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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores think tanks from the perspective of critical policy studies, showcasing how knowledge, power and politics intersect with the ways in which think tanks intervene in public policy.Expert contributors offer multidisciplinary analyses of the history of policy advice and expertise and highlight recent examples of how think tanks navigate public debates, political arenas and the backstage of decision-making. They provide an overview of historical developments in the emergence and evolution of think tanks and consider how current think tanks produce policy narratives and exercise influence through the power of ideas. Focusing on institutional structures and social forces, chapters explain how national and transnational think tank landscapes are organized and how think tanks shape knowledge production infrastructure in different governance contexts. The book concludes that evaluating this infrastructure is crucial for ensuring that policy discourse serves collective interests and inclusive policy learning in diverse democratic polities.This book's evaluation of the impact of think tanks on expertise, democracy and social justice, while utilizing rigorous empirical research, will be useful for scholars and students of public policy, political theory and public administration and management. It will also be beneficial for think tankers and policy analysts.Trade Review'Think tanks are ubiquitous today. This volume is a stellar contribution by showing how these organizations have evolved and adjusted to the post factual world where experts and policy knowledge is constantly contested. Even so, many think tanks have been able to penetrate policy advisory structures in countries around the world. But the contributors go further to delve into their organizational strategies that go beyond seeking to inform policy to reveal the way in which they wield power in shaping policy discourses and paradigms.' -- Diane Stone, European University Institute, Italy and International Public Policy Association, France'Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the global reach of think tanks. Its incisive studies are a must-read, not only for scholars focused on this subject, but for anyone interested in the shifting interface between public policy and scientific reason. -- '– Thomas Medvetz, University of California, San Diego, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 An introduction to critical studies of think tanks 1 Julien Landry PART I THINK TANKS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLICY EXPERTISE 2 How advocacy tanks wrote the latest chapter in the history of political intellectuals 21 Guillaume Lamy 3 From private advice to public policy? The evolution of consultancy think tanks 37 Matthias Kipping PART II BROKERING ACCESS, MARKETING KNOWLEDGE 4 Democracy, civil society and the strategies pursued by think tanks in Mexico 58 Alejandra Salas-Porras 5 In the backstage of influence and ‘policy marketing.’ Collusive transactions and action-oriented knowledge at Epode European Network 79 Thomas Alam 6 An uphill battle: think tanks, Donald Trump and the war of ideas 97 Donald E. Abelson PART III DISCOURSE, POWER, INFLUENCE 7 Interplays of economic and knowledge power. Neoliberal think tank networks and the return and universalization of entrepreneurship 117 Dieter Plehwe 8 Think tanks and the turnaround of the right in Brazil 137 Juliana Hauck and Ciro Resende 9 Think tanks as governance entrepreneurs: institutionalizing human rights in ASEAN 157 Erin Zimmerman PART IV SPHERES OF TRUTH AND SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE 10 Politics by the same means? Think tanks, polarization and the road to post-truth in the United States and Canada 177 Julien Landry 11 Widening the gap: US think tanks and the manufactured chasm between scientific expertise and common sense on climate change 196 Alexander Ruser 12 Towards an epistemic evaluation of think tank ecosystems: the case of epistemic justice 215 Andréanne Veillette, François Claveau and Amandine Catala Index

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Book SynopsisThe thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes, illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of the field.Chapters review key concepts and ideas that form the backbone of modern governance studies, offering vital insights into how this contributes to the development of social science research. The comprehensively updated second edition provides new insights on governance in the contemporary political landscape of global authoritarian populism, emergent progressive movements and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivering a foundational conceptual toolkit for research, this Handbook reveals the diversity of contemporary governing practices as changing political dynamics lay the groundwork for the next generation of theories of governance.Sketching a comprehensive map for governance research, this Handbook is a crucial resource for scholars and researchers of governance, as well as those in political science, public policy and public management in need of a solid understanding of core governance theories. It also offers policymakers and practitioners an agenda for navigating the future of governance in a rapidly changing global political order.Trade Review‘Pity the poor doctoral student who propose to tackle theories of governance. Confronted by many competing theories from multiple disciplines, which way to turn? Once hapless, now help is to hand. Ansell and Torfing provide an authoritative, comprehensive source. They cannot reconcile all the theoretical and disciplinary differences, but they can and do provide a systematic overview of the field. All can now reflect upon this current blessing not their previous misfortune.’ -- Roderick Rhodes, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii Acknowledgements xvii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Theories of Governance 1 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE 2 Collective action theory 18 Robert Holahan and Mark Lubell 3 Organization theory 28 Morten Egeberg, Åse Gornitzka and Jarle Trondal 4 Public management theory 42 Zoe Radnor, Stephen Osborne and Russ Glennon 5 Planning theory 56 Thomas Hartmann and Stan Geertman 6 Policy process frameworks 66 Saba Siddiki 7 State theory 77 Bob Jessop 8 Democratic theory 89 Andreas Klinke 9 Public law and regulatory theory 104 Shauhin Talesh 10 Development theory 118 Jennifer N. Brass 11 International relations theory 129 Kerstin Sahlin PART II BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS 12 Heterarchy 140 Karen Stephenson 13 Network 149 Patrick Kenis 14 Public participation 158 Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson 15 Representation 169 Lucy Taylor 16 Deliberation 178 Per Ola Öberg 17 Power 187 Mark Haugaard 18 Legitimacy 196 Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 19 Trust 205 Bart Nooteboom 20 Accountability 215 Yannis Papadopoulos 21 Transparency 226 Jenny de Fine Licht and Daniel Naurin 22 Evidence 234 Paul Cairney 23 Learning 244 Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak 24 Innovation 254 Jean Hartley and Jacob Torfing 25 Risk 264 Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke 26 Steering 278 Renate Mayntz 27 Soft and hard governing tools 285 Paula Blomqvist PART III THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS 28 Information-based governance 298 Graham Bullock 29 Discourse theory 309 Steven Griggs and David Howarth 30 Institutional theory 323 B. Guy Peters 31 Public choice theory 336 Lina Ericksson 32 The Advocacy Coalition Framework 353 Jonathan J. Pierce and Alex Osei-Kojo 33 Economic theory 365 Klaus Nielsen 34 Governmentality 378 Peter Triantafillou 35 Complexity theory and systems analysis 389 Christopher Koliba, Lasse Gerrits, Mary Lee Rhodes and Jack W. Meek 36 Narrative and interpretative theory 407 Nick Turnbull 37 Pragmatism 419 Christopher Ansell 38 Normative considerations of interactive governance: effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy and innovation 429 Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk PART IV FORMS OF GOVERNANCE 39 Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks 446 Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 40 Democratic network governance 462 Eva Sørensen 41 Regulatory governance 472 John Yasuda 42 Network governance 485 Robyn Keast 43 Collaborative governance 497 Alison Gash 44 Private governance 510 Marija Isailovic and Philipp Pattberg 45 Urban and regional governance 519 Jon Pierre 46 Multi-level governance 528 Ian Bache, Ian Bartle and Matt Flinders 47 EU and supranational governance 540 Diana Panke and Miguel Haubrich-Seco 48 Transnational economic governance 555 Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon 49 Metagovernance 567 Jacob Torfing 50 Adaptive governance 580 Toddi Steelman 51 Experimentalist governance 592 Bernardo Rangoni 52 Epilogue: the current status and future development of governance theories 604 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a novel multi-disciplinary theorization of memory politics, this insightful Handbook brings varied literatures into a focused dialogue on the ways in which the past is remembered and how these influence transnational, interstate, and global politics in the present. With case studies from Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States, the Handbook focuses on the political features of historical memory in international relations. Chapters examine key concepts of memory politics, including accountability, commemoration and memorialization, the Europeanization of memory, and the politics of trauma and victimhood, as well as analyzing different sites of memory, from the human body and memorial sites to media, film, and television. It also answers essential questions such as who and what determines the relevance of the past in the present; how does memory become a political question; and what are the political effects and ethical implications of its mobilization? Exploring the links between the politics of memory, international ethics, law, and diplomacy, this stimulating Handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars of politics and international relations, cultural studies, history, and transitional justice. Its discussion of notable agents and practices of memory politics will also be beneficial for practitioners working in human rights, politics, and public policy.Trade Review‘Whether in the Russian invasion of Ukraine or in endless conflicts about monuments and school curricula, never before have the politics of memory so dramatically shaped international and domestic politics. This landmark collection of multidisciplinary essays represents the cutting edge of memory studies for scholars and practitioners.’ -- A. Dirk Moses, The City College of New York, US‘The Handbook is a long-awaited, excellent collective discussion on the critical question of memory politics, bringing many different disciplinary perspectives and regional focuses into dialogue. A must-read for all interested in how histories are reinterpreted in light of our present world.’ -- Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University, US‘This is a superb survey of the politics of memory. Thematically wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated, it will be of great value to both students and established scholars looking to explore the complex and endlessly contested relationship between past and present.’ -- Duncan Bell, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Politics of memory: a conceptual introduction 1 Maria Mälksoo PART I CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES 2 Memory, identity and its politics 18 Felix Berenskötter 3 Ontological security and the politics of memory in international relations 31 Filip Ejdus 4 (Inter)national ethics and the politics of memory 46 Brent J. Steele and Luke B. Campbell 5 Law and the politics of memory 65 Uladzislau Belavusau 6 Europeanising memory: the European Union’s politics of memory 81 Aline Sierp 7 Provincializing European memory: transregional heritage politics and memory ethics across China’s Belt(s) and Road(s) Initiative(s) 95 John Njenga Karugia PART II ACTORS AND PRACTICES 8 Agents of memory politics 116 Laure Neumayer 9 The politics of commemoration and memorialization 130 Ljiljana Radonić 10 The politics of trauma and victimhood 147 Adam B. Lerner 11 Regretful memory politics: the way forward or a dead end? 163 Mano Toth 12 The politics of accountability 176 Victor Igreja 13 The politics of reconciliation and memory 191 Johanna Mannergren Selimovic PART III TOOLS AND SITES 14 The human body as site of memory politics 204 Jessica Auchter 15 Memorial sites: siting and sighting memory 216 Charlotte Heath-Kelly 16 Hunting down monuments: the CAF model—characteristics, actors, and functions 228 Ana Milošević 17 Memory in international diplomacy 246 Kathrin Bachleitner 18 (New) media memory 258 Nicole Maurantonio 19 Film, television, and the politics of memory in post-postracial America 272 Alison Landsberg 20 History education 285 Kazuya Fukuoka PART IV CONTEMPORARY CASES 21 World War II in global historical memory 304 Patrick Finney 22 Holocaust and global politics of memory 321 Jelena Subotić 23 ‘Culture war’: the contradictions of conservative representations in the mnemonic battle over the British Empire 334 Tom Bentley 24 Beyond bilateral conflict in the international politics of memory in East Asia: anxiety and reconciliation 349 Karl Gustafsson 25 Remembering the war, forgetting Stalin’s repressions: appeals to family memory in contemporary Russia 362 Ekaterina Haskins 26 From the ‘victim societies’ to the ‘societies of victimisation’: the memory of military atrocities in South America 377 Henrique Tavares Furtado Index

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Book SynopsisSynthesising diverse research avenues for politics, discourse, and political discourse, this cutting-edge Handbook examines the formative traditions, current theoretical and methodological landscape, and genres and domains over which political discourse extends.Drawing on rich and dynamic models in critical cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, metaphor analysis, context, and multimodality studies, leading scholars provide tools to analyse a broad range of traditional and modern genres of political communication. Taking a historical dive into formative traditions in political discourse, including rhetoric and social and poststructuralist theories, this Handbook revises these classical models of political communication against new empirical contexts to offer the most fruitful, objective, and universal methodologies to date. Examining propaganda, advertising, political speeches and election campaigns, this Handbook pays particular attention to newly arising genres and discourses which reflect the momentous changes in the public domain, fuelled by recent and developing events including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war.Drawing diverse insights from a wide array of disciplines, this Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars of political theory, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, discourse analysis, and communication studies who are looking for innovative methodologies with which to analyse political discourse.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Political Discourse 1 Piotr Cap PART I FORMATIVE TRADITIONS 1 Language and politics, politics and language: democracy and demagoguery 6 Paul Chilton 2 Rhetoric as the art of persuasion in the Greek and Roman worlds 23 Sara Rubinelli 3 Niccolò Machiavelli: language, power and leadership 36 Anthony R. Brunello 4 From Marx to the Frankfurt School: discourse, ideology, and critical theory 50 Chad Kautzer 5 Poststructuralist theories: making space for a linguistic analysis of political discourse 66 Dirk Nabers 6 The French school of discourse analysis 79 Dominique Maingueneau 7 Laclau and Mouffe, Bourdieu, neo-liberalism, and the mass media 93 Jeremy F. Lane PART II METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS 8 Political discourse analysis and critical discourse studies: scope, relations, commitments 109 Patricia Dunmire 9 Language, space and politics 128 Bertie Kaal 10 Metaphorical framing in political discourse 145 Andreas Musolff 11 Context: theoretical analysis and its implications for political discourse analysis 164 Anita Fetzer 12 The analysis of discursive subjects 180 Johannes Angermuller 13 Narratives and storytelling processes in the analysis of political discourse 204 Anna De Fina 14 Propaganda theory and analysis 219 John Oddo 15 Multimodality toolkit for political discourse analysis: a focus on visual rhetoric 235 Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Agnieszka Kampka PART III DOMAINS AND GENRES 16 Political speeches: interactive and heteroglossic elements 251 Helmut Gruber 17 Parliamentary sessions: interlocking genres of law-making 266 Răzvan Săftoiu 18 Political advertising and election campaigns 288 Glenn W. Richardson Jr. 19 Media discourses of public participation 301 Jan Chovanec 20 Political discourse as institutional communication 317 Geert Jacobs, Thomas Jacobs and Sofie Verkest 21 Environment, climate and health at the crossroads: a critical analysis of public policy and political communication discourse in the EU 328 Cinzia Bevitori and Katherine E. Russo 22 Public policy discourse: anti-terrorism and migration 345 Maureen Duffy 23 Protocols of political forgiveness: forgetting and forgiving antisemitism in Greek right-wing politics 360 Salomi Boukala Index 374

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Book SynopsisCompiling state-of-the-art research from 58 leading international scholars, this dynamic Handbook explores the evolution of feminist analytical and organising principles and their introduction into governance institutions in national, regional and global settings.Beginning with an introduction to key theoretical concepts and an international timeline of feminist governance, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of feminist organisational principles and practice. Chapters cover a variety of timely issues, from quotas, gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming to institutional design, international norm transmission and the emergence of feminist foreign policy. Regional innovations in feminist governance across the EU, Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific are further examined. The Handbook ultimately reflects and builds upon the body of feminist scholarship that has long been part of the development of feminist governance, as well as highlighting potential avenues for future research.This wide-ranging Handbook will be an essential reference text for students and scholars of gender studies, politics and international relations. Its analysis of what has been achieved by feminist governance across diverse institutional contexts will also assist the work of feminist activists and gender equality practitioners both inside and outside government.Trade Review‘This novel Handbook brings together many of the leading feminist scholars working on governance at the national, regional and international levels. It ranges widely over the central theoretical and methodological approaches including intersectionality and feminist institutionalism, as well as empirically exploring key feminist issues in many major governance institutions.’ -- Georgina Waylen, University of Manchester, UK‘This Handbook brings together an outstanding group of scholars to explore the origins, varieties, and impact of institutionalizing feminist values and governance into regional, national, and international policy-making bodies. Sawer, Banaszak, True, and Kantola have crafted a comprehensive survey, focused on the period from the 1970s forward, that covers a range of both geographic and issue areas. The volume also offers lessons in best practices in applying a feminist lens to governance and policy, making it a resource for practitioners as well as researchers and educators.’ -- Pamela Paxton, University of Texas at Austin, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Feminist Governance 1 Marian Sawer, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jacqui True and Johanna Kantola Timeline of feminist governance 14 Renee O’Shanassy PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 2 Feminist organisational principles 25 Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Fernando Tormos-Aponte and S. Laurel Weldon 3 Understanding feminist governance through feminist institutionalism: an overview 38 Lisa Guido, Lindsay Walsh and Lee Ann Banaszak 4 Feminist governance and the state 51 Johanna Kantola 5 Do feminist insiders matter? Progress in conceptualization and comparative theory-building 63 Amy G. Mazur and Dorothy E. McBride 6 Feminist perspectives on multilevel governance 76 Meryl Kenny and Tània Verge 7 Seeking intersectionality in feminist governance 88 Erica Townsend-Bell 8 Studying feminist governance: methods and approaches to the field 100 Shan-Jan Sarah Liu PART II EVOLVING INSTITUTIONS 9 Weaving a feminist power tapestry: feminist governance in practice 113 Caroline Lambert, Jessica Horn, Srilatha Batliwala, Michelle Deshong, Tanja Kovac and Naomi Woyengu 10 National women’s machineries: Trojan horses or hostages? 126 Anne Marie Goetz 11 Gender-responsive budgeting 138 Monica Costa and Rhonda Sharp 12 Specialised parliamentary bodies 150 Marian Sawer 13 Promoting gender equality in elected office 161 Mona Lena Krook and Pippa Norris 14 Gender-sensitive parliaments: feminising formal political institutions 174 Sarah Childs and Sonia Palmieri 15 Tools of the trade: feminist governance in the field 189 Sonia Palmieri and Julie Ballington PART III INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 16 The rise of feminist governance in foreign policy 203 Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True 17 Feminist governance in global health 216 Sara E. Davies and Clare Wenham 18 Feminist peacebuilding governance 227 Maria Martin de Almagro 19 Feminist peace and security governance and the UN Security Council 238 Victoria Scheyer and Marina Kumskova 20 Feminist interventions in trade governance 250 Erin Hannah, Adrienne Roberts and Silke Trommer 21 Feminist governance and climate change 262 Maria Tanyag 22 Transnational feminism and global governance 274 Valentine M. Moghadam 23 UN Women: a case of feminist global governance? 286 Andrea Den Boer and Kirsten Haack PART IV THE EUROPEAN UNION AND FEMINIST GOVERNANCE 24 The European Parliament as a gender equality actor: a contradictory forerunner 299 Johanna Kantola and Emanuela Lombardo 25 EU gender equality policy and the progressive dismantling of feminist governance 311 Sophie Jacquot 26 Challenges to feminist knowledge? The economisation of EU gender equality policy 323 Anna Elomäki 27 Velvet triangles and more: alliances of supranational EU gender equality actors 335 Petra Ahrens 28 Intersectional feminist activism in Europe: invisibility, inclusivity and affirmation 347 Serena D’Agostino 29 Feminist governance in the field of violence against women: the case of the Istanbul Convention 359 Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband PART V OTHER REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FEMINIST GOVERNANCE 30 Building gender norms into regional governance and the limits of institutionalising feminism 371 Toni Haastrup 31 Feminist institutions and implications for gender equality in East Asia 384 Jiso Yoon 32 Feminist governance in Asia: areas of contestation and cooperation 396 Rashila Ramli and Sharifah Syahirah 33 Latin American perspectives on feminist governance: between mainstreaming and sidestreaming challenges 408 Gisela Zaremberg 34 Feminist governance in North America: manifestations, manipulations and mirages 421 Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Tammy Findlay 35 Feminist regional governance in the Pacific Islands 434 Kerryn Baker and Renee O’Shanassy Index 446

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable and exemplary reference work, this Encyclopedia adeptly navigates the multidisciplinary field of critical political science, providing a comprehensive overview of the methods, approaches, concepts, scholars and journals that have come to influence the disciplineâs development over the last six decades.

