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Book SynopsisCurtis R. Ryan explains how Jordan weathered the turmoil of the Arab uprisings. Crossing divides between state and society, government and opposition, and struggles over elections, reform, and identity. Jordan and the Arab Uprisings is a definitive analysis of Jordanian politics before, during, and beyond the Arab Spring.Trade ReviewI know of few analysts who understand the Kingdom of Jordan better than Curtis Ryan. Here he has provided an invaluable look into how this small nation, nestled in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, has managed not only to remain stable and thrive, but to rise as a major power in the Middle East. -- Reza Aslan, author of Zealot and God: A Human HistoryJordan and the Arab Uprisings is a masterful analysis of Jordan’s domestic complexities—cultural, political, and economic—ever mindful of the impact of regional events. The description of identity politics is insightful, as is the description of issues that activate political movements. With discernment Ryan notes continuity and change as he unfolds the Jordan that exists today and provides wisdom for understanding what may follow. -- Edward "Skip" Gnehm, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 2001-2004Ryan argues that Jordan did have an uprising beginning in 2011, and that fact that it took a different path from some of the other states does not mean that Jordan was exceptional. Jordan is often treated merely as a case of “regime survival,” but Ryan unpacks how the regime maneuvered on multiple fronts during its uprising. His expertise as a scholar of both international relations and comparative politics enables him to advance an innovative argument with theoretical import well beyond a case study. -- Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College, CUNYRyan's book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of government and opposition throughout the region and the Hashemite Kingdom. Highly recommended. * Choice *Ryan’s analysis is a must-read for those interested in contentious politics, public policy, international relations of the region, and — of course — Jordanian politics. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Continuity and Change Amid the Arab Uprisings2. The Arab Spring Protests in Jordan3. Political Parties and the “Traditional” Opposition4. The Hirak and Changes in Political Activism5. Identity Politics, Real and Imagined6. Struggles Over Elections and Electoral Systems7. Rebooting Reform8. War, Refugees, and Regional Insecurity9. Jordanian Politics Beyond the Arab UprisingsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDisrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior based on a key individual predisposition—conflict orientation. Drawing on a range of original surveys and experiments, Emily Sydnor contends that the rise of incivility in political media has transformed political involvement.Trade ReviewDisrespectful Democracy is the book our field has been waiting for. By integrating the concept of "conflict orientation" into the study of why different people respond in different ways to political media, Emily Sydnor has placed political psychology exactly where it belongs: at the heart of political communication research. -- Dannagal G. Young, author of Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the U.S.Scholars, pundits, and citizens all worry about incivility in politics. Is it bad for democracy? How does it affect citizens? This book is a giant step forward in unraveling the impact of incivility. It explains how people react differently and the democratic implications of these reactions. -- James N. Druckman, Northwestern UniversityThere is much we can learn from this timely and thoughtful book. It provides a much needed deep dive into the psychological underpinnings of conflict orientation and responses to mediated incivility, revealing critical insights about their important—but previously overlooked—effects on political participation and engagement. -- Johanna Dunaway, Texas A&M UniversityWith this important contribution, Emily Sydnor untangles the complex ways that political incivility shapes political engagement, proffering important evidence that one-size-fits-all assumptions about how we react to political toxicity are misguided and misleading. A key read for anyone interested in promoting healthy democracy. -- Sarah Sobieraj, coauthor of The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New IncivilityInteresting, accessible, timely, focused, and succinct. . . . Carefully argued and methodologically sound, this volume offers fascinating insights on a topic relevant to a moment rife with disagreement, thoughtfully considering the value of both civility and incivility for the survival of democracy in the twenty-first century. * Choice *There is no doubt this volume is a game-changer for the study of political incivility; going forward, I expect that consideration of heterogeneous effects will become the norm. For scholars of political psychology and communication, as well as those looking to add new and innovative research to course syllabi, Disrespectful Democracy is highly recommended. * International Journal of Press / Politics *An important and thorough examination of conflict orientation as a key determinant of behavior in a hostile media environment. * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Integrating the Political and the Psychological2. The Political Psychology of Conflict Communication3. To Laugh or Cry? Emotional Responses to Incivility4. Choosing Outrage: Selective Exposure and Information Search5. Mimicry and Temper Tantrums: Political Discussion and Engagement6. A More Disrespectful Democracy?Appendix A: Additional Study InformationAppendix B: Statistical Models and ResultsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisSam Jackson takes readers inside the world of the most prominent antigovernment group in the United States, examining its extensive online presence to discover how it builds support for its goals and actions. He explores how Oath Keepers draws on core American values and pivotal historical moments to cast its adherents as defenders of liberty.Trade ReviewA groundbreaking study of how antigovernment extremism is reaching new audiences with fear-based stories that call supporters to vigilante action. Oath Keepers is a must-read for anyone concerned with this growing threat to the foundations of democratic governance. -- Kathleen Blee, author of Understanding Racist Activism: Theory, Methods, and ResearchJackson's meticulous research shines a much-needed light on Oath Keepers—a highly visible but little understood domestic extremist organization. Jackson delves into the complexities of the group’s rhetoric and activities, offering important insights into how extremists frame their appeal for wider audiences. An important text on the movement for years to come. -- J. M. Berger, author of ExtremismSam Jackson's Oath Keepers is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on right-wing antigovernment extremists in the United States. His concise but compelling examination of one of the major groups in the militia/patriot movement really adds to our understanding of how such groups conceptualize themselves and their cause and how their beliefs translate into action. -- Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow, Center on Extremism, Anti-Defamation LeagueJackson’s prescient analysis of antigovernment extremism couldn’t be more timely or important. Oath Keepers is an essential contribution to our understanding of the growing appeal and violent potential of ever-evolving forms of domestic extremism. -- Cynthia Miller-Idriss, author of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far RightJackson provides the most detailed examination of Oath Keepers that we have, developing our understanding of how right-wing extremist groups rhetorically use the past to further their political interests in the present. -- D. J. Mulloy, author of Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to TrumpThis book demystifies an important topic. * Choice *A well-articulated, insightful book that is beneficial to not only scholars, policymakers and practitioners focused on far right extremists, but also general readers concerned about far right groups and 'militias.'...a must read. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in the United States2. Introducing Oath Keepers3. An Operational History of Oath Keepers4. The Ongoing Struggle Over Natural Rights5. The American Revolution Redux6. “No More Free Wacos”Conclusion: The Importance of Oath KeepersAcknowledgments Appendix 1: Data and MethodsAppendix 2: Declaration of OrdersNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSam Jackson takes readers inside the world of the most prominent antigovernment group in the United States, examining its extensive online presence to discover how it builds support for its goals and actions. He explores how Oath Keepers draws on core American values and pivotal historical moments to cast its adherents as defenders of liberty.Trade ReviewA groundbreaking study of how antigovernment extremism is reaching new audiences with fear-based stories that call supporters to vigilante action. Oath Keepers is a must-read for anyone concerned with this growing threat to the foundations of democratic governance. -- Kathleen Blee, author of Understanding Racist Activism: Theory, Methods, and ResearchJackson's meticulous research shines a much-needed light on Oath Keepers—a highly visible but little understood domestic extremist organization. Jackson delves into the complexities of the group’s rhetoric and activities, offering important insights into how extremists frame their appeal for wider audiences. An important text on the movement for years to come. -- J. M. Berger, author of ExtremismSam Jackson's Oath Keepers is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on right-wing antigovernment extremists in the United States. His concise but compelling examination of one of the major groups in the militia/patriot movement really adds to our understanding of how such groups conceptualize themselves and their cause and how their beliefs translate into action. -- Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow, Center on Extremism, Anti-Defamation LeagueJackson’s prescient analysis of antigovernment extremism couldn’t be more timely or important. Oath Keepers is an essential contribution to our understanding of the growing appeal and violent potential of ever-evolving forms of domestic extremism. -- Cynthia Miller-Idriss, author of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far RightJackson provides the most detailed examination of Oath Keepers that we have, developing our understanding of how right-wing extremist groups rhetorically use the past to further their political interests in the present. -- D. J. Mulloy, author of Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to TrumpThis book demystifies an important topic. * Choice *A well-articulated, insightful book that is beneficial to not only scholars, policymakers and practitioners focused on far right extremists, but also general readers concerned about far right groups and 'militias.'...a must read. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Understanding Right-Wing Extremism in the United States2. Introducing Oath Keepers3. An Operational History of Oath Keepers4. The Ongoing Struggle Over Natural Rights5. The American Revolution Redux6. “No More Free Wacos”Conclusion: The Importance of Oath KeepersAcknowledgments Appendix 1: Data and MethodsAppendix 2: Declaration of OrdersNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisB. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and instigating the end of the caste system. In his 1948 book The Untouchables, he sought to trace the origin of Untouchability. Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is an annotated selection from this work, produced in a time when the oppression of and discrimination against Dalits remains pervasive.Trade ReviewBeef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is that rare achievement, a work that combines meticulous historical scholarship (taking account of books like D. N. Jha’s The Myth of the Holy Cow, but sharply challenging many of their conclusions) with a passionate, persuasive call to action. It argues how the onus is now on non-Dalits to take a historical view of the consumption of beef and express solidarity with Dalits and other beef eaters in India today. The editors’ selections from B. R. Ambedkar’s 1948 work The Untouchables, along with the painstaking annotations, show to us the pressing relevance of this work to contemporary India. The brilliant introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd reveals, among many eye-opening points, how Ambedkar already understood the forces that led to incidents like the suicide of Rohith Vermula in 2016. The essay by Alex George and S. Anand on Ambedkar’s theory of “The Broken Men” persuasively supports his ideas about the origins of the Untouchable caste. This is an important book that will give valuable ammunition to the forces that oppose the most glaring abuses of human rights in India today. -- Wendy Doniger, author of The Hindus: An Alternative HistoryB. R. Ambedkar rewrote the history of untouchability as the practice of social outcasting and historical violence that followed the defeat of Buddhism in ancient India, and by so doing he prioritized the social suffering and ongoing stigmatization of the Dalits, the Broken Men. This extensively annotated critical selection is a potent reminder of the audaciousness of Ambedkar's method and the insurrectionary power of his writings for our political present. -- Anupama Rao, author of The Caste Question: Dalits and Politics in Modern IndiaAmong the numerous sins of the Hindutva forces, the beef ban, which includes not only slaughtering of cattle but also possession of its meat, is the most calamitous. It is not the question of Muslims and Dalits alone, who are directly affected; it affects India’s very future. This selection from Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 1948 work, with a focus on beef eating and its implications, exposes the duplicity and falsehood of the civilizational argument on which the entire Hindutva superstructure stands. -- Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders and India’s Hidden ApartheidA huge intellectual endeavor. A labor of love! The editors’ essay on Broken Men Theory makes for a powerful and compelling argument (through Meillassoux) about Ambedkar’s fundamental critique of the sacredness of historical discourses as such, about Ambedkar’s speculative material method and his academically ‘untouchable’ hypothesis on the emergence of untouchability, about the absolutely contingent eruption of untouchability, the sheer unreason/madness of the untouchability as against the universalizable principle/truth of equality and every occurrence in history is equal and comparable to any other across time and space. -- Vaibhav Abnave, Prabuddha CollectiveI marvel at the sheer labor put into Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men. There are two kinds of annotations here: one that places Ambedkar's remarks in context, pointing to where he departs from the source material, how he works with it, the slippages in his argument, and so on. And the other, which adds and expands on information in his text. -- V. Geetha, historianAmbedkar makes a moving and completely original argument in this work to try and understand how untouchability came to be and what it became. This is enriched by the depth of the scholarship involved in setting up the critical notes. -- Uma Chakravarti, historianI applaud the spirit of this project. It unlocks a new contemporaneity that signifies a particular relationship of desire to read Ambedkar’s original text in a new, writerly way. The urgency of the annotations is derived from questions, problems and passions that belong to our times. -- Soumyabrata Choudhury, scholarTable of ContentsIntroduction: No Democracy Without Beef: Ambedkar, Identity, and Nationhood, by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdFool’s Errand: A Note on the Notes to and Selection from Ambedkar’s The Untouchables, by S. Anand and Alex GeorgeSelections from B.R Ambedkar’s The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?PrefacePart IV: New theories of the origin of Untouchability.9: Contempt for Buddhists as the root of Untouchability10: Beef-eating as the root of UntouchabilityPart V: The new theories and some hard questions11: Did the Hindus never eat beef?12: Why did non-Brahmins give up beef-eating?13: What made the Brahmins become vegetarians?14: Why should beef-eating make Broken Men Untouchable?Part VI: Untouchability and the date of its birth15: The Impure and the Untouchables16: When did Broken Men become Untouchables?The Broken Men theory: Beginnings of a Reading, by Alex George and S. AnandReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisB. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and instigating the end of the caste system. In his 1948 book The Untouchables, he sought to trace the origin of Untouchability. Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is an annotated selection from this work, produced in a time when the oppression of and discrimination against Dalits remains pervasive.Trade ReviewBeef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is that rare achievement, a work that combines meticulous historical scholarship (taking account of books like D. N. Jha’s The Myth of the Holy Cow, but sharply challenging many of their conclusions) with a passionate, persuasive call to action. It argues how the onus is now on non-Dalits to take a historical view of the consumption of beef and express solidarity with Dalits and other beef eaters in India today. The editors’ selections from B. R. Ambedkar’s 1948 work The Untouchables, along with the painstaking annotations, show to us the pressing relevance of this work to contemporary India. The brilliant introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd reveals, among many eye-opening points, how Ambedkar already understood the forces that led to incidents like the suicide of Rohith Vermula in 2016. The essay by Alex George and S. Anand on Ambedkar’s theory of “The Broken Men” persuasively supports his ideas about the origins of the Untouchable caste. This is an important book that will give valuable ammunition to the forces that oppose the most glaring abuses of human rights in India today. -- Wendy Doniger, author of The Hindus: An Alternative HistoryB. R. Ambedkar rewrote the history of untouchability as the practice of social outcasting and historical violence that followed the defeat of Buddhism in ancient India, and by so doing he prioritized the social suffering and ongoing stigmatization of the Dalits, the Broken Men. This extensively annotated critical selection is a potent reminder of the audaciousness of Ambedkar's method and the insurrectionary power of his writings for our political present. -- Anupama Rao, author of The Caste Question: Dalits and Politics in Modern IndiaAmong the numerous sins of the Hindutva forces, the beef ban, which includes not only slaughtering of cattle but also possession of its meat, is the most calamitous. It is not the question of Muslims and Dalits alone, who are directly affected; it affects India’s very future. This selection from Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 1948 work, with a focus on beef eating and its implications, exposes the duplicity and falsehood of the civilizational argument on which the entire Hindutva superstructure stands. -- Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders and India’s Hidden ApartheidA huge intellectual endeavor. A labor of love! The editors’ essay on Broken Men Theory makes for a powerful and compelling argument (through Meillassoux) about Ambedkar’s fundamental critique of the sacredness of historical discourses as such, about Ambedkar’s speculative material method and his academically ‘untouchable’ hypothesis on the emergence of untouchability, about the absolutely contingent eruption of untouchability, the sheer unreason/madness of the untouchability as against the universalizable principle/truth of equality and every occurrence in history is equal and comparable to any other across time and space. -- Vaibhav Abnave, Prabuddha CollectiveI marvel at the sheer labor put into Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men. There are two kinds of annotations here: one that places Ambedkar's remarks in context, pointing to where he departs from the source material, how he works with it, the slippages in his argument, and so on. And the other, which adds and expands on information in his text. -- V. Geetha, historianAmbedkar makes a moving and completely original argument in this work to try and understand how untouchability came to be and what it became. This is enriched by the depth of the scholarship involved in setting up the critical notes. -- Uma Chakravarti, historianI applaud the spirit of this project. It unlocks a new contemporaneity that signifies a particular relationship of desire to read Ambedkar’s original text in a new, writerly way. The urgency of the annotations is derived from questions, problems and passions that belong to our times. -- Soumyabrata Choudhury, scholarTable of ContentsIntroduction: No Democracy Without Beef: Ambedkar, Identity, and Nationhood, by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdFool’s Errand: A Note on the Notes to and Selection from Ambedkar’s The Untouchables, by S. Anand and Alex GeorgeSelections from B.R Ambedkar’s The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?PrefacePart IV: New theories of the origin of Untouchability.9: Contempt for Buddhists as the root of Untouchability10: Beef-eating as the root of UntouchabilityPart V: The new theories and some hard questions11: Did the Hindus never eat beef?12: Why did non-Brahmins give up beef-eating?13: What made the Brahmins become vegetarians?14: Why should beef-eating make Broken Men Untouchable?Part VI: Untouchability and the date of its birth15: The Impure and the Untouchables16: When did Broken Men become Untouchables?The Broken Men theory: Beginnings of a Reading, by Alex George and S. AnandReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisNira Wickramasinghe uncovers the traces of slavery in the history and memory of the Indian Ocean world, exploring moments of revolt in the lives of enslaved people in Sri Lanka in the wake of abolition. Slave in a Palanquin offers a vital new portrait of the local and transnational worlds of the colonial-era Asian slave trade in the Indian Ocean.Trade ReviewSlave in a Palanquin is one of the most remarkable and original works I have read on the history of the Indian Ocean. With her enormous scholarly gifts, Wickramasinghe endeavors to recover what she calls “fugitive lives,” a project that is as much as anything a meditation on the archive of slavery—its silences, fractures, and unexpected shards of illumination. -- Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersSlave in a Palanquin is a deft exorcism of the specter of slavery for an island whose history is often simplistically cast in terms of colonizer and colonized, or Sinhala and Tamil. It is a model treatment of the diverse forms that slavery could take in the Indian Ocean world. -- Michael Laffan, editor of Belonging Across the Bay of Bengal: Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National RightsAt once humane, lucid, intelligent, and highly innovative, this is a masterly analysis of the various regimes of slavery in Sri Lanka under both Dutch and British colonial rule, their demise, and the reasons they were forgotten. Nira Wickramasinghe has produced a major work of comparative scholarship. -- Robert Ross, author of The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa: The Kat River Settlement, 1829–1856A compellingly important work by one of Sri Lanka's best historians. Slave in a Palanquin challenges narratives of purity and authenticity on an island where murmurings about descent are far too common but where memories of enslavement have been erased. By turning to forgotten records and traces, Wickramasinghe insists on the subaltern, the resistant, and the particular. As the book proceeds, Sri Lanka moves into the center of key debates in world history about labor, memory, freedom, and power. -- Sujit Sivasundaram, author of Islanded: Britain, Sri Lanka, and the Bounds of an Indian Ocean ColonyEngaging and beautifully written. * Journal of British Studies *Highly recommended. * Choice *This ambitious book is a vital contribution that speaks to scholarship both on the Indian Ocean and global slavery. * H-Soz-Kult *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Dutch Fiscal’s Murder: Interrogating the Identity of Slaves, Blacks, and “Kaffirs”2. From Colombo to Galle: Enslaved Bodies in an Archive of Violence3. Slave in a Palanquin: Jaffna in the Early Nineteenth Century4. The Chilaw “Experiment”: Labor for Freedom5. The Plaint of an Emancipated Slave: A Play in Two Acts6. Eclipse of the Slave: Traces, HauntingsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOra Szekely draws on sources including in-depth interviews, conflict data, and propaganda distributed through social media to examine how competing narratives of the civil war in Syria have shaped the course of the conflict.Trade ReviewA wonderfully nuanced and insightful account of how struggles to dominate the fractured narrative landscape of Syria’s civil war have shaped the conduct of warring parties. As markers of how combatants define what they are fighting for and whom they are fighting against, conflicts to determine whose narratives prevail have played a crucial role in Syria’s civil war, both in understanding how violence becomes organized and in how the broader conflict is defined. A compelling case for the importance of conflict narratives, and conflicts over narratives, Szekely’s book is an important contribution to scholarship on the Syrian civil war and on civil war more broadly. It deserves to be widely read. -- Steven Heydemann, Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Professor in Middle East Studies, Smith CollegeSzekely’s fine book combines keen analytical insight with a wealth of empirical information on the Syrian civil war. She brilliantly exposes how a war of incompatible narratives—fight for dignity, against terrorism, for an Islamic state—had material consequences for the power balance on the ground by affecting recruitment, financing, and outside intervention. -- Raymond Hinnebusch, codirector, Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St. AndrewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Syrian Tragedy2. What Are We Fighting For?3. Patterns of Violence4. The YouTube WarConclusionAppendix: MethodsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an important book, combining discussions of large-scale political events with insights into their impact on individual Muslims and Muslim communities. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *This is an important book for scholars of modern Uzbekistan, and will be a worthwhile addition to student reading lists. It provides a fascinating journalistic account of an important period in modern post-Soviet politics, and will also appeal to general readers interested in the Central Asian region. For students and scholars of Islamist movements, there are also important insights into processes of religious revival and radicalization. -- David Lewis * The Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisRewrites the history of the civil rights movement, recognizing the contributions of Black women.Trade Review"[Women in the Civil Rights Movement] helps break the gender line that restricted women in civil rights history to background and backstage roles... It is an invaluable resource which helps set history straight." Julian Bond " ... the volume remains one of the best single sources currently available on the unique contributions of Black women in the desegregation movement." Manning MarableTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSEDITORS' INTRODUCTION1. Men Led, but Women Organized: Movement Participation of Women in the Mississippi Delta, by Charles Payne2. Beyond the Human Self: Grassroots Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, by Vicki Crawford3. Is This Amer? Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, by Mamie E. Locke4. Civil Rights Women: A Source for Doing Womanist Theology, by Jacquelyn Grant5. Ella Baker and the Origins of Participatory Democracy, by Carol Mueller6. Trailblazers: Women in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by Mary Fair Burks7. Septima P. Clark and the Struggle for Human Rights, by Grace Jordan McFadden8. Modjeska Simkins and the South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, 1939-1957, by Barbara A. Woods9. Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Movement, by Annette K. Brock10. The Women of Highlander, by Donna Langston11. The South Carolina Sea Island Citizenship Schools, 1957-1961, by Sandra B. Oledendorf12. The Role of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement, by Anne Standley13. Women as Culture Carriers in the Civil Rights Movement: Fannie Lou Hamer, by Bernice Johnson Reagon14. Behind the Scenes: Doris Derby, Denise Nicholas and the Free Southern Theater, by Clarissa Myrick-Harris15. A Reluctant by Persistent Warrior: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Early Civil Rights Movement, by Allida M. Black16. Methodist Women Integrate Schools and Housing, 1952-1959, by Alice G. Knotts17. And the Pressure Never Let Up: Black Women, White Women, and the Boston YWCA, 1918-1948, by Sharlene Voogd CochraneThe ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Mirandé examines the relationship of the legal system to Chicanos, emphasizing its role in the mobilization of bias against Chicanos as well as the expropriation of their land. Extensive attention is given to the development of the ‘bandito’ and gang images and the use, in changing forms, of these stereotypes to mobilize anti-Chicano relations. The book is detailed and highly instructive in the specific legal means used to deprive Chicanos of their Mexican land grants following the U.S. conquest of Mexican territory. . . . More than 325 references provide an excellent overview of materials on Chicano history and Anglo-Chicano relations, and are drawn from a wide variety of academic, historical, and popular writings on these topics.” —Choice“Gringo Justice should become part of the required reading list in Chicano Studies classes.” —Aztlan“[This is a] seminal work that will, no doubt, prompt further discussion and investigation. . . . Mirande’s . . . treatment of the technique of mobilization of bias and the role of the gangs in Chicano society and his ideas concerning theoretical perspectives for studying the Chicano are both provocative and compelling.” —Journal of American Ethnic History

