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Book SynopsisBoth U.S. and Japanese policymakers understand that leveraging military resources during a disaster is an opportunity to save lives and property, to help maintain stability and prosperity in affected nations, and to promote the allies' diplomatic interests.

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Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of political science at Angelo State University.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume reveals how a permanent war economy has made the United States unable to spread democracy abroad and has worsened domestic problems.

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Book SynopsisIn this post partisan call to action, Mitchell develops the concept of the politics of gratitude, which is centred around four ideas: creatureliness, gratitude, human scale, and place, culminating in a distinctive, fruitful view of human nature and community at odds with the prevailing norms of individualism (and, not so paradoxically, ...

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Book SynopsisEffective strategic thinking requires a clear understanding of one's external environment. Each organization has a unique environment, but as Ross Harrison explains in Strategic Thinking in 3D, any environmentwhether in the fields of national security, foreign policy, or businesshas three dimensions: systems, opponents, and groups.

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Book SynopsisIn 1987, Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind was published; a wildly popular book that drew attention to the shift in American culture away from the tenants that made America—and Americans—unique. Bloom focused on a breakdown in the American curriculum, but many sensed that the issue affected more than education. The very essence of what it meant to be an American was disappearing. That was over twenty years ago. Since then, the United States has experienced unprecedented wealth, more youth enrolling in higher education than ever before, and technology advancements far beyond what many in the 1980s dreamed possible. And yet, the state of the American mind seems to have deteriorated further. Benjamin Franklin’s “self-made man” has become a man dependent on the state. Independence has turned into self-absorption. Liberty has been curtailed in the defense of multiculturalism. In order to fully grasp the underpinnings of this shift away from the self-reliant, well-informed American, editors Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow have brought together a group of cultural and educational experts to discuss the root causes of the decline of the American mind. The writers of these fifteen original essays include E. D. Hirsch, Nicholas Eberstadt, and Dennis Prager, as well as Daniel Dreisbach, Gerald Graff, Richard Arum, Robert Whitaker, David T. Z. Mindich, Maggie Jackson, Jean Twenge, Jonathan Kay, Ilya Somin, Steve Wasserman, Greg Lukianoff, and R. R. Reno. Their essays are compiled into three main categories: States of Mind: Indicators of Intellectual and Cognitive Decline These essays broach specific mental deficiencies among the population, including lagging cultural IQ, low Biblical literacy, poor writing skills, and over-medication. Personal and Cognitive Habits/Interests These essays turn to specific mental behaviors and interests, including avoidance of the news, short attention spans, narcissism, and conspiracy obsessions. National Consequences These essays examine broader trends affecting populations and institutions, including rates of entitlement claims, voting habits, and a low-performing higher education system. The State of the American Mind is both an assessment of our current state as well as a warning, foretelling what we may yet become. For anyone interested in the intellectual fate of America, The State of the American Mind offers an accessible and critical look at life in America and how our collective mind is faring. Trade Review“Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow have edited a superb collection of essays on different aspects of American culture and life that extends, deepens, and updates Hofstadter’s critique of the naïve and feckless naturalism of John Dewey that now pervades and eviscerates our culture.” —M. D. Aeschliman, National Review Online“In their new book titled The State of the American Mind, Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow, through a compendium of essays written by experts, have outlined using empirical detail and ironclad analysis what exactly has happened to the American mind and what the “new anti-intellectualism” has done to put it in such a pitiful state. What does this deconstruction of thought look like at a systematic level? The State of the American Mind, by providing a prismatic analysis of the dereliction of education, psychiatry and public discourse, gives the reader a roadmap to destruction and a trail of breadcrumbs back. . . . . The State of the American Mind, while far from being light enough to read on an airplane or at the beach, is a 2015 summertime must-read for any conservative who finds him or herself at odds with the state of public discourse in the United States. . . . . While we may be intellectually lazy, clouded, unmotivated and driven by unbridled emotion devoid of right reason, Bellow and Bauerlein provide thin spaces of light and hope. From start to finish, the carefully curated selection of experts keeps the reader engaged, informed and constantly stimulated. Finally, and most hopefully, among the flotsam and jetsam of a discarded intellectual tradition, one can discern what steps need to be taken to save us from destruction by our own hand…or perhaps by our own mindset.” —Nate Madden, Conservative Review “This anthology will be a distressing but worthwhile read for those who believe traditional American values are endangered and must be preserved.” —Daniel Dreisbach, Publisher's Weekly “The State of the American Mind, is a ‘must read,’ especially the chapter written by the political economist and Wall Street Journal columnist, Nicholas Eberstadt." —The Motley Monk“Enhanced with the inclusion of an engaging Foreword (America: Are We Losing Our Mind?); an informative Introduction (The Knowledge Requirement: What Every American Needs to Know); and a concluding Afterword by the editorial team of Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow, The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism is an inherently fascinating read that is exceptionally well organized and presented throughout. Very highly recommended.” —Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsForeword—America: Are We Losing Our Mind? Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow / vii Introduction—The Knowledge Requirement: What Every American Needs to Know E. D. Hirsch Jr. / 1 Part One—States of Mind: Indicators of Intellectual and Cognitive Decline 1 The Troubling Trend of Cultural IQ / 19 Mark Bauerlein 2 Biblical Literacy Matters / 33 Daniel L. Dreisbach 3 Why Johnny and Joanie Can’t Write, Revisited / 49 Gerald Graff 4 College Graduates: Satisfied, but Adrift / 65 Richard Arum 5 Anatomy of an Epidemic / 77 Robert Whitaker Part Two—Personal and Cognitive Habits/Interests 6 A Wired Nation Tunes Out the News / 97 David T. Z. Mindich 7 Catching Our Eye: The Alluring Fallacy of Knowing at a Glance / 111 Maggie Jackson 8 The Rise of the Self and the Decline of Intellectual and Civic Interest / 123 Jean M. Twenge 9 Has Internet-Fueled Conspiracy-Mongering Crested? / 137 Jonathan Kay Part Three—National Consequences 10 Dependency in America: American Exceptionalism and the Entitlement State / 153 Nicholas Eberstadt 11 Political Ignorance in America / 163 Ilya Somin 12 In Defense of Difficulty: How the Decline of the Ideal of Seriousness Has Dulled Democracy in the Name of a Phony Populism ‘ 175 Steve Wasserman 13 We Live in the Age of Feelings / 189 Dennis Prager 14 How Colleges Create the “Expectation of Confirmation” / 205 Greg Lukianoff 15 The New Antinomian Attitude / 217 R. R. Reno Afterword Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow / 231 Contributors / 243 Index / 247

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Book SynopsisDemocracy is neither inevitable nor guaranteed to last. To survive, democracy needs people adequately prepared to enact it. Such preparation for effective citizenship in a complex and plural world requires an adult civic education, one that goes beyond simple knowledge acquisition. It requires a transformative education to help learners become agents and co-shapers of their worlds. This book offers examples of the roles that civic education has played and can play in different communities. In this collection, scholars from around the world report and reflect on civic adult education, examining approaches, paradigms, and concepts that help us to act in culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse societies.Trade ReviewThis timely, wide-ranging volume reminds us that democracy requires intentional, lifelong learning and practice. It will be a valuable scholarly resource for civic educators and researchers who seek to study, understand, and apply active forms of civic education to support and sustain democratic values and skills. The chapters cover a broad range of theory and applied examples from around the world regarding the why, what, and how of adult civic education." - Jonathan R. Alger, president, James Madison University"This important and timely book takes a comprehensive look at the purpose, role, and impact of civic engagement on the development, attainment, and retention of stable democracies. The variety of contributing authors in this text take incisive examinations of civic engagement in a variety of global contexts and deftly confront the ways in which an understanding of the political, social, and economic environs contribute to our ability to develop new paradigms for civic learning and democratic engagement. The text further elucidates the ways in which an educated citizenry is one of the biggest assets any evolved society can offer to the world in an effort to maintain peace, order, and stability. These various arguments and positions also make it clear to the reader that a postsecondary education is not a “nice-to-have,” but a “must-have” for nations seeking to constructively advance democratic ideals and promulgate a civil society through adult and traditional learners’ exposure to diverse people, cultures, languages, and ideals." - Yolanda Watson Spiva, president, Complete College America, co-author of Daring to Educate: The Legacy of the Early Spelman College Presidents, and contributing author to Recognizing Promise: The Role of Community Colleges in a Post Pandemic World"The book is an impressive testimony of the importance of democratic, civic adult education in times of increasing authoritarianism. The editors present a wide variety of theoretical and practical contributions that will inspire a broad readership of educators and educationalists all over the world." - Danny Widemeersch, professor emeritus of social and cultural pedagogy at KU Leuven (Belgium)

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Book SynopsisA generation ago, most people did not know how ubiquitous and grave human trafficking was. Now most people agree that the $35.7 billion business is an appalling violation of human rights.

