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Book SynopsisThis handbook presents a comprehensive, concise and accessible overview of the field of Historical International Relations (HIR). It summarizes existing contributions and central themes, approaches and methodologies that have driven the development of HIR, providing a sense of the diversity and research dynamics in the field.Trade Review"This invaluable volume provides exhaustive coverage of all the main priority areas of historical International Relations. The editors are three of the leading lights in the field, and together with the contributors they incisively review and advance the state of the art on this important topic." Jason Sharman, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK."An epic achievement and a veritable tour de force, this book is not only a who’s who and a what’s what of historical IR that combines senior, and junior rising, stars but it is surely the go-to-compendium for this rising sub-discipline, all of which has been brilliantly brought together by three of its leading lights." John M. Hobson, University of Sheffield, UK."This wide-ranging collection is an important archive of historical international relations, a compendium of the state of a promising subfield and a hopeful indication of intellectual rejuvenation in the wider discipline of International Relations."Professor Patricia Owens, University of Oxford, UK.Table of Contents1 Introduction: Historical International Relations Part I. Traditions 2 Theories and Philosophies of History in International Relations 3 The English School and Historical International Relations 4 World-Systems Analysis: Past Trajectories and Future Prospects 5 Historical Sociology in International Relations: The Challenge of the Global 6 Liberalism between Theory and Practice 7 Realism: Excavating a Historical Tradition 8 Constructivism: History and Systemic Change 9 Poststructuralism and the Challenge of History 10 International Political Thought and Historical International Relations Part II. Thinking International Relations Historically 11 Disciplinary Traditions and Debates: The Subject Matters of International Thought 12 War and the Turn to History in International Relations 13 Capitalism and ‘the International’: A Historical Approach 14 Gender in Historical International Relations 15 Eurocentrism and Civilization 16 Disciplinary Histories of Non-Anglophone International Relations: Latin America and the Caribbean 17 Premodern Asia and International Relations Theory 18 Race and Historical International Relations 19 Political Theology and Historical International Relations 20 Time and History in International Relations Part III. Actors, Processes and Institutions 21 Sovereignty in Historical International Relations: Trajectories, Challenges, and Implications 22 State Formation and Historical International Relations 23 Nations and Nationalism in International Relations 24 States, People and Self-Determination in Historical Perspective 25 Borders and Boundaries: Making Visible What Divides 26 Reason of State: An Intellectual History 27 Balance of Power: A Key Concept in Historical Perspective 28 Diplomacy: The World of States and Beyond 29 Insurance, Trade and War 30 International Law and the Laws of War 31 International Organisations in Historical Perspective 32 Revolutions: Integrating the International 33 Imperialism: Beyond the ‘Re-turn to Empire’ in International Relations 34 Decolonization and the Erosion of the Imperial Idea 35 Understanding the Postcolonial Cold War Part IV. Situating Historical IR 36 Ancient Greece: War, Peace and Diplomacy in Antiquity 37 Rome: Republic, Monarchy and Empire 38 International Relations in/and the Middle Ages 39 Early (Modern) Empires: The Political Ideology of Conceptual Domination 40 Europe in Historical International Relations 41 Africa and International History 42 International Order in East Asia 43 Linking up the Ottoman Empire with IR’s Timeline 44 Latin America: Between Liminality and Agency in Historical International Relations Part V. Approaches 45 International Relations in the Archive: Uses of Sources and Historiography 46 History and Memory: Narratives, Micropolitics and Crises 47 How to Do the History of International Thought? 48 Global Histories: Connections and Circulations in Historical International Relations 49 Historical Practices: Recovering a Durkheimian Tradition 50 Quantitative Approaches: Towards Comparative and Trans-Regional Approaches in Historical International Relations 51 Conceptual History in International Relations: from Ideology to Social Theory? 52 Historical Periods and the Act of Periodisation Part VI. Afterword 53 Afterword

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.Works on Trump's use of race have tended to be fragmentary or subsidiary to a larger purpose. Ehrenberg concentrates his investigation on Trump's weaponized use of race, contextualized through historical and theoretical details, demonstrating that while Trump draws on previous Republican strategies, he stands apart through his explicit intention to convert the Republican Party into a political instrument of a threatened racial order. The book traces the Grand Old Party's (GOP) approach to racial matters from Goldwater's constitutional objection to federal activity in the South to George W. Bush's overtures to Black citizens. Ehrenberg examines the role of racial animus in prying loose a significant portion of the Democratic Party's electoral coalition and making pTrade Review"Ehrenberg has produced a beautifully written interdisciplinary study of Trump’s racism that is based on profound political insight and scholarly acumen. It should become a standard work."Stephen Eric Bronner, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Trumped 1. Barry and George Go Fishing 2. Dick’s Trick 3. Whistling for Plutocracy 4. The Wrecker and the Warrior Throw a Party 5. The Tribune Rides Forth 6. Toward White Minority Rule

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.Works on Trump's use of race have tended to be fragmentary or subsidiary to a larger purpose. Ehrenberg concentrates his investigation on Trump's weaponized use of race, contextualized through historical and theoretical details, demonstrating that while Trump draws on previous Republican strategies, he stands apart through his explicit intention to convert the Republican Party into a political instrument of a threatened racial order. The book traces the Grand Old Party's (GOP) approach to racial matters from Goldwater's constitutional objection to federal activity in the South to George W. Bush's overtures to Black citizens. Ehrenberg examines the role of racial animus in prying loose a significant portion of the Democratic Party's electoral coalition and making pTrade Review"Ehrenberg has produced a beautifully written interdisciplinary study of Trump’s racism that is based on profound political insight and scholarly acumen. It should become a standard work."Stephen Eric Bronner, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Trumped 1. Barry and George Go Fishing 2. Dick’s Trick 3. Whistling for Plutocracy 4. The Wrecker and the Warrior Throw a Party 5. The Tribune Rides Forth 6. Toward White Minority Rule

