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Cambridge University Press Justice and Reconciliation in PostApartheid South Africa
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Cambridge University Press Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought
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Cambridge University Press Victorian Visions of Global Order Empire and International Relations in NineteenthCentury Political Thought 86 Ideas in Context Series Number 86
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Cambridge University Press A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance
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Cambridge University Press Controlling Governments
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Cambridge University Press Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson
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Cambridge University Press Measuring Justice
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Cambridge University Press The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice
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Cambridge University Press The Political Economy of Trust Institutions Interests and Interfirm Cooperation in Italy and Germany Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Book SynopsisTrust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determine expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-WÃrttemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.Trade Review“Farrell’s The Political Economy of Trust is a tour de force. His book takes us through the burgeoning literature on social trust, social capital, institutions, and networks. Farrell has done us a service by clearly distinguishing among these terms, carefully carving out a distinct analytical space for each concept, and identifying their respective explanatory purchase. One of his main goals is to show that the concept of trust provides a deeper understanding of cooperation than institutions by themselves. He succeeds brilliantly. “Farrell’s masterful treatment of the literatures on social capital, culture, and rational choice approaches to institutions provides us with a more complete picture of the causes and consequences of institutions. His case studies of firms in Emilia Romagna, Italy and Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, along with his final chapter on the Mafia in Sicily provide the ideal material to illustrate his complex ideas and demonstrate their empirical grounding.” -James A. Caporaso, University of Washington“Henry Farrell’s important book is a crucial contribution to the literature on social trust, and will be particularly influential among those seeking to understand the roots of coordinated market arrangements in advanced political economies. Boldly bridging the divide between rational-choice microfoundations and institutionalist macro-theorizing, while also bringing in culturalist perspectives, Farrell shows how trust can be grounded in informal institutions that were created for quite different reasons than the production or sustenance of cooperation. In doing so, he provides a powerful new way of understanding the role of trust in social, political, and economic life.” -Jacob S. Hacker, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of institutions and trust; 3. Varieties of capitalism and industrial districts; 4. Trust and institutions in industrial districts; 5. Accounting for change in informal institutions; 6. Informal institutions without trust: relations among Mafiosi in Sicily; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth
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Cambridge University Press God Locke and Equality
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Cambridge University Press Marxism Modernity Postcolonial Stud 11 Cultural Margins Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press Visions of Politics
Book SynopsisThe third of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important work on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form.Trade Review'As a retrospective showcase of the work of a major scholar, this is impressive. Skinner's ability to combine political and philosophical insight with minute knowledge of several centuries of political literature is awe inspiring.' Robert Sugden, The Times Higher Education Supplement' … this is a deeply impressive collection which displays Skinner's exceptional range.' The New York ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: Hobbes's career in philosophy; 2. Hobbes and the studia humanitatis; 3. Hobbes's changing conception of a civil science; 4. Hobbes on rhetoric and the construction of morality; 5. Hobbes and the purely artificial person of the state; 6. Hobbes on the proper signification of liberty; 7. Hobbes and the classical theory of laughter; 8. History and ideology in the English revolution; 9. The context of Hobbes's theory of political obligation; 10. Conquest and consent: Hobbes and the engagement controversy; 11. Hobbes and his disciples in France and England; 12. Hobbes and the politics of the early Royal Society; 13. Hobbes's last word on politics.
