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Book SynopsisThis book presents the core ideas of early sociologist Gabriel Tarde and suggests a new pathway for sociology based on his foundational work. Rejecting anthropocentrism, Tarde highlights the contrast between the natural and the artificial, uniquely emphasizing the positive significance of the artificial in an age in which people have come to distrust it profoundly. Recovering Tardeâs theory today in the context of contemporary as well as classical scholarship and recognizing how it fits with such phenomena as quantum physics and digital media, this book develops the concept of the cosmological imagination as the context for a critical Tardian analysis of artifice that can bring together what we know about our contemporary future-oriented global societies.How we know the universe, our place in it, the place of other animals and objects in it, our global socialities, our human claims of power and privilege within it, are pointed questions Tarde asks as he wonders whether a futu

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Book SynopsisIn this third decade of the 21st century, deep problems plague our world. Many people lack adequate nutrition, health care, and education, becausewhile there is enough wealth for everyone to meet these basic needsmost of it is tightly controlled by precious few. Global warming causes droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and soon the forced migrations of millions of people. In this book, philosopher Graham Priest explains why we find ourselves in this situation, defines the nature of the problems we face, and explains how we might solve and move beyond our current state. The first part of this book draws on Buddhist philosophy, Marx's analysis of capitalism, and their complementary role in explaining our present crisis and the events that led us here. In the second part of the book, Priest turns to the much harder question of how one might go about creating a more rational and humane world. Here, he draws again on Buddhist and Marxist ideas as well as some key aspects of anarchist thTrade Review"Although there have been a number of attempts recently to combine Buddhism and Marxism, this is the first full length systematic demonstration of how these two perspectives are complementary and can mutually supplement each other to guide the political praxis that would create a more humane world. The author skillfully inserts elements of anarchism in order to challenge the top-down political thinking that has all too often infected Marxism and presents a powerful argument for the necessity of building a bottom-up revolutionary movement that would pre-figure a post-capitalist society. Overall, the author draws on an impressive range of philosophical, psychological, and political resources to show how effective social political action requires a fundamental shift in our way of seeing and of being in the world."Karsten J. Struhl, New School for Public Engagement, New York, USATable of Contents1. Prolegomenon to Part I 2. Some Elements of Buddhist Philosophy 3. Some Elements of Marxist Philosophy 4. Anātman and Gattungswesen 5. The Elements as Complementary 6. Farewell to Capitalism 7. Prolegomenon to Part II 8. Power and the State 9. Society—from the Bottom Up 10. A Transition Towards This 11. Ideology, Consciousness, Education 12. Changing Oneself 13. Matters Arising

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a new research agenda for intelligence studies in contemporary times.In contrast to Intelligence Studies (IS), whose aim has largely been to improve the performance of national security services and assist in policy making, this book takes the investigation of the new professionals and everyday practices of intelligence as the immediate point of departure. Starting from the observation that intelligence today is increasingly about counter-terrorism, crime control, surveillance, and other security-related issues, this book adopts a transdisciplinary approach for studying the shifting logics of intelligence, how it has come to involve an expanding number of empirical sites, such as the police, local community, prison and the Internet, as well as a corresponding multiplicity of new actors in these domains. Shifting the focus away from traditional spies and Anglo-American intelligence services, this book addresses the transformations of contemporary intelligence Table of ContentsPART 1: Reconstructing the Object of Intelligence 1. Introduction: What’s the Problem with Intelligence Studies? Outlining a New Research Agenda on Contemporary Intelligence 2. Towards a Reflexive Study of Intelligence Accountability 3. Tracing Pre-Emptive Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP): Immigration, Classification Struggles, and the Expansion of Intelligence Logics in British Policing PART 2: The Practical Transformations of Contemporary Intelligence 4. Citizen-Led Intelligence Gathering under UK’s Prevent Duty 5. Prison Intelligence in France: An Empirical Investigation of the Emergence of Counter-Radicalisation Professionals 6. Manufacturing Intelligence: Police and Intelligence Services in Germany 7. Transversal Practices of Everyday Intelligence Work in New Zealand: Transnationalism, Commercialism, Diplomacy 8. The Techno-Legal Boundaries of Intelligence: NSA and FRA’s Collaborations in Transatlantic Mass Surveillance PART 3: Conceptual Reconsiderations of Intelligence 9. Regulating the Internet in Times of Mass Surveillance: A Universal Global Space with Universal Human Rights? 10. After Cambridge Analytica: Rethinking Surveillance in the Age of (Com)Modification 11. Violence Performed in Secret by State Agents: For an Alternative Problematisation of Intelligence Studies PART 4: Conclusion 12. Conclusion: Towards New Intelligence Studies

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the role of experts and expertise in contemporary politics and the ways in which digitalisation and the use of technique are transforming practices of governance. Asking whether the Covid-19 crisis is likely to further advance or weaken these processes, it examines their impact on the future of democracy and urges rejection of the idea of technocracy as an alternative to politics. An examination of the relationship between social elites and technique, this volume highlights the threat posed to representative democracy of this fundamental mechanism of governance in the global world and reflects upon new forms of the political-economic regime. It is important reading for scholars of sociology and politics with interests in questions of power, governance, and representation.

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Book SynopsisThis sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the time-bubbles when people are most nationalistic; the hours after a protest starts when violence is most likely to happen. Ranging from the three months of nationalism and hysteria after 9/11 to the assault on the Capitol in 2021, Randall Collins shows what makes some protests more violent than others and why some revolutions are swift and non-violent tipping-points while others devolve into lengthy civil wars. Winning or losing are emotional processes, continuing in the era of computerized war, while high-tech spawns terrorist tactics of hiding in the civilian population and using cheap features of the Internet as substitutes for military organization. Nevertheless, Explosive Conflict offers some optimistic discoveries on clues to mass rampages and heading off police atrocities, with practical lessons from time-dynamics of violence.Trade Review"This book is a major contribution to Collins’ influential theories of violence. It has a breadth and novelty of argument that can’t be found elsewhere." -- Ralph Schroeder, Oxford University"Collins offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the sociology of violence and grand theory."--Elijah Anderson, Yale University"Collins offers a way forward for sociology free of moralizing, doctrine, and prejudice that infects the work of others. Although instructors of a very wide range of courses teach Collins’s many books, this book is clearly a great choice for courses on sociological theory, historical sociology, political sociology, sociology of violence and conflict, and courses on public order/crowds/movements."--Anthony King, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction: Emergent and Self-Propelling Conflicts, Part 1. Time-Dynamics, 1 C-Escalation and D-Escalation: A Theory of the Time-Dynamics of Conflict, 2 Time-Bubbles of Nationalism, 3 Tipping Point Revolutions and State Breakdown Revolutions: Why Revolutions Succeed or Fail, 4 Time-Dynamics of Violence from Micro to Macro, Part 2. The Eye of the Needle: Emotional Processes, 5 Material Interests Are Ambiguous, So Interaction Rituals Steer Political Movements, 6 Mood-Swings in the Downfall of the English Revolution, 7 When History Holds Its Breath: The Take-Off of the French Revolution, 8 Assault on the Capitol: 2021, 1917, 1792, Part 3. War and Sport: Dynamics of Winning, Losing, and Stalemate, 9 The Micro-Sociology of Sport, 10 Battle Dynamics: Victory and Defeat, 11 High-Tech War in Theory and Reality, 12 Terrorist Tactics: Symbiosis with High-tech, Part 5. Violence in Everyday Life, 13 Emotional Domination and Resistance to Sexual Aggression, 14 Clues to Mass Rampage Killers, 15 Cool-Headed Cops Needed (and Cool Heads on the Street): Heart-Rate Monitors Can Help, Conclusion: Optimistic Discoveries in the Sociology of Violence

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Book SynopsisPopulist Parties and Democratic Resilience focuses on populist parties as the main agents of populism and examines when these parties turn anti-democratic and when they remain loyal to the democratic system.Following the Brexit referendum, the election of Donald Trump, and the rise of populist parties around the globe, many observers suggested that democracy was in serious trouble. Nevertheless, while some democratic systems have been seized by populists, most of them have proven resilient. In this volume, the authors identify the conditions under which populist parties become inimical to political and societal pluralism. They offer in-depth analyses of the trajectory of populist parties in eleven European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Spain). The book shows that, reflecting the diversity of national contexts, there are multiple pathways whereby populist parties' power can remTrade Review‘Anti-pluralism is often assumed to be a defining characteristic of populism, yet this relationship has only seldom been put to the test of rigorous empirical study. Populist Parties and Democratic Resilience makes an important contribution to this debate with a systematic investigation of the varying, anti-pluralist tendencies of populist parties in 11 European countries, and of the conditions under which these parties can be socialised into democratic life. This will be essential reading for students of populist parties and, beyond, those of us concerned with the contemporary trajectory of European democracies.’Lise Herman, University of Exeter‘This fascinating and timely volume shows that most populist parties have at best an ambiguous relationship with liberal democracy’s most fundamental characteristic: societal and political pluralism. It also convincingly demonstrates that the stronger pluralism is promoted by non-populist parties, by being neither too accommodating or too ostracizing towards populist parties, and entrenched in our institutions, the more resilient our liberal democracies will be to the populist challenge. Importantly, the volume practices what it preaches, showcasing pluralism of methods and approaches in the country studies, and encouraging scholars to promote pluralism when discussing contemporary challenges to democracy, both in academia and in the public debate. The wide selection of European cases, as well as the insightfulness and accessibility of the analyses, make it of importance to scholars and students alike.’Sarah de Lange, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of Contents1. Introduction: Populist Parties, Pluralism and Democratic Systems in Europe 2. Varieties of Populism in East-Central Europe: From Democratic Challenge to Illiberal Project 3. Explaining Democratic Backsliding in Poland: The Interplay of Party-specific and Contextual Factors 4. Anti-pluralist Reactions to an Anti-pluralist Party: The ‘Alternative for Germany’ and the German Party System 5. Making a Wor(l)d of Difference? The National Front’s Anti-pluralist Stands and their Evolution Over Time 6. Protector of the People or Enemy of Democracy? Vlaams Belang’s Anti-pluralist Discourse and Institutional Barriers in the Flemish Political System 7. Party System Hospitality, Internal Strife, and Radicalisation: The Evolution of the Partij voor de Vrijheid and the Forum voor Democratie in the Netherlands 8. Taming Populist Anti-pluralism? The Effect of Changing Centre-right Strategies on the Austrian Freedom Party 9. The Five Star Movement and its Challenge to the Pluralistic Foundations of Italian Democracy 10. The Conditioning of Podemos by Mainstream PSOE between 2014 and 2020: From Transformative Populism to Mainstream Centre-left Coalition Partner 11. Conclusion: How to Channel Populism in Europe Democratically

