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His retail insight and reflections, including on competition, management and remuneration, and the role of Government, will be especially relevant as we witness a new retail revolution and crisis on our high streets.\u003cbr\u003eSainsbury's second calling was as a politician. This book has a foreword by Michael Heseltine, in which he writes that: 'Of particular interest to the political student will be Tim's reflections on the changes he lived through in Parliament itself. The working conditions there are unacceptable, there are too many MPs, and the increasing social pressures particularly from the internet are making it increasingly difficult to attract men and women of the calibre ministerial responsibility demands.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmong the Supporting Cast, \u003c\/i\u003eSainsbury tells this story with warmth, wisdom and a self-deprecating sense of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850337567063,"sku":"9781999589110","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781999589110.jpg?v=1710612791"},{"product_id":"the-discourses-penguin-classics-9780140444285","title":"The Discourses Penguin Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is not the well-being of individuals that makes cities great, but the well-being of the community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolò Machiavelli. But while his treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics. In this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposed a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also clear-eyed and pragmatic, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e creates a modern theory of republic politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe DiscoursesPreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Bernard Crick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo Many Machiavellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepublics as Mixed Government\u003cbr\u003eThe Mixture as Adaptability\u003cbr\u003eThe Value of Conflict\u003cbr\u003eFactors of Social Class\u003cbr\u003eThe Conditions for Republican Rule\u003cbr\u003eTheory and Method\u003cbr\u003ePolitics and Morality\u003cbr\u003eThe Letter to Vettori\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DISCOURSES OF NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003eThe Text\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732373811543,"sku":"9780140444285","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140444285.jpg?v=1719996604"},{"product_id":"antisocial-media-9780190056544","title":"Antisocial Media","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would make something a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In this fully updated paperback edition of Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging. It''s an account of the hubris of good intentions, a missionary spirit, and an ideology that sees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems. And it''s an indictment of how social media has fostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world, from facilitating Russian meddling in support o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, finally, we seem ready to have the necessary conversations about how social media has changed our hearts and minds and politics, including the hard conversations. And this is the right book for our moment. It lays out, in crisp, compelling language, why Facebook may be good for some individuals but not good for democracy. Antisocial Media is not negative or defeatist. But it does not sugarcoat the facts. We can only remake technology to conform to new social values if we do the hard work of committing to what they are. That's a problem that Facebook can't solve. This is history, philosophy, and a call to action.\" -Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT, and author of Reclaiming Conversation and Alone Together\u003cbr\u003eHello, reader. Do you use Facebook? Do you see it more times in a given day than you, say, drink a glass of water? If so, I suggest you find out from Siva Vaidhyanathan to what it is that you've given not only yourself, but also your crucial little portion of our world. He's the one who can tell you.\" -Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude\u003cbr\u003eAs a San Franciscan, I've had a front-row seat for the rise of Silicon Valley as a global power, and what the glossy new oligarchs have brought us terrifies me, as has the widespread obliviousness to the consequences of their new systems of information control. It's made me enormously grateful for Siva Vaidhyanathan, who set out after the election to dissect exactly how Facebook had helped corrupt our minds, our culture, our elections, and our governments. His scathing conclusions here should both chill you and equip you to face the perils the new information megacorporations pose to each and all of us.\" -Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark\u003cbr\u003eAn eye -opening and provocative examination of the unintended consequences that this tech giant inflicted on the global community it created. * Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Cyberwar   *\u003cbr\u003eFacebook's plan to connect the world has backfired. Democratic societies are unraveling everywhere. Conflict is trumping community, suspicion is undermining trust. Antisocial Media is the best account of how and why the world's leading tech firms have contributed to this crisis, here and across the globe. Vaidhyanathan's message is not merely necessary; it's urgent. * Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology at NYU and author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life   *\u003cbr\u003eVaidhyanathan does have some solutions in mind, but they are not the simple tweaks Facebook proposes. There's no way at this point to reengineer a platform that rewards hasty, emotional, shallow engagement or moderates content to ensure two billion people behave themselves. We need to work across borders to make these steps multinational if not global. And we need to do it soon. The lamps are going out all over Europe again, and far beyond. * Barbara Fister, Inside HigherEd   *\u003cbr\u003eIn \"Antisocial Media,\" University of Virginia professor Siva Vaidhyanathan gives a full and rigorous accounting of Facebook's sins. Much of the criticism will be familiar to anyone who has been following the news about the company. What distinguishes the book is Vaidhyanathan's skill in putting the social media phenomenon into a broader context - legal, historical and political. * Nicholas Carr, The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eIn a post-Cambridge Analytica, post-Donald Trump election world, Vaidhyanathan's book [Antisocial Media] is a critique of the \"Facebook machine\" and the ways it operates on users in terms of \"pleasure, surveillance, attention, protest, politics, and disinformation.