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of the origins, development and rising electoral prominence of Mexico's Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). The authors discussion of how and why political parties adjust to changes in the political landscape is particularly relevant to scholars of Latin America.Trade Review“Yemile Mizrahi’s fine analysis of the PAN's evolution over the decades sheds important light on the organizational and ideological problems plaguing the party’s transformation from a longstanding opposition force to a governing party that can effectively consolidate its electoral support. This thoroughly researched and theoretically sophisticated volume is highly recommended to Mexicanists in particular and Latin Americanists in general.” —Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin"...will certainly become standard fare for students of new Mexican politics." —Latin American Research Review“...an important book....” —CHOICE“Mizrahi’s account of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has both analytical power and clear policy implications. PAN leaders would be wise to take her suggestions about party organization and rules seriously.” —Joseph Klesner, Kenyon College"...excellently argued and presented... ...essential to anyone wanting to understand the current political climate of Mexico." —Multicultural Review“Mizrahi’s findings raise important questions about the future of Mexican politics. This clearly written and convincing study is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican politics.” —Perspectives on Political Science“We still have too few excellent books on specific political parties in Latin America. Mizrahi’s admirable study of the Mexican PAN, which draws on many years of careful research, is therefore an invaluable building block in the larger effort to create an empirically sound comparative literature on parties. Through analyzing the remarkable trajectory of the PAN, the book likewise provides welcome and timely insight into contemporary Mexican politics.” —David Collier, University of California, Berkeley"The strength of this insightful work stems from the author's extensive field research in Mexico, and her contact and ultimately friendships with numerous leading politicians and businessmen engaged in wresting control of the political system long before PAN achieved success on the national level. She argues that the PAN developed numerous characteristics strengthening its ability to survive in the hostile environment the PRI created, but that the party now faces different challenges as a governing party and has not adequately met those challenges. Her major thesis is that the party's internal rules severely limit the PAN's flexibility to adapt to a more competitive environment." —The Americas, vol. 61 no. 2, October 2004