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of intense interest and rivalry with the USA, the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the USSR officially marked a period of significant retreat of Russia from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). However, with Russia's economic recovery and the entrenchment of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's interest in the region has risen anew. Once again seen as a battleground to contest US hegemony, Russia has expanded its political, military and (to a lesser extent) economic relationships across the region. Most apparent in the military intervention in Syria, Russia has also been engaged with traditional rivals Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, stepping into the vacuum left by the US Obama Administration. Is Russia's reengagement part of a strategy, or is it mere opportunism? Authors with different backgrounds, experiences and origins examine this question via an analysis of the historical drivers of Russian interest in the MENA region and the factors underlying currenTable of Contents1 Setting the Stage for Analyzing Russia’s MENA "Return": A Historical BackgroundEleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, Chiara Lovotti and Youssef Cherif2 Russia in Syria: Between Past, Present and FutureChiara Lovotti3 From Alienation to Coordination: A Twisted Path of Russian-Israeli RelationshipLuiza Khlebnikova and Maxim A. Suchkov, 4 Russia’s Relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey: Friends in Need, Friends Indeed?Annalisa Perteghella and Valeria Talbot5 Russia in the MENA Region: A Familiar Tale of Economic Means to Political EndsChristopher A. Hartwell6 Criticism or Compliance? The Syrian Crisis Viewed by Russia’s Muslims and MENA Christians Katarzyna W. Sidlo and Matteo Benussi7 European Perceptions of Russia’s Role in the MENA RegionEleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti

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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered what libertarians think about vaccine mandates? About gun control? About racial and sexual inequalities? While libertarianism is well known as a political theory relating to the scope and justification of state authority, the breadth and depth of libertarian work on a wide range of other topics in social and political philosophy is less well known. This handbook is the first definitive reference on libertarianism that offers an in-depth survey of the central ideas from across philosophy, politics, and economics, including applications to contemporary policy issues.The forty chapters in this work provide an encyclopedic overview of libertarian scholarship, from foundational debates about natural rights theories vs. utilitarian approaches, to policy debates over immigration, punishment and policing, and intellectual property. Each chapter presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of historical and contemporary libertarian thought on its subject, anTrade Review"This is a terrific collection of essays by leading thinkers. It covers just about every major topic in libertarian thought, plus some leading critiques. It should make an essential reference for anyone studying political philosophy."- Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder"Libertarians are famously argumentative. This book introduces readers to everything that libertarians are arguing about – with conventional wisdom, critics, and each other. It’s an encyclopedic treatment of libertarian – and anti-libertarian – thought. If you love the free play of ideas, this is the book for you."- Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Foundations 1. Natural Rights 2. Freedom 3. Welfare 4. Contractarianism 5. Virtue Ethics 6. Objectivism Key Concepts 7. Self-Ownership 8. Property Rights 9. Liberty 10. Force and Coercion 11. Political Legitimacy and Authority Institutional Regimes 12. Anarchism 13. Minimal Statism 14. Classical Liberalism 15. Left Libertarianism Social Issues 16. Race 17. Sexual Ethics 18. Sex and Gender 19. Class Domestic Policy Issues 20. The Welfare State 21. Guns and Self-Defense 22. Children and the Family 23. Public Health and Healthcare Policy 24. Policing and Punishment 25. Taxation Global Policy Issues 26. Colonialism and Territorial Rights 27. Immigration 28. Rectification and Historic Injustice 29. War and Humanitarian Intervention 30. Environmental Issues 31. Intellectual Property Libertarianism and Economic Thought 32. Libertarianism and the Chicago School of Economics 33. Libertarianism and the Austrian School of Economics 34. Libertarianism and Public Choice 35. Libertarianism and the Bloomington School Critiques of Libertarianism 36. Feminist Critiques 37. Liberal Egalitarian Critiques 38. Conservative Critiques 39. Marxist Critiques 40. Republican Critiques

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Book SynopsisCatastrophes unsettle our safe places within the world. As such, they provide an interesting site to analyze the intersection of our affective and political lives.Bringing radical democratic thinking, affect theory, psychoanalysis, and discursive analysis to bear on contemporary catastrophic events, Democracy and Event presents a fresh perspective on the study of affect and its impact on democratic sensibilities and practices. Situated in different countries with differing institutional histories and cultures the Grenfell Tower fire in London, England (2017); the SARS epidemic in Toronto, Canada (2003); the Parkland shooting in Florida (2018); the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA (2020) Elaine Stavro interprets the rhetoric, discourse, and affective communication of politicians and passionate protestors. She examines their linkages to well-established organizations informed by democratic ideals, as well as the conteTable of ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgments1 Theoretical perspectives on democratic sensibilities and democratic practicesVital materialism: ontologies of lively materiality countering social determinismPopulist thinkers: turning to the political and away from the socialNavigating novelty and indeterminacy – embodied creativity versus the post-humanRethinking emotion and affect: challenging autonomous affectThe monstrous event2 Engendering fear and racism during the SARS epidemic: a defi cit in deliberative thinkingThe event: the impact of fearDebates that frame this catastropheAbjection: scapegoating the ChineseThe Orientalist thesis – essentializing the Asian – linking negative affect to Social OtheringMedia management of the crisis – the pairing of the war on terror and bioterrorRepresentations and responses to the SARS crisis: China versus TorontoFrom fear to disbelief: challenging WHO’s travel advisoryAttending to emotion’s material effectsSARS effects on deliberation and democratic decision-makingToward a more reliable account of the catastrophe: material conditions – mega slums and global livestock productionPost-SARS3 Burning inferno: the Grenfell Tower fire in the era of austerityThe event: affective representations overwhelm factsConfronting vital materialists’ and populists’ thinking on affect and emotionSocial weightlessnessFostering solidarity: a tangled event that produced multiple narratives and feelingsChallenging earlier narratives – the case for investigative journalismApplying vital materialism to the event: confederate agency and human responsibilityA new collective subject fails to emergeAttending to larger frames of referenceThe effects of Brexit – ignoring economic interestsThe power of neoliberal governing strategies – the demise of democratic practices4 Students’ passionate participation: a democratic movement in the digital ageThe terrifying eventThe public sphere in the age of internet and social media – the prospect for democratic opinion formationMOFL’s success: cultivating affective solidarity and pursuing strategic actionsDifferences in social powers: March for Our Lives versus Black Lives MatterCollaboration across differences: practice surmounts theoretical problemsStriving for a leaderless movement: achievements and compromisesStrategic actions in the face of a history of defeatsThe government’s response or lack thereofGun culture: another impediment to gun controlInstitutional and cultural differences matter5 President Trump’s response to the COVID pandemic: a ective ideology and authoritarian mismanagementThe turn to facts in a world of fear: a veneer of certaintyEschewing scientific expertise and journalistic critiqueSocial Othering strategies: blaming the democrats, China, and WHOCultivating a divided and uninformed public: the effects of anti-science and anti-expert sentimentsEfforts to consolidate affective solidarity: “we are all in this together” #alonetogether Trump’s populism: corporate freedom versus public well-being Populist leadership: the allure of tough talkMishandling of COVID: the erosion of democratic proceduresAddendumThinking critically about the pandemic: why were we unprepared?The promises and perils of the COVID catastrophe6 The murder of George Floyd and the meteoric rise of Black Lives Matter: the success of an affectively rich eventAffective solidarity: the power of the eventThe appearance of Black Lives Matter: a political movement in the digital ageSymbolic politics, celebrity support, performative activism – the process of emotional reorientation Spontaneous affective events – dismantling statutes waiving public debateAmbiguity of violence: triggering solidarity and undermining support The counter-narratives of the alt-right: stoking up fear and loathing Emotional reflexivity: the power of reason and good arguments Transforming beliefs: raising awareness of systemic racism Strategies and ideals of BLM – the complicated path toward instantiating democratic practicesMoving forward: a case for social democracy or billionaires’ charities?AddendumConclusion Index

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Book SynopsisIn this new kind of introduction to ethical theory, Daniel MuÃoz and Sarah Stroud present 50 of the fieldâs most exciting puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments. Over the course of 11 chapters, the authors cover a huge variety of topics, starting with the classic debate between utilitarians and deontologists and ending on existential questions about the future of humanity.Every chapter begins with a helpful introduction, and each of the 50 entries includes references for further reading and questions for reflection. Among the entries are such classics as the Ring of Gyges, Jim and the Villagers, the Repugnant Conclusion, JoJo, âœOne Thought Too Many,â the Miners Puzzle, the Gentle Murder Paradox, Nowheresville, the Experience Machine, and the Trolley Problem. The book also explores several more recent topics of interest, such as doxastic wronging and the ethics of AI, so that even advanced students are likely to discover something new. Each entry can be read on its own, and the writing is accessible and conversational throughout, making this an ideal resource for undergraduate teaching. Readers at any level can pick up this book and see for themselves how fascinatingâand puzzlingâethical theory can be.Key Features: Offers 50 puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments, with every entry including the following elements: Presentation of the case Discussion of responses to and implications of the case A reading list which cites the classic presentation of the case and recommends several other treatments or responses Questions for reflection Coverage of each of the 50 is self-contained, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Additional pedagogical features include a general volume introduction as well as smaller introductions to each of the 11 larger, topic-oriented chapters.

