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Kohlhammer Ewiger Krisenherd
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Jugoslawien Und Seine Nachfolgestaaten 1943-2011:
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tredition Der tiefe Fall des Westens und die bitteren
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Duncker & Humblot Der Wert Des Staates Und Die Bedeutung Des
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Duncker & Humblot Quo Vadis Europa?: Gegenwarts- Und Zukunftsfragen
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Verlag Herder Mehr Gerechtigkeit!: Wir Brauchen Eine Neue
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Nomos Verlags GmbH Parlamentarismus
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V&R unipress GmbH Disput über den Totalitarismus: Texte und Briefe
Book SynopsisThis small edition allows a flashback to the origins of Hannah Arendt''s analysis of totalitarianism. The pieces of text removed by the author from the first English-language edition of the totalitarianism book, the answer to Eric Voegelin''s review and the correspondence with Voegelin from 1951 are helpful for anyone who wants to get to know and evaluate Arendt''s totalitarianism concept and its development in more detail. These documents and the related texts by Ursula Ludz, Ingeborg Nordmann and Michael Henkel help to clarify Hannah Arendt''s ideas about totalitarianism as a form of rule that are still subject to misunderstandings in the German discussion.
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Palgrave Macmillan Understanding Propaganda
Book SynopsisChapter 1 : Media(ted) Propaganda: Definitions, Infrastructure and Contexts.- Chapter 2 : Prime time Propaganda: Television and Hate.- Chapter 3: Popular Culture Hate, Violence and Entertainment.- Chapter 4: In the name of cow: Symbols as Propaganda.- Chapter 5: Digital Media Propaganda in the Diaspora.- Chapter 6: Disinformation, Internet Shutdown.
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Springer The Language of Politics and the Greek Paradigm
Book SynopsisPreface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Contemporary Greek Politics: From the Transition to Democracy to the Revival of Authoritarianism.- Chapter 3 Methodological Frameworks.- Chapter 4 “From Dystopia to EUtopia” – Analyzing Election Campaigns on the Basis of Fear and Hope Affects.- Chapter 5 Mainstreaming Anti-Communist Propaganda.- Chapter 6 Populist Discourse and Discourses about Populism in Political Confrontation: Instrumentalizing Anti-Populism in Contemporary Greek Politics.- Chapter 7 From the Refugee Crisis to Greece’s Policy of Exclusion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Political Representation in America
Book SynopsisLori Cox Han, PhD, is Professor of Political Science and Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California, USA.Caroline Heldman, PhD, is a political scientist and Chair of the Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies program at Occidental College in Los Angeles, USA.
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Oxford University Press Germany Europe and the Politics of Constraint
Book SynopsisThe process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growing evidence of domestic disquiet and dissent. Against this background, this volume examines three key themes: the challenge to the power of member states - as subjects of European integration - to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena experienced by member states as objects of European integration; and the contestation over both the ''constitutive politics of the EU'' and specific policy choices. These three themes - power, constraint and contestation - and their interdependence are explored with specific reference to contemporary Germany.The main findings call for a revision of the ''conventional wisdom'' about Germany''s Europeanization experience. First, while Germany continues to engage intensively in all aspects of the integration process, its power to ''upload'' - ''hard''Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the updating and re-evaluation of literature on the EU and the German political system. * Perspectives on Political Science *Table of ContentsLiving with Europe: Power, Constraint, and Contestation ; Europeanization in Context; Concept and Theory ; The Federal Executive: Bureaucratic Fusion versus Governmental Bifurcation ; The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism Behavioural Reticence ; ; The German Lander: From Milieu-Shaping to Territorial Politics ; Public Law: Towards a Post-National Model ; The Party System: Structure, Policy and Europeanization ; Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Organizational Capacity ; The Media Agenda: The Marginalization and Domestication of Europe ; Economic Policies: From Pace-Setter to Beleaguered Player ; ; Competition Policy: From Centrality to Muddling Through? ; Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union? ; Social Policy: Transforming Pensions, Challenging Health Care? ; Environmental Policy: A Leader State under Pressure? ; Justice and Home Affairs: Europeanization as a Government-Controlled Process ; Foreign and Security Policy: On the Cusp Between Transformation and Accomodation ; Europeanization Compared: The Shrinking Core and the Decline of 'Soft' Power
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The University of Chicago Press WhiteCollar Government The Hidden Role of Class
Book SynopsisEight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them - and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? The author answers this question with a resounding - and disturbing - yes.Trade Review" 'Where you stand depends on where you sit' is a maxim seldom applied to the economic backgrounds of legislators. But Nicholas Carnes's eye-opening study shows social class and work experience to be key determinants in shaping how Congress and state legislatures write laws and shape policies." -Timothy Noah, author of The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It"
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The University of Chicago Press The Peoples Lobby Organizational Innovation the
Book SynopsisExamines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue 1: Partisan Politics: The Evil and the Remedy 2: Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change 3: The Experiment Station: Political Innovation and Diffusion among the States 4: Neither Friends Nor Enemies: Organized Labor and Partisan Politics 5: From Agrarian Protest to Business Politics 6: Politics without Party: The Organizational Accomplishments of Disenfranchised Women 7: Challenge and Crystallization: The Institutionalization of Reform in Three States 8: "The Menace of New Privilege" Coda: In Practice, in Theory Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Peoples Lobby Organizational Innovation and
Book SynopsisExamines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states.