\" - Express Newspaper Service, The Indian Express\u003cbr\u003eVaidhyanathan has written a structured response to the behemoth that is Facebook. He acknowledges all the rhetorically valid ways in which Facebook might offer emotionally fulfilling interactions (the author himself is a user), but he buttresses these emotive motivations with close readings of the filter bubble, monetization of all transactions on the platform, and even the inherent vice of \"good\" business... Verdict: Ideal for readers who live in the world of social media who want to put these platforms into context. * Jesse A. Lambertson, Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent critique of the social media giant underlines the threat it poses to us all - and suggests how it can be tamed. * John Naughton, The Guardian   *\u003cbr\u003eWith 30 per cent of the world's population on Facebook, Vaidhyanathan contends that the platform could become the operating system of our lives. And while it's fun to catch up with old school friends, its \"mediated cacophony\" is a powerful tool for the vocal minority to quickly subvert silent majorities. Zuckerberg himself is curiously complacent. Facebook, he says, \"is just too big to govern. We are victims of its success. * Nick Smith, Engineering \u0026amp; Technology   *\u003cbr\u003eThis thoroughly researched and persuasively argued account of social media's noxious effects on the very fabric of society is the first study of its kind: a trenchant analysis of Facebook's unwholesome side effects. It needed saying, and it's supremely well said.\" - Juanita Coulson, The Lady\u003cbr\u003eFrom propagating fake news to violating our privacy, from empowering authoritarian regimes to enabling anti-Semitic advertising, Facebook has become the social network everyone loves to hate. Vaidhyanathan, whose previous books include \"The Googlization of Everything\" - and \"Why We Should Worry\", has produced a valuable guide, written in clear, non-academic prose, to the monstrous force Facebook has become. And if his overview of what's gone wrong with Facebook will seem familiar to those of us who obsess about these things, it nevertheless serves as a worthwhile introduction to the Zuckerborg and all that it has wrought. If only Vaidhyanathan had some compelling ideas on what to do about it. If only any of us did.\" - Dan Kennedy, The Arts Fuse\u003cbr\u003eVaidhyanathan has been a strenuous critic of the technology industry, and the book is best described by his own pithy summary: \"The problem with Facebook is Facebook.\" He's spent the past several years reading and thinking with scholarly depth about not just how Facebook works, but why it was built the way that it was.\" - Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic\u003cbr\u003eVaidhyanathan writes with conviction and a deep sense of history. His research is sharp and diverse and his long association with media studies and readings on the philosophy of modern technology is vividly reflected in his writing. Personally, it was a pleasure to know that Vaidhyanathan had worked with the New York University where legendary social commentator and a critic of technology, Neil Postman, taught, and his anecdotes on Postman's ideas are a social media student's delight.\" - Jinoy Jose P, The Hindu\u003cbr\u003eI think your book has to be, in my mind, one of the most important nonfiction books of this year, if not in the last decade... It's extremely important for the users especially to look at the mechanics of this monster that's been created over the last decade or so.\" - Juan González, Daily Show Co-Host, Democracy Now!\u003cbr\u003e14\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Chapter 1: The Pleasure Machine Chapter 2: The Surveillance Machine Chapter 3: The Attention Machine Chapter 4: The Benevolence Machine Chapter 5: The Protest Machine Chapter 6: The Politics Machine Chapter 7: The Disinformation Machine Conclusion: The Nonsense Machine Acknowledgements","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732529230167,"sku":"9780190056544","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190056544.jpg?v=1719997289"},{"product_id":"the-third-revolution-9780190056551","title":"The Third Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three decades of \"reform and opening up,\" China is closing its doors, clamping down on Western influence in the economy, media, and civil society. At the same time, President Xi Jinping has emerged as a champion of globalization, projecting Chinese power abroad and seeking to reshape the global order. Herein lies The Third Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Revolution is an excellent example of high-quality academic research on China * Tian He, Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eOne of Iolitico's \"Ten Names That Matter on China Policy\"\u003cbr\u003eHow should observers, especially those in Washington, assess Xi's China? In The Third Revolution, Elizabeth Economy offers a nuanced, persuasive answer: while China's heft in world affairs is growing rapidly, so too are the contradictions inherent in the attempt of an authoritarian country to shape what remains a predominantly liberal world order. * Global Asia *\u003cbr\u003eEconomy . . . offers an engaging look at how areas such as internet regulation, reform of state-owned enterprises, and foreign policy are evolving under Xi's leadership. * Reuters Breakingviews *\u003cbr\u003eTo understand and navigate China in the coming years, this is the book to read. At the heart of doing business in this opaque and contradictory country is understanding Xi Jinping, a masterful and complex politician. Elizabeth Economy's exceptionally clear account gives you the tools to do just that. * Fred P. Hochberg, Former Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the United States *\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Revolution is enormously valuable for anyone seeking to understand the ways in which China is changing (and not changing) under Xi's leadership, and how the U.S. should best approach its relationship with China. Essential. * Robert E. Rubin, Former Secretary of the Treasury *\u003cbr\u003eThe one book that tells you all you need to know about how China has changed under Xi Jinping. A clear-eyed, richly researched, and engaging account by one of America's most knowledgeable China experts. * Susan L. Shirk, University of California, San Diego *\u003cbr\u003eTimely and sobering analysis of the profound * and disturbingpolitical change that has occurred since the rise of Xi Jinping. This is by far the most insightful and illuminating study of China's new political landscape, and should be required reading for those concerned with China's future under strongman rule.Minxin Pei, Author, China's Crony Capitalism *\u003cbr\u003eLeading China expert Elizabeth Economy provides a clear-eyed net assessment of China under Xi Jinping: its global ambitions, domestic limitations, and the paradox of its external hubris and internal insecurities. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, The Third Revolution should become staple reading for all who want to understand China today and where it is headed in the future. The findings are both illuminating and disturbing.