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, leading planers and social scientists examine public space today and freedom of assembly. The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the physical manifestation of the First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly. Where and how can people congregate today? Forty social scientists, planners, architects, and civil liberties experts explore the definition, use, role, and importance of public space for the exercise of our democratic rights to free expression. The book also discusses whose voice is heard and what factors limit the participation of minorities in Occupy activities. This foundational work puts issues of democracy and civic engagement back into the center of dialogue about the built environment. Beyond Zuccotti Park is a collaborative effort of Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, City College of New York School of Architecture, New Village Press and its parent organization, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. The book is part of an open civic inquiry on the part of these organizations. The project was seeded by a series of free public forums, Freedom of Assembly: Public Space Today, held at the Center for Architecture in response to the forced clearance of Occupy activities from Zuccotti Park and public plazas throughout the country. The first two recorded programs took place on December 17, 2011 and February 4, 2012.Trade Review""Beyond Zuccotti Park is an insightful and relevant book that challenges us to think differently about the role of public space for civic engagement. If you believe in the First Amendment's right to freedom of assembly, then this is the book to read."" -- Mitchell Silver * AICP, President, American Planning Association *""A free and open public discussion is well understood to be fundamental to a democracy. Beyond Zuccotti Park confirms how important accessible open space is to that public discussion and illuminates the policy issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement. This diverse collection of voices raises important questions about how to define a genuine public space."" -- Roberta Brandes Gratz * author of The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs *""The editors have assembled a chorus of voices into a fascinating... dialogue on the occupation of public space."" * Publishers Weekly *""A timely perspective on public protest... The book's general premise is unarguable: 'We need to be vigilant to assure that both the availability of public space and the policies that govern its use in no way impede the right to assemble.'"" -- Sam Roberts * New York Times Metro *""The essays are as eclectic as the writers' viewpoints, making them rich and provocative. The common thread, which is so clearly stated in the book's acknowledgements, is their 'commitment to the important role that public space, universal access, equity, and design can play to enhance democracy and promote freedom of expression.' The concepts of public commons and the agora became part of the conversation not only within the context of cultural citizenship but also in the vital role design plays in forming the public sector."" -- Maxinne Rhea Leighton * e-Oculus *""By launching a riveting discourse about the role and impact of public spaces, Beyond Zuccotti Park not only encourages us to reflect upon the rights we have as citizens of a democracy, but to also get on our feet and seize the opportunity to fully the embrace these rights in order to create positive change in our communities."" -- Janey Lee * This Big City *""Beyond Zucotti Park is a fine collection of thoughts and articles on the [Occupy] movement and the change it has made in ways that have not been expected in social planning and other elements of society, highly recommended."" * Midwest Book Review *""The book's essays survey the importance of public space as a forum for citizen expression granted by the US Constitution and how it has been compromised by the powers-that-be. At issue is no less than essence of democracy, so state Lance Jay Brown and Ron Shiffman, activist academics among the distinguished editors, in a forceful introduction."" -- Sam Hall Kaplan * Planetizen *""As the title indicates, the collection of essays is not about OWS [Occupy Wall Street]; it's about the impact of OWS and the thinking about assembly and public space that it has sparked.... [The contributors'] takes on public space and assembly could be read as recipes for making urban open spaces amenable for exercising democratic rights."" * A Daily Dose of Architecture *""Pick it [Beyond Zuccotti Park] up and you, too, will find yourself swept away in the moment. You might also, as I did, begin to raise questions about the form of this protest and its relationship to meaningful social and political change."" -- Adele Oltman * eJournal of Public Affairs *

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Book SynopsisThis book is perhaps the first systematic treatment of politics from the perspective of cultural psychology. Politics is a complex that psychology usually fails to understand- as it assumes a position in society that attempts to be free of politics itself. Politics is associated both with an everyday practice, and the dynamics of globalization; with the way group conflicts, ideologies, social representations and identities, are lived and co-constructed by social actors. The authors of the book address these issues through their research grounded in different parts of the world, on democracy and political order, the social representation of power, gender studies, the use of metaphors and symbolic power in political discourse, social identities and methodological questions. The book will be used by social and political psychologists but is also of interest to the other social sciences: political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, educationalists, and it is at a level where sophisticated lay public would be able to appreciate its coverage. Its use in upperlevel college teaching is possible, and expected at graduate/postgraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisThis book is perhaps the first systematic treatment of politics from the perspective of cultural psychology. Politics is a complex that psychology usually fails to understand- as it assumes a position in society that attempts to be free of politics itself. Politics is associated both with an everyday practice, and the dynamics of globalization; with the way group conflicts, ideologies, social representations and identities, are lived and co-constructed by social actors. The authors of the book address these issues through their research grounded in different parts of the world, on democracy and political order, the social representation of power, gender studies, the use of metaphors and symbolic power in political discourse, social identities and methodological questions. The book will be used by social and political psychologists but is also of interest to the other social sciences: political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, educationalists, and it is at a level where sophisticated lay public would be able to appreciate its coverage. Its use in upperlevel college teaching is possible, and expected at graduate/postgraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisThe late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so little attention to this militarism?Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent 'forever' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich.Trade Review“Marilyn Young remains the preeminent historian of war’s place in modern American history.”—Michael S. Sherry, author of The Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930s “The essays in this collection serve as a durable testament to one of the most important academic critics of US war-making in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”—Susan L. Carruthers, author of The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace

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Book SynopsisThe late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so little attention to this militarism?Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent 'forever' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich.Trade Review“Marilyn Young remains the preeminent historian of war’s place in modern American history.”—Michael Sherry, author of The Shadow of War: The United States since the 1930s“The essays in this collection serve as a durable testament to one of the most important academic critics of US war-making in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries.”—Susan L. Carruthers, author of The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace

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Book SynopsisDoes the law shield citizens from authoritarian regimes? Are the core beliefs of classical liberalism—namely the rights of all individuals and constraints on state power—still protected by law? Liberalism and its expansion of rights could not exist without the legal system, and unsurprisingly, many scholars have explored the relationship between law and liberalism. However, the study of law and illiberalism is a relatively recent undertaking, a project that takes on urgency in light of the rise of authoritarian powers, among them Donald Trump's administration, Viktor Orban's Hungary, Recep Erdogan's Turkey, and Jair Bolsanoro's Brazil.In this volume, six penetrating essays explore the dynamics of the law and illiberal quests for power, examining the anti-liberalism of neoliberalism; the weaponization of "free speech"; the role of the administrative state in current crises of liberal democracy; the broad and unstoppable assault on facts, truth, and reality; and the rise of conspiracism leading up to the Capitol insurrection. In addition to the editors, contributors include Sharon Krause, Elizabeth Anker, Jeremy Kessler, Lee McIntyre, and Nancy Rosenblum.

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Book SynopsisFor decades, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) exerted an outsized pull on the political stage. Formed in 1947 by anticommunist liberals such as economist John Kenneth Galbraith and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the ADA established itself as the most prominent liberal organization in the United States for more than a quarter century. Shaped by the ADA, the New Politics movement upended Democratic Party politics with its challenge to the Vietnam War, demands for redistributive economic policies, and development of a far-reaching politics of race, gender, and sexuality. By bringing the ADA and its influential public intellectuals into the story of the New Politics movement, Scott Kamen reveals how American liberalism shifted away from the working-class concerns of the New Deal era and began to cater to the interests of a new, suburban professional class. By the 1980s, many Democratic politicians, activists, and voters had embraced a neoliberal ideology that coupled socially liberal attitudes with market-based solutions, eschewing an older progressive politics steeped in labor issues.Trade ReviewBased on thorough research, Kamen adroitly illuminates major historical contexts while telling a story about an important organization and a crucial time—the early 1940s to the present. The book has the potential to enter political discussions outside of academe." - Kevin Mattson, author of We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America

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Book SynopsisFrom Sadat to Saddam: The Decline of American Diplomacy in the Middle East is a first-hand account of 30 years in the diplomatic trenches of US Middle East policy.

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Book SynopsisThe unique story of an American diplomat at the forefront of terrorism and genocide in Africa, covering not only American Diplomacy, but also leadership and management.