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Book SynopsisThis book uses an historical body of knowledge, Just War Theory, as the basis for analyzing modern conflicts involving Armed Non-State Actors who employ force against states. As the global community faces the challenges of globalization, terrorism, 24-hour international news coverage, super power collapse, weapons of mass destruction, and failed states, the author explores whether the historic bodies of knowledge governing decision makers during conflict remain relevant. Tracing the evolution of Just War Theory, he analyzes circumstances involving Armed Non-State Actor (ANSA) groups possessing powerful and destructive capabilities and a desire to use them, and pursues answers to the central research question: how does Just War Theory apply in modern scenarios involving ANSA groups who challenge the state and international institution's monopoly on use of force? The study finds that Just War Theory still has the capacity to accommodate modern day statecraft and application in Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: The Evolution of Just War Theory; 2: Just Cause; 3: Right Intention; 4: Legitimate Authority; 5: Proportionality (ad Bellum); 6: Chance of Success; 7: Last Resort; 8: Proportionality (in Bello); 9: Discrimination; Chapter 10: Analysis with Just War; 11: Armed Non-State Actors; 12: Case Study: Al Qaeda, Taliban and United States; 13: Case Study: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel; 14: Analysis and Insights; 15: Conclusion; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before, according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. System updates to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the textâs five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The big ideas/questions thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expTrade Review"Longhofer and Winchester have produced the best social theory textbook on the market today. Comprehensive, clever, and well-organized, this new 3rd edition provides instructors with plenty of resources to engage undergraduate students both online and in the classroom. Highly recommended!" -- Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa and author of What Is Global Studies? (Routledge, 2017). "No other social theory reader brings together the essential excerpts of the classics with this diversity of contemporary extensions in quite the same way as Social Theory Re-wired. Students appreciate the accessible examples of theory applied to social problems. The online learning resources offer valuable study support. By the semester’s end, my students are knowledgeable of the canon and skilled in constructing their own evidence-based arguments." -- Selina Gallo-Cruz, Associate Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University "Social Theory Re-wired, by Winchester and Longhofer, provides a well-selected sample of the ‘classics’ while also encouraging instructors and students to expand their understanding of what theory (and sociology) can be. Their section introductions are accessible and encourage the use of the readings to better understand the complexities of the contemporary moment—everything from social media re-shaping the way we dance to viruses re-shaping society. This reader will help breathe new life into my Sociological Theory course." -- Kyle Green, Associate Professor of Sociology, SUNY, Brockport Table of ContentsPreface I. EMERGENCE THROUGH CONVERGENCE: The Puzzles of Social Order Introductory Essay: "The Virus that Changed Our World" Classical Connections Emile Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method Emile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society Emile Durkheim, Suicide Emile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Contemporary Extensions Harold Garfinkel, Studies in Ethnomethodology Bruno Latour, Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-Closer Mark Granovetter, The Strength of Weak Ties Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality System Update Manuel Castells, "Materials for an Exploratory Theory of the Network Society" II. NETWORKS OF CAPITAL: Dimensions of Global Capitalism Introductory Essay: "The Redditors Who Took Down a Giant (Sort Of)" Classical Connections Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx, Capital Karl Marx, "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844" Contemporary Extensions Immanuel Wallerstein, "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System" Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism Pierre Bourdieu, "The Forms of Capital" Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction Raka Ray and Seemin Qayum, Cultures of Servitude System Update Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism III. PATHWAY TO MELTDOWN: Theorizing the Dark Side of Modernity Introductory Essay: "Do You Ever Get the Feeling You’re Being Watched?" Classical Connections Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber, "Basic Sociological Terms" Max Weber, "The Types of Legitimate Domination" Max Weber, "Bureaucracy" Contemporary Extensions Herbert Marcuse, One–Dimensional Man Jurgen Habermas, Toward a Rational Society Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust System Update David Graeber, "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit" IV. SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: Excluded Voices, Alternative Knowledges Introductory Essay: Classical Connections W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex Contemporary Extensions Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks Edward Said, Orientalism Dorothy Smith, The Conceptual Practices of Power Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought Julian Go, Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory System Update Ruha Benjamin, Race After Technology V. RISE OF THE AVATAR: Connecting Self and Society Introductory Essay: "Through the Looking Glass of TikTok" Classical Connections George Herbert Mead, "Self" Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life" Georg Simmel, "The Stranger" Contemporary Extensions Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Judith Butler, Gender Trouble Stuart Hall, "Cultural Identity and Diaspora" Anthony Giddens, Modernity and Self-Identity System Update Sherry Turkle, "Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self" Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA new edition of F. A. Hayekâs three-part opus Law, Legislation, and Liberty, collated in a single volumeIn this critical entry in the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series, political philosopher Jeremy Shearmur collates Hayekâs three-part study of law and liberty and places Hayekâs writings in careful historical context. Incisive and unrestrained, Law, Legislation, and Liberty is Hayek at his late-life best, making it essential reading for understanding the philosopherâs politics and worldview. These three volumes constitute a scaling up of the framework offered in Hayekâs famed The Road to Serfdom. Volume 1, Rules and Order, espouses the virtues of classical liberalism; Volume 2, The Mirage of Social Justice, examines the societal forces that undermine liberalism and, with it, liberalismâs capacity to induce spontaneous order; and Volume 3, The Political Order of a Free People, proposes alternatives and inte

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This book provides balanced, critical, and comprehensive coverage of the theories and realities of autocratization and democratization. It sketches developments in the conceptions of democracy, discusses how to distinguish between different forms of political rule, and maps the development of democracy and autocracy across space and time. The book reviews the major debates and findings about domestic and international causes and consequences of democratization and autocratization. It synthesizes theoretical models and empirical relationships based on an explicit comparative perspective which focuses on similarities and differences across countries and historical periods. Key features: Offers a coherent framework, which students and scholars can use to grasp the literature on democratization and autocratization as a whole. Includes tables and figures as well as plentiful, illustrative in-text features, including chapter summaries, text boxes, concluding bullet

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This book provides a lucid, rigorous and critical account of the commons, its history and its political potentialities as well as its limitations and ambiguities. In particular, The Commons analyses the relations of solidarity and conflict between the commons and public welfare policies, as well as the role the commons can play in the struggle against the global socioecological crisis that is threatening the very future of humanity.Over the past decade, various theories, concepts and political projects connected to the commons have become fundamentally important for social science and numerous social movements around the world. In sociology, economics, political science, history, geography, the law and anthropology, the study of the commons has inspired many important academic innovations. In parallel, community activists, labour unions, ecologists, feminists and cooperativists have discovered in the commons a powerful and thought-provoking toolkit with which to defend

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Book SynopsisAdvancing an intersectional theory of hegemony, this book shows how various power relations interact through capitalist structures of othering. Going beyond the usual critiques of capitalism, it analyses the market itself as a principal cause of various forms of externalisation and domination. The book therefore calls for a dismantling of the market and its competitive economic structures through a transformation of the economy from below, greater democratisation (not least for the empowerment of suppressed identities), and the creation of commons as spaces based on inclusion rather than exclusion.In doing so, Overcoming Exploitation and Externalisation argues that co-operative possibilities can emerge for the transformation of ourselves and our society. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of social and political theory with interests in the commons and alternatives to capitalism.Trade ReviewThis book empowers all those who are in search of alternatives. Friederike Habermann sheds light on the false premises of liberal economic theory and the extractivist character of market economy. This book provides intersectional theory of hegemony which is key for understanding how the gendered and racialized subject is entangled with the economy. It offers intersectional and emancipatory pathways for non-extractivist, relational and embodied ways of life. Gülay Çağlar, Professor of Gender and Diversity,Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyThis is a refreshing and challenging book. It confronts the only scientific question that is left to us, how to get rid of capitalism (or market society), and in the process it brings together an impressive range of sources and ways of thinking and struggling. It opens doors, suggests directions, stirs us up. Just what is so desperately needed.John Holloway, Professor of Sociology, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Puebla, MexicoFriederike Habermann has given the world a wonderful gift in Overcoming Exploitation and Externalization. Not only has she analysed and distilled two hundred years of Marxist, decolonial, and feminist social theorists, but she has brought a unique and piercing insight that exceeds them all. This is the work of a giant standing on the shoulders of giants.Raj Patel, Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USAThis book actually delivers what the title promises. It makes the theory and practice of intersectional transformation conceivable. This is critical feminism as it is urgently needed.Uta Ruppert, Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology and Chair of Global South and Gender Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, GermanyFriederike Habermann combines her decades of activist experience on global and local levels and her profound knowledge of economic, Marxist, feminist, poststructuralist and postcolonial theory to weave an intersectional theory of hegemony – a theory which allows us to perceive of the huge task of overcoming global capitalism not as something deferred to a utopian future, but as a practical work we can tackle every day in our lives. A thoughtful manual for revolution through commoning which highlights our agency while not ignoring the structures, spreading hope and courage.Aram Ziai, Professor of Development Policy and Postcolonial Studies, University of Kassel, GermanyTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Intersectional Theory of Hegemony 3. Construction of the market economy & its subjects 4. Any market relies on exploitation and (produces) externalisation 5. Overcommoning capitalism

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

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Book SynopsisThe alt-right movement in the United States has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its endsand with varying degrees of success. Tracing occasions where figures on the alt-right reference left theory, this volume asks if the alt-right's reference of left theory is just bad reading, or are there troubling ways that certain types of left theory encourage such interpretations? What if the connections between left theory and the alt-right lie in the shared disdain for certain types of institutions, structures of power, and the status quo? Are there lessons to be learned in what can often appear as an overlapping desire to deconstruct concepts like truth, justice, freedom, and democracy? Drawing on the longer history of right-wing readings of left theory, this volume seeks to unpack these recent developments and consider their impact on the future of theory.Trade Review"Language has always been a site of struggle and when understood in the context of theorizing political strategies it becomes even more problematic. Di Leo and McClennen address this debate in a unique and brilliant way by asking why and how the language of the left is often successfully appropriated by the alt-right. This is a brilliant book that rethinks and reworks language and theory both in terms of misleading appropriations and a path through which language offers a more focused educational focus on culture and a commitment to making education central to politics itself."- Henry Giroux, McMaster University "Left Theory and the Alt Right is the only book that takes on the difficult analysis, from a variety of perspectives, of how the excess of leftish theory fuels the alt-right, even as the alt-right inspires the most powerful critiques to emerge from leftish theory. As such, this book is of enormous value for understanding and moving beyond the dead-ends of contemporary society, national and global."-- Daniel O’Hara, Temple University"Left Theory and the Alt Right makes a crucial intervention into one of the most surprising and dismaying intellectual developments of the present: the appropriation of left-wing theory by the alt-right. Rather than blaming academic theory or conceding aspects of it to the neo-fascist right, the essays in this volume bring theoretical expertise to bear on this phenomenon, demonstrating that the right gets theory wrong. It also demonstrates that precise and clear-eyed theorizing, as is present in this volume, is a crucial weapon in the war against the racist and class-stratified imaginary of the alt-right. The left concedes the terrain of theory only at its own peril."-Christopher Breu, Illinois State University"This book takes the bull by the horns and addresses the common trope that upon which the left and the right ultimately converge. Did Derrida bring us Trump? On one level, of course not. And yet there are echoes and sometimes direct appropriations. How do we make sense of this phenomenon? How do we not capitulate to a simplistic both-sidesism? How do we resist oppression without undoing the very tools necessary for that resistance? These are the stakes of this book. Left Theory and the Alt Right is an extremely timely book edited by two top scholars in the field with a very impressive list of contributors. It is a very important book."– Allen Miller, University of South CarolinaTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroduction Jeffrey R. Di Leo and Sophia A. McClennen1 Steal this Theory: How the Alt-Right Accomplished the Intellectual Crime of the Century by Stealing Theory from the Left Jeffrey R. Di Leo2 The Three Stooges: How David Horowitz, Stanley Fish and Cary Nelson Turned Academic Freedom into Right-Wing Slapstick Sophia A. McClennen3 The Zionist’s Gambit: Israel Politics, the "Antisemitism" Ruse, and the Rightist Weaponization of Identity Benjamin Schreier4 The Public Use of Ressentiment Zahi Zalloua5 Glitch Politics: Specters of Alt-Right Anarchism Emily Apter6 Inertia Creeps: Critical Theory on/as Stasis Peter Hitchcock7 Rocket Theory Rita Raley and Russell Samolsky8 Ugly Freedom and the January 6 Insurrection Elisabeth Anker9 The Online House of Mirrors: Left Theory, Alt-Right Tactics, and Anticoalitional Digital "Communities" Gina Stinnett10 The 3-D Printed Gun, the Logic of Simulation, and the Postmodern Right Geoff Schullenberger11 What’s in a Face? Theory of the Mask Robin Goodman12 The Global Alt-Right as Prefigured in Roberto Bolaño Héctor Hoyos13 Bad Laws: Torture John Yoo Jacques Lezra