\" * David Shambaugh, George Washington University and author of China Goes Global *\u003cbr\u003eAmericans are slowly realizing that they live in a bipolar world with China, a nation that is incontrovertibly rising despite the destabilizing effects of serial self-reinvention. The advent of the latest progenitor of rejuvenation, Xi Jinping, has raised a host of vexing questions, but Economy's wonderfully lucid and well-researched book fills in many of the blanks regarding Xi's strengths and weaknesses. * Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations *\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time in modern history, we have a communist country poised to be the biggest and most important driver of the global free market. That's astonishing. And we still don't know what makes China's political leadership and Xi Jinping in particular tick. If that freaks you out (and it should), Liz Economy's book is the place to start. * Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group *\u003cbr\u003eThe timing of The Third Revolution is impeccable. Economy convincingly demonstrates how Beijing has used its heft to influence technological and political standards.\" - The Financial Times\u003cbr\u003eA work of cool-headed analysis.\" - Foreign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e14\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Introduction  Chapter 2: Heart of Darkness  Chapter 3: Chinanet  Chapter 4: The Not-So-New Normal  Chapter 5: Innovation Nation  Chapter 6: War on Pollution  Chapter 7: The Lion Awakens  Chapter 8: The Road Forward","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732529328471,"sku":"9780190056551","price":16.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190056551.jpg?v=1719997289"},{"product_id":"the-essential-writings-oxford-worlds-classics-9780192807205","title":"The Essential Writings Oxford Worlds Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new selection of Gandhi's writings taken from his books, articles, letters and interviews sets out his views on religion, politics, society, non-violence and civil disobedience. Judith M. 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It focuses on the classical and contemporary republicans' compelling political vision built on a commitment to promoting freedom from domination, establishing popular control over public officials, and securing the empire of law.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732602630487,"sku":"9780192859556","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"democracy-without-shortcuts-a-participatory-conception-of-deliberative-democracy-9780192868220","title":"Democracy without Shortcuts A Participatory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book defends the value of democratic participation. It aims to improve citizens' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant book. The author offers a powerful reconstruction of the systematic content of a participatory conception of deliberative democracy, which she justifies with metacritical arguments that exhibit an equal measure of analytical acumen. * Jürgen Habermas, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *\u003cbr\u003eTrenchantly argued, ambitious, and full of surprising insights, Democracy without Shortcuts is a major contribution to contemporary democratic theory by one of the best political philosophers in the world. * Fabio Wolkenstein, Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003eIt is hard to exaggerate the importance today of Lafont's identification and exploration of the central goal of dispelling alienation – helping citizens to own their own laws, identify with those laws, and endorse them... Her willingness to directly address the need for the justification of state coercion is what makes this book so important... Lafont's analysis is extremely valuable for today and for the future. It puts the citizen at the center and takes seriously the citizens' capacities for reflectively endorsing the laws that coerce them. * Jane Mansbridge, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *\u003cbr\u003eA searching and thought-provoking philosophical work on the nature of deliberation in modern democracy. * Thomas Christiano, Jus Cogens 2 *\u003cbr\u003eCristina Lafont's powerful critique of deliberative minipublics strikes at the central strategy that has energized efforts to actually apply deliberative democracy to real public problems. Every effort to make deliberative democracy practical needs to take account of her critiques. * James Fishkin, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes a significant contribution to the literature defending a broadly deliberative view of democracy ... In the course of her defense she shows that judicial review need not be opposed to participatory deliberative democracy. * H. 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Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon conspiracy theories triggered insurrection. Disasters flow from gullible beliefs in fake Covid-19 cures, Madoff pyramid schemes, Russian claims of Ukrainian Nazis, and the Big Lie denying President Biden''s legitimate election. Trustworthiness involves an informal social contract by which principals authorize agents to act on their behalf in the expectation that they will fulfill their responsibilities with competency, integrity, and impartiality, despite conditions of risk and uncertainty. Skeptical judgments reflect reasonably accurate and informed predictions about agents'' future actions based o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll in all, an excellent contribution to scholarly research on the foundations of trust and a rich addition to the ever-growing body of knowledge on the importance of trust in our society, for which we can thank Pippa Norris. * Severin de Wit *\u003cbr\u003ePippa Norris convincingly shows that our common understanding of trust needs to be challenged normatively by introducing cynicism and credulity, allowing a focus on a healthy dose of skepticism, through which risks are minimized and benefits are maximized * Severin de Wit, Journal of Trust Research *\u003cbr\u003ePippa Norris offers a beautifully written, argued, and documented account of what we need to strengthen democracy. She emphasizes the combination of trustworthiness and healthy skepticism derived from considered judgment and critical deliberation. And she details the preconditions: an open society, a lack of strong ideological convictions, and education. In outlining the possible, Norris makes a reinvigorated democracy more probable. * Margaret Levi, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a landmark study in the discussion of trust as a major concept in political research. Norris differentiates the general concept by introducing cynicism and credulity, allowing a focus on prudence skepticism. Norris shows that there is no evidence for a simple claim of a steady erosion of trust. Rather, skeptical and informed judgments mostly support her trust-as-performance thesis. This book is fun to read and it addresses a wide audience. Political science as a profession will be theoretically enriched. Decision makers and the general public interested in evidence will find many empirical treasures. It is a must-read for all. * Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Professor Emeritus, WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Freie Universitaet Berlin *\u003cbr\u003eFor too long, the scholarly mainstream treated political trust as the quintessential source of democratic legitimacy. Yet, a revisionist view using terms like 'critical' and 'assertive' citizens has challenged the mainstream, arguing that the complacency element in political trust actually undermines democracy. Pippa Norris' In Praise of Skepticism provides to date the firmest conceptual foundation and empirical confirmation of the revisionist camp in political culture research. * Christian Welzel, Political Culture Research Professor, Leuphana University of Lüneburg *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements List of Tables and Figures  I: Introduction  1. 