Political science and theory Books
Johns Hopkins University Press The Federalist
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1960. The Federalista treatise on free government in peace and securityis one of the most important contributions to the literature on constitutional democracy and federalism in the United States. Scholars, lawyers, judges, and statesmen in the United States and abroad have lauded the impact of The Federalist. John Quincy Adams referred to the papers as a classical work in the English language, and a commentary on the Constitution of the United States, of scarcely less authority than the Constitution itself. Since the publication of the papers, historians have analyzed the collected work from a variety of approaches, but at the time that Gottfried Dietze wrote in 1960, scholars mainly concentrated on specific components of The Federalist. Dietze intervened in this scholarship by offering a comprehensive study of the work, which promoted federalism as both a means for establishing free government and securing peace within a federal state and for maintaining securTable of ContentsPreface, 1999IntroductionChapter 1. The Federalist-A General AppreciationBook 1. Historical SettingChapter 2. The American Revolution and UnionChapter 3. The Federalist-An Outgrowth of the American RevolutionBook 2. AnalysisPart I. The Federalist as a Treatise on Free GovernmentChapter 4. Jay on Free Government,Chapter 5. Madison on Free GovernmentChapter 6. Hamilton on Free GovernmentPart II. The Federalist as a Treatise on Peace and SecurityChapter 7. The Federalist on PeaceChapter 8. The Federalist on SecurityPart III. Final RemarksChapter 9. Analysis of the Federalist-ConclusionsBook 3. Theoretical SettingChapter 10. The Federalist-Its Roots and ContributionsConclusionChapter 11. The Federalist-Values and ProspectsSelected BibliographyOutline of ContentsIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press The Socialist Republic of Rumania
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1969. Rumania faced the problem, shared by other independently minded communist states in the era of the Soviet bloc, of pursuing independent policies in foreign and intra-bloc relations and in its domestic affairs without provoking the Soviet Union to a military reaction. The efforts of the Rumanian leadership in this direction were aided by the fact that there was no politically relevant pro-Moscow elite that could take over if Ceausescu and his followers were deposed by force. Writing his study during the communist period, Professor Fischer-Galati concludes that the future of Rumanian integration into the communist party-state system hinges on the resolution of differences with the Soviet Union and that no meaningful reconciliation appears likely while the present Rumanian and Russian elites remain in power. The author believes, however, that the Rumanians will continue to pursue their independent courseone that could stimulate greater popular support and parTable of ContentsForewordGeneral InformationMapIntroductionChapter 1. Rumania in the Pre-Entry PeriodChapter 2. The Entry of Rumania Into the Communist Party-State SystemChapter 3. Intensive Socilalist Development of Rumania: StalinismChapter 4. The ThawChapter 5. The Present StageSelected Bibliography
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press The Road to Normalcy
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1962. In The Road to Normalcy, Wesley M. Bagby explains how the election of 1920 contributed to momentous shifts in American politics by detailing why the major political parties abandoned sentiments that were widely accepted several years prior to the election. Prior to World War I, two significant streams of progressivism maintained center stage in American politicsthe Progressive movement and the world peace movement. The war proved not to be prohibitively distracting for the Progressive movement, which carried on well into the war years. But the war also introduced new elements into American political life, such as the restriction of free speech, popular outbursts of intolerance and hatred encouraged by war propaganda, and a belief in the necessity and efficacy of violence. Many of these elements eroded the ideals undergirding the Progressive movement. The international peace movement reflected the spirit of idealistic internationalism that characterized theTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Republican Preconvention PoliticsChapter 2. Democratic Preconvention PoliticsChapter 3. The Republican National ConventionChapter 4. The Democratic ConventionChapter 5. The CampaignNotesIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Forming American Politics
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1994. In this pathbreaking book Alan Tully offers an unprecedented comparative study of colonial political life and a rethinking of the foundations of American political culture. Tully chooses for his comparison the two colonies that arguably had the most profound impact on American political historyNew York and Pennsylvania, the rich and varied colonies at the geographical and ideological center of British colonial America. Fundamental to the book is Tully's argument that out of Anglo-American influences and the cumulative character of each colonial experience, New York and Pennsylvania developed their own distinctive but complementary characteristics. In making this case Tully entersfrom a new perspectivethe prominent argument between the classical republican and liberal views of early American public thought. He contends that the radical Whig element of classical republicanism was far less influential than historians have believed and that the political expTrade ReviewTully's book should take its place alongside the most noted scholarship about American political life and political culture.—New York HistoryA very complete and detailed treatment of Middle Colonies politics.—William and Mary QuarterlyTable of ContentsMapsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Contours of Provincial PoliticsChapter 1. Seventeenth-Century BeginningsChapter 2. The Proving of Popular PowerChapter 3. The Pursuit of Popular RightsChapter 4. The Organization of Popular PoliticsChapter 5. The Electorate and Popular PoliticsPart II: Articulating Early American Political CultureChapter 6. Factional Identity and Political Coherence in New YorkChapter 7. Understanding Quaker PennsylvaniaChapter 8. Some Comparative Dimensions of Political Structure and Behavior Chapter 9. Oligarchical PoliticsChapter 10. The Legitimation of Partisan Politics ConclusionAppendixAbbreviations Bibliographical NoteNotesIndex
£46.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
Book SynopsisHow politics and race shaped Baltimore's distinctive disarray of cultures and subcultures. Charm City or Mobtown? People from Baltimore glory in its eccentric charm, small-town character, and North-cum-South culture. But for much of the nineteenth century, violence and disorder plagued the city. More recently, the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody has prompted Baltimoreansand the entire nationto focus critically on the rich and tangled narrative of blackwhite relations in Baltimore, where slavery once existed alongside the largest community of free blacks in the United States. Matthew A. Crenson, a distinguished political scientist and Baltimore native, examines the role of politics and race throughout Baltimore's history. From its founding in 1729 up through the recent past, Crenson follows Baltimore's political evolution from an empty expanse of marsh and hills to a complicated city with distinct ways of doing business. Revealing how residents at large engage (and diseTrade ReviewThis is a magnificent study, sweeping in scope and rich in detail . . . There is much to learn from the Baltimore experience, and this gracefully written volume tells the tale well. Highly recommended.—ChoiceMatthew A. Crenson takes readers on an exhilarating ride through more than two centuries of American history. With lucid prose, rapid pacing, and a parade of dramatic incidents, he addresses the critical issues that have confounded citizens and historians since the nation's founding.—Journal of American HistoryA comprehensive look at the manifold forces that influenced and impeded city government for more than 300 years. Crenson also possesses a keen eye—and nose—for the two-way traffic between politics and the body politic. He scrapes away charm (and myth) to expose less savory features of civic history.—Johns Hopkins University Arts & Sciences MagazineTable of ContentsProloguePart I1. Settling2. Government in the Streets3. RevolutionPart II4. Baltimore at War5. From Town to City6. "Calamities Peculiarly Incident to Large Cities"Part III7. Trial by Combat8. Baltimore Triumphant9. Public Debt and Internal ImprovementsPart IV10. Working on the Railroad11. Corporate Challenge to Equality and an Educational Response12. Road Hogs13. Policing the Disorderly CityPart V14. Racial Borders15. Between Mobs and Corporations16. Pigs and Politicians17. Know-NothingsPart VI18. American Party Reckoning19. Baltimore in the Divided Nation20. City at War21. Democratic ResurrectionPart VII22. Ex-Slaves, Ex-Confederates, and the New Regime23. The Ring24. Fin de Siècle25. Political EconomyPart VIII26. Fire, Smoke, and Segregation27. Metropolitan Morality28. World War and Municipal Conquest29. Civil Service and ProhibitionPart IX30. Boom to Bust31. Relief, Repeal, New Deal32. Democratic Harmony, RepublicanVictory33. D'Alesandro and His DemocratsPart X34. I'm All Right, Jack35. Slow-Motion Race Riot36. Racial BreakdownPart XI37. Baltimore's Best38. Driving the City39. Turning PointAfterwordAcknowledgmentsAppendix AAppendix BNotesBibliographic EssayIndex
£27.55
Johns Hopkins University Press Freedoms Laboratory