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The University of Chicago Press Governing With the News Second Edition The News
Book SynopsisThe ideal of a neutral, objective press has proven in recent years to be just that - an ideal. In Governing with the News, Timothy E. Cook goes far beyond the single claim that the press is not impartial to argue that the news media are in fact a political institution integral to the day-to-day operations of our government.Trade Review"Provocative and often wise.... Cook, who has a complex understanding of the relationship between governing and the news, provides a fascinating account of the origins of this complicity." - James Bennet, Washington Monthly; "Governing with the News addresses central issues of media impact and power in fresh, illuminating ways.... Cook mines a wealth of historical and organizational literature to assert that the news media are a distinct political institution in our democratic system." - Robert Schmuhl, Commonweal; "While we worry about the media's influence on politics, we rarely notice that journalists are political actors, part of the governing system, a means for raising issues and getting them advanced.... Cook's dead-on analysis is a model of engaged scholarship." - Jay Rosen, Nation"
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The University of Chicago Press Legislating in the Dark Information and Power in
Book SynopsisThe 2009 financial stimulus bill ran to more than 1,100 pages, yet it wasn't even given to Congress in its final form until thirteen hours before debate was set to begin, and it was passed twenty-eight hours later. How are representatives expected to digest so much information in such a short time. The answer? They aren't. With Legislating in the Dark, James M. Curry reveals that the availability of information about legislation is a key tool through which Congressional leadership exercises power. Through a deft mix of legislative analysis, interviews, and participant observation, Curry shows how congresspersons-lacking the time and resources to study bills deeply themselves-are forced to rely on information and cues from their leadership. By controlling their rank-and-file's access to information, Congressional leaders are able to emphasize or bury particular items, exploiting their information advantage to push the legislative agenda in directions that they and their party prefer.
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The University of Chicago Press Rendering unto Caesar The Catholic Church and the
Book SynopsisExamining the relationship between Church and state in Latin America, this book explains why Catholic leaders in some countries opposed dictatorial rule, and why many did not. Using evidence from 12 countries, it reveals the connection between religious competition and progressive Catholicism.
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The University of Chicago Press Political Style The Artistry of Power
Book SynopsisThis study analyzes four dominant political styles: realist; courtly; republican; and bureaucratic. It examines political artistry in figures from antiquity to the modern day, and discusses the problems faced by each style, as well as the social and moral consequences of each style's success.
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The University of Chicago Press The Sound of Leadership Presidential
Book SynopsisWhy did Gerald Ford speak in public once every six hours during 1976? Why did no president spreak in Massachusetts during one ten-year period? Why did Jimmy Carter conduct public ceremonies four times more often than Harry Truman? Why are television viewers two-and-a-half times more likely to see a president speak on the nightly news than to hear him speak? The Sound of Leadership answers these questions and many more. Based on analysis of nearly 10,000 presidential speeches delivered between 1945 and 1985, this book is the first comprehensive examination of the ways in which presidents Truman through Reagan have used the powers of communication to advance their political goals. This communication revolution has produced, Roderick P. Hart argues, a new form of governance, one in which public speech has come to be taken as political action. Using a rhetorical appraoch, Hart details the features of this new American presidency by carefully examining when and where presidents spoke in pub
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The University of Chicago Press Numbered Voices How Opinion Polling Has Shaped
Book SynopsisThis study demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. It explores the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present day in order to assess the workings of US politics.