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Cambridge University Press Political Obligation in Its Historical Context
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Cambridge University Press The Social and Political Thought of R. G. Collingwood
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Cambridge University Press Gramsci and the History of Dialectical Thought
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Cambridge University Press The Future of the American Labor Movement
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Cambridge University Press The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis 6 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Council and Hierarchy The Political Thought of William Durant the Younger 16 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press Religion Class Coalitions and Welfare States Cambridge Studies in Social Theory Religion and Politics
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Cambridge University Press Ethics and War
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Cambridge University Press John Rawls An Introduction
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Cambridge University Press Liberal Beginnings Making a Republic for the Moderns
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Cambridge University Press The Market and the Masses in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press The Right Privatization
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Cambridge University Press No Other Planet
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Cambridge University Press Proletarian Lives
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Cambridge University Press Words on Fire
Book SynopsisWhy is political rhetoric broken and how can it be fixed? Words on Fire returns to the origins of rhetoric to recover the central place of eloquence in political thought. Eloquence, for the orators of classical antiquity, emerged from rhetorical relationships that exposed both speaker and audience to risk. Through close readings of Cicero and his predecessors, rivals, and successors political theorist and former speechwriter Rob Goodman tracks the development of this ideal, in which speech is both spontaneous and stylized, and in which the pursuit of eloquence mitigates political inequalities. He goes on to trace the fierce disputes over Ciceronian speech in the modern world through the work of such figures as Burke, Macaulay, Tocqueville, and Schmitt, explaining how rhetorical risk-sharing has broken down. Words on Fire offers a powerful critique of today''s political language and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.Trade Review'A beautiful, complex, and powerful book about the beauty, complexity, and power of words. This is a major scholarly contribution to the rhetorical turn in political theory that offers an original and at times startling reading of eloquence, its long history as an object of study and practice, and its political potential for contemporary democracy. Impeccably researched, masterfully argued, but above all employing its own form of captivating eloquence, this book is a delight to read from beginning to end.' Simone Chambers, University of California, Irvine'An urgent and historically informed diagnosis of a contemporary ill: the public breakdown of the rhetorical bargain between speakers and listeners. Goodman's own eloquence in exploring its conditions is wondrous. He reminds us that to open oneself up to persuasion – much like seeking to persuade – is risky. But these risks are essential in a free and democratic way of life.' Teresa M. Bejan, University of Oxford'This book identifies a lost intellectual history of the rhetorical tradition, in which the speaker and audience strike bargains over exposure to risks: the speaker confronts the risk of rejection, the audience the risk of persuasion. Beginning with Cicero, orators grappled with the challenge of eloquence before an unpredictable public. In contemporary political life, however, rhetoricians have the upper hand, as political speakers insulate themselves from vulnerability, and the public bears all the risk. A remarkable contribution to political theory's 'rhetorical revival,' Goodman's work sheds new light on contemporary pathologies of political persuasion.' Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University'This beautifully-written, timely book draws our attention to the importance of rhetorical relationships. Today, we face a false choice between the spontaneous rhetoric of the demagogue and the self-protective rhetoric of elites. The rhetorical relationship between speaker and hearer has been all but forgotten. Goodman offers an alternative vision of rhetoric as a bargain – a relationship of mutual risk-taking in which everyone puts something on the line. While Goodman makes a valuable contribution to the history of classical and modern political thought, he also keeps one eye firmly focused on today's troubles. It's a fine balance and a rare achievement.' Alison McQueen, Stanford University'A wide-ranging and incisive study of the role of eloquence in public life. In an era marked by heated political exchanges and driven by new technologies in communication, controversies are in danger of increasing in intensity as opinions become embittered. This book offers a broad perspective on rhetoric extending back into classical antiquity to encourage reflection on the responsibilities and possibilities of speech. With compelling chapters on Cicero, Burke, Macaulay, Tocqueville and Schmitt, the book directs our attention to the dynamics as well as the costs of polarisation, indicating how we might better manage the role of rhetoric in politics.' Richard Bourke, Professor of the History of Political Thought, University of Cambridge'We live in a moment characterized by increasingly sophisticated