Book SynopsisThe Cold War ended long ago, but the language of science and freedom continues to shape public debates over the relationship between science and politics in the United States. Scientists like to proclaim that science knows no borders. Scientific researchers follow the evidence where it leads, their conclusions free of prejudice or ideology. But is that really the case? In Freedom's Laboratory, Audra J. Wolfe shows how these ideas were tested to their limits in the high-stakes propaganda battles of the Cold War. Wolfe examines the role that scientists, in concert with administrators and policymakers, played in American cultural diplomacy after World War II. During this period, the engines of US propaganda promoted a vision of science that highlighted empiricism, objectivity, a commitment to pure research, and internationalism. Working (both overtly and covertly, wittingly and unwittingly) with governmental and private organizations, scientists attempted to decide what, exactly, they mTrade ReviewA strong contribution to the history of modern science.—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewHistorian Wolfe offers a thoughtful, thoroughly researched history of how the American government employed science and scientists to improve world opinion of liberal democracy during the Cold War . . . [R]eaders with an interest in the conjunction of science and politics will find her book an informative one.—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewCold-war history, Wolfe writes, is not a heroes-and-villains narrative: it must be told in 'shades of gray.' The government used scientists' ideals for its own political reasons. And the scientists, who saw themselves as apolitical, used the government's political messages and support to question, observe, conclude, write and speak—freely and in accord with their ideals.—NatureOne of the common misbeliefs about science is that it is apolitical. Actually, as historian Wolfe reveals in her well-researched and closely argued study, during the Cold War, American scientists were often deeply involved in promoting American cultural values to other parts of the world in an effort to defeat the communists at the same game. An excellent study on a topic that deserves more attention.—Library JournalWolfe's new book, Freedom's Laboratory, frontally addresses questions of what science is, how it is best done, and how it (and scientists themselves) might be strategically deployed to advance national interests.—LA Review of BooksAudra Wolfe's provocative new book, Freedom's Laboratory, dives into the fascinating history of why asserting the apolitical nature of science became a political priority during another notably politicized period in America's past: the Cold War.—ScienceCarefully researched works on the Cultural Cold War, like Freedom's Laboratory, reveal what a murky world we have inherited. Scientists fighting against restrictions on their profession used the language of crusading anti-Communism, defining their work as apolitical and therefore free. But it was neither. The point is not, as Wolfe argues clearly, that 'freedom' is an impossible value to hold, nor that scientific internationalism isn't worth defending, nor that the fiction of apolitical science means that science is better off being relentlessly politicized. The point, rather, is that power and knowledge are always entwined. During the Cold War, American institutions were assumed to be ideal by default. We now know more than enough to understand that they were not, and that the task of making them better belongs to us.—New RepublicExplores the science of the Cold War beyond its more tangible role in developing weapons. Instead, Wolfe focuses on science as propaganda, part of America's psychological offensive designed to convince people to buy into American ideology. She traces the perception that science should be free and unimpeded by borders and politics to this era.—The VergeIt is hard to imagine a history of science that is more timely than one that situates our current political environment in the context of the Cold War . . . Wolfe's text is essential reading for both students and scientists who have been immersed in the idea of science as an apolitical pursuit.—Physics TodayThis book is a well-written and information-packed account of science's roles in American culture and diplomacy during the cold war and its denouement. [A] strength is the depth and breadth of the archival and historical research offered.—MetascienceTest DBRTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Western Science vs. Marxist Science2. Ambassadors for Science3. A War of Ideas4. Science and Freedom5. Science for Peace6. Science for Diplomacy7. Developing Scientific Minds8. An Unscientific Reckoning9. Scientists' Rights are Human RightsEpilogue
£17.58
Johns Hopkins University Press Street Diplomacy
Book SynopsisAn illuminating look at how Philadelphia's antebellum free Black community defended themselves against kidnappings and how this street diplomacy forced Pennsylvanians to confront the politics of slavery. As the most southern of northern cities in a state that bordered three slave states, antebellum Philadelphia maintained a long tradition of both abolitionism and fugitive slave activity. Although Philadelphia's Black community lived in a free city in a free state, they faced constant threats to their personal safety and freedom. Enslavers, kidnappers, and slave catchers prowled the streets of Philadelphia in search of potential victims, violent anti-Black riots erupted in the city, and white politicians legislated to undermine Black freedom. In Street Diplomacy, Elliott Drago illustrates how the political and physical conflicts that arose over fugitive slave removals and the kidnappings of free Black people forced Philadelphians to confront the politics of slavery. Pennsylvania was lTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction. Terror in an Age of SlaveryChapter 1. A Precarious Freedom Chapter 2. Street DiplomacyChapter 3. Fugitive Freedom in PhiladelphiaChapter 4. Domestic SanctuaryChapter 5. A Theatre of ScenesChapter 6. Interlocking OpportunitiesEpilogue. The Famous Grasshopper WarNotesPrimary SourcesIndex
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Corruption
Book SynopsisA short but engaging look at what makes Denmark one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Corruption is a profoundly destructive force around the world, but why does its extent vary so drastically among countries? In Corruption, Mette Frisk Jensen closely links the level of corruption in a country to its wealth, the happiness of its citizens, and the level of trust citizens have in their government. Covering the shifting concept of corruption from ancient Greece to modern-day cases, Frisk Jensen discusses why corruption has historically been low in Denmark in particular. She outlines how transparency, meritocratic recruitment, bureaucratic autonomy, high standards of accountability, and impartial legal institutions have been used to combat corruption and what lessons can be learned from these policies. ReflectionsIn Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on a key concept that encapsulates their years of Table of ContentsChapter 1. Something Rotten In The State of DenmarkChapter 2. Here, There, And EverywhereChapter 3. Becoming DenmarkChapter 4. Public Enemy No. 1Chapter 5. Warning Lights On
£9.31
Johns Hopkins University Press On Nixons Madness
Book SynopsisWas Richard Nixon actually a madman, or did he just play one?When Richard Nixon battled for the presidency in 1968, he did so with the knowledge that, should he win, he would face the looming question of how to extract the United States from its disastrous war in Vietnam. It was on a beach that summer that Nixon disclosed to his chief aide, H. R. Haldeman, one of his most notorious, risky gambits: the madman theory. In On Nixon''s Madness, Zachary Jonathan Jacobson examines the enigmatic president through this theory of Nixon''s own invention. With strategic force and nuclear bluffing, Nixon attempted to coerce his foreign adversaries through sheer unpredictability. As his national security advisor Henry Kissinger noted, Nixon''s strategy resembled a poker game in which he push[ed] so many chips into the pot that the United States'' foes would think the president had gone crazy. From Vietnam, Pakistan, and India to the greater Middle East, Nixon apTrade ReviewBrilliant, insightful, beautifully written . . . the audacious originality of On Nixon's Madness is a truly impressive feat.—Times Literary SupplementJacobson is an astute observer and a graceful writer. This brings one of America's most enigmatic presidents into sharper focus.—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroductionPART ONE: ON ACTING1. The Acting Life of Richard Nixon2. The Sentimental Life of Richard NixonInterlude3. The Working Life of Richard NixonPART TWO: ON MADNESS4. The Madness in the Act: The First CampaignInterlude5. The Madness in the Mind: Rage and Conspiracism in the PresidentInterlude6. The Madness in Play: The Use of the "Madman Theory" in Foreign PolicyThe Madness in Control: To China and the "Indefinite Shore"Conclusion
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Death in Custody
Book SynopsisThe United States significantly undercounts the number of people who die in law enforcement custody each year. How can we fix this?Deaths resulting from interactions with the US criminal legal system are a public health emergency, but the scope of this issue is intentionally ignored by the very systems that are supposed to be tracking these fatalities. We don't know how many people die in custody each year, whether in an encounter with police on the street, during transport, or while in jails, prisons, or detention centers. In order to make a real difference and address this human rights problem, researchers and policy makers need reliable data. In Death in Custody, Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, and Jay D. Aronson, PhD, share the stories of individuals who died in custody and chronicle the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. From Ida B. Wells's enumeration of extrajudicial lynchings more than a century ago to the Washington Post's current eTrade ReviewDeath in Custody is a radical shift in how to analyze violence, misconduct, and dysfunction in the criminal justice system in the modern era.Aronson and Mitchell offer recommendations for attempting to sort out this crisis, but this book would be important even if it didn't. Death in Custody makes the case that white supremacy, economic inequality, and exploitation are among the causes of this festering problem.—The ProgressiveDeath in Custody provides readers with the brutal history on which the U.S. criminal legal system was built.These unnecessary deaths will continue to occur until there is a uniform way of making our judicial system transparent and accountable.—ZEKE magazineIn Death in Custody, Roger A. Mitchell Jr. and Jay D. Aronson argue that deaths in law enforcement custody amount to a public health emergency. Their work ties in high-profile examples and shows how journalists have long done the work of tracking in-custody deaths.Mitchell and Aronson argue that collecting accurate data is the first step toward addressing this crisis.—Chris BlackwellThere's no real way to know how many people die in custody each year. In their book, Death in Custody, Roger and Jay chronicle the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of this problem, to try to figure out how many people actually are dying in custody. And they argue for a straightforward solution. I learned a lot from this book. It blew my mind.—DeRay McKesson, Pod Save the PeopleDr. Mitchell and Professor Aronson's meticulous examination of our criminal legal system is a shocking exposure of just how little our society knows or cares to know about people dying in custody. In their careful accounting of various attempts to understand and prevent deaths in custody, one thing becomes clear: the reforms on the margins that federal, state, and local governments engage in are simply not enough to stop the human suffering that occurs every day in this country.—Hunter Parnell, Public Defenseless PodcastDeeply researched.—AZ LuminariaIn a striking collaboration, Roger A. Mitchell (a pathologist) and Jay D. Aronson (a human rights expert) expose an underappreciated problem at the intersection of public health and criminal justice: People who die in police custody are often unaccounted for. By combining perspectives ranging from historical analysis to contemporary methods in public health and statistics, the authors highlight a gap that reveals major challenges in the criminal legal system and in our public health infrastructure.—Harvard Public Health, "Best Public Health Books of 2023"In their courageous and often gripping book Death in Custody, Roger A. Mitchell (a pathologist) and Jay D. Aronson (a human rights expert) teach us that the process through which deaths are counted or characterized is a justice issue in and of itself.—C. Brandon Ogbunu, Harvard Public HealthNo one really knows exactly how many people across the country die in jails and prisons each year. This intricate investigation by Aronson and Mitchell details how things came to be this way.—Los Angeles TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Lynching2. Early Advocacy Against Police Killings3. The Death in Custody Reporting Act4. Before Sandra Bland: Custodial Deaths in Texas5. Mortality Behind Bars: Documenting Deaths in Prisons, Jails, and Detention Centers6. Homicide: Death at the Hands of Another7. The Checkbox and BeyondIndex