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Book SynopsisThis timely Research Handbook provides a multidisciplinary overview of research on ethno-cultural minority issues at the supranational level of the EU. It delivers a state-of-the-art review of the EU’s approaches to development and institutional implementation of minority policies from the Treaty of Rome until today.Through critical analyses, this Research Handbook addresses minority politics from the perspectives of politicization and depoliticization of minority rights, anti-discrimination, case law, cultural and linguistic diversity protection, cohesion and regional development as well as enlargement and external action. Chapters also focus on policy areas that indirectly affect the lives of ethno-cultural minorities as well as non-policy approaches emanating from the tensions in the EU architecture and legal framework. Although the Research Handbook confirms the EU’s ambivalence towards minority politics, it also offers new views on a policy area that is under pressure to become more flexible.Offering an innovative approach in analysing policy, legislative and institutional developments, this Research Handbook will be an ideal read for students and scholars interested in European politics and public policy. Its critical insights on European policy will also make this a beneficial read to policy-makers.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union 1 Tove H. Malloy and Balázs Vizi PART I THE POLITICS OF THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE 2 The Treaties and minority rights 16 Rainer Hofmann and Moritz Malkmus 3 Fundamental rights and racial and cultural minorities in the EU: carving out a mandate to protect ‘Others’ 38 Kyriaki Topidi 4 Fundamental rights and non-EU minorities: from an ambiguous concept to an integrated society? 62 Roberta Medda-Windischer and Katharina Crepaz 5 The Court of Justice of the European Union and ‘minorities’ 84 Kristin Henrard 6 European Union law and international minority rights law 112 Norbert Tóth PART II THE POLITICS OF DECISION-MAKING AND POLICY-MAKING 7 The European Parliament, the Council and the European Council 128 Noémi Nagy and Balázs Vizi 8 The European Commission and minority rights 144 Tawhida Ahmed 9 Enlargement and minority politics: the unravelling of the EU’s transformative power? 162 Tove H. Malloy 10 The democratization efforts 190 Petra Lea Láncos PART III THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY 11 Linguistic diversity and language rights 211 Jose Ramón Intxaurbe Vitorica and Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez 12 The cultural policy of the European Union 230 Miklós Király 13 European Union Roma policy: under construction 250 Melanie H. Ram PART IV THE POLITICS OF COHESION 14 European Union regional policy and national minorities 272 Tamara Hoch 15 Between dynamic practice and normative limits: minorities and debordering processes in the European Union 289 Alice Engl 16 Special territories in the European Union 309 Maria Ackrén 17 Problem territories and internal peace: minority nations and ‘internal enlargement’ in the European Union 330 Tove H. Malloy PART V THE POLITICS OF EXTERNAL ACTION 18 Minority rights and European Union conditionality in the Western Balkans: from external to internal politics? 347 Maria Dicosola 19 The ‘near abroad’: the European Union, minority rights and the Eastern neighbourhood 365 Graham Donnelly and Federica Prina 20 The European Union and global development cooperation: promoting minority rights? 398 Laia Pau Romaní and Joshua Castellino Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book explores the diverse and contested meanings of ''citizenship'' in the 21st century, as representative democracy faces a mounting crisis in the wake of the Digital Age. Luigi Ceccarini enriches and updates the common notion of citizenship, answering the question of how it is possible to fully live as a citizen in a post-modern political community.Employing an international, multidisciplinary framework, Ceccarini brings together the findings of continental political philosophy and history, and contemporary western political science and communication studies to advance our understanding of political motivation and participation in the present day. As new participatory and monitoring dynamics of online citizenship redefine the very form of public space, this timely book addresses the values, creativity and aspirations through which social actors engage with a networked society, making use of technological innovations and new forms of communication to participate in post-representative politics.A provocative call to action in an era defined by distrust, disillusionment and digitization, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of political science, sociology and communication studies, particularly those seeking a thoroughly modern understanding of digital citizenship. It will also benefit advanced political science students in need of a historical overview of the concept of citizenship and how it has developed under the auspices of the Internet.Trade Review'What does it mean to be a ''good online citizen''? While it has become a commonplace to say that the Internet is profoundly changing our political and social lives, few commentators have delved into the full ramifications of its implications for citizenship as thoroughly as Luigi Ceccarini does here in this richly documented account.' -- Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. In the background 2. Citizenship, identity and political community 3. Citizens: dealigned and critical 4. Participation and (post)democracy 5. ‘Monitoria’ and responsibility 6. Going beyond mediation 7. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised second edition Handbook examines the latest knowledge and perspectives on digital politics. Through new content on digital populism, filter bubbles, algorithmic power, AI, non-Western digital politics, election communication regulation and right-wing alternative news media, contributors challenge the binary of cyber-optimism and cyber-pessimism and argue for a more nuanced understanding of political change.Arranged around key themes, this Handbook investigates the meaning of digital politics and analyses the impact of new technologies and platforms on politics. Chapters consider the digital reconfiguration of civic practices, political institutions and journalism. Leading scholars provide original, incisive and provocative insights into cutting-edge issues, exploring how the expansion of digital technologies, channels and styles shapes political dynamics.Providing a broad and in-depth overview of digital politics, this Handbook will be an invaluable resource for researchers, educators and students of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, technology and governance. It will also be essential reading for political practitioners, policy-makers and strategists seeking to better understand the digital world.Trade Review‘Political processes and digital communication continue to collide and intersect in new and unforeseen ways, and rarely fail to generate crises and controversies, but also hopes and opportunities, as they do so. This magnificent collection takes a timely and sober look at current developments, and offers a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research in the field.’ -- Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia‘Coleman and Sorensen bring us a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of the role of digital media in politics—broadly understood—from top scholars. This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks enlightenment about the uses, meanings, and effects of the Internet and social media on political life.’ -- Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Politics (Second Edition) xi Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen PART I WAYS OF SEEING, LISTENING TO AND WRITING ABOUT DIGITAL POLITICS 1 A rhetoric of digital politics 2 Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen 2 De-Westernizing digital politics: a Global South viewpoint 15 Bruce Mutsvairo, Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos and Tenford Chitanana 3 Visual digital politics: imag(in)ing political activities and identities online 29 Katy Parry 4 Revolution vs reaction: the role of social media in authoritarian regimes 43 Anna Litvinenko 5 Transnational and global flows of political discussion online 56 Yuan Zeng PART II CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL TALK 6 The Internet as a civic space 73 Peter Dahlgren 7 Political filter bubbles and fragmented publics 88 Cristian Vaccari and Augusto Valeriani 8 Computational approaches to online political expression: a framework for research 106 Mengyu Li, Luhang Sun, Yiming Wang, Yibing Sun, Hyerin Kwon, Jiyoun Suk, JungHwan Yang and Dhavan V. Shah 9 Creating spaces for online deliberation 132 Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 10 New frontiers in two-screen politics 150 Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin 11 Gen Z’s civic engagement: news use, politics, and cultural engagement 163 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 12 Gen Z’s civic engagement: civic skills, political expression, and identity 175 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Leticia Bode, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson and Stephanie Edgerly PART III TECHNOLOGY AND PLATFORMS 13 Becoming eventful through data: the mediated construction of historic events in the age of data 189 Heather Ford 14 Algorithms, power and digital politics 202 Ulrike Klinger 15 Social media digital architectures: a platform-first approach to political communication and participation 219 Michael Bossetta 16 Artificial intelligence in politics 235 Leah Henrickson 17 Online content moderation during conflict 252 Giovanni De Gregorio and Nicole Stremlau PART IV CONTENTIOUS POLITICS, CIVIL AND NETWORKED SOCIETY 18 The Fifth Estate: a new source of democratic accountability 265 William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 19 The logic of connective action: digital media and the personalization of contentious politics 280 W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 20 Media ecologies, social movements and activism 306 Emiliano Treré 21 E-petitioning and changing state–citizen engagement 320 Scott Wright and Ariadne Vromen 22 From Valencia filters to #BlackOutTuesday: collective action on Instagram 331 Elena Sotelo-Prol 23 Post-Soviet digital democratization experiments: the promise and reality 346 Yuri Misnikov PART V POLITICAL PARTIES, LEADERS AND GOVERNANCE 24 The digital performance of populism 362 Thomas Wellings and Lone Sorensen 25 Political communication about data 380 Brendan Lawson 26 Regulation of election communication 393 Damian Tambini PART VI JOURNALISM, APPARENT JOURNALISM AND MEDIA INSTITUTIONS 27 Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings 410 Banafsheh Ranji 28 Fake news and digital politics 424 Bente Kalsnes 29 Right-wing alternative news media and digital politics 436 Kristoffer Holt 30 Research on the political implications of political entertainment 449 Michael A. 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Book SynopsisThis unique book presents original concepts to characterize the current crisis of democracy. Offering a comparative study of original electoral data and analysis of contemporary trends, models and theoretical frameworks, Luigi Di Gregorio argues that democracy is affected by ‘demopathy’; it is sick and is in need of therapy.Luigi Di Gregorio explores how democratic malaise derives from the transition to postmodernity and the rise of individualization: the loss of social meaning, the end of meta-narratives, the crisis of knowledge and cognitive authorities, narcissism and new perceptions of time and space. The author argues that mass media and technological innovations are the main drivers of this change and have heightened the logic of the consumer society. The resulting psychological democracy is that of a permanent ‘pollcracy’, whose leaders are simply pursuers of public opinion. The book concludes that democracy must be defended by building a positive narrative to counterbalance the effects of these trends.Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of political science, political sociology, political theory and political communication and marketing. Its broad perspective paints a big picture that will also be beneficial for political consultants and policy analysts.Trade Review‘This work offers a convincing analysis that stresses the mutual causation between political leadership, citizens, and the media. I am confident that promising (and achievable) cures follow logically from this analysis. Demopathy and the Democratic Malaise is an outstanding book that democrats anywhere should pay close attention to.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction to demopathy and the democratic malaise PART I SYMPTOMS 2. The contemporary crisis of democracy. Symptoms of the democratic malaise PART II DIAGNOSIS 3. The origin of the crisis. Individualized modernity and the narcissist syndrome 4. The communication and image society. The driver of the narcissist syndrome 5. Demopathy. Public emotion, pollcracy, followship PART III THERAPY 6. Towards a democracy of the imaginary. An evolutionary perspective 7. (Covid) Afterword Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Ilan Kapoor and Gavin Fridell rethink development politics psychoanalytically, investigating its unconscious. Whereas mainstream development politics is organized around stability and rationality, psychoanalysis points to disharmony and irrationality, helping to explain the development subject’s often self-defeating behaviour — for example being seduced by growth and shopping, despite being aware of the inherent perils of inequality and climate crisis.Rethinking Development Politics reassesses development in relation to three significant schools of thought: Modernization; (neo)Marxist political economy; and Postdevelopment/Decoloniality. It exposes how all three disavow the unconscious temptations of development, resulting in the rationalization of the market, the undervaluation of fantasy and fetishism, and the advocacy of an uncritical politics of authenticity. The book distinguishes the psychoanalytic approach from its predecessors by focusing on contemporary case studies, including digital and green modernization, trade, neopopulism, anti-racist training, and radical politics in present-day Iran. Crucially, these case studies speak to the extent to which the unconscious may be a political resource for reconfiguring development politics to put the subaltern first.Proposing a distinctive method of inquiry, Rethinking Development Politics will be of great interest to students, academics, and researchers in development studies, psychology, sociology, international relations, political science, and peace and conflict studies. Its critical analysis will also be of great use to global agency officials, corporate policy-makers, public policy institutions, and activist and advocacy organizations.Trade Review‘This highly original and provocative “(un)thought experiment” engages in a compelling, well-written and razor-sharp ideology critique of the modernization, Marxist, postdevelopment and decolonial approaches to development. Focusing on six contemporary case studies, the book also hints at how development could be radically transformed through a “politics of desire” and a “politics of drive”. One does not have to be a fan of psychoanalysis in order to appreciate this work and its far-reaching implications for anyone doing and studying development.' -- Jan Orbie, Ghent University, Belgium‘This is a truly brave and thought-provoking book, written from a perspective that is too often rejected apriori by dismissive minds. Framed in an accessible language, it highlights the gaps and unconscious enjoyments of both mainstream and critical development. Importantly, it proposes routes ahead in which the unconscious constitutes not only a stumbling block, but also a political resource.’ -- Maria Eriksson Baaz, Uppsala University, Sweden‘Ilan Kapoor and Gavin Fridell confront the invisible but active unconscious in development politics and they deliver not just a “rethinking” of issues but an “unthinking” development politics - as they critique modernization, Marxist political economy, postdevelopment and decoloniality. Theirs is a refreshing take predicated on critical psychoanalysis, which explodes the seductive ideologies of development.’ -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of Bayreuth, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: rethinking development politics … psychoanalytically 2 Modernization: ideological cover for capitalist development 3 (Neo)Marxist political economy: failure to take fetishism seriously 4 Postdevelopment and Decoloniality: a politics of authenticity and disavowal 5 Case studies in development politics: psychoanalytic inflections 6 Conclusion: reworking development politics References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook examines the causes, costs and consequences of state fragility, advancing key debates in the field. Demonstrating the multidimensionality of fragility by applying diverse theories and methodologies, it provides new insights on effective policy development and application in the context of fragile states.Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, approaches and case studies, the Handbook pays particular attention to the root causes and drivers of fragility. It centres authority, legitimacy and the citizen-state relationship alongside state capacity, revealing the flaws in the reasoning behind previous Western policy interventions in fragile states. Chapters address a broad range of issues facing fragile states, from fragility traps, refugees and urbanisation to recent events including the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the increasing pressures of climate change. Ultimately, the Handbook advances the state of both academic and policy knowledge on state fragility, revealing the deep links between the two. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of political science, international relations, development studies, economics, and sociology. It will also benefit practitioners seeking to improve the effectiveness of their policy proposals. Trade Review‘The Handbook of Fragile States brings together an impressive breadth and diversity of expertise – empirical and theoretical, academic and policy-oriented. It demonstrates that our understanding of state fragility, its sources and the ways to overcome it, has made tremendous progress in recent years – a knowledge badly needed in a world where multiple global crises put nations increasingly under stress. In their entirety, the twenty-four chapters of this volume make a convincing case for the notion that the legitimacy of the rulers, as much as their capacity to provide for their citizens, is a crucial resource for states to escape, or avoid, the perils of fragility.’ -- Jörn Grävingholt, German Institute of Development and Sustainability, Germany‘The idea of fragile states has been widely debated since its first emergence in the fields of security and development. By uniting authors from various disciplines and backgrounds, this Handbook contributes to a better understanding of the many factors that may hamper the legitimacy and the capacity of state institutions. It will be of interest to researchers studying the multifaceted nature of fragility, as well as to policy practitioners operating in countries affected by ongoing crises, disasters and conflicts.’ -- Olivier Nay, University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, France‘Extending from their previous extensive research and bringing together a strong group of contributors, Carment and Samy offer an excellent introduction and resource on research and policy on fragile states. Collectively, the chapters provide a thorough review of core topics in the literature, such as the conceptualization and measurement of fragile states and root causes, and new perspectives on emerging topics, such as urban fragility and climate linkages.’ -- Rachel Gisselquist, United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), FinlandTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Fragile States 1 David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy 2 Investigating the root causes of fragility 19 Sonja Grimm 3 Transforming conception(s) of state fragility and new containment interventions 39 Nicolas Lemay-Hébert and Babatunde F. Obamamoye 4 Current conceptualizations and measurements of state fragility: recent developments and remaining limits 53 Ines A. Ferreira 5 The United States is vulnerable: a flashing red light in the Fragile States Index 73 Nate Haken and Natalie Fiertz 6 The case for measuring multidimensional fragility: is disaggregation the answer? 88 Harsh Desai (OECD) and Jonathan Marley (OECD) 7 Strategic approaches in fragile societies: targeting drivers 104 Seth D. Kaplan 8 Hybrid authority systems and political instability 121 Monty G. Marshall 9 Hybrid political orders in fragile contexts 137 Tobias Debiel and Stephan Dombrowski 10 Implications of fragility for growth, poverty and inequality 152 Karla Cisneros Rosado and Yiagadeesen Samy 11 Just “add women and stir”? Bringing gender into fragility debates 170 Diana Koester 12 The relationship between state fragility and refugees 192 Charles Martin-Shields 13 Climate change and fragility: improving early warning and climate-proofing development and conflict interventions 206 Erin Sikorsky, Francesco Femia and Brigitte Hugh 14 Urban fragility 222 Robert Muggah 15 Understanding horizontal inequalities: the case of Palestinian refugees in Jordan 236 Zina Nimeh 16 The African fragility problem 252 Robert I. Rotberg 17 State fragility and sustainable development in the Middle East and North Africa 265 Hamid E. Ali, Mahmoud Elmakkawe and Nesreen Nasser Alanbar 18 State fragility trap and conflict in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 285 Said Yaqub Ibrahimi 19 Fragility of small island developing states 299 Michaël Goujon and Laurent Wagner 20 Securitization, divergent agendas and the sectoral allocation of development aid within Afghanistan 316 Mark McGillivray and Safiullah Taye 21 Exiting the fragility trap: evidence from Bangladesh 334 David Carment and Emilia Vydelingum 22 “Nothing about us without us”: the g7+ and the New Deal 355 Habib ur Rehman Mayar, Helder da Costa and Felix Piedad 23 The EU’s approach to fragile states: conflicting norms, practices, and lessons learnt 369 Julian Bergmann and Mark Furness 24 Coordinating aid in fragile states: the promise of country platforms and principles for effective aid architecture 385 Rachael Calleja and Sarah Rose Index

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook presents a comprehensive assessment of multiculturalism in political theory and practice from an international perspective. Geoffrey Brahm Levey brings together 30 leading experts from around the world to assess the current state of the field, charting lines of inquiry for further research.