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction to positivist-pluralist theories of international relations (IR) which emerged during the early-and mid-1950s along with Marxist political economic and non-Marxist economic theories of IR.Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations is an in-depth critical study of texts and literature which highlight IR's methodological pluralism even after it gained maturity. It examines how pluralist political status quo and radical economic criticism coexist in discrete areas of the discipline. Insights are provided into key positivist liberal-pluralist theories, namely decision-making approaches, and theories of integration, regionalism, interdependence, and regime. It discusses the four political economic and critical theories of Marxism, dependency, world systems, and international political economy.The book, as an advanced supplementary reader, will be of great interest to researchers and students of internatiTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Part I: Positivist Liberal-Pluralist Theories 1. Introduction 2. Decision-making Theory: From Snyder to Allison and After 3. Integration Theory: The Four Schools and Beyond 4. Theories of Regionalism: Early, Old and New 5. Theories of Interdependence 6. Regime Theory Part II—Political-Economic and Radical Theories 7. Marxism and Its Variants in International Relations Theory 8. Dependency Theory 9. World Systems Theory 10. International Political Economy. Index.

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Book SynopsisGlobal and Regional Strategies in the Middle East explores hegemony in the Middle East through understanding different dimensions of power politics and the consequences of the hegemonic ambitions of both global and regional powers.The book adds new aspects to the extensive literature on grand strategies in the Middle East by exploring and evaluating competing strategies from an insider perspective. First, it highlights the main determinants of Global powers'' grand strategies, assesses the ones applied in the Middle East, and forecasts future strategies after the Ukraine war in alignment with other rival states'' capabilities and goals. It then underlines regional dynamics and the hegemonic quest of regional powers and their power politics'' determinants since the War on terror, the Arab Spring, and, more recently, the Russian intervention in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflict. The book broadens readers'' perspectives by clarifying the region''s dynamics that shaped the

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1984 Tradition and Innovation by viewing Western civilization as a culture, puts the common perspectives of our major Western institutions in bolder relief. The author shows how the institutionalization of central modes of Western rationality-found in capitalism, industrialization, science, science - based technology, bureaucracy, the rule of law, the social and behavioral sciences-has created a culturally and historically unique form of collective life: advanced industrial society. Indicative of this development is the nature and meaning of the so-called innovative society itself, where rationality is increasingly seen to repose in institutions and organized structures rather than in individuals. Professor Wilson argues that this rationality is becoming traditionalized as a central artifact of our form of life, one which believes in the independent existence of the âfacts of lifeâ. This is borne out by the increasing autonomy of what professor Wilson calls âdisembodied disciplined observationâ, determined as it is to annihilate contemplation and reflection in its effort to reconstitute practice in its own image. This is an interesting read for students of sociology, political science, public administration, and social science in general.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1990, Victorian Liberalism brings together leading political theorists and historians in order to examine the interplay of theory and ideology in nineteenth-century liberal thought and practice. Drawing on a wide range of source material, the authors examine liberal thinkers and politicians from Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill to William Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain. Connections are drawn throughout between the different languages which made-up liberal discourse and the relations between these vocabularies and the political movements and changing social reality they sought to explain. The result is a stimulating volume that breaks new ground in the study of political history and the history of political thought.Table of ContentsContributors 1. Introduction 2. The legacy of Adam Smith 3. Whigs and liberals 4. The origin of liberal utilitarianism 5. Bentham and the nineteenth-century revolution in government 6. J. S. Mill, liberalism, and progress 7. Herbert Spencer's liberalism – from social statics to social dynamics 8. T. H. Green and the morality of Victorian liberalism 9. Gladstonianism, the provinces, and popular political culture, 1860-1906 10. The new liberalism and its aftermath 11. From liberal radicalism to conservative corporatism Index

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Book SynopsisTo counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovations that meaningfully engage with citizens to address some of the deficits of Western representative democracies.Citizens' assemblies provide one such innovation, offering opportunities for more consistent participation between elections, more meaningful input in government decision making, and more impactful platforms for participation. This cutting-edge book introduces a new definition for an Activated Citizen, along with a methodology to measure civic and political engagement. Relying on a mixed-methods approach and field research conducted in Paris, Brussels, Ottawa, and Petaluma (California), as well as participant observations, over 180 surveys, 61 in-depth interviews and storytelling, the book provides case studies and in-depth analysis of hotbutton topics including climate change, unhoused populations, democratic expression, assisted suicide and euth

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Book SynopsisDeveloping democratic criteria for veto points in a democratic system, and comparing them to each other against these criteria, Lemieux and Watkins yield fresh insights into judicial review’s democratic value. Trade Review"A wonderful blend of normative and empirical analysis, which asks important questions about whether the judicial review we experience meets democratic standards, as opposed to the more common concern of whether an idealized form of judicial review might meet democratic standards."—Mark A. Graber, Regents Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law "Creatively blending political theory and institutional analysis, Watkins and Lemieux show why tired arguments over the dangers of judicial activism overlook the courts’ crucial function of protecting democracy from political failures. Their repositioning of courts as unique but fundamentally political institutions challenges both conventional legal and political science understandings of judicial behavior. The book reconfigures American politics by bringing the courts into the picture as necessary partners in ensuring democratic legitimacy and preventing domination."—Julie Novkov, Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany "This pioneering book challenges conventional thinking about judicial review and moves the field in an exciting new direction. It dismantles minimalist and ‘instructions for judges’ approaches rooted in the wrong-headed countermajoritarian paradigm and redirects our attention to how well courts, as compared to other veto points, contribute to the anti-domination aim of democracy. The authors’ approach---simultaneously theoretical, practical, and comparative---yields properly modest conclusions about the virtues and vices of judicial review."—Terri Peretti, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara University"A wonderful blend of normative and empirical analysis, which asks important questions about whether the judicial review we experience meets democratic standards, as opposed to the more common concern of whether an idealized form of judicial review might meet democratic standards."—Mark A. Graber, Regents Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law "Creatively blending political theory and institutional analysis, Watkins and Lemieux show why tired arguments over the dangers of judicial activism overlook the courts’ crucial function of protecting democracy from political failures. Their repositioning of courts as unique but fundamentally political institutions challenges both conventional legal and political science understandings of judicial behavior. The book reconfigures American politics by bringing the courts into the picture as necessary partners in ensuring democratic legitimacy and preventing domination."—Julie Novkov, Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany "This pioneering book challenges conventional thinking about judicial review and moves the field in an exciting new direction. It dismantles minimalist and ‘instructions for judges’ approaches rooted in the wrong-headed countermajoritarian paradigm and redirects our attention to how well courts, as compared to other veto points, contribute to the anti-domination aim of democracy. The authors’ approach---simultaneously theoretical, practical, and comparative---yields properly modest conclusions about the virtues and vices of judicial review."—Terri Peretti, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 1. Beyond the Countermajoritarian Difficulty 2. How Not to Argue About Judicial Review and Democracy 3. The Revolution will be Sub Silentio: The Roberts Court and Judicial Minimalism Part 2 4. Democracy-Against-Domination and Contemporary Democratic Theory 5. Compared to What? Judicial Review as Just Another Veto Point 6. Judicial Review in a Comparative Context 7. Conclusion: Toward a Realist, Institutionalist Democratic Theory

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Book SynopsisIn Moral Boundaries Joan C. Tronto provides one of the most original responses to the controversial questions surrounding women and caring. Tronto demonstrates that feminist thinkers have failed to realise the political context which has shaped their debates about care. It is her belief that care cannot be a useful moral and political concept until its traditional and ideological associations as a women''s morality are challenged.Moral Boundaries contests the association of care with women as empirically and historically inaccurate, as well as politically unwise. In our society, members of unprivileged groups such as the working classes and people of color also do disproportionate amounts of caring. Tronto presents care as one of the central activites of human life and illustrates the ways in which society degrades the importance of caring in order to maintain the power of those who are privileged.Trade Review"...Tornto's book challenges feminists to think harder about what it means to take care seriously as a political and theoretical ideal." -- Women and PoliticsTable of ContentsPART ONE: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Moral Boundaries and Political Change -- The Power of Context and the Context of Power, Three Moral Boundaries, Women's Morality As a Strategic Predicament, Argument of This Book -- PART Two: Against "Women's Morality" -- Chapter 2: Universalistic Morality and Moral Sentiments -- Morality and Forms of Life, Universalistic Morality and Eighteenth Century Life, Social Distance and the Demise of Moral Sentiments, The Containment of Women and the Engendering of Moral Sentiment, Lessons for an Ethic of Care -- Chapter 3: Is Morality Gendered? -- Lawrence Koh /berg: The Virtuous Elite, Carol Gilligan's Different Voice and its Limits, Gender Ideology and Forms of Privilege At Work -- PART THREE: For An Ethic of Care -- Chapter 4: Care IOI -- Defining Care, Marginalizing Care, The Promise of Care: Care's Power -- Chapter 5: An Ethic of Care -- The Practice of An Ethic of Care, Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Care, Expanding Our Moral Terrain, Ethics and Politics -- Chapter 6: Care and Political Theory -- Against a "Morality First" Strategy, Care As a Political Ideal o Care And Political Strategy, Moral Boundaries and a Political Concept of Care -- NOTES -- INDEX.