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Book SynopsisThe first collection of essays devoted to the Arabic philosopher Averroes's brilliant Commentary on Plato's "Republic," which survived the medieval period only in Hebrew and Latin translations. The first collection of essays devoted entirely to the medieval philosopher Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" includes a variety of contributors from across several disciplines and countries. The anthology aims to establish Averroes as a great philosopher in his own right, with special and unique insight into the world of Islam, as well as a valuable commentator on Plato. A major feature of the book is the first published English translation of Shlomo Pines's 1957 essay, written in Hebrew, on Averroes. The volume explores many aspects of Averroes's philosophy, including its teachings on poetry, philosophy, religion, law, and government. Other sections trace both the inspiration Averroes's work drew from past philosophers and the influence it had on future generations, especially in Jewish and Christian Europe. Scholars of medieval philosophy, ancient philosophy, Jewish studies, and the history of political thought more generally will find important insights in this volume. The anthology is also intended to provide the necessary background for teachers aiming to introduce Averroes's commentary into the classroom. With the Republic regularly appearing near the top of lists of the most frequently taught books in the history of philosophy, this volume shows how the most important medieval commentary on it deserves a place in the curriculum as well.Table of ContentsIntroduction Alexander Orwin Section 1: Averroes and His Teachers Imposing Alfarabi on Plato: Averroes's Novel Placement of the Platonic City Alexander Orwin Ibn Bajja: An Independent Reader of the Republic Josep Puig Montada Section 2: Poetry, Philosophy, and Logic Expelling Dialectics from the Ideal State: Making the World Safe for Philosophy in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Yehuda Halper Music, Poetry, and Politics in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Douglas Kries Section 3: Law, Religion, and Philosophy Averroes on Family and Property in the Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Catarina Belo Notes on Averroes's Political Teaching Shlomo Pines (trans. Alexander Orwin) The Shari?a of the Republic: Islamic Law and Philosophy in Averroes Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Rasoul Namazi An Indecisive Truth: Divine Law and Philosophy in the Decisive Treatise and Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Karen Taliaferro Section 4: Wisdom, Government, and the Character of the Political Community Averroes between Jihad and McWorld Michael Kochin The Essential Qualities of the Ruler in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" Rosalie Helena de Souza Pereira Natural Perfection or Divine Fiat Joshua Parens Philosopher Kings and Counsellors: How Should Philosophers Participate in Politics? Alexander Orwin Section 5: Averroes's Reception in Europe Three Readings of Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" in Medieval Jewish Thought Alexander Green The Two Hebrew-into-Latin Translations of Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic": Method, Motivation, and Context Michael Engel Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis critical reexamination of Montesquieu's political science reveals that place is a primary factor in the development of the best political order. Many Enlightenment thinkers sought to discover the right political order for all times and all places, and scholars often view Montesquieu as working within this project. In this reassessment of Montesquieu's political thought, Joshua Bandoch finds that Montesquieu broke from this ideal and, by taking into account the variation of societies, offered a more fruitful approach to the study of politics. Through a careful reading of Montesquieu's political writings, Bandoch shows that for Montesquieu the politics, economics, and morals of a society must fit a particular place and its people. As long as states commit to pursuing security, liberty, and prosperity, states can -- indeed, should -- define and advance these goals in their own particular ways. Montesquieu saw that the circumstances of a place -- its religion, commerce, laws, institutions, physical environment, and mores -- determine the best political order for that place. In this sense, Montesquieu is the great innovator of what Bandoch calls the "politics of place." This new reading of Montesquieu also provides fresh insights into the American founding, which Montesquieu so heavily influenced. Instead of having discerned the "right" political order, Bandoch argues, the Founders instituted a good political order, of which there are numerous versions. Joshua Bandoch earned his PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame. He has taught at Brown University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Trade Review[T]houghtful, tightly reasoned, and overall a worthy addition to the recent crop of Montesquieu studies. * FRENCH STUDIES *The objective of Joshua Bandoch's book, whose title stimulated interest, is to recontextualize the political theory of Montesquieu, which, it seems, is always necessary as his thought lends itself to a diverse array of interpretations. * SOCIÉTÉ MONTESQUIEU *What has long been needed is a book-length analysis of Montesquieu, especially in light of "post-liberal" criticism of the American founding as a fatally and ideologically flawed Enlightenment project, rooted in a false, radically individualist anthropology. Joshua Bandoch [...] gives us the Montesquieu book we need to navigate this debate about the degree to which American government institutions and constitutional principles are universal. The Politics of Place is an important contribution to this project, for implied in particularism is the argument that events, universal goods, and the vagaries of history matter more than theory. -- John C. Pinheiro, Acton Institute * Law & Liberty *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Montesquieu's Political Science Security, Liberty, and Prosperity as Particularistic Political Goals The Political Variables The Subpolitical Variables The American Founding as a Particularistic Achievement Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA fascinating story of the rise of individualism in the formerly German Western Territories of Poland after World War II and how this new culture powered Poland's democratic-capitalist development. What does it take for a traditional society based on the primacy of the group over the individual to change into one where the autonomous individual is the most valued actor? How does this individualism in turn shape the possibilities of democratic politics? In this provocative book, author Tomek Grabowski argues that for liberal democracy to be sustainable, a prior breakthrough to individualism is often necessary, but that individualist revolutions are among the rarest in history. They require an unlikely confluence of three distinct historical processes-a large-scale uprooting of society, a frontier experience, and a process of civic nation building-in order to succeed. Grabowski illustrates this logic of a cultural breakthrough by focusing on the fascinating case of Poland, a country that was transformed, in the span of seventy years, from an archaic and peripheral polity into a vital component of the liberal-democratic West. The little known but central building blocks of Poland's individualist revolution included the uprooting of populations induced by the World War II, the chaotic frontier conditions that accompanied mass resettlement of the formerly German Western Territories, and the subsequent civic-educational efforts by the Catholic Church among the Polish settlers in the region. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from settlers' memoirs to contemporary interviews, Individualism and the Rise of Democracy in Poland breaks new ground with respect to both Poland's recent history and a larger cultural history of the West.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Individualism and Social Theory Chapter 1: Four Discourses of Individualism Chapter 2: Individualism Reconsidered Chapter 3: Theories of Social Individuation and A Way Forward Part Two: Individualism and Democracy in Poland Chapter 4: The Democratic Promise of Western Poland Chapter 5: Individualism Disaggregated: The Wrocław and Łódź Elites in A Cultural Perspective Part Three: Rupture and Reintegration Chapter 6: Rupture, 1945-1948 Chapter 7: The Communist Party and the Taming of the Frontier, 1949-1955 Chapter 8: A Quasi-Reformation: The Catholic Church in the Western Territories, 1945-1956 Chapter 9: The Socializers, 1965-1980 Conclusion: The Resilience of Individualism Appendix 1: Selected Socioeconomic Development Indicators for Wrocław and Łódź at the Beginning of the Democratic Era (1994) Appendix 2: Interview Questionnaire for Sorting Out Individual and Corporate Identities Appendix 3: List of Interviewees together with Their Classification into Two Main Identity Types Index

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Book SynopsisGovernments and organizations of all shapes and sizes espouse values of equity and social justice. Yet, there are many examples of unfair social arrangements and employment conditions, dysfunctional government practices, and growing income inequality in both developed and developing countries worldwide. The profession and transdiscipline of evaluation is well equipped to address issues of inequality and social injustice, but until recently has been much more focused on primary stakeholder and donor satisfaction (being as useful as possible to funders of interventions and evaluations) and accountability concerns.The authors in this volume challenge the field of evaluation to become more concerned about using evaluation to develop more equitable organizations, governments, and societies. Leading evaluation theorists and practitioners including Michael Scriven, Jennifer Greene, Thomas Schwandt, Emily Gates, Sandra Mathison, Karen Kirkhart, Saville Kushner, Lois-Ellin Datta, Ernest House, Robert Stake, Patricia Rogers, Robert Picciotto and Stewart Donaldson, provide a range of visions for how evaluation can play a much larger role in facilitating social justice across the globe.Evaluation for an Equitable Society will be of great interest to evaluation practitioners, students and scholars. It will be of interest to those teaching and taking introductory evaluation courses, as well as advanced courses focused on improving evaluation theory and practice.

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Book SynopsisGovernments and organizations of all shapes and sizes espouse values of equity and social justice. Yet, there are many examples of unfair social arrangements and employment conditions, dysfunctional government practices, and growing income inequality in both developed and developing countries worldwide. The profession and transdiscipline of evaluation is well equipped to address issues of inequality and social injustice, but until recently has been much more focused on primary stakeholder and donor satisfaction (being as useful as possible to funders of interventions and evaluations) and accountability concerns.The authors in this volume challenge the field of evaluation to become more concerned about using evaluation to develop more equitable organizations, governments, and societies. Leading evaluation theorists and practitioners including Michael Scriven, Jennifer Greene, Thomas Schwandt, Emily Gates, Sandra Mathison, Karen Kirkhart, Saville Kushner, Lois-Ellin Datta, Ernest House, Robert Stake, Patricia Rogers, Robert Picciotto and Stewart Donaldson, provide a range of visions for how evaluation can play a much larger role in facilitating social justice across the globe.Evaluation for an Equitable Society will be of great interest to evaluation practitioners, students and scholars. It will be of interest to those teaching and taking introductory evaluation courses, as well as advanced courses focused on improving evaluation theory and practice.

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Book SynopsisThis Fist Called My Heart: The Peter McLaren Reader, Volume I is “at the same time an homage, a gathering, an intellectual activist’s…toolkit, a teacher’s bullshit detector, a parent’s demand list and an academic’s orienting topography. This collection of essays…represents some of the most central and important work of Peter McLaren; work he has done on behalf of people’s liberation and humanization over more than three decades. [It provides] readers with an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of McLaren’s intellectual history and academic development, and the thinking processes that lead to his current framework and intellectual/philosophical/political situatedness in humanist Marxism. Through these gathered and sequentially presented essays, readers will be able to `see’ McLaren in the process of his theory construction, over time, without missing his essence of struggling for a just society that promotes the full humanity and liberation of all people. [Here,] we have curated some of the most exemplary essays along the trajectory of Peter McLaren’s long and impactful career. These pieces track and document Peter’s intellectual grow as one of North America’s most important intellectuals and advocates for critical pedagogy; his theorizing of the discursive and the everyday through post-modernist and post-structural lenses; his contributions to the literature and practice of critical multiculturalism; his stirring work on capitalist empire, and valiant struggles to resist it; through to his foundational, long held connection and cutting edge contribution to the field of humanist Marxism.”

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Book SynopsisThis Fist Called My Heart: The Peter McLaren Reader, Volume I is “at the same time an homage, a gathering, an intellectual activist’s…toolkit, a teacher’s bullshit detector, a parent’s demand list and an academic’s orienting topography. This collection of essays…represents some of the most central and important work of Peter McLaren; work he has done on behalf of people’s liberation and humanization over more than three decades. [It provides] readers with an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of McLaren’s intellectual history and academic development, and the thinking processes that lead to his current framework and intellectual/philosophical/political situatedness in humanist Marxism. Through these gathered and sequentially presented essays, readers will be able to `see’ McLaren in the process of his theory construction, over time, without missing his essence of struggling for a just society that promotes the full humanity and liberation of all people. [Here,] we have curated some of the most exemplary essays along the trajectory of Peter McLaren’s long and impactful career. These pieces track and document Peter’s intellectual grow as one of North America’s most important intellectuals and advocates for critical pedagogy; his theorizing of the discursive and the everyday through post-modernist and post-structural lenses; his contributions to the literature and practice of critical multiculturalism; his stirring work on capitalist empire, and valiant struggles to resist it; through to his foundational, long held connection and cutting edge contribution to the field of humanist Marxism.”

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Book SynopsisIn this fascinating analysis of political discourse in Cuban culture, María de los Ángeles Torres focuses on how the concept of time has been employed by different political projects. While the past and future are often evoked in rhetoric associated with authoritarianism, Torres argues, an emphasis on human actions in the present is important for a more democratic political culture, and she searches over a century of Cuban thought for this perspective.Delving into political texts and essays, literature, and art, Torres puts theories of temporalities in conversation with the Cuban experience. Torres closely examines the use of time and its political implications in Fidel Castro’s “History Will Absolve Me” speech, the writings of Jose Martí and Che Guevara, the poetry of Eliseo Diego and the Orígenes group, and paintings by Cuban exiles Nereida García Ferraz and María Martínez-Cañas.Recent events in Cuba have placed the search for democracy and social justice center stage, and Torres also studies the temporalities underpinning these movements, asking whether these projects are providing alternatives to overused past and future tropes. She suggests ways of thinking for today’s activists, encouraging them to remember history and imagine new possibilities while cultivating space for human agency now.