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P. Ross, Applied Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003eThe power of ideology has become one of the great issues of our day, driving trends in politics, journalism, academia, even science. In this superb and invaluable book, Azar Gat explains both ideology and ideologies: the systems of ideas that have shaped history and continue to shape our world. And no, he is not ideological, but thoroughly erudite, insightful, and judicious * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and the author of Enlightenment Now and Rationality *\u003cbr\u003eAzar Gat addresses head-on the single most remarkable phenomenon of our time: the return of the wars of religion in everyday political life, whereby adversaries are viewed as embodiments of absolute evil who must be utterly silenced as Catholics and Lutherans once did to each other. In Europe, political parties proliferate to vent incompatible views, in the US rival media ignore each others' news. What many others deplore, Azar Gat explains, bringing much needed clarity * Edward N Luttwak, author of Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace *\u003cbr\u003eThe title doesn't do this book justice. A brilliant vademecum, it traverses 2,500 years of philosophy, political theory and ideology-all those Great Books in one. Subtly and gently, Gat demolishes the ideological verities of our day- postmodernism, 'wokeism', and all. 'Dare to know', as Kant had it: question, gainsay, and don't confuse ideology with truth. When in doubt, go with the Enlightenment * Josef Joffe, Johns Hopkins and Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  A. Groundwork Chapter 1: What Is True? (Though Never the Whole Truth)                 Chapter 2: What Is Right? How Morality Should be Conceived   B. The Classical Ideologies Chapter 3: Religious Ideological Fixation - Examined by a Non-Hostile Atheist           Chapter 4:  The Major Contenders of Modernity: Liberalism, Socialism, Fascism    C. Current Debates and Fixations in the Democracies Chapter 5: The West's Guilt towards the 'Rest'      Chapter 6: Nature or Nurture? - Nations and Nationhood      Chapter 7: Nature or Nurture? - Gender and Sexual Behavior   Chapter 8: Can anything be Done? Some Very Tentative Reflections on Current Ideological Battlefields          Chapter 9: Conclusion: Ideological Fixation - Now and Ever          References  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732666921303,"sku":"9780197646700","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197646700.jpg?v=1719997865"},{"product_id":"localized-bargaining-the-political-economy-of-chinas-highspeed-railway-program-9780197648223","title":"Localized Bargaining The Political Economy of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooks at the rollout of one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history to show how local governments play a complex role.  China''s high-speed railway network is one of the largest infrastructure programs in human history. Despite global media coverage, we know very little about the political process that led the government to invest in the railway program and the reasons for the striking regional and temporal variation in such investments. In Localized Bargaining, Xiao Ma offers a novel theory of intergovernmental bargaining that explains the unfolding of China''s unprecedented high-speed railway program. Drawing on a wealth of in-depth interviews, original data sets, and surveys with local officials, Ma details how the bottom-up bargaining efforts by territorial authoritieswhom the central bureaucracies rely on to implement various infrastructure projectsshaped the allocation of investment in the railway system. Demonstrating how localities of different types invoke institutional and extra-institutional sources of bargaining power in their competition for railway stations, Ma sheds new light on how the nation''s massive bureaucracy actually functions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLocalized Bargaining is an important addition to the literature, providing insights into one of the most salient aspects of Chinese politics-the triangulated relationship between top decision makers, local bureaucrats, and the masses. Ma is to be applauded for providing insight into \"a regularized, controllable mechanism\" for the bottom up articulating of interests. * Karl Yan, Journal of Contemporary Asia *\u003cbr\u003eOverall, the author has conducted solid fieldwork and collected a wealth of first-hand information, which is not easy to do in China. The book's target group consists of political scientists and geographers. It not only sheds light on the politics behind the largest infrastructure project in human history, but also echoes some of the more general questions of political and geographical studies in general. * Guo Jie, Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS *\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on interviews and a variety of new data sources, Localized Bargaining tells a compelling tale of the politics that drives the allocation of infrastructure in the absence of democracy—those who lobby for projects, it shows, are not citizens, but intermediary recipients such as local governments and functional departments. This is an indispensable book for understanding how bureaucratic bargaining and 'fragmented authoritarianism' works in China's infrastructure-fueled development. * Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor *\u003cbr\u003eThis empirically rich book uncovers how the non-monolithic political system in China creates opportunities for local authorities to participate in the policy making of the central authority. Xiao Ma convincingly demonstrates that Chinese local governments are able to seek policy benefits because of the fragmented authorities of the decision-making bureaucracy. This insightful book makes an important contribution to understanding distributive politics in authoritarian states. * Yongshun Cai, Hong Kong University of Science \u0026amp; Technology *\u003cbr\u003eSeen from the outside, China's high-speed rail network epitomizes the centralized power of the party-state. Ma's pathbreaking study, which takes us inside the politics of railway development, reveals a far more complex picture. With rich quantitative and qualitative evidence, Ma traces the interplay of bottom-up and top-down agency and formal and informal rules, reshaping our understanding of 'who gets what, when, and how.' * Kyle A. Jaros, Associate Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame *\u003cbr\u003eXiao Ma significantly advances our understanding of bureaucracy. His investigation of the massive infrastructure investment in the Chinese high-speed rail system reveals not only the role of bureaucracy in maintaining authoritarian rule but also the mechanisms by which it does so. His rich account reveals that what seems to be top-down authority is actually a complex of bargains in which local actors transform the intentions of the centralized state: the 