (Yilin Hou) Reforming the Budget Process (John Wanna) Regulatory Governance: History, Theories, Strategies, and Challenges (David Levi-Faur, Yael Kariv-Teitelbaum, and Rotem Medzini) Street-Level Bureaucrats: Discretion and Compliance in Policy Implementation (Tony Evans) Think Tanks and Policymaking (Hartwig Pautz) Woodrow Wilson and the Tradition of Dualism in Public Administration (James Svara) Research Design and Methodology Archives in the Study of Public Policy and Administration (Grace Jaramillo) Constructivist Approaches to Public Administration (Nicholas C. Zingale) Interviewing in Public Administration (Philippe Zittoun) Q Methodology in Public Administration: The State of the Art (José Nederhand and Astrid Molenveld) Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Public Administration (Eva Thomann and Jörn Ege) Qualitative Research and Case Studies in Public Administration (Jason L. Jensen and Laura Hand)

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Book SynopsisSince the start of the twenty-first century, the political mainstream has been shifting to the right. The liberal orthodoxy that took hold in the West as a reaction to the Second World War is breaking down. In Europe, populist political parties have pulled the mainstream in their direction; in America, a series of challenges to the Republican mainstream culminated in the 2016 election of Donald Trump. In Key Thinkers of the Radical Right, sixteen expert scholars explain sixteen thinkers, providing an introduction to their life and work, a guide to their thought, and an explanation of their work''s reception. The chapters focus on thinkers who are widely read across the political right in both Europe and America, such as Julius Evola, Alain de Benoist, and Richard B. Spencer. Featuring classic, modern, and emerging thinkers, this selection provides a good representation of the intellectual right and avoids making political or value judgments. In an increasingly polarized political envirTrade ReviewSixteen expert scholars explain sixteen thinkers, providing an introduction to their life and work, a guide to their thought, and an explanation of their work's reception. The book thus provides an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the thought behind the stunts and the resurgence, the thought of the radical Right * Kirk Meighoo, New Books Network *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Mark Sedgwick Section I: Classic Thinkers Chapter 1: Oswald Spengler and the Decline of the West by David Engels Chapter 2: Ernst Jünger and Storms of Steel by Elliot Y. Neaman Chapter 3: Carl Schmitt and the Concept of the Political by Reinhard Mehring Chapter 4: Julius Evola and Tradition by H. Tomas Hakl Section II: Modern Thinkers Chapter 5: Alain de Benoist and the New Right by Jean-Yves Camus Chapter 6: Guillaume Faye and Identitarianism by Stéphane François Chapter 7: Paul Gottfried and Paleoconservatism by Seth Bartee Chapter 8: Patrick J. Buchanan and the Death of the West by Edward Ashbee Chapter 9: Jared Taylor and White Identity by Russell Nieli Chapter 10: Alexander Dugin and Eurasianism by Marlene Laruelle Chapter 11: Bat Ye'or and Eurabia by Sindre Bangstad Section III: Emergent Thinkers Chapter 12: Mencius Moldbug and Neoraction by Joshua Tait Chapter 13: Greg Johnson and Counter-Currents by Graham Macklin Chapter 14: Richard B. Spencer and the Alt Right by Tamir Bar-On Chapter 15: Jack Donovan and Male Tribalism by Matthew N. Lyons Chapter 16: Daniel Friberg and Metropolitics by Benjamin Teitelbaum Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA complete guide for how small states can be strikingly successful and influential--if they assess their situations and adapt their strategies.Small states are crucial actors in world politics. Yet, they have been relegated to a second tier of International Relations scholarship. In A Small State''s Guide to Influence in World Politics, Tom Long shows how small states can identify opportunities and shape effective strategies to achieve their foreign policy goals. To do so, Long puts small states'' relationships at the center of his approach. Although small states are defined by their position as materially weaker actors vis-a-vis large states, Long argues that this condition does not condemn them to impotence or irrelevance. Drawing on typological theory, Long builds an explanation of when and how small states might achieve their goals. The book assesses a global range of cases-both successes and failures-and offers a set of tools for scholars and policymakers to understand how varying international conditions shape small states'' opportunities for influence.Trade ReviewTom Long's A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics is a trail-blazing effort to build new theory in the discipline of small state studies -- as persuasive in its conceptual development as it is dazzling in the genuine internationalism of its case studies ... the rich theorisation in this book is a watershed moment that has significantly advanced our theoretical study of the strategies of small states. * Hillary Briffa, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy *Building on his seminal 2015 work, Latin America Confronts the United States, Long persuasively presses his case that smaller states, with creative leadership, can often successfully defend their national interests in contests with bigger ones. * Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs *Long persuasively presses his case that smaller states, with creative leadership, can often successfully defend their national interests in contests with bigger ones. He urges his scholarly colleagues to redefine international relations studies by stretching beyond the interactions of great powers to focus on the many smaller states that light up the geopolitical firmament. * Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs *[A]gainst the aims it sets for itself - to outline and demonstrate the significance of a relational approach to the study of small states that starts from the position of asymmetry and is global in coverage - A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics succeeds remarkably. It should be warmly received and become a touchstone text for anybody interested in how the majority of the world's states engage in international affairs. * Prof. Jack Corbett, The Round Table *Tom Long has written an invaluable primer for policy makers and diplomats in small states and scholars of International Relations. He offers a new methodological approach to navigating the asymmetries of inter-state relations, based on exhaustive research, a fairly comprehensive bibliography and a wide-ranging examination of relevant case studies. From a Caribbean perspective, I would have preferred that he had referenced the writings of Shridath Ramphal and Ronald Sanders, but this should not detract from the quality of his research, which is a major contribution to small state diplomacy and IR theory. * Riyad Insanally, Former Ambassador of Guyana to the USA and the Organization of American States *Written with clarity and rigour, this is a must-read book for anyone who wants to understand how and why small states fail or succeed in world politics. * Anders Wivel, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen *Based on IR theory and grounded in small states scholarship, this