£21.60
Johns Hopkins University Press The Conversation on Guns
Book SynopsisFrom TheConversation.com, an exploration of the devastating gun violence in the United Statesand possible ways to stop it. In The Conversation on Guns, editor James Densley brings together a group of expert scholars to explore the role of guns in US society and the tragic impacts of gun violence. From the many forms of gun violence, to effective and innovative public health and community-led initiatives to curb it, the authors discuss how and why guns are deeply rooted in American history and culture by examining both the politics and policies around gun safety. Grounded in the latest research, these short and accessible articles written by experts in criminal justice, law, sociology, public health, history, and education explain how the United States became so saturated with guns and what the prevalence of guns is doing to our society. The Critical Conversations series collects essays from top scholars on timely topics, including water, biotechnology, gender diversity, and more, oriTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefacePart I. Why America Is a Gun Country1. Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved2. Three Enduring Stories Americans Tell about Guns3. How the "Good Guy with a Gun" Became a Deadly American Fantasy4. American Gun Culture Is Based on Frontier Mythology but Ignores How Common Gun Restrictions Were in the Old West5. How the NRA Evolved from Backing a 1934 Ban on Machine Guns to Blocking Nearly All Firearm Restrictions Today6. The Key Role Firearms Makers Play in America's Gun Culture7. Hollywood's Love of Guns Increases the Risk of Shootings—Both on and off Set8. If You Give a Man a Gun: The Evolutionary Psychology of Mass Shootings9. Want to Understand Gun Owners? Watch Their Videos10. Why Were Medieval Weapons Laws at the Center of a US Supreme Court Case?Part II. The Many Forms of Gun Violence11. Norway and Finland Have Similar Levels of Gun Ownership as the US but Far Less Gun Crime12. The Facts on US Children and Teens Killed by Firearms13. How Easy Access to Guns at Home Contributes to America's Youth Suicide Problem14. How Dangerous People Get Their Weapons in America15. Gun Violence in the US Kills More Black People and Urban Dwellers16. Why Do American Cops Kill So Many Compared to European Cops?17. Police Are More Likely to Kill Men and Women of Color18. Don't Shoot: When Dallas Police Draw Their Guns, They Usually Choose Not to Fire19. Are Mass Shootings an American Epidemic?Part III. The Trauma of School Shootings20. Why There's So Much Inconsistency in School Shooting Data21. School Shootings Are at a Record High—but They Can Be Prevented22. Five Ways to Reduce School Shootings23. Most School Shooters Get Their Guns from Home—and during the Pandemic, the Number of Firearms in Households with Teenagers Went Up24. Arming Teachers: An Effective Security Measure or a False Sense of Security?Part IV. The Effects of Gun Violence25. The Lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students Who Survive Them26. Mass Shootings Leave Behind Collective Despair, Anguish, and Trauma at Many Societal Levels27. Gun Violence Has Fueled Enduring Trust Issues for Many Americans28. Why Americans Bought More Guns Than Ever during the Pandemic29. Are Looser Gun Laws Changing the Social Fabric of Missouri?Part V. The Politics and Policies of Gun Control30. How US Gun Control Compares to the Rest of the World31. Public Database Reveals Striking Differences in How Guns Are Regulated from State to State32. US Tragedies from Guns Have Often—but Not Always—Spurred Political Responses33. Supreme Court Swept Aside New York's Limits on Carrying a Gun, Raising Second Amendment Rights to New Heights34. Red Flag Laws Saved 7,300 Americans from Gun Deaths in 2020 Alone and Could Have Saved 11,400 More35. Would Closing the "Boyfriend Loophole" in Gun Legislation Save Lives? Here's What the Research Says36. Why the Legal Age for Purchasing Assault Weapons Does Not Make Sense37. Did the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 Bring Down Mass Shootings? Here's What the Data Tells Us38. Why Is There So Little Research on Guns in the US?39. Public Health Research Reduced Smoking Deaths—It Could Do the Same for Gun Violence40. Indianapolis Is Trying Programs Ranging from Job Skills to Therapy to Reduce Gun ViolencePart VI. Technology and the Future of Gun Ownership41. Why Do Gun-Makers Get Special Economic Protection?42. World's Deadliest Inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and His AK-4743. What Are "Ghost Guns"?44. 3D-Printed Guns May Be More Dangerous to Their Users Than to Targets45. What Makes a "Smart Gun" Smart?ContributorsIndex
£13.30
Johns Hopkins University Press Can Schools Save Democracy
Book SynopsisHow can education protect and strengthen democracy?In an era when democracy is at critical risk, is it reasonable to expect the education systemalready buckling under the ordeal of a global pandemicto solve the converging problems of inequality, climate change, and erosion of trust in government and science? Will more civics instruction help? In Can Schools Save Democracy? Michael J. Feuer offers a new approach to addressing these questions with a strategy for improving the process and substance of civic education. Although schooling alone cannot save democracy, it must play a part. Feuer introduces a framework for educator preparation that emphasizes collective action, experiential learning, and partnerships between schools and their complex constituencies. His proposed reform aims to equip teachers with an appreciation of the paradoxes of pluralismin particular, the tensions between individual choice and social outcomes. And he offers practical suggestions for how to bring those coTable of ContentsIntroduction [Prolog]1. Free to Bruise: Political Economy and the Limits of Liberty2. Civics as Process and Product: Origins and Opportunities3. Curricular Options: Contents and Discontents4. Beyond the Schoolhouse: A Collective ResponsibilityEpilog: "Commons" Sense for Civic EducationReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex
£19.47
Temple University Press,U.S. Suspect Citizens
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of how concepts of virtue and vice are used to deny American women full political rightsTrade Review"Boryczka addresses categories of virtue and vice that operate to render women 'suspect citizens' in the American political script... The book contains many interesting and provocative juxtapositions. Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice, May 2013 "Suspect Citizens is a rich conceptual history tracing the binary opposition between virtue and vice that has structured the gendered nature of citizenship in American political thought... The book successfully weaves together contemporary political issues with their deep and direct roots in historical political ideas and debates."--New Political Science, Vol. 35, Issue 2 "Throughout her analysis the author succeeds in identifying the emergence of the virtue and vice concept, its relation to other theoretical concepts and political arguments, and how the concept is used by political actors to achieve their political goals. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in political and feminist theories." - Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Moral Guardians but Suspect Citizens: Women, Virtue, and Vice in the Western Political Imaginary Defining Virtue and Vice Virtue and Vice in Contemporary Political Theory: Displacing Women and Politics Methodological Matters The Plan of the Book 1 | Conceptual Locations: Where Virtue, Vice, and Citizenship Intersect Virtue and Vice in Ancient and Medieval Western Political Thought Modern Theoretical Groundings: Alexis de Tocqueville and Mary Wollstonecraft in America Suspect Citizenship: At the Intersection of Morality and Politics 2 | The Religious Roots of Moral Guardianship: American Women as the Daughters of Eve and Zion The Puritan Point of Emergence: Infinite and Finite Virtue and Vce The Infinite as a Necessary Problem: Mary Daly's Gyn/Ecology and Pure Lust Martyrs for Democracy: The Sacred, Profane, and Double Burden of Moral Responsibility 3 | "Back to Virtue" Backlash Politics: Privileging Irresponsibility Debating Women's Education and Moral Guardianship in the Republican Era Debating Contemporary Sex Education: Resurrecting the Daughters of Eve and Zion Scapegoats for Democracy: Trust, Blame, and Irresponsibility in American Citizenship 4 | Suspect Citizenship: From Lowell Mill Girls to Lesbian Feminists and Sadomasochism Lowell Mill Girl Debates: The Trap of True Womanhood The Rebels: Weakening the Bonds of Virtue Lesbian Feminist S/M Debates: The Moral Bondage of Moral Guardianship Fantasy and Imagination in Lesbian S/M and Contemporary Feminist Ethics Suspect Citizens as Innovative Ideologists 5 | "Ozzie and Harriet" Morality: Resetting Liberal Democracy's Moral Compass The Separate Spheres Paradox: Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America A "Curl Back" to Virtue: Neutralizing Gender in Contemporary Morality Habitual Inattention to Democracy: The Power of Vice 6 | The Legacy of Virtue and Vice: Mary Wollstonecraft and Contemporary Feminist Care Ethics Sex, Sexuality, and Suspicion in Mary Wollstonecraft's Political Thought Moral Perfectionism in Feminist Care Ethics: The Problems of Infinite Virtue, Patriarchal Moral Standards, and Omitting Vice Parochialism: Practice and the Limits of Finite Virtues The Vice of Omission: Sex and Sexuality in Feminist Care Ethics Conclusion: Beyond Virtue and Vice: Toward a Democratic Feminist Ethics The Frontiers of Collective Responsibility: Toward a Democratic Feminist Ethics of Belonging Notes References Index
£56.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Suspect Citizens