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Book SynopsisProviding expert advice from established scholars in the field of political science, this engaging companion book to Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology imparts informative guidance on teaching research methods across the graduate curriculum. Written in a concise yet comprehensive style, it illustrates practical and conceptual advice, alongside more detailed chapters focussing on the different aspects of teaching political methodology. Each chapter draws on practised teaching methods covering the what, how and when for teaching political methodology with an in-depth look at systematic research methods. The book is split into four distinct sections for graduate research methods education: the approach, the foundations of research design, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. Chapters offer evidence-based advice grounded in the science of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature from experienced, award-winning and highly recognized instructors of political methodology. Teaching Graduate Political Methodology will be required reading for faculty wanting to establish excellent methods for challenging subjects within the fields of political science, public administration and public policies. It will also serve as a useful resource for instructors wishing to gain greater student engagement with their courses by utilising different methods.Trade Review‘Graduate political methodology teaching requires taking students from consumers to producers of knowledge and these chapters offer excellent, short, practical, and helpful advice to support this mission. Whether it is writing a syllabus, suggestions for course content, or larger department conversations around building a graduate curriculum this book covers it.’ -- Lonna Atkeson, Florida State University, US‘Brown, Nordyke, and Thies have assembled a truly superb collection of experts teaching their craft. The very broad array of topics covered and the quality of contributions makes this book a must-use in the classroom.’ -- Douglas Gibler, University of Alabama, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 1 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies PART I APPROACHING RESEARCH METHODS IN THE GRADUATE POLITICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM 1 Transitioning from consumers of knowledge to producers of knowledge: teaching scope and methods to doctoral students 8 James C. Garand 2 Teaching an introductory graduate methods course 17 John Ishiyama 3 Place-based versus online instruction 26 Daniel Hawes 4 Selecting texts 34 Jon Parker 5 Teaching introductory applied statistics with R 43 Timothy M. Peterson PART II FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH DESIGN 6 Do as I say, not as I do: the need to incorporate ethics in political science research methods curricula 52 Christi Siver and Colin Hannigan 7 Abstract Blitzing and beyond: teaching political methodology 62 Victor Asal 8 Research design and establishing causality 70 Stacey Pollard and Adrian Wolfberg 9 How to think conceptually without really trying: notes on the teaching of concept analysis 79 Zachary Elkins 10 Teaching field experiments 90 Christopher W. Larimer 11 Teaching graduate students about sampling 99 Theodore Arapis 12 Teaching bias and error in research designs 108 Andrew Niesiobedzki 13 Learning by doing: re-positioning surveys from an abstract to a practical tool 118 Adriano Udani and David C. Kimball PART III QUANTITATIVE METHODS INSTRUCTION 14 Data basics for graduate students 125 Soren Jordan 15 Teaching ordinary least squares regression 134 Michelle L. Dion 16 Extending regression to binary (and more!) outcomes 169 Soren Jordan 17 Teaching time series analysis 182 Clayton Webb 18 Nonparametric data 189 Carie Steele and Stephen Meserve 19 Replication 198 Cameron G. Thies 20 How to teach social network analysis to social science students 205 Olga Chyzh 21 Building a foundation for data science researchers in political science 212 Robert Bond 22 Data visualization 218 Alexis Henshaw and Kirssa Cline Ryckman PART IV QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 23 Helping graduate students understand case study methods: rigor, process tracing, and practice exercises 227 Andrew P. Cortell 24 Field and observational research 235 Stacey Leigh Hunt 25 Teaching content analysis to graduate students 242 Steven Lloyd Wilson and Yoshiko M. Herrera 26 Teaching students better interviewing skills 250 Mitchell Brown 27 Discourse analysis 257 Bryant Harden and Laura Sjoberg 28 Teaching ethnography 265 Laura Sjoberg and Lili Chen PART V SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION 29 Teaching applied research 276 Kathleen Hale 30 Teaching program evaluation 288 Ed Gerrish 31 Teaching modern methodology for quantitative policy analysis 299 Alexander Alexeev 32 Intelligence studies 308 Adam Jungdahl 33 Teaching how to conduct an environmental behavioral study 318 Binita Mahato Conclusion to Teaching Graduate Political Methodology 330 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron G. Thies Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book guides instructors on how to introduce students to the interdisciplinary work of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). Mindful that many students come to PACS with a desire to create positive social change, Susan F. Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczyńska highlight engaged learning as a key method for PACS pedagogy and emphasise the need to teach theory with an inclusive and decolonialist approach. The book offers both new and experienced instructors of undergraduate and postgraduate students concrete advice regarding structuring assignments, designing classroom-based engaged learning activities and highlighting reflective practice and ethics. Key Features: Focuses on delivering an engaged, inclusive and decolonialist PACS programme. Provides practical advice on how to design introductory and elective PACS courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Includes detailed instructions for developing and implementing in-class experiential learning exercises alongside tools for effectively assessing student learning. Building instructors’ capacity to teach effectively and inclusively with the aim of practical post-course application, Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies will be an invaluable resource across peace and conflict studies, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, international relations, women’s studies, African American studies and global studies. It will also be essential reading for graduate students looking to move into teaching positions, as well as faculty, staff and students in graduate education schools.Trade Review‘Making peace on the ground is challenging enough, however teaching how to make peace in the classroom is also challenging and requires different and certain mastery. Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies is a highly needed resource for everyone who plans to engage in peace education and conflict resolution not only at the university level but its lessons and recommendations on how to be an effective instructor/teacher are applicable to many other educational settings. The authors managed to tackle the core dilemmas that face instructors who always struggle to convey the complexity of peacemaking due to shifting context, ethical considerations, power dynamics, etc. The book offers guidelines and insightful frameworks on how to be an effective and ethical instructor of peace.’ -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer, American University, DC, US‘This volume provides a unique overview of key challenges and opportunities in teaching PACS at university level. It offers concrete examples of pedagogic approaches combined with honest appraisals of their respective virtues and limitations. This is all done within a clear value-base which should lie at the heart of PACS.’ -- Omar Grech, University of Malta‘This is a much-needed book for a growing and vibrant field. It is a magnificent example of reflective practice and draws on extensive classroom experience. The book is alert to the challenges of teaching sensitive topics, applied teaching, and of the need to address issues of diversity and inclusion. It is highly recommended.’ -- Roger Mac Ginty, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Our approach to PACS teaching and learning 2 Designing introductory PACS courses 3 Designing advanced and elective PACS courses 4 Classroom-based engaged learning 5 Field-based experiential learning 6 PACS curriculum in context 7 Challenges in PACS pedagogy References Index

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Book SynopsisProviding expert advice from established scholars in the field of political science, this engaging book imparts informative guidance on teaching research methods across the undergraduate curriculum. Written in a concise yet comprehensive style, it illustrates practical and conceptual advice, alongside more detailed chapters focussing on the different aspects of teaching political methodology.Each chapter draws on practised teaching methods covering the what, how and when for teaching political methodology with an in-depth look at systematic research methods. The book is split into four distinct sections for undergraduate research methods education: the approach, the foundations of research design, quantitative analysis and qualitative data. All the advice is evidence-based and grounded in the science of teaching and learning (SoTL) literature from experienced, award-winning and highly recognized instructors of political methodology.Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology will be required reading for faculty wanting to establish excellent methods for challenging subjects within the fields of political science, public administration and public policies. It will also serve as a useful resource for instructors wishing to gain greater student engagement with their courses by utilising different methods.Trade Review‘These chapters on political science research methods are absolutely wonderful! They can help to develop a methods curriculum, a methods course syllabus, or a methods assignment. The book is filled with practical advice, examples, and helpful tools from seasoned faculty who cover a wide range of research related topics!’ -- Lonna Atkeson, Florida State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology 1 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron Thies PART I APPROACHING RESEARCH METHODS IN THE POLITICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM 1 What should be taught and when 8 Charles C. Turner 2 The case for an applied approach to teaching research methods 16 Laura C. Bucci 3 Students as consumers and producers: the research methods course and information literacy 22 B. Gregory Marfleet 4 Teaching political methodology to undergraduate students 35 John Ishiyama 5 Teaching political methodology 47 Mandie Weinandt 6 What do we teach with? An examination of texts 55 Christopher N. Lawrence 7 Teaching writing about political science research 63 Kaye Usry and Joel T. Shelton PART II FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH DESIGN 8 Questions, queries and problems 79 Joe Weinberg 9 Hypotheses and research expectations 87 H. Whitt Kilburn 10 Teaching experimental and quasi-experimental designs 96 Federico Vegetti 11 The history and art of sampling 104 Theodore Arapis 12 Causality reasoning: what it is and how to teach it 113 Tom Ellington 13 It’s actually not in the syllabus: incorporating ethics in research methods courses 119 Christi Siver PART III QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH METHODS EDUCATION 14 How to teach descriptive statistics 128 Joice Chang 15 Bivariate regression: a good beginning makes a good ending 137 Babak RezaeeDaryakenari 16 Basics of multivariate analysis 146 Emily Clough 17 Practical extensions of regression 153 Soren Jordan 18 Teaching big data 164 Jennifer Bachner 19 Student-led survey projects 174 Ian G. Anson 20 Data visualization 181 Alexis Henshaw PART IV QUALITATIVE DATA FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH METHODS EDUCATION 21 The case study approach 189 Weining Ai 22 Interviewing 197 Janet Elise Johnson, Candice D. Ortbals, and Lori Poloni-Staudinger 23 Content analysis as an effective teaching tool for critical thinking 205 Tijen Demirel-Pegg 24 Field and observational research 213 Stacey Leigh Hunt 25 Teaching qualitative-interpretive research methods 220 Daniel T. Kirsch Conclusion: taking the next steps 227 Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke and Cameron Thies Index

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Book SynopsisEmerging out of the theoretical and practical urge to reflect on key contemporary debates arising in biopolitical scholarship, this timely book launches an in-depth investigation into the concept and history of biopolitics. In light of tumultuous political dynamics across the globe and new developments in this continually evolving field, the book reconsiders and expands upon Michel Foucault’s input to biopolitical studies. Featuring rigorously structured investigations into the genealogies, dimensions, and practices of biopolitics, this incisive book introduces novel voices and perspectives into the biopolitical corpus. Contributions from eminent scholars investigate core topics of governing populations, community, and sovereignty, as well as exploring areas that remain undertheorized in the field of biopolitics, including the political accounts of non-human entities, developments in sexual health policy, and the biopolitics of time. Broad in scope, the book draws from the foundations of the biopolitical canon to forge new horizons and create opportunities for novel theoretical and empirical analysis. Debating Biopolitics will be an invaluable tool for scholars and postgraduate students of political science and political philosophy. Its empirically driven research will also benefit practitioners and policymakers interested in the biopolitical dimension of decision-making and policy analysis.Trade Review‘This book is a wonderful guide to how contemporary understandings of life (both biological and political) become central to its governance. This is all the more vital as biopolitics is at the moment perhaps the most dynamic field of thought in the humanities and social sciences. From debates over COVID-19 responses to the governance of climate change, biopolitical framings are at the heart of social and political contestation.’ -- David Chandler, University of Westminster, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword viii Mika Ojakangas and Sergei Prozorov Introduction 1 Marco Piasentier and Sara Raimondi PART I GENEALOGIES 1 Subjectivity in Foucault and Agamben: the enigma of sovereignty and biopolitics 12 Sara Dragišić 2 Fear, the sovereign, and authority: Roberto Esposito and the escape from the Hobbesian State 30 Vappu Helmisaari 3 Governing according to nature: Jean Bodin on climates, humours, and temperaments 49 Samuel Lindholm PART II DIMENSIONS 4 Glenn Gould’s mastery of not-playing: style and manner in the work of Giorgio Agamben 68 Katarina Sjöblom 5 Biopolitics of time in Foucault and Agamben 86 Jürgen Portschy 6 Identities on the border 109 Ott Puumeister PART III PRACTICES 7 Governing by prevention: neoliberal management of sexual health in France 129 Théo Sabadel 8 Biopolitics of authoritarianism. The case of Russia 151 Anastasya Manuilova 9 Biopolitics, New Materialism and Latin-American constitutionalism: A linguistic encounter? 171 Gonzalo Bustamante-Kuschel 10 The two faces of biopolitical theory: genealogies and current approaches 193 Marco Piasentier and Sara Raimondi Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the manifold relationships between religion and public administration, this topical book conceptualises and theorises the diverse influence of religions on the functioning of public administrative systems across the globe.International and comparative in approach, this book analyses the social and public dimensions to religion and its interplay with public administration as a field of social scientific inquiry and an area of professional activity. Taking methodological agnosticism as its sociological perspective to the study of the religious experience, chapters focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to examine diverse religious compositions across both secularised and non-secularised societies and political regimes. The book uses a distinctive theoretical lens to analyse the influence of religions on organisational fit, public service motivation, individual and organisational behaviours and values, bureaucratic discretion, government funding, the delivery of public services, and the dynamics of social cohesion overall. It provides a fresh perspective on religion as a source of legitimacy and basis of accountability, responsibility, and delegation of power in public administration, institutional quality, and ethics.Students and scholars interested in the religious dimensions to public administration, policy, governance and management will find use in this book’s theoretical analyses. Its empirical findings will also be valuable to policymakers working in public administration and leaders of faith organisations engaged in public services.Trade Review‘This book is a revelation about both the influences of religion on public administration and how the field could be enriched from deeper scholarly attention to religion. I am struck by the breadth of the relevance of religion to public administration. The authors illuminate the relevance of the world’s great religions to the field as a whole and to prominent research streams, such as public service motivation. Ongaro and Tantardini offer new perspectives for all public administration scholars to consider and embrace in their research and teaching.’ -- James L. Perry, Indiana University, Bloomington, US‘Religion and Public Administration draws a welcome and comprehensive picture of the ways through which religions influence motivations, behaviours, the ideational basis of a society and ultimately the rules and practices of public administrations. By focusing on Abrahamic and Asian religions, Ongaro and Tantardini offer a global, fresh and convincing interpretation that reconsiders the historical roots of administrative systems through a comparative perspective.’ -- Giliberto Capano, University of Bologna, Italy‘Well-structured and thoughtfully written, this book is the result of an ambitious project. It addresses a truly original topic and provides an authentic look on the vast subject of the relationship between religion and public administration. Attempting to capture various insights, stemming from a wide range of academic corners, the authors managed to bring all this knowledge together in a coherent argument. Their pursuit of the objective of “bridging” while going through a highly fragmented scholarly landscape, can only be welcomed. An impressive tour de force.’ -- Peter Hupe, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium‘If there’s anything Max Weber might have been wrong about, it’s the disenchantment of the world – there is very little of the sort, or if there is, it is hardly ever complete. And even where rationalization has set in, few things inform values and institutions in time and space as much as its respective religion(s). Ongaro and Tantardini have shouldered the Herculean task to (re)introduce the public administration community to the function and legacy of religion, and one hopes that many of its members will rise up the challenge and engage with this fascinating and multifaceted account.’ -- Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallinn University of Technology, EstoniaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: a framework of analysis of the relationship between religion and public administration 2. Religions and religious regimes across the world 3. A PA-focused introduction to Asian religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism 4. A PA-focused introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam 5. Religion as a personality system and individuals’ motivation and behaviour in public services 6. Organisational level themes 7. Religion as ideational basis: reflections on religion as source of legitimacy and basis of accountability, exercise of responsibility, and power in (politics and) public administration 8. A research agenda on religion in public administration: in dialogue with theologians References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence. An impressive selection of scholars present their research on governance in turbulent times and explore how public organizations adapt flexibly in turbulent situations. The editors introduce a diverse analytical toolkit contributing not only to an understanding of the role of complexity in public governance, but also suggesting how organizational formats may serve as usable design tools available to decision-makers in the pursuit of sustainable and responsible governance. Chapters explore a variety of topics and cases including artificial intelligence, antimicrobial resistance and sexuality education. Providing a broad coverage of empirical cases and a global outlook, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and practitioners in political science and public administration, as well as policy makers with interests in governance, leadership and citizen engagement.Trade Review‘Unpredictability, uncertainty and rapidly, drastically changing governance problems – in short: turbulence – challenge public organizations. This important edited volume discusses how public organizations respond to turbulence, both within their environment and within the organizations themselves. The empirical chapters provide fascinating insights into reactions within different policy fields and illustrate key organizational responses, centered on design, agency power and resilience.’ -- Klaus H. Goetz, University of Munich, Germany‘The editors are to be congratulated for bringing together a unique selection of cross- and multi-disciplinary approaches describing and analysing the complexities of policy implementation across a wide range of sectors, fields and projects. The specific chapter examples and circumstances each reveal different dynamics. But the macro-lessons they provide, arising from real-life practicalities and challenges of cross-sectoral engagement, are especially noteworthy and vital for all of us interested in pursuing public engagement and delivering public value.’ -- ­– Ellen Hazelkorn, BH Associates and Professor Emerita, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland‘Clear governance structures in a time of turbulence are essential to successfully navigating uncharted waters. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed strong and weak governance arrangements across the world. Honed by disaster experiences of cyclones, floods, bushfires over decades, Queensland, an Australian state, drew on a proven response framework, of clear governance arrangements and role clarity, with leaders invoking citizens to come along with them. Despite such well-established governance frameworks and strategies, the disruptive power of the pandemic still tested Queensland’s resolve. This publication demonstrates the value of understanding design, agency, and power to deliver resilience for current and future planning. This volume is an important addition for practitioners to examine and understand the governance of complexity, delivered in a systematic and considered way.’ -- Andrew Curthoys, Cross River Rail, Queensland Government, Australia, Australasian BIM Advisory Board, Infrastructure CoLab and Asset Institute‘The book could not have been published at a more appropriate time. Public sector organizations are facing enormous challenges in turbulent times, which means that there is need for change and adaptation. I am extremely impressed with how this book brings governing complexity to life. It is essential reading for public sector managers, professionals, students and researchers.’ -- Jari Stenvall, Tampere University, Finland and member of the Independent Committee to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland‘The COVID-19 crisis has served as a magnifying glass drawing our attention to the frequent emergence of crisis-induced turbulence and the need for public and private actors to engage in flexible adaptation and proactive innovation of governance solutions. This edited volume provides a timely and innovative theoretical perspective on this predicament and grounds this perspective in illuminating empirical analyses covering a lot of ground. It is bound to set the agenda for future governance research.’ -- Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Preface xvi PART I SETTING THE STAGE 1 Governing complexity in times of turbulence 2 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble 2 Complexity, resilience and public governance in times of turbulence 13 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble PART II DESIGN 3 Transformative ideas, sturdy organizations: varieties of artificial intelligence policy in the Nordics 32 Frans af Malmborg and Jarle Trondal 4 Public–private partnership (PPP) in the context of European Union policy initiatives on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) from cyber attacks 53 Marzio Di Feo and Luigi Martino 5 Policy innovation and organizational design: connecting theory and practice 79 Jarle Trondal PART III AGENCY 6 Project sustainability and complex environments: the role of relationship networks and collaborative agency 101 Amanda Scott, Robyn Keast, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel Chamberlain and Deborah Che 7 Governing complexity: the public organizations’ shift in digital transformation 126 Dominika Ewa Harasimiuk and Tomasz Braun 8 The race to institutional change: the slow road to policy change in sexuality education 145 Elisa Bordin and Rómulo Pinheiro PART IV POWER 9 Power dynamics in multisector and multilevel coordination: the case of antimicrobial resistance 169 Martin Stangborli Time 10 Into the fray: conflict resolution in on-line environments 191 Jennifer Waterhouse PART V RESILIENCE 11 How collaboration antecedents affect the resilience of local governance networks 216 Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek 12 Turbulence within and beyond resilience in public organizations: a study of Italian opera theatres 238 Maria Laura Frigotto and Francesca Frigotto PART VI EPILOGUE 13 Towards a research and policy agenda for governing complexity 260 Robyn Keast, Christine Flynn, David Noble, Jarle Trondal and Rómulo Pinheiro Index