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Book SynopsisIn Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective, a group of leading scholars come together in a multidisciplinary collection to assess multiculturalism through an international comparative perspective.Multiculturalism today faces challenges like never before, through the concurrent rise of populism and white supremacist groups, and contemporary social movements mobilizing around alternative ideas of decolonization, anti-racism and national self-determination Taking these challenges head on, and with the backdrop that the term multiculturalism originated in Canada before going global, this collection of chapters presents a global comparative view of multiculturalism, through both empirical and normative perspectives, with the overarching aim of comprehending multiculturalism's promise, limitations, contemporary challenges, trajectory and possible futures. Collectively, the chapters provide the basis for a critical assessment of multiculturalism's firstTrade Review"What is multiculturalism? How is it different from ideologies and movements that resemble it but are nevertheless quite different? What are its origins and patterns of development in different countries? Why has it provoked hostility in some societies and been received with great relief in others? Has it exhausted its constructive potential and become irrelevant, or does it have a future, and of what kind? While much has been written on multiculturalism, some of the questions listed above and others associated with them have received relatively little attention. This well-constructed and skilfully edited collection of fine essays, each probing a particular aspect of multiculturalism, fills the gap and deserves a warm welcome."Bhikhu Parekh, House of Lords"Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective grounds multiculturalism in history and theory, while exploring its contemporary relevance in light of challenges from the ethnonationalist right and its strained relationship with progressive emancipatory movements. The book’s outstanding contributors offer a uniquely global perspective on some of the most pressing problems confronting diverse polities the world over. Highly recommended for all students of contemporary membership politics."Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, Associate Professor, University of Toronto"This visionary collection provides a timely global comparative diagnostic on multiculturalism’s challenges and possible futures in the post-pandemic era. The diverse set of co-editors proposes a useful framework of analysis in their introduction, highlighting the origins, expansion and critiques of multiculturalism. They brought together a particularly talented group of experts whose analyses will inform both scholars and the general public interested in the future of recognition and diversity in a range of societies. Together, they deploy enlightening perspectives that illuminate our worlds as they evolve. What a feat!!!"Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, author of Who Matters: How to Define Worth in our Divided WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reflecting on Multiculturalism at its Semicentennial: Over the Hill or Just Getting Started? Part 1: Multiculturalism and Citizenship 1. Multiculturalism and Citizenization: Past and Future 2. Multiculturalism and Inclusive Democracy: Canadian Multiculturalism and Immigrant Citizenship 3. Multicultural Citizenship in Singapore Part 2: Multiculturalism, History and Intersectionality 4. Multiculturalism and Decolonization 5. Multiculturalism in the Post-Colony: Shadows of Agamben in South Africa 6. Language and Multiculturalism in the United States 7. Framing Diversities: European approaches to Minorities-within Minorities Part 3: Multiculturalism, Religion and Secularism 8. Interculturalism and the Fair Management of Diversity in Multinational Democracies: The Contribution of Quebec-Canada Dynamics 9. Multiculturalism: The Place of Religion and State-Religion Connections 10. Hinduizing Nation: Shifting Grounds of Secularism, Diversity and Citizenship Part 4: Multiculturalism’s Meaning and Value 11. Oh Canada, Your Home’s on Native Land: Narratives of the Missing in a Multicultural Home 12. Black Lives Matter, Social Justice, and the Limits of Multiculturalism 13. Hungary and the Paradoxes of Illiberal Anti-Multiculturalism Part 5: Multiculturalism, Pandemic. Populism and the Political Right 14. Rethinking Multiculturalism under a Pandemic Crisis 15. Imperiled Multiculturalism? COVID-19, Racism and Nation-Building in Australia 16. Immigration, Multiculturalism and Tolerance: Canada’s Two Images Conclusion: Towards a New Diversity Politics for the 21st Century? Building on Multiculturalism through Solidarity

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Book SynopsisCan participatory budgeting help make public services really work for the public? Incorporating a range of experiments in ten different countries, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of participatory budgeting in Europe and the effect it has had on democracy, the modernization of local government, social justice, gender mainstreaming and sustainable development. By focussing on the first decade of European participatory budgeting and analysing the results and the challenges affecting the agenda today it provides a critical appraisal of the participatory model. Detailed comparisons of European cases expose similarities and differences between political cultures and offer a strong empirical basis to discuss the theories of deliberative and participatory democracy and reveal contradictory tendencies between political systems, public administrations and democratic practices.Trade Review’While there is agreement that democratic institutions need to be changed, the ways in which participation and representation could be combined vary. Covering the several ways in which participatory budgeting is implemented in different countries, this volume is extremely useful in understanding the many promises, but also the many challenges of democratic innovations.’ Donatella della Porta, European University Institute & Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy ’This revised version of a book originally published in French and other European languages is a much anticipated contribution to the literature on participatory budgeting. Written by three respected figures within the field, the book offers a nuanced and insightful analysis of the varied trajectories of participatory budgeting across Europe and the implications this has for realising social justice and democratising democracy.’ Graham Smith, University of Westminster, UKTable of ContentsChapter 1. ‘It all began in Porto Alegre…’ Chapter 2. European convergence? Chapter 3. Six participatory modelsChapter 4. Porto Alegre in Europe? (Spain and Italy) Chapter 5. ‘Proximity democracy is in the air’ (France) Chapter 6. Proximity: Springboard or trap? (Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands) Chapter 7. Participatory modernisation (Germany and Finland) Chapter 8. Between community development and public–private partnerships (United Kingdom, Poland)Chapter 9. Public services serving the public? Chapter 10. An instrument of social justice? Chapter 11. Democratizing democracy?

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a definitive guide to the value of reflective thinking in the modern world, showing how todayâs most fundamental problems are, to an important degree, based on citizensâ thinking styles.The authors highlight the importance of reflection by systematically revealing the causes underlying differences in peopleâs thinking styles and the consequences of thinking in different ways. These different ways of thinking contribute to socio-political views, and can result in misunderstandings of complex issues such as beliefs in conspiracy theories and fake news, anti-vaccine attitudes, and even fundamentalism and extremism. By training and strengthening reflective thinking in society, via education and other means, we can encourage individuals to challenge misinformation, and their own belief systems around controversial topics. The book also explores the idea that reflection is not enough on its own and examines the shortcomings of reflection and the other skills that

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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 SynopsisWith essays by today's leading leftist social critics, Identity Trumps Socialism presents a rigorous and persuasive primer on the problems generated by postmodern and neoliberal challenges to the legacy of emancipatory universality. In addition to the ways in which capitalism has used racialized and gendered forms of oppression to divide the working class, today's activism must also understand how neoliberal capitalism uses identity politics to undermine socialism. Identity Trumps Socialism advances an emancipatory left universality that addresses the limits of diversity and makes the case for the centrality of class in the struggle against global capitalist hegemony. Table of Contents1 Introduction: The Politics of Emancipatory Universality Marc James Léger. 2 Eight Theses on the Universal Alain Badiou. 3 Politics, Identification and Subjectivization Jacques Rancière. 4 The Eternal Return of the Same Class Struggle Slavoj Žižek. 5 Universality and Its Discontents Bruno Bosteels. 6 Capitalism, Class and Universalism: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac of Postcolonial Theory Vivek Chibber. 7 Intersectionality: A Marxist Critique Barbara Foley. 8 From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump – and Beyond Nancy Fraser. 9 What Materialist Black Political History Actually Looks Like Adolph Reed, Jr. 10 Who’s Afraid of Left Populism? Anti-Policing Struggles and the Frontiers of the American Left Cedric G. Johnson. 11 Class Not Race Walter Benn Michaels. 12 Capitalism Is the Problem: Articulating Race and Gender with Class David Harvey. 13 A Comrade for the Anthropocene: Beyond Survivors and Allies Jodi Dean. 14 The Use and Abuse of Class Reductionism for the Left Marc James Léger. 15 Index