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of how concepts of virtue and vice are used to deny American women full political rightsTrade Review"Boryczka addresses categories of virtue and vice that operate to render women 'suspect citizens' in the American political script... The book contains many interesting and provocative juxtapositions. Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice, May 2013 "Suspect Citizens is a rich conceptual history tracing the binary opposition between virtue and vice that has structured the gendered nature of citizenship in American political thought... The book successfully weaves together contemporary political issues with their deep and direct roots in historical political ideas and debates."--New Political Science, Vol. 35, Issue 2 "Throughout her analysis the author succeeds in identifying the emergence of the virtue and vice concept, its relation to other theoretical concepts and political arguments, and how the concept is used by political actors to achieve their political goals. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in political and feminist theories." - Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Moral Guardians but Suspect Citizens: Women, Virtue, and Vice in the Western Political Imaginary Defining Virtue and Vice Virtue and Vice in Contemporary Political Theory: Displacing Women and Politics Methodological Matters The Plan of the Book 1 | Conceptual Locations: Where Virtue, Vice, and Citizenship Intersect Virtue and Vice in Ancient and Medieval Western Political Thought Modern Theoretical Groundings: Alexis de Tocqueville and Mary Wollstonecraft in America Suspect Citizenship: At the Intersection of Morality and Politics 2 | The Religious Roots of Moral Guardianship: American Women as the Daughters of Eve and Zion The Puritan Point of Emergence: Infinite and Finite Virtue and Vce The Infinite as a Necessary Problem: Mary Daly's Gyn/Ecology and Pure Lust Martyrs for Democracy: The Sacred, Profane, and Double Burden of Moral Responsibility 3 | "Back to Virtue" Backlash Politics: Privileging Irresponsibility Debating Women's Education and Moral Guardianship in the Republican Era Debating Contemporary Sex Education: Resurrecting the Daughters of Eve and Zion Scapegoats for Democracy: Trust, Blame, and Irresponsibility in American Citizenship 4 | Suspect Citizenship: From Lowell Mill Girls to Lesbian Feminists and Sadomasochism Lowell Mill Girl Debates: The Trap of True Womanhood The Rebels: Weakening the Bonds of Virtue Lesbian Feminist S/M Debates: The Moral Bondage of Moral Guardianship Fantasy and Imagination in Lesbian S/M and Contemporary Feminist Ethics Suspect Citizens as Innovative Ideologists 5 | "Ozzie and Harriet" Morality: Resetting Liberal Democracy's Moral Compass The Separate Spheres Paradox: Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America A "Curl Back" to Virtue: Neutralizing Gender in Contemporary Morality Habitual Inattention to Democracy: The Power of Vice 6 | The Legacy of Virtue and Vice: Mary Wollstonecraft and Contemporary Feminist Care Ethics Sex, Sexuality, and Suspicion in Mary Wollstonecraft's Political Thought Moral Perfectionism in Feminist Care Ethics: The Problems of Infinite Virtue, Patriarchal Moral Standards, and Omitting Vice Parochialism: Practice and the Limits of Finite Virtues The Vice of Omission: Sex and Sexuality in Feminist Care Ethics Conclusion: Beyond Virtue and Vice: Toward a Democratic Feminist Ethics The Frontiers of Collective Responsibility: Toward a Democratic Feminist Ethics of Belonging Notes References Index
£20.69
Temple University Press,U.S. Where Rivers Meet the Sea
Book SynopsisA creative, narrative approach to environmental destruction in urban waterscapes, focusing on neighborhood activists who pressure their governments to follow existing lawTrade Review"This book is a fascinating and passionate ethnography of 'popular activism in local symbolic spaces' of Salvador, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina... [V]aluable for its comparative ethnographic account of how activists struggle with other non-state actors and state authorities regarding water in two port cities... [Kane's] ethnography tells a story that is passionate, insightful and moving, revealing the difficulties and contradictions that environmental movements face when confronting entrenched and powerful actors." - Journal of Latin American Studies, November 2013 "This is an important interdisciplinary work that uses a place-based approach to examine human relationships with water in the context of globalisation... [T]he detailed explorations of the human propensity to continue to engage in devastating practices with water, and whether social and environmental justice movements can do anything about these practices is insightful...[W]hat Kane has to say is worthwhile; she illuminates the struggles that lay people face in getting juridical institutions to implement the law to protect waters in a precautionary manner." - Environmental Politics "[A]n engagingly-written ethnography on the legal and cultural dimensions of water... Kane's analyses shine when they are grounded in the cultural history of place... Many of the issues, current and long-standing, that she examines find bedrock in these histories that give the stories their uniqueness of place in a globally connected world. The few words here cannot capture the thoughtful cultural analyses that occur throughout this book. The images provided by the author add welcomed dimension to the stories told." - Contemporary Sociology, May 2014Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1 IntroductionPART I Salvador da Bahia, Brazil2 Sense and Science at the Lake of Dark Waters3 Dune Shenanigans and Rebellious Festival Memories4 Of Sewage, Sacrifice, and Sacred SpringsCoda: The Assassination of Antonio Conceição ReisPART II Buenos Aires, Argentina5 Water History, Water Activism6 Iconic Bridges of la Boca and Madero (Dereliction as Opportunity)7 Neighbors Fight to Reverse Eco-Blind Engineering in Tigre Delta8 Convergent Protest from the Provinces: Hydroelectricity + Gold Mining = Water Predation9 ConclusionGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex
£60.30
Temple University Press,U.S. Where Rivers Meet the Sea
Book SynopsisA creative, narrative approach to environmental destruction in urban waterscapes, focusing on neighborhood activists who pressure their governments to follow existing lawTrade Review"This book is a fascinating and passionate ethnography of 'popular activism in local symbolic spaces' of Salvador, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina... [V]aluable for its comparative ethnographic account of how activists struggle with other non-state actors and state authorities regarding water in two port cities... [Kane's] ethnography tells a story that is passionate, insightful and moving, revealing the difficulties and contradictions that environmental movements face when confronting entrenched and powerful actors." - Journal of Latin American Studies, November 2013 "This is an important interdisciplinary work that uses a place-based approach to examine human relationships with water in the context of globalisation... [T]he detailed explorations of the human propensity to continue to engage in devastating practices with water, and whether social and environmental justice movements can do anything about these practices is insightful...[W]hat Kane has to say is worthwhile; she illuminates the struggles that lay people face in getting juridical institutions to implement the law to protect waters in a precautionary manner." - Environmental Politics "[A]n engagingly-written ethnography on the legal and cultural dimensions of water... Kane's analyses shine when they are grounded in the cultural history of place... Many of the issues, current and long-standing, that she examines find bedrock in these histories that give the stories their uniqueness of place in a globally connected world. The few words here cannot capture the thoughtful cultural analyses that occur throughout this book. The images provided by the author add welcomed dimension to the stories told." - Contemporary Sociology, May 2014Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1 IntroductionPART I Salvador da Bahia, Brazil2 Sense and Science at the Lake of Dark Waters3 Dune Shenanigans and Rebellious Festival Memories4 Of Sewage, Sacrifice, and Sacred SpringsCoda: The Assassination of Antonio Conceição ReisPART II Buenos Aires, Argentina5 Water History, Water Activism6 Iconic Bridges of la Boca and Madero (Dereliction as Opportunity)7 Neighbors Fight to Reverse Eco-Blind Engineering in Tigre Delta8 Convergent Protest from the Provinces: Hydroelectricity + Gold Mining = Water Predation9 ConclusionGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. The Concept of the Social in Uniting the
Book SynopsisProvides original and critical analysis of the state of the social sciences and the humanities. This book examines the different disciplines that address human affairs - from sociology, philosophy, political science, and anthropology to the humanities in general - to understand their common ground.Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Human about Human Affairs? I SocialIty: The Problem of Definition 1 The Urgency of Defining the Social 2 Society as a Basic Fact 3 Dependence and Autonomy 4 The Certainty of the Social as the Basic Fact 5 The Sociality of Agency 6 Models, Theory, and Theorizing 7 Theorizing 8 Historicism and Its Alternative 9 Social Facts, Situations, and Moral Stakes II Social Action 10 Can “the Social” Be a Proper Object of Theory? 11 Further Problems in Theorizing the Social 12 Social Action as Action 13 The Self of the Actor 14 Self and Situation 15 Self and Agency 16 Social Action Reconsidered III Subjects and Situations 17 Overview 18 Causes of Failure in the Social Sciences 19 Objects and Their Subjects 20 The Positive Sense of “Situation” 21 Practices, Situations, and Inter-subjectivity 22 Criticism, Inter-subjectivity, and Collective Enunciation 23 Criticism and Human Affairs 24 Collective Enunciation 25 Subjectivity and Objectivity 26 Summary, Reprise, and Transition Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£48.60
Temple University Press,U.S. The Concept of the Social in Uniting the
Book SynopsisIn this book, Michael Brown provides original and critical analysis of the state of the social sciences and the humanities. He examines the different disciplines that address human affairs--from sociology, philosophy, political science, and anthropology to the humanities in general--to understand their common ground. He probes the ways in which we investigate the meaning of individuality in a society for which individuals are not the agents of the activities in which they participate, and he develops a critical method for studying the relations among activities, objects, and situations. The Concept of the Social in Uniting the Humanities and Social Sciences restores the centrality of sociality to all disciplines that provide for and depend on the social dimension of human life. Ultimately, he establishes a theory of the unity of the human sciences that will surely make readers rethink the current state and future of theory in those fields for years to come. Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Human about Human Affairs? I SocialIty: The Problem of Definition 1 The Urgency of Defining the Social 2 Society as a Basic Fact 3 Dependence and Autonomy 4 The Certainty of the Social as the Basic Fact 5 The Sociality of Agency 6 Models, Theory, and Theorizing 7 Theorizing 8 Historicism and Its Alternative 9 Social Facts, Situations, and Moral Stakes II Social Action 10 Can “the Social” Be a Proper Object of Theory? 11 Further Problems in Theorizing the Social 12 Social Action as Action 13 The Self of the Actor 14 Self and Situation 15 Self and Agency 16 Social Action Reconsidered III Subjects and Situations 17 Overview 18 Causes of Failure in the Social Sciences 19 Objects and Their Subjects 20 The Positive Sense of “Situation” 21 Practices, Situations, and Inter-subjectivity 22 Criticism, Inter-subjectivity, and Collective Enunciation 23 Criticism and Human Affairs 24 Collective Enunciation 25 Subjectivity and Objectivity 26 Summary, Reprise, and Transition Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. Chilean New Song