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of the origins, development and rising electoral prominence of Mexico's Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). The authors discussion of how and why political parties adjust to changes in the political landscape is particularly relevant to scholars of Latin America.Trade Review“Yemile Mizrahi’s fine analysis of the PAN's evolution over the decades sheds important light on the organizational and ideological problems plaguing the party’s transformation from a longstanding opposition force to a governing party that can effectively consolidate its electoral support. This thoroughly researched and theoretically sophisticated volume is highly recommended to Mexicanists in particular and Latin Americanists in general.” —Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin"...will certainly become standard fare for students of new Mexican politics." —Latin American Research Review“...an important book....” —CHOICE“Mizrahi’s account of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has both analytical power and clear policy implications. PAN leaders would be wise to take her suggestions about party organization and rules seriously.” —Joseph Klesner, Kenyon College"...excellently argued and presented... ...essential to anyone wanting to understand the current political climate of Mexico." —Multicultural Review“Mizrahi’s findings raise important questions about the future of Mexican politics. This clearly written and convincing study is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican politics.” —Perspectives on Political Science“We still have too few excellent books on specific political parties in Latin America. Mizrahi’s admirable study of the Mexican PAN, which draws on many years of careful research, is therefore an invaluable building block in the larger effort to create an empirically sound comparative literature on parties. Through analyzing the remarkable trajectory of the PAN, the book likewise provides welcome and timely insight into contemporary Mexican politics.” —David Collier, University of California, Berkeley"The strength of this insightful work stems from the author's extensive field research in Mexico, and her contact and ultimately friendships with numerous leading politicians and businessmen engaged in wresting control of the political system long before PAN achieved success on the national level. She argues that the PAN developed numerous characteristics strengthening its ability to survive in the hostile environment the PRI created, but that the party now faces different challenges as a governing party and has not adequately met those challenges. Her major thesis is that the party's internal rules severely limit the PAN's flexibility to adapt to a more competitive environment." —The Americas, vol. 61 no. 2, October 2004