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Book SynopsisThis 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 Trade Review"Whether we live under democracy or not, whether our democracies are in crisis and deliver certain goods, whether democracies are becoming autocracies, are key questions of our times. And Møller and Skaaning’s engaging up-to-date book discusses concepts, theories and empirical analyses that help us make sense of our world. A sophisticated but accessible introduction to a complex topic by two experts in the field." Gerardo L. Munck, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California, USA"In Democratization and Autocratization, Svend Erik Skaaning and Jørgen Møller offer scholars and students a comprehensive, nuanced and insightful analysis of the complex and intervowen concepts of democracy and autocracy. The authors´ excellent grasp of theory, history and contemporary debates has resulted in a volume that will be a significant contribution to scholarly debates on regime theory, waves of democracy and autocracy, and the consequences of different regime forms for civil and international conflict, economic development, and equality." Lise Rakner, Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen, Norway"The literature on democracy and autocracy has grown immensely in the last decades. It is complex, it spans several social scientific disciplines, and it draws on various sometimes very different methodologies. But this new textbook by Møller and Skaaning makes it simple to understand and joyful to experience. Being able to chart this seemingly impenetrable terrain, with attentiveness to both general patterns and historical detail, is no small feat. There is simply no other book like this out there." Jan Teorell, Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Concepts 1. Conceptions of democracy from ancient Greece to our time 2. Typologies of democratic and autocratic regimes Part II: Currents 3. Historical processes of democratization and autocratization 4. Regime changes in the twenty-first century: a new wave of autocratization? Part III: Causes 5. Deep roots 6. Modernization 7. Social forces 8. Agency, institutions, and integrative approaches 9. International factors Part IV: Consequences 10. War, civil conflict, and violent repression 11. Growth, equality, environment, and disaster management Part V: Challenges 12. Crisis of democracy in developed countries? Conclusions: looking back and looking forward

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Book SynopsisAdam Smithâs contribution to economics is well recognised, yet scholars have recently been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works. The Adam Smith Review is a rigorously refereed annual review that provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smithâs works, his place in history and the significance of his writings to the modern world. It is aimed at facilitating debate among scholars working across the humanities and social sciences, thus emulating the reach of the Enlightenment world which Smith helped to shape.This 13th volume demonstrates, perhaps more so than any other issue in recent memory, the dazzling breadth and diversity of Smith scholarship across the disciplines today â from studies of hospitals, balls and monsters to colonies, clerisy, language and the mind; from issues of empathy, compassion, cohesion, translation, representation, paternalism and moral innovation, to Smithâs influence on Japanese, Portugue

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Book SynopsisDemocratic capitalism is beset with many problems producing rising inequality and growing authoritarianism. Examples include homelessness, food insecurity, child poverty, mass killings, and rising antisemitism. These problems encourage the election of authoritarian leaders. This book describes a practical approach to finding solutions to these problems with a new way to coordinate social action, systematic coordinated inter-organizational networks or SCIONs. SCIONs avoid the problems of market and state coordination that have failed to handle these crises.To illustrate this new approach to creating social change this book describes four SCIONs that would: Increase the amount and radicalness of product or service innovation. Create a more diverse skilled labor force. Reduce the spiral in the cost of health and welfare programs. Restore the balance between law and freedom in community safety. These objectives will reduce inequality and the movement towards authoritarianism. They are also mechanisms for rebuilding trust and social capital, critical foundations of democracy.As a new mode of coordination, SCIONs provide a platform for continued dialogue among diverse viewpoints, decentralize problem solving, and stimulate considerable organizational adaptiveness.This macro sociological theory offers policy guidelines that might lead to future jobs for sociologists, provide tools to overcome managerial satisficing, and speed responses to change. A detailed case study is provided with a discussion of the feasibility of creating SCIONs, and whether or not elites will resist this new coordination mode.Given the broad range of topics, this book is relevant for many courses in the social sciences, those interested in policy and social change, as well as the general public.

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Book SynopsisIn The General Will in the Modern Constitutional State, Joseph R. Reisert challenges standard interpretations of Rousseau, according to which his political theory either has nothing to offer the present but a radical critique or commends an illiberal, plebiscitary democracy. Reisert argues that the principles of political right Rousseau sets forth in The Social Contract are correct and that the political institutions of modern constitutional and democratic states substantially satisfy them. Rousseauâs central normative commitments â to popular sovereignty, constitutional law, representative government, the rule of law, periodic elections, universal suffrage, and equal basic rights for all â correspond closely to our contemporary understanding of what political legitimacy requires. Taking seriously Rousseauâs claim that a sort of contract lies at the foundation of every political society, Reisert offers a novel interpretation of willing a general will, arguing that the experience of formulating and acting upon a general will is as common as are the experiences of membership in a civic association and of undertaking any collective activity as a member of such an organization. Reisert expertly demonstrates that, when we recognize that a nationâs true constitution is the content of the peopleâs general will, we will be able to see how our political institutions (mostly) satisfy Rousseauâs normative principles of political right, and we will also discover new perspectives on constitutional politics and constitutional interpretation.The General Will in the Modern Constitutional State will be of interest to those who study Rousseauâs political thought, history of political thought, constitutionalism, and constitutional theory.

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Book SynopsisThe Third Edition ofAn R Companion to Political Analysisby Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students to conduct political research with R, the open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This workbookoffers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the other software companions to theEssentials of Political Analysis, tailored for R.With this comprehensive workbook, students analyze research-quality data to learn descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate analysis (such as cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, correlation and bivariate regression, interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanations and instructions are aided by the use of many annotated and labeled screen shots, as well as QR codes linking to demonstration videos. The many end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply their new skills. The ThirdTable of ContentsChapter 1: Using R for Data Analysis Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 3: Creating and Transforming Variables Chapter 4: Making Comparisons Chapter 5: Graphing Relationships and Describing Patterns Chapter 6: Random Assignment and Sampling Chapter 7: Making Controlled Comparisons Chapter 8: Foundations of Statistical Inference Chapter 9: Hypothesis Tests with One or Two Samples Chapter 10: Chi-Square Test and Analysis of Variance Chapter 11: Correlation and Bivariate Regression Chapter 12: Multiple Regression Chapter 13: Analyzing Regression Residuals Chapter 14: Logistic Regression Chapter 15: Doing Your Own Political Analysis