Book SynopsisChilean New Song (la Nueva Canción chilena) entranced and uplifted a country that struggled for social change during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s, until the 1973 coup that overthrew democratic socialist president Salvador Allende. This powerful musical stylewith its poetic lyrics and haunting blend of traditional indigenous wind and stringed instrumentswas born of and expressed the aspirations of rising classes. It promised a socially just future as it forged social bonding. In Chilean New Song, J. Patrice McSherry deftly combines a political-historical view of Chile with a narrative of its cultural development. She examines the democratizing power of this music and, through interviews with key protagonists, the social roles of politically committed artists who participated in a movement for change. McSherry explores the impact of Chilean New Song and the way this artistic/cultural phenomenon related to contemporary politics to capture the passion, pain, and hope of millions oTrade Review"Chilean New Song, a product of several years of research conducted by J. Patrice McSherry in Chile, will have a significant impact on many of its readers.... The reader quickly moves from a rich, concise introduction to the rise of la nueva cancion, and its connection to social change, to the book's conclusion.... McSherry's discussion of la nueva cancion in Chapter 3 is exceptional. Here one can observe the process of blending folklore with an original composition.... Chilean New Song is a beautifully written treatise on the creative grassroots soul of Chile. The book also contributes to the literature on music and song as resistance, and to cultural and political memory studies." —Journal of Third World Studies"McSherry focuses on the development and significance of Chile’s nueva canción, or ‘new music,’ movement, which was linked inextricably to social, political, and cultural conditions in Chile.... [T]he research is impressive…she includes interviews with many musicians and other key figures in nueva canción.... A valuable resource for those interested in the intersection of the arts, politics, and culture…. Summing Up: Recommended." —CHOICE"McSherry very clearly understands the power of la Nueva Canción in Chilean society, culture, and politics during the 1960s and 1970s, bringing to bear a solid grasp of the secondary literature and an impressive collection of oral-history interviews that give great vibrancy and life to the story of the movement. Her interviews with figures ranging from the famous—Ángel Parra and Quilapayún—to the ‘behind-the-scenes’ folks who were crucial to the movement's emergence, development, and success are impressive. What emerges is a treatment of la Nueva Canción that weds the cultural and the political with the real-life experiences of Chileans who were agents in the creation of the cultural-political milieu in which they circulated."—Patrick Barr-Melej, author of Reforming Chile: Cultural Politics, Nationalism, and the Rise of the Middle Class
£32.40
Temple University Press,U.S. Political Mourning
Book SynopsisWhat leads us to respond politically to the deaths of some citizens and not others? This is one of the critical questions Heather Pool asks inPolitical Mourning.Born out of her personal experiences with the trauma of 9/11, Pool's astute book looks at how death becomes political, and how it can mobilize everyday citizens to argue for political change.Pool examines four tragedies in American historythe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the lynching of Emmett Till, the September 11 attacks, and the Black Lives Matter movementthat offered opportunities to tilt toward justice and democratic inclusion. Some of these opportunities were taken, some were not. However, these watershed moments show, historically, how political identity and political responsibility intersect and how racial identity shapes who is mourned.Political Mourninghelps explain why Americans recognize the names of Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland; activists took those cases public while many similar victims have been ignoredTrade Review“Heather Pool’s philosophically rich, insightful, and moving book asks us to see political mourning as a practice of placing ordinary deaths in the service of political change and thus potentially binding us together in a practice of collective responsibility that acknowledges our complicity in those deaths. By the end of Political Mourning, one cannot help but feel that Pool has offered us something more beyond the cases she examines. She has provided us with nothing short of an ethical-political orientation for reckoning with the tragedy of our past. For anyone interested in the health of democracy, this is a book you must read!” —Melvin Rogers, Associate Professor of Political Science at Brown University, and coeditor of African American Political Thought: A Collected History“With rigorous argumentation and compelling examples, Political Mourning shows how publics and political identities are formed by responses to loss. It is a stunning work of political theory that will appeal to the field as a whole. Pool makes an exciting contribution to the existing literature on mourning and politics. It is an essential text that all those working in this area will have to engage.” —Simon Stow, Marshall Professor of Government and American Studies at the College of William and Mary, and author of American Mourning: Tragedy, Democracy, and Resilience
£81.90
Temple University Press,U.S. Political Mourning
Book SynopsisWhat leads us to respond politically to the deaths of some citizens and not others? This is one of the critical questions Heather Pool asks inPolitical Mourning.Born out of her personal experiences with the trauma of 9/11, Pool's astute book looks at how death becomes political, and how it can mobilize everyday citizens to argue for political change.Pool examines four tragedies in American historythe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the lynching of Emmett Till, the September 11 attacks, and the Black Lives Matter movementthat offered opportunities to tilt toward justice and democratic inclusion. Some of these opportunities were taken, some were not. However, these watershed moments show, historically, how political identity and political responsibility intersect and how racial identity shapes who is mourned.Political Mourninghelps explain why Americans recognize the names of Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland; activists took those cases public while many similar victims have been ignoredTrade Review“Heather Pool’s philosophically rich, insightful, and moving book asks us to see political mourning as a practice of placing ordinary deaths in the service of political change and thus potentially binding us together in a practice of collective responsibility that acknowledges our complicity in those deaths. By the end of Political Mourning, one cannot help but feel that Pool has offered us something more beyond the cases she examines. She has provided us with nothing short of an ethical-political orientation for reckoning with the tragedy of our past. For anyone interested in the health of democracy, this is a book you must read!” —Melvin Rogers, Associate Professor of Political Science at Brown University, and coeditor of African American Political Thought: A Collected History“With rigorous argumentation and compelling examples, Political Mourning shows how publics and political identities are formed by responses to loss. It is a stunning work of political theory that will appeal to the field as a whole. Pool makes an exciting contribution to the existing literature on mourning and politics. It is an essential text that all those working in this area will have to engage.” —Simon Stow, Marshall Professor of Government and American Studies at the College of William and Mary, and author of American Mourning: Tragedy, Democracy, and Resilience
£25.19
University of Toronto Press The Labyrinth of North American Identities
Book SynopsisWhat exactly does it mean to be North American? The Labyrinth of North American Identities is a long essay that attempts to learn more about North America as a unit and its individual countries by exploring the idea of a shared North American identity.Trade ReviewResnick has offered an insightful little work that will doubtless prompt much debate. There is much that unites-and entangles-these three countries, and in helping readers through the resulting labyrinth, Resnick is an able guide. -- American Review of Canadian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs 2. Chosen Peoples 3. Trajectories to Independence 4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire" 5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent 6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism 7. Democracy and Its Discontents 8. The Protean State 9. New World Utopias and Dystopias 10. An Archipelago of Regions 11. A North American Civilization? 12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth Bibliography Index
£21.59
University of Toronto Press The Politics of Ontario
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Ontario is the first comprehensive book on Ontario's politics, government, and public policy since Graham White's The Government and Politics of Ontario in 1997.Trade Review"The authors are to be commended for what they have achieved. This collective study of the politics and government of Ontario is a worthy successor to the pioneering efforts headed by Donald MacDonald and Graham White." -- Larry Glassford * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface Contributors Part 1: The Setting 1. Ontario Then and Now Graham White 2. The Political Economy of Ontario Matthias Oschinski 3. The Social and Economic Context of Ontario Politics Rand Dyck 4. Culture in Ontario: Old and New Peter Woolstencroft Part 2: Institutions 5. The Ontario Legislature: Living Up to Its Democratic Potential amidst Political Change? Tracey Raney 6. The Commanding Heights of Power and Politics in Ontario Bryan Evans 7. Local Government and Politics in Ontario Daniel Henstra 8. Ontario and Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations: Still a Responsible Partner in Confederation? Julie M. Simmons Part 3: Politics 9. Media in Ontario Politics: The Press Gallery in the Twenty-First Century Tamara A.Small 10. Continuity and Change in Northern Ontario Gina Comeau 11. Political Parties and the Party System in Ontario Jonathan Malloy 12. A Path Well Travelled or Hope on the Horizon? Women, Gender, and Politics in Ontario Cheryl N. Collier 13. An Inside Look at the Ontario Liberals in Power Anna Esselment Part 4: Policy 14. Environmental Policy in Ontario: Greening the Province from the Dynasty to Wynne Mark Winfield 15. Ontario's Multiple Identities: Politics & Policy in a Diverse Province Myer Siemiatycki 16. The Politics of Labour and Labour Relations in Ontario Larry Savage 17. Toronto and the GTA: Changing Contours of Governance in Ontario's Global City Martin Horak Index
£31.50
University of Toronto Press The Politics of Ontario