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Book SynopsisConnecting three generations of critical theorists, this edited collection focuses on the mutual complementarity between the concept of human dignity and the theory and practice of human rights.Human dignity has recently emerged as a controversial theme in the philosophy of human rights and has become the subject of a growing debate involving theological, political, juridical, moral, and biomedical perspectives. Previously, interpretations of this concept took for granted specific definitions of this term without accounting for the perspective offered by a Critical Theory of Human Rights. This interdisciplinary perspective relies on a tradition that goes from Immanuel Kant to Jürgen Habermas, influences new generations, and sheds more light on how human dignity is used (and abused) in contemporary discourses. Based on this tradition, the contributors sustain an engaged discussion of the topic and address issues such as domination, colonialism, multiculturalism, globaliTable of Contents1. Human Dignity in the Perspective of a Critical Theory of Human Rights 2. Human Dignity as Path to Modernity? 3. Human Dignity and Human Rights 4. The Concept of Human Dignity and the Realistic Utopia of Human Rights 5. On the Concept of Human Dignity in Social Orders of Justification 6. Human Rights without Foundations? Human Dignity in a Corporate World 7. Dignity, Communicative Freedom, and Law 8. Human Dignity and Plurality in Justifications of Human Rights

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Book SynopsisIn a revolutionary revision of this best-selling text, David Balaam and Bradford Dillman show how the postwar world order is at once under threat and yet resilient. This classic text surveys the theories, institutions, and relationships that characterize IPE and highlights them in the context of a diverse range of regional and transnational issues. Introduction to International Political Economy positions students to critically evaluate the global economy and to appreciate the personal impact of political, economic, and social forces.New to the Seventh Edition Streamlined yet comprehensive coveragereducing the text from 20 to 17 chapters. There is also one unified chapter on global finance and a single chapter on energy and the environment. A new chapter on Constructivism shows sociological and ideational forces at work. A new chapter on Global Production encompasses transnational corporations and labor. A new chapterTrade ReviewPraise for the Seventh Edition The seventh edition of Balaam and Dillman’s text is better than ever – revised extensively to bring the coverage of both theory and events right up to the present moment. The style is lucid, and the abundant new text boxes are carefully calibrated to explain complex concepts and issues in international political economy. In a field crowded with textbooks, I can think of no better introduction to the subject. Benjamin J. Cohen, University of California-Santa Barbara This textbook does what few do: It provides a solid theoretical understanding for the subject while giving students insight into why it matters. Balaam and Dillman bring theory to life by demonstrating how and why the principles of political economy affect the major processes and events of our time, from Brexit to BRICS to global health to global climate. Students will embrace this insightful, engaging, and relevant text. Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., University of Nevada-Reno The new edition of this leading textbook offers a much sought-after sweet spot for IPE courses. Balaam and Dillman thoroughly present the key theoretical debates in the field, and issue areas from international trade to global health are updated as well as historically grounded. At the same time, the material is well-organized and very accessible to students. These are the very attributes I aspire to when teaching IPE. Glenn R. Fong, Arizona State University Thunderbird School of Global Management Balaam and Dillman’s is the best and most comprehensive textbook for students of IPE available on the market today. This new edition’s expansive discussion of Constructivist and neo-Marxist contributions to the post-financial crisis debate and the search for alternatives to the liberal economic orthodoxy is a welcome contribution. But what really makes the text unique is the breadth of topics covered: The new empirical material on Trump, fake news, China, and the refugee crisis shows how the IPE toolkit is essential to understanding major contemporary developments in the global economy; and it is the only textbook to examine the illicit economy, the political economy of the Middle East, and global health. In short, this is an absolute must-read. Huw Macartney, University of Birmingham This classic text’s updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the theories, structures, and debates that today’s world economy revolves around. Refined and carefully curated to sample cutting issues such as rising populism, illicit trade, climate change, and cyber warfare, the authors strike an impressive balance in showing both the order and tumult that characterizes today’s IPE in a way few texts are able to deliver. Jeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University A grasp of the global political economy has become indispensable for competent analysis of domestic and international politics. In its last iteration, Balaam and Dillman’s by now classic book offers a compact – yet comprehensive – shortcut into the economic and political dynamics, exploring key theoretical perspectives and policy doctrines behind matters ranging from global production networks to the refugee crisis, the current predicament of the European Union, the tempestuous effects of information technology, and the rise of China. Albena Azmanova, University of Kent-Brussels School of International Studies Bar none, this is the best college-level textbook introduction to IPE on the market. Its great strength is not only its contemporaneity but also in its topical breadth and depth. Most importantly, Balaam and Dillman equip students with the necessary analytical tools to apply empirically what they have learned theoretically, bequeathing them an indispensable asset in the classroom and their careers. Lukas K. Danner, Florida International University The authors have once again produced a comprehensive text covering central theories, institutions, and issues pertinent to understanding the international political economy. The writing is lucid and easy to follow, and it is especially appropriate for the undergraduate student without a background in the study of IPE. Ali R. Abootalebi, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire I have been using Balaam & Dillman’s Introduction to International Political Economy since its first edition: Above all, the writing is very student-accessible, and the rich and diverse Discussion Question and the Suggested Reading features are a great aid to instructors. Aguibou Y. Yansane, San Francisco State University Table of ContentsPART I Perspectives on International Political Economy CHAPTER 1 What Is International Political Economy? CHAPTER 2 Laissez-Faire: The Economic Liberal Perspective CHAPTER 3 Wealth and Power: The Mercantilist Perspective CHAPTER 4 Economic Determinism and Exploitation: The Structuralist Perspective CHAPTER 5 Constructivism PART II Structures of International Political Economy CHAPTER 6 The Global Production Structure CHAPTER 7 The International Trade Structure CHAPTER 8 The International Finance and Monetary Structure CHAPTER 9 The Global Security Structure CHAPTER 10 The International Knowledge Structure: Controlling Flows of Information and Technology PART III States and Markets in the Global Economy CHAPTER 11 The Development Challenge CHAPTER 12 The Fragmentation of the European Union: The Crossroads Redux CHAPTER 13 Moving into Position: The Rising Powers CHAPTER 14 The Middle East and North Africa: Things Fall Apart PART IV Transnational Problems and Dilemmas CHAPTER 15 The Illicit Global Economy: The Dark Side of Globalization CHAPTER 16 Energy and the Environment: Navigating Climate Change and Global Disaster CHAPTER 17 Global Health: Refugees and Caring for the Forgotten

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Book SynopsisIn a revolutionary revision of this best-selling text, David Balaam and Bradford Dillman show how the postwar world order is at once under threat and yet resilient. This classic text surveys the theories, institutions, and relationships that characterize IPE and highlights them in the context of a diverse range of regional and transnational issues. Introduction to International Political Economy positions students to critically evaluate the global economy and to appreciate the personal impact of political, economic, and social forces.New to the Seventh Edition Streamlined yet comprehensive coveragereducing the text from 20 to 17 chapters. There is also one unified chapter on global finance and a single chapter on energy and the environment. A new chapter on Constructivism shows sociological and ideational forces at work. A new chapter on Global Production encompasses transnational corporations and labor. A new chapterTrade ReviewPraise for the Seventh Edition The seventh edition of Balaam and Dillman’s text is better than ever – revised extensively to bring the coverage of both theory and events right up to the present moment. The style is lucid, and the abundant new text boxes are carefully calibrated to explain complex concepts and issues in international political economy. In a field crowded with textbooks, I can think of no better introduction to the subject. Benjamin J. Cohen, University of California-Santa Barbara This textbook does what few do: It provides a solid theoretical understanding for the subject while giving students insight into why it matters. Balaam and Dillman bring theory to life by demonstrating how and why the principles of political economy affect the major processes and events of our time, from Brexit to BRICS to global health to global climate. Students will embrace this insightful, engaging, and relevant text. Robert L. Ostergard, Jr., University of Nevada-Reno The new edition of this leading textbook offers a much sought-after sweet spot for IPE courses. Balaam and Dillman thoroughly present the key theoretical debates in the field, and issue areas from international trade to global health are updated as well as historically grounded. At the same time, the material is well-organized and very accessible to students. These are the very attributes I aspire to when teaching IPE. Glenn R. Fong, Arizona State University Thunderbird School of Global Management Balaam and Dillman’s is the best and most comprehensive textbook for students of IPE available on the market today. This new edition’s expansive discussion of Constructivist and neo-Marxist contributions to the post-financial crisis debate and the search for alternatives to the liberal economic orthodoxy is a welcome contribution. But what really makes the text unique is the breadth of topics covered: The new empirical material on Trump, fake news, China, and the refugee crisis shows how the IPE toolkit is essential to understanding major contemporary developments in the global economy; and it is the only textbook to examine the illicit economy, the political economy of the Middle East, and global health. In short, this is an absolute must-read. Huw Macartney, University of Birmingham This classic text’s updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the theories, structures, and debates that today’s world economy revolves around. Refined and carefully curated to sample cutting issues such as rising populism, illicit trade, climate change, and cyber warfare, the authors strike an impressive balance in showing both the order and tumult that characterizes today’s IPE in a way few texts are able to deliver. Jeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University A grasp of the global political economy has become indispensable for competent analysis of domestic and international politics. In its last iteration, Balaam and Dillman’s by now classic book offers a compact – yet comprehensive – shortcut into the economic and political dynamics, exploring key theoretical perspectives and policy doctrines behind matters ranging from global production networks to the refugee crisis, the current predicament of the European Union, the tempestuous effects of information technology, and the rise of China. Albena Azmanova, University of Kent-Brussels School of International Studies Bar none, this is the best college-level textbook introduction to IPE on the market. Its great strength is not only its contemporaneity but also in its topical breadth and depth. Most importantly, Balaam and Dillman equip students with the necessary analytical tools to apply empirically what they have learned theoretically, bequeathing them an indispensable asset in the classroom and their careers. Lukas K. Danner, Florida International University The authors have once again produced a comprehensive text covering central theories, institutions, and issues pertinent to understanding the international political economy. The writing is lucid and easy to follow, and it is especially appropriate for the undergraduate student without a background in the study of IPE. Ali R. Abootalebi, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire I have been using Balaam & Dillman’s Introduction to International Political Economy since its first edition: Above all, the writing is very student-accessible, and the rich and diverse Discussion Question and the Suggested Reading features are a great aid to instructors. Aguibou Y. Yansane, San Francisco State University Table of ContentsPART I Perspectives on International Political Economy CHAPTER 1 What Is International Political Economy? CHAPTER 2 Laissez-Faire: The Economic Liberal Perspective CHAPTER 3 Wealth and Power: The Mercantilist Perspective CHAPTER 4 Economic Determinism and Exploitation: The Structuralist Perspective CHAPTER 5 Constructivism PART II Structures of International Political Economy CHAPTER 6 The Global Production Structure CHAPTER 7 The International Trade Structure CHAPTER 8 The International Finance and Monetary Structure CHAPTER 9 The Global Security Structure CHAPTER 10 The International Knowledge Structure: Controlling Flows of Information and Technology PART III States and Markets in the Global Economy CHAPTER 11 The Development Challenge CHAPTER 12 The Fragmentation of the European Union: The Crossroads Redux CHAPTER 13 Moving into Position: The Rising Powers CHAPTER 14 The Middle East and North Africa: Things Fall Apart PART IV Transnational Problems and Dilemmas CHAPTER 15 The Illicit Global Economy: The Dark Side of Globalization CHAPTER 16 Energy and the Environment: Navigating Climate Change and Global Disaster CHAPTER 17 Global Health: Refugees and Caring for the Forgotten