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Book SynopsisAs the terminal crisis of the Weimar Republic intensified, Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt debated whether the Weimar Constitution should be protected by a constitutional court or by presidential dictatorship. This volume provides the first translation of Kelsen's and Schmitt's famous and influential exchange on the 'Guardian of the Constitution'.Trade Review'The debate between Kelsen and Schmitt is far richer and more timely than the foregoing brief overview can suggest. Vinx has provided a great service in executing a fluent and accessible translation, in writing an illuminating and erudite introduction, and in making the constitutional writings of Kelsen and Schmitt available to a wider audience than was previously the case. And Vinx has provided an additional service in reminding us that many of the important figures in the history of legal theory were also on the front lines of salient legal disputes offering arguments that put their theoretical positions in very concrete contexts.' Frederick Schauer, The New RamblerTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Kelsen on the nature and development of constitutional adjudication; 2. The guardian of the constitution: Schmitt's argument against judicial review; 3. The guardian of the constitution: Schmitt on the President as guardian of the constitution; 4. Who ought to be the guardian of the constitution? Kelsen's reply to Schmitt; 5. Prussia contra Reich: Schmitt's closing statement in Leipzig; 6. Kelsen on the judgment of the Staatsgerichtshof of the 25th of October 1932.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary approach to postwar German memory politics charts the role of social movements in shaping public memory and democratic values. It will appeal to readers interested in understanding political conflict between civil society and the state over memorials to the German war dead, victims of the Holocaust, and East German oppression.Trade Review'Emphasizing the role of memory activists in civil society - and their entanglement with state institutions and actors - Jenny Wüstenberg makes a compelling case for the force of contentious memories in reshaping the landscape of democratic remembrance. Her bottom-up approach brings memory agency to the fore and provides a necessary new perspective on a history we thought we already knew: the development of the public memory of National Socialism, the Holocaust, and communist repression in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany. Civil Society and Memory in Postwar Germany is important reading for all scholars in memory studies, Holocaust studies, and German studies.' Michael Rothberg, author of Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization'Where does memory come from, and where does it take place? In contrast to conventional approaches that emphasize either the state as a producer of memory or the private sphere as the location of non-state memory, Jenny Wüstenberg's important book highlights the neglected role of memory activists. This book is a truly significant contribution to the literature, both about Germany and about memory politics, providing nuanced interpretations and novel theoretical insights. A major accomplishment!' Jeffrey Olick, University of Virginia'This absorbing and carefully researched book has clearly been a labour of love for its author. It will be of interest to students and researchers in an array of disciplines, including History, Sociology, Politics, Museum Studies, Geography, German Studies and Cultural Studies. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wustenberg's fascinating research on memory activists is a timely reminder of the importance for our contemporary society of confronting and memorializing difficult pasts.' Deirdre Byrnes, European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and German terms; 1. Civil society activism, memory politics and democracy; 2. Memorial politics and civil society since 1945; 3. Building negative memory: civic initiatives for memorials to Nazi terror; 4. Dig where you stand: the History Movement and grassroots memorialization; 5. Memorial aesthetics and the memory movements of the 1980s; 6. A part of history that continues to smolder: remembering East Germany from below; 7. Hybrid memorial institutions and democratic memory; Interviews; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisCasts new light on the intellectual origins of the 'official' French nineteenth-century national narrative by examining how historians and philosophers conceived of the French past from the early eighteenth century to the Restoration, reshaping the myths, symbols, and memories of pre-modern communities.Trade Review'Matthew D'Auria has written an important contribution to our understanding of French nationalism and French identity. His lucid and engaging book shows how intellectual debates about the origins of France resulted in the production of a powerful narrative about the national past that has ever since shaped the way the French understand themselves.' David A. Bell, Princeton University'D'Auria masterfully charts a vast corpus of French intellectual history. Over more than a turbulent century, narratives and self-characterizations emerged and competed in which France remade its past and the remade past served to remake France. This elegant tour de force will be a lasting benchmark in the history of national identity-formation.' Joep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam'Although the shaping of French national has attracted its share of scholarly attention, it is safe to say that no one has ever surveyed this particular terrain - the grand narratives of national development, in the crucial decades before and after the French Revolution - with such insight and illumination. Matthew D'Auria's success owes much both to the architectural skill with which he has constructed his overarching narrative, moving from Boulainvilliers through Montesquieu to Thierry, across three master-themes, race, character and class; but also to his clear and crisp writing. He offers an unignorable argument that is also a very great pleasure to read.' Kent Wright, Arizona State University'Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.' D. A. Harvey, Choice'The Shaping of French National Identity thus sheds light on a chapter of intellectual history never before investigated with such thoroughness, that of the battles between competing visions of national identity that coexisted over the course of the long eighteenth century; the focus of is the respective contributions of Gauls, Romans and Franks in French history, and the reflection on the role of the king, the nobles, and the rest of the population in creating the national imaginary… The volume unveils possible alternative images to that established in the second half of the nineteenth century and illuminates the paths and reasons for the affirmation of the hegemonic narrative. It is an approach to the question of national identity that can be innovative even within a vast and prestigious bibliography. Focusing on the idea of 'national narrative', this approach corrects some of the assumptions implicit in the so-called 'modernist' approaches.' Studi FrancesiTable of ContentsIntroduction. Narrating the Nation: From the Nineteenth to the Eighteenth Century; Part I: 1. Race, Blood, and Lineage: The Nobility's National Narrative and the History of France; 2. History and Race: The Subject of Boulainvilliers's National Narrative; 3. Debating the Nation's History: From Royal(ist) to Ethnic Origins; Part II: 4. Thinking the Nation's Character: At the Crossroads of Literature, Anthropology, and History; 5. Moral and Physical Causes: Montesquieu's History of Nations; 6. Discussing the Nation's History: Franks, Gauls, and the French Character; Part III: 7. Classifying the Nation: The Past(s) of 'Social Classes' Before and After the Revolution; 8. A Bourgeois National Narrative: On Augustin Thierry's Réforme Historique; 9. Debating the Nation's Past(s): Giving the Bourgeoisie its History; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisSelf-deception, that is the distortion of reality against the available evidence and according to one''s wishes, represents a distinctive component in the wide realm of political deception. It has received relatively little attention but is well worth examining for its explanatory and normative dimensions. In this book Anna Elisabetta Galeotti shows how self-deception can explain political occurrences where public deception intertwines with political failure - from bad decisions based on false beliefs, through the self-serving nature of those beliefs, to the deception of the public as a by-product of a leader''s self-deception. Her discussion uses close analysis of three well-known case studies: John F. Kennedy and the Cuba Crisis, Lyndon B. Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and George W. Bush and the weapons of mass destruction. Her book will appeal to a range of readers in political philosophy, political theory, and international relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Philosophy of Self-Deception: 1. Investigating self-deception; 2. The attribution of responsibility to self-deceivers; Part II. Self-Deception in Politics: 3. The self-deception of political leaders, officials, and governments; 4. Kennedy and Cuba; 5. Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; 6. Bush and the WMD; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides valuable new information to those interested in Chinese history, international legal history, and international relations. Its new explorations of archives and other primary sources are helpful for researchers in these fields. It also appeals to general readers eager to learn more about China's role in world affairs.Trade Review'China's engagement with Western international law, Ryan Martínez Mitchell shows in this field-defining study, is neither recent nor rejectionist. Instead, starting in the 19th century, Chinese actors interacted with once foreign concepts and terms in light of local imaginaries, and Chinese engagement reshaped international law in turn. The results are a tour de force of research and reconceptualization of how the legal order of the contemporary world came about, and where alternative global internationalisms might one day lead.' Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale University'Recentering the World is a wonderful book that should re-center how we think about not only China but international law itself. Running from the late Qing through WTO accession, Ryan Mitchell's singular blend of deep historical research in Chinese, Japanese and western archival materials, deft legal analysis, and love of ideas is an exemplar of superb cross-disciplinary scholarship.' William P. Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School'An excellent conceptual history of how China engaged with Western-made international law in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Mitchell moves fluidly between domestic and transnational spheres of thought, and between different layers of conceptual meaning as they are constantly reconstructed during this era.' Taisu Zhang, Professor of Law, Yale Law School and author of The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation (2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'In the Nineteenth Century, There was No International Law'; Part I. Preserving Stateliness, 1850–1894: 1. Universal Prosperity; 2. Synarchy; 3. Vast Imperium; Part II. Asserting Sovereignty, 1895–1921: 4. The Public Law of Planet Earth; 5. The Problem of Equality; 6. Reconstituted Hierarchies; Part III. Internationalisms, 1922–2001: 7. Changing Circumstances; 8. New Orders; 9. Perpetual Peace; Conclusion: From Object to Subject? – China in a World of Institutions; Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Names; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe state is legally required to be neutral towards religion, but in many countries it is increasingly anything but. This book conducts a comparative legal analysis of the churchstate relationship within and between western countries including the USA, France and Israel that are key players in international and domestic dynamics in which religion and religious conflict take centre stage. It analyses how government accommodates diversity, how policies of multiculturalism and pluralism translate into legislation, the extent to which they address matters of religion and belief and what pattern of related issues then come before the courts. Finally, it considers how civil society and democracy in general can maintain a balance between the interests of those of different religions and beliefs and those of none. In this illuminating study, Kerry O''Halloran shows how the relationship between religion and government affects civil society and the functioning of democracy in North America andTable of ContentsPart I. Background: 1. State neutrality: background history, concepts, principle; 2. Civil society: pluralism, multiculturalism and the Church/State interface; 3. International treaties, conventions, protocols and the ECtHR; Part II. The Benchmark Of State Neutrality: Contrasting Applications: 4. The US and the church/state wall; 5. Canada and Bijuralism; 6. England and the established church; 7. France and Laïcité; 8. Germany and the Vaterland; 9. Israel: Halakha and Zionism; Part III. Towards a More Stable Civil Society: 10. Themes of Jurisdictional Commonality and Difference; 11. State neutrality: a work in progress? Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIt is because Catholicism played such a formative role in the construction of Western legal culture that it is the focal point of this enquiry. The account of international law from its origin in the treaties of Westphalia, and located in the writing of the Grotian tradition, had lost contact with another cosmopolitan history of international law that reappeared with the growth of the early twentieth century human rights movement. The beginnings of the human rights movement, grounded in democratic sovereign power, returned to that moral vocabulary to promote the further growth of international order in the twentieth century. In recognising this technique of periodically returning to Western cosmopolitan legal culture, this book endeavours to provide a more complete account of the human rights project that factors in the contribution that cosmopolitan Catholicism made to a general theory of sovereignty, international law and human rights.Trade Review'Catholic cosmopolitanism has made an essential contribution to the rise of human rights law in the twentieth century. This well-researched book convincingly demonstrates that such an approach to international law did not come out of the blue but instead built on a millennium of Catholic legal, political and theological thought from the medieval period to the modern. It also leaves the reader with a pressing question: will the fruitful alliance of cosmopolitan traditions stemming from the Enlightenment and Christianity hold? Swimming somewhat against the tide, the author makes a case for why this would be desirable while acknowledging that it appears increasingly unlikely.' Hans-Martien ten Napel, Universiteit Leiden'This timely and challenging book takes us beyond the traditional histories of human rights law, exploring its often neglected roots in and links to the contested cosmopolitanism of Catholicism. Understanding the roots and limits of the modern human rights project requires continuous reflection and an openness to new ways of thinking about the ruptures that human rights claims seek to provoke. Catholic Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights will be an indispensable resource for all scholars and historians of the human rights project, and for critical and sympathetic observers of Catholicism's claims to universalism.' Siobhán Mullally, Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at National University of Ireland GalwayTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Catholic cosmopolitan and the birth of human rights; 2. Catholic cosmopolitanism from the centre to the periphery; 3. Catholic cosmopolitanism from the periphery to international concern; 4. Locating a modern Christian cosmopolitanism; 5. An imperfect cosmopolitan project; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy and rule of law. This book examines the persistence of authoritarian policing in Latin America to explain why police violence and malfeasance remain pervasive decades after democratization. It also examines the conditions under which reform can occur. Drawing on rich comparative analysis and evidence from Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, the book opens up the ''black box'' of police bureaucracies to show how police forces exert power and cultivate relationships with politicians, as well as how social inequality impedes change. González shows that authoritarian policing persists not in spite of democracy but in part because of democratic processes and public demand. When societal preferences over the distribution of security and coercion are fragmented along existing social cleavages, politicians possess few incentives to enact rTrade Review'In this remarkable, bracing, and deeply researched book, Yanilda González goes to the heart of a question that has remained one of the most important, and underexamined questions of this century: why do the corrosive policing practices and the rampant state violence of authoritarian regimes persist after the transition to democracy? Authoritarian Police in Democracy reveals that coercive institutional arrangements are not simply holdovers of an authoritarian past, nor are they incompatible with democracy, but owe their endurance to democratic politics itself.' Vesla M. Weaver, Johns Hopkins University'Building on remarkable and difficult field work, this book examines the presence of authoritarian modes of coercion in the midst of otherwise democratic regimes. The analysis makes sense of the intractability of violent policing in democracies - policymakers are vulnerable to the leverage of police forces, which control the means of coercion; and they most often face little pressure for reform from electorates demanding more order and security. Timely and timeless, the book offers an invaluable look into the darkest corners of many contemporary democracies.' Daniel M. Brinks, University of Texas at Austin'Authoritarian Police in Democracy is a breakthrough book for any scholar interested in policing, security, violence, and democratic politics. González develops an original and compelling theory of authoritarian coercion in democratic regimes and traces the political challenges to police reform in three highly impressive case studies. In doing so, she powerfully illustrates how and why the distribution of repression and protection by police often reproduces social stratification, but also explains the conditions under which reform can and does occur. An extraordinary accomplishment.' Lisa L. Miller, Rutgers University'This book lays a marvelous foundation for all scholars, policymakers, and activists who are committed to advancing this critical mission, and González should be applauded for her wisdom, erudition, and savvy in sharing both the barriers and enablers to achieving such goals.' Diane E. Davis, ReVista'… [a] very clear, timely, and well-researched book … a must-read for academics interested in understanding the drivers of institutional change, as well as activists and policy makers focused on devising more democratic security institutions.' Lucía Tiscornia, Perspectives on Politics'… this is a good book. González offers critical and useful insights into the so-called hard problem of police reform. … The book is not just about the demerits and problematic implications of authoritarian policing but also about how police reforms, as political processes, are either enacted or not. To have shown the path is, in my opinion, the principal achievement of the book. As police reform efforts and debates are, in my view, destined to continue in the region, González's book is by default destined to be a reference in these debates.' Carlos Vilalta, American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Police: authoritarian enclaves in democratic states; 2. Ordinary democratic politics and the challenge of police reform; Part I. Persistence: 3. Institutional persistence in São Paulo state: authoritarian policing by democratic demand; 4. The endurance of the 'damned police' in Buenos Aires province; 5. Policing in hard times: drug war, institutional decay, and the persistence of authoritarian coercion in Colombia; Part II. Reform: 6. 'New police', same as the old police: barriers to reform in São Paulo state; 7. The social and political drivers of reform in Buenos Aires province and Colombia; 8. Conclusion: inequality and the dissonance of policing and democracy.