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Ontario is the first comprehensive book on Ontario's politics, government, and public policy since Graham White's The Government and Politics of Ontario in 1997.Trade Review"The authors are to be commended for what they have achieved. This collective study of the politics and government of Ontario is a worthy successor to the pioneering efforts headed by Donald MacDonald and Graham White." -- Larry Glassford * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface Contributors Part 1: The Setting 1. Ontario Then and Now Graham White 2. The Political Economy of Ontario Matthias Oschinski 3. The Social and Economic Context of Ontario Politics Rand Dyck 4. Culture in Ontario: Old and New Peter Woolstencroft Part 2: Institutions 5. The Ontario Legislature: Living Up to Its Democratic Potential amidst Political Change? Tracey Raney 6. The Commanding Heights of Power and Politics in Ontario Bryan Evans 7. Local Government and Politics in Ontario Daniel Henstra 8. Ontario and Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations: Still a Responsible Partner in Confederation? Julie M. Simmons Part 3: Politics 9. Media in Ontario Politics: The Press Gallery in the Twenty-First Century Tamara A.Small 10. Continuity and Change in Northern Ontario Gina Comeau 11. Political Parties and the Party System in Ontario Jonathan Malloy 12. A Path Well Travelled or Hope on the Horizon? Women, Gender, and Politics in Ontario Cheryl N. Collier 13. An Inside Look at the Ontario Liberals in Power Anna Esselment Part 4: Policy 14. Environmental Policy in Ontario: Greening the Province from the Dynasty to Wynne Mark Winfield 15. Ontario's Multiple Identities: Politics & Policy in a Diverse Province Myer Siemiatycki 16. The Politics of Labour and Labour Relations in Ontario Larry Savage 17. Toronto and the GTA: Changing Contours of Governance in Ontario's Global City Martin Horak Index
£66.60
University of Toronto Press Across the Aisle
Book SynopsisReaders of Across the Aisle will gain a renewed understanding of official opposition that goes beyond Stornoway and shadow cabinets, illuminating both the historical evolution and recent developments of opposition politics in Canada.Trade Review'In Across the Aisle, David Smith has done an admirable job of delving into a previously unexplored facet of Canadian politics.' -- Adam Coombs Histoire sociale / Social History vol 48:97:2015 "One of the best and most important recent books in Canadian politics is Across the Aisle: Opposition in Canadian Politics, by David E. Smith. It is a groundbreaking exploration of the role and evolution of a crucial part of parliamentary governance which, surprisingly, has been seriously understudied in the discipline. ... The book will no doubt contribute to new research and prescriptions for change." -- Emmett MacFarlane, Assistant Professor of political science, University of Waterloo University Affairs, December 3, 2014 'Smith, a leading scholar of the Canadian Parliament, has written an outstanding book on the theory and practice of parliamentary opposition in Canada... It will be of great interest to scholars of Canadian politics, and also to scholars of parliamentary institutions searching in-depth, reliable accounts of Canada's parliamentary opposition.' -- R. Koop Choice Magazine; vol 51:07:14 "David E. Smith has produced an elegantly-written, tightly argued and timely scholarly book on the role of the opposition in our Canadian parliamentary democracy...This book will help inform the growing debate on how parliamentarians, including the opposition, can be brought back into the centre of the Canadian political system as our founders intended." -- The 2014 Canada Prize in the Social Sciences Jury 'David E. Smith does an excellent job documenting changes and related developments in the concept of both parliamentary and public opposition since confederation, and provides a thoughtful analysis of the many and varied reasons behind those changes.' -- Martha Hall Findlay Literary Review of Canada vol 22:03:2014Table of ContentsPREFACE PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Chapter One: Opposition: 'Somebody Has To Do It' PART TWO: PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION Chapter Two: From Coalition to Coalition, 1867-1920 Chapter Three: The Liberal Ascendancy, 1921-1956 Chapter Four: Minorities and Majorities, 1957-1992 Chapter Five: The Mill of Opposition, 1993-2011 PART THREE: CHALLENGES FOR PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION Chapter Six: Opposition, More or Less Chapter Seven: Opposition in the Federation Chapter Eight: Whither Parliamentary Opposition? PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Chapter Nine: The Problem of Parliamentary Opposition Today NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY
£23.39
University of Toronto Press The Invisible Crown
Book SynopsisThe Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also its most pervasive, affecting the operation of Parliament and the legislatures, the executive, the bureaucracy, the courts, and federalism. However, many consider the Crown to be obscure and anachronistic. David E. Smith’s The Invisible Crown was one of the first books to study the role of the Crown in Canada, and remains a significant resource for the unique perspective it offers on the Crown’s place in politics.The Invisible Crown traces Canada’s distinctive form of federalism, with highly autonomous provinces, to the Crown’s influence. Smith concludes that the Crown has greatly affected the development of Canadian politics due to the country’s societal, geographic, and economic conditions. Praised by the Globe and Mail’s Michael Valpy as “a thoroughly lucid, scholarly explanation of how the Canadian constitutional monarTrade Review'For a thoroughly lucid, scholarly explanation of how the Canadian constitutional monarchy works, read University of Saskatchewan political scientist David Smith's book The Invisible Crown: The First Principle of Canadian Government.' -- Michael Valpy The Globe and Mail 'The author successfully conveys his basic point that the formal powers of the Crown are immense and the monarchy continues to enhance the supremacy of the executive over the other branches of government. Readers are offered a fresh perspective on issues such as Supreme Court advisory opinions, royal commissions, special warrants and appointments.' -- Louis Massicotte Canadian Journal of Political Science
£26.09
University of Toronto Press A Short History of the State in Canada
Book SynopsisA concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada’s distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and diverse, practical experiments and experiences.E.A. Heaman takes the reader through the development of the state in both principle and practice, examining Indigenous forms of government before European contact; the interplay of French and British colonial institutions before and after the Conquest of New France; the creation of the nineteenth-century liberal state; and, finally, the rise and reconstitution of the modern social welfare state. Moving beyond the history of institutions to include the development of political cultures and social politics, A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists, hisTrade Review'Heaman has written a useful, lucid history of Canadian governance that gives full weight to the First Nations, the French and English regimes, and modernization.' -- J.L. Granatstein Choice Magazine vol 53:08:2016 'For Canadian historians, this is an important book... It is conceptually brilliant, interpreting the material in ways that are always stimulating and often novel... It opens up its subject like never before and for that it is a most welcome volume.' -- Ian Radforth Canadian Historical Review, vol 97:03:2016Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: In the Absence of the State Chapter 2: The Ancien-Regime State Chapter 3: The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 4: The People's State in the Twentieth Century Conclusion
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Manufacturing Phobias
Book SynopsisManufacturing Phobias will be a clarion call for anyone concerned about the disturbing consequences of our culture of fear.Table of ContentsPhobic Constructions: An Introduction (Hisham Ramadan and Jeff Shantz) Part 1. Endless Facades: Rethinking Social Phobias 1. Pathologizing Resistance and Promoting Anthropophobia: The Violent Extremism Risk Assessment (VERA) as Case Study (Heidi Rimke) 2. Conflicts of Rights: Free Speech, Freedom to Practice a Religion and the Social Phobia Mighty Machine (Hisham Ramadan) 3. Phobic Constructions: Psychological, Sociological, Criminological Articulations (Jeff Shantz and Hisham Ramadan) Part 2. Bordering on Fear: Phobias, National Identities, Citizenship 4. Constructions of Phobias, Fractured and Stigmatized Selves, and the Ideal Citizen in Iranian School Textbooks (Amir Mirfakhraie) 5. How to Save... A Nation?: Televisual Fiction Post-9/11 (Melissa Ames) 6. The Preparation for National Revolution or Accepting the Inevitable Decay? (Dmitry Shlapentokh) 7. Phobia in an Age of Post Migrant Rights: The Regional Response and Criminalization of Tamil Refugees (Michael CK Ma and Davina Bhandar) Part 3. Politics by other Means: Phobias and Political Practice 8. Death Panels on the Prison Planet: The New World Order Conspiracy and the Radicalization of American Politics (Johann Pautz) 9. Degradation Ceremonies: Fear Discourses, Phobic Production, and the Military Metaphysic in Canada (Jeff Shantz) 10. Manufacturing the 'avaton' and the ghetto: Places of Fear in the Centre of Athens (Penny (Panagiota) Koutrolikou) Afterword: Opposing Phobias Going Forward (Hisham M. Ramadan and Jeff Shantz)
£26.09
University of Toronto Press Reconsidering C.B. MacPherson
Book SynopsisThis stimulating reappraisal illustrates the importance of Macpherson's classic books, including The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism and Democratic Theory, and demonstrates how much his work has to offer to the future of political and social thought.Trade Review'The book serves as an excellent introduction for the more sophisticated student of political philosophy who is new to Macpherson... In effect, this book is a series of interesting meditations on Macpherson's thought arguing for his continued importance.' -- Jules Townshend Marx and Philosophy Review of Books April 2016 'Under Hansen's skillful interpretative guidance, the reader is reintroduced to a thinker who confounds many of the stereotypes of Cold War-era Marxist theory...His remarkable achievement is to bring to life C.B. Macpherson's thought and enduring legacy, his complex blend of traditional and critical philosophy.' -- Dr. Lee Ward Perspectives on Political Science March 2017Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Possessive Individualism as Critique: History, Ontology and the Roots of Liberalism Chapter Two: Human Nature and Democratic Possibilities: Macpherson, Ontology and the Fate of Liberal Democracy Chapter Three: Capitalism, Socialism, and Self-Development: Macpherson and/on Marx Chapter Four: C.B. Macpherson, Democracy, and Democratic Theory I: Revisionist Liberalism and the Two Faces of Liberty Chapter Five: C.B. Macpherson, Democracy, and Democratic Theory II: Human Rights, Democratic Expressions, and Democratic Models Chapter Six: Political Theory, Social Science and Social Critique: C.B. Macpherson, Philosophy, and Methodology
£51.30
University of Toronto Press The Capacity To Judge
Book SynopsisBy the mid-nineteenth-century, 'public opinion' emerged as a new form of authority in Upper Canada. Contemporaries came to believe that the best answer to common questions arose from deliberation among private individuals. Older conceptions of government, sociability and the relationship between knowledge and power were jettisoned for a new image of Upper Canada as a deliberative democracy.The Capacity to Judge asks what made widespread public debate about common issues possible; why it came to be seen as desirable, even essential; and how it was integrated into Upper Canada's constitutional and social self-image. Drawing on an international body of literature indebted to Jürgen Habermas and based on extensive research in period newspapers, Jeffrey L. McNairn argues that voluntary associations and the press created a reading public capable of reasoning on matters of state, and that the dynamics of political conflict invested that public with final authority. He trace