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The University of Chicago Press Combative Politics The Media and Public
Book SynopsisFrom the Affordable Care Act to No Child Left Behind, politicians often face a puzzling problem: although most Americans support the aims and key provisions of these policies, they oppose the bills themselves. How can this be? Why does the American public so often reject policies that seem to offer them exactly what they want? By the time a bill is pushed through Congress or ultimately defeated, we've often been exposed to weeks, months even years of media coverage that underscores the unpopular process of policymaking, and Mary Layton Atkinson argues that this leads us to reject the bill itself. Contrary to many Americans' understandings of the policymaking process, the best answer to a complex problem is rarely self-evident, and politicians must weigh many potential options, each with merits and drawbacks. As the public awaits a resolution, the news media tend to focus not on the substance of the debate but on descriptions of partisan combat. This coverage leads the public to believe
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The University of Chicago Press Combative Politics The Media and Public
Book SynopsisFrom the Affordable Care Act to No Child Left Behind, politicians often face a puzzling problem: although most Americans support the aims and key provisions of these policies, they oppose the bills themselves. How can this be? Why does the American public so often reject policies that seem to offer them exactly what they want? By the time a bill is pushed through Congress or ultimately defeated, we've often been exposed to weeks, months even years of media coverage that underscores the unpopular process of policymaking, and Mary Layton Atkinson argues that this leads us to reject the bill itself. Contrary to many Americans' understandings of the policymaking process, the best answer to a complex problem is rarely self-evident, and politicians must weigh many potential options, each with merits and drawbacks. As the public awaits a resolution, the news media tend to focus not on the substance of the debate but on descriptions of partisan combat. This coverage leads the public to believe
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The University of Chicago Press Revolution and Subjectivity in Postwar Japan
Book SynopsisHere, the author analyzes the debate over subjectivity. He traces the arguments of intellectuals from various disciplines and viewpoints, and asserts that despite their stress on individual autonomy, they all came to define subjectivity in terms of deterministic historical structures.
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The University of Chicago Press Pivotal Politics A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking
Book SynopsisA study of American lawmaking showing that political parties are less important in legislative-executive politics than is commonly thought. The book argues that divided government has little effect on legislative productivity as gridlock occurs even in united legislative-executive governments.
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The University of Chicago Press The Practical Imagination The German Sciences of
Book SynopsisDrawing on the work of Foucault and Bourdieu, this book sets out to illuminate the practical imagination as it was exhibited in the transformation of the political and social sciences during 19th-century Germany. Using information from many sources, it examines the learned disciplines of the time.
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The University of Chicago Press State Constitutional Politics Governing by
Book SynopsisGiven that amending the US Constitution has become all but impossible, the real battleground these days is the states, and Dinan outlines how that process works and how groups have been using it.
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The University of Chicago Press The Congressional Endgame Interchamber
Book SynopsisCongress is a bicameral legislature in which both the House and Senate must pass a bill before it can be enacted into law. The US bicameral system also differs from most democracies in that the two chambers have relatively equal power to legislate and must find ways to resolve their disputes. In the current landscape of party polarization, this contentious process has become far more chaotic, leading to the public perception that the House and Senate are unwilling or unable to compromise and calling into question the effectiveness of the bicameral system itself. With The Congressional Endgame, Josh M. Ryan offers a coherent explanation of how the bicameral legislative process works in Congress and shows that the types of policy outcomes it produces are in line with those intended by the framers of the Constitution. Although each bargaining outcome may seem idiosyncratic, the product of strong leadership and personality politics, interchamber bargaining outcomes in Congress are actua
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The University of Chicago Press The Congressional Endgame Interchamber Bargaining
Book SynopsisCongress is a bicameral legislature in which both the House and Senate must pass a bill before it can be enacted into law. The US bicameral system also differs from most democracies in that the two chambers have relatively equal power to legislate and must find ways to resolve their disputes. In the current landscape of party polarization, this contentious process has become far more chaotic, leading to the public perception that the House and Senate are unwilling or unable to compromise and calling into question the effectiveness of the bicameral system itself. With The Congressional Endgame, Josh M. Ryan offers a coherent explanation of how the bicameral legislative process works in Congress and shows that the types of policy outcomes it produces are in line with those intended by the framers of the Constitution. Although each bargaining outcome may seem idiosyncratic, the product of strong leadership and personality politics, interchamber bargaining outcomes in Congress are actua
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The University of Chicago Press Dangerous Counsel Accountability and Advice in
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The University of Chicago Press Political Participation and Government Regulation
Book SynopsisExploring how government works and how voters and their elected representatives make decisions, this text responds to the media's negative portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, suggesting that elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests.