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Book SynopsisAustralian politics is changing.The two-party system is disappearing. The balance of power is shifting, and while it feels fragile now, we may just be on the precipice of a transformative era for democracy in Australia.On 21st May 2022, Australia voted, not just for change in individual seats, but a complete realignment of the way in which our political system works.This book is about how that happened, but it is also about what we have to do next, to make sure that these changes are not fleeting but are bedded down so that we move towards being the sort of progressive, open, economically stable and egalitarian nation many us what us to be.Voices of Us looks towards the future with hope and ideas.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought address the contribution that political theories of modern political philosophers have made to our understandings of peace. The discipline of peace research has reached a critical impasse, where the ideas of both "realist peace" and "democratic peace" are challenged by contemporary world events. Can we stand by while dictators violate the human rights of citizens? Can we impose a democratic peace through the projection of war? By looking back at the great works of political philosophy, this collection hopes to revive peace as an active question for political philosophy while making an original contribution to contemporary peace research and international relations.Trade Review"This is a strong and integrated collection of insightful, informative essays, offering a critical account of philosophical reflections on the nature and conditions of peace from early modernity to the present. The authors skilfully trace the principal themes, theoretical divergences, and abiding problems in modern notions of peace, in relation to justice, rights, and freedom." -- Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa and University of Sydney"Can the study of peace be separated from the study of war? In The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought, editors Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward Tabachnick attempt to present an interrogation of peace as an independent strand of philosophical inquiry. ...[T]his volume contains some fine essays, notably by Benjamin Holland on Emer de Vattel and morally non-discriminatory peace, Toivu Koivukoski on Henry David Thoreau and seeking peace in nature and Herminio Meireles Teixeira on Walter Benjamin and divine violence, an essay that explores with great clarity and dexterity some extremely complex and difficult ideas. But, as one reads over this set of essays, and as one sees the so-called refugee crisis unfold across Europe, it is Leah Bradshaw's essay on "Kant, Cosmopolitan Right, and the Prospects for Global Peac" that appears most compelling and timely. ... The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought is to be highly recommended. ... [P]rovide[s] a good introduction to those thinkers whom we do not normally associate with the idea of peace." -- Alexander Blanchard -- LSE Review of Books, 20151023Table of ContentsTable of Contents The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought , edited by Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward Tabachnick Foreword | John Gittings Introduction | Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward Tabachnick Transition to Modernity: The Place of God and Myth 1 By the Grace of God: Martin Luther's Two Kingdoms | Jarrett A. Carty 2 A Secure and Healthy Life: Spinoza on the Prospects for Peace | Paul Bagley Modern Definitions of Peace: State and Law as Means to Peace 3 Thomas Hobbes on the Path to Peace: Love of Glory versus Realist Foreign Policy | Laurie M. Johnson 4 John Locke's Liberal Path to Peace | Jeffery Sikkenga 5 Vattel on Morally Non-Discriminatory Peace | Benjamin Holland 6 In Search for Laws above Nations: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Perpetual Peace | René Paddags 7 Kant, Cosmopolitan Right, and the Prospects for Global Peace | Leah Bradshaw 8 Hegel on Peace | Mark Blitz Late-Modern Critiques of the Security of States as Approximations of Peace 9 Seeking Peace in Nature: A Reading of Thoreau on Ecology and Economy | Toivo Koivukoski 10 Heidegger's Polemical Peace: Outer Violence for Inner Harmony | David Edward Tabachnick 11 The State of Exception, Divine Violence, and Peace: Walter Benjamin's Lesson | HermÃ-nio Meireles Teixeira 12 Hannah Arendt on Peace as a Means to Politics | Diane Enns 13 Defining Peace: Jacques Derrida's âImpossible Friendshipâ and âDemocracy to Comeâ | Pamela Huber 14 Habermas on Peace and Democratic Legitimacy | David A. Borman About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living prosperously under a constitutional democracy remains elusive. This volume examines the way in which various strands of left thought have addressed the National Question, especially during the apartheid years, and goes on to discuss its relevance for South Africa today and in the future. Contributors have defined the question as they believe appropriate, which has resulted in a rich tapestry of interweaving perceptions about the unresolved National Question. The volume is structured in two parts. The first examines four foundational traditions – Marxism-Leninism (the Colonialism of a Special Type thesis); the Congress tradition; the Trotskyist tradition; and Africanism. The second part explores the various shifts in the debate from the 1960s onwards, and includes chapters on Afrikaner nationalism, ethnic issues, Black Consciousness, feminism, workerism and constitutionalism. By revisiting these debates, the volume will become a catalyst for an enriched debate on our identity and our future.Trade Review"The Unresolved National Question in South Africa is an extremely valuable contribution to the decades-long debate on South African nationhood. Its striking feature is its highly professional and balanced approach to the various narratives and traditionsTable of ContentsIntroduction Revisiting the National Question; Edward Webster and John Mawbey; Part One: Key Foundational Traditions; 1. Decentring the Question of Race: Critical Refl ections on Colonialism of a Special Type Jeremy Cronin and Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo; 2. The African National Congress: Social Democratic Thinking and the Good Society, 1940-1962 Robert van Niekerk; 3. Oliver Tambo and the National Question Luli Callinicos; 4. The Unity Movement and the National Question B.G. Brown, M.P. Giyose, H.J. Peterson, C.A. Thomas and A.R. Zinn; 5. The Africanist Turn in South African Discourses Siphamandla Zondi; Part Two: Continuity and Rupture; 6. Vicissitudes of the National Question, Afrikaner Style T. Dunbar Moodie; 7. Neville Alexander and the National Questio Enver Motala and Salim Vally; 8. The National Question confronts the Ethnic Question Gerhard Mare; 9. Black Consciousness as Nationalism of a Special Type Xolela Mangcu; 10. Postponing the National Question: Feminism and the Women's Movement Shireen Hassim; 11. Workerists Alec Erwin; 12. Red, Black and Gold: FOSATU, Workerism, Syndicalism and the Nation Sian Byrne, Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt; 13. The Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress Martin Legassick; 14. The National Democratic Revolution meets Constitutional Democracy: The Conceptual Complexities of an Unanticipated Encounter Daryl Glaser

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Book SynopsisShortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in South Africa’s struggle lexicon and many asked: What exactly is decolonisation? This book brings together some of the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address this important question. In the process, several critical questions are raised: Is decolonisation simply a slogan for addressing other pressing concerns on campuses and in society? What is the colonial legacy with respect to curricula and can it be undone? How is the project of curricula decolonisation similar to or different from the quest for post-colonial knowledge, indigenous knowledge or a critical theory of knowledge? What does decolonisation mean in a digital age where relationships between knowledge and power are shifting? Strong conceptual analyses are combined with case studies of attempts to ‘do decolonisation’ in settings as diverse as South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Mauritius. This comparative perspective enables reasonable judgments to be made about the prospects for institutional take-up within the curriculum of century-old universities. Decolonisation in Universities is essential reading for undergraduate teaching, postgraduate research and advanced scholarship in the field of curriculum studies.Trade ReviewThis outstanding collection by some of South Africa’s foremost thinkers will add clarity to the challenges facing our universities … In sharp and interesting ways the contributors remind us of the complexity of the historical moment as we try to fathom the role of universities as social institutions in a severely unequal, deeply divided society. — Ahmed Bawa, Professor and Chief Executive Officer of Universities South Africa This is a long-awaited, incisive and insightful book on decolonising knowledge in university curricula, drawing on key thinkers in the area. It will have immense impact on theory and practice beyond the borders of South Africa. — Shirley Anne Tate, Professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality, Carnegie School of EducationTable of Contents Introduction and Overview: The Politics of Curriculum – Jonathan D Jansen Part 1: The arguments for decolonisation Chapter 1 Decolonising universities – Mahmood Mamdani Chapter 2 The curriculum case for decolonization – Lesley Le Grange Part 2: The politics and problems of decolonisationisation Chapter 3 Knowledge, authority and the settled curriculum – Jonathan D Jansen Chapter 4 The institutional curriculum, pedagogy and the decolonisation of the South African university – Lis Lange Chapter 5 What counts and who belongs? Current debates in decolonising the curriculum – Ursula Hoadley and Jaamia Galant Part 3: Doing decolonizationChapter 6 Scaling decolonial consciousness? The reinvention of ‘Africa’ in a neoliberal university – Jess Auerbach, Mlungisi Dlamini and Janice Ndegwa Chapter 7 Testing transgressive thinking: The “Learning Through Enlargement” Initiative at UNISA – Crain Soudien Chapter 8 Between higher and basic education in South Africa: What does decolonisation mean for teacher education? – Yusuf Sayed and Shireen Motala Part 4: Reimaging colonial inheritances Chapter 9 Public Art and/as Curricula: Seeking a new role for monuments associated with oppression – Brenda Schmahmann Chapter 10 The Plastic University: knowledge, disciplines and the decolonial turn – André Keet Chapter 11 Decolonising knowledge: can ubuntu ethics save us from coloniality? – Piet Naude Part 5: Decolonisation and the future Chapter 12 Future knowledges and their implications for the decolonisation project – Achille Mbembe Afterword: Minds via Curricula? – Grant Parker References List of abbreviations Index