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University of Toronto Press Systematic Politics
Book SynopsisProfessor Catlin in the course of his career has contributed a number of major works in the fields of politics: The Science and Method of Politics (1926), Principles of Politics (1930), History of the Political Philosophers (1938). These books were considered 'refreshing,' 'brilliant,' 'eminently stimulating,' 'genuinely constructive.' The trail blazed by their author some thirty years ago through the forest of 'unscientific' political thinking has since been followed by many others and has widened into one of the main highways of twentieth-century political though.The new approach of Professor Catlin was notable because it distinguished between political philosophy, with its values and ends, and the scientific study of means; it broke away from older studies and broadened the concept of Politics, in an Aristotelian sense; it bridged the divorce between Politics and Sociology; it stressed the quantitative method; it pioneered in the 'power theory of
£35.10
University of Toronto Press Poland and the Western Powers 19381938
Book SynopsisThis study has two objectives. The first is to explain the nature and historical roots of the problems facing Polish foreign policy in 1938–39 and the manner in which they were approached by the men who shaped and directed Polish diplomacy. The second is to illustrate the political interdependence in these years of Eastern and Western Europe. This interdependence hinged on the German problem. The attitude of France and Britain towards Poland and Eastern Europe as a whole was primarily a reflection of their policy towards Germany; at the same time, this policy was the decisive factor in the individual reactions of Germany's eastern neighbours to the threat of resurgent German power.As far as Poland was concerned, she not only had to strive to avert the danger of German revisionism, the realization of which would have made her a vassal of Berlin, but she also had to consider the possibility of Soviet expansion at her expense. This study is, however, primarily concerne
£29.70
University of Toronto Press Hobbes and America
Book SynopsisThis path-breaking study seriously shakes the credibility of the prevalent interpretations of American government and politics. It exposes the real American constitutional morality, one embodied in a code adhered to by those in political life.Frank Coleman makes a persuasive case that the real roots of the American political system are in Hobbes, and not, as is usually thought, in Locke. He shows that a Hobbesian interpretation fits the transactional, bargaining, or conflict-management nature of American politics pointed out by all the empirical political scientists, although this viewpoint is incompatible with the leading philosophical interpretations of American constitutionalism.In so far as the American system and its rationale are Hobbesian, they are thereby incapable of resolving social conflicts and of pursuing any common good. The leading theories, particularly the reformist theories, are unable to absorb the teachings of empirical political science – and
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University of Toronto Press Alignment of Political Groups in Canada 184167
Book SynopsisThe period of the union between the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada which preceded the general federation of the British North American provinces in 1867 is a fruitful field of investigation for students of Canadian politics and history, for from it stem many of our political traditions. Professor Cornell in the present study has been concerned with the question of how far the parties of that time were already identifiable and continuing groups. He has examined the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for all the sessions from 1841 to 1866, recording the votes of each member in all divisions that involved important issues, and from this careful and extensive study he has been enabled to draw some definite conclusions about the alignment of members and groups in the assembly.The analysis proceeds not only by way of narrative but also by means of many charts and tables showing the votes of individual members on certain key issues from assembl
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University of Toronto Press Revolutionary Vanguard
Book SynopsisThe monolithic nature of the communist movement during the Stalinist period overlay pluralist tendencies. These were suppressed in the 1920s, though they were to re-emerge after Stalin's death.The history of the Communist Youth International is revealed in this volume as an important example of the 'autonomist' tendencies in the communist movement after the First World War. The experience of the CYI also demonstrates that differences between Leninist and Stalinist eras were of degree, rather than of kind. Under Lenin, organizational principles and practices were introduced that gave to the new communist movement a distinct, authoritarian cast.Cornell considers the relevance, in the development of radical movements among the young, of such qualities as untempered idealism, a predisposition to embrace the most radical alternatives for social change, and a self-assertiveness or rebelliousness directed against traditional adult teachings. He shows how these qua
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University of Toronto Press Democratic Government and Politics
Book SynopsisCompletely revised and enlarged edition (1951) of a book which has become a standard work on comparative government. This edition brings up to date the material on institutions and practices of government in Britain, the United States, and Canada, and analyses more fully the relationship of democratic institutions and practices to the essentials of the democratic creed.
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University of Toronto Press Only to Serve
Book SynopsisCollected in this volume are selections from addresses by His Excellency, General Georges P. Vanier, one of the most eminent public figures of Canada. His broad interests and deep involvement in all aspects of Canadian life are reflected in these speeches. A life-long concern with the importance of the family is evident in his opening talk at the Canadian Conference on the Family in 1964: '...the best and surest way of developing generous and idealistic hearts, of giving the community men and women who are well-balanced and conscious of their responsibilities to their country, is to protect the family, for the family...is capable of giving to the universe the human beings who are prepared to put justice and truth before their own personal interests.' From this conference emerged the Vanier Institute of the Family.Closely allied to the Governor-General's dedication to the family was his interest in the youth of the country. During his time of office he strove continually t
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University of Toronto Press Marsilius of Padua at the Intersection of Ancient
Book SynopsisThis study highlights linkages between Marsilius' thought and the ideas of his medieval Muslim and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries.Table of ContentsBibliographical Note Acknowledgments Introduction Sources Outline of Chapters Chapter I. Marsilius' Life and Works Chapter II. Major Intellectual Influences on Marsilius Albertino Mussato and Paduan Politics Peter of Abano and Late Medieval Natural Philosophy and Medicine Averroes Goes West: John of Jandun Muslim and Jewish Influences Chapter III. Marsilius' Political Theory Marsilius and Aristotelian Teleology The Origins of Social Life Rhetoric and the Genesis of Civil Life The Purpose of the Political Community The Peace and Tranquility of the Political Community The Unity of the Political Community The Organization of the Political Community Marsilius' Classification of Human Acts Marsilius and Aristotle Marsilius and Aquinas Marsilius and Maimonides Plato Transformed, Avicennian Echoes, and the Ideal Social Organization The 'Circle of Justice' and Functional Specialization The Idea of the Mean and the Parts of the Political Community The Emergence of Religion and the Civic Function of the Sacerdotal Part Marsilius' Notion of Citizenship Chapter IV. Marsilius' Legal Theory The Definition of the Law Giants on the Shoulders of Dwarfs: Legislation and a Well-ordered Political Community Cyclops with Many Eyes: Laws and Collective Prudence The legislator humanus The legislator primus The primus legislator and Sovereignty Medieval Echoes Beyond Aristotle Chapter V. Marsilius' Theory of Government The Taxonomy of Constitutions The Five Modes of Establishing Monarchy The Appointment of the Government The Political Community as a Living Organism Conclusions Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of Places and Proper Names
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MY - University of Toronto Press The Hotel Occupied Space
Book SynopsisThe Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy.” By examining how it manifests in art, photography, and film as well as its uses during wartime and as a sanctuary for displaced people, this book offers a timely critique of a crucial modern space.Trade Review"Its assemblage of sources unique to Davidson’s perspective and its original articulation of the concept of occupancy makes The Hotel: Occupied Space a topical study that, while broad in scope, is refreshingly clear and accessible to anyone interested in our evolving relationship with the built environment in the age of global conduct." -- Matthew D’Ambrosio Griffith, Harvard University * Between *"Through his provocative series of close readings, Davidson uses the hotel form as a way to register the significance of incursions of state power into the contractually arranged relationship to space that defines the modern hotel." -- Jordan J. Howie, University of Toronto * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Overlooked Space Part I: The Realm of Imagination Chapter 1: The Pictorial Hotel Chapter 2: The Cinematic Hotel Part II: The Built Environment Chapter 3: The Wartime Hotel Chapter 4: The Displacement Hotel Conclusion: The Hotel Attraction Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Toronto Press Herders Political Thought