book provides an innovative integrated account of small states strategies to deal with constraints and opportunities they face in world politics. The comprehensive theoretical argument is illustrated by a series of compelling short case studies. This timely book is a must-read for scholars and practitioners alike. * Diana Panke, Chair of Multi-level Governance, University of Freiburg (Germany) *Most books on small states tend to detail a particular issue or the external behavior of states in one region. This book is a remarkable attempt to go beyond this by analyzing the entire spectrum of small states-European as well as in the developing world. Long does this by formulating a detailed pre-theoretical framework through which small state influence attempts can be impartially assessed. The book is notable for both its attention to careful theorizing, as well as the breadth of cases drawn on in support of the author's thesis. Anyone interested in the security and economic behavior of small states will find much to ponder theoretically, and much to draw on descriptively. This book is an important addition to the small-state literature and it deserves to be widely read. * Jacqueline-Braveboy-Wagner, City University of New York *The book defines, theorizes and investigates small states in the context of these unequal relationships, between a small state and a great power...the book is essential reading for those interested in small states and political power. * Sarina Theys, International Affairs *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Small States, Big World Chapter 3: Opportunities and constraints: Conditions for success Chapter 4: Playing small ball: Strategies for success Chapter 5: Security Chapter 6: International Political Economy Chapter 7: Institutions, law, and norms Chapter 8: Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWe live in a time of crises - economic turmoil, workplace disempowerment, unresponsive government, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international rivalry. In The 99 Percent Economy, Paul S. Adler, a leading expert on business management, argues that these crises are destined to deepen unless we radically transform our economy. But despair is not an option, and Adler provides a compelling alternative: democratic socialism. He argues that to overcome these crises we need to assert democratic control over the management of both individual enterprises and the entire national economy. To show how that would work, he draws on a surprising source of inspiration: the strategic management processes of many of our largest corporations. In these companies, the strategy process promises to involve and empower workers and to ensure efficiency and innovation. In practice, this promise is rarely realized, but in principle, that process could be consolidated within enterprises andTrade ReviewThis is an important book on an issue crucial to organizational theorists of every stripe. Adler is dealing with fundamental issues about how best to structure and manage our organizations, and he has done so in a way that will provoke the kinds of conversations that our field and our world desperately need. * Mark S. Mizruchi, University of Michigan, Administrative Science Quarterly *What does "democratisation" mean in concrete terms? Some millennial socialists say everyone should be guaranteed a job; others want a universal basic income, a drastic reduction in the working week, or both. It also means promoting non-traditional forms of business organisation, including co-operatives, which give workers a decisive role in the day-to-day management of their company. Mr. Adler thinks through how such plans would function. Drawing on his expertise in management, he explains in detail how firms could be managed along socialist lines. * The Economist *From Bernie Sanders to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, candidates who call themselves socialists are winning more elections and wielding wider influence. Paul Adler's timely new book helps us imagine what a political economy, based on socialist ideas, might actually look like and how it might operate for the benefit of millions of Americans who are not well-served by our current system. The 99 Percent Economy is not just a compelling indictment of capitalism run amuck. Adler makes a clear and convincing case for economic planning, expanded public investment, and greater social ownership and democratic management of productive enterprises. His book will be an essential educational tool for activists in labor and on the left. * Steve Early, Former International Representative for the Communications Workers of America and author of Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City *Lucidly written and powerfully argued. Rarely do we get insight into the opportunities a truly democratic socialist economy might offer from an expert who knows how decisions are really made in leading corporations and large institutions. A must read for anyone interested in the creation of a progressive future. * Gar Alperovitz, Author of America Beyond Capitalism and CoFounder of The Democracy Collaborative *Paul Adler asks whether society can be reorganized for the benefit of its majority, that is, help those regularly disempowered? His book, The 99 Percent Economy begins with a radical premise that the economy should serve the vast majority rather than the other way around. Adler asks us to engage in a discussion about a different future that can move humanity away from the abyss and in the direction of a socialism that is democratic, radical, and visionary. * Bill Fletcher, Jr., Former president of TransAfrica Forum; writer and labor activist *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Five crises 2. The capitalist roots of these crises 3. A growing tension 4. The promise and limits of reform 5. Managing our economy, democratically and effectively 6. A democratic socialist America 7 . Getting there References

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a strong and original argument about English nationalism and the ways in which it is currently transforming British politics.Trade Review... excellent new book... full of insight, and with a clarity not always present in the work of social scientists - leaves the reader in no doubt as to the growing strength of English identify... * The Daily Telegraph *An essential read for anyone interested in nationalism and the future of the union (or in understanding Brexit). * Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian *Scrupulously researched and scholarly book. * Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal *What makes the crisis of British politics so strange is that at its heart is a force that dare not speak its name: Englishness. It is at once extremely potent and hard to articulate, strongly felt but poorly understood. The work of Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones has been crucial to the mapping of this previously murky territory and Englishness is a superb overview of the evidence they have gathered so meticulously and weighed so carefully. The English world view so subtly and intelligently probed here has consequences far beyond its own borders. No one who wants to understand those consequences can do without this terrific book. * Fintan O'Toole, The Irish Times *Lucid and heavily