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Book SynopsisMontesquieu and the Spirit of Rome argues that the eighteenth-century French author Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) developed a novel, comprehensive account of Roman history that framed his new political science and grounded his political teachings. Rome’s legacy in early-modern thought turns on the work of Montesquieu, and through Rome Montesquieu articulated the strengths and weaknesses of the modern state—the moderation that can distinguish it and sources of extremism that must haunt it. This book is the first to unify Montesquieu’s Roman thoughts; it is the first to reconstruct the Rome that was one of his most powerful legacies in the 18th and 19th centuries. Montesquieu and the Spirit of Rome restores Rome to its proper place at the peak of Montesquieu’s thought and Montesquieu’s thought to its proper place in the history of classical study. It treats Montesquieu as what he claimed to be—a jurist, a poet, a historian, and a political writer of the first rank, and it revives his hard-nosed defence of moderation.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on Citations Introduction Chapter I: Moderating the Enlightenment: Montesquieu’s Considerations on the State of EuropeChapter II: The Roman People and the Virtuous RepublicChapter III: The Grands Hommes and the Republic: The Roman EliteChapter IV: Roman Law Reconsidered: Montesquieu’s Historical JurisprudenceChapter V: Tyranny and Legitimacy: Rome and the Social ContractConclusionBibliography

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Book SynopsisDepuis l’ouvrage de John Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975), on connaît l’importance de James Harrington dans la pensée politique anglo-américaine à la période moderne. Parce qu’au-delà de l’acte de résistance à la tyrannie, il promeut la démocratie et propose les moyens constitutionnels de mettre en œuvre la souveraineté populaire dans un pays de vaste étendue, Harrington a incarné une forme distinctive de républicanisme. En retraçant l’histoire de sa réception dans la France des Lumières, cet ouvrage a pour but de combler un hiatus entre le grand récit pocockien du républicanisme machiavélien et l’historiographie de la Révolution française. En cela, il s’inscrit dans le panorama brossé en 2010 par l’historienne Rachel Hammersley, et va au-delà. D’une part, il accorde à Hume, Jaucourt ou Rousseau, aux côtés de ses nombreux traducteurs et commentateurs, un rôle central dans l’actualisation de la pensée de Harrington. D’autre part, il montre que son héritage intellectuel fut pluriel. Celui-ci n’est en effet pas seulement l’inspirateur de dispositions constitutionnelles spécifiques : à l’heure où se développe l’économie politique, Harrington apparaît comme le penseur d’une égalité relative des fortunes, perçue comme la seule base possible d’un ordre politique stable.--John Pocock’s book The Machiavellian Moment. Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975) has shown the importance of James Harrington in Anglo-American modern political thought. Beyond the act of resistance to tyranny, he vindicates democracy and provides the constitutional means for implementing popular sovereignty in a vast country. In doing so, Harrington has incarnated a distinctive form of republicanism.By reconstructing the history of his reception in eighteenth century France, this book aims to bridge the gap between the great Pocockian narrative of Machiavellian republicanism and the historiography of the French Revolution. It is set against the panorama offered by Rachel Hammersley in 2010 and aims to go further. On the one hand, it shows how central Hume, Jaucourt or Rousseau have been in reviving Harrington’s thought, along with his numerous translators and commentators. On the other hand, it shows that his intellectual legacy was diverse. He did not only stand as the inspirer of specific constitutional measures: as political economy developed, Harrington also appeared as the theoretician of a relative equality of wealth among the people, perceived by many as the true basis of a stable political order.Table of ContentsRemerciementsAvertissement Introduction1. Harrington en son temps2. Les origines étrangères des Lumières et de la Révolution en France : un territoire encore largement inexploré 3. Objet du présent ouvrage et sources Chapitre 1 Nouvelles d’Angleterre1. Les passeurs du discours harringtonien sous la Restauration et au-delà de la Glorieuse Révolution2. Des exils et des voyages : la transmission des idées républicaines de l’Angleterre des Révolutions à la France des LumièresChapitre 2 De l’empire des lois à l’Esprit des Lois : Harrington, théoricien d’une république dépassée ?1. L’Eloge de Montesquieu par Jean-Jacques Rutledge : quand un penseur peut en cacher un autre2. Montesquieu et l’esprit de modération3. De la balance du pouvoir à l’équilibre des pouvoirsChapitre 3 Montesquieu, Hume et Harrington : un dialogue franco-britannique sur les formes de gouvernement 1. La méthode ‘ historico-utopique ’ de Harrington2. La possibilité d’une science du gouvernement : ‘ Que la politique peut être réduite en forme de science ’Chapitre 4 Harrington dans le laboratoire politique européen des années 1750-17801. Oceana : un modèle de constitution pour la Corse ?2. Harrington dans L’Encyclopédie3. Rousseau et Mably au chevet de la République nobiliaire de Pologne Chapitre 5 Traduire Harrington sous la RévolutionIntroduction1. Les traductions de Harrington en l’an III : présentation matérielle et paratexte2. Échos de la Révolution anglaise sous la Révolution française : jeux d’échos et enjeux de la traduction 3. La traduction historique et culturelle de HarringtonChapitre 6 Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès et ‘l’invention’ d’une science politique1. Harrington et Sieyès : ‘géomètres de la république’2. Sieyès et la critique de la constitution gothique3. Au-delà du modèle républicain classique : le concept de représentation chez Sieyès4. L’extension du principe de division du pouvoir : la jurie constitutionnaireConclusionBibliographie1. Sources primaires2. Sources secondaires

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised Handbook presents an up-to-date political and philosophical history of global constitutionalism. By exploring the constitutional-like qualities of international affairs, it provides key insights into the evolving world order.Through a sustained examination of current events, as well as an acknowledgement of the significance of early constitutional history, this erudite Handbook brings together contributions from world-leading academics. New chapters offer timely commentaries on important developments in methodology such as postcolonial and feminist approaches. By providing additional scope for analysis, this updated edition further emphasises the central message of the first: that the global order cannot be understood without a clear comprehension of constitutional theory.The Handbook on Global Constitutionalism will act as an essential resource for scholars and academics of law, politics and human rights. Due to its comprehensive examination of vital concepts such as legal theory, it will additionally be beneficial for practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review‘The revised and expanded edition of the already valuable Handbook on Global Constitutionalism shows the continuing vigor and development of this no-longer “emerging” field of scholarship. New essays on postcolonial and feminist approaches to global constitutionalism extend the field in interesting directions, as do essays on constituent power and transnational litigation networks. Even those who have used the first edition will find much more to think about in this new one.’ -- Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, US‘This book not only provides a comprehensive overview over global constitutionalism as a field of research. In times where it may seem to be under extreme pressure, it also serves as a hopeful reminder that global constitutionalism is deeply rooted historically, a force still to be reckoned with.’ -- Mathias Albert, Bielefeld University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgments xvii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism: protecting rights and democracy while binding power 1 Anthony F. Lang, Jr. and Antje Wiener PART I HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS 2 Global constitutionalism: the ancient worlds 24 Jill Harries 3 Medieval constitutionalism 36 Francis Oakley 4 Global constitutionalism in the early modern period: the role of empires, treaties and natural law 47 Martine van Ittersum 5 The Enlightenment and global constitutionalism 60 Chris Thornhill 6 Modern historical antecedents of global constitutionalism in theoretical perspective 77 Michel Rosenfeld PART II POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES 7 Cosmopolitanism and global constitutionalism 90 Garrett Wallace Brown 8 Liberal theory 102 Iain Ferguson 9 Constructivism and global constitutionalism 116 Jan Wilkens 10 Realist perspectives on global constitutionalism 130 Oliver Jütersonke 11 Critical theory 141 Gavin W. Anderson 12 The English School and global constitutionalism 153 Filippo Costa Buranelli 13 Postcolonial global constitutionalism 167 Sigrid Boysen 14 Feminist approaches to global constitutionalism 186 Ruth Houghton PART III LEGAL THEORIES 15 Natural law at the foundation of global constitutionalism 209 Mary Ellen O’Connell 16 International legal constitutionalism, legal forms and the need for villains 226 Jean d’Aspremont 17 Interactional legal theory, the international rule of law and global constitutionalism 241 Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope 18 The shifting relationship between functionalism and global constitutionalism 254 Jeffrey L. Dunoff 19 Global constitutionalism and international public authority in the crisis of liberal internationalism 266 Armin von Bogdandy, Matthias Goldmann and Ingo Venzke PART IV PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 20 Global constitutionalism and the rule of law 295 Mattias Kumm 21 Balance of powers 309 Eoin Carolan 22 Constituent power in global constitutionalism 319 Peter Niesen 23 Human rights as transnational constitutional law 332 Samantha Besson 24 Proportionality as a global constitutional principle 347 Anne Peters 25 Written versus unwritten: two views on the form of an international constitution 364 Bardo Fassbender 26 Transnational litigation networks: agents of change in the global constitutional order 374 Jill Bähring 27 Human rights, sovereignty and the use of force 396 Sassan Gholiagha PART V INSTITUTIONS AND FRAMEWORKS 28 International judicial review 410 Başak ‚alõ 29 Legislatures 424 M.J. Peterson 30 Executive and exception 437 William E. Scheuerman 31 Federalism: from constitutionalism to constitutionalization? 448 Thomas O. Hueglin 32 The UN Charter and global constitutionalism? 460 Michael W. Doyle 33 Functionalism, constitutionalism and the United Nations 477 Jan Klabbers 34 The European Union and global constitutionalism 490 Jo Shaw 35 The International Criminal Court and global constitutionalism 508 Andrea Birdsall and Anthony F. Lang, Jr. 36 Global commercial constitutionalization: the World Trade Organization 519 Joel P. Trachtman PART VI NEW HORIZONS 37 Global constitutionalism and outer space governance 529 Adam Bower 38 The political economy of global constitutionalism 542 Christine Schwöbel-Patel 39 Global religion in a post-Westphalia world 556 Susanna Mancini 40 Constitutionalism and pluralism 568 Neil Walker Index

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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Bertrand Badie argues that the traditional paradigms of international relations are no longer sustainable, and that ignorance of these shifting systems and of alternative models is a major source of contemporary international conflict and disorder. Through a clear examination of the political, historical and social context, Badie illuminates the challenges and possibilities of an 'intersocial' and multilateral approach to international relations. Badie lays the foundations for understanding by first tracing the history of traditional Eurocentric international relations, from the Westphalian Peace of the seventeenth century through to the power politics of the mid-twentieth century, and discussing the processes, such as decolonisation, by which this system has been destabilised. Chapters consider issues such as the changing powers and identity of the state, regionalism, and war and conflict, demonstrating the impact of globalisation and the growing influence of both non-Western and non-state actors in the international arena and highlighting the need for a more widespread understanding of these realities. Rethinking International Relations will be essential reading for all scholars and students of international relations and political science. Its insights will also prove useful to policymakers and other actors involved in diplomatic relations and international public policy.Trade Review'The blindness of Western leaders and academics to the ways the international environment has changed since the days of the Congress of Vienna is a root cause of policy failure and possibly of impending catastrophe. In this brilliant exercise of historical sociology, Badie, drawing on the insights of Emile Durkheim, elaborates five principles to pull the wool from Western eyes. His arguments are very much on target and his book should be required reading in the academy and foreign ministries.' --Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. How International Relations Were Invented 2. “The Great Transformation”: Three Major Ruptures 3. Territorialization And Deterritorialization 4. An Inter-Social World 5. States In Question 6. The Regional Dilemma 7. New Wars, New Peace 8. New Diplomacies Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful and timely book introduces an explanatory theory for surveying global and international politics. Describing the nature and effects of democracy beyond the state, Hans Agné explores peace and conflict, migration politics, resource distribution, regime effectiveness, foreign policy and posthuman politics through the lens of democratism to both supplement and challenge established research paradigms. Transcending the conventional limitations of domestic politics in empirical studies, Agné presents novel ways of thinking about democracy, reconstructing received normative theories of democracy in global and international politics into an innovative framework for causal explanation. Rigorously testing this framework both empirically and theoretically, this book goes to the very heart of contemporary political issues, illustrating new solutions to problems of inequality, social recognition, global governance, environment politics and human rights protections. Opening up new avenues for exploring contemporary paradigms in international studies, this book is crucial reading for scholars and students of political science, particularly those interested in democratic and international theory. It will also benefit policymakers and political analysts, offering a wealth of new ideas concerning the key drivers of modern democratic politics and critical insights for changing its direction.Trade Review‘Democratism: Explaining International Politics with Democracy Beyond the State is a truly remarkable and ambitious book. It argues that democratism affects almost all outcomes in world politics and international policy processes. It is a most important theoretical contribution to IR, and it develops a fresh perspective on the concept of democracy – both on a very high level.’ -- Michael Zürn, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: democratism in international studies PART I THE CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY BEYOND THE STATE 1. Conceptual expansions: the meaning of democracy beyond the state 2. Conceptual delimitations: the meaning of democracy beyond the state PART II EXPLANATIONS OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 3. Democracy’s independent effects: from domestic to international theory 4. Democracy’s complex effects: subsuming international theories PART III EMPIRICAL TESTS AND APPLICATIONS 5. Global conflict and human survival 6. Rising powers and foreign policy strategies 7. Human rights and environmental protection 8. Migration, redistribution and enlargement 9. Political influence in global governance 10. Reaction speed in global crisis management PART IV SYNERGIES AND IMPLICATIONS 11. Democratism as a paradigm in IR: structures, subjects, processes 12. Democratism beyond IR paradigms: new wars, inner conflicts, post-humans Conclusion: democratism, politics and science References Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the diverse experience of a team of internationally recognised specialists, Teaching Political Sociology provides educators with a concise and accessible guide to the main topic areas likely to form part of term, semester or year-long courses in political sociology.The book focuses on the key pedagogic challenges posed to teachers of political sociology, from general issues of value-freedom and engagement with students’ political commitments to more specific issues which arise in relation to sensitive areas such as political violence and extremist ideologies of the far right. Chapters introduce readers to the state of the art in a wide range of topics, including race and postcoloniality, postcommunism, legal sociology, human rights and the sociology of war and peace. Highlighting the challenges and opportunities presented by these topics for political sociology teaching and curricula, the book provides an invaluable starting point for educators.Diverse in scope and approach, and offering an evaluation of appropriate literature at various levels, this book will prove an essential resource for teachers of political sociology and related fields such as international relations.Trade Review‘Political sociology is one of the liveliest parts of the discipline, with great student interest. But entry is daunting. The range of problems is vast and the number of cognate topics is large. Outhwaite and Ray have assembled a thoughtful and accessible guide to teaching the main topics, with a stellar cast of contributors.’ -- Stephen Turner, University of South Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Teaching Political Sociology 1 Larry Ray and William Outhwaite 2 Teaching political sociology 9 Charles Turner 3 Theories of the political 17 Peter Wagner 4 Teaching about contemporary Europe 32 William Outhwaite 5 Teaching about the far right in (political) sociology 48 Aaron Winter 6 Teaching about political violence 73 Larry Ray 7 Teaching the political sociology of war and peace 90 John D. Brewer 8 The challenges that race and coloniality present to the teaching of sociology: gender, class and migration 106 Ipek Demir 9 Teaching about postcommunism 125 Veronika Stoyanova 10 Teaching the political sociology of law 149 Chris Thornhill 11 The challenges of teaching human rights 172 Francesca Romana Ammaturo and Jennifer Melvin Index 189