'cardinals,' those with significant institutional power in local territorial politics, try to impose their agenda while the 'clerics,' those with less institutional power, try to get their voices heard by mobilizing protests. This extraordinary in-depth study represents a new account of how to think about bureaucracy not only in China and not only in the developing world—but wherever major infrastructure is at issue. * Margaret Levi, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003eMa's book offers an insightful demonstration of localised bargaining, and thus has theoretical significance and current relevance. * Bingzhao Chang, PhD candidate at the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University, China Perspectives *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Bureaucracies and Localized Bargaining Chapter 3: Local Ambitions in Central Policymaking Chapter 4: The \"Cardinals\" and the \"Clerics\" Chapter 5: The Political Geography of High-speed Railways Chapter 6: The Power of the Masses Chapter 7: Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732667412823,"sku":"9780197648223","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197648223.jpg?v=1719997868"},{"product_id":"making-the-supreme-court-9780197680544","title":"Making the Supreme Court","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppointments to the United States Supreme Court are now central events in American political life. Every vacancy unleashes a bitter struggle between Republicans and Democrats over nominees; and once the seat is filled, new justices typically vote in predictable ways. However, this has not always been the case. As late as the middle of the twentieth century, presidents invested little time and effort in finding and vetting nominees, often selecting personal cronies, who senators briskly confirmed. Media coverage was desultory, public opinion was largely non-existent, and the justices often voted independently and erratically. In Making the Supreme Court, Charles M. Cameron and Jonathan P. Kastellec examine 90 years of American political history to show how the growth of federal judicial power from the 1930s onward inspired a multitude of groups struggling to shape judicial policy. Over time, some groups moved beyond lobbying the Court to changing who sits on it. Other groups formed expr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking the Supreme Court uses judicial nominees to investigate larger changes in American politics over the last century, enduring questions about the administrative state, political parties, citizens, interest groups, and lobbying-not to mention nettlesome debates about voter rationality, the downstream effects of partisan polarization, and plenty more besides. Keenly perceptive and abundantly inquisitive, Cameron and Kastellec have delivered a tour de force that is sure to have a major impact on our understanding of all of American politics. * William Howell, Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics, The University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eMaking the Supreme Court is a game changer. It describes and analyzes the entire appointments process with the goal of explaining why Supreme Court nominations transformed from low to high salience events, and how this transformation affects the contemporary court. Because, on the authors' account, the transformation touched every aspect of the process-from the president's approach to selecting nominees to the media's coverage of the proceedings-an expansive approach was required. And Cameron and Kastellec take on the task with gusto. For each change they posit, they dig in, ultimately developing a compelling mix of evidence connecting the transformation to the Court and its decisions-meaning that Making the Supreme Court's contributions transcend the selection of justices; the results help us make sense of the behavior of the contemporary court. * Lee Epstein, University Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Southern California *\u003cbr\u003eAn exemplary analysis of a hugely important political phenomenon: the evolution of a strongly partisan, and likely, very stable court. How did this happen? The authors argue that the answer is found in appointment politics, writ large. Supreme Court appointments are examined and explained systemically, from the vantages of presidents, senators, justices, media, voters, the past, present, and the futures too. Powerful analytic tools and models are developed and deployed, alternative theories are carefully examined and eliminated, and the results are persuasive. Making the Supreme Court is a definitive account that seems likely to last as long as the current court majority. * John A. Ferejohn, Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, New York University School of Law *\u003cbr\u003eCameron and Kastellec's Making the Supreme Court is deeply researched and thought-out, and both theoretically and historically sophisticated. It will in short order become the key work on Supreme Court appointment politics. * Josh Chafetz, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. What Happened  Then and Now   The Party Demands: Party Agendas for the Supreme Court   Selecting How to Select: Presidents and Organizational Design   The Candidates for the Court and the Nominees   Interest Groups  The Media, co-authored with Leeann Bass and Julian Dean  Public Opinion   Decision in the Senate   II. Why it Happened   The Logic of Presidential Selection, co-authored with Lauren Mattioli  What the Public Wanted   Voting in the Shadow of Accountability: Senators' Confirmation Decisions  III. How It Matters, and What the Future Holds   New Politics, New Justices, New Policies: The Courts That Politics Made   The Future: The Courts that Politics May Make   What Future Do We Want? Evaluating Judicial Independence   Conclusion","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732673900887,"sku":"9780197680544","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197680544.jpg?v=1719997899"},{"product_id":"canada-9780198755241","title":"Canada","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoing journey, not a destination.Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples, and covers up to today''s anthropogenic climate change, and Canada''s climate politics. Donald Wright emphasizes Canada''s complexity and diversity as well as its different identities and its commitment to rights, and explores its historical relationship to Great Britain, and its ongoing relationship with the United States. Finally, he examines Canada''s northern realities and its northern identities.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt takes a brave person to write a history of Canada in 109 small pages of text but Donald Wright has made a very good stab at it ... I would happily recommend this thoughtful and elegantly-written survey to anyone looking for a very short history of Canada. * Phillip Buckner, British Journal of Canadian Studies *\u003cbr\u003eI very much enjoyed reading this book. 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This Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and analyses how the various peoples of the Korean peninsula became one of the world''s most homogeneous nations, before exploring how this nation evolved, in a single lifetime, into today''s sharply contrasting societies. He also discusses how Korea fits into the larger narrative of both East Asian and world history, economically, politically, and socially.