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Book SynopsisThe notion that societies mediate issues through certain kinds of engagement is at the heart of the democratic project and often centres on an imagined public sphere where this takes place. But this imagined foundation of how we live collectively appears to have suffered a dramatic collapse across the world in the digital age, with many democracies apparently unable to solve problems through talk - or even to agree on who speaks, in what ways and where. In this timely and erudite collection, writers from southern Africa combine theoretical analysis with the examination of historical cases and contemporary events to demonstrate that forms of publicness are multiple, mobile and varied. Drawing primarily on insights and materials from Africa for their capacity to speak to global developments, the authors in this volume propose new concepts and methodologies to analyse how public engagements work in society.The contributions examine charged examples from the Global South, such as the centuries old Timbuktu archive, Nelson Mandela's powerful absent presence in 1960s public life, and the contemporary debates around the 2015/2016 student activism of #rhodesmustfall and #feesmustfall. These cases show how issues of public discussion circulate in unpredictable ways.Babel Unbound will be of interest to anyone looking to find alternative ways of thinking about publicness in contemporary society in order to make better sense of the cacophony of conversations in circulation.Trade ReviewThis fi nger-on-the-pulse collection offers a new theory of the public sphere. Through news media, photography, archives, hashtags, ‘art-rage’, Muslim manuscripts, and much more, this incisive book illuminates the underlying dynamics of public engagement. — Isabel Hofmeyr, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University, Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, and author of Gandhi’s Printing Press: Experiments in Slow Reading (2013); …an exciting book that brings the South African experience into the centre of debate over today’s deep crisis of public life and democracy. The interest is not just local. It is deeply relevant for understanding populism and protests around the world. — Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University (USA) and Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK); This is a timely, original and sophisticated collection that thinks the idea of the public sphere from a southern location. The essays attempt, in creative ways, to move out of the impasse of quibbles over how ‘public’ the public sphere is, stressing its pluralities, capillary nature and dispersed sites of discussion. — Dilip Menon, Mellon Chair in Indian Studies and Director of the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, and editor of Capitalisms: Towards a Global History (2020)Table of Contents Introduction - Lesley Cowling and Carolyn Hamilton Chapter 1 Rethinking Public Engagement - Carolyn Hamilton and Lesley Cowling Chapter 2 Tracing Public Engagements in Visual Forms - Carolyn Hamilton, Litheko Modisane and Rory Bester Chapter 3 Media Orchestration in the Production of Public Debate - Lesley Cowling and Pascal Mwale Chapter 4 Fluid Publics: The Public-Making Power of Hashtags in Digital Public Spaces - Indra De Lanerolle Chapter 5 'Now We See Him, Now We Don't': The Media and the 'Black Pimpernel' - Litheko Modisane Chapter 6 Archive and Public Life - Carolyn Hamilton Chapter 7 Iconic Archive: Timbuktu and Its Manuscripts in Public Discourse - Susana Molins Lliteras Chapter 8 The Politics of Representation in Marikana: A Tale Of Competing Ideologies - Camalita Naicker Chapter 9 Artrage and the Politics of Reconciliation - Nomusa Makhubu Chapter 10 Anger, Pain, and the Body in the Public Sphere - Anthea Garman Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWhat do African feminist traditions that exist outside the canon look and feel like? What complex cultural logics are at work outside the centres of power? How do spirituality and feminism influence each other? What are the histories and experiences of queer Africans? What imaginative forms can feminist activism take?Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa is the first collection of essays dedicated to contemporary Black South African feminist perspectives. Leading feminist theorist, Desiree Lewis, and poet and feminist scholar, Gabeba Baderoon, have curated contributions by some of the finest writers and thought leaders. Radical polemic sits side by side with personal essays, and critical theory coexists with rich and stirring life histories. By including writings by Patricia McFadden, Panashe Chigumadzi, Sisonke Msimang, Zukiswa Wanner, Yewande Omotoso, Zoë Wicomb and Pumla Dineo Gqola alongside emerging thinkers, activists and creative practitioners, the collection demonstrates a dazzling range of feminist voices. The writers in these pages use creative expression, photography and poetry in eclectic, interdisciplinary ways to unearth and interrogate representations of Blackness, sexuality, girlhood, history, divinity, and other themes. Surfacing is indispensable to anyone interested in feminism from Africa which, the contributors show, is in vivid and challenging conversations with the rest of the world.Table of Contents Introduction: Being Black and Feminist - Desiree Lewis and Gabeba Baderoon Chapter 1 Winnie Mandela and the Archive: Reflections on Feminist Biography - Sisonke Msimang Chapter 2 Representing Sara Baartman in the New Millennium - Zoë Wicomb and Desiree Lewis Part I Unmaking Chapter 3 a playful but also very serious love letter to gabrielle goliath - Pumla Dineo Gqola Chapter 4 Teaching Black, Teaching Gender, Teaching Feminism - Mary Hames Chapter 5 Querying the Queer - gertrude fester-wicomb Chapter 6 South African Feminists in Search of the Sacred - Fatima Seedat Chapter 7 'Who Do You Think You Are to Speak to Me Like That?' - jackï job Chapter 8 Refining Islamic Feminisms: Gender, Subjectivity and the Divine Feminine - Sa'diyya Shaikh Chapter 9 Black Lesbian Feminist Thoughts of a Born Queer - Zethu Matebeni Chapter 10 Conversations about Photography with Keorapetse Mosimane, Thania Petersen and Tshepiso Mazibuko - Ingrid Masondo Part II Positioning Chapter 11 What We Make to Unmake: The Imagination in Feminist Struggles - Yewande Omotoso Chapter 12 Breathing Under Water - Danai S. Mupotsa Chapter 13 'Do I Make You Uncomfortable?' Writing, Editing and Publishing Black in a White Industry - Zukiswa Wanner Chapter 14 Echoes of Miriam Tlali - Barbara Boswell Chapter 15 My Two Husbands - Grace A. Musila Chapter 16 Hearing the Silence - Panashe Chigumadzi Part III Remaking Chapter 17 Thinking through Transnational Feminist Solidarities - Leigh-Ann Naidoo Chapter 18 The Music of My Orgasm - Makhosazana Xaba Chapter 19 Bringing Water to Krotoa's Gardens: Decolonisation as Direct Action - Yvette Abrahams Chapter 20 Living a Radical African Feminist Life: A Journey to Sufficiency Through Contemporarity - Patricia McFadden Notes Contributors Acknowledgements Permission credits Index

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Book SynopsisSouth Africa's democracy is often seen as a story of bright beginnings gone astray, a pattern said to be common to Africa. The negotiated settlement of 1994, it is claimed, ended racial domination and created the foundation for a prosperous democracy - but greedy politicians betrayed the promise of a new society.In Prisoners of the Past Steven Friedman astutely argues that this misreads the nature of contemporary South Africa. Building on the work of the economic historian Douglass North and the political thinker Mahmood Mamdani, Friedman shows that South African democracy's difficulties are legacies of the pre-1994 past. The settlement which ushered in majority rule left intact core features of the apartheid economy and society. The economy continues to exclude millions from its benefits, while racial hierarchies have proved stubborn: apartheid is discredited, but the values of the pre-1948 colonial era, the period of British colonisation, still dominate. Thus South Africa's democracy supports free elections, civil liberties and the rule of law, but also continues past patterns of exclusion and domination. Friedman reasons that this 'path dependence' is not, as is often claimed, the result of constitutional compromises in 1994 that left domination untouched. This bargain was flawed because it brought not too much compromise, but too little. Compromises extended political citizenship to all but there were no similar bargains on economic and cultural change. Using the work of the radical sociologist Harold Wolpe, Friedman shows that only negotiations on a new economy and society can free South Africans from the prison of the past.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 The Past Is Too Much with Us: South Africa's Path-Dependent Democracy Chapter 2 Path Dependence: What It Means and How It Explains South Africa Chapter 3 The Roots of Patronage: Path Dependence, ‘State Capture' and Corruption Chapter 4 The Bifurcated Society: Mahmood Mamdani, Rural Power and State Capture Chapter 5 A Cycle of Crisis and Compromise: Path Dependence, Race and Policy Conflicts Chapter 6 Missing the Target: The Negotiations of 1993, the Constitution and Change Chapter 7 The Power of Negotiation: The Prescience of Harold Wolpe Chapter 8 Towards a Future: A Route Out of Path Dependence Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Black X: Liberatory Thought in Azania, Tendayi Sithole elaborates on the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. Azania refers to the land that became South Africa after its conquest by settler-colonialists. Sithole argues that post-1994 South Africa retains the markers of its colonial past and remains a territory of unfreedom for blacks. He shows that the colonial contract still stands, with the land question unresolved by the new constitutional dispensation. For Sithole, being and land are indissoluble, and the denial of the centrality of land restitution is a denial of the black being. Drawing on the Black Consciousness philosophy of Steve Biko, he critiques the manner in which Marx and Marxism evade the reality of antiblack racism and landlessness as drivers of colonial conquest and ongoing forms of oppression, and emphasises the existential struggle of the black subject as explicated in Mabogo P More’s African philosophy. Sithole gathers these iterations under the mark X, and shows how the black subject, as a dehumanized figure, continues to radically insist on alternative forms of being in an antiblack world, and on Azania as the true form of liberation.This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a country that has yet to rename and redefine itself.Table of ContentsIntroduction: X, The InceptualChapter 1 The Black and the Colonial ContractChapter 2 On Land and BeingChapter 3 Steve Biko: The Matter of Ante-Marx(ism)Chapter 4 Mabogo P More’s IntensificationsPostscript – The ‘X File’ (Notes on Extended Thought) ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume of "Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development" includes some of the selected papers presented by scholars in a European Peace Science Network Meeting recently held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Chapters in this volume cover the conflicts in Maoist India, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors have employed highly sophisticated quantitative techniques and principles of Economics and Political Science in determining the causes of these ethnic conflicts and effects on human and material resources.Table of Contents1) Forced migration as a deterrence strategy in Civil conflict Paola Palacios, ICESI University, Cali, Colombia 2) International Commodity Prices and Civil Wars. Theory and Empirical Application to Sub-Saharan Africa. Raul Caruso, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy 3) A model of Sectarian Violence Ahmed Saber Mahmud, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA and Syed Mansoob Murshed, Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands and University of Birmingham, UK 4) Insurgent Violence and the Rural-Urban Divide: The Case of Maoist India. Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA 5) The Onset versus the Spread of Insurgency-Nepal, a Single Country Analysis Gary Shiffman and Prabin B Khadka, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA 6) State Capacity, Manufacturing and Civil Conflict in Africa and Latin America, 1970-2007 Jacopo Costa, University of Florence, Italy and Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona, Italy 7) Health and Conflict: Evidence from Mozambique Patrick Domingues, University of Paris 1 - Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France 8) A Methodology for the calculation of the Global Economic Costs of conflict Olaf J. de Groot, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany 9) Experimental Research of Dynamic Strategic Decision Making with the Aid of an Online Simulator Module Ranan D. Kuperman, University of Haifa., Israel 10) Regional Alliance toward the formation of a Nation: A simulation through Lindhal-Walras Mechanism Toshitaka Fukiharu, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Japan

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Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index

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Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index