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Book SynopsisStatehood and Union is an authoritative account of the origins of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and statehood in the Old Northwest.Trade Review"Peter Onuf brings political and constitutional history together in Statehood and Union and illustrates the importance of the ordinance in shaping the Northwest. His work should be read by all early national historians." —Jeffrey Brown, Indiana Magazine of History"Onuf writes intellectual history of a high order. His book is a thoughtful and provocative inquiry into a subject that is in need of a full-dress reevaluation." —Bernard Sheehan, The Journal of American History"Onuf explains why the ordinance came to be incorporated into the trinity of icons, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, as 'one of the title-deeds of American constitutional liberty' (from a speech by George F. Hoar). People living in other regions may not understand this, but a Midwesterner will find the resonance clear and unambiguous." —Carl Ubbelohde, The Annals of Iowa

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Book SynopsisExplores the origins and development of Argentina's two forms of nationalism by linking nationalist thought to ongoing debates over Argentine identity. Part I considers the period before 1930, examining the emergence and spread of new essentialist ideas of national identity. Part II analyses the rise of nationalist movements after 1930.Trade Review“Jeane DeLaney thoroughly succeeds in showing the impact of different kinds of nationalisms throughout the twentieth century in Argentina.” —María Rosa Olivera-Williams, author of El arte de crear lo femenino"Identity and Nationalism in Modern Argentina studies the tension between two kinds of nationalism in Argentina: ethnic nationalism and civic nationalism—and the triumph of the latter over the former. The novelty of this study is the chronological framework, from the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, that Jeane DeLaney employs. This temporal arc, which includes the violence of the last military dictatorship, is to my judgment, the most salient feature of the book." —Marisa González de Oleaga, National University of Distance Education, Madrid “Drawing on the classic virtues of intellectual history, Jeane DeLaney’s painstakingly researched history of nationalism in postcolonial Argentina explores the seeming paradox of a multi-ethnic nation in search of a homogenous ethno-national identity. Identity and Nationalism in Modern Argentina is an important contribution to the history of Argentina as well as the global history of nationalism.” —Michael Goebel, author of Argentina’s Partisan Past"In this intellectual history Delaney argues that both left- and right-wing forms of Argentine nationalism share roots in 19th-century German Romanticism, particularly in what she calls the 'organic ethno-cultural community.' . . . Delaney's genealogy of Argentine nationalisms (elitist and popular) and of a ser nacional ('national essence') spans most of the 20th century and discusses a long list of prominent intellectuals." —ChoiceThis excellent book argues that Argentine nationalism has two historical strands. A left wing, socially inclusive thread had its origins in early twentieth-century socialist and anarchist movements, and became the inspiration for mid-twentieth century (and early twenty-first century) Peronism... This is the best synthesis of nationalist thought and action I’ve read. -National Identities