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the role of imagination in initiating, contesting, and changing the pathways of global cooperation. Building on carefully contextualized empirical cases from diverse policy fields, regions, and historical periods, it highlights the agency of a wide range of actors in reflecting on past and present experiences and imagining future ways of collective problem solving.Chapters analyse the mobilizing, identity, cognitive, emotional, and normative effects through which imaginations shape pathways for global cooperation. Expert contributors consider the ways in which actors combine multiple layers of meaning-making through practices of staging the past and present as well as in their circulation. Exploring the contingency and open-endedness of processes of global cooperation, the book challenges more systemic and output-oriented perspectives of global governance. Its synthesis of ways in which imaginations inform processes of creating, contesting, and changing pathways for global cooperation provides a novel conceptual approach to the study of global cooperation.Interdisciplinary in approach, this authoritative book offers new ways of thinking about global cooperation to scholars and students of international relations, development studies, law and politics, international theory, global sociology, and global history as well as practitioners and policy-makers across various policy fields.Trade Review‘This excellent volume courageously recasts the study of global cooperation. Instead of looking to the past to make sense of where the world finds itself today, it boldly inquires how the future is imagined in the present. Instead of looking at the state of global cooperation through the lofty ideals of philosophers, it offers a rich perspective through the eyes of practitioners, academics, and activists. And instead of treading customary ground in international relations theory, it melds a rich interdisciplinary tableau to capture the practice, emotion, and aspirational elements that move global governance day-to-day. In short, this book richly rewards readers with new ways to imagine the future of global cooperation.’ -- Orfeo Fioretos, Temple University, US‘This exciting collection combines sharp theoretical analysis with a rich array of illuminating case studies to show the powerful role played by creative human imagination in shaping transformative processes of global cooperation. In departure from established understandings of global change as rigidly constrained by deterministic historical structures or rationalized institutional procedures, it makes a compelling case that processes of collective imagining – drawing together symbolic representations, emotions, and normative beliefs – can forge new cooperative pathways in confronting the challenges of twenty-first world politics.’ -- Terry Macdonald, University of Melbourne, Australia‘This superb volume offers an innovative and inspired perspective on global cooperation that centres the work of the imagination as an essential driver of the processes through which unscripted cooperation pathways emerge and open up new trajectories of collective action. In doing so, it delineates a more hopeful vision for a future that is not determined by the patterns and outcomes of the past, but driven by the converging aspirations of those willing to invent it.’ -- Inanna Hamati-Ataya, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Imagining pathways for global cooperation: an introduction 1 Katja Freistein, Bettina Mahlert, Sigrid Quack and Christine Unrau PART I INITIATING COOPERATION 2 Imagining, visualizing, and narrating peace through trade: free trade networks, world exhibitions, and pathways of global cooperation 30 Wolfram Kaiser 3 The ‘true utopia’? Riace, Wim Wenders’ Il Volo, and the prefigurative politics of migration 52 Christine Unrau 4 Migration as a human right: pathways of global solidarity at the borders of Europe 70 Stefania Maffeis PART II CONTESTING COOPERATION 5 Pathways of immunity, customary law, and the creation of an authoritative past 92 Katja Freistein and Wouter Werner 6 Entangled imaginaries and bonds of shared pain: the case of Kashmiri and Palestinian resistance 108 Amya Agarwal 7 Pathways and the politics of anticipation: imagining the corridor for international climate cooperation 126 Jeroen Oomen and Silke Beck PART III CHANGING COOPERATION 8 The Sphere Project: imagining better humanitarian action through reflective accountability institutions and practices 147 Maryam Z. Deloffre 9 Imagining credible standards: what’s driving the ISEAL alliance? 170 Christine Overdevest 10 From per capita income to the Human Development Index: a pathway for imagining development through numbers 188 Bettina Mahlert 11 Envisioning the oikoumene: interfaith networks of social activism between Europe and Latin America 209 Joanildo Burity 12 Creating, challenging, and changing pathways for cooperation through imagination 230 Katja Freistein, Bettina Mahlert, Sigrid Quack and Christine Unrau Index

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Book SynopsisAffirming Antonio Gramsci’s continuing influence, this adroitly cultivated Companion offers a comprehensive overview of Gramsci’s contributions to the interdisciplinary fields of critical social science, social and political thought, economics and emancipatory politics. Within the tradition of historical materialism, it explores the continuing impact of Gramscian perspectives in the present day.Featuring contributions from eminent scholars, the Companion engages with Gramsci’s thought in the broader context of his life, outlining his innovative theoretical and historical analyses of capitalist modernity. Key themes within Gramscian theory are examined such as historical bloc, passive revolution, integral state, and civil society, which elaborate upon the core concept of hegemony. Chapters map out the development of historical materialism and rigorously analyse contemporary issues of urgency including climate breakdown, the rise of far-right populism, and increasing geopolitical tension.Offering a state-of-the-art review of Gramscian theory, this Companion will prove beneficial to academics, researchers and students from across the social sciences and humanities, and will be essential reading for those interested in political economy and political theory, sociology, philosophy, radical and feminist economics, environmental studies, gender studies, and post-colonial and cultural studies.Trade Review‘The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci provides a rigorous examination and utilization of Gramsci’s contributions to social and political thought. William Carroll has brought together internationally recognized scholars to explore Gramsci’s ideas and to demonstrate their contemporary relevance in debates ranging from hegemony, passive revolution, revolutionary strategy, populism, and education to the organic crises of neoliberalism and climate change – all written in the tradition of historical materialism and emancipatory politics.' -- Marcus E. Green, Secretary of the International Gramsci Society‘Considering the relevance of Antonio Gramsci across the social sciences and humanities, this volume has been long overdue. The various contributions place Gramsci’s work within his own time, develop his key concepts and explore their applicability to contemporary developments. This Companion is an essential touchstone for everyone interested in the continuing importance of this key Marxist thinker.’ -- Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK‘With an impressive range of leading scholars, The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci is an enormous contribution to the relevance of Gramscian ideas to contemporary times. The volume is a rich and comprehensive engagement with Gramsci’s social and political thought and emancipatory politics. Placing Gramsci’s historical materialism as an organising pivot, the volume takes the reader on a journey from the political and social milieu in which Gramsci’s ideas came to fruition to his major concepts and, by applying his ideas and modes of analyses to understanding (and changing!) our current times, contemporary Gramscian scholarship. The Elgar Companion to Antonio Gramsci is a real tour de force!’ -- Michelle Williams, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: recovering a Gramsci for our times 1 William K. Carroll PART I GRAMSCI IN CONTEXT 2 Gramsci: life and times of a revolutionary 31 Nathan Sperber and George Hoare 3 Gramsci, Marx, Hegel 48 Robert P. Jackson 4 ‘The Revolution against “Capital”’: Constancy, change and collective will in Gramsci’s concepts 66 Derek Boothman 5 Historico-political dynamics in the Prison Notebooks: passive revolution, relations of force, organic crisis 83 Francesca Antonini 6 Hegemony as a protean concept 99 Elizabeth Humphrys PART II THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRAXIS: A NEW POLITICAL VOCABULARY 7 The historical bloc as a strategic node in Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks 118 Panagiotis Sotiris 8 State, capital and civil society 136 Marco Fonseca 9 Intellectuals, ideology, and the ethico-political 152 Jean-Pierre Reed and Carlos L. Garrido 10 Where Trotsky’s horizons stop, Gramsci’s begin: the passive revolutionary road to capitalist modernity 171 Adam David Morton 11 War of maneuver and war of position: Gramsci and the dialectic of revolution 189 Daniel Egan 12 Welding the present to the future ... thinking with Gramsci about prefiguration 204 Dorothea Elena Schoppek 13 The Modern Prince and revolutionary strategy 219 Alexandros Chrysis PART III GRAMSCI FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SECTION A: PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ISSUES 14 Gramsci, post-Marxism and critical realism 240 Jonathan Joseph 15 Hegemonic projects and cultural political economy 261 Bob Jessop 16 Fordism, post-Fordism and the imperial mode of living 279 Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen SECTION B: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REPRODUCTION 17 Hegemony, gender and social reproduction 299 Anna Sturman 18 Cultural studies: the Gramscian current 315 Marco Briziarelli and Didarul Islam 19 Antonio Gramsci and education 334 Peter Mayo 20 Hegemony without hegemony: Gramsci, Guha and post-Western Marxism 350 Sourayan Mookerjea SECTION C: HEGEMONIC STRUGGLE 21 Social movements and hegemonic struggle 370 Laurence Cox 22 Hegemonic struggle and right-wing populism 388 Owen Worth 23 Gramsci and hegemonic struggle in a globalized world 406 Thomas Muhr SECTION D: GLOBAL ORGANIC CRISIS 24 Transnational neoliberalism in organic crisis 428 Henk Overbeek 25 Beyond ecocidal capitalism: climate crisis and climate justice 448 Kevin Surprise Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book delivers a wealth of innovative ideas, models, examples, and advice for teaching experimental political science in the classroom and beyond, emphasising that teaching experimental research is necessary to prepare students to succeed as researchers, practitioners, active citizens and civic leaders. It illustrates how teaching experimental methods sparks students curiosity by allowing them to ask and answer questions about the world they live in.With a core focus on successfully engaging a diverse range of students at all levels, this book includes a variety of approaches from contributing authors who are leading scholars in their field. Chapters provide both new and experienced teachers with concrete guidance on how to: facilitate student-designed survey experiments, use workbooks and templates to overcome mathematical and writing anxiety; use mock Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews to teach students about the ethics of experimental research; follow an apprenticeship model to teach students to carry out their own lab experiments; and train students to go out into the field. Proposed models of teaching are supported throughout by the latest empirical research on the science of learning.Teaching Experimental Political Science will be a key resource for faculty and staff working across a variety of educational contexts including political science, international relations, international politics, domestic politics, public administration and public policy.Trade Review‘The infectious enthusiasm with which the authors convey their teaching techniques and experiences draws the reader in, much as the hands-on pedagogy of experimental political science draws in students who might otherwise be reluctant to learn about research methods. Readers will find a wealth of innovative teaching ideas, but mainly they will be struck by the authors’ deep commitment to making political science research relevant and meaningful to students from all walks of life.’ -- Donald P. Green, Columbia University, US‘This essential volume demonstrates how to bring one of the most important developments in social science—the experimental revolution—to the classroom. While teaching and research are often thought to be at odds, this book demonstrates that they can—and should—go together. Instructors will benefit from the concrete examples and advice; their students will benefit from being taught state of the art research methods. We all will benefit from a more informed citizenry.’ -- David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: innovative approaches to teaching experimental methods in the political science classroom 1 Elizabeth A. Bennion 1 Experiments for all! Introducing freshmen to social science research using innovative experiments 16 Debra Leiter and Beth Miller Vonnahme 2 Included and set up to succeed: an evidence-based approach to teaching experiments in the diverse classroom 33 Elaine K. Denny and Reagan Bijou 3 Engaging students as researchers: the value of an inquiry-based one-semester survey experiment 52 Jeffrey L. Bernstein 4 Using class-designed survey experiments to teach data collection, analysis, and reporting protocols 66 Jennifer Bachner 5 Using templates to make survey experiments accessible to math-anxious students 85 Eric Loepp 6 Nurturing problem-solvers: using workbooks to teach experiments in international development 105 Lindsay R. Dolan 7 Incorporating experimental methods training into your political science courses: a practical, topic-informed approach 124 Angie Bos and Bas van Doorn 8 From concept to implementation: engaging student researchers in get-out-the-vote field experiments 137 Melissa R. Michelson and Mara Ostfeld 9 Train the trainer: a field experiment workshop for graduate students and faculty 155 Elizabeth I. Dorssom 10 Teaching lab experiments using an apprenticeship model 177 Rose McDermott 11 Using mock institutional review boards to teach the ethics of experimental research 194 Christopher B. Mann 12 When things go wrong in the lab: teaching new experimenters to anticipate and adapt to the unexpected 212 Jonathan Rogers 13 Creating an experimental lab on your campus 226 Kim Fridkin, Manuel Gutierrez, Trudy Horsting, and Alexandra M. Williams Index

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Book SynopsisIn the context of COVID-19, the production and governance of urban space has experienced a rapid digitalization and datafication, creating new challenges for citizenship. The urban realm is not only the environment where a new standard for digital development is set but also the realm from which rescaling nation-states are pervasively emerging. Emerging Digital Citizenship Regimes: Postpandemic Technopolitical Democracies explores the roles played by digital citizenship in the context of changing geographies of the nation-state in Europe in the aftermath of the global pandemic; and reframes the concept of digital citizenship amid the rescaling of nation-states in Europe by connecting it to the increasing digitalisation of urban environment as a corollary of pandemic. By theorising the concept of citizenship in the digital age through the lens of the evolutionary character of its classical concept or by drawing upon the narratives regarding the democratising potential and risks of the Internet, Emerging Digital Citizenship Regimes explores the complex interaction of social and political variables shaping offline and online civic practices and their intertwined relation to the urban environment, analysing the way it is produced and governed in the COVID-19 new context.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Digital Citizenship Regimes in the Postpandemics Chapter 2. Digital Citizenship Regimes Rescaling Nation-States? Chapter 3. Taxonomy for Emerging Digital Citizenship Regimes Chapter 4. Algorithmic Nations: A Conceptual Assemblage for Postpandemic Technopolitical Democracies Chapter 5. Trends, Aftermaths, Emancipations Chapter 6. Future Research & Policy Avenues