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Book SynopsisThis significant collection surveys 41 pioneering and influential articles in the field of environmental politics. It maps the historical trends and current research directions, revealing the most important debates and findings in this energetic area of scholarship. Themes covered include international agreements and state negotiations, global governance, government policymaking, environmental security, the world economy, consumption, civil society and knowledge and justice.This essential single volume, with an original introduction by the editor, is an indispensible tool to researchers and scholars as well as practitioners involved in this field.Trade Review‘This is a well-chosen and accessible collection of readings. The eight thematic categories provide an engaging and thoughtful introduction to global environmental politics. Peter Dauvergne’s excellent reader will certainly become a standard text and of immense value to students and teachers.’ -- Marc Williams, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ‘The Field of Environmental Politics’ PART I REGIMES AND COOPERATION 1. Oran R. Young (1989), ‘The Politics of International Regime Formation: Managing Natural Resources and the Environment’ 2. Peter M. Haas (1989), ‘Do Regimes Matter? Epistemic Communities and Mediterranean Pollution Control’ 3. Carsten Helm and Detlef Sprinz (2000), ‘Measuring the Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes’ 4. Elinor Ostrom (1999), ‘Coping with Tragedies of the Commons’ PART II GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 5. Ken Conca (1995), ‘Greening the United Nations: Environmental Organisations and the UN System’ 6. Jennifer Clapp (1998), ‘The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 14000 and the Developing World’ 7. David Vogel (1997), ‘Trading Up and Governing Across: Transnational Governance and Environmental Protection’ 8. Robert Falkner (2003), ‘Private Environmental Governance and International Relations: Exploring the Links’ 9. Michele M. Betsill and Harriet Bulkeley (2006), ‘Cities and the Multilevel Governance of Global Climate Change’ 10. Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister (2010), ‘The Power of Big Box Retail in Global Environmental Governance: Bringing Commodity Chains Back into IR’ 11. Peter Dauvergne and Déborah B.L. Farias (2012), ‘The Rise of Brazil as a Global Development Power’ PART III STATE POLICY AND MODERNISATION 12. David L. Levy (1997), ‘Environmental Management as Political Sustainability’ 13. William Lafferty and Eivind Hovden (2003), ‘Environmental Policy Integration: Towards an Analytical Framework’ 14. Arthur P.J. Mol and Gert Spaargaren (2000), ‘Ecological Modernisation Theory in Debate: A Review’ 15. Richard York and Eugene A. Rosa (2003), ‘Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory: Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-Efficiency’ PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY 16. Thomas F. Homer-Dixon (1991), ‘On the Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict’ 17. Daniel Deudney (1990), ‘The Case Against Linking Environmental Degradation and National Security’ 18. Indra de Soysa (2002), ‘Paradise Is a Bazaar? Greed, Creed, and Governance in Civil War, 1989–99’ 19. Philippe Le Billon (2001), ‘The Political Ecology of War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflict’ PART V GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 20. Peter Newell and Matthew Paterson (1998), ‘A Climate for Business: Global Warming, the State and Capital’ 21. Muthukumara Mani and David Wheeler (1998), ‘In Search of Pollution Havens? Dirty Industry in the World Economy, 1960 to 1995’ 22. Gareth Porter (1999), ‘Trade Competition and Pollution Standards: “Race to the Bottom” or “Stuck at the Bottom”’ 23. Peter Dauvergne and Kate J. Neville (2009), ‘The Changing North-South and South-South Political Economy of Biofuels’ 24. Peter Dauvergne and Kate J. Neville (2010), ‘Forests, Food, and Fuel in the Tropics: The Uneven Social and Ecological Consequences of the Emerging Political Economy of Biofuels’ 25. Kate J. Neville and Peter Dauvergne (2012), ‘Biofuels and the Politics of Mapmaking’ PART VI CONSUMPTION 26. Thomas Princen (1999), ‘Consumption and Environment: Some Conceptual Issues’ 27. Michael F. Maniates (2001), ‘Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?’ 28. Kersty Hobson (2002), ‘Competing Discourses of Sustainable Consumption: Does the ‘Rationalisation of Lifestyles’ Make Sense?’ 29. Doris A. Fuchs and Sylvia Lorek (2005), ‘Sustainable Consumption Governance: A History of Promises and Failures’ 30. Peter Dauvergne (2010), ‘The Problem of Consumption’ 31. Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister (2010), ‘The Prospects and Limits of Eco-Consumerism: Shopping Our Way to Less Deforestation?’ 32. Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister (2012), ‘Big Brand Sustainability: Governance Prospects and Environmental Limits’ PART VII CIVIL SOCIETY AND NGOS 33. Paul Wapner (1995), ‘Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics’ 34. Ann Marie Clark, Elisabeth J. Friedman and Kathryn Hochstetler (1998), ‘The Sovereign Limits of Global Civil Society: A Comparison of NGO Participation in UN Conferences on the Environment, Human Rights and Women’ 35. Ranjit Dwivedi (2001), ‘Environmental Movements in the Global South: Issues of Livelihood and Beyond’ 36. Michele M. Betsill and Elisabeth Corell (2001), ‘NGO Influence in International Environmental Negotiations: A Framework for Analysis’ 37. Peter Dauvergne and Kate J. Neville (2011), ‘Mindbombs of Right and Wrong: Cycles of Contention in the Activist Campaign to Stop Canada's Seal Hunt’ PART VIII KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTICE 38. Sheila S. Jasanoff (1987), ‘Contested Boundaries in Policy-Relevant Science’ 39. Karin Bäckstrand (2003), ‘Civic Science for Sustainability: Reframing the Role of Experts, Policy-Makers and Citizens in Environmental Governance’ 40. Michael R. Dove (2006), ‘Indigenous People and Environmental Politics’ 41. David Schlosberg, (2004), ‘Reconceiving Environmental Justice: Global Movements and Political Theories’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisComparative Law and Society, part of the Research Handbooks in Comparative Law series, is a pioneering volume that comprises 19 original essays written by expert authors from across the world. This innovative handbook offers both a history of the field of comparative law and society and a thorough exploration of its methods, disciplines, and major issues, presenting the most comprehensive look into this contemporary field to date. In Part I, Methods and Disciplines, contributors approach critical issues in comparative law and society from a variety of academic fields, including sociology, criminology, anthropology, economics, political science, and psychology. This multidisciplinary approach highlights the importance of addressing the variance of perspectives inherent to the field. In Part II, Core Issues, chapters offer an exploration of major legal institutions, processes, professionals, and cultures associated with particular legal subjects. Since authors utilize the perspective of at least two different legal systems, this book offers a truly thorough and wide-ranging focus. The general reader, as well as students and scholars, will find this handbook useful in their continuing explorations into the interaction between law and society. Practitioners such as lawyers and judges with an interest in global perspectives of law will also find much to admire in this innovative volume. Contributors: M. Adler, N. Brewer, D.S. Clark, R. Cotterrell, B.L. Cutler, T. Ginsburg, M. Goodale, C. Guarnieri, R. Horry, B. Luppi, S.C. McCaffrey, E. Mertz, D. Nelken, F. Pakes, M.A. Palmer, F. Parisi, J.T. Polk, J.C. Reitz, R.E. Salcido, S. Stendahl, J.C. Suk, G.A. Tarr, S.C. Thaman, K. van Aeken, H.J. WiardaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. History of Comparative Law and Society David S. Clark PART I: METHODS AND DISCIPLINES 2. Comparative Sociology of Law Roger Cotterrell 3. Comparative Criminology Francis Pakes 4. Comparative Anthropology of Law Elizabeth Mertz and Mark Goodale 5. Comparative Law and Economics: Accounting for Social Norms Francesco Parisi and Barbara Luppi 6. Comparative Law and Political Economy John C. Reitz 7. Comparative Legal Psychology: Eyewitness Identification Ruth Horry, Matthew A. Palmer, Neil Brewer and Brian L. Cutler PART II: CORE ISSUES 8. Separation of Legislative and Executive Governmental Powers Howard J. Wiarda and Jonathan T. Polk 9. Federalism and Subnational Legal Systems: The Canadian Example of Provincial Constitutionalism G. Alan Tarr 10. Judges, their Careers, and Independence Carlo Guarnieri 11. Civil Court Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Koen van Aeken 12. Criminal Courts and Procedure Stephen C. Thaman 13. Administrative Law, Agencies and Redress Mechanisms in the United Kingdom and Sweden Michael Adler and Sara Stendahl 14. Constitutional Law and Courts Tom Ginsburg 15. Legal Cultures David Nelken 16. Legal Education David S. Clark 17. Legal Professions and Law Firms David S. Clark 18. Legal Protection of the Environment Stephen C. McCaffrey and Rachael E. Salcido 19. Preventive Health at Work Julie C. Suk Index