political communications, in which elites deploy technology to refine and target their desired and polarized audiences. This tendency has real costs, as Goodman shows in this fine book. In addition to shielding political elites from the risky give and take of persuasion, Goodman argues that it creates a rhetorical opening for self-designated outsiders – demagogues who purport to tell it like it is. Goodman turns to the tradition of rhetoric to develop a timely – and important – account of how we might reimagine the nature of political rhetoric, and how this reconceived rhetoric might address one of the fundamental problems American politics faces today: political polarization.' Daniel J. Kapust, University of Wisconsin-Madison'This book stands at the intersection of the current revivals of rhetoric in political theory, of Roman political thought, and of civic republicanism. Although many books and essays are worthy additions to these burgeoning fields, Goodman's Words on Fire is a 'must read' for both students and scholars who are at all interested in the renaissance of these studies. For Goodman, the Ciceronian rhetorical tradition offers itself as a critique of the 'technologization of politics,' which has come to include the use of an 'algorithmic' rhetoric to deny agency to both orator/politician and audience/citizenry. In opposition to this undermining of political choice, Goodman shows how Cicero and his successors present us with a rhetorical alternative, in which political speakers exercise the virtues of risk and in which democratic citizens make themselves vulnerable to altering their opinions in response to the persuasive abilities of political rhetors.' Gary Remer, Tulane UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: 'Just Words'; Part 1. Eloquence and the Ancients: 1. 'I Tremble with My Whole Heart': Cicero on the Anxieties of Eloquence; 2. The Parthenon and the Outhouse: Cicero's Demosthenes and the Uses of Style; Part 2. Eloquence and the Moderns: 3. Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime; 4. Debatable Land: Macaulay, Tocqueville, and the Art of Judgment; 5. Speaking 'As If': Carl Schmitt and Rhetoric as Ritual; Conclusion: On Not Listening.
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Contained Resource Curse
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Cambridge University Press Demands of Justice
Book SynopsisDemands of Justice draws on original interviews and archival research to show how global appeals for human rights began in the 1970s to expand the boundaries of the global neighbourhood and disseminate new arguments about humane concern and law in direct opposition to human rights violations.Turning a justice lens on human rights practice, Clark argues that human rights practice offers tools that enrich three facets of global justice: transnational expressions of simple concern, the political realization of justice through politics and law, and new but still incomplete approaches to social justice.A key case study explores the origins of Amnesty International''s well-known Urgent Action alerts for individuals, as well as temporal change in the use of law in such appeals.A second case study, of Oxfam''s adoption of rights language, demonstrates the spread of human rights as a primary way of expressing calls for justice in the world.Trade Review'This book is a stellar example of the best scholarship on human rights advocacy. Clark explores the ways ordinary people help forge paths to justice, focusing on the evolution of Amnesty International and Oxfam's engagement with advocates and demonstrating the effect that these 'global helpers' have had on shaping norms and policy outcomes. Demands of Justice offers a rigorous framework for interpreting ongoing struggles (analytical, political, and practical) and centers the voices of advocates themselves in its synthesis.' Shareen Hertel, Professor of Political Science and Human Rights, University of Connecticut'No other book so directly and persuasively addresses the interaction of human rights advocacy and demands for justice, leading to an understanding of human rights as an evolving form of justice work. Clark's eloquent book melds sophisticated theory with fine-grained research and moving stories of activists.' Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University'This jewel of a book situates human rights within theories of justice, especially notions of care and concern, fairness, and dignity. Professor Clark shows that, however imperfectly, the practice of human rights has helped to advance the goals of such justice.' Beth Simmons, Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law, Political Science, and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Human rights advocacy and the demands of justice; 2. Human rights and justice in global politics; 3. Human rights tools in the pursuit of justice; 4. Expanding the global neighborhood: Amnesty International's urgent action; 5. A Human rights culture of argument: The language of care and law in urgent action appeals; 6. 'Together for rights': Oxfam and basic rights in development advocacy; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Demands of Justice
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Cambridge University Press Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Strategic Opportunity
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Cambridge University Press Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Modernity the Environment and the Christian Just War Tradition
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Cambridge University Press The Political Regulation Wave
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Cambridge University Press Why Bad Policies Spread and Good Ones Dont
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Strategic Opportunity
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Cambridge University Press The Political Regulation Wave