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, China has become a world leader in e-commerce, e-currency, 5G and artificial intelligence, cementing itself as a major competitor to established powers. Gerald Chan poses the question: How has China pulled this off? Arguing that the answer lies in the country’s Digital Silk Road, a multi- faceted programme to connect the world via digital means, the book explores how China has shaped the development of the digital order, secured a critical role in internet governance and upset the status-quo powers.Integrating empirical research with innovative theory, this forward-looking book is the first of its kind to unravel the complex web spun through China’s Digital Silk Road. Chapters offer a unique Chinese perspective on the evolution of the global digital economy and digital currencies, highlighting China’s growing influence in driving technological development and setting global industrial standards. Following on from Chan’s previous publications on the country’s high-speed rail networks and maritime infrastructure, China’s Digital Silk Road offers a timely look at China’s predominant role in shaping the global digital order.Advancing a geo-developmental framework to analyse China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the book will be of unique interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics and global development.Trade Review‘Professor Gerald Chan’s latest addition to his trio on China’s Belt and Road Initiative examines the background of China’s technological drive and assists readers to better understand the escalating tension over technology – and ultimately the contest for global hegemony – between China and the United States. Readers will find its informal writing style easy to follow, which is important for an otherwise complex subject.’ -- Linda Chelan Li, City University of Hong Kong‘China’s new Silk Road, or Belt and Road Initiative, is massive in scope, with implications reaching beyond the future of China and humanity, and into space. And this book, also huge in scope, is everywhere far-sighted, thoughtful, perceptive, analytical and interesting. A splendid read for anybody interested in humanity’s future.’ -- Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements 1. Introduction to China’s Digital Silk Road 2. The new Silk Road: land, sea, digital 3. Theorising the Belt and Road: geodevelopmentalism revisited 4. The digital Silk Road: driving the fourth Industrial Revolution? 5. The mobile Silk Road: digital economy and the e-yuan 6. The cable Silk Road: over the land and under the sea 7. The space Silk Road: reaching for the stars? 8. Digital diplomacy and internet governance 9. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedia, featuring entries written by academic experts in the field, explores the diverse topics within the discipline of political sociology. By looking at both macro- and micro-components, questions relating to nation-states, political institutions and their development, and the sources of social and political change such as social movements and other forms of contentious politics, are raised and critically analysed.The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology highlights the key questions relating to political sociology through demonstrating that issues concerning power and political conflict, as well as the relationship between societies and states, are critical for understanding contemporary political and social contexts. The entries also shed light on the current position of this interdisciplinary field of study, which sits at the interface between political science and sociology, and consider its aims in addressing those aspects that pertain to the critical interplay between factors relating to both fields. A timely and stimulating reference work, this Encyclopedia will be a key resource for researchers and students in the field of political sociology, political science and theory, social policy, social theory, and public policy, providing both an excellent entry point for study as well as an essential reference tool for more experienced academics.Key Features: Discusses major approaches and theories Summarises key topics in over 160 entries Includes entries on key historical thinkers and concepts Presents frontier areas across the discipline for future research work Trade Review‘It is no easy task assembling an Encyclopedia of political sociology which needs, at the same time, to be comprehensive and authoritative. This is both in equal respect. A major reference point and a significant statement as to the identity of political sociology today.’ -- Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris, France‘This outstanding Encyclopedia will stand as the most comprehensive and authoritative contemporary survey of political sociology for many years to come. Editors Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni have done an exceptional job in assembling a truly international team of leading scholars to cover a wide and growing subfield of research and scholarship.’ -- Jeff Manza, New York University, US‘Providing an invaluable guide to contemporary political sociology, by a range of foremost contributors, this comprehensive Encyclopedia will be an essential point of research reference for scholars and students.’ -- Pippa Norris, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology xx Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni 1 Age and generation 1 Achim Goerres 2 Alienation 5 Amy Wendling and Rebecca Murray 3 Anarchism 9 Dana M. Williams 4 Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes 14 Natasha Lindstaedt 5 Biopolitics 18 Knut Ove Eliassen and Sverre Raffnsøe 6 Bourdieu, Pierre 22 Craig Calhoun 7 Bureaucracy 26 Marina Nistotskaya and Palina Kolvani 8 Capitalism 30 Bruno Amable 9 Citizenship 34 Christine Hobden and Laurence Piper 10 Civic engagement 38 Kristin Strømsnes 11 Civic voluntarism 42 Henry E. Brady 12 Civil disobedience 47 Sandra Laugier 13 Civil society 53 Simone Baglioni 14 Civil wars 56 Francisco Villamil 15 Class 59 Magnus Wennerhag and Anders Hylmö 16 Class consciousness and class struggle 63 Berch Berberoglu 17 Class voting 67 Geoffrey Evans 18 Cleavages 71 David Attewell and Marco R. Steenbergen 19 Clientelism 75 Francesco Stolfi 20 Coalition formation 78 Anna Bassi 21 Collective action 82 Nella Van Dyke 22 Comparative-historical sociology 86 Barry Eidlin 23 Comparative political economy 91 Jonas Pontusson and Lucio Baccaro 24 Comparative political sociology 95 Kai Arzheimer 25 Conflict theory 99 Jörg Rössel 26 Constructivism 103 Michael Buckley 27 Contentious politics 107 Kaylin Bourdon and David S. Meyer 28 Corporatism and neo-corporatism 111 Michael Dobbins and Rafael Pablo Labanino 29 Decommodification 115 Kenneth Nelson 30 Democracy 118 Natalie J. Doyle 31 Democratization 123 Jan Teorell 32 De Tocqueville, Alexis 127 Marinus Ossewaarde 33 Discrimination 131 Kassra A.R. Oskooii 34 Durkheim, Emile 134 Nicolas Sembel 35 Economic voting 138 Martin Okolikj 36 Emotions 142 Helena Flam 37 Empowerment 147 Aaron Schutz 38 Environmentalism 151 Amanda Machin and Alexander Ruser 39 Ethnicity 154 Shamit Saggar 40 Ethnocentrism 158 Wouter van der Brug and Linet R. Durmuşoğlu 41 Europeanization 162 Anna Kyriazi 42 Euroscepticism 166 Sofia Vasilopoulou 43 Exploitation 169 Arthur Sakamoto and Michael Ohsfeldt 44 Extreme right 174 Jens Rydgren and Ryan Switzer 45 Factionalism 177 Matthijs Bogaards and Hager Ali 46 Feminism 181 Christine M. Slaughter, Kennia L. Coronado, and Nadia E. Brown 47 Field theory 185 Gregor Kungl 48 Foucault, Michel 188 Vanessa Lemm and Venessa Ercole 49 Framing/frame analysis 192 Louisa Parks 50 Frankfurt School 195 Dustin Garlitz 51 Functionalism 199 Jonathan H. Turner and Alexandra Maryanski 52 Gender 204 Silke Roth 53 Globalization 208 Amentahru Wahlrab 54 Governance 212 Ramona Coman and Leonardo Puleo 55 Governmentality 216 Mathias Hein Jessen 56 Gramsci, Antonio 219 Fabio de Nardis 57 Group consciousness 222 Jacquelien van Stekelenburg 58 Identity 226 Francesca Polletta, Dylan Gray, and Nathan Redman 59 Ideology 229 Mathew Humphrey and Marius S. Ostrowski 60 Inequality (political) 234 Paul Marx 61 Institutionalism 237 Edwin Amenta 62 Interest groups 241 Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz 63 Intersectionality 244 Karine Duplan 64 Left/right 249 Anthony F. Heath 65 Legitimacy 253 David Beetham 66 Liberalism 257 Julie Smith 67 Libertarianism and authoritarianism 262 Paula Surridge 68 Lifestyle politics 267 Francesca Forno 69 Marx, Karl 271 Bob Jessop 70 Marxism and neo-Marxism 275 Rohan Advani and Michael A. McCarthy 71 Mass media 279 Rens Vliegenthart 72 Memory (collective) 282 Lorenzo Zamponi 73 Michels, Robert 285 Giorgio Volpe 74 The micro–macro link 289 Karl-Dieter Opp 75 Migration 292 Catherine Wihtol de Wenden 76 Modernity 296 John Rundell 77 Modernization 301 Stefan Kruse 78 Multiculturalism 306 Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy 79 Nationalism 310 Liah Greenfeld 80 Neoliberalism 313 Johanna Bockman and Margaret Zeddies 81 New politics and postmaterialism 317 Toni Rodon and Raül Tormos 82 NGOs 322 Grace L. Chikoto-Schultz and Bryson Davis 83 Nonviolence 326 Selina Gallo-Cruz 84 Norms 330 Vicente Valentim 85 Parties and party systems 334 Emilie van Haute 86 Partisanship 338 Paolo Bellucci 87 Patriarchy 343 Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider 88 Pluralism 347 Rainer Eisfeld 89 Polarisation 351 Juan Rodríguez-Teruel and Fernando Casal Bértoa 90 Policy analysis 355 Frédéric Varone and Karin Ingold 91 Policy networks 359 Manlio Cinalli 92 Political attitudes 363 Kathrin Ackermann 93 Political behaviour 367 Sadiya Akram 94 Political communication 371 Chiara Valli and Alessandro Nai 95 Political consumerism 375 Shelley Boulianne 96 Political corruption 379 Marcia Grimes and Oleksandra Keudel 97 Political culture 384 Mabel Berezin, Nathan T.B. Ly, and Chiara Visentin 98 Political efficacy 388 Jennifer Oser 99 Political elites 391 Lars Vogel and Christian Schneickert 100 Political engagement 395 Judith Bessant and Rob Watts 101 Political generations 399 Laura Stoker 102 Political institutions 404 Elisabeth S. Clemens 103 Political knowledge 408 Wyatt I. Dawson and Lindsay H. Hoffman 104 Political learning 412 Diana Owen 105 Political opportunities 416 Katerina Vrablikova 106 Political organizations 420 Tom Einhorn and Catherine Corrigall-Brown 107 Political participation 423 Yvette Peters 108 Political preferences 427 Rose McDermott 109 Political regimes 431 Erik Martinez Kuhonta 110 Political representation 435 Nathalie Giger and Zoe Lefkofridi 111 Political socialization 439 Tawnya Adkins Covert 112 Political sophistication 443 Marta Fraile 113 Political transitions 447 Olga Onuch 114 Political trust 451 Marc Hooghe 115 Political violence 454 Måns Robert Lundstedt and Lorenzo Bosi 116 Politics/the political 458 Oliver Marchart 117 Populism 461 Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser 118 Postcolonialism 465 Daniela Musina and Francesco Strazzari 119 Postmodernism 470 Simon Susen 120 Post-structuralism 475 Oscar L. Larsson 121 Poverty 479 Leo Azzollini and Brian Nolan 122 Power 482 Sebahattin Ziyanak, Jesse Lindley, and Leticia Haro 123 Precariat 486 Arne L. Kalleberg and Kevin Hewison 124 Protest 489 Hank Johnston 125 Public choice 493 Bruno S. Frey, Sandro Bieri, and Louis Moser 126 Public opinion 496 Viktor Orri Valgarðsson and Daniel Devine 127 Public policy 500 Jean-Francois Savard 128 Race and racism 503 Ali Meghji and Seetha Tan 129 Rational choice theory 507 Paul Whiteley 130 Religion and politics 510 Alberta Giorgi 131 Repression 514 Christian Davenport 132 Resources 518 Kay Lehman Schlozman 133 Revolutions 521 Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Jalal Fetrati 134 Riots 525 Matteo Tiratelli 135 Security 528 Jonathon Whooley and Laura Sjoberg 136 Social capital 531 Francesca Vassallo 137 Social change 534 Jennifer Earl, Sam Scovill, and Rina James 138 Social democracy 538 Frank Bandau 139 Socialism 542 Pierre Musso 140 Social media 546 Francesco Bailo 141 Social movement organizations 550 Edward T. Walker and John D. McCarthy 142 Social movements 555 Donatella della Porta 143 Social networks 560 Elena Pavan 144 Socio-economic status 564 Sebastian Jungkunz and Nadja Wehl 145 Solidarity 568 Christian Lahusen 146 State/state formation 572 John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss 147 Strikes 576 Roberto Franzosi 148 Structuralism 580 Johannes Angermuller 149 Structure and agency 583 Matthew Norton 150 Terrorism 586 Jeff Goodwin 151 Tilly, Charles 591 Lesley Wood 152 Trade unions 595 Jelle Visser 153 Transnationalism 599 Michele Ford 154 Underclass 603 Robert MacDonald 155 Unemployment 607 Emmanuel Pierru 156 Universalism/traditionalism 610 Alain Policar 157 Urban politics 613 Claire Colomb 158 Values 618 Jan Cieciuch and Eldad Davidov 159 Verba, Sidney 623 David E. Campbell 160 Voluntary associations 627 Sarah Cameron 161 Volunteering 631 Nathalie Hofstetter and Markus Freitag 162 Voting 635 Pascal Sciarini and Andreas C. Goldberg 163 War 639 Christian Olsson 164 Weber, Max 643 Kari Palonen and Niilo Kauppi 165 Welfare state 646 Romana Careja 166 World-systems 650 Christopher Chase-Dunn 167 Xenophobia 656 Claudia Alegre, Jessica Cobian, and Efrén Pérez Index 660

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores the role of utopian thinking in law and politics, including alternative forms of social engineering, such as technology and architecture. Building on Levitas’ Utopia as Method, the topic of utopia is addressed within the book from a multidisciplinary perspective.The book addresses central questions surrounding utopian thinking: What are its implications for law and politics? To what extent does it constitute a desirable vision? What are its risks or dangers? How is utopia related to ideology? An impressive selection of contributors reflect on the challenge of utopianism and its attraction, advancing the global public debate on social and political issues. Divided into three accessible parts, this book discusses the relationship between utopia and the law, the notion of utopian politics and utopia in architecture and technology.Addressing the topic of utopia from a variety of perspectives, this book will be an interesting read for academic scholars and students in the field of law, legal and political theory, philosophy, ethics, sociology, religious studies, technology and architecture. In particular, it is relevant for scholars who are interested in the dynamics of social, legal and political change.Trade Review‘Stimulating and provocative, this interesting collection tackles utopia from diverse disciplinary, theoretical, and political angles. Drawing on secular and religious traditions, contributors demonstrate utopian thinking’s enduring vitality and significance. With hope, faith, humanity, and the imagination, at its centre, this book explores what utopia can and cannot mean, be, and do.’ -- Davina Cooper, King's College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I UTOPIA AND THE LAW: SKETCHES FOR A NEW SOCIETY 1 Introduction: A return to utopia 2 Bart van Klink, Marta Soniewicka and Leon van den Broeke 2 Finding hope in hopeless times 19 Lynne Copson 3 The rule of law: Between ideology and utopia 38 Bart van Klink 4 Legislative hope and utopia 59 Carinne Elion-Valter 5 A secular form of grace: A place for utopia in law 76 Leon van den Broeke PART II UTOPIAN POLITICS: REDEMPTION OR A ‘RECIPE FOR BLOODSHED’? 6 The politics of hope: Utopia as an exercise in social imagination 96 Marta Soniewicka 7 The utopian ideals of the political order of the European Union: Is a European republic possible? 116 Jan Willem Sap 8 ‘The coming community’: Agamben’s vision of messianic politics 134 Oliver W. Lembcke 9 The allure of utopia: Klaas Schilder’s stress on the relevance of hic et nunc 150 George Harinck 10 The Islamic state 167 Maurits Berger PART III UTOPIA IN ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION 11 An ideal city vs 21st-century pragmatism 187 Ernestyna Szpakowska-Loranc 12 Planning utopia 207 Danielle Chevalier and Yannis Tzaninis 13 Technological utopias: Promises of the unlimited 226 Marc J. de Vries 14 A better way of being? Human rights, transhumanism and ‘the utopian standpoint of man’ 245 Britta van Beers 15 The posthuman: Around the vanishing point of utopia 266 Anna Bugajska 16 Being an agent in a robot and artificial intelligence age: Potentiality or dystopia? 284 Zeynep İspir and Şükrü Keleş Index

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Book SynopsisLaying down the foundations of a critical sociological approach to the interdisciplinary domain of public policy, this insightful book presents the first systematic reflection on the use of Bourdieu’s theory of social fields to analyse policy processes. Engaging with theoretical dimensions, it provides innovative methodological tools, both quantitative and qualitative in nature, to be used in the wider field of policy studies.Bringing together expert contributors from across the globe, the book explores a diverse range of case studies on various policy sectors and processes such as international policy circulation and policy implementation. Offering a wealth of critical analysis, chapters highlight the unsatisfactory nature of mainstream policy approaches and advocate for the use of Bourdieu’s sociological theory to account for the social milieus, structures of relationships, and power dynamics in which public policies are made. Encompassing numerous actors and groups, this theory enables a critical sociological understanding of policy orientations by unveiling the structures of relationships in policymaking.Innovative and perceptive in its approach, this book will prove to be an important resource for scholars and students interested in the fields of critical policy studies, public policy, public administration and management, and sociology.Trade Review‘This volume is a timely and long-expected contribution, spanning over a wide range of countries and policy domains. The book delivers precisely what the title announces: It brings Bourdieu’s powerful theory of fields into a new domain – policy analysis – where it can provide a critical edge that this field of research has been waiting for. The book provides a range of valuable examples of how Bourdieu’s relatively abstract theory of fields may be operationalized and put to work in empirical analyses of new topics. The proof of the value of this theoretical approach lies in the insights the numerous empirical contributions provide into the complex working of the power struggles underlying policy formations. Highly recommended reading!’ -- Annick Prieur, Aalborg University, Denmark‘At last, a book on policy analysis which tackles head on power and its unequal distribution between policymakers. The authors not only use Bourdieu’s concept of the field to unpack power relations in a range of issue areas but also make significant contributions to Bourdieusien sociology and social theory.’ -- Andy Smith, University of Bordeaux, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Bringing Bourdieu’s Theory of Fields to Critical Policy Analysis 1 Vincent Dubois PART I POLICY DOMAINS AS SOCIAL FIELDS 1 Constructing the field of educational power: socio-history and structural analysis of two critical moments 18 Pierre Clément 2 The Brazilian National Development Bank’s public policy examined through multiple correspondence analysis and social network analysis 37 Elisa Klüger 3 Colorado River Basin water policy: using Bourdieu’s field theory in the environmental policy arena 56 Brian F. O’Neill, Joan Cortinas Muñoz and Franck Poupeau 4 Security as a field of force: the case of Switzerland in the mid-2010s 74 Stephan Davidshofer, Amal Tawfik and Jonas Hagmann 5 From the theory of the state to the sociology of public policy fields in Latin America: the production of economic policies in Peru 90 Arthur Morenas PART II THE BUREAUCRATIC FIELD IN POLICY-MAKING 6 The bureaucratic field and the sociology of public policy: from the structure of the administration to the production of policies 109 Victor Demenge and Melaine Robert 7 The role of autonomization of the bureaucratic field in the development of public policy: the case of Canadian food safety policy 1874–1969 128 Caroline Dufour 8 Public policy as a product of the professional structure of the bureaucratic field 134 Victor Demenge PART III TWO INTERSTITIAL FIELDS: EXPERTISE AND THINK TANKS 9 Interstitial knowledge: considerations based on the case of expertise on radicalization in France 154 Lili Soussoko 10 On the strength of lesser fields: a reflection on public policy think tanks and the concept of interstitial fields 173 Thomas Medvetz PART IV POLICY AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIELDS 11 The ‘grip’ of the journalistic field on national public policy: a sociological explanation of a media-oriented governmental decision 188 Jérémie Nollet 12 Relations between the scientific field and the bureaucratic field in ‘authoritarian’ and ‘democratic’ contexts: history policy in Poland 207 Valentin Behr 13 The relationship between the bureaucratic and the entrepreneurial fields: shedding light on the contribution of public policy to delimiting legitimate economic activities 214 Antoine Roger PART V THREE POLICY PROCESSES REVISITED WITH THE SOCIOLOGY OF FIELDS: DECISION-MAKING, IMPLEMENTATION, INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION 14 Sociology of fields and the decision-making process: the example of presidential cultural projects in France 235 Thomas Hélie 15 Analysing the implementation of European public policy with the sociology of fields: some remarks on the European Union’s regional policy 253 Vincent Lebrou 16 International policy circulation and fields of public policy in the (Latin American) periphery 262 Paul Hathazy PART VI THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS ON PUBLIC POLICIES 17 What the field of eurocracy tells us about European policies 282 Didier Georgakakis 18 What the international field does to foreign policies 300 Florent Pouponneau Conclusion to Bringing Bourdieu’s Theory of Fields to Critical Policy Analysis 318 Vincent Dubois