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Book SynopsisUS federalism grants state legislators the authority to design many aspects of election administration, including ballot features that mediate how citizens understand and engage with the choices available to them when casting their votes. Seemingly innocuous features in the physical design of ballots, such as the option to cast a straight ticket with a single checkmark, can have significant aggregate effects. Drawing on theoretical insights from behavioral economics and extensive data on state ballot laws from 1888 to the present, as well as in-depth case studies, this book shows how strategic politicians use ballot design to influence voting and elections, drawing comparisons across different periods in American history with varying levels of partisanship and contention. Engstrom and Roberts demonstrate the sweeping impact of ballot design on voting, elections, and democratic representation.Trade Review'Erik Engstrom and Jason Roberts have written the definitive modern study of the politics of ballot design in the United States. Ballot design laws are intensely fought over in state legislatures, and they have consequences for election outcomes. This book deftly combines historical and modern statistical analysis that will be of great interest to both the academic researchers, students of election science, election administrators, and those who influence the laws by which we mark our ballots.' Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Engstrom and Roberts vividly demonstrate how the design of voting ballots shapes both turnout and voter choice. Particularly compelling are two major contributions: the application of 'nudge' to the understanding of voters' decisions, and how political circumstances lead politicians to redesign ballots to achieve new political goals.' John Aldrich, Duke UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. How the ballot 'Nudges' voters; 3. Ballot architecture in the progressive era; 4. The personal vote era, 1940–2000; 5. Ballot architecture in the contemporary partisan era; 6. Reconsidering the American ballot; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisAmerica''s racial sands are quickly shifting, with parallel growth in theories to explain how varied groups respond, politically, to demographic changes. This Element develops a unified framework to predict when, why, and how racial groups react defensively toward others. America''s racial groups can be arrayed along two dimensions: how American and how superior are they considered? This Element claims that location along these axes motivates political reactions to outgroups. Using original survey data and experiments, this Element reveals the acute sensitivity that people of color have to their social station and how it animates political responses to racial diversity.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Racial Subordination and Interminority Politics; 2. Not More American Than Me: Black Reactions to Latino Growth; 3. Robbing Us of Our Shine: Asian American Reactions to Latino Growth; 4. What Have We Learned and What Do We Do with These Lessons?; Appendix: Racial Order, Racialized Responses; References.