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The University of Chicago Press The Myth of the Imperial Presidency How Public
Book SynopsisTrade Review"If unilateralism is so tempting and so effective, Christenson and Kriner ask, why is it so rare? The key dynamics, they show, are less in other branches of government but in politics and public opinion. Christenson and Kriner unify strands of presidency research that have been treated by too many as competitors and even as opposites, and the book will make a crucial contribution."--Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College "American democracy only works if the populace controls those who they elect. There is no more fundamental question then whether citizens can in fact exert such control. Yet, for more than one hundred years, scholars and pundits have worried about an imperial presidency that evades institutional and popular checks. This seminal book offers remarkable evidence that the public--with the help of the Congress and the courts--do in fact hold the president accountable. In that sense, democracy can work and has worked. Alas, the book also points to concerns of responsiveness to a narrow base. In so doing, Christenson and Kriner not only resolve a hundred-year-old puzzle but also set an agenda for the next generation of scholarship on American democracy."--James N. Druckman, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: An Imperial Presidency? Chapter 2: How Americans Think about Unilateral Action Appendix to Chapter 2 Chapter 3: Congressional Pushback in the Public Sphere Appendix to Chapter 3 Chapter 4: Rethinking the Role of the Courts Appendix to Chapter 4 Chapter 5: A Popular Check on Unilateralism Appendix to Chapter 5 Chapter 6: Pathways of Political Constraint Chapter 7: Democratic Decline? Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Myth of the Imperial Presidency How Public
Book SynopsisTrade Review"If unilateralism is so tempting and so effective, Christenson and Kriner ask, why is it so rare? The key dynamics, they show, are less in other branches of government but in politics and public opinion. Christenson and Kriner unify strands of presidency research that have been treated by too many as competitors and even as opposites, and the book will make a crucial contribution."--Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College "American democracy only works if the populace controls those who they elect. There is no more fundamental question then whether citizens can in fact exert such control. Yet, for more than one hundred years, scholars and pundits have worried about an imperial presidency that evades institutional and popular checks. This seminal book offers remarkable evidence that the public--with the help of the Congress and the courts--do in fact hold the president accountable. In that sense, democracy can work and has worked. Alas, the book also points to concerns of responsiveness to a narrow base. In so doing, Christenson and Kriner not only resolve a hundred-year-old puzzle but also set an agenda for the next generation of scholarship on American democracy."--James N. Druckman, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: An Imperial Presidency? Chapter 2: How Americans Think about Unilateral Action Appendix to Chapter 2 Chapter 3: Congressional Pushback in the Public Sphere Appendix to Chapter 3 Chapter 4: Rethinking the Role of the Courts Appendix to Chapter 4 Chapter 5: A Popular Check on Unilateralism Appendix to Chapter 5 Chapter 6: Pathways of Political Constraint Chapter 7: Democratic Decline? Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy Declined The Failed Politics of
Book SynopsisAs Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street. More than a century after the government embraced credit to fuel the American economy, consumer financial protections in the increasingly complex financial system still place the onus on individuals to sift through fine print for assurance that they are not vulnerable to predatory lending and other pitfalls of consumer financing and growing debt. In Democracy Declined, Mallory E. SoRelle argues that the failure of federal policy makers to curb risky practices can be explained by the evolution of consumer finance policies aimed at encouraging easy credit in part by foregoing more stringent regulation. Furthermore, SoRelle explains how angry borrowers' experiences with these policies teach theTrade Review“Democracy Declined is an elegant and timely book engaged with the compelling public policy issue of credit access and its regulation. SoRelle superbly integrates insights from historical institutional arguments in political science with a range of methods, including archival and experimental. Written in fluid, clear prose, this is an important and original work which will be widely read and cited." -- Desmond King, University of Oxford“Democracy Declined offers an original, incisive, and richly-documented analysis of the political consequences of a consumption-driven American economy built on a foundation of consumer credit. Combining rigorous analyses of multiple and rich sources of evidence with well-founded proposals for alternative ways forward, SoRelle demonstrates that the absence of a more vigorous consumer financial protection regime in the United States is no accident but rather the path-dependent effects of New Deal-era policies that have foiled attempts at any regulation that might threaten the flow of credit. SoRelle’s meticulously researched, engaged, and insightful