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Book SynopsisExplores the origins and development of Argentina's two forms of nationalism by linking nationalist thought to ongoing debates over Argentine identity. Part I considers the period before 1930, examining the emergence and spread of new essentialist ideas of national identity. Part II analyses the rise of nationalist movements after 1930.Trade Review“Jeane DeLaney thoroughly succeeds in showing the impact of different kinds of nationalisms throughout the twentieth century in Argentina.” —María Rosa Olivera-Williams, author of El arte de crear lo femenino"Identity and Nationalism in Modern Argentina studies the tension between two kinds of nationalism in Argentina: ethnic nationalism and civic nationalism—and the triumph of the latter over the former. The novelty of this study is the chronological framework, from the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, that Jeane DeLaney employs. This temporal arc, which includes the violence of the last military dictatorship, is to my judgment, the most salient feature of the book." —Marisa González de Oleaga, National University of Distance Education, Madrid “Drawing on the classic virtues of intellectual history, Jeane DeLaney’s painstakingly researched history of nationalism in postcolonial Argentina explores the seeming paradox of a multi-ethnic nation in search of a homogenous ethno-national identity. Identity and Nationalism in Modern Argentina is an important contribution to the history of Argentina as well as the global history of nationalism.” —Michael Goebel, author of Argentina’s Partisan Past"In this intellectual history Delaney argues that both left- and right-wing forms of Argentine nationalism share roots in 19th-century German Romanticism, particularly in what she calls the 'organic ethno-cultural community.' . . . Delaney's genealogy of Argentine nationalisms (elitist and popular) and of a ser nacional ('national essence') spans most of the 20th century and discusses a long list of prominent intellectuals." —ChoiceThis excellent book argues that Argentine nationalism has two historical strands. A left wing, socially inclusive thread had its origins in early twentieth-century socialist and anarchist movements, and became the inspiration for mid-twentieth century (and early twenty-first century) Peronism... This is the best synthesis of nationalist thought and action I’ve read. -National Identities

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Book SynopsisGrodsky examines the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes in postcommunist Poland, Croatia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan ,and a broad range of post-conflict policy making. Trade Review“Brian K. Grodsky seeks to understand the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes and, by implication, a broad range of post-conflict policy making. He develops and empirically evaluates a theoretical framework, relying on extensive original primary research and cross-national fieldwork—all things that have traditionally been lacking in much of the relevant transitional justice literature, until recently. The Costs of Justice is situated on the cutting edge of the field.” —David Backer, The College of William & Mary"An insightful, profound, and conceptually innovative analysis of the daunting challenges encountered by the new democracies in their endeavors to confront the traumatic past. Grodsky's comparative approach allows him to highlight similarities and differences between states, institutions, and elites engaged in pursuing political and moral justice. A most valuable contribution to the major ongoing debate on the relationship between democracy, history, memory, and justice." —Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland“The Costs of Justice: How Leaders Respond to Previous Rights Abuses . . . provides an innovative study of the process by which governments decide which transitional justice policies to adopt. Grodsky makes an interesting contribution to the field of transitional justice, by focusing on the domestic dimensions, and power play that affect and often define justice policy-making in transitional societies. Furthermore, the author does a commendable job at highlighting the similarities and differences between all four states in their attempts to come to terms with their past and carry out justice.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies“While attempts to understand, or evaluate, the social and political effects of transitional justice policies have also attracted growing interest from a wide array of academic disciplines, from political science and law to sociology and psychology, Grodsky seeks to bring methodological clarity to attempts to explain transitional justice.” —International Journal of Transitional Justice“A truly international comparative history, with a clear explanatory model that can be tested in other regions of the world that have undergone often wrenching post-totalitarian changes with the demise of the Cold War. . . This work deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone who studies transitional justice, for it will be cited by forthcoming works in the field for years to come.” —Human Rights Review Online“This is an important new book that will be of major interest to those engaged in the study of transitional justice as well as scholars and practitioners working in the related literatures of political science, human rights, and democratization.” —International Studies Review

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Book SynopsisGuillermo O''Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of critiques of democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, the authoritarian legacy hangs as a shadow over that advancement. O''Donnell engages in his analysis while keeping a firm gaze on that dangerous past.O''Donnell''s work has influenced a generation of political scientists. The essays in this volume bring forward and develop many of the ideas presented in his earlier collection, Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and DemocracyTrade Review“In this book, the well-known, highly influential Latin Americanist O'Donnell examines the challenges faced by third-wave democracies in Latin America (and beyond) and those who purport to study and understand them . . . brings together in one volume the insights of a political scientist who worked and lived through some of the worst moments in Latin America's recent past and understands the necessity of holding new democracies accountable if they are to avoid a return to authoritarianism.” —Choice“In this sequel to Counterpoints, O'Donnell continues his comparative analysis of democracies that have emerged in Latin America in the shadow of authoritarianism. This influential Latin American political scientist tempers neoliberal theories that conflate the state with its bureaucracies with essays on the factors that make for different degrees of legality and 'horizontal accountability' of fledgling democracies.” —Research Book News“One of Latin America’s most influential political scientists brings together a collection of his recent essays. This volume includes his essays on democratic theory, accountability, the rule of law, and the role of the state in new democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, legacies of authoritarianism and social inequality hang as shadows over that advancement. O’Donnell, whose work has influenced a generation of political scientists, engages in analysis while keeping a firm gaze on the dangers and challenges that lie ahead.” —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment“In an era where the term ‘democracy’ carries enormous normative weight but is thrown around all too easily, a careful analysis of the social and legal structures that support a true democracy is certainly in order. O’Donnell’s analytical framework is solid and thorough, and his application of this overarching scheme to the particular case of Latin America reveals interesting avenues for further research, policy, and activism.” —Journal of International Law and Politics"For many years, O'Donnell has explored the various ways in which the democracies of Latin America—many of them new—failed to meet expectations held out for them by citizens, analysts, and political actors. The articles collected here represent some of the very best thinking by an author who remains one of the most creative and insightful political theorists, whose work is deeply grounded in empirical observation, whose ideas are consistently robust, and whose reflections can be both provocative and of great practical use." —Charles D. Kenney, University of Oklahoma

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the coexistence of crony capitalism and traditionally democratic institutions such as political competition and elections in Russia after the collapse of communism. Trade Review"Gulnaz Sharafutdinova explores the development of crony capitalism in Russia, based on the contrasting cases of Tatarstan and Nizhnii Novgorod. She argues that the corruption which accompanied the market transition seeped over into electoral politics, and was a major factor in undermining popular support for democratic institutions. This finding is a challenge to transition theory, which posits that democracy and capitalism work hand-in-hand. Few scholars have tackled the question of exactly how and why Russian democracy eroded as quickly as it sprang up. Sharafutdinova's book is an important contribution to that debate." —Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University“This is one of the most interesting and well argued books I have read recently on the question of democracy in Russia, and its bold thesis is likely to appeal well beyond students of Russia to the much larger number of readers (and students) interested in general questions of democratization and problems of corruption.” —Henry Hale, George Washington University"This well-argued and convincingly documented book will be of interest to scholars of Russian politics, and corruption more broadly, as well as to policymakers interested in getting an overview of the logic of the Yeltsin years and the Putin response." —Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan“Sharafutdinova’s research is a comprehensive examination of how crony capitalism influences the Russian landscape. The author summarizes the nature and origins of post-Communist crony capitalism through a comparison of two major cases—Nizhnii Novgorod and the Republic of Tatarstan. . . . Sharafutdinova provides a valuable comparative analysis on the subjects of corruption and democracy during the Boris Yeltsin and Putin eras.” —Choice“Sharafutdinova provides an elegant answer to the question of why Putin continues to command such popular support despite the regime’s pervasive corruptness . . . . Sharafutdinova’s study drives home the point that the 1990s were never as democratic as often claimed, and the international community needs to reconsider the link between a crony capitalism and democratic institutions if it hopes to encourage successful political liberalization in the future.” —The Russian Review“In her Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism, Sharafutdinova identifies a similar pattern at the regional level, whereby interests of cronies undermine the leadership’s policies . . . She reinvents the notion of cronyism and views it as a definitive in the nature of Russia capitalism.” —International Affairs“Gulnaz Sharafutdinova has written an excellent book on the political economy of post-Soviet Russia that will have implications for our understanding of many other countries, as well. . . . she argues that ‘crony capitalism’ undermines both democracy and governing capacity. The book defines crony capitalism, shows where it comes from, and investigates its political impact, based on case studies of two Russian regions, a statistical examination of 40 regions, a case study of Russia as a whole, and finally a comparison of several post-communist states.” —Political Science Quarterly“. . . a stimulating book. It forces the reader to reconsider western conceptions of elections, emphasizing how the context in which elections operate can make all the difference . . . the book should interest not only scholars seeking to better understand recent trends in Russian politics but also those interested in the comparative study of democratization and regime change.” —Slavic Review