Book SynopsisVicki A. Spencer reveals Herder as one of the first Western philosophers to grapple seriously with cultural diversity without abandoning a commitment to universal values and the first to make language and culture an issue of justice.Trade Review'Spencer's study is an excellent illumination of key concepts of Herder's thinking... It makes a major contribution to our better understanding of a key eighteenth-century figure whose wide-ranging intellectual achievement and contemporary relevance deserve a much broader English-speaking audience.' -- Ulrike Wagner German Quarterly winter 2013 'Spencer's Herder's Political Thought is an excellent survey of the political ideas of Johann Gottfried Herder... To see her grasp of Herder's ideas and their significance laid out in full at long last is a true delight... This is a fine book.' -- Russell Arben Fox The Review of Politics vol 75:04:2013 'Spencer has crafted a lucid, thorough reinterpretation of Johann Gottfried Herder's thought that highlights his distinctive contributions to the enlightenment, the Counter-Enlightenment and subsequent periods.' -- D.N Byrne Political Science vol 65:01:2013Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1 The Origin of Language 2 Expressivism 3 Culture, Identity and Community 4 The Pluralist Alternative 5 Nationalism 6 Republicanism 7 Multiculturalism Conclusion Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Hegel and Canada
Book SynopsisHegel and Canada is a collection of essays that analyses the real, but under-recognized, role Hegel has played in the intellectual and political development of Canada. The volume focuses on the generation of Canadian scholars who emerged after World War Two: James Doull, Emil Fackenheim, George Grant, Henry S. Harris, and Charles Taylor.Trade Review"This volume provides…a multi-chromatic overview of the Hegel-Canada relation as the site of a complex problem set, embodied still in the very life of the Canadian polity." -- Charlene Elsby * CSCP *Table of ContentsContents 1. Introduction: Unity of Opposites? Hegel and Canada, by Susan Dodd HEGEL AND CANADIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 2. Hegel in Canada, by John Burbidge 3. Jewish and Post-Christian Interpretations of Hegel: Emil Fackenheim and Henry S. Harris, by George di Giovanni 4. Fackenheim on Self-making, Divine and Human, by Daniel Brandes 5. Conscience, Religion, and Multiculturalism: A Canadian Hegel, by John Russon 6. Conquering Finitude: Towards a Renewed Hegelian Middle, by Jim Vernon 7. Hegel's Theory of Mind, by Charles Taylor 8. Negativity: Charles Taylor, Hegel and the Problem of Modern Freedom, by Kenneth Kierans HEGEL IN CANADIAN POLITICS 9. Early Canadian Political Culture: Hegelian Adaptations and John Watson, by Elizabeth Trott 10. Idealism and Empire: John Watson, Michael Ignatieff and the moral warrant for "liberal imperialism," by Robert Sibley 11. Beyond 'Hegel's time': Made in the USA. Not Available in Canada, by David MacGregor 12. Freedom and the Tradition: George Grant, James Doull and the Character of Modernity, by Neil Robertson 13.Grant, Hegel and the 'Impossibility of Canada,' by Robert Sibley 14. Hegel and Canada's Constitution, by Graeme Nicholson 15. Hegel's Laurentian Fragments, by Barry Cooper 16. Hegel and the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Feminism, by Shannon Hoff 17. Conclusion Canada and the Unity of Opposites?, by Neil Robertson
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University of Toronto Press Punishment and the History of Political
Book SynopsisIn Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault.Trade Review'Shuster does a yeoman's work in critically evaluating the political philosophies of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, and Foucault in an attempt to address the problems plaguing the modern criminal justice system in the US.' -- S.E. Blankenship Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016 'Shuster has forced all those interested in punishment to take political philosophy seriously. He has laid the ground for further investigation into punishments' meaning and purpose in the civic and moral education of citizens.' -- Cary Federman Review of Politics winter 2017Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Problem of Punishment and the Limits of Reform in Plato's Laws Chapter Two: Modern Natural Right and Punishment in Hobbes's Leviathan Chapter Three: Liberalizing the Criminal Law: Montesquieu and Beccaria Chapter Four: Retribution and Individual Autonomy in Kant's Rechtslehre Chapter Five: Foucault and the Crisis of Modern Criminal Justice Conclusion: Punishment and Liberalism
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University of Toronto Press Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Book SynopsisSurveying the use of skepticism in works by Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, Smith, and Kant, among others, these essays demonstrate the pervasive impact of skepticism on the intellectual landscape of early modern Europe.Trade Review‘The volume features thorough, well documented, and wide-ranging scholarship on both primary and secondary texts, drawing from literature, political treatises, moral theory and of course philosophy.’ -- Kristen Irwin * International Journal for the Study of Skepticism vol 7:2017 *Table of ContentsIntroduction (John Christian Laursen and Gianni Paganini) 1. Neither Philosophy Nor Politics? The Ancient Pyrrhonian Approach to Everday Life (Emidio Spinelli) 2. La Mothe Le Vayer and Political Skepticism (Daniel Brunstetter) 3. Hobbes and the French Skeptics (Gianni Paganini) 4. Questionnnements sceptiques et politiques de la fable: les "autres mondes" du libertinage erudite (Jean-Charles Darmon) 5. Obeying the Laws and Customs of the Country: Living in Disorder and Barbarity. The Powerlessness of Political Skepticism According to the Discours sceptiques of Samuel Sorbiere (Sylvia Giocanti) 6. Bernard Mandeville's Skeptical Political Philosophy (Rui Romao) 7. David Hume: Skepticism in Politics? (Andrew Sabl) 8. Denis Diderot and the Politics of Materialist Skepticism (Whitney Mannies) 9. Rousseau: Philosophical and Religious Skepticism and Political Dogmatism (Maria Jose Villaverde) 10. Skepticism and Political Economy (Pierre Force) 11. Can a Skeptic be a Reformer? Skepticism in Morals and Politics during the Enlightenment: the Case of Voltaire (Rodrigo Brandao) 12. From General Skepticism to Complete Dogmatism: Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (Sebastien Charles) 13. Karl Friedrich Staudlin's Diagnosis of the Political Effects of Skepticism in Late 18th Century Germany (John Christian Laursen)
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University of Toronto Press Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799
Book SynopsisDeeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799. Living in Milan, he wrote what became one of the nineteenth century’s most important treatises on political revolution.In his Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799, Cuoco synthesized the work of Machiavelli, Vico, and Enlightenment philosophers to offer an explanation for why and how revolutions succeed or fail. A major influence on political thought during the unification of Italy, the Historical Essay was also an inspiration to twentieth-century thinkers such as Benedetto Croce and Antonio Gramsci.This critical edition, featuring an authoritative translation, introduction, and annotations, finally makes Cuoco’s work fully accessible to an English-speaking audience.Trade Review'Thanks to this edition of the Historical Essay on the Neopolitan Revolution of 1799... English-speaking readers finally have access to a lynchpin of the great history of Italian political thought.' -- Danilo Breschi European History Quarterly vol 47:01:2017Table of ContentsIntroduction: Vincenzo Cuoco and the Nature of Revolution and Constitutionalism (by Bruce Haddock and Filippo Sabetti) Principal Events in Vincenzo Cuoco's Life Translator's Note: The Words and Structures of Cuoco's Revolution (by David Gibbons) Maps Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799 Appendix 1: Fragments of Letters Written by Vincenzo Cuoco to Vincenzio Russo Appendix 2: Neapolitan Patriots Who Died on the Scaffold
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University of Toronto Press Lions or Jellyfish
Book SynopsisWritten by a noted expert on Newfoundland politics and intergovernmental affairs in Canada, this book studies a vital but frequently overlooked aspect of modern Canadian federalism.Trade Review'Lions and Jellyfish, a trenchant, gripping, and revealing study... Raymond Blake's book is one that should be read by all who wish to understand eight of the most important events in the history of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.' -- Robert Edwards Newfoundland and Labrador Quarterly vol 108:04:2016 'Lions or Jellyfish is a polished investigation of the often-strained relationship between Ottawa and Newfoundland and Labrador... Raymond Blake brings sophisticated analysis and a well- constructed narrative.' Canadian Historical Society Bulletin vol 42:02:2016Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Smallwood, Diefenbaker and Term 29: Failed Intergovernmentalism Chapter 2. Federalism for Bullies: Newfoundland, Quebec, Ottawa and Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1960-1970 Chapter 3. Classic Federalism: The Resettlement of Fishing Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador to 1965 Chapter 4. Co-operative Federalism: Newfoundland, Ottawa and Resettlement after 1965 Chapter 5. Unraveling the Question: Federal or Provincial Jurisdiction on Offshore Oil and Gas Chapter 6. The Nationalists: Trudeau, Peckford and the Struggle for Offshore Oil and Gas Chapter 7. Reason, Passion and Intransigence: Federalism, Clyde Wells and Brian Mulroney Chapter 8. The Battle for A Fair Share: Danny Williams, Equalization and Ottawa Conclusion
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University of Toronto Press An Introduction to Political Economy
Book SynopsisNewly revised by the author (1956), this text-book for beginning students is also designed for general readers who want to know what economics is and how economists think. It analyses the size and composition of the wage-earner in modern industry, Canadian public policy in relation to combines, and the the social problems of the special problems of the Canadian wheat-growing and newsprint industries. '...an interesting, instructive, and valuable book full of essential information.'
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Bristol University Press Social Policy Political Economy and the Social
Book SynopsisPositioning social policy within political economy and social contract debates, Wistow draws on empirical evidence to show how the social contract produces longstanding inequitable consequences in relation to health, place and social mobility in England.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The political economy 3. Globalisation and devolution 4. Place: uneven geographies and spatial inequalities 5. Health and health inequalities 6. Social mobility 7. The intergenerational contract 8. Conclusion
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Bristol University Press Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future
Book SynopsisA uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move towards a sustainable welfare state.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The case for a welfare imagination Part 1: From problems to solutions: a post-growth ecosocial political economy 1. Commodification and decommodification 2. From unsustainable environmental outcomes to a post-growth world 3. From an unequal society to ecosocial welfare Part 2: Building an ecosocial imaginary 4. Reciprocity and interdependence: enabling institutions 5. Universal basic services 6. Participation income Part 3: An ecosocial political imaginary 7. Power and mobilisation 8. Imaginaries and ideas 9. Achieving change through high-energy democracy and coalition-building Conclusion
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