book is a major and much-needed contribution to our understanding of this crucial but long-overlooked feature of the American political economy and of the history and politics of credit, social policy, and the welfare state more broadly.” -- Dara Z. Strolovtich, Yale University"[Mallory SoRelle] argues that over the past 60 years policymakers have largely placed the responsibility for protecting consumers from harmful credit products squarely on the shoulders of individuals rather than the government — a decision largely at odds with other developed nations." * American Banker *"SoRelle argues that the failure of US federal policymakers to curb risky practices can be explained by the evolution of consumer finance policies aimed at encouraging easy credit in part by foregoing more stringent regulation. However. . . borrowers misplace their objections by focusing on banks and lenders instead of on the need for legal change. She concludes that as a result, advocacy groups have been mostly unsuccessful in mobilizing borrowers in support of stronger consumer financial protections, to their own detriment and that of the economy." * Law and Social Inquiry *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations 1. Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection 2. Full Disclosure: Building the U.S. Political Economy of Credit 3. “Storming Mad” but Staying Home: Depoliticizing the American Borrower 4. The “Horseless Headmen”: Consumer Groups and the Challenge of Political Mobilization 5. Democratization and Its Discontents: Demobilizing Marginalized Borrowers 6. Race to the Bottom: Administrative Rulemaking in the Political Economy of Credit 7. A New Lease? The Uncertain Political Future of Consumer Financial Protection Acknowledgments Data Appendix Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Democracy Declined The Failed Politics of
Book SynopsisAs Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street. More than a century after the government embraced credit to fuel the American economy, consumer financial protections in the increasingly complex financial system still place the onus on individuals to sift through fine print for assurance that they are not vulnerable to predatory lending and other pitfalls of consumer financing and growing debt. In Democracy Declined, Mallory E. SoRelle argues that the failure of federal policy makers to curb risky practices can be explained by the evolution of consumer finance policies aimed at encouraging easy credit in part by foregoing more stringent regulation. Furthermore, SoRelle explains how angry borrowers' experiences with these policies teach them to focus their attention primarily on banks and lenders instead of demanding that lawmakers address predatory behavior. As a result, advocacy groups have been mostly unsuccessful in mobilizing borrowers in support of stronger consumer financial protections. The absence of safeguards on consumer financing is particularly dangerous because the consequences extend well beyond harm to individualsthey threaten the stability of entire economies. SoRelle identifies pathways to mitigate these potentially disastrous consequences through greater public participation. Trade Review“Democracy Declined is an elegant and timely book engaged with the compelling public policy issue of credit access and its regulation. SoRelle superbly integrates insights from historical institutional arguments in political science with a range of methods, including archival and experimental. Written in fluid, clear prose, this is an important and original work which will be widely read and cited." -- Desmond King, University of Oxford“Democracy Declined offers an original, incisive, and richly-documented analysis of the political consequences of a consumption-driven American economy built on a foundation of consumer credit. Combining rigorous analyses of multiple and rich sources of evidence with well-founded proposals for alternative ways forward, SoRelle demonstrates that the absence of a more vigorous consumer financial protection regime in the United States is no accident but rather the path-dependent effects of New Deal-era policies that have foiled attempts at any regulation that might threaten the flow of credit. SoRelle’s meticulously researched, engaged, and insightful book is a major and much-needed contribution to our understanding of this crucial but long-overlooked feature of the American political economy and of the history and politics of credit, social policy, and the welfare state more broadly.” -- Dara Z. Strolovtich, Yale University"[Mallory SoRelle] argues that over the past 60 years policymakers have largely placed the responsibility for protecting consumers from harmful credit products squarely on the shoulders of individuals rather than the government — a decision largely at odds with other developed nations." * American Banker *"SoRelle argues that the failure of US federal policymakers to curb risky practices can be explained by the evolution of consumer finance policies aimed at encouraging easy credit in part by foregoing more stringent regulation. However. . . borrowers misplace their objections by focusing on banks and lenders instead of on the need for legal change. She concludes that as a result, advocacy groups have been mostly unsuccessful in mobilizing borrowers in support of stronger consumer financial protections, to their own detriment and that of the economy." * Law and Social Inquiry *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations 1. Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection 2. Full Disclosure: Building the U.S. Political Economy of Credit 3. “Storming Mad” but Staying Home: Depoliticizing the American Borrower 4. The “Horseless Headmen”: Consumer Groups and the Challenge of Political Mobilization 5. Democratization and Its Discontents: Demobilizing Marginalized Borrowers 6. Race to the Bottom: Administrative Rulemaking in the Political Economy of Credit 7. A New Lease? The Uncertain Political Future of Consumer Financial Protection Acknowledgments Data Appendix Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House