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Book SynopsisAn assessment of the ways in which the government has failed to protect our youngest generation from toxic exposure and harm, and what can be done to correct these failures now.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Part I. Diagnoses Introduction to Part I Chapter 1. Predicates Chapter 2. The Rise of Special-Interest Conservatism Chapter 3. Battered-Agency Syndrome Chapter 4. Corporations and the Commons Part II. Symptoms Introduction to Part II Chapter 5. Mercury Case Study Chapter 6. Perchlorate Case Study Chapter 7. Ozone Case Study Part III. Cures Introduction to Part III Chapter 8. A Question of Values Chapter 9. New Government Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWeston Agor’s carefully documented analysis of the organization and workings of the Chilean Senate is the first of its kind and fills a long-standing need in the comparative study of the internal structure of legislative bodies.Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Decisional Role of the Senate in the Chilean Political System 2. Autonomy of Senate Committees 3. Ranking of Senate Committees 4. Recruitment and Stability of Committee Membership 5. The Presidency of Standing Committees 6. Legislative and Party Leadership 7. Formal and Informal Rules 8. Conclusion Epilogue Appendix A: List of Senate Interviews Appendix B: Comments and Questionnaire Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the second Bush administration's misguided management of foreign policy, the legacy of which has been seven major - and almost irresolvable - national security crisesTrade Review"A concise, well-written, and thoroughly documented account of how our country lost its moorings over the last decade, Unending Crisis is a must read for all concerned about the role of the United States in a changing world." Lt. General (USA, Ret.) Robert Gard, former president of the National Defense University "A book of solid good sense and keen vision from one of our most experienced, dedicated diplomats." Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb and The Twilight of the Bombs "Ambassador Graham has written an authoritative and detailed account of the tortuous international negotiations over nuclear policy and how opportunities were squandered." General Lord Charles Guthrie, former chief of the UK Defence Staff "Political leaders and all those seeking to understand the complex history of nuclear diplomacy and attempts to limit the proliferation of weapons should read this book." Sir Ronald Grierson, chairman, Blackstone International Advisory BoardTable of ContentsForeword by Hans Blix Acknowledgments Introduction 1. North Korea 2. Iran 3. Afghanistan 4. Pakistan 5. Iraq 6. Palestine 7. The Rule of Law 8. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 9. The Arab Spring Conclusion Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.Trade Review"This is a chilling account of deceit, corruption and murder at the highest levels of power in Pakistan, an American ally. A carefully researched and compelling tale of tragedy masked as a government." -- Tom Brokaw"Muñoz has written a brilliant, incisive and page turning book—the last word on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. The murder of Benazir Bhutto shook a nation and the world but until now there has never been an authoritative explanation as to how and why she died. Muñoz comes closest to identifying those guilty of her untimely and tragic death, guiding us through the enigma and chaos that is Pakistan and the double dealing that sustains the tortured relationship between that country and the United States." -- Ahmed Rashid, author of Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan"Like some of history’s other high-profile assassinations, including that of John F. Kennedy, the killing of Benazir Bhutto remains cloaked in rumor, speculation, and suspicion. Heraldo Muñoz and his colleagues found skeletons in many closets, smoking guns in many hands…The story of their search makes for a gripping read, but far more valuable are the insights Muñoz elicits about the nature of Pakistani society and its political culture." -- Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan"One opens this book to learn more about what lay behind the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto and is immediately drawn into its context—the turbulence of Pakistan’s politics and international relations going back to the foundation of the state. The book is essential reading for all who want to understand more about the state of Pakistan and the fate of one of its most talented daughters." -- Helen Clark, administrator of UNDP and former prime minister of New Zealand

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Book SynopsisExamines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections — a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term 'gendered vulnerability'.

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Book SynopsisBy examining the “double narrative of capitalism”, Supritha Rajan’s A Tale of Two Capitalisms traces how certain values and practices were segregated from the dominant model of capitalism, not only through the secularization of political economy as a discipline but also by anthropology, which theorized “sacrifice” or “ritual” in the context of “primitive” society.Trade ReviewWinner: 23rd Annual Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book“Working at the intersection of political economy, anthropology and literature, this richly erudite book deftly shows how nineteenth-century writers across disciplines made the sacred and the economic into opposites and unrecognized doubles of each other. The result is a truly original argument about capitalism in nineteenth-century Britain and a fresh account of the emergence of Victorian anthropology as a discipline, one that considers not only its relationship to political economy, but also to the novel.”—Kathy Psomiades, Duke University“Supritha Rajan establishes a new way of understanding the complex interrelations among nineteenth-century literature, anthropology, and political economy. With a commanding sweep of scholarship, past and present, and a fruitfully integrative grasp of theory, A Tale of Two Capitalisms will have a transformative impact on current debates in the field.”—Mary Jean Corbett, Miami University“A Tale of Two Capitalisms is a major contribution to the intellectual history of modernity and of how we understand capitalism and its ideological sidekick, economics. While literature is one of its concerns, it traces the complex, often neglected interplay between nineteenth-century anthropology and economics. The author’s knowledge of the history of these two social sciences is very impressive.”—Patrick Brantlinger, Indiana University“Rajan skillfully unearths and recreates the discursive and intellectual archeology of the concepts she examines. This enables her to explain with great precision the different ways that nineteenth-century theorists constructed and used these concepts. Rajan takes her readers into the internal logic of these terms so that we can see how they are reshaped and refigured according to the complex and competing needs each concept serves, including the moral and ideological agendas of the theorist, developments within the disciplines of anthropology and economics, and specific historical changes and pressures.”—Claudia Klaver, Syracuse University

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Book SynopsisExplores how dictators design elections and what consequences those elections have on political order. The book argues that strong autocrats who can effectively garner popular support through extensive economic distribution become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies.Trade Review“This book is an outstanding contribution to the field. It informs our understanding of a variety of understudied features of authoritarian rule, including the reasons why fraud varies across autocracies, why dictatorships have different electoral rules, the tradeoffs dictatorships must consider in their election strategies, and the consequences their choices have for authoritarian survival.”— Erica Frantz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University“Masaaki Higashijima’s book is an ambitious an important contribution to the study of electoral authoritarianism. Marshalling detailed cross-national comparisons and rich case studies, the book expands on the dilemmas that autocracies face with regard to elections and the key role of popular mobilization. The book provides new perspectives into an autocrat’s decision about how much to manipulate elections, and importantly about when electoral manipulation strengthens autocracy rather than undermines it.”— Yonatan L. Morse, University of ConnecticutTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transliteration Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Puzzles and Arguments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A Theory of Autocratic Elections Part II: Cross-National Explorations Chapter 3: Blatant Electoral Fraud Chapter 4: Institutional Manipulation Chapter 5: Economic Maneuvering Chapter 6: Backfiring at the Ballot Box Part III: Comparative Case Studies Chapter 7: From Electoral Manipulation to Economic Maneuvering: Nazarbaev’s Kazakhstan Chapter 8: From Electoral Manipulation to Autocratic Breakdown: Akaev’s Kyrgyzstan Chapter 9: Conclusion References Appendix