detailed. * David Kernek, Irish Examiner *...the authors of this book take a mature and balanced approach to what is a highly significant yet somewhat neglected issue....a work of fundamental importance... could prise open many closed minds. If the left is going win back millions of people, as it needs to, we clearly need to talk about England. * Brian Denny, Morning Star *The rise of Englishness, and its impact on British constitutional politics, has for too long been an under-explored, semi-secret, phenomenon: a spectre that dare not speak its name. But it has profound implications for the future of the United Kingdom. This book should be read by anyone — and especially every politician — who wishes to understand the forces driving British politics to its current febrile, fractured, state. It is more than an important book, it is a necessary and overdue one. * Alex Massie, The Spectator and The Sunday Times *The best book on Scottish politics that I have read in a long time. This is not as paradoxical as it sounds: it explores the inextricable tangles of Englishness, Britishness and Scottishness. It is impressive both for the sharpness of its analysis and the solidity of its empirical foundations, based on extensive social surveys carried out for the Future of England Survey. * Dennis Smith, Scottish Review *...remarkably coherent, factual and on occasion, severely to the point... Englishness makes for vitally important, if not compulsive reading. * David Marx Book Reviews *The authors provide a convincing and eloquent explanation of this politicisation of Englishness... * Ben Wellings, Australian Book Review *This book provides fresh insight into the character of English nationalism, showing how it presents not only a distinctive vision of England's role within the UK but also of Britain's place within the world. This vision has already played a key role in bringing about Brexit - and it could now prove a decisive influence as Britain debates how to adapt to the post-Brexit, post-COVID world. * Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde *A fascinating and subtle study, which - precisely because so challenging - should be read with great attention by all those who hope to keep the United Kingdom united. * Tom Holland, historian, biographer, and broadcaster. Author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, and Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind *This book gives a compelling account of English nationalism, its motivations, and discontents. For anyone concerned about the future of the United Kingdom, this is essential reading. * Philip Rycroft, Former Head of the UK Governance Group in the Cabinet Office, and Former permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union *Englishness is not only a pioneering analysis of English nationalism but a vital source for understanding the origins of Brexit and the transformation of British politics in the last few years. It is certainly a book of the first importance. * Sir Tom Devine, Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography, the University of Edinburgh *The politics of England and the UK have been transformed in the past 20 years. This book makes a powerful case that the politics of Englishness, a force largely overlooked by academics and commentators, has been at the heart of those changes. * John Denham, Professorial Fellow on English Identity and Politics, University of Southampton *

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Book SynopsisIn the second decade of the 21st century, Colombia showed surprising results in the fight against poverty. Monetary poverty dropped, extreme monetary poverty was cut in half, and multidimensional poverty fell. More than five million Colombians overcame poverty. Inequality also decreased significantly. In the middle of an internal armed conflict and peace negotiations, Colombia became a poverty reduction success story. All of this happened under the leadership of President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018). How was this accomplished? In this important book, based on his experience and with data and statistics, former President Santos explains how this battle against poverty was waged and describes the tools, programs, and policies that produced these results. In particular, he emphasizes the importance of Colombia''s globally pioneering adoption of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), calculated according to the Alkire-Foster method and developed at the Oxford Poverty and Human DeveloTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Letter to the Reader An Important Clarification on Changes in the Measurement of Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty in Colombia Introduction: A Commitment to Poverty Reduction 1: A New Measurement of Poverty 2: Colombia: A Pioneer in MPI Adoption 3: Institutional Design to Combat Poverty 4: Top-Level Follow-Up and Monitoring 5: Policies and Programs to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty 6: Fieldwork:

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Book SynopsisIn recent years there has been great interest in new forms of citizen participation, such as citizens'' assemblies or deliberative polls that involve ordinary citizens in political decision-making. Many see these innovations as the best solution to the current crisis of democracy. The most radical among them propose replacing elections with the random selection of ordinary citizens, transforming electoral democracy into a lottocracy. These developments are driven by a lottocratic mentality that is deeply transforming our understanding of democracy, political equality, representation, and more. In The Lottocratic Mentality, Lafont and Urbinati focus on this way of thinking, which is flourishing in public debates, inspiring the organization of citizens'' assemblies worldwide, and bridging democratic and nondemocratic regimes in the vision of a unified global order based on problem-solving allotted assemblies, free from electoral competition. The authors'' analysis shows that it amounts to a worrisome form of technopopulism that justifies conferring legislative power on randomly selected assemblies based on a mixture of populist and technocratic grounds. This lottocratic mentality legitimizes the anti-democratic idea that the many should be ruled by the few chosen by chance. Against this view, they show how lottery-based institutions could be used with the democratic aim of empowering the citizenry, but only if the lottocratic mentality is rejected.