Book SynopsisSince the Second World War, congressional parties have been characterized as declining in strength and influence. Research has generally attributed this decline to policy conflicts within parties, to growing electoral independence of members, and to the impact of the congressional reforms of the 1970s. Yet the 1980s witnessed a strong resurgence of parties and party leadershipespecially in the House of Representatives. Offering a concise and compelling explanation of the causes of this resurgence, David W. Rohde argues that a realignment of electoral forces led to a reduction of sectional divisions within the partiesparticularly between the northern and southern Democratsand to increased divergence between the parties on many important issues. He challenges previous findings by asserting that congressional reform contributed to, rather than restrained, the increase of partisanship. Among the Democrats, reforms siphoned power away from conservative and autocratic committee chairs and pu
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The University of Chicago Press The Modernity of Tradition Political Development
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The University of Chicago Press Laughing at Leviathan Sovereignty and Audience in
Book SynopsisFor West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long and fraught struggle for independence from Indonesia. This title shows how a complex interplay of various observers is key to the establishment and understanding of the sovereign nation-state.Trade Review"At the core of Laughing at Leviathan is a heart-wrenching story: a subtle tracing of the historical disjunctions and disseminations of empire and nationalism that have not led to a new nation in Melanesia. It is a kind of prehistory to a sovereignty that never comes. In writing the prehistory of a form of sovereignty that has neither failed nor succeeded, Danilyn Rutherford also provides a searing metacommentary on sovereignty itself." (Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University)"
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University of Chicago Press Roots of Reform
Book SynopsisOffers a revision of the understanding of the rise of the American regulatory state in the late 19th century. The book argues that politically mobilized farmers were the driving force behind most of the legislation that increased national control over private economic power.
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The University of Chicago Press Defining the National Interest Conflict and
Book SynopsisThe USA has had a highly-politicized and divisive history of foreign policy-making. This text examines American foreign policy and the domestic and geopolitical forces shaping it. It shows how interdisciplinary scholarship can cast light on the connections between domestic and international change.
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The University of Chicago Press A Miracle A Universe
Book SynopsisAn issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword I: A Miracle, A Universe II: The Reality of the World Afterword Notes 1998 Postscript References Index
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Columbia University Press Neorealism and Neoliberalism The Contemporary
Book SynopsisEssays by prominent political theorists representing the two dominant schools of international relations, neoliberalism and neorealism.Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction 1. Neoliberlaism, Neorealism, and World Politics by David A. Baldwin Part II. The Neoliberal Challenge and Neorealist Response 2. Coordination and Collaboration: Regimes in an Anarchic World by Arthur Stein 3. International Cooperation in Economic and Security Affairs by Charles Lipson 4. Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions by Robert Axelrod and Robert O. Keohane 5. Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism by Joseph M. Grieco Part III. Extension of the Debate 6. The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations Theory: A Critique by Helen Milner 7. Relative Gains and the Pattern of International Cooperation by Duncan Snidal 8. Absolute and Relative Gains in Internatioanl Relations Theory by Robert Powell 9. Global Communications and National Power: Life on the Pareto Frontier by Stephen D. Krasner 10. Do Relative Gains Matter? American's Response to Japanese Industrial Policy by Michael Mastanduno Part IV. Reflections on the Debate 11. Institutional Tehroy and the Realist Challenge After the Cold War by Robert O. Keohane 12. Understanding the Problem of International Cooperation: The Limits of Neoliberal Institutionalism and the Future of Realist Theory by Joesph M Grieco Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Rituals of National Loyalty An Anthropology of
Book SynopsisThis book bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed account of its working at the village level.