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Book SynopsisToday, political leaders and candidates for office must campaign in a multi-media world not only through the traditional media forums, but also through new digital media, particularly social media. This volume chronicles how Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, email, and memes are used successfully and unsuccessfully to influence elections.Table of Contents Introduction - David Taras Chapter 1: Owning Identity: Struggles to Align Voters during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina; Shannon McGregor, University of Utah; and Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon Chapter 2: Trending Politics: How the Internet has Changed Political News Coverage Kevin Wagner, Florida Atlantic University, and Jason Gainous, University of Louisville Chapter 3: Feminism, Social Media and Political Campaigns: Justin Trudeau and Sadiq Khan Kaitlyn Mendes, University of Leicester and Diretman Dikwal-Bot, De Montfort University Chapter 4: A Women’s Place is in the (U.S. ) House: An analysis of issues women candidates discussed on Twitter in 2016 and 2018 Congressional elections Heather K. Evans, University of Virginia’s College at Wise Chapter 5: Two Different Worlds; The gap between the interests of voters and the media in Canada in the 2019 Federal Election Chris Waddell, Carleton University Chapter 6: The Agenda building power of Facebook and Twitter: The Case of the 2018 Italian General Election Sara Bentivegna, University of Rome, Rita Marchetti and Anna Stanziano, University of Perugia Chapter 7: “Many thanks for your support”: Email Populism and the People’s Party of Canada Brian Budd and Tamara Small, University of Guelph Chapter 8: Benjamin Netanyahu and online campaigning in Israel’s 2019 and 2020 elections Michael Keren, University of Calgary Chapter 9: Stabbed democracy: How social media and home views made a populist president in Brazil Francisco Brandao, University of Brasilia Chapter 10: Memes; a New emerging logic: Evidence from the 2019 British General Election Rosalynd Southern, The University of Liverpool Chapter 11: Populists and social media campaigning in Ukraine: The Election of Volodymyr Zelensky Larisa Doroshenko, Northeastern University Chapter 12: The changing face of political campaigning in Kenya Martin Ndlela, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Chapter 13: Social media as strategic campaign tool: Austrian political parties use of social media over time Uta Russman, FH Wien University of Applied Sciences Chapter 14: “Many thanks for your support”: Email Populism and the People’s Party of Canada Chris Wells, Blake Wertz, Li Zhang, and Rebecca Auger, Boston University Conclusion - Richard Davis

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Book SynopsisFlips the script on communication disability, positioning the unruly, disabled speaker at the centre of analysis to challenge the belief that more communication is unquestionably good. Joshua St Pierre brings together the dysfluent speaker, the talking head, and the troll to show how speech is made cheap to meet the inhuman needs of capital.Trade Review“St. Pierre has produced a work that is philosophically and theoretically rich while remaining accessible to a wide range of readers. The book’s careful attention to non-normative modes of communication and exchange works to push past the boundaries of liberal humanist understandings of intelligibility and inclusion towards radically new spaces of political belonging.”— Anne McGuire, University of TorontoTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction. Stuttering, Trolls, and Talking Heads One. Putting Fluency to Work Two. Controlling Communication Three. Becoming Talking Heads Four. Stuttering Parrhesia Coda. Rehabilitation Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the opportunities and constraints confronted by historically marginalized communities as they attempt to become more politically integrated in America’s national political institutions . . . This book will stand alone as the most comprehensive study of Latino representation in the U.S. Congress."" - Luis Fraga, University of Notre Dame""This book makes a very nice contribution to the literature on Latino representation by showing that, even though it is sometimes difficult to see measurable results from formal legislative activity, Latino representatives are still essential. Through analysis of less formal actions of representation such as debate, committee hearings, and communication with constituents, Wilson demonstrates the importance of Latino legislators to the political inclusion and incorporation of Latinos."" - Stella Rouse, University of Maryland

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Book SynopsisAlthough the US Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received little scholarly attention. This volume documents the changes in intercameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades.Trade ReviewThis book brings to the forefront an important—yet significantly understudied—issue in legislative decision making: post passage politics. This book offers the most comprehensive investigation of that topic to date, and the authors' arguments provide a creative and insightful explanation for how and why policy changes after initial passage."" - Nathan Monroe, University of California, Merced""A comprehensive look at a timely and important topic in Congress…makes a substantial contribution both by linking the conference committee changes carefully to broad patterns in congressional politics and by bringing new data to bear on the causes and consequences of the changes."" - Scott Meinke, Bucknell University

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Book SynopsisTraditional accounts of the 1787 Constitutional Convention gloss over the complicated coalition politics that produced important compromises. Founding Factions helps us understand the nature of shifting majorities and how they created the American government.

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Book SynopsisAlthough partisan polarization gets much of the attention in political science scholarship about Congress, members of Congress represent diverse communities around the country. Home Field Advantage demonstrates the importance of this understudied element of American congressional elections and representation.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1. Introduction CHAPTER 2. Sharing Space: Local Roots and the Representational Relationship CHAPTER 3. Rediscovering Roots: New Empirical Perspectives on Local Backgrounds CHAPTER 4. Beyond Partisanship: Outperforming the Party Label With Shared Local Identity CHAPTER 5. Cultivating the Grassroots: Expanding Electoral Support Across Constituencies CHAPTER 6. Power of the Personal: Local Roots and Campaign Spending CHAPTER 7. The Talk of the Town: Local and Partisan Communication Styles CHAPTER 8. Is All Politics Still Local? Local Roots in Historical Perspective CHAPTER 9. Shifting Boundaries: Political Geography, Redistricting, and Local Roots CHAPTER 10. What’s Next? Concluding Thoughts and New Directions in the Study of Local Roots Appendix References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFrom al Qaeda to Christian militias to insurgents in Iraq, a strident religious activism has seized the imaginations of political rebels around the world. This book provides a road map through this complex religious terrain. It puts a human face on conflicts that have become increasingly abstract.Trade Review"[An] insightful and ambitious new book." Intl Journal Of Comparative SociologyTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellion 1. The Religious Challenge to the Secular State 2. The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle East 3. Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asia 4. Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, Asia, and the United States 5. Transnational Networks: Global Jihad 6. The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global War Notes List of Interviews Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about modern Chinese history by reading a marginalized set of materials from a widely neglected period? This book captures the ingenuity of a journal that captures the chaotic potentialities within China's early Republic and its global twentieth century.Trade Review"Judge sheds light on how women's lives were lived and conceptualized in the economically advanced cities of the new Chinese Republic ... Republican Lens offers a complex portrait of Chinese urban life in the second decade of the 20th century... Highly Recommended." CHOICE connect "Overall, Republican Lens offers a beautifully illustrated and thoroughly detailed look into the print world of the time, and it is impossible to deny Judge's meticulous scholarship and clear passion for her subject." BRILL Journal

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Book SynopsisSince the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s.Trade Review"Masterfully written... provides a superb analysis of exile and exilic societies." Anarchist Studies

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Book SynopsisEdmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. This book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the new world, India, or Ireland.Trade Review"O'Neill's analysis is a model of scholarship at its best: immersed in both original and secondary sources, cogently argued, and comprehensive in scope." -- E.J. Eisenach Choice

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Book SynopsisHow we lost control of the internetand how to win it back. The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not inevitable. The Gentrification of the Internet argues that much like our cities, the internet has become gentrified, dominated by the interests of business and capital rather than the interests of the people who use it. Jessa Lingel uses the politics and debates of gentrification to diagnose the massive, systemic problems blighting our contemporary internet: erosions of privacy and individual ownership, small businesses wiped out by wealthy corporations, the ubiquitous paywall. But there are still steps we can take to reclaim the heady possibilities of the early internet. Lingel outlines actions that internet activists and everyday users can take to defend and secure more protections for the individual and to carve out more spaces of freedom for the peoplenot businessesonline.Trade Review“The Gentrification of the Internet presents an accurate and accessible description of the current power imbalances taking place online. It pushes activists and users alike to start acting now and provides realistic examples and suggestions moving forward.” * Information & Culture *"In a moment of increasing nihilism about the role of the internet and the ability of regular people to resist a descent into a technology-driven dystopia, The Gentrification of the Internet offers a starting point for action, grounded in the reality of gentrification activism with proven results." * Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Gentrification Online and Off 2. The People and Platforms Facebook Left Behind 3. The Big Problems of Big Tech 4. The Fight for Fiber 5. Resistance List of Resources Glossary Sources and Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisEvents leading up to an early 19th century emancipation of CatholicsThis book examines how England was still barring Catholics from politics during the 1800s. Catholic Emancipation: A Shake to Men''s Minds traces the events that led to the election of Daniel O''Connell and an attempt to change the law. Though the English king was opposed to the changes, O''Connell was allowed to serve in the Commons beginning in 1829. The author looks at this political emancipation in relation to other issues of the era, such as calls for parliamentary reform, the shifting influence of the monarchy, and Irish nationalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction; trials of a soldier turned politician; the turning point; search for a solution; Ireland on the brink; Protestant protests; Le roi le veut.