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Book SynopsisReflecting on the philosophical assumptions that sustain the development debate, Rabbani analyzes how the modern project of development and the antidevelopment discourse reduce the human condition to a struggle for self-preservation and, likewise, social and international cooperation to a strategic and self-defeating process. The book centers on core inconsistencies in the rationale of both discourses as they stand for individual autonomy, collective self-determination and mutual respect. Building these social goals around the requirement of 'non-interference' in individual or collective affairs, neither discourse can practically enhance nor coherently sustain respect to people's freedom and diversity. The author argues that any real alternative to the normative reductions and actual destructions carried on by international development theory and practice would have to recover the non-contingent solidarity implied in people's search for self-understanding. Awareness of this human condiTrade Review'...a unique, profound and daring case for why real development cannot be a unilateral endeavour. The unconventional conclusion that yet may ring so familiar to those who are sincerely engaged in the pursuit of people's well-being is that we all live in an underdeveloped world and that development can only be fostered when all parties are allowed and welcomed to contribute to the well-being of everyone else.' Greg Mortenson, Founder, Central Asia Institute, USA 'The book approaches the subject of development from a perspective that has been almost absent from the development debate: its philosophical foundations and the normative value of its arguments and counter-arguments. It goes beyond the current state of the discussion and presents an all-embracing alternative that confers meaning to development, carried within a spirit of cooperation and inclusiveness. This alternative aims towards the construction of a peaceful world. This is a highly useful book for scholarly discussions and even more so for development agents working in the so called developing countries.' Leonardo Boff, Rio de Janeiro University, Brazil 'It is time for action. Martha Jalali demonstrates that development means all the diverse people - until the limit of unicity - working together, inspired by the universal principles. We have a common destiny, a unique human family and a unique Mother Earth. Each human being is able to create, to invent. That is our hope. But now it is urgent to act. Socially, environmentally and ethically, we cannot be guided anymore by the most powerful and rich. We, the peoples..., as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, must resolve not to remain silent. In the dawn of a new century and millennium, the time for a new commencement has arrived.' Federico Mayor, Fundación Cultura de Paz, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Part I Grounding the Development Debate: Introduction to part I; The debate and its claims: oppression, value and poverty; The condition beneath the claims: understanding human unity; Beyond dependency: a recognition approach to the development debate. Part II Truth and Power in the Development Debate: Introduction to part II; The truth of development; Overcoming the power of development. Part III Redefining Development: Introduction to part III; The truth and power of dialogue; The community of friends; Development as the collective search for truth; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisExamining the political theory of anarchism from a philosophical and historical perspective, Paul McLaughlin relates anarchism to the fundamental ethical and political problem of authority. The book pays particular attention to the authority of the state and the anarchist rejection of all traditional claims made for the legitimacy of state authority, the author both explaining and defending the central tenets of the anarchist critique of the state. The founding works of anarchist thought, by Godwin, Proudhon and Stirner, are explored and anarchism is examined in its historical context, including the influence of such events as the Enlightenment and the French Revolution on anarchist thought. Finally, the major theoretical developments of anarchism from the late-nineteenth century to the present are summarized and evaluated. This book is both a highly readable account of the development of anarchist thinking and a lucid and well-reasoned defence of the anarchist philosophy.Trade Review’Above all, then, this volume performs both a clarificatory and redemptive function, and is an invaluable resource for anyone - student or scholar - wishing to acquire a basic and accurate philosophical grounding of anarchist thought.’ Studies in Social and Political ThoughtTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1 Anarchism and the Problem of Authority; Chapter 1 Defining Anarchism; Chapter 2 The Nature of Authority; Chapter 3 Forms of Authority; Chapter 4 The Legitimacy of the State; Part 2 Anarchism and the History of Ideas; Chapter 5 The Historical Foundations of Anarchism; Chapter 6 Foundational Texts of Anarchism; Chapter 7 Theoretical Developments of Anarchism; Chapter 101 Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisThe War on Terror has been going on for over a decade and it shows no signs of winding down in near future, a war which has directly contributed to growing security regimes in frontline states. This book focuses on the legal dimensions of the War on Terror and security in Pakistan. It highlights the growth of the security state in Pakistan, and questions the growing and by-now entrenched legal security regime in the country. The book traces the roots of the present security laws in colonial and post-colonial times. One broader dimension from which the legal security regime of Pakistan is approached in this book is through highlighting specific issues concerning the legal identity of the subject such as the rights of aliens in the background of state power versus liberal constitutionalism, and the rights of terrorism suspects in the background of deploying death sentence as a tactical, psychological tool versus the absolute right to life (of every individuTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: The Colonial State of SecurityChapter 2: The Post-colonial State of SecurityChapter 3: The Anti-Terrorism Act, ATA (1997)Chapter 4: Expansion and Entrenchment of the Legal Regime of SecurityChapter 5: Security and the Absolute Right to Life: Critical Reflections on the Revival of Capital PunishmentChapter 6: Aliens, Identity, and Legal Regime of Security on the BorderChapter 7: Epilogue: Kharotabad Killings: Security and Political ResponsibilityTable of CasesTable of LawsEnd NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisRights are part of our everyday moral and political vocabulary. Yet while few would deny that rights are important, there is a great deal of disagreement about just how valuable rights are and what their proper limits ought to be. For example, some scholars and practitioners maintain that human rights are valuable because they lay down a framework of protection, while at the same time leaving people ample room to lead their lives as they see fit. They are not just another way of life, but instead set the boundaries to what government can or cannot do. Others, however, hold that, while important, rights are not neutral between different ways of life and hence cannot tell us what to do when different ways of life conflict. This collection breaks new ground by tackling such questions head on. The issues it covers are some of the most vital that we face today. Their relevance to contemporary social and political debates cannot be overstated. The collection should appeal to political phiTable of Contents1. Introduction: The value and limits of rights: essays in honour of Peter Jones 2. Human rights and the diversity of value 3. Grounding human rights 4. Why liberals should not worry about subsidizing opera 5. Rights as democracy 6. The right to health versus good medical care? 7. The value and limits of rights: a reply 8. Peter Jones: Publications