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Book SynopsisHuman beings live together in societies which, by their very nature, give rise to institutions governing the behaviour and freedom of individuals. This raises important questions about how these institutions ought to function, and the extent to which actual systems of government succeed or fail in meeting these ideals. This Oxford Reader contains 140 key writings on political thought, covering issues about human nature and its relation to society, the extent to which the powers of the State are justified, the tension between liberty and rights, and the way resources should be distributed. Topics such as international relations, minority rights, democracy, socialism, and conservatism are also discussed, by contributors ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Isaiah Berlin, and Martin Luther King.Table of ContentsPREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: HUMAN NATURE; INTRODUCTION; 1A: THE NATURAL STATE OF MANKIND; 1. ARISTOTLE: THE STATE EXISTS BY NATURE; 2. THOMAS HOBBES: THE MISERY OF THE NATURAL CONDITION OF MANKIND; 3. JOHN LOCKE: THE STATE OF NATURE AND THE STATE OF WAR; 4. BARON DE MONTESQUIEU: FEAR AND PEACE; 5. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE NOBLE SAVAGE; 6. ROBERT OWEN: MAN'S CHARACTER IS FORMED FOR HIM; 7. KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICHENGELS: MAN AS A PRODUCTIVE BEING; 8. CHARLES DARWIN: NATURAL SELECTION; 9. CHARLES DARWIN: THE ADVANTAGE OF MORALITY; 10. PETER KROPOTKIN: MUTUAL AID; 1B: MAN'S NATURE AND WOMAN'S NATURE; 11. PLATO: WOMEN AS WEAKER PARTNERS; 12. ARISTOTLE: SEPARATE SPHERES; 13. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE LIKENESS AND UNLIKENESS OF THE SEXES; 14. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN; 15. JOHN STUART MILL: THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN; 16. CAROL GILLIGAN: IN A DIFFERENT VOICE; 17. ALISON M JAGGAR: SOCIALIST FEMINISM AND THE STANDPOINT OF WOMEN; CHAPTER 2: THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE STATE; 2A WHAT IS THE STATE?; 18. JOHN LOCKE: POLITICAL POWER; 19. MAX WEBER: THE STATE AND COERCION; 2B THE SOCIAL CONTRACT; 20. THOMAS HOBBES: CREATING LEVIATHAN; 21. JOHN LOCKE: EXPRESS AND TACIT CONSENT; 22. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: NATURAL FREEDOM AND THE FREEDOM OF THE CITIZEN; 23. IMMANUEL KANT: THE HYPOTHETICAL CONTRACT; 2CAGAINST THE SOCIAL CONTRACT; 24. DAVID HUME: THE IRRELEVANCE OF CONSENT; 25. JEREMY BENTHAM: UTILITY AS THE TRUE FOUNDATION; 26. G.W.F HEGEL: THE PRIORITY OF THE STATE OVER THE INDIVIDUAL; 27. H.L.A. HART: THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS; 2D: THE ANARCHIST RESPONSE; 28. MICHAEL BAKUNIN: SCIENCE AND THE PEOPLE; 29. ROBERT PAUL WOLFF: THE CONFLICT OF AUTONOMY AND AUTHORITY; 2E: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE; 30. PLATO: THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE; 31. HENRY DAVID THOREAU: THE DUTY OF DISOBEDIENCE; 32. MARTIN LUTHER KING: AN UNJUST LAW IS NO LAW; 33. JOHN RAWLS: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE; CHAPTER 3: DEMOCRACY AND ITS DIFFICULTIES; 3A: AGAINST DEMOCRACY; 34. PLATO: RULING AS A SKILL; 35. FREDERICK THE GREAT: THE ENLIGHTENED DESPOT; 3B: DEMOCRATIC IDEALS; 36. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE GENERAL WILL; 37. IMMANUEL KANT: FREEDOM AND EQUALITY; 38. JOHN STUART MILL: THE DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN; 39. JOHN RAWLS: MAJORITY RULE; 3C TRUE AND FALSE DEMOCRACY; 40. V.I. LENIN: BOURGEOIS AND PROLETARIAN DEMOCRACY; 41. CAROLE PATEMAN: PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY; 3D DANGERS IN DEMOCRACY; 42. ARISTOTLE: RULE OF THE PEOPLE AND RULE OF LAW; 43. JAMES MADISON: THE DANGER OF FACTION; 44. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY; 3E DEMOCRACY AND BUREAUCRACY; 45. MAX WEBER: BUREAUCRATIC ADMINISTRATION; 46. VILFEDO PARETO: RULE BY OLIGARCHY; 3F: SEPARATION OF POWERS; 47. JOHN LOCKE: LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND FEDERATIVE POWERS; 48. BARON DE MONTESQUIEU: THE IDEAL CONSTITUTION; CHAPTER 4: LIBERTY AND RIGHTS; 4A: WHAT IS LIBERTY?; 49. BENJAMIN CONSTANT: THE LIBERTY OF THE ANCIENTS AND THE LIBERTY OF THE MODERNS; 50. ISAIAH BERLIN: TWO CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY; 51. CHARLES TAYLOR: IN DEFENCE OF POSITIVE FREEDOM; 52. RONALD DWORKIN: NO RIGHT TO LIBERTY; 4B: LAW AND MORALITY; 53. JOHN STUART MILL: ONE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE; 54. JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIBERTY; 55. PARTICK DEVLIN: THE ENFORCEMENT OF MORALS; 56. H.L.A. HART: THE CHANGING SENSE OF MORALITY; 4C: TOLERATION AND FREE EXPRESSION; 57. JOHN LOCKE: THE FUTILITY OF INTOLERANCE; 58. THOMAS SCANLON: FREE EXPRESSION AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE; 59. JEREMY WALDRON: THE SATANIC VERSES; 60. CATHERINE MACKINNON: ONLY WORDS; 4D: VIRTUE AND CITIZENSHIP; 61. PERICLES: THE DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN; 62. ARISTOTLE: THE REQUIREMENTS OF CITIZENSHIP; 63. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI: THE SERVILITY OF THE MODERNS; 64. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: THE NATURE OF MODERN SERVITUDE; 65. QUENTIN SKINNER: THE REPUBLICAN IDEAL OF POLITICAL LIBERTY; 4E: RIGHTS; 66. JEREMY BENTHAM: NONSENSE ON STILTS; 67. KARL MARX: THE RIGHTS OF EGOISTIC MAN; 68. ROBERT NOZICK: RIGHTS AS SIDE-CONSTRAINTS; 69. RONALD DWORKIN: TAKING RIGHTS SERIOUSLY; 4F: PUNISHMENT; 70. JOHN STUART MILL: IN FAVOUR OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; 71. H.L.A. HART: PUNISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY; 72. ROBERT NOZICK: WHERE DETERRENCE THEORY GOES WRONG; CHAPTER 5: ECONOMIC JUSTICE; 5A: PRIVATE PROPERTY; 73. JOHN LOCKE: LABOUR AS THE BASIS OF PROPERTY; 74. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE EARTH BELONGS TO NOBODY; 75. G.W.F HEGEL: PROPERTY AS EXPRESSION; 76. HERBERT SPENCER: THE RIGHT TO THE USE OF THE EARTH; 77. KARL MARX: MONEY, THE UNIVERSAL WHORE; 78. KARL MARX: THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY; 79. SIGMUND FREUD: PROPERTY AND AGGRESSION; 80. R.H. TAWNEY: REAPING WITHOUT SOWING; 81. ROBERT NOZICK: DIFFICULTIES WITH MIXING LABOUR; 5B: THE MARKET; 82. ADAM SMITH: THE DANGERS OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE; 83. KARL MARX: APPEARANCE AND REALITY; 84. F.A. HAYEK: PRICES AS A CODE; 85. MILTON FRIEDMAN AND ROSE FRIEDMAN: THE TYRANNY OF CONTROLS; 86. G.A. COHEN: POVERTY AS LACK OF FREEDOM; 5C: THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; 87. AESOP: THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS; 88. ARISTOTLE: RECIPROCITY; 89. ARISTOTLE: EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY; 90. GERALD WINSTANLEY: THE COMMON STOCK; 91. DAVID HUME: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF EQUALITY; 92. KARL MARX: FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITIES, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS; 93. EDWARD BELLAMY: LOOKING BACKWARD; 94. F.A. HAYEK: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PLANNING; 95. JOHN RAWLS: TWO PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE; 96. ROBERT NOZICK: THE ENTITLEMENT THEORY; 97. RONALD DWORKIN: EQUALITY OF RESOURCES; CHAPTER 6: JUSTICE BETWEEN GROUPS; 6A: PEACE AND WAR; 98. IMMANUEL KANT: PERPETUAL PEACE; 99. RICHARD COBDEN: THE CIVILIZING INFLUENCE OF COMMERCE; 100. MICHAEL WALZER: JUST AND UNJUST WAR; 101. THOMAS NAGEL: THE LIMITS OF WARFARE; 6B: NATIONALISM; 102. ISAIAH BERLIN: NATIONAL SENTIMENT; 103. ALASDAIR MACINTYRE: IS PATRIOTISM A VIRTUE?; 6C: MINORITY RIGHTS; 104. THOMAS HILL: THE MESSAGE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; 105. AVISHAI MARGALIT AND JOSEPH RAZ: NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION'; 6D: INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE; 106. BRIAN BARRY: JUSTICE BETWEEN GENERATIONS'; 6E: INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE; 107. PETER SINGER: FAMINE, AFFLUENCE AND MORALITY; 108. ONORA O'NEILL: LIFEBOAT EARTH; CHAPTER 7: ALTERNATIVES TO LIBERALISM; 7A: LIBERAL THEORY UNDER STRAIN; 109. JURGEN HABERMAS: LEGITIMATION CRISIS; 110. MICHAEL WALZER: LIBERALISM IN RETREAT; 111. MICHAEL WALZER: THE ARTIFICIALITY OF LIBERALISM; 7B: CONSERVATISM; 112. EDMUND BURKE: ETERNAL SOCIETY; 113. T.S. ELIOT: THE TRANSMISSION OF CULTURE; 114. MICHAEL OAKESHOTT: ON BEING CONSERVATIVE; 7C: COMMUNITARIANISM; 115. CHARLES TAYLOR: IDENTIFICIATION AND SUBJECTIVITY; 116. ALASDAIR MACINTYRE: TRADITION AND THE UNITY OF A LIFE; 117. MICHAEL SANDEL: CONCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY; 7D: SOCIALISM; 118. KARL MARX: WORK IN COMMUNIST SOCIETY; 119. KARL MARX: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO; 120. KARL MARX: THE REALM OF FREEDOM; 121. OSCAR WILDE: THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM; 122. ERNEST MANDEL: PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY; 123. G.A. COHEN: SOCIALISM AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY; 7E: POST-MODERNISM; 124. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE:THE IMPULSE TOWARDS JUSTICE; 125. MICHEL FOUCAULT: POWER/KNOWLEDGE; 126. RICHARD RORTY: THE PRIORITY OF DEMOCRACY TO PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 8: PROGESS AND CIVILIZATION; 127. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: THE EFFFECT OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; 128. ADAM SMITH: DIVISION OF LABOUR; 129. FRIEDRICH SCHILLER: FRAGMENTATION AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION; 130. KARL MARX: DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES; 131. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY: OUR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSE; 132. FRIEDRICH ENGELS: TRANSITION TO COMMUNISM; 133. MAX WEBER: DISENCHANTMENT; 134. KARL POPPER: THE UTOPIAN METHOD; 135. FRANCIS FUKUYAMA: THE END OF HISTORY; APPENDIX: FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL DOCUMENTS; 136. U.S. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776; 137. DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN 1789; 138. THE BILL OF RIGHTS 1789; 139. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1863; 140. UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1948

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, Kapoor and Zalloua's negative approach makes an important contribution to International Relations literature in a genuine academic spirit, for it challenges some of the most basic assumptions that implicitly sustain current debates about global affairs. Readers should be warned that some of their most basic certainties might be shaken. * Juan Telleria, International Affairs *In a world of escalating contradictions and looming catastrophes, starkly increasing inequalities and exploitation, and devastation of the environment produced by global capitalism, what is most dearly needed is a passionate plea for universal politics provided by this book. Between the tide of identity politics, with its incapacity to address global issues, and the vicissitudes of abstract universalism, Kapoor and Zalloua develop a powerful case for a reinvention of universality that does justice to radical philosophical thought and to the invigoration of the politics of solidarity. * Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana, The European Graduate School *Universal Politics by Ilan Kapoor and Zahi Zalloua comes at a moment that could not have been more timely—when the world seems to be exploding with particularisms and when capital appears as the only universal. Avoiding both the trap of neocolonial universalism and the narrow particularism of identity-based politics, the book develops a truly compelling concept of universal politics. An absolute must-read for anyone interested in emancipatory politics. * Alenka Zupančič, Institute of Philosophy at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts *An important intervention that opens up the problematic conceptualization of identity and ethical relationships in theories of cosmopolitanism to the alternative notion of negative universal politics and its corollary empty subject. Drawing principally on the work of the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj %Zi%zek, Kapoor and Zalloua demonstrate the importance of this universal politics through various case studies that envision a common solidarity of the excluded around the concurrent double struggle against domination and exploitation. They also prove the continued relevance of %Zi%zek's ideas to contemporary leftist struggles. A must-read for concerned political theorists, cultural studies scholars, philosophers, and leftist activists. * Jamil Khader, Professor of English and Dean of Research, Bethlehem University *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Universal Politics Chapter 2: Universalisms Compared Chapter 3: Universal Versus Decentralized Politics Chapter 4: What a (Negative) Universal Politics Might Look Like Today Conclusion: After the System: the Challenges of a Universal Politics

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Book SynopsisXi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and China''s paramount leader in 2012. Few expected what would come next: a sweeping restructuring of China''s political economy and political culture which included anti-corruption campaigns against the Party, and a full recalibration of China''s relations with the outside world. In Xi Jinping, Alfred L. Chan offers a comprehensive account of his life and times.Chan discusses Xi''s early years as a princeling and his ordeal during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Xi''s privileged childhood was shattered during his youth when he was mercilessly tormented as a counter-revolutionary, declared a juvenile delinquent and pauper, ultimately becoming an ordinary peasant. But he clawed his way back up a ladder of success reflecting the changing zeitgeist of the times. He entered politics at age seventeen and accumulated administrative experiences at the county and provincial levels. Chan documents Xi''s long path upward through the system, revealing how he built a reputation as an astute leader and a corruption fighter.The second half of the book focuses on the post-2012 period, and Chan pays particular attention to the context surrounding Xi''s governance once he consolidated power. He makes clear that Xi''s core guiding principle has been Leninism, which prioritizes disciplined party rule above all else. Throughout, Chan applies a range of social scientific theories drawn from comparative politics, international relations theory, public policy, and theories of governance to explain policymaking during an era of turbulent changes. Sweeping in scope and addressing virtually every aspect of Xi''s life, this study will be essential for anyone seeking to understand not just Xi himself, but the overlapping global and domestic political contexts that shaped his career and style of rule.Trade ReviewAs a pioneering academic work on Xi Jinping's life and political career, Alfred Chan's book will be one of the definitive guides to the most important political leader in China since Mao. This well-researched book draws on rich data, wide ranging English and Chinese-language literature, and social science analysis to interpret what Xi's reign means for China's rise and its place in the world. * Lynette Ong, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto *Chan deftly