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Book SynopsisThis collection addresses key issues in the critique of Eurocentrism and racism regarding debates on the production of knowledge, historical narratives and memories in Europe and the Americas. Contributors explore the history of liberation politics as well as academic and political reaction through formulas of accommodation that re-centre the West.Trade Review“Eurocentrism, Racism and Knowledge is a timely contribution to this debate. It brings together international scholars and political activists to reflect on Eurocentrism – its premise and contestations – in Europe and the Americas. … the volume will certainly attract interest within and beyond academia precisely because there is an attempt in the volume at a simultaneous critique of Eurocentrism and certain postcolonial approaches.” (Sandrine Bertaux, Ethnic and Racial Studies, May, 2016)“The contributors to this edited volume are internationally renowned scholars who have published widely on sociology, race, education and epistemology and have made valuable contributions to the production of knowledge in areas related to the theme of the book. … This book makes an important contribution to knowledge, by adding valuable inputs on the still relatively small literature in the field of the Epistemeologies of the South … by bringing innovative and ‘alternative’ analysis.” (Boaventura Monjane, Sociology, Vol. 51 (1), February, 2016) Table of Contents1. Eurocentrism, Political Struggles and the Entrenched Will-to-Ignorance: An Introduction; Silvia Rodríguez Maeso and Marta Araújo 2. Epistemic Racism/Sexism, Westernized Universities and the Four Genocides/Epistemicides of the Long 16th Century; Ramón Grosfoguel 3. Violence and Coloniality in Latin America: An Alternative Reading of Subalternization, Racialization, and Viscerality; Arturo Arias 4. Social Races and Decolonial Struggles in France; Sadri Khiari 5. Towards a Critique of Eurocentrism: Remarks on Wittgenstein, Philosophy and Racism; S. Sayyid 6. How Post-colonial and Decolonial Theories Are Received in Europe and the Idea of Europe; Montserrat Galcerán Huguet 7. Africanist Scholarship, Eurocentrism and the Politics of Knowledge; Branwen Gruffydd Jones 8. Scientific Colonialism: the Eurocentric Approach to Colonialism; Sandew Hira 9. Secrets, Lies, Silences and Invisibilities: Unveiling the Participation of Africans in the Mozambique Front during World War I; Maria Paula Meneses and Margarida Gomes 10. Conceptual Clarity, Please! On the Uses and Abuses of the Concepts of 'Slave' and 'Trade' in the Study of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery; Kwame Nimako 11. Making Compulsory the Teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African History and Culture: Tensions and Contradictions for Anti-racist Education in Brazil; Nilma Lino Gomes 12. Race and Racism in Mexican History Textbooks: A Silent Presence; Dolores Ballesteros Páez 13. Social Mobilization and the Public History of Slavery in the United States; Stephen Small