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Book SynopsisWhat an impressively successful venture! The authors are experts, who offer here authoritative, research-based, brand-new findings, excellent coverage of extant literature, new ideas and novel interpretations, analyses of controversies concerning their topics, and fascinating case studies. While specialists absolutely need to consult every chapter, its clarity and comprehensibility - plus its provision of definitions and distinctions - mean it is pitched such that even the totally uninitiated can absorb its information. Overall, a most superb collection, going well beyond what one would imagine a 'handbook' might hold.'- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, USThe Handbook of the Politics of China is a comprehensive resource introducing readers to the very latest in research on Chinese politics. David Goodman provides an introduction to the key structures and issues, providing the foundations on which later learning can be built. Including a comprehensive bibliography, it is an ideal reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics.The Handbook contains four sections of new and original research, dealing with leadership and institutions, public policy, political economy and social change, and international relations. Each of the 26 chapters has been written by a leading internationally-established authority in the field and each reviews the literature on the topic, and presents the latest findings of research.Presenting the state of the art of the field, this reader-oriented Handbook is an essential primer for the study of China's politics.Contributors include: S. Breslin, K. Brown, A. Camarena, C. Cartier, M. Chen, J. A.Donaldson, J. Dosch, J. Duckett, B. Gill, D.S.G. Goodman, Y. Guo, W. Guohui, J.Y.J. Hsu, D. Hu, Y. Ji, K. Kojima, F. Li, L.C. Li, W.J. Morgan, B. Naughton, J.C. Oi, L.H. Ong, J. Reilly, S. Suzuki, F.C. Teiwes, G. Wang, Z. Wang, X.Yan, D.L.Yang, X. Zang, Y. ZhengTrade Review‘ . . . Handbook of the Politics of China provides a thorough survey of various aspects of Chinese politics, which scholars and students alike will find very useful.’ -- Zhiqun Zhu, Ph.D., International Social Science Review‘What an impressively successful venture! The authors are experts, who offer here authoritative, research-based, brand-new findings, excellent coverage of extant literature, new ideas and novel interpretations, analyses of controversies concerning their topics, and fascinating case studies. While specialists absolutely need to consult every chapter, its clarity and comprehensibility – plus its provision of definitions and distinctions – mean it is pitched such that even the totally uninitiated can absorb its information. Overall, a most superb collection, going well beyond what one would imagine a “handbook” might hold.’ -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, USTable of ContentsContents: The Study of Contemporary Chinese Politics: A Reader’s Guide David S.G. Goodman PART I LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURES 1. The Study of Elite Political Conflict in the PRC: Politics inside the ‘Black Box’ Frederick C. Teiwes 2. Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party Kazuko Kojima 3. The Chinese Communist Party: An Institutional Perspective Zheng Yongnian and Chen Gang 4. The Central Government Yan Xu and Dali L. Yang 5. Provincial Politics Bo Zhiyue 6. Local Governance: The Roles of the People’s Congresses and the People’s Political Consultative Conferences Minglu Chen 7. Post-Deng Transformation of the People’s Liberation Army: Changes, Continuities and Consequences You Ji PART II PUBLIC POLICY 8. Managing Government Finance Linda Chelan Li 9. Administrative Territory Carolyn Cartier and Hu De 10. Economic Policy Barry Naughton 11. Regional Development Policy and Regional Inequality John A. Donaldson 12. China’s Nationality Policy from the Perspective of International Minority Rights Xiaowei Zang 13. Education: From Egalitarian Ideology to Public Policy W. John Morgan and Fengliang Li 14. Welfare and Social Security Wang Guohui and Jane Duckett PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 15. Corruption and Anti-corruption Dali Yang and Yan Xu 16. The Class Politics of the Chinese Communist Party Yingjie Guo 17. From Xianglin’s Wife to the Iron Girls: The Politics of Gender Representation Wang Zheng 18. Rural Development Jean C. Oi 19. Non-governmental Organizations Jennifer Y.J. Hsu 20. Reports of Social Unrest: Basic characteristics, Trends and Patterns, 2003-12 Lynette H. Ong PART IV INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 21. China on the World Stage Shaun Breslin 22. Economic Statecraft James Reilly 23. East Asia Shogo Suzuki 24. Admiration, Ambivalence, Antipathy: The Past and Future for US-China Relations Bates Gill 25. Southeast Asia Alberto Camarena and Jörn Dosch 26. China and the European Union Kerry Brown Index

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Book SynopsisPolitical trust - of citizens in government, parliament or political parties - has been centre stage in political science for more than half a century, reflecting ongoing concerns about the legitimacy of representative democracy. This Handbook offers the first truly global perspective on political trust and integrates the conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and empirical state of the art. An impressive, international body of expert scholars explore established and new venues of research, by taking stock of levels, trends, explanations and implications of political trust, and relating them to regional particularities across the globe. Along with a wealth of genuine empirical analyses, this Handbook also features the latest developments in personality, cognitive and emotional research and discusses, not only the relevance, but also the 'dark side' of political trust. Discerning yet accessible, this Handbook provides scholars, students and policy makers with the tools to navigate through a complexity of theories, trends, causes and consequences of political trust, whilst also directing their future research.Contributors include: R. Andeweg, M. Bargsted, D.-G. Barton, É. Bélanger, D. Canache, J.C. Castillo, F. Cavatorta, R.J. Dalton, C.C. Eckel, O.W. Gabriel, M. Grimes, A. Hakhverdian, A. Haugsgjerd, M. Hayes, M.L. Hutchison, K. Johnson, S. Kumlin, C. Liu, S. Marien, Q. Mayne, L. McLaren, J.J. Mondak, J. Muñoz, K. Newton, P. Norris, C.-M. Park, P. Rivetti, T.J. Rudolph, N.M. Somma, D. Stolle, E. Theiss-Morse, J. Thomassen, M. Torcal, E.M. Uslaner, T.W.G. van der Meer, J.W. van Deth, C. van Ham, M.E. Warren, R.K. Wilson, G. Závecz, S. ZmerliTrade Review'This Handbook offers a comprehensive account of what is currently known about political trust. In 29 chapters a stellar cast of 41 authors informs about the concept, its measurement, and correlates. In addition, they document empirically the development and distribution of political trust across the globe in different political settings. This volume is a ''must read'' for all those interested in political trust as a major resource for the political community, the political regime, and the political authorities.' --Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Social Science Research Center Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Deeply Rooted Concern with Political Trust Tom W.G. van der Meer, Sonja Zmerli PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 2. The Conceptual Framework of Political Support Pippa Norris 3. What Kinds of Trust Does a Democracy Need? Trust from the Perspective of Democratic Theory Mark E. Warren 4. Functions of Political Trust in Authoritarian Settings Paola Rivetti and Francesco Cavatorta 5. Political Trust and Multilevel Government Jordi Muñoz 6. The Measurement Equivalence of Political Trust Sofie Marien 7. Objects of Political and Social Trust: Scales and Hierarchies Sonja Zmerli and Ken Newton 8. Political Trust in Experimental Designs Rick K. Wilson and Catherine C. Eckel PART II CAUSES, CORRELATES, CONSEQUENCES Micro Level 9. Biological and Psychological Influences on Political Trust Jeffery J. Mondak, Matthew Hayes and Damarys Canache 10. Emotion, Cognition, and Political Trust Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Dona-Gene Barton 11. Education, Socialization, and Political Trust Quinton Mayne and Armen Hakhverdian 12. Political Trust as a Heuristic Thomas J. Rudolph 13. Compliance, Trust, and Norms of Citizenship Jan W. Van Deth 14. Participation and Political Trust Oscar W. Gabriel 15. Political Trust and Voting Behaviour Eric Bélanger Meso and Macro Level 16. Procedural Fairness and Political Trust Marcia Grimes 17. Democratic Input, Macro-Economic Output, and Political Trust Tom W.G. Van Der Meer 18. The Welfare State and Political Trust: Bringing Performance Back in Staffan Kumlin and Atle Haugsgjerd 19. Political Trust, Corruption, and Inequality Eric M. Uslaner 20. Immigration, Ethnic Diversity, and Political Trust Lauren Mclaren 21. Social Capital, Civic Culture and Political Trust Christopher Liu and Dietlind Stolle 22. Political Trust and the Mass Media Ken Newton PART III POLITICAL TRUST ACROSS THE GLOBE 23. Political Trust in North America Russell J. Dalton 24. Political Trust in Latin America Matías Bargsted, Nicolás M. Somma and Juan Carlos Castillo 25. Political Trust in Western and Southern Europe Mariano Torcal 26. Post-Communist Societies of Central and Eastern Europe Gergõ Závecz 27. Political Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab Region Marc L. Hutchison and Kristin Johnson 28. Political Trust in the Asia-Pacific Region Chong-Min Park 29. Political Trust and the Decline of Legitimacy Debate: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation into their Interrelationship Jacques Thomassen, Rudy Andeweg and Carolien Van Ham Index