traces Xi Jinping's career from earliest days to the pinnacle of power, seeing his ascension as the fruition of a deliberate grooming process by the Party. Chan argues that, although he often characterized as an absolute leader, Xi's power is in fact constrained by the need to depend on others for expertise, pushback to his ambitious reforms, and the realities of countervailing international forces. * June Dreyer, Professor of Political Science, University of Miami *This book fills a crying need for a comprehensive understanding of the current Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the changing context in which he has emerged as the supreme leader in China. It is the first comprehensive study of Xi's life history, political career, and major issues in the ongoing debate in which Professor Alfred Chan offers new perspectives that challenge many of the conventional views in understanding Chinese politics. * Sujian Guo, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chinese Political Science *Alfred Chan's prodigious tour de force on the career of Xi Jinping relies on extensive empirical evidence and multi-disciplinary analysis to go beyond prevailing interpretations to persuasively characterize China's current powerful leader in more complex terms. Among salient and sometimes conflicting attributes, Xi is depicted as a survivor of early adversity with an iron will to succeed; a strong and decisive leader meeting widespread demands of his time; a staunch Leninist committed to communist party rule; and an impatient change agent pushing ambitious and politically risky programs at home and abroad. Even those disagreeing with Chan's overall assessment will want to examine the evidence and reasoning in this impressive volume. * Robert Sutter, Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University *Richly researched and actively engaged with scholarly and policy debates, Chan uses the career of Xi Jinping as a window on Chinese political history as well as a lens for understanding Chinese politics today. A valuable contribution to our collective effort to "get China right." * Timothy Cheek, Professor and Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research,Institute of Asian Research in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Department of History, University of British Columbia *Through prodigious research and judicious analysis, Alfred Chan has produced a biography of Xi Jinping that is almost encyclopedia-like in its comprehensiveness. Chan's book is a most important and valuable corrective to the hagiographical treatment of Xi in PRC media as well as previous biographies in English. He shows how a combination of personal attributes, the broader context of China's development since the 1980s, and a confluence of contingencies brought Xi Jinping to his current position as arguably the single most powerful and historically significant person of the early twenty-first century. * Michael Szonyi, Director, Fairbank Center, Harvard University *Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Xi Jinping's Path to the Top 2. Childhood and Youth: Privilege and Trauma (1953-1979) 3. Early Career: Central Military Commission (1979-1982) and Zhengding County (1983-1985) 4. Seventeen Years in Fujian (1985-2002) 5. Governing Zhejiang (2002-2007) 6. The Shanghai Interlude and Political Succession at the Seventeenth Party Congress (2007) 7. The Trial of the Heir Presumptive and Crisis Management (2007-2012) 8. The Eighteenth Party Congress (2012) and the Politics of Succession Part II: Xi Jinping's First Term as General Secretary: Power and Policy in Turbulent Times (2012-2017) 9. Consolidation of Power, Image Building, and Disciplining the Party-State and Society 10. Economic Revival, Social Development, and the Search for a New Development Model 11. Reforming the Military and the Recalibration of Foreign Relations 12. The Nineteenth Party Congress: Personnel and Policy Changes (October 2017) 13. The Thirteenth National People's Congress (March 2018) and Administrative Reform 14. Conclusion Sources Cited Abbreviation Glossary Tables and Figures

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Book SynopsisA unique assessment that challenges humanity''s quest to abolish warfare.The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn''t have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn''t support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that war made the state and the state made war, Braumoeller argues that the same is true of international orders: while theTrade ReviewBraumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading. * Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy *Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me. * Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Empirical Reasons for Skepticism 3 Theoretical Reasons for Skepticism 4 A Conventional View of War 5 Measuring War 6 A Few Handy Tools 7 Trends in Warfare, 1815-present Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOf wide scope, encompassing a range of views, given the potentially divisive subject matter, it still manages to be challenging while not offending. * M. P. Ross, Applied Political Theory *The power of ideology has become one of the great issues of our day, driving trends in politics, journalism, academia, even science. In this superb and invaluable book, Azar Gat explains both ideology and ideologies: the systems of ideas that have shaped history and continue to shape our world. And no, he is not ideological, but thoroughly erudite, insightful, and judicious * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and the author of Enlightenment Now and Rationality *Azar Gat addresses head-on the single most remarkable phenomenon of our time: the return of the wars of religion in everyday political life, whereby adversaries are viewed as embodiments of absolute evil who must be utterly silenced as Catholics and Lutherans once did to each other. In Europe, political parties proliferate to vent incompatible views, in the US rival media ignore each others' news. What many others deplore, Azar Gat explains, bringing much needed clarity * Edward N Luttwak, author of Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace *The title doesn't do this book justice. A brilliant vademecum, it traverses 2,500 years of philosophy, political theory and ideology-all those Great Books in one. Subtly and gently, Gat demolishes the ideological verities of our day- postmodernism, 'wokeism', and all. 