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Book SynopsisFrom bank bailouts to austerity, Europe's and Ireland's response to the economic crisis has been engineered specifically to shift the burden of paying for the crisis onto ordinary citizens while investors, financiers, bankers and the privileged are protected. The authors expose the class-based nature of Ireland's crisis resolution.Trade Review“Deepening Neoliberalism contributes to the small but growing body of literature that has emerged from academics interested in the impacts of the global economic and financial crisis on Ireland. The book, with its accessible and well-presented theoretical framework and illuminating case studies, makes a valuable contribution to understanding the causes and, particularly, consequences of Ireland’s embrace of neoliberalism.” (David Meredith, Antipode, antipodefoundation.org, February, 2016)'Essential reading for those who might believe that neoliberalism is just an economic doctrine. This meticulously researched and engagingly written book of Ireland's social and economic predicament conclusively shows that neoliberalization is first and foremost a class project.' Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University, UK 'The authors construct a compelling case that it was Ireland's cooption of a neoliberal political economy that led to its recent catastrophic crash, yet the solution pursued was a more entrenched version that imposed severe austerity on its citizens to the favour of corporate interests. A must read for anyone interested in the crisis in Ireland and understanding neoliberalism more broadly.' Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University, Ireland 'Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the nefarious grip of neoliberalism A powerful wake-up call to all who would seek to oppose the class-war policies which neoliberal ideologues have unleashed upon us.' Andrew MacLaran, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Neoliberalism, A Class Project3. Encountering Neoliberalism4. European Rule Regimes And Deepening Neoliberalism5. Ideological Power And The Response To The Crash6. Privatisation7. Health And Health Care8. 'Austere' Labour9. Taxation: Redistribution Upwards 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBritish Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual roots of the ideas that currently drive the main UK political parties. With major players responding to the arguments raised in each chapter, the book will be a must-read for anyone interested in or teaching British politics.Trade Review'It is a worthy attempt...to link the conventional empirical study of partisan politics with deeper issues of political theory.' Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface; D.Owen Introduction; K.Hickson& S.Griffiths SECTION I: DID BLAIR ADVANCE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?; A.Finlayson, D.Kavanagh& J.Tonge SECTION II: LABOUR AFTER BLAIR Assessing the Impact of the Third Way; J.Atkins What makes Progressive Ideology?: Lessons from the Third Way; W.Leggett Response to Atkins and Leggett; T.Giddens New Labour, New Liberalism and Revisionism's Second Wave; S.Griffiths Response to Griffiths; R.Hattersley Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the Negation of England; S.Lee Response to Lee; A.Aughey SECTION III: THE CONSERVATIVES UNDER CAMERON Built on Sand? Ideology and Conservative Modernization under David Cameron; M.Garnett Cameron, Modernization and Conservative Britain; P.Lynch Response to Garnett and Lynch; A.Gamble Mutualism and the Reinvention of Civil Society: A Conservative Agenda?; C.Ellis Response to Ellis; D.Willetts SECTION IV: WHERE NOW FOR THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS? Icarus Turns Back: Liberal Democrat Constitutional Policy; M.Cole The Liberal Democrats and the Role of the State; D.Brack Response to Cole and Brack; A.Beith SECTION V: CROSS PARTY DEBATES Reforming Public Services: The Views of the Main Parties; R.Prabhakar Response to Prabhakar; N.Thompson The Continuing Relevance of Social Justice; R.Plant Response to Plant; D.Willetts

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Book SynopsisOffering a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of the complex web of wars and proxy wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions that are ripping the Middle East apart, this book puts these events in their historical context and leads readers through the labyrinth that is the new Middle East.Trade Review“This book is an enjoyable read, one that would satisfy a large range of readers. … a succinct, well written and engaging narrative, offering a clear and lucid discussion of the last 100 years. As such, this work will be certainly beneficial for general readers and undergraduate students.” (Roberto Mazza, First World War Studies, Vol. 9 (3), August, 2019)“McMillan effortlessly stimulates readers by retelling how a contingent event or one person’s small decision has surprisingly altered and significantly sealed the fate of the Middle East from the outbreak of the First World War. … Nevertheless, From the First … Middle East? remains an invaluable addition to the field of Middle East Studies and democratization studies. … the unique contribution of this book should also be of interest to scholars in the field of the Global South.” (Wai Yip Ho, Bandung: Journal of the Global South, December, 2018)“The book’s wealth of historical and contextual background allows for an empirically rich analysis of the major historical events. McMillan has produced a work of exceptional lucidity that scholars, students and policy makers alike will consult for years to come. It is a valuable contribution to academia as well as highly recommended reading for the generalist, who will find it compelling and informative.” (Ahmed Sajjad, Middle East Policy, Vol. 24 (3), 2017) “I would certainly recommend it. It is clear, well written and accurate, but above all balanced and sympathetic, and a great place to start.” (Hugh Kennedy, Times Higher Education, timeshigherededucation.com, May, 2016)“M. E. McMillan has written a cultural and political history with the clear and objective language of unbiased journalism. … McMillan succeeds admirably in presenting readers with a complete yet concise briefing on the last fifteen hundred years. … It is a truly brilliant piece of writing.” (Hubert O’Hearn, San Diego Book Review, sandiegobookreview.com, December, 2015)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on conventions Introduction Lost in the Labyrinth: What's Really Going on in the Middle East? PART I: THE TANGLED WEB: WHY THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1. Sarajevo, Sunday, June 28, 1914 2. The British Empire and the Arab World: Ambition, Austerity and A Class Apart 3. The French Empire and the Arab World: From the Crusades to the Civilizing Mission 4. The Russian Empire and the Arab World: Religion, Rome and the New Rome 5. The German Empire and the Arab World: Family Feuds and Eastern Ambitions 6. The Ottoman Empire: How the Arab World Was Won and Lost PART II: TOO MANY STRAIGHT LINES ON THE MAP: WHERE, WHEN AND WHY IT STARTED TO GO WRONG 7. London, Tuesday, December 21, 1915 8. The Arab World Before the War: The Facts on the Ground 9. The Re-Making of the Middle East: Enter the Nation-State 10. From Sykes-Picot to the Treaty of Sevres: Betrayals, Backstabbing and Broken Promises 11. The Poisoned Legacy and The War's Unanswered Questions PART III: ALL OR NOTHING: WHY ALL ROADS LEAD TO JERUSALEM 12. Where to Begin? 13. Jerusalem: The Temple Mount 14. Jerusalem: The Noble Sanctuary PART IV: KINGS, COLONELS AND COUPS: WHY THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN THE ARAB WORLD 15. Cairo, Wednesday, July 23, 1952 16. The Kings, the Colonels and the Political Time Warp: The Return of the Middle Ages 17. I am the State: Power, Politics and the Cult of Personality 18. The Problem of Absolute Power: From Stability to Stagnation PART V: THE SACRED VERSUS THE SECULAR: WHO SPEAKS FOR ISLAM? 19. Mecca, Tuesday, November 20, 1979 20. 1979: The View from Tehran 21. 1979: Holy War and Unholy Alliances 22. The Arab Spring and the Democratic Alternative Epilogue Untangling the Web: What Now? Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Government, Virtue, and the Female Prince in Seventeenth-Century France, the first volume of the two-volume study, the author examines the dominant discourse which excludes women from political authority before turning to the configuration of women and rulership in the pro-woman and egalitarian discourses of the period.Trade Review“In this innovative study, Derval Conroy documents and analyzes the political debate concerning female governance in seventeenth-century France. … Ruling Women, written in an engaging and accessible style, present scholars, teachers, and students alike with a formidable resource to explore representations of queenship in seventeenth-century France. With this work Conroy makes an invaluable contribution to the study of women and gender issues in early modern Europe.” (Kathleen M. Llewellyn, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70 (1), 2017) Table of Contents1. The Dynamics of Exclusion: 'Salic Law' and Constructions of Masculine Monarchy2. Government by Women in Early Modern 'Galleries' of Women3. Engendering Equality: Gynæcocracy in Gournay, Poullain de la Barre, and Suchon