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Book SynopsisProviding an insightful and comprehensive introduction to the world of journal publishing within the fields of political science and international relations, this book offers in-depth guidance to maximize the likelihood of publishing success. Using their extensive experience as journal editors, Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama also include crucial advice on how to select an appropriate journal, revise manuscripts, and how to increase the impact of published work. Common questions are answered, such as: when is the right time to submit your manuscript; how to select a co-author; and when to contact an editor, as well as the challenging aspect of how to deal with rejections. Other key topics are thoroughly reviewed and explored, including guidance on ethics and integrity in publishing journal articles, emerging practices regarding research transparency, and new frontiers in academic journal publishing such as Open Access. This engaging book will be an invaluable resource for graduate students and scholars looking to improve their understanding of the journal publishing process, as well as providing an essential guide for those undertaking this journey for the first time.Trade Review‘A must read for all graduate students, and yet everyone will learn something. It democratizes the publication process by making critical information available to everyone. Importantly, the authors include reflective commentary on current issues as well: replication, open access, and promoting your own published work. Breuning and Ishiyama are ideal authors on the topic of “how to publish” as they are outstanding scholars with sustained publication records, have top-level editing experience, and reputations as strong mentors to many throughout the discipline.’ -- Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University, US‘Breuning and Ishiyama bring a wealth of experience to bear in this excellent “how-to” book. How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals is a welcome resource for graduate students and early career scholars as they learn about, and navigate, the journal publishing process. In addition to opening the black box of the publishing process itself, the book also provides informative advice on several important issues in publishing, including ethics, data transparency and citations, as well as newer developments, such as open access publishing. It is a resource that I will enthusiastically recommend to colleagues.’ -- Jae-Jae Spoon, University of Pittsburgh, US‘This comprehensive and highly readable volume contains a host of insights about how to publish in Political Science and International Relations. Subject matter includes how to select a journal based on a balance of prestige versus fit, when to send a manuscript out for review, tactics for revising in response to instructions from editors, and ways in which to maximize the impact of one’s publications. The book is essential reading for both those new to the profession and their mentors.’ -- Patrick James, Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, US‘Breuning and Ishiyama distill a vast amount of experience as authors and editors into this engaging book. Their advice is practical and methodical as they walk a new scholar through the steps of publishing in academic journals. Even established scholars will appreciate the discussions of newer trends, such as research transparency, open access, and strategies to maximizing the impact of published work. This is a must read for anyone looking for advice on journal publishing!’ -- Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: how to use this book 1. The publishing process 2. The review process 3. Ethics and integrity in publishing 4. Research transparency across different types of scholarship 5. New frontiers in publishing: understanding open access journals 6. Maximizing the impact of your scholarship References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive guide captures important trends in international relations (IR) pedagogy, paying particular attention to innovations in active learning and student engagement for the contemporary International Relations (IR) classroom.This book is organized into three parts: IR course structures and goals; techniques and approaches to the classroom; and assessment and effectiveness. It is up-to-date with teaching practices highlighted by leading journals and conferences sponsored by the International Studies Association (ISA) and the American Political Science Association (APSA). Collectively, the chapters contribute to continuing dialogues on pedagogy in the field and serve as a critical resource for faculty in IR, political science, and social science.Trade Review‘In an increasingly complex world that calls for innovation and critical thinking, Teaching International Relations provides a valuable collection of chapters to guide thoughtful instructors who want to create engaging and meaningful learning experiences for their students. This new volume is broad in scope, with a diverse and accomplished set of contributors. IR instructors will find an excellent resource for actively engaging students, structuring courses, and assessing outcomes.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Teaching International Relations 1 James M. Scott, Ralph G. Carter, Brandy Jolliff Scott and Jeffrey S. Lantis PART I CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN COURSE STRUCTURES AND GOALS 2 Essentials for Introduction to International Relations 11 Paul F. Diehl and Mark A. Boyer 3 Teaching with purpose: commitment and innovation in IR pedagogy 27 Jeffrey S. Lantis 4 Teaching IR in the Global South: views from Brazil and South Africa 38 Jacqui de Matos Ala, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue and Marcelo Valença 5 Toward an intersectional pedagogy in IR: how to take feminist interventions seriously 52 Dovilė Budrytė PART II INNOVATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES 6 Teaching with case studies 66 Ralph G. Carter 7 Experiential learning through faculty-led study abroad programs 77 Amy Below, Amanda Nydegger and Mary Jane Parmentier 8 Using Statecraft in the classroom 90 Eric Cox 9 Teaching political violence with games and simulations 105 Amanda Rosen and Victor Asal 10 Teaching with the IR theory toolkit 117 Eric K. Leonard 11 Teaching IR with literature and film 129 Gigi Gokcek and Patrick James 12 Engaging in inquiry: problem-based and research-focused teaching and learning 145 James M. Scott 13 Engaging with diversity through technology 160 Yasemin Akbaba and Filiz Başkan 14 Becoming an effective online teacher: five considerations for better teaching and learning in IR courses 176 Brandy Jolliff Scott 15 Collaborative learning in the IR classroom 189 Heather A. Smith PART III ASSESSMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS 16 Assessment and effectiveness of active teaching and learning in IR 201 Matthew Krain and Kent J. Kille 17 The vital role of assessment in active teaching and learning 214 Kerstin Hamann References 224 Index

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Book SynopsisTeaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring key concepts, writing literature reviews and developing information literacy skills. Illustrating the ways in which research methods courses connect with wider topics in political science, contributors discuss how methodological considerations can result in recognition of previously silenced voices, and consider the civic education mission of research methods in political science. Chapters outline quantitative and qualitative methods, feminist methodologies and techniques for studying African-American politics, to review and demonstrate the many avenues that instructors of research methods courses might take.This crucial guide to teaching will benefit instructors of courses in research methods in political science, as well as faculty leaders instituting new courses in political science. Its theoretical insights into civic education will also be useful to scholars of education more broadly.Trade Review‘This book provides thoughtful and practical explorations of accessible pedagogical tools and approaches which can vastly improve any political science program. Bernstein and his contributors effectively make an argument for how the methods course is fundamental to achieving our discipline’s goals of developing active citizens who can evaluate information and evidence regarding problems which our democracies face in the 21st century. It should be required reading for every PhD candidate, methods course instructor, and department chair.‘Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the citizenship imperative and the Political Science Research Methods course 1 Jeffrey L. Bernstein PART I GUIDANCE FOR TEACHING THE RESEARCH METHODS COURSE 1 Getting the basics right: finding the right research question 13 Zsolt Nyiri 2 Incorporating information literacy in political science research design 28 Amanda Shannon and Vaughn Shannon 3 Beyond the annotated bibliography: improving student literature reviews through structured heuristics 43 Shane Nordyke and Peter Yacobucci 4 Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies 58 Kristin Makszin 5 Effectively teaching research methods as a series of simulation exercises 69 Jason Enia 6 Political methodology without the politics: reshaping the methods course to focus on real-world content and skill building 82 Amanda M. Rosen 7 Engaged statistics: building statistical skills by focusing on answering interesting and important questions 96 Michael A. Bailey 8 Teaching transparency: principles and practical considerations with illustrations in Stata and R 114 Matthew C. Ingram 9 Effectively teaching research methods in an online course 131 Robert Postic PART II FITTING RESEARCH METHODS WITHIN THE BROADER CURRICULUM AND DISCIPLINE 10 Designing and implementing methods curricula 146 Johan Adriaensen, Patrick Bijsmans and Afke Groen 11 Scaffolding research methods across the curriculum: an exploration of embedded curricular design 161 Kelly A. Clancy and Kelly Bauer 12 Incorporating and assessing methods across the political science curriculum 177 Christi Siver and Claire Haeg 13 Are students failing research methods or are research methods failing students? 194 William D. Blake and Carolyn Forestiere 14 What the traditional critiques from marginalized groups bring to comprehending political science research today 208 Harwood K. McClerking 15 Mainstreaming gender in research methods 222 Alexis Leanna Henshaw 16 A Deweyan pragmatist view on political science methods 238 Jonathan B. Isacoff Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Democracy and Security offers an insightful new interpretation of the topic that reframes the contemporary challenge of democracy away from competing ideologies or external existential threats, and centres on the security of democracy in the minds and lived experience of its citizens. With a global focus, it provides a cutting edge understanding of contemporary developments in democratic breakdown, investigating the role of new media, social media and the Internet. Expert contributors explore how democracy is affected by the resurgence of populism, terrorism and migration alongside the decline of independent mass media and associated conspiracy theories. The Handbook further argues that the security of government by the people is best understood through the security of people and examines the analysis of democratic security. Providing a diverse range of perspectives on how democratic breakdown occurs, this Handbook will be an excellent read for political scientists interested in human security and the effect of social media on democracy. Policymakers interested in policy prescriptions and stabilizing democratic backsliding will also find this an illuminating and informative resource.Trade Review‘This Handbook on Democracy and Security provides a fascinating analysis of the predominant causes of democratic erosion facing the world today. The book's contributors define and bound new threats – such as the double-edged sword of “militant democracy” – as well as reexamine long-standing threats – such as the triumphs and pitfalls of democracy assistance. Part IV of the book, in particular, offers keen insights regarding how online media both bolster and undermine democracy. This Handbook should be required reading for any democratization student, scholar or practitioner.’ -- Brigitte Seim, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US‘In light of the current “third wave” of autocratization worldwide, understanding the factors that sustain democracy is more critical than ever. This volume makes a valuable contribution to that understanding by exploring this at a micro level, focusing on the human factors and security of individual citizens that undergird democratic institutions. It is an extremely timely and very important work.’ -- Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Democracy and Security xi Nicholas A. Seltzer and Steven Lloyd Wilson PART I POLITICS NOT AS USUAL 1 Democratic Whack-a-Mole: the implications of militant democracy 2 Mika Hackner 2 Does globalization hurt liberal democracy? An application of saliency theory to the globalization–democracy nexus 16 Nataliia Kasianenko 3 The regional adoption of elite rejection and populism 31 Keely Eshenbaugh 4 The impacts of water scarcity on the security of democracies 45 Elizabeth A. Koebele and Karen Simpson PART II COMPARATIVE POLITICS 5 International threat and democratic breakdown in new democracies 65 Michael Masterson 6 Democracy assistance by international organizations 84 Inken von Borzyskowski and Mert Kartal 7 Democracy promotion and democracy assistance: approaches from the north and alternatives from the south 112 Luiza Rodrigues Mateo 8 Authoritarian media abroad: the case of Russia and RT News 126 Megan MacDuffee Metzger PART III COMPLEXITY AND CHANGE IN THE ELECTORATE 9 The parliamentarian democracy and its digital enemies: how democracy is facing three challenges from digitalisation 142 Volker Boehme-Neßler 10 Hyper-polarization and the security of democracy 165 Jennifer McCoy 11 Attitudes towards immigrants and refugees in Europe 188 Constanza Sanhueza Petrarca and Sandra Horvath 12 Why do populists flip-flop on soldiers? The drug war’s civil–military commitment problem 211 Ned Littlefield, Omar O. Dumdum and Oliver Lang PART IV EVOLVING MEDIA AND INFORMATION-SCAPES 13 Broken-windows journalism: a rationale for democratic repair and media reform 231 Michael McDevitt 14 The rise of cable news 251 Dimitri Kelly 15 Internet policy in South Korea: liberal imperialism and paradox 270 Julia Eggleston and Steven Lloyd Wilson 16 Conspiracy thinking 289 April A. Johnson PART V UNCONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 17 Democracy and health 310 Robert L. Ostergard, Jr. 18 Leadership, democracy, and security in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from the Republic of Uganda 329 Jeffrey A. Griffin 19 Terrorism and threats to democracy 344 Susanne Martin Index 360

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook examines relationships between religion and international relations, mainly focusing on several world religions - Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism. Providing a timely update on this understudied topic, it evaluates how this complex relationship has evolved over the last four decades, looking at a variety of political contexts, regions and countries.Original chapters analyse how varying religions shape people’s attitudes towards the organisation and operations of political systems worldwide. As well as investigating core issues and topics such as religion, foreign policy, terrorism and international security, the Handbook also provides clarity on topical and controversial issues such as Islamist extremism, Hindu nationalism and Christian civilisationism. Top international contributors offer further analysis via important case studies of religion and international relations across the globe.Providing crucial information, this Handbook will be an excellent resource for higher-level students and researchers of religious studies, international relations and politics, as well as policy makers and professionals from a variety of backgrounds and orientations.Trade Review‘Notwithstanding, this Handbook provides a very informative treatment of relevant concepts, including but not limited to such notions as the advent of “God’s century” (187), the “global God divide” (200), “track two peace negotiations” (42, 201),“scriptualisation of Islam” (163), “sharia reservations” (218) with regard to freedom of religion and belief and the pro-life and pro-choice debates. Case studies of Turkey and India also prove to be very insightful, particularly from a historical viewpoint. This volume also presents excellent indexing of the most salient themes in the study of political actors’ approaches towards faith in global politics, primarily in Western contexts. This includes some insightful analysis of related topics in the fields of security, gender, environment, immigration, international development and foreign policy, among others.’ -- Vahid Nick Pay, The International Spectator‘This is a highly useful account of the impact of religion on international relations, and perhaps an important counterweight to both its absence in much of the literature, and, conversely, the breathless commentary that can suggest inevitable conflict between different belief structures.’ -- Anthony Smith, New Zealand International Review‘The global rise of strident new forms of politicized religion in international relations cries out for a single volume that provides a timely and authoritative overview. This book covers it all - the core issues, the key debates, and the arresting case studies - relating to every religious tradition in all sectors of the world. It is a handbook that will be essential to policymakers and scholars and to anyone concerned about the persistent role of faith in the global politics of the 21st century.‘Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Religion and international relations in the twenty-first century 1 Jeffrey Haynes PART I CORE ISSUES AND TOPICS 1 Religion in international relations: Theory and practice 5 Jeffrey Haynes 2 The rise and fall of secularism in international relations 24 Daniel Philpott 3 Religion and foreign policy 38 John A. Rees 4 Religion and transnational relations: Bridges, barriers and breakthroughs 52 Jonathan D. James 5 A feminist perspective on religion in international relations 68 Anne Jenichen 6 Political Islam and international relations theory 83 Jocelyne Cesari 7 Religion and international security: From confessionalization to securitization 100 Delphine Allès 8 International religious terrorism 115 Gus Martin PART II DEBATES AND CONTROVERSIES 9 The clash of civilizations, then and now 129 Jonathan Fox 10 Religion and the international politics of climate change 143 Katharina Glaab 11 Religion and international migration 156 Ayhan Kaya 12 Religion and international armed conflict: Why and how religion precipitates and intensifies it 171 Davis Brown 13 Engaging religion through diplomacy: The case of the United States 187 Peter Mandaville 14 Religion and international development 197 Katherine Marshall 15 The international promotion of freedom of religion or belief: Key debates and divides 215 Marie Juul Petersen 16 Religiously affiliated organizations 231 Karsten Lehmann PART III CASE STUDIES 17 Religion and the United Nations 246 Claudia Baumgart-Ochse 18 Religion in the European Union 259 Lucian N. Leustean and Jeffrey Haynes 19 Struggling with jihad over Jerusalem: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s approach to war and peace 275 Turan Kayaoglu 20 International relations and the pope 289 Mariano P. Barbato 21 Religion and America’s international relations 302 Lee Marsden 22 Religion and Iran’s international relations 317 Nikolay Kozhanov 23 Religion and Turkey’s international relations 331 İştar Gözaydın 24 Religion and India’s international relations 348 Catarina Kinnvall 25 Religious diplomacy and US–Israeli relations 363 Daniel G. Hummel Index 375

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Book SynopsisPhilosophy and Public Administration provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and practice of public administration. An agile introduction to the main philosophical streams, from classical metaphysics to phenomenology, this thoroughly updated second edition develops new insights, such as the social ontology of public administration. This second edition is an accessible guide in using practices, models, paradigms, ideal-types and utopias for improving public administration. Edoardo Ongaro explores connections between basic ontological stances and public governance, shedding light on the nature of public administration by revisiting fundamental philosophical issues. The quest for justification and legitimacy of public governance is examined, and 'Common Good', 'Social Contract' and 'Personalism' arguments vetted. Ongaro introduces a new chapter that guides readers in developing research on the link between philosophical foundations and public administration and teaching philosophy for public administration in university programmes. This is the only book to provide a comprehensive examination of how philosophical thought matters for understanding public administration. It is a must-read for academics and practitioners alike reflecting on, or practising the management of, public services and the updated sections will advance discussions and debate among public administration scholars.Trade Review‘Overall with such directions for future PA work, this book as an exceptionally intelligent and unusually readable feat is bound to become a classic entry point for readers new to the topics of whether and how philosophy has illuminated the intellectual space of PA. Readers should expect not to just read and understand it but to be “in” it too.’> -- Yi Yang, Global Policy and Governance'The second edition of Ongaro's Philosophy and Public Administration is welcome news. This bold and timely study has filled a major gap in the current literature on public governance, public administration and public management, and continues to command the attention it deserves. Ongaro offers a thoughtful exploration of the main figures and movements in the history of philosophy, providing a systematic introduction to the ontological and political philosophical foundations of public governance. It is highly recommended reading for anyone with an interest in the philosophical grounding of public administration.' --Maria Rosa Antognazza, King's College London, UKAcclaim for the first edition:‘This book makes a unique and significant contribution to the philosophical, ontological and epistemological foundations of public administration by delving more broadly and deeply into the connections between philosophy and public administration and management. This helps us better understand the complexities of public administration from a broad array of perspectives, including bureaucracy, democracy, management and governance. This book should be required reading in programs of public administration, management and policy.’ -- Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, US‘To give a substantial answer to the key PA-questions of what we can know, what we should do, and what we may hope for, this book gives an indispensable and substantial contribution of a solid bridge between philosophy and PA. Since this bridge did not exist yet, Ongaro had to write this book. Scholars and students alike will hugely benefit of it.’ -- Geert Bouckaert, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium‘Edoardo Ongaro’s book enters the stage at an auspicious moment for bringing the field of Public Administration back to its philosophical root. Public Administration today needs to assert itself philosophically for its own and society’s sake, but how to do so without an introductory textbook? – which we now have. As Philosophy and Public Administration takes stock of this topic in a comprehensive, even-handed, and sophisticated way, it is a must-read for scholars and students alike.’ -- Wolfgang Drechsler, Tallinn University of Technology, EstoniaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Geert Bouckaert Acknowledgements 1 Introduction and rationale 2 Key streams in philosophical inquiry: a selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration – Part I 3 Key streams in philosophical inquiry: a selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration – Part II 4 Ontological perspectives and Public public administration doctrines and themes revisited from a philosophical perspective 5 Political philosophy and public governance: the quest for justification in ‘common good’ and in ‘social contract’ arguments and their significance for the debate on the organisation of the public sector 6 Epistemological perspectives and the study of public administration 7 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas More: on virtues, realism and utopian thinking in public administration 8 Utopias, ideal-types, paradigms, models and ‘good practices: Repertoire of conceptual tools for public administration? 9 Elements (fragments) for the philosophical foundation of a theory of public administration 10 The search for consistencyResearching and teaching philosophy for public administration Postscript to the second edition: philosophy in and of Public Administration Today, global-Western and non-Western by Wolfgang DrechslerPostscript: philosophy in and of Public Administration Today by Wolfgang Drechsler References Index