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Columbia University Press The Tyranny of the TwoParty System
Book SynopsisRe-examines a nineteenth-century strategy called fusion, in which a dominant-party candidate ran on the ballots of both the established party and a third party. This book concludes by analyzing the 2000 presidential election as an object lesson in the tyranny of the two-party system. It also includes suggestions for voting experiments.Trade ReviewDisch's book is strong and unique as it strays from many of the traps that plague third-party literature. Her book does not focus solely on a single party in an attempt to generalize from a unique example, nor does it fall prey to the "easy answer" syndrome: telling the reader why a third party erupted and why it could no longer retain its electoral viability. Disch presents a refreshingly unconventional take on American party history that is unique within this genre of party literature. -- Spencer Jones Congress and the Presidency Disch argues for the legal acceptibility of 'fusion' tickets in which candidates can appear on ballots as nominees of more than one party. Choice Fascinating and colorful -- Brian Doherty Reason [T]his book is a critique of the current partisan organization of American politics, its legal and institutional underpinnings, and a celebration of 'third party' alternatives to the political status quo... Disch provides both an interesting story of one reform effort and an enlightening analysis of how the status quo came to be. -- Keith E. Whittington Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Tyranny of the Two-Party System The Politics of Electoral Fusion 1994-1997 The Politics of the Two-Party System The Two-Party System: A Genealogy of a Catchphrase The Teleological Temporality of the Two-Party System Oppositional Democracy and the Promise of Electoral Fusion Beyond the Tyranny of the Two-Party System
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Columbia University Press National Collective Identity Social Constructs
Book SynopsisHall illustrates how centuries-old dynastic traditions have been replaced in the modern era by nationalist and ethnic identity movements.Trade ReviewHall's work provides an important link between international-relations theory and nationalism scholarship. Nationalism and Ethnic PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Part I. Collective Identity and International Relations Theory 1. International Relations Without Nations? 2. Social Identities and Social System 3. Identities and Social Orders: International Systems in Modern History Part II. Territorial-Sovereign Identity 4. Raison d'Etat and Territorial Sovereignty: Mercantilist Absolutism and Eighteenth-Century Imperialism 5. Territorial-Sovereign Identity and the Seven Years' War Part III. National-Sovereign Identity 6. The Emergence of National-Sovereign Identity: Revolutionary Nationalism and Reaction 7. Use and Misuse of the Principle of Nationality: The Demise of the Second Empire and the Birth of the Second Reich 8. National Sovereignty and the New Imperialism: The Global Transmission of Bourgeois-National Identity and Culture 9. "Over-the-Top" and "Over There": Status Contests Among National-Sovereigns Part IV. Conclusions and Implications 10. The Helpless Colossus: The Politics of Identity and Hopeful Nondeterminism
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Columbia University Press The Politics of Inequality
Book SynopsisSince the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. The author presents America's intellectual history to reclaim the politics of inequality from the distortion of American conservatism.Trade ReviewThis is an important and original work, subtle and sophisticated in its analysis and unique in its scope. -- Philip Green, professor of political science, New School University Thompson provides a great service in revisiting--and reviving--the tradition of seeing extreme economic inequality and democracy as incompatible. -- Daniel Brook The Nation [A] sweeping intellectual history... Recommended. CHOICETable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. The Political Dimensions of Economic Inequality 1. The Critique of Economic Inequality in Western Political Thought: The Continuity of an Idea 2. The Liberal Republic and the Emergence of Capitalism: The Political Theories of Optimism and Radicalism 3. The Transformation of American Capitalism: From Class Antagonism to Reconciliation 4. Embracing Inequality: The Reorientation of American Democracy Conclusion. Restating the Case for Economic Equality Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Mormonism and American Politics 18 Religion
Book SynopsisProminent scholars of Mormonism follow the religion’s quest for legitmacy in the United States and its intersection with American politics.Trade ReviewIt was a welcome treat to read a group of well-organized, well-written, and eminently readable essays from a diversity of distinguished authorial voices that, across the board, maintain a high level of quality. Mormonism and American Politics' nuanced contextualization of Mormonism successfully engages larger issues within U.S. religious history by means of focused, provocative case studies, making it relevant to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. -- Susanna Morrill, Lewis & Clark College This volume offers the best single collection of essays on Mormonism and American politics, a topic that is both rich and deserving of sustained scholarly treatment. -- Patrick Q. Mason, Claremont Graduate University From Joseph Smith's presidential bid and Brigham Young's theodemocracy, to Prop 8 and the Romney campaign of 2012, Mormons have engaged in a complex struggle to reconcile Latter-day Saint exceptionalism with political accommodation and legitimacy. Perhaps no faith tradition in America has been at the center of more church-state conflicts than Mormonism, and this vibrant collection of essays plumbs both past lessons and future prospects. -- Terryl Givens, author of Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought Mormonism and American Politics