'Dare to know', as Kant had it: question, gainsay, and don't confuse ideology with truth. When in doubt, go with the Enlightenment * Josef Joffe, Johns Hopkins and Stanford University *Table of ContentsPreface A. Groundwork Chapter 1: What Is True? (Though Never the Whole Truth) Chapter 2: What Is Right? How Morality Should be Conceived B. The Classical Ideologies Chapter 3: Religious Ideological Fixation - Examined by a Non-Hostile Atheist Chapter 4: The Major Contenders of Modernity: Liberalism, Socialism, Fascism C. Current Debates and Fixations in the Democracies Chapter 5: The West's Guilt towards the 'Rest' Chapter 6: Nature or Nurture? - Nations and Nationhood Chapter 7: Nature or Nurture? - Gender and Sexual Behavior Chapter 8: Can anything be Done? Some Very Tentative Reflections on Current Ideological Battlefields Chapter 9: Conclusion: Ideological Fixation - Now and Ever References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewStephen Gross has written a magnum opus that will stand as a landmark publication not only in postwar German history, but also at the intersection of global economic and environmental history. It offers a fascinating and persuasive account of how an intersection of idiosyncratic regulatory thinking, and a powerful anti-nuclear movement, set Germany on a peculiar path or Sonderweg in energy politics and trapped the country on Europe's economic and political fault-line. * Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University *The shift to renewables changes modern society's energy base, possibly the most foundational decision we will take. With a topic grabbed from today's headlines and given meticulous historical analysis as it unfolded in Germany—a nation in the energy avant-garde, yet also still enmired in (Russian-supplied) fossil fuels—Gross delivers a scholarly coup. * Peter Baldwin, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles *Energy and Power shows that cheap oil and gas were not the only paths to a successful national economy. Instead, German leaders in the postwar era connected energy to security, social stability, and, intermittently, sustainability. In fascinating ways, Gross shows how a range of players—from green activists to unions to corporations— pursued Germany's ecological modernization. * Kate Brown, Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Perhaps the timeliest book of the year: Stephen G. Gross centers energy history to provide a compelling new interpretation of postwar Germany. In a brilliant sweep, he takes the reader through West Germany's energy crises and transitions from the 1950s into the new millennium. Whoever wants to understand Germany's past and current energy predicaments will find answers in this field-changing book. * Astrid M. Eckert, Emory University *These excellent volumes demonstrate that understanding West Germany's past can provide useful insights into contemporary Germany's economic and political predicament, and its eventual choices for the future. * The Survival *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Paradoxes of German Energy Part I: The Old Energy Paradigm Chapter 1: Energy Price Wars and the Battle for the Social Market Economy: The 1950s Chapter 2: The Coupling Paradigm: Conceptualizing West Germany's First Postwar Energy Transition Chapter 3: Chains of Oil, 1956-1973 Chapter 4: The Entrepreneurial State: The Nuclear Transition of the 1950s and 1960s Chapter 5: Shaking the Energy Paradigm: The 1973 Oil Shock and its Aftermath Part II: The New Energy Paradigm Chapter 6: Green Energy and the Remaking of West German Politics in the 1970s Chapter 7: Reinventing Energy Economics after the Oil Shock: The Rise of Ecological Modernization Chapter 8: Energetic Hopes in the Face of Chernobyl and Climate Change: The 1980s Chapter 9: The Energy Entanglement of Germany and Russia: Natural Gas, 1970-2000 Chapter 10: Unleashing Green Energy in an Era of Neoliberalism: The 1990s Coda: German Energy in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Archives Index

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Book SynopsisMany democratic societies currently struggle with issues around knowledge: fake news, distrust of experts, a fear of technocratic tendencies. In Citizen Knowledge, Lisa Herzog discusses how knowledge, understood in a broad sense, should be dealt with in societies that combine a democratic political system with a capitalist economic system. How do citizens learn about politics? How do new scientific insights make their way into politics? What role can markets play in processing decentralized knowledge? Herzog takes on the perspective of democratic institutionalism, which focuses on the institutions that enable an inclusive and stable democratic life. She argues that the fraught relation between democracy and capitalism gets out of balance if too much knowledge is treated according to the logic of markets rather than democracy. Complex societies need different mechanisms for dealing with knowledge, among which markets, democratic deliberation, and expert communities are central. Citizen Knowledge emphasizes the responsibility of bearers of knowledge and the need to support institutions that promote active and informed citizenship. Through this lens, Herzog develops the vision of an egalitarian society that considers the use of knowledge in society not a matter of markets, but of shared democratic responsibility, supported by epistemic infrastructures. As such, Herzog''s argument contributes to political epistemology, a new subdiscipline of philosophy, with a specific focus on the interrelation between economic and political processes. Citizen Knowledge draws from both the history of ideas and systematic arguments about the nature of knowledge to propose reforms for a more unified and flourishing democratic system.This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Knowledge - social, practical, political Chapter 3: Markets, deliberators, experts Chapter 4: The rise of free market thinking Chapter 5: What's wrong with the "marketplace of ideas"? Chapter 6: Democratic institutionalism Chapter 7: Putting the market in its place Chapter 8: Experts in democracies Chapter 9: The epistemic infrastructure of democracy Chapter 10: The epistemic benefits of social justice Chapter 11: Defending democracy--socially, institutionally, pragmatically Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGenerations of Americans, dating back to the nation''s founding, have regarded schools as essential for developing the knowledge and civic values necessary for sustaining democracy. Yet, as Matthew D. Nelsen argues in The Color of Civics, traditional approaches to civic education are not living up to their promise for many students, particularly students of color from disadvantaged communities. How do we prepare an increasingly diverse generation of Americans for full participation in public life?Drawing on lessons from students and teachers in Chicago, The Color of Civics reimagines the democratic purpose of civic education. Nelsen''s findings challenge some of the most widely cited civic education research, arguing that the content of traditional civic education courses privileges the political experiences of white political actors, and in turn, contributes to divergent political behaviors and participatory outcomes across racial and ethnic groups. He presents a new approach to civicTrade ReviewThe Color of Civics teaches us what America's young people, especially young people of color, learn about the nation's political system, and their place within it. As debates rage about what is discussed in the classroom, this book provides what has been missing in the national conversation: the perspective of young people themselves. If you want to understand how civics is really taught—and what is actually learned—in America's schools, read The Color of Civics. * David Campbell, Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame *Armed with the theoretical and methodological tools of a social scientist and the experience of a former elementary school teacher, Nelsen has written a timely, necessary, and inspiring book. The Color of Civics provides welcome optimism that a reimagined, critical civics education can play a vital role in moving us one step closer to one day fulfilling the promise of multiracial democracy. * Hakeem Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University *Nelsen's The Color of Civics is a bold and incredibly important book that examines the role of our education system in shaping civic life and the broader functioning of our democratic system of governance. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how schools affect the kinds of citizens societies create. In addition, it is a model of how to conduct rigorous and meaningful social science that enriches our understanding of the complex social forces that affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of diverse groups of people whose life experiences shape the ways that they approach engaging with one another to create the societies they live in. * Neil Lewis, Jr., Assistant Professor of Communication and Social Behavior, Cornell University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: The Color of Civics Chapter 2: Reimagining Civic Education Chapter 3: Cultivating Youth Engagement Chapter 4: From Solitary Heroes to Collective Action Chapter 5: Experts at Things They Know Chapter 6: Civics in Context Chapter 7: Educating for Empowerment Appendices Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisGovernments now routinely use AI-based software to gather information about citizens and determine the level of privacy a person can enjoy, how far they can travel, what public benefits they may receive, and what they can and cannot say publicly. What input do citizens have in how these machines think?In Political Automation, Eduardo Albrecht explores this question in various domains, including policing, national security, and international peacekeeping. Drawing upon interviews with rights activists, Albrecht examines popular attempts to interact with this novel form of algorithmic governance so far. He then proposes the idea of a Third House, a virtual chamber that legislates exclusively on AI in government decision-making and is based on principles of direct democracy, unlike existing upper and lower houses that are representative. Digital citizens, AI powered replicas of ourselves, would act as our personal emissaries to this Third House. An in-depth look at how political automation impacts the lives of citizens, this book addresses the challenges at the heart of automation in public policy decision-making and offers a way forward.

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Book SynopsisCovering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative primer lays out everything you need to know to understand today''s global food landscape.The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals. Heavily subsidized and underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists and consumer activists, and food companies are under the microscope. Where does power lie in this increasingly complex global food system? Moreover, what is the future of food politics, both in the United States and beyond? The third edition of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments anTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition 1. An Overview of Food Politics 2. Food Production and Population Growth 3. The Politics of International Food Prices 4. The Politics of Chronic Hunger and Famine 5. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development Assistance 6. The Green Revolution Controversy 7. The Politics of Obesity 8. The Politics of Farm Subsidies and Trade 9. Agriculture and the Environment 10. Livestock, Meat, and Fish 11. Agribusiness, Supermarkets, and Fast Food 12. Organic and Local Food 13. Food Safety and Genetically Engineered Foods 14. Who Governs the World Food System? 15. The Future of Food Politics Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisRanked choice voting (RCV) is an electoral and political reform sweeping across North America, already adopted in a variety of places, including New York City, the state of Maine, and cities and towns in Minnesota, California, and Utah. In localities using RCV, voters don''t cast just a single vote for one candidate, but rank candidates according to preference: first choice, second choice, third, and so forth. To be elected, a candidate must win a majority--not a plurality--of votes. Though touted by proponents as way to enhance voter satisfaction with elections, promote trust in government, and increase voter turnout, the implementation of RCV is not without its challenges.In Ranked Choice Voting, James W. Endersby and Michael J. Towle provide a comprehensive and balanced analysis of RCV systems, drawing from examples across the United States to evaluate how they function. Using a wealth of data from observed elections outcomes to election theory, from political history to interviews with advocates and election administrators, the authors detail the history, strengths, and weaknesses of RCV and preferential voting more generally. Broad-ranging, even-handed, and evidence-based, this authoritative overview of an increasingly popular format for democratic elections in the US will appeal to anyone interested in electoral reform and American democracy more generally.

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Book SynopsisDemocratic equality entails a principle that everyone whose basic interests are affected by policies should be included in the process of making them. Yet individuals and groups often claim that decision making processes are dominated by only some of the interests and perspectives in the society. What are the ideals of inclusion through which such criticisms should be made, and which might guide more inclusive political practice? This book considers that question from the point of view of norms of democratic communication, processes of representation and association, and how wide the scope of political jurisdictions should be. Democratic theorists have not sufficiently attended to the ways processes of debate and decision making often marginalize individuals and groups because the norms of political discussion are biased against some forms of expression. Inclusion and Democracy broadens our understanding of democratic communication by reflecting on the positive political functions of nTrade ReviewYoung advances a nuanced way of thinking about the problem of political exclusion, and its potential remedies ... Young's book is a timely intervention urging an enlargement of political vision. Inclusion and Democracy is an important text, which will rightly generate a deal of provocative debate. * Radical Philosophy *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Democracy and Justice ; Inclusive Political Communication ; Social Difference as a Political Resource ; Representation and Social Perspective ; Civil Society and Its Limits ; Residential Segregation and Regional Democracy ; Self-Determination and Global Democracy

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This Oxford Handbook will be the definitive study of political ideologies for years to come. The diversity of ideology studies is represented by a mixture of the range of theories that illuminate the field, combined with an appreciation of the changing complexity of concrete ideologies and the emergence of new ones.

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