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Book SynopsisBritain has been a member of the European Community since the start of 1973, but it is only recently, with the publicity given to the plans for the creation of the single market in 1992, and the role of the community in environmental and social policies, that the mass of the population of Britain have begun to notice the possibilities that membership holds. Mrs Thatcher''s government has played down and resisted the increased integration that seems to be taking place in Europe, but it is unlikely that Britain can stand apart from this process much longer.Table of ContentsEuropean integration; the policy of the British state; party politics and European integration; the effects of EC membership.

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Book Synopsisaeo An up--to--date critical overview of communism in the period since World War II. aeo Offers the first comparative assessment of world communism since the disintegration of the USSR. aeo Examines the tension between communism as a set of ideas and communism as a form of economic and social organization.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Movement's Turning Point. 2. Cold War and Colonial Revolution. 3. Destalinisation. 4.'Peaceful Co-Existence' and Schism. 5. Orthodox Communism 1963-1970. 6. Indian Summer 1970-1981. 7. The Amazed Evangelist. Biographical Notes. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Maps.

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Book SynopsisSpin doctor, soundbite, press secretary, digital, global village, cool Britannia. Politics today is saturated with the jargon and buzzwords of the mass media. How important are they for the way we are governed? How can the ever-expanding impact of the media be controlled? In this up-to-the-minute book, a group of Britain''s best-known journalists and media analysts tackle one of the most testing issues facing the nation in the next century. Each essay focuses on the central role of newspapers, broadcasting and information technology in our political life. Peter Riddell shows how the demands of the press and broadcasting have drained Parliament of much of its democratic purpose. Tony Wright gives a fascinating insider''s account of the politician-journalist nexus. Andrew Graham points to the monopolistic pressures of the new technology. Colin Seymour-Ure discusses the effects of the end of the party-political allegiances of newspapers. Philip Schlesinger considers the impact oTable of ContentsIntroduction: Jean Seaton. 1. Members and Millbank: The Media and Parliament: Peter Riddle. 2. Inside the Whale: The Media from Parliament: Tony Wright MP. 3. Broadcasting Policy and the Digital Revolution: Andrew Graham. 4. Themes and Threnodies in Contemporary Satire: Martin Rowson. 5. Are the Broadsheets Becoming Unhinged?: Colin Seymour-Ure. 6. Scottish Devolution and the Media: Phillip Schlesinger. 7. Dumbing Down or Reaching Out: Is It Tabloidisation wot done It?: Steve Barnett. 8. Monarchy and the Message: Ben Pimlott. 9. Judging the Media: Political Impartiality and Broadcasting: Eric Barendt. 10. A Fresh Look at Freedom of Speech: Jean Seaton.

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Book SynopsisHyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation emphasizing the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan. He shows that the Korean state was formed far later with influences from throughout Northern Asia.Trade ReviewPai takes an archeological perspective on how the Korean identity has been destroyed, altered, and rewritten. She explores the need for Koreans to reclaim their racial-national identity. She explores Korea's need for identity through the facts and arguments of social migration, ethnic diffusion, parallel evolution, and cultural trade and theft...This is an interesting book, at times quite provocative...[and] loaded with revealing facts...[Pai] has produced a studied research, a solid reference source that could be used in an activist's argument on Korean issues of identity. -- Bill Drucker * Korean Quarterly *This major contribution to both intellectual history and archaeology traces and analyzes the stories fashioned by Japanese colonial scholars and Korean nationalists to account for Korean origins. Theoretically sophisticated, widely read, and armed with a fine sense of irony, [Pai] shows how, despite themselves, Korean nationalists accepted concepts developed by their Japanese predecessors, and how efforts to fashion a common ancestry to serve as the basis for a shared postcolonial national identity continue in both Koreas today...[Pai] goes beyond discussing the evidence or lack of same for various theories, and offers her own eminently cogent interpretation of cultural interaction with China and state formation. -- C. Schirokauer * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this volume seek to approach the May Fourth movement of 1919 from novel perspectives and contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. The essays are centered on the intellectual and cultural/historical motivations and practices behind May Fourth discourse.

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Book SynopsisFew institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. Ruoff analyzes numerous issues, stressing the monarchy's postwarness rather than its traditionality.Trade ReviewRuoff is a clear-eyed observer of the post-occupation battle for Japan’s soul that pitted left against right over issues such as constitutional revision, the reign-names system and the authenticity of the national foundation myth. In doing so, he breaks down the all-too-prevalent tendency to view Japanese politics, of the immediate postwar and present, as monolithic and staunchly conservative. -- Victoria James * New Statesman *The People’s Emperor is certain to be one of the most-discussed books of the coming year. * International Herald Tribune/Asahi News Service *This intriguing and rewarding monograph examines the manner in which the Emperor system has been reinvented in postwar Japan to reflect and reinforce democratic values. Kenneth Ruoff successfully challenges some prevailing myths and stereotypes about modern Japan and helpfully unravels distorting monolithic images about right-wing politics. His interesting discussion of constitutional controversies and key issues that expose cross-cutting political cleavages provocatively recasts the political landscape, clarifies some of the paradoxes of the polity and demonstrates that civil society is neither as anemic or stagnant as some writers suggest. -- Jeff Kingston * Japan Times *A stimulating analysis of the contemporary Japanese monarchy. -- Philippe Pons * Le Monde *Kenneth J. Ruoff’s scholarly yet lucid account of the emperor’s role in post-war Japanese society is a timely addition to the literature on this intriguing institution. It also provides a fascinating insight into post-war Japan’s political struggles… This is an excellent work of accessible history. Sensitive to the nuances of an enigmatic political culture, it is perhaps best recommended for those already with an interest in Japan. -- Ed Wright * South China Morning Post *[A] remarkable book… An even-handed, astute and often entertaining account of the Japanese monarchy in the latter half of the 20th century. -- Velisarios Kattoulas * Far Eastern Economic Review *Ruoff’s book is a fine study with appeal well beyond academe. -- Richard Read * Oregonian *Ruoff argues that the myth of the Japanese monarch was invented to preserve the imperial system in the postwar era after the WWII defeat… Ruoff argues that Hirohito was more actively involved in the decision making in the wartime military government than has been thought. What is new is that Ruoff describes the evolution of the monarch in the postwar period—the monarchy’s efforts to transform itself from a once-sacrosanct throne into a ‘monarchy of the masses,’ especially by Hirohito’s son, Emperor Akihito… [This is] a fine study of the Japanese postwar imperial system. -- M. Itoh * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe founding fathers emphasized a system in which the people were allowed to play only a limited role. Radical democrats insisted that the people, and only the people, should rule. Anthony King shows how this initial conflict has played out in the turmoil of our nation's public life, and he offers a way to address it.Trade ReviewA fresh, interesting, wide-ranging interpretation of U.S. politics and political history. -- David R. Mayhew, Yale UniversityFollowing in the distinguished tradition of foreigners who have helped Americans think about how they govern themselves, Tony King has produced a beautifully crafted and deliciously thought-provoking extended essay on the many puzzles of American politics emanating from the tensions between constitutionalism and democracy. In his signature empirical and nonjudgmental fashion, King identifies paradoxes and raises questions that are certain to provoke discussion and debate on this side of the Atlantic. -- Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution

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