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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The book''s three-part structure is designed to help students make sense of the British political system. Part A covers constitutional and institutional foundations: the formal set of politics, laws, procedures, and customs which make up the distinctive features of the political system. In Part B, political behaviour and citizenship is explored, looking at politics from the view of the everyday citizen by examining political parties and the media. Finally, part C looks at how power and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a path-breaking textbook that will help significantly advance the teaching of undergraduate British Politics courses. * Dr Philip Catney, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Keele University, UK *\u003cbr\u003eA very lively and interesting exploration of contemporary UK politics. British Politics is admirably analytical, balanced and thoughtful. It will get undergraduates to think, which is key. 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The only road to better outcomes is the long, participatory road that is taken when citizens forge a collective will by changing one another''s hearts and minds. However difficult the process of justifying political decisions to one another may be, skipping it cannot get us any closer to the democratic ideal. Starting from this conviction, the book defends a conception of democracy ''''without shortcuts''''. This conception sheds new light on long-standing debates about the proper scope of public reason, the role of religion in politics, and the democratic legitimacy of judicial review. It also proposes new ways to unleash the democratic potential of institutional innovations such as deliberative minipublics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant book. 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It puts the citizen at the center and takes seriously the citizens' capacities for reflectively endorsing the laws that coerce them. * Jane Mansbridge, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *\u003cbr\u003eA searching and thought-provoking philosophical work on the nature of deliberation in modern democracy. * Thomas Christiano, Jus Cogens 2 *\u003cbr\u003eCristina Lafont's powerful critique of deliberative minipublics strikes at the central strategy that has energized efforts to actually apply deliberative democracy to real public problems. Every effort to make deliberative democracy practical needs to take account of her critiques. * James Fishkin, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes a significant contribution to the literature defending a broadly deliberative view of democracy ... In the course of her defense she shows that judicial review need not be opposed to participatory deliberative democracy. * H. 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Inequality and social policy in Russia Ilya Matveev and Sarah Wilson-Sokhey; 14. Russian labor: between stability and stagnation Stephen Crowley; 15. Every-day economic life on Russia's margins Ann-Mari Sätre and Leo Granberg; Part III. State and Society: 16. Russia's conservative forces and the state: a dynamic balancing act Marlene Laruelle; 17. The Russian media Scott Gehlbach, Tetyana Lokot, and Anton Shirikov; 18. Civil society in Russia: compliance with and resistance to the state Natalia Forrat; 19. Protest in Russia: discovering power Sam Greene; 20. The politics of the environment in Russia: extraction, climate change, and indigenous rights in the Russian arctic Laura A. Henry; 21. Ethnicity and religion in Russia Şener Aktürk; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738007646551,"sku":"9781009165907","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"theories-of-the-policy-process-9781032311241","title":"Theories Of The Policy Process","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheories of the Policy Process\u003c\/em\u003e provides a forum for the experts in policy process research to present the basic propositions, empirical evidence, latest updates, and the promising future research opportunities of each policy process theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thoroughly revised fifth edition, each chapter has been updated to reflect recent empirical work, innovative theorizing, and a world facing challenges of historic proportions with climate change, social and political inequities, and pandemics, among recent events. Updated and revised chapters include Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, Multiple Streams Framework, Policy Feedback Theory, Advocacy Coalition Framework, Narrative Policy Framework, Institutional and Analysis and Development Framework, and Diffusion and Innovation. This fifth edition includes an entirely new chapter on the Ecology of Games Framework. New authors have been added to most chapters to diversify perspectives and make this latest edition the most internatio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Theories of the Policy Process, Fifth Edition continues to define public policy scholarship more than two decades after the first edition was published. The authors, under the editorial guidance of Chris Weible, deliver theoretically innovative material through the circumspect curation of updated chapters, a feat not insignificant for the fifth edition of an edited volume. Moreover, \u003ci\u003eTheories of the Policy Process\u003c\/i\u003e is most empirically relevant in substance and form: the expanding geographical scope of the theories’ practical applications renders the material spatially aware whereas the author teams are diverse, producing polyphonic scholarship. \u003ci\u003eTheories of the Policy Process\u003c\/i\u003e charted my own career path almost two decades ago—the fifth edition is a compass every student and researcher must possess in order to navigate the complex public policy questions of our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvangelia Petridou, \u003ci\u003eMid Sweden University, Sweden and NTNU Social Research, Norway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Theories of the Policy Process, Fifth Edition provides the most comprehensive set of theoretical lenses, including comparative lens, to observe complex policy processes. Each lens offered within this book is clear, unique and up to date. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the policy process quickly and conduct policy process research better.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFang Chen, \u003ci\u003eSchool of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The study of public policy processes is fundamental to our understanding of how governments, organizations and individuals interact over time. In this Fifth edition of the famous \u003ci\u003eTheories of the Policy Process\u003c\/i\u003e book, Christopher Weible manages to give readers a new and improved set of theories and concepts of the policy process. From Punctuated Equilibrium Theory to Narrative Policy Framework to Institutional Analysis and Development, chapter authors (all of them experienced policy process scholars) offer excellent and accessible theoretical insight into how public policy works as well as diverse frameworks and theories to understand it. Keeping Paul Sabatier’s legacy alive, Christopher Weible’s \u003ci\u003eTheories of the Policy Process\u003c\/i\u003e book is, and will remain, an indispensable source for policy scholars, practitioners and government officials worldwide.