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Cambridge University Press The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
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Cambridge University Press Human Empire
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Cambridge University Press Human Empire
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Cambridge University Press Creating Local Democracy in Iran
Book SynopsisEmpirically rich and theoretically informed, this book is an innovative analysis of political decentralization under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Drawing upon Kian Tajbakhsh''s twenty years of experience working with and researching local government in Iran, it uses original data and insights to explain how local government operates in towns and cities as a form of electoral authoritarianism. With a combination of historical, political, and financial field research, it explores the multifaceted dimensions of local power and how various ideologically opposed actors shaped local government as an integral component of authoritarian state building. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how local government serves to undermine democratization and consolidate the Islamist regime. As Iran''s cities and towns grow and develop, their significance will only increase, and this study is vital to understanding their politics, administration and influence.Trade Review'Kian Tajbakhsh's study of local government under the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on careful and painstaking analysis of administrative and legal documents and is unmatched by any in current Iranian history.' Saïd Amir Arjomand, State University of New York'This deeply personal and academically rigorous account of the efforts to advance political decentralization in Iran raises critical questions for scholars of governance and democracy. By documenting how decentralization was as likely to be embraced by supporters of centralized state power as by reform advocates or even pragmatic technocrats, we are shown the complexities inherent in building democracy from the ground up.' Diane E. Davis, Harvard University'Kian Tajbakhsh's understanding of Iran is manifest on every page of this book. He convincingly argues, much to his own discontent, how the authoritarian regime consolidates its rule through political decentralization. His work is important for anyone interested in local democracy – a powerful read.' Peter Knip, Director of VNG International'Kian Tajbakhsh beautifully documents the tragedy of municipal democracy in Iran, from its hopeful beginnings in the mid-1990s to its defeat a decade later. Tajbakhsh was both a scholarly observer of the democratization movement and a participant, whose detention in Iran delayed this long-awaited book for years.' Charles Kurzman, University of North CarolinaTable of ContentsPreface; Overview; Part I. Launching Local Democracy: 1. Reshaping the state: political decentralization comes to Iran in the 1990s: 2. Launching municipal government, 1999-2003; Part II. Arguing for Local Democracy: 3. Reformists, local democracy and civil society: socio-political discourses; 4. Efficiency in governance: technocratic discourse; 5. The theocratic and Islamist discourse on the shura; Part III. Blocking Local Democracy: 6. The rocky path from elections to democracy; 7. City planning and the challenges of democractic governance; 8. Financing local democracy; 9. Geopolitics and the limits of international municipal cooperation; 10. What of the future of local democracy.
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Cambridge University Press The Late Modernist Novel
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Cambridge University Press Institutions under Siege
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Cambridge University Press Institutions under Siege
Book SynopsisIn this book, leading political sociologist John. L Campbell grapples with the legacy of the Trump presidency and Trump's attack on the 'deep state' through the lens of institutional change theory. The book assesses where damage is most likely to endure and where damage was prevented or more short-lived.Trade Review'Finally, a thinking person's guide to the damage done by the Trump presidency. Campbell makes a convincing case, grounded in high-quality evidence and innovative thinking about institutional change, that Trump undermined virtually all the key institutions of American democracy in his four norm-smashing years in the White House.' Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University'Many books have been written on the Trump presidency. Some applaud this unusual president many more decry his governance and personal style. John Campbell's thoughtful book, 'Institutions Under Siege,' is the first to consider the implications of Donald Trump from the perspective of institutional change. Campbell has written several excellent monographs on institutional evolution and change. In this incisive book he examines how the Trump presidency has shaped and reshaped American political institutions. In so doing Campbell offers both a fascinating account of what Trump did, and could not do, to America's political institutions and deepens our understanding of the mechanisms of institutional change itself.' Sven Steinmo, University of Colorado, BoulderTable of Contents1. Institutional Guardrails; 2. Tipping Point; 3. The Big Lie; 4. Reinterpreting Republicanism; 5. Blind Justice?; 6. You're Fired!; 7. Economic Rocket Fuel; 8. Damage Assessment.
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Cambridge University Press Democratic Multiplicity
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Cambridge University Press Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics
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