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Book SynopsisCivilization and War is an exceptionally erudite and timely meditation on the close relationship between civilization, progress and war in modern political thought and policy from the Enlightenment to the war on terror. It is a fitting complement to Dr. Bowden's path-breaking study, The Empire of Civilization (2009).'- James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada'Civilization and War addresses a concern of all thinking persons in elegant language with erudition to match. Bowden's readers will profit by stretching their minds, learn much to mull over and discuss with their friends.'- William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, US'A lucid, wide-ranging and fascinating discussion of how 'civilization' has given rise to ideals of peace and progress and is - perhaps inescapably - prone to technologically-advanced, destructive warfare.'- Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK'Following his award-winning The Empire of Civilization, Brett Bowden's Civilization and War is a much-needed corrective to Kantian hopes for cosmopolitan governance. Short as it may be, this is an eminently readable book that rightfully poses uncomfortable questions with regard to the inextricable link between 'civilization' and 'barbarism.' It is also a reminder, however, to political realists to take the ethical questions of armed conflict more seriously. Such violence is overcome less by normative moral frameworks than by the actual practices of migration and cooperation as much as by exchanges of goods and ideas.'- Christian Emden, Rice University, USCivilization and war were born around the same time in roughly the same place they have effectively grown up together. This challenges the belief that the more civilized we become, the less likely the resort to war in order to resolve differences and disputes. The related assumption that civilized societies are more likely to abide by the rules of war is also in dispute. Where does terrorism fit into debates about civilized and savage war? What are we to make of talk about an impending 'clash of civilizations'? In a succinct yet wide ranging survey of history and of ideas that calls in to question a number of conventional wisdoms, Civilization and War explores these issues and more whilst outlining the two-way relationship between civilization and war.Providing an alternative perspective to conventional thinking, this book will appeal to a wide interdisciplinary audience across all regions of the globe. The material is both original and highly topical and is written in a sharp, snappy style that makes it accessible to a wide readership, including upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, academic specialists and informed general readers. Civilization and War makes important contributions to the fields of international relations, peace and conflict studies, political theory and the history of ideas, and will be of interest to people with a curiosity about world history and current affairs.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Civilization and Peace 3. Civilization and War 4. Civilization and Savagery 5. Civilization, War, and Terror 6. Us and Them at War 7. Civilizations at War? Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘This book may well suit every reader. It covers a very broad topic by taking a closer look at the relationship between civilization and war. Brett Bowden offers in fewer than 210 pages much of what one needs to reflect on the largely neglected relationship between civilization and war. As is the case with any good book, this one raises more questions than answers and offers through numerous chapter notes and its? ?bibliography the opportunity for readers to explore further the many topics addressed. The writing style makes it possible to reach an? ?audience broader than just academic. Although the book is physically small in size, the creation of a single synthesis of ideas makes it? ?worthwhile for anyone who wishes to approach, with the critical distance required, the important issues of the relationship between? ?civilization and war.?'? -- Bruno André Giraudon?, Journal of Conflict Management?‘Bowden raises many salient points in his book. War in all its fury certainly remains a persistent feature of human relations. The amounts of money societies devote to war preparation demonstrate the high priority placed on violent activity. Certainly, the ongoing violence in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria show the persistence of war despite international efforts to contain such conflicts. Bowden's observations clearly remain poignant for today's world.’ -- The Historian‘Civilization and War is an exceptionally erudite and timely meditation on the close relationship between civilization, progress and war in modern political thought and policy from the Enlightenment to the war on terror. It is a fitting complement to Dr. Bowden’s path-breaking study, The Empire of Civilization (2009).’ -- James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada‘Civilization and War addresses a concern of all thinking persons in elegant language with erudition to match. Bowden’s readers will profit by stretching their minds, learn much to mull over and discuss with their friends.’ -- William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, US‘A lucid, wide-ranging and fascinating discussion of how “civilization” has given rise to ideals of peace and progress and is – perhaps inescapably – prone to technologically-advanced, destructive warfare.’ -- Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK‘Bowden clearly identi?es the constellation of concepts that coalesce around civilization and war. . . The paradox of civilization and war at the heart of this book is not a new discovery, but it is an important one. Simply stated, it notes that as civilization has grown so has war-making such that these two go and grow together. The paradoxical nature of this relationship, of growing civilization leading to an increase in militarization and con?icts, is a sharp contrast to the rhetoric of peace that emerges from liberal democratic states. Identifying this contrast is important, and Bowden does this very well.’ -- Mark Erickson, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology‘Following his award-winning The Empire of Civilization, Brett Bowden’s Civilization and War is a much-needed corrective to Kantian hopes for cosmopolitan governance. Short as it may be, this is an eminently readable book that rightfully poses uncomfortable questions with regard to the inextricable link between “civilization” and “barbarism.” It is also a reminder, however, to political realists to take the ethical questions of armed conflict more seriously. Such violence is overcome less by normative moral frameworks than by the actual practices of migration and cooperation as much as by exchanges of goods and ideas.’ -- Christian Emden, Rice University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Civilization and Peace 3. Civilization and War 4. Civilization and Savagery 5. Civilization, War, and Terror 6. Us and Them at War 7. 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Book SynopsisHuman trafficking is widely considered to be the fastest growing branch of trafficking. As this important book reveals, it has moved rapidly up the agenda of states and international organisations since the early-1990s, not only because of this growth, but also as its implications for security and human rights have become clearer. This fascinating study by international experts provides original research findings on human trafficking, with particular reference to Europe, South-East Asia and Australia. A major focus is on why and how many states and organisations act in ways that undermine trafficked victims' rights, as part of 'quadruple victimisation'. It compares and contrasts policies and suggests which seem to work best and why. The contributors also advocate radical new approaches that most states and other formal organisations appear loath to introduce, for reasons that are explored in this unique book. This must-read book will appeal to policymakers as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of criminology, human rights law, gender studies, political science and international studies.Contributors: J. Debeljak, L. Holmes, S. Kneebone, Z. Lasocik, K. Leong, S. Milivojevic, S. Schwandner-Sievers, M. Segrave, O. Simic, S. YeaTrade ReviewTrafficking and Human Rights makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about key issues in the global and national response to trafficking in persons.' --Benjamin Perrin, Asian Criminology'This well researched volume not only makes valuable contributions to the literature on human trafficking, but also clearly states its own limitations, such as a heavy emphasis on the trafficking of women and limited geographical coverage. Nevertheless, it deserves to be widely read among academics, scholars, students and policy makers interested in issues of human security, international studies, criminology and gender studies. I look forward to the publication of future work by Holmes and the other brilliant contributors to this volume.' --South East Asia ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Issue of Human Trafficking Leslie Holmes 2. Human Trafficking: A Challenge for the European Union and its Member States (with particular reference to Poland) Zbigniew Lasocik 3. Responses to Sex Trafficking: Gender, Borders and ‘Home’ Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave 4. People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Within, from and through Central and Eastern Europe Leslie Holmes 5. ‘Boys will be Boys’: Human Trafficking and UN Peacekeeping in Bosnia and Kosovo Olivera Simić 6. Between Social Opprobrium and Repeat Trafficking: Chances and Choices of Albanian Women Deported from the UK Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers 7. Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Purposes: Sweden’s Anti-trafficking Regime and the Lessons for Australia Kevin Leong 8. Combating Transnational Crime in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The Cases of Laos and Cambodia Susan Kneebone and Julie Debeljak 9. Exit, Rehabilitation and Returning to Prostitution: Experiences of Domestic Trafficking Victims in the Philippines Sallie Yea 10. Conclusions: Quadruple Victimisation? Leslie Holmes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCivilization and War is an exceptionally erudite and timely meditation on the close relationship between civilization, progress and war in modern political thought and policy from the Enlightenment to the war on terror. It is a fitting complement to Dr. Bowden's path-breaking study, The Empire of Civilization (2009).'- James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada'Civilization and War addresses a concern of all thinking persons in elegant language with erudition to match. Bowden's readers will profit by stretching their minds, learn much to mull over and discuss with their friends.'- William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, US'A lucid, wide-ranging and fascinating discussion of how 'civilization' has given rise to ideals of peace and progress and is - perhaps inescapably - prone to technologically-advanced, destructive warfare.'- Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK'Following his award-winning The Empire of Civilization, Brett Bowden's Civilization and War is a much-needed corrective to Kantian hopes for cosmopolitan governance. Short as it may be, this is an eminently readable book that rightfully poses uncomfortable questions with regard to the inextricable link between 'civilization' and 'barbarism.' It is also a reminder, however, to political realists to take the ethical questions of armed conflict more seriously. Such violence is overcome less by normative moral frameworks than by the actual practices of migration and cooperation as much as by exchanges of goods and ideas.'- Christian Emden, Rice University, USCivilization and war were born around the same time in roughly the same place they have effectively grown up together. This challenges the belief that the more civilized we become, the less likely the resort to war in order to resolve differences and disputes. The related assumption that civilized societies are more likely to abide by the rules of war is also in dispute. Where does terrorism fit into debates about civilized and savage war? What are we to make of talk about an impending 'clash of civilizations'? In a succinct yet wide ranging survey of history and of ideas that calls in to question a number of conventional wisdoms, Civilization and War explores these issues and more whilst outlining the two-way relationship between civilization and war.Providing an alternative perspective to conventional thinking, this book will appeal to a wide interdisciplinary audience across all regions of the globe. The material is both original and highly topical and is written in a sharp, snappy style that makes it accessible to a wide readership, including upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, academic specialists and informed general readers. Civilization and War makes important contributions to the fields of international relations, peace and conflict studies, political theory and the history of ideas, and will be of interest to people with a curiosity about world history and current affairs.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Civilization and Peace 3. Civilization and War 4. Civilization and Savagery 5. Civilization, War, and Terror 6. Us and Them at War 7. Civilizations at War? Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘This book may well suit every reader. It covers a very broad topic by taking a closer look at the relationship between civilization and war. Brett Bowden offers in fewer than 210 pages much of what one needs to reflect on the largely neglected relationship between civilization and war. As is the case with any good book, this one raises more questions than answers and offers through numerous chapter notes and its? ?bibliography the opportunity for readers to explore further the many topics addressed. The writing style makes it possible to reach an? ?audience broader than just academic. Although the book is physically small in size, the creation of a single synthesis of ideas makes it? ?worthwhile for anyone who wishes to approach, with the critical distance required, the important issues of the relationship between? ?civilization and war.?'? -- Bruno André Giraudon?, Journal of Conflict Management?‘Bowden raises many salient points in his book. War in all its fury certainly remains a persistent feature of human relations. The amounts of money societies devote to war preparation demonstrate the high priority placed on violent activity. Certainly, the ongoing violence in Iraq, Syria, and Nigeria show the persistence of war despite international efforts to contain such conflicts. Bowden's observations clearly remain poignant for today's world.’ -- The Historian‘Civilization and War is an exceptionally erudite and timely meditation on the close relationship between civilization, progress and war in modern political thought and policy from the Enlightenment to the war on terror. It is a fitting complement to Dr. Bowden’s path-breaking study, The Empire of Civilization (2009).’ -- James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada‘Civilization and War addresses a concern of all thinking persons in elegant language with erudition to match. Bowden’s readers will profit by stretching their minds, learn much to mull over and discuss with their friends.’ -- William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, US‘A lucid, wide-ranging and fascinating discussion of how “civilization” has given rise to ideals of peace and progress and is – perhaps inescapably – prone to technologically-advanced, destructive warfare.’ -- Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK‘Bowden clearly identi?es the constellation of concepts that coalesce around civilization and war. . . The paradox of civilization and war at the heart of this book is not a new discovery, but it is an important one. Simply stated, it notes that as civilization has grown so has war-making such that these two go and grow together. The paradoxical nature of this relationship, of growing civilization leading to an increase in militarization and con?icts, is a sharp contrast to the rhetoric of peace that emerges from liberal democratic states. Identifying this contrast is important, and Bowden does this very well.’ -- Mark Erickson, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology‘Following his award-winning The Empire of Civilization, Brett Bowden’s Civilization and War is a much-needed corrective to Kantian hopes for cosmopolitan governance. Short as it may be, this is an eminently readable book that rightfully poses uncomfortable questions with regard to the inextricable link between “civilization” and “barbarism.” It is also a reminder, however, to political realists to take the ethical questions of armed conflict more seriously. Such violence is overcome less by normative moral frameworks than by the actual practices of migration and cooperation as much as by exchanges of goods and ideas.’ -- Christian Emden, Rice University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Civilization and Peace 3. Civilization and War 4. Civilization and Savagery 5. Civilization, War, and Terror 6. Us and Them at War 7. 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