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Book SynopsisTeaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring key concepts, writing literature reviews and developing information literacy skills. Illustrating the ways in which research methods courses connect with wider topics in political science, contributors discuss how methodological considerations can result in recognition of previously silenced voices, and consider the civic education mission of research methods in political science. Chapters outline quantitative and qualitative methods, feminist methodologies and techniques for studying African-American politics, to review and demonstrate the many avenues that instructors of research methods courses might take.This crucial guide to teaching will benefit instructors of courses in research methods in political science, as well as faculty leaders instituting new courses in political science. Its theoretical insights into civic education will also be useful to scholars of education more broadly.Trade Review‘This book provides thoughtful and practical explorations of accessible pedagogical tools and approaches which can vastly improve any political science program. Bernstein and his contributors effectively make an argument for how the methods course is fundamental to achieving our discipline’s goals of developing active citizens who can evaluate information and evidence regarding problems which our democracies face in the 21st century. It should be required reading for every PhD candidate, methods course instructor, and department chair.‘Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the citizenship imperative and the Political Science Research Methods course 1 Jeffrey L. Bernstein PART I GUIDANCE FOR TEACHING THE RESEARCH METHODS COURSE 1 Getting the basics right: finding the right research question 13 Zsolt Nyiri 2 Incorporating information literacy in political science research design 28 Amanda Shannon and Vaughn Shannon 3 Beyond the annotated bibliography: improving student literature reviews through structured heuristics 43 Shane Nordyke and Peter Yacobucci 4 Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies 58 Kristin Makszin 5 Effectively teaching research methods as a series of simulation exercises 69 Jason Enia 6 Political methodology without the politics: reshaping the methods course to focus on real-world content and skill building 82 Amanda M. Rosen 7 Engaged statistics: building statistical skills by focusing on answering interesting and important questions 96 Michael A. Bailey 8 Teaching transparency: principles and practical considerations with illustrations in Stata and R 114 Matthew C. Ingram 9 Effectively teaching research methods in an online course 131 Robert Postic PART II FITTING RESEARCH METHODS WITHIN THE BROADER CURRICULUM AND DISCIPLINE 10 Designing and implementing methods curricula 146 Johan Adriaensen, Patrick Bijsmans and Afke Groen 11 Scaffolding research methods across the curriculum: an exploration of embedded curricular design 161 Kelly A. Clancy and Kelly Bauer 12 Incorporating and assessing methods across the political science curriculum 177 Christi Siver and Claire Haeg 13 Are students failing research methods or are research methods failing students? 194 William D. Blake and Carolyn Forestiere 14 What the traditional critiques from marginalized groups bring to comprehending political science research today 208 Harwood K. McClerking 15 Mainstreaming gender in research methods 222 Alexis Leanna Henshaw 16 A Deweyan pragmatist view on political science methods 238 Jonathan B. Isacoff Index

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Book SynopsisConstitutional law is a ‘semi-autonomous’ discipline, where texts and doctrines are completely and complexly intertwined with the political systems within which constitutional law is found. This timely Research Handbook develops the idea that understanding constitutional law means understanding constitutional politics as well.Using both comparative and political analysis, this forward-looking reference work deals with the politics of constitutional law around the world, delivering global treatment of the politics of constitutional law across issues, regions and legal systems. The chapters are meticulously organised around ‘foundations’, ‘structures’, ‘rights’ and ‘futures’, providing a well-rounded overview of the topic and noting the key recent developments in the field. The distinction between law and politics is of course a contested one and the selection of prominent established and emerging scholars and contributors to this Handbook implicitly offer varying perspectives on it.Offering an innovative, critical approach to an array of key concepts and topics, this book will be a key resource for both legal scholars and political science scholars. Students with interests in law and politics, constitutions, legal theory and public policy will also find this a beneficial companion.Trade Review‘The separation of law and politics, long a staple of both popular and jurisprudential commentary, has for some time been exposed as a potentially harmful fiction that often obscures the essence of the legal process. Rarely, however, has this essence been so comprehensively explored, and with such breadth of coverage, as it is in this splendid volume. Tushnet and Kochenov have masterfully curated this vitally needed collection, dispelling any remaining argument for the idea that there is something oxymoronic in the practice of constitutional politics. In so doing, they have provided a compendium of groundbreaking work that will open multiple pathways for further scholarly investigation.’ -- Gary Jacobsohn, University of Texas at Austin, US‘The law-politics distinction is at once fluid, hard to define and yet crucial to our understanding of constitutional law. This Research Handbook brings together a dazzling array of constitutional thinkers to explore this distinction and in doing so offers valuable insights about constitutional law and politics in a range of jurisdictions world wide. Methodologically and thematically eclectic in scope, it promises to be an essential reference for constitutional lawyers, political scientists and theorists for many years to come.’ -- Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Politics of Constitutional Law 1 Mark Tushnet and Dimitry Kochenov PART I FOUNDATIONS 2 The ideal of the rule of law and private power 14 Martin Krygier 3 The politics of legal ideology 30 Julie Novkov 4 Constitutionalism and behavioural concepts 46 Dariusz Adamski 5 Emotions in constitutional law 70 András Sajó 6 Popular sovereignty, constitutional democracy and the mental construal of political representations 88 Zoran Oklopčić 7 Liminal rights: sovereignty, constitutions and borders 105 Audrey Macklin 8 Unrecognised entities: politics of constitutionalism at the fringes 128 Aistė Mickonytė and Benedikt C. Harzl 9 The politics of constitution making 143 Mark Tushnet 10 The constitutional politics of emergency powers 163 Victor V. Ramraj 11 Japan: a case against the amendment politics? 176 Tokujin Matsudaira 12 The politics of constitutional interpretation 199 Tamas Györfi PART II STRUCTURES 13 The gradual creation of a Leviathan: Latin America’s main constitutional failure 215 Roberto Gargarella 14 Constitutional politics of federalism in Latin America 228 Juan F. González Bertomeu 15 The rise and protection of judicial independence 246 Georg Vanberg, Benjamin Broman and Christopher Ritter 16 Politics of judicial governance 262 David Kosař and Katar’na Šipulová 17 The politics of judicial dialogue 286 David Law and Mark Tushnet 18 Republicanism redefined: the constitutional status of political parties after the ratification of the twelfth amendment 310 Franita Tolson 19 Transatlantic ‘administrative constitutionalism’: New Deal models and supranational governance in Europe Since the 1950s 329 Peter L. Lindseth 20 The politics of the constitutionalisation of corporate power in Europe 350 Jacquelyn D. Veraldi and Matthew R. Hassall 21 Advocates general and the court of justice: the early years 377 Margot Horspool 22 The neo-liberal bias of the EU constitutional order: a critical analysis 386 Bojan Bugaric 23 The politics of the constitutionalisation of international law: The United Nations sovereign (in)equality of states, good neighbourliness and use of force 410 Elena Basheska PART III RIGHTS 24 The politics of constitutional rights 432 Adam Chilton and Mila Versteeg 25 Pretext as a legal matter 453 Mariam Begadze 26 The constitutional politics of religion 467 Ioanna Tourkochoriti 27 The constitutional politics of merit 483 Sarah Ganty 28 Minorities: a view from South Asia 514 Kamala Sankaran 29 The politics of sexual identity and the emerging constitutional battles in Europe 533 Alina Tryfonidou 30 Abstract citizenship in the age of concrete human rights 551 Dimitry Kochenov PART IV FUTURES 31 The cold war’s continuing power: US constitutional law and historical memory 572 Aziz F. Rana 32 The politics of constitutional memory: mnemonic constitutionalism, historical memory, and collective identity in Poland, Germany and Russia 593 Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias 33 Use, misuse and abuse of constitutional identity in Europe 612 Petra Bárd, Nóra Chronowski and Zoltán Fleck 34 Populist constitutional politics and civil society fundamentalism 635 Paul Blokker 35 Militant democracy: a friend or enemy of democratic backsliding? 659 Violeta Beširević 36 Hindu Zion: the politics of constitutional accommodation 675 Suryapratim Roy and Rahul Sambaraju 37 The politics of constitutional meltdown 696 Paul Craig 38 The paradox of evil law 711 Anna Lukina Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book analyses the process of labour commodification, through which the individual's ability to earn a basic living becomes dependent on the conditions of the market relationship. Building on the premise that the separation of a group of individuals from the means of production is an intrinsic element of capitalism, Fausto Corvino theorises that this implies a form of domination in a neo-republican sense.Proposing an original theory of global justice denoted as a minimum de-commodification of labour power, this book explains the ways in which this cosmopolitan principle resists the criticisms that are commonly advanced against classic theories of global justice and charts a theory falling between the neo-republican and labour republican approaches. It stimulates the debate on, and moral critique of, capitalism and the obstacles it poses to individual freedoms, with a focus on exploitation and domination.Global Justice, Markets and Domination will be a key resource for students and scholars researching capitalism and analytical Marxism, political economics and human rights. It will also be of benefit to those interested in theories of global and distributive justice and the economic implications of the neo-republican theory of freedom as non-domination.Trade Review'Fausto Corvino's book is an original, engaging and enjoyable read. It is also erudite and wide-ranging. By bringing the extensive literatures on domination, distributive justice, and cosmopolitanism to bear on questions of commodification and structural economic deprivation, Corvino's argument complements and advances these debates. Moreover, his openness to disciplines other than philosophy, such as economic sociology, makes this book a valuable addition to contemporary interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of philosophy, economic sociology, and political science.' -- Nicholas Vrousalis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands'This clear and engaging book advances the debate by masterfully synthesizing several recent accounts of economic justice. Fausto Corvino argues that the world economy should be so organized that all can meet their basic needs without selling their labor power. With minimally adequate non-labor income for all, employment opportunities would be attractive enough to be freely embraced by workers who remain free to be unemployed. The world's elites are harming those who, under the global economic arrangements they uphold and benefit from, are compelled to work.' -- Thomas Pogge, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Labour commodification 2. Market and domination 3. A minimum de-commodification of labour and global justice 4. Statist objections to a cosmopolitan minimum de-commodification of labour Index

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Book SynopsisWhy do we teach EU politics? What should EU politics students learn? What are the practical approaches and techniques to teaching EU politics? In response to these questions, Teaching European Union Politics analyses the interdisciplinary nature of teaching this broad subject and reflects on a wide range of educational approaches. It both advances the pedagogy and practice of teaching EU politics, and provides practical support for those looking to adopt innovative and learner-oriented techniques.Bringing together contributions from a number of leading experts from across Europe, this book’s comprehensive chapters focus on topics including comparative politics, international relations, history, law, policy and economics. In assessing diverse teaching techniques, such as problem-based learning, games, simulations, and study visits, it invites teachers to rise to the challenge of bringing critical perspectives into the classroom. The book asks teachers to consider how they should (re)shape their teaching practice to better equip students with a range of skills and knowledge for today's turbulent world.Providing detailed support for course development, this progressive book will prove essential for teachers and academics in European politics and policy, European studies, public policy, and international relations.Trade Review‘This essential book brings together everything I appreciate in a volume on teaching politics: diverse, interdisciplinary voices; an emphasis on active learning in all its forms; and an approach that considers not only changes in the subject itself, but how that subject—in this case, the EU’s pathway in integration and policy—itself affects both teachers and students.’ -- Amanda Rosen, Co-founder, Active Learning in Political Science Blog‘The ambition of this collection is more than matched by its achievement. Bringing together leading scholars in European Studies both to reflect on this dynamic field and to guide the way in engaging learning for students, it highlights the rich community of practice from which we can all learn.’ -- Simon Usherwood, Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I SETTING THE SCENE 1 Introduction: teaching and learning European politics in a time of crisis 2 Christopher Huggins and Viviane Gravey 2 A field in crisis? 14 Viviane Gravey PART II DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 3 Mapping a discipline: interdisciplinarity and the core of European Studies 35 Patrick Bijsmans and Johan Adriaensen 4 Teaching the European Union from a comparative politics perspective 51 Mads Dagnis Jensen 5 Teaching international relations 63 Hanna L. Mühlenhoff 6 Teaching European Union public policy 76 Nicholas Wright 7 Teaching European Union law 93 Claudina Richards 8 Teaching European Union politics: the perspective of history 106 Carine Sophie Germond and Lise Rye 9 Integrating economics into the teaching of European Union politics 123 Robert Ackrill 10 Towards a ‘critical-pluralist’ approach to teaching the European Union 139 Owen Parker PART III ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN TEACHING EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS 11 Teaching European Union politics with technology 154 Alexandra Mihai 12 Active learning in European studies: the benefits and challenges of problem-based learning 168 Patrick Bijsmans 13 Simulations: the affordances and challenges of an immersive teaching tool 182 Karen Heard-Lauréote and Mark Field 14 Field trips and experiential learning in European Union politics 197 Christopher Huggins 15 University law clinics in practice: aims and implementation 212 Eleanor Scarlett 16 Analysing public policy in the classroom 228 Viviane Gravey 17 Teaching European Union politics beyond higher education: the case of primary school education through My Big Friendly Guide to the European Union 242 Emmanuelle Schön-Quinlivan PART IV CONCLUSIONS 18 Conclusions on teaching European Union politics 255 Viviane Gravey and Christopher Huggins Index

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Book SynopsisWhile a number of movements seek state secession, the majority never achieves internationally recognized statehood. Paradoxically, some movements that have succeeded have had weaker claims to statehood than many movements that have failed. Regional Politics and State Secession seeks to explain the variation in outcomes for secessionist movements and explores the reasons for why some movements succeed when so many fail.The author proposes a novel theory of secession based on the politics of the region, with the argument that only those secessionist movements that have the support of regional state and institutional actors will succeed in achieving internationally recognized statehood. Through an analysis of six movements across three regions, this book demonstrates why and how regional actors hold the key to understanding when a secessionist movement will find success. This work will appeal to an interdisciplinary academic audience. It lies at the intersection of international relations, international law, and comparative politics. While its core argument is based in international relations, its engagement with legal issues and its in-depth case studies, make it particularly relevant for those interested in international law and comparative politics.Trade Review‘Through a combination of perspectives from international relations, international law, and in-depth case studies, Nelson proposes an innovative argument on the role of regional actors in the success or failure of state secession. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in topics such as sovereignty, the state, and relations between regional actors and global powers.’ -- André Guzzi, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil‘Regional Politics and State Secession is a superb study that elucidates the decisive role of regional actors in determining the success or failure of secessionist movements. By focusing on the role of states in proximity to secessionist movements—their efforts to provide material aid, coordinate diplomatic initiatives, and influence the responses of great powers—Nelson charts a course for a far-reaching reevaluation of the factors that really matter when polities seek statehood. Nelson makes her case with brisk and engaging prose, deftly marshalling evidence from African, European, and Asian cases, in the best tradition of International Relations scholarship informed by nuanced historical analysis. While the path to statehood is Nelson’s focus, her analysis offers a wealth of insights for scholarship around regional rivalry and cooperation, relations among great powers and smaller states, and the politics of diplomacy and civil conflict. In short, this text is essential reading for all of those concerned with some of the most urgent and weighty questions of contemporary international affairs.’ -- Sobukwe Odinga, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to secession in Regional Politics and State Secession 2. The significance of the region 3. Secession in South Asia 4. Secession in the Horn of Africa 5. Secession in Europe 6. Conclusion to Regional Politics and State Secession References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive guide captures important trends in international relations (IR) pedagogy, paying particular attention to innovations in active learning and student engagement for the contemporary International Relations (IR) classroom.This book is organized into three parts: IR course structures and goals; techniques and approaches to the classroom; and assessment and effectiveness. It is up-to-date with teaching practices highlighted by leading journals and conferences sponsored by the International Studies Association (ISA) and the American Political Science Association (APSA). Collectively, the chapters contribute to continuing dialogues on pedagogy in the field and serve as a critical resource for faculty in IR, political science, and social science.Trade Review‘In an increasingly complex world that calls for innovation and critical thinking, Teaching International Relations provides a valuable collection of chapters to guide thoughtful instructors who want to create engaging and meaningful learning experiences for their students. This new volume is broad in scope, with a diverse and accomplished set of contributors. IR instructors will find an excellent resource for actively engaging students, structuring courses, and assessing outcomes.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Teaching International Relations 1 James M. Scott, Ralph G. Carter, Brandy Jolliff Scott and Jeffrey S. Lantis PART I CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN COURSE STRUCTURES AND GOALS 2 Essentials for Introduction to International Relations 11 Paul F. Diehl and Mark A. Boyer 3 Teaching with purpose: commitment and innovation in IR pedagogy 27 Jeffrey S. Lantis 4 Teaching IR in the Global South: views from Brazil and South Africa 38 Jacqui de Matos Ala, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue and Marcelo Valença 5 Toward an intersectional pedagogy in IR: how to take feminist interventions seriously 52 Dovilė Budrytė PART II INNOVATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM: TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES 6 Teaching with case studies 66 Ralph G. Carter 7 Experiential learning through faculty-led study abroad programs 77 Amy Below, Amanda Nydegger and Mary Jane Parmentier 8 Using Statecraft in the classroom 90 Eric Cox 9 Teaching political violence with games and simulations 105 Amanda Rosen and Victor Asal 10 Teaching with the IR theory toolkit 117 Eric K. Leonard 11 Teaching IR with literature and film 129 Gigi Gokcek and Patrick James 12 Engaging in inquiry: problem-based and research-focused teaching and learning 145 James M. Scott 13 Engaging with diversity through technology 160 Yasemin Akbaba and Filiz Başkan 14 Becoming an effective online teacher: five considerations for better teaching and learning in IR courses 176 Brandy Jolliff Scott 15 Collaborative learning in the IR classroom 189 Heather A. Smith PART III ASSESSMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS 16 Assessment and effectiveness of active teaching and learning in IR 201 Matthew Krain and Kent J. Kille 17 The vital role of assessment in active teaching and learning 214 Kerstin Hamann References 224 Index

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