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Book SynopsisRethinking the Roots of Terrorism seeks to explain why terrorism occurs. This study provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary survey that investigates the motivations, reasons and causes of terrorism at all levels in society, and more specifically in the context of the Middle East.Trade Review'...the book certainly contains many useful insights, e.g., about possible links between terrorism and povery, and inequality and similar socio-economic parameters...' - Bjørn Møller, The Economics of Peace and Security JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction The Root Causes of Terrorism: Orthodox Terrorism Theory Approaches to Conflict: The Root Causes Conflict and Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis Discourses on Conflict and Terrorism: The Palestinian-Israeli Case Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism Summary of Conclusions: Rethinking Terrorism

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Book SynopsisAlan Sharp is Emeritus Professor of International History at the University of Ulster, UK.Trade ReviewAlan Sharp’s book offers an invaluable overview of the post-First World War peace treaties for students and for the general reader. It is a pleasure to see a new and updated third edition that includes an excellent survey of the historical debate on the topic. * David Stevenson, LSE, UK *The comprehensive chronology of key events, the long list of dramatis personae, and especially the excellent annotated bibliography which reviews the historiography of the subject since the last edition, admirably complements the superb text to qualify the third edition of The Versailles Settlement as the most valuable treatment of the subject available. * William R. Keylor, Boston University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Maps Foreword Chronology Note to the Second Edition The Peacemakers 1. The Old World Falls Apart 2. The Paris Peace Conference 3. The League of Nations 4. Reparations 5. The German Settlement 6. The Eastern European Settlement 7. The Colonial, Near and Middle Eastern Settlements Conclusion End Note to the Third Edition: Changing Perceptions of the Versailles Settlement Abbreviations Notes Bibliographical Note Bibliography Index.

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Book SynopsisJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is a major figure in Western Philosophy and is one of the most widely read and studied political philosophers of all time. His writings range from abstract works such as On the Social Contract to literary masterpieces such as The Reveries of the Solitary Walker as well as immensely popular novels and operas. The Rousseauian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over forty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook covers: The predecessors and contemporaries to Rousseau's work The major texts of the ''system'' Autobiographical texts including Confessions, Reveries of the Solitary Walker and Dialogues Rousseau's political science The successors to Rousseau's workTrade Review"At last a collection of essays as wide-ranging as the mind of Rousseau. In forty-four chapters, it covers his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors; his theoretical, autobiographical and even musical writings. A most useful companion for the scholar and student alike." Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University, USA "Students and other informed readers will find here clear, carefully-argued articles presenting Rousseau’s texts and offering an overview of the writer’s relations with predecessors and contemporaries. Modern interpretations are fully and judiciously presented. The book is fresh, up to date and comprehensive." Michael O' Dea, University of Lyon, France 'At last a collection of essays as wide-ranging as the mind of Rousseau. In forty-four chapters, it covers his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors; his theoretical, autobiographical and even musical writings. A most useful companion for the scholar and student alike.' Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University, USA 'Students and other informed readers will find here clear, carefully-argued articles presenting Rousseau’s texts and offering an overview of the writer’s relations with predecessors and contemporaries. Modern interpretations are fully and judiciously presented. The book is fresh, up to date and comprehensive.' Michael O' Dea, University of Lyon, France Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Abbreviations. Introduction, Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace. Part I. Predecessors and contemporaries. 1. Rousseau’s Socratic ‘Sentimentalism’, Eve Grace. 2. Rousseau’s Debt to Plutarch, Rebecca Kingston. 3. Rethinking the Source of Evil in Rousseau’s Confessions, Anselm Lam. 4. Rousseau and Machiavelli, Vickie Sullivan. 5. ‘Men as they are and laws as they can be’: Legitimacy and the State of Nature in Rousseau and Hobbes, Susan Shell. 6. John Locke’s Influence on Rousseau, Lee Ward . 7. Rousseau and Leibniz: Genealogy vs. Theodicy, Christophe Litwin. 8. Rousseau and Fénelon, Ryan Hanley. 9. Virtue and the Ancient City: Rousseau’s Debt to Montesquieu, Andrea Radasanu. 10. Rousseau and Diderot: Materialism and its Discontents, Celine Spector. 11. Rousseau and Hume: The Philosophical Quarrel, Dennis Rasmussen. 12. Rousseau and Adam Smith on Sincerity and Authenticity, John McHugh. 13. How Would Rousseau Have Answered the Scots? Mark Hulliung. Part II. The Major Texts of the "System". 14. The Discourse on the Arts and Sciences , Jeff Black. 15. Discourse on the Origin Inequality, Christopher Kelly. 16. Emile; or On Education, John Scott. 17. On the Social Contract, Matthew Simpson. Part III. Autobiographical Texts. 18. Rousseau’s Confessions: A Pattern for Living, Laura Field. 19. Reflecting on the Outlaw: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques in Light of the Greek Tragedians, Jean-François Perrin (translated by Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly). 20. To Walk, To Dream, To Philosophize, Pierre Manent (translated by Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace. Part IV. Nature, Reason, and Society. 21. Rousseau’s Responses to Human Progress, Timothy O’Hagan. 22. Rousseau and Sciences, Christophe Van Staen. 23. From Nature to Society, Daniel Cullen. 24. Moral Motivation and Rhetoric, Denise Schaeffer. 25. Contradictions: Thought at Risk, Claude Habib. 26. On the Naturalness of Friendship and Family, John Warner. 27. Rousseau on Music: A Case of Nature vs. Nature and convention in music, Jacqueline Waeber. 28. Inequality, Robin Douglass. 29. Cosmopolitanism versus Patriotism, Matthew Mendham. Part V. Squaring the Circle: Rousseau’s Political Science. 30. Rousseau’s Political Science, Joseph Reisert. 31. Rousseau’s Political Economy, Geneviève Rousselière. 32. Rousseau’s Legislative Reveries, Pamela Jensen. 33. Rousseau’s Place in the Civil Religion Tradition, Ronald Beiner. 34. The Political Possibilities of the Faith of the Savoyard Vicar, Kimberley Burns. 35. Who Needs Civil Religion? Mira Morgenstern. Part VI. In conversation with successors. 36. Rousseau and Kant: Imitation, Genius, and Scandal, Jeremiah Alberg. 37. Self-Unity, Culture and Aesthetic Education: Prolegomena to Schiller’s Rousseauian Mind, Richard Velkley. 38. The Economics of Philosophical Anthropology: Hegel versus Rousseau, Paul Cantor. 39. Rousseau and Tocqueville, Matthew Maguire. 40. Rousseau, Derrida and Imitative Novelty, Wang Wei. VII. Rousseau applied today. 41. Rousseau and Feminism, Eileen Hunt Botting. 42. Rousseau and Public Intellectuals, Jonathan Marks. 43. Rousseau and Environmentalism, Zev Trachtenberg. 44. External Relations, International relations: Rousseau on War and the Law of War, Blaise Bachofen. Conclusion. Index.

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