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaul Pacheco-Vega, \u003ci\u003eFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Sede México, Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Scope and Focus of Policy Process Research and Theories \u003cb\u003ePart I: Theoretical Approaches to Policy Process Research \u003c\/b\u003e1.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe Multiple Streams Framework: Foundations, Refinements, and Empirical Applications 2. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Explaining Stability and Change in Public Policymaking 3. Policy Feedback Theory 4. The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Progress and Emerging Areas 5. The Narrative Policy Framework 6. The IAD Framework and Its Tools for Policy and Institutional Analysis 7. Policy Diffusion and Innovation 8. The Ecology of Games Framework: Complexity in Polycentric Governance \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Comparisons and Conclusions \u003c\/strong\u003e9. How Should We Compare Theories of the Policy Process? 10. Struggle and Triumph in Fusing Policy Process and Comparative Research 11. Advancing Policy Process Research and Theories\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738041561431,"sku":"9781032311241","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032311241.jpg?v=1723811703"},{"product_id":"responsive-states-9781108719230","title":"Responsive States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe US Constitution did not establish a clear division of responsibilities between the national government and state governments, so the distribution of policymaking authority is subject to constant renegotiation and debate. When national lawmakers introduce policy initiatives that implicate the states in important ways, why do state leaders sometimes respond with strong support and other times with indifference or outright hostility? Moving beyond the conventional story that state officials simply want money and autonomy from their national counterparts, this book explains how the states'' responses over the short, medium, and long term are shaped by policy design, timing, and the interaction between the two. Reaching across different historical eras with in-depth case studies of policies such as Superfund, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the book shows how federalism has influenced, and continues to influence, the evolution of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This engaging and innovative book puts forward a significant theoretical innovation backed up by extensive research.' C. Shortell, Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: states as stakeholders; 1. Federalism and policy feedback; 2. 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Can a political system be set up to avoid these pitfalls, while still granting citizens and politicians the freedom to pursue their interests? Republic at Risk is a concise and engaging introduction to American politics. The guiding theme is the problem of self-interest in politics, which James Madison took as his starting point in his defense of representative government in Federalist 10 and 51. Madison believed that unchecked self-interest in politics was a risk to a well-ordered and free society. But he also held that political institutions could be designed to harness self-interest for the greater good. 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Medvic, Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College\u003cbr\u003e'Republic at Risk is not only a superb introduction to American politics, but an excellent introduction to political science, through its focus on competing theoretical models of the American political system. I completely reoriented my course after seeing the first edition, and the second is even better - completely updated and with new material on polarization, gridlock, and the Supreme Court.' Ronald Rapoport, College of William and Mary\u003cbr\u003e'Sweeping across mass and elite political behavior, Stone and McCann explore the boundaries of Madison's argument that 'self-interest is the problem, and the solution.'  Blending eighteenth-century political thought with contemporary academic scholarship and current events, they illuminate how the evolution of formal and informal norms, rules, and institutions has shaped outcomes that either sustain or distort the Founders' original intentions. The end product is a masterpiece of how the very best political scientists approach the study of American politics.' Sarah A. Fulton, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003cbr\u003e'Republic at Risk is the perfect text for an introductory course in American government.  Short and readable, the book presents the arguments about our democracy's future that are particularly relevant in the current context, in a way that will engage students throughout a semester.' L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. Some enduring questions and relevant concepts; 2. Big answers, bigger questions: Madison's theory of the republic; 3. Citizen participation in politics: an interest in self-interest?; 4. Who's in charge here? Voting choice in elections; 5. Interest groups and pluralist theory: self-interest in the republic reconsidered; 6. Political parties: an alternative to the republic?; 7. A pivotal politics model of the policy process: the separation of powers re-imagined; 8. Congress: representation and power; 9. Presidential leadership: beyond self-interest?; 10. The Supreme Court: another way out of the problem of self-interest?; 11. Conclusion: self-interest and representative government; Appendix Federalist 10 and 51 by James Madison; References; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738328805719,"sku":"9781108738040","price":37.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-dravidian-model-9781108844130","title":"The Dravidian Model","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book adds to the growing literature on dynamics of regional development in the global South by mapping the politics and processes contributing to the distinct developmental trajectory of Tamil Nadu, southern India. 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With detailed attention to achievements in human development, structural economic change and accumulation, they reveal the ideas, politics and institutions distinguishing social populism from economic populism. Through both kinds of Dravidian left populism, countervailing power has been built and aspirations against entrenched inequalities have been simultaneously mobilised. The state is central to their co-ordination, continuities, relative success and limitations. This book is sure to generate the conversation the authors seek about the struggle for social justice that is now so urgently needed.' Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University\u003cbr\u003e'The Dravidian Model breaks new ground, not only in making sense of Tamil Nadu's political economy but also in advancing our understanding of the possibilities for socially and economically inclusive development in the post-colonial world. The book exhaustively documents and explains the historical and cultural roots of Tamil Nadu's opportunity-equalizing politics and carves out new theoretical frontiers in the debate on left populism. This should be required reading for all those interested in the democratic possibilities of transforming deeply unequal societies.' Patrick Heller, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e'The Dravidian Model offers the most convincing explanation of the unmatchable level of development that South India has reached, compared to the rest of the sub-continent. It shows that political mobilization resulting in social change and less inequalities, makes redistribution more natural. And this process prepares the ground for real development - in terms of education and health, for instance - because of a certain democratization of growth. By contrast, Kalaiyarasan A. and M. 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Velychenko shows how, during the era of the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian civil war, the political Left in Ukraine was forced to defend itself on national principles against the centralizing, Moscow-based Bolsheviks.\" -- P. E. Heineman * \u003cem\u003eCHOICE Connect\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Overall, this book serves to provide the reverse of what Renan argued was necessary in the creation of a nation. Instead of forgetting and historical error, remembering and historical recovery here are employed in the recreation of a nation. For Velychenko, the ideas of Ukrainian Marxists ‘remain relevant today, when Vladimir Putin’s government sponsors attend empire-loyalist extremist minority groups in Ukraine.\" -- Michael T. Westrate * \u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"It is hard to imagine a more appropriate book to appear on the eve of the centennial of the revolutions of 1917 in the Russian Empire than Stephen Velychenko’s most recent contribution to the rich and contested historiography of the Ukrainian revolution and state.\" -- Mark von Hagen * \u003cem\u003eEast\/West Journal of Ukrainian Studies\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    Chapter 1 Historical  Background Ukrainian  Anti-colonialist Thought to 1917 Bolsheviks,  Colonialism, and Ukraine   Chapter 2 Bolshevik  Politics and Ukraine Rationalizing  Russian Domination Imperial  and Other Preconceptions Red  Russian Imperialism   Chapter 3 The  Emergence of National Communism Red  Nationalists vs Red Imperialists Ukrainian  Marxists and National Liberation Ukrainians  and the Comintern   Conclusion  Appendix: Translated Documents 1  Temporary Organization Committee of Independentists, 1918 Resolution 2  Four Ukrainian Left-SD Anti-Bolshevik Leaflets, Central Ukraine, 1919 3  Leaflet issued by Otaman Zeleny to Red Army Troops, 1919  4  Anonymous, Khto  taki Kommunisty-Borotbysty, 1919?  5  Memorandum of the Moscow-Based Bolshevik “Ukrainian Communist Organization” to  Lenin, 1919 6  Resolution Prepared by Federalists for the Kyiv City Section of the CPU, 1920 7  Program of the Ukrainian Communist Party, 1920 8  Four Letters from Former Bolshevik Party Members 9  V. Vynnychenko, Ukrainska  Kommunistychna partiia (UKP) i Kommunistychna partiia (bolshevyky) Ukrainy, 1921 10  Resolution on the National and Colonial Question, 1920 11  Anonymous, Vzgliad  na polozhenie na Ukraine, 1920 12  Ivan Vrona, Resolution on Russian Bolshevik Colonialism, 1920 13  Vasyl Blakytny. Analysis of CPU, 1920 14  A. Richytsky, “The Economy and Culture,” 1920 Notes  Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739693429079,"sku":"9781487548056","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487548056.jpg?v=1723812256"},{"product_id":"the-paradox-of-parliament-9781487550998","title":"The Paradox of Parliament","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Paradox of Parliament addresses the widespread and perennial dissatisfaction with Parliament in Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction Explanations for Parliament’s Problems  Paradox and the Competing Logics Conclusion   2. 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And just as important for the study of politics, Asher introduces students to broader theories about the place of polling within democratic governing institutions.  Asher covers the art and science of polling, while providing students with a foundation of knowledge to understand current controversies in public opinion research.\" -- H. Whitt Kilburn\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003ePolling the Public\u003c\/strong\u003e brings a wonderful sense of humor that would incite my students to talk about it during their next class period. It is very straightforward in manner, not reliant on jargon, and accessible to undergraduates and grad students who haven’t had many classes in public opinion. 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If you are neither of these, you will simply find this book immeasurably informative and entertaining.’\u003cbr\u003eDahlia Scheindlin, PhD., international political consultant and foreign affairs analyst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Matt Qvortrup’s concise book provides an expert guide to the practical issues of making a country formally independent, self-governing and part of the community of democratic nation-states. Myths are challenged, and historic and contemporary examples drawn from, which are relevant to how we make sense of independence in the age of interindependence. 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It renders visible and accessible to a wider audience things that would be easily recognisable to specialists. For those of us outside of the small circles of the Scottish and British insider political classes, looking in from diverse standpoints, \u003ci\u003eI want to break free\u003c\/i\u003e clearly explains what is possible and, in general terms, how. It doesn’t play down how hard it is, and it doesn’t dumb down nor back down from the difficult issues. In thinking about ‘the now’ and the ‘not yet’ in Scotland, such a pragmatic contribution is very welcome.'\u003cbr\u003eHannah Graham\u003ci\u003e, Bella Caledonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eHow does a would-be nation become a legitimate, internationally recognized state? This short, accessible book is framed as a step-by-step guide to nation-building. 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Maybe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important * Richard Osman *\u003cbr\u003eFunny, fierce and genuinely moving * J. K. Rowling *\u003cbr\u003eThe second funniest book I have read about being a Labour supporter from Blair to Brexit * John O’Farrell *\u003cbr\u003eMatt Forde is brilliant at finding the comedy which often accompanies political life. This book made me laugh out loud - and wince in recognition. * Tony Blair *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is smarter and funnier than Donald Trump. Matt Forde was so bad at politics that I'd have considered working for him * Anthony Scaramucci *\u003cbr\u003eThat Matt Forde is able to make the current political shit-show funny shows his genius. 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