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Book SynopsisServing as a touchstone for a much-needed research program on social scales, this volume challenges disciplinary boundaries and brings into focus a paradoxical state of affairs in contemporary thought: the domain of local-global interactions has not yet been identified as an object of analysis in its own right, despite engaging a large, multi-disciplinary research community with strong potential for cross-fertilization. Bringing together internationally renowned as well as emerging scholars, this book presents concrete case studies framed by theoretical concern with the issue of scale. It demonstrates that a diverse array of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives can productively converge on a common set of problems related to social, temporal and spatial scales and contemporary globalization. Local Politics, Global Impacts will stimulate empirical and theoretical research that focuses on understanding how political concepts, practices, and instruments translate acroTrade Review’Finally a contribution to global governance that takes the study of power relations all the way down to the local level! Understanding the recursive impact of global and local dynamics is crucial for development practice and a feature of all of the most pressing issues in current times.’ Cornelia Woll, Sciences Po Paris, France ’The two-way interaction between global politics and local politics is an essential but under-explored question in several academic disciplines. This volume breaks new ground by combining sophisticated theoretical perspectives on the scale problem in global governance with a series of empirically rich and thought-provoking case studies. The collection should become an important point of reference for the next generation of studies on political processes spanning spatial scales.’ Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Olivier Charnoz, Virginie Diaz Pedregal and Alan L. Kolata. Part I Epistemology: Fractal social facts: a Durkheimian model for a globalized era, Jacques Plouin; The scale issue in global international environment governance: for a transdisciplinary perspective, François Lerin. Part II From Local to Global Dynamics: Corruption, scale and governance in India, Arjun Appadurai; Drugs, local politics and the subversion of global counter-narcotics ideology in Burma’s eastern borderlands, 1988-2012, Patrick Meehan; The political economy of China’s urban expansion and its climate cost: insights from Nanjing, Jie Yu and Olivier Charnoz; Scalar effects in transnational networks: the Arab Spring and the global response, Nikolaos Zahariadis and Akis Kalaitzidis. Part III From Global to Local Dynamics: The local power effects of global discourses: a methodological enquiry into ‘community participation’, Olivier Charnoz; A containment tool in changing hands: the global discourse on participation in Latin America, Olivier Charnoz; The effects of donors’ ownership and participatory policy ideas on local power structures: a case study of informal settlements in Nairobi, Andrea Rigon; Ownership and participatory processes: from global motto to local challenges. The case of a key poverty reduction program in ethnic minority areas of Vietnam, Christian Culas, Mireille Razafindrakoto and François Roubaud; Globalization and domestic politics: a call for theoretical reorientation, Lloyd Gruber. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of well-being is one of the oldest and most important topics in philosophy and ethics, going back to ancient Greek philosophy. Following the boom in happiness studies in the last few years it has moved to centre stage, grabbing media headlines and the attention of scientists, psychologists and economists. Yet little is actually known about well-being and it is an idea that is often poorly articulated.The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being provides a comprehensive, outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject.Comprising over 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six parts: well-being in the history of philosophy current theories of well-being, including hedonism and perfectionism examples of well-being and its opposites, including friendship and virtue and pain and death theoretical Trade Review"Without rival or even comparison in the literature, this is the definitive collection of contemporary philosophical perspectives on well-being. It is of use to students and scholars not merely of value theory, but also psychology, economics, politics, and medicine. These and still more fields have been made better off by the expert contributions to this Handbook." - Thaddeus Metz, University of Johannesburg, South Africa "The question of what makes our lives good or bad for us is obviously of huge importance. Philosophers have much to contribute to answering that question, as this volume shows. The authors are excellent philosophers, and many have made significant contributions to the literature on well-being. This book will become the starting-point for future philosophical research on well-being." - Roger Crisp, University of Oxford, UK Table of ContentsIntroduction Guy Fletcher Part 1: Well-Being in the History of Moral Philosophy 1. Plato Eric Brown 2. Aristotle on Well-Being Richard Kraut 3. Hedonistic Theories of Well Being in Antiquity Tim O’Keefe 4. Well-Being and Confucianism Richard Kim 5. Well-Being and Daoism Justin Tiwald 6. Well-Being in the Buddhist tradition Christopher Gowans 7. Well-Being in the Christian tradition William Lauinger 8. The Later British Moralists Robert Shaver Part 2: Theories of Well-Being 9. Hedonism Alex Gregory 10. Perfectionism Gwen Bradford 11. Desire-Fulfilment theory Chris Heathwood 12. Objective List Theory Guy Fletcher 13. Hybrid Theories Chris Woodard 14. Subject-Sensitive theories Alicia Hall and Valerie Tiberius 15. Eudaimonism Lorraine Besser-Jones Part 3: Particular Goods and Bads 16. Pleasure Ben Bramble 17. Pain Guy Kahane 18. Health, Disability, and Well-Being Drew Schroeder 19. Friendship Diane Jeske 20. Virtue Anne Baril 21. Epistemic Goods Allan Hazlett 22. Achievements Gwen Bradford and Simon Keller 23. Meaningfulness Antti Kauppinen 24. Needs Marco Grix and Philip McKibbin 25. Happiness Neera Badhwar 26. Death Ben Bradley Part 4: Theoretical Issues 27. Monism and Pluralism Eden Lin 28. Atomism and Holism in the Theory of Personal Well-Being Jason Raibley 29. The Experience Machine and the Experience Requirement Jennifer Hawkins 30. Children’s Well-being A Philosophical Analysis Anthony Skelton 31. Well-Being and Animals Christopher Rice 32. The Science of Well-Being Anna Alexandrova 33. The Concept of Well-Being Steve Campbell Part 5: Well-Being in Moral and Political Philosophy 34. Welfarism Dale Dorsey 35. Well-Being and the Non-Identity Problem Molly Gardner 36. Well-Being, Paternalism, Autonomy Sarah Conly 37. Well-Being and Disadvantage Jonathan Wolff and Doug Reeve 38. Feminism and Well-Being Jules Holroyd Part 6: Well-being and other disciplines 39. Well-Being and Law Alex Sarch 40. Well-Being and Economics Erik Angner 41. Medicine and Well-Being Daniel Groll. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the history and genealogy of an increasingly important subject: liminality. Coming to the fore in recent years in social and political theory and extending beyond is original use as developed within anthropology, liminality has come to denote spaces and moments in which the taken-for-granted order of the world ceases to exist and novel forms emerge, often in unpredictable ways. Liminality and the Modern offers a comprehensive introduction to this concept, discussing its development and laying out a conceptual and experiential framework for thinking about change in terms of liminality. Applying this framework to questions surrounding the implosion of 'non-spaces', the analysis of major historical periods and the study of political revolution, the book also explores its possible uses in social science research and its implications for our understanding of the uncertainty and contingency of the liquid structures of modern society. Shedding new light on a concepTrade Review'A thorough and penetrating, yet accessible and enjoyable treatment of an emerging master concept for the social sciences. Its challenge to the ruling canon in social theory makes it a must for anthropologists, sociologists and political philosophers, but also relevant for and most useful in history and comparative literature, and science, religion and cultural studies.' - Arpad Szakolczai, University College, Cork, Ireland'It is always a challenge to introduce a volte‐face within one's own discipline, but Thomassen does this with finesse and his book is lively, inviting, well crafted, and accessible to experienced anthropologists and students alike … His book vividly guides anthropologists through some truly exhilarating reflections on what their discipline offers wider social theory today.' – Katherine Swancutt, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction Into Liminality; Part 1 Retrieving Liminality Within the History of Social Thought: From Arnold van Gennep to Victor Turner and Beyond; Chapter 1 Arnold van Gennep; Chapter 2 Arnold van Gennep and his Contemporaries; Chapter 3 Liminality Rediscovered; Chapter 4 Dimensions of Liminality; Part 2 On the Liminal Conditions of the Times in Which We Live; Chapter 5 Liminality in the Transition to Modernity; Chapter 6 Game and Gambling and the Implosion of Liminality; Chapter 7 From Liminal to Liminoid to Limivoid; Chapter 8 Liminal Politics; Chapter 9 By Way of Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisSuccessive waves of global protest since 1999 have encouraged leading contemporary political theorists to argue that politics has fundamentally changed in the last twenty years, with a new type of politics gaining momentum over elite, representative institutions. The new politics is frequently described as radical, but what does radicalism mean for the conduct of politics?Capturing the innovative practices of contemporary radicals, Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics brings together leading academics and campaigners to answer these questions and explore radicalism's meaning to their practice. In the thirty-five chapters written for this collection, they collectively develop a picture of radicalism by investigating the intersections of activism and contemporary political theory. Across their experiences, the authors articulate radicalism's critical politics and discuss how diverse movements support and sustain each other. Together, they provide a widTrade Review"Recommended - Upper-division undergraduates through faculty" — Choice"Required reading for radical activists, political theorists, and anyone who believes in freedom, justice, equality, and ecological survival. The Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics is the first volume to explore the relationship between radical activism and radical political theory within a range of local and transnational movements, including feminism, climate justice, migrant solidarity, on-line activism, and anti-capitalism. This innovative collection includes pieces by theorists and practitioners, and will be of interest to students, scholars, organizers, and the general public." — Jeffrey S. Juris, author of Networking Futures and co-editor of Insurgent EncountersTable of ContentsIntroduction Radicalism: Situating Contemporary Movement Practices Part 1: Critiques 1. Overview 1.1 Pro-Abortion Politics 1.2 Animal Liberation 1.3 Militant Anti-Fascism 1.4 Anti-Militarism 1.5 Psychiatry Activism 1.6 Climate Activism 1.7 Eco-Defense 1.8 Radical Research Part 2: Solidarities 2. Overview 2.1 Indigenous Struggles 2.2 Decolonisation 2.3 Disability Politics 2.4 Migrant Solidarity 2.5 Prisons 2.6 Safer Spaces 2.7 Welfare Activism Part 3: Repertoirs 3. Overview 3.1 International Nonviolent Accompaniment 3.2 Art Activism 3.3 Bicycle Politics 3.4 Black block 3.5. Oline Activism 3.6 Electoral Extension of Social Movements 3.7 Insurrectional Cells 3.8 Radical Media 3.9 Publishing Part 4: Transformations 4. Overview 4.1 Anti-Work 4.2 Radical Education 4.3 Food not Bombs 4.4 Urban Community Activism Luca Lapolla 4.5 Anarchist Music 4.6 Techno-Politics 4.7 Revolution under the Table 4.8 Permaculture and Ecological Lifestyle 4.9 'Religious' Radicalism 4.10 Squatting 4.11 Sustainable Activism

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Book SynopsisIn an interview with GÃnther Gaus for German television in 1964, Hannah Arendt insisted that she was not a philosopher but a political theorist. Disillusioned by the cooperation of German intellectuals with the Nazis, she said farewell to philosophy when she fled the country. This book examines Arendt''s ideas about thinking, acting and political responsibility, investigating the relationship between the life of the mind and the life of action that preoccupied Arendt throughout her life. By joining in the conversation between Arendt and Gaus, each contributor probes her ideas about thinking and judging and their relation to responsibility, power and violence. An insightful and intelligent treatment of the work of Hannah Arendt, this volume will appeal to a wide number of fields beyond political theory and philosophy, including law, literary studies, social anthropology and cultural history.Trade Review'When German television viewers tuned in to Günter Gaus's interview with Hannah Arendt in 1964, they got a glimpse of the vibrant animation of her political thought. The eleven essays in this book, inspired by scenes from that interview, bring Arendt's thought to life for us. They give us a vivid feeling for the contexts, intellectual and political, that mattered to Arendt; and they show us how, even as she rejected the subordination of politics to philosophy, Arendt made thinking matter to politics. A valuable collection, rich in insights not only about Arendt but about the enterprise of political theory.' Patchen Markell, The University of Chicago, USATable of ContentsContents: Introduction: in conversation with Hannah Arendt, Danielle Celermajer, Andrew Schaap and Vrasidas Karalis; Part I Thinking, Judging and Responsibility: Hannah Arendt's philosophy of plurality: thinking and understanding and Eichmann in Jerusalem, Michael Mack; Thinking from underground, Max Deutscher; Arendt on responsibility, sensibility and democratic pluralism, Rosalyn Diprose; The ethics of friendship, Danielle Celermajer; The judgment of the statesperson, Marguerite La Caze; Thinking, conscience and acting in times of crises, Paul Formosa. Part II Conversation and Context: The pathos and promise of counter-history: Hannah Arendt and Ernst Cassirer's German-Jewish historical consciousness, Ned Curthoys; Truth, politics and democracy: Arendt, Orwell and Camus, Jeff Malpas; Power and paradox: Hannah Arendt's America, Peter Murphy; The politics of need, Andrew Schaap; Confronting violence and power: notes on Hannah Arendt's humanism (an investigation into discursive sources), Vrasidas Karalis; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to familiarise students with leading International Relations (IR) theories and their explanation of political events, phenomena, and processes which cross the territorial boundaries of the state. Thus, students will be exposed to the interplay between power, interest, ideas, identity, and resistance, in explaining continuity and change in international relations. Developed to provide students with the analytical tools and intellectual frameworks needed to understand the behaviour of different international actors in contemporary global affairs. This textbook responds to the challenges of a dynamic job market by assisting students to gain both thorough theoretical knowledge and training them to apply this knowledge to real world problems. In short, this textbook delivers: A comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the examination of national, regional and global trends in politics, economics and socio-cultural developments allowing students to understand: Trade Review’Finally a comprehensive and serious approach to International Relations that pays necessary homage to its theories and frameworks as a discipline while striving to acquaint readers to the topicality, relevance, and impact of what an IR scholar actually empirically studies and why it MATTERS in the real world. This is a welcome novel engagement of the discipline that should attract many new young minds to our field.’ Matthew Crosston, Bellevue University, USA ’International Relations is a young discipline. This textbook is an innovative attempt at exploring this young discipline in all its complexities and contradictions. A very useful book to inform the beginners and to engage the scholars. Rigorous as well as accessible!’ Harsh V. Pant, King's College London, UK ’In this excellent and innovative volume Kavalski has assembled scholars working at the forefront of contemporary international relations. All of the chapters provide surprising insights and unique perspectives on the contemporary practice and theory of international relations. It is refreshing to find a textbook that challenges long held assumptions in this way. A must read for all introductory courses on global politics.’ Colin Wight, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContentsPrologueObserving and encountering global life – Emilian KavalskiPart I: Perspectives and frameworksChapter 1The history of global politics – Kevin MarshChapter 2Theories of world affairs – Mark Chou and Avery Dorothy Howard Poole Chapter 3Ethics and morality in international relations – Lavina LeeChapter 4The levels of analysis of the international system – Taku TamakiPart II: ActorsChapter 5The state on the world stage – Theresa CallanChapter 6Individuals in international politics – David WaltonChapter 7Transnational actors in world politics – Brian KingChapter 8Nature as an Actor in International politics – Stephen HobdenPart III: Topics and issuesChapter 9The international economy of world politics – Greg AndersonChapter 10Conflict and in/security in global life – Sandra Popiden Chapter 11Global inequality – Eunyoung Ha and Julia Hyeyong KimChapter 12Shifts in world power – Lui Hebron Chapter 13Identity politics on the world stage – David Siroky and David Muchlinski Chapter 14Imposing Internal Order on States – Chris WilsonChapter 15Borders, Immigration and State Transformation – Alex BalchChapter 16The Media and International Relations – Anne AllyChapter 17Global governance – Sandra Popiden Chapter 18Religion and international relations – Nilay Saiya EpilogueWhat next for the study and practice of world affairs? – Emilian Kavalski