is the most deft, discerning, and nearly definitive book of essays about Mormons and politics ever published. The authors treat captivating facets of Mormon history-some famous, some unearthed here-with an eye-popping verve that shapes a new vista on both Mormonism and the evolving America in which it emerged. -- Jon Butler, Yale University Charting the shifting alliances and tensions between Mormonism and broader national currents, this volume offers an incisive narrative of the history of religious engagement with electoral politics. As the quintessential "outsider religion," Mormonism has danced on the knife-edge between toleration and rejection, acceptable diversity and illegitimate cult. These evocative essays trace that distinctively American dance and offer important lessons about the promise and perils of religious pluralism. -- Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Washington University The authors of these essays give genuine insight into Mormonism's political present without neglecting the significance of its past. A smart, accessible collection, it is a very good read for the academic and general public. Especially for the classroom, the volume offers an opportunity to discuss America's engagement with religion on such important themes as race, gender, majoritarian politics, religious liberty and its informal, but no less important, public counterpoint, toleration. -- Kathleen Flake, University of Virginia This timely collection integrates multiple perspectives and insights by leading scholars. The importance of Mormonism to American political life is shown here not only as a present phenomenon, but an enduring one across almost two hundred years. -- Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania The most historically informed and culturally sophisticated analysis of the subject to date... Highly recommended. Choice This is a book that lives up to its blurbs. BYU Studies Quarterly Intelligibly written and academically sound. It makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of an important religious denomination in American culture and politics while simultaneously illuminating the historical interaction and mutual impact of religious and political institutions in a democratic society. The Journal of American History The strengths of this volume is its combination of accessibility and scholarly originality. Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction, by Randall Balmer and Jana Riess Part I: Origins and Tensions 1. Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions, by Richard Lyman Bushman 2. Unpopular Sovereignty: Brigham Young and the U.S. Government, 1847-1877, by John G. Turner 3. Polygamy in the Nation's Capitol: Protestant Women and the 1899 Campaign Against B. H. Roberts, by Jana Riess 4. Eternal Progression: Mormonism and American Progressivism, by Matthew Bowman Part II: Shifting Alliances 5. Ezra Taft Benson and the Conservative Turn of "Those Amazing Mormons," by Jan Shipps 6. Testimony and Theology: The Mormon Struggle with America's Civil Religion, by Russell Arben Fox 7. Chosen Land, Chosen People: Religious and American Exceptionalism Among the Mormons, by Philip L. Barlow 8. Like Father, Unlike Son: The Governors Romney, the Kennedy Paradigm, and the Mormon Question, by Randall Balmer Part III: Into the Twenty-first Century 9. A Politically Peculiar People: How Mormons Moved into and Then out of the Political Mainstream, by David E. Campbell, Christopher F. Karpowitz and J. Quin Monson 10. "Twice-told Tale": Telling Two Histories of Mormon-Black Relations During the 2012 Presidential Election, by Max Perry Mueller 11. Mormon Women Talk Politics, by Claudia L. Bushman 12. On the "Underground": What the Mormon "Yes on 8" Campaign Reveals About the Future of Mormons in American Political Life, by Joanna Brooks 13. Mitt, Mormonism, and the Media: An Unfamiliar Faith Takes the Stage in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, by Peggy Fletcher Stack List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press Govern Like Us U.S. Expectations of Poor
Book SynopsisExplains the origins of poor governments in the formation of the modern state system and describes the way they govern.Trade ReviewM. A. Thomas is critical of our policy-rightly so-but refrains from relativism and bombast. She provides a useful contrarian perspective that is difficult to ignore. -- Michael Johnston, Colgate University In recent years, there has been a broad recognition in rich countries that poor government is a leading cause of poverty, and they have undertaken vast programs to stem corruption and dysfunctional politics. In Govern Like Us, M. A. Thomas exposes the illusions that have undergirded this effort and shows why the vast sums invested in places like Afghanistan and Iraq have yielded such meager results. This book should be required reading for anyone in the development field. -- Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University Wow. A hard-hitting analysis from a scholar/practitioner of the deep intellectual roots of the failures to create 'good governance' everywhere-and why that failure is ignored or blamed on others. A useful corrective to the conventional development wisdom. -- Lant Pritchett, Harvard University Govern Like Us delivers a thought-provoking and valuable reminder that sanctimonious insistence on moral perfection can be as self-defeating as moral indifference. -- Mark Moyar The Wall Street Journal Highly recommended. Choice Govern Like Us is a valuable guide to outsiders looking to familiarize themselves with some of the challenges of development. It also should be of great value to students, as it provides an excellent outline of the origins and operations of the neopatrimonial state and the challenges to escaping the poverty trap. -- Christopher Mitchell Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Blind Spot 2. The Governance Ideal 3. Paper Empires, Paper Countries 4. Poor Countries, Poor Governments 5. Governing Cheaply 6. The Rule of Law 7. Governance as It Is 8. A Different Conversation Notes Index
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