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Book SynopsisIt is widely accepted that the machinery of multicultural societies and liberal democratic systems is dependent upon various forms of dialogue - dialogue between political parties, between different social groups, between the ruling and the ruled. But what are the conditions of a democratic dialogue and how does the philosophical dialogic approach apply to practice? Recently, facing challenges from mass protest movements across the globe, liberal democracy has found itself in urgent need of a solution to the problem of translating mass activity into dialogue, as well as that of designing borders of dialogue. Exploring the multifaceted nature of the concepts of dialogue and democracy, and critically examining materializations of dialogue in social life, this book offers a variety of perspectives on the theoretical and empirical interface between democracy and dialogue. Bringing together the latest work from scholars across Europe, Democracy in Dialogue, Dialogue in Democracy offers freTrade Review’A stimulating collection of essays on the importance of dialogue for democratic politics, with probing examinations of the philosophical problems of democratic dialogue and practical case-studies illuminating the issues at stake. It will be of great interest to all students of democracy and democratic education, and to all those concerned with improving the quality of contemporary democracy.’ John Schwarzmantel, University of Leeds, UK ’This collection of critical dialogues addresses a global problem: the future and the dilemmas of a specific form of democracy that emerged after the fall of communism. Democracy and dialogue: the theme is classical (going back to Plato) but also actual (in philosophers from Levinas to Buber to Habermas). The authors first engage their own cultures before joining together in a collective project that brings us back to the classical questions. The volume is fascinating, greater than the sum of its parts. This sort of dialogue should be continued.’ Dick Howard, Stony Brook University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction, Katarzyna Jezierska and Leszek Koczanowicz. Part I Modes of Dialogue: Between understanding and consensus: engaging Mikhail Bakhtin in political thinking, Leszek Koczanowicz; Dialogue and critique: on the theoretical conditions of a critique of society, Mikael Carleheden; Repressed democracy: legitimacy problems in world society, Regina Kreide; Rational dialogue or emotional agon? Habermas’s concept of the public sphere and Mouffe’s project of radical democracy, Pawel Dybel. Part II The Challenge of the Other: ‘I’ meets the ‘other’: agonistic and deliberative versions of subjectivity and otherness, Katarzyna Jezierska; Bad patriots: universality, aesthetics, and the historicity of democracy, Stefan Jonsson; Attitudes, behaviour, democracy, and dialogue, Katarzyna Byrka, Tomasz Grzyb and Dariusz Dolinski; Antagonism, agonism, and dialogue in civil society: Wrocław’s Romanian Roma, Ewa Jupowiecka. Part III Dialogical Spaces: Thinking democracy and education for the present: the case of Norway after July 22, 2011, Torill Strand; Rehabilitation of power in democratic dialogic education, Eugene Matusov and Ana Marjanovic-Shane; Typology of critical dialogue and power relations in democratic dialogic education, Eugene Matusov and Ana Marjanovic-Shane; Dialogue - ideal and practiced: how philosophy is transformed into governance, Boel Englund and Birgitta Sandström; Interactive, qualitative, and inclusive? Assessing the deliberative capacity of the political blogosphere, Martin Karlsson

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Book SynopsisThe concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides a much-needed philosophical introduction to key theoretical approaches to the concept in contemporary usage. This includes discussions of the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Roberto Esposito, and Antonio Negri. In the second part of the book, Mills discusses various topics across the categories of politics, life and subjectivity. These include questions of sovereignty and governmentality, violence, rights, technology, reproduction, race, and sexual difference. This book will be an indispensable guide for those wishing to gain an understanding of the central theories and issues in biopolitical studies. For those already working with the concept of biopolitics, it provides challenging and provocative insights and argues for a ground-breaking reorientation of the field. Trade Review'Catherine Mills's book is a brilliant introduction to the emerging field of research on biopolitics. It offers a sophisticated yet accessible overview of the main theories and thematic areas in the studies of biopolitics and will be indispensable reading both for beginners in this field and the more advanced readership.' Sergei Prozorov, University of Helsinki, Finland 'The most up to date and philosophically sophisticated overview of the current debates in biopolitical studies available today'.Miguel Vatter, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Part One. 1. A new regime of power: Foucault. 2. Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben. 3. Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt. 4. Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito. Part Two. 5. Politics: Sovereignty, Violence, Rights. 6. Life: Biology, Technology, Reproduction. 7. Subjectivity: Persons, Race, Gender. 8. Concluding remarks. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book uses Sweden as a test case to analyze how parliament and elected representatives function in a representative democracy. Despite the status of Scandinavian countries as perhaps the world’s most egalitarian societies, the book argues that the best summary characterization of Swedish representative democracy is an elitist system run from above. The book also argues that an individualist representational model is relevant to the Swedish setting and most likely, to other settings as well. Representative democracy is not just party-based democracy - not even in a country with strong and disciplined parties. The book takes a broad approach to the study of political representation. It integrates into a single analytical framework concepts and theories from neighbouring traditions such as legislative behaviour, opinion formation and interest organizations. The study is based on a comprehensive set of data, including three surveys of the Members of the Swedish Parliament, corresponding voter surveys and content analysis of mass media and parliamentary records.Trade Review’...a comprehensive contribution to our understanding of how MPs in Sweden represent their constituents...the reader is presented with much useful information and interpretation about Swedish MPs.’ Party Politics ’...all in all, it is an extremely valuable book which, in challenging established analysis, deserves to be read by all those interested in comparative legislative studies.’ West European PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: The Puzzle of Representation: Looking for Political Representation. Representing the People: Who Gets There; Follow the Party; Representing Whom; Thinking Alike; Knowing the People. Persuading the People: On the Campaign Trail; Defining the Future. Deciding for the People: Power in Society; Who Decides in Parliament?; Power to the Parliamentarians; Teaming-Up with Other Elites; Networking; What Parliamentarians Do in Parliament. Carrying the Torch: The Not So Responsible Party Model.

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Book SynopsisThis work addresses new directions in research on the economic theory of conflict, the cost of war, and the benefits of peace. A collection of 17 papers drawing on contributors from all continents, the volume is divided into four sections. The first discusses novel ways to think about the economics of conflict and peace from theory perspectives. These include discussions of conflict from the perspectives of standard neoclassical analysis and economic geography. An especially interesting paper in this section addresses conflict in the context of the emerging theory of international public finance. A second section deals with military expenditures, economic/human development and economic growth in the US and developing nations of Asia and Africa. The volume enters new territory in sections three and four. Section three contains a set of papers on the economic cost of war and war’s aftermath, significantly expanding economists’ rather modest efforts to date. Section four is concerned with how the concepts of economics might be operationalized and institutionalized to foster security.Trade Review’...to be congratulated for organizing and tying together a thoughtful collection of essays on an important subject.’ Ruben Mendez, New York and Yale Universities, USATable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Theory-Approaches and Approaches to Theory: Economics and peace-theory on the eve of World War I; More with less: economics of non-offensive defense, with special reference to Argentina; The economics of conflict, production and exchange; The distribution of military expenditures in the United States: spatial, sectoral, technological and occupational. The Opportunity Costs of Military Expenditures: Human Development, and Economic Development and Growth: Opportunity costs of military expenditures: evidence from the United States; Military expenditures and fiscal constraints in Pakistan; Peace in Guatemala? The story of San Lucas Tolimán; From apartheid to democracy: the economic dimensions of demilitarizing South African society; Do military expenditures create net employment? the case of US military-nuclear production sites. The Economic Cost of War and its Aftermath: The Sudan: the cost of the second civil war (1983-1993); That splendid little wa: the costs of the Spanish-American war; Estimates of the economic cost of armed conflict: the Iran-Iraq war and the Sri Lankan civil war; Research note: costing the direct health burden of political violence in developing countries. Securing Security: War and peace from a perspective of international public economics; A world treasury; Policies for peace: an analysis of the causes of military expenditures and the means to disarmament; Creating global security: Japan as a potential catalyst.

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