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Book SynopsisHow is peace built at the local level? Covering three Lebanese municipalities with striking sectarian diversity, Saida, Bourj Hammoud and Tyre, this book investigates the ways in which local service delivery, local interactions and vertical relationships matter in building peace. Using the stories and experiences of municipal councillors, employees and civil society actors, it illustrates how local activities and agencies are performed and what it means for local peace in Lebanon. Through its analysis, the book illustrates what the practice of peacebuilding can look like at the local level and the wider lessons - both practical and theoretical - that can be drawn from it.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Theorizing Local Peacebuilding 2. Lebanese Municipalities, Centralized Peacebuilding and Possibilities for Change 3. Service Delivery: Providing for Local Needs 4. Local Interactions: Formal and Informal Everyday Interactions 5. Vertical Relationships: Connecting the Local to the National and Global Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn this new work, two leading political scientists reassess the shifting fortunes of the Whitehall model of governance - and find it wanting. As we prepare to enter the twenty-first century, it has become clear that the model now has much less currency abroad as well as in the UK. The neo-liberal assaults of Thatcherism and the political drift of the Major years has meant that whereas, previously, 'Whitehall' symbolized a synergy between the political leadership and the permanent bureaucracy, it now evokes images of executive disarray and the subservience of career civil servants to the (often faddish) will of their political masters.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Preface. 1. The Force of the Whitehall Model in the World of Executive - Bureaucratic Politics. 2. Bureaucrats and Politicians in Britain: The Model Breaks. 3. Executive Leadership in the Age of Minimalism: A Comparative Perspective. 4. Leadership under Thatcher and Major and the Legacy of Neo-Liberalism. 5. The Decline of Coherence and Consistency as Political-Administrative Goals: A Comparative Perspective. 6. A Paragon Lost?. 7. Whither Accountability?. 8. The Post-Whitehall Era. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis collection provides scholars and students with a wide-ranging overview of the issues, events and personalities of the two turbulent decades before the 1917 revolution in Russia.Trade Review"Indisputably strong on authoritative summary and historiographical orientation ... Anna Geifman comes up with thought-provoking fresh insights." (The Russian Review)Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Radical Socialists. 1. The Mensheviks (Andre Liebich). 2. The Bolsheviks (Robert C. Williams). 3. The Bund in the Russian-Jewish Historical Landscape (Alexander Lokshin). 4. Neo-Populism in Early Twentieth-Century Russia: The Socialist-Revolutionary Party from 1900 to 1917 (Michael Melancon). Part II: The Other Adversaries. 5. The Anarchists and the "Obscure Extremist" (Anna Geifman). 6. National Minorities in the Russian Empire, 1897-1917 (Theodore Weeks). Part III: "The Loyal Opposition" and the Russian Right. 7.The State Duma: A Political Experiment (John Morison). 8. Liberalism and Democracy: The Constitutional Democratic Party (Melissa Stockdale). 9. The Union of 17 October (Dmitrii Pavlov). 10. Hopeless Symbiosis: Power and Right-Wing Radicalism at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (Aleksandr Bokhanov). Part IV: The Establishment. 11. The Security Police and Politics in the Late Imperial Russia (Jonathan Daly). 12 Legislative Chamber History Overlooked: The State Council of the Russian Empire, 1906-1917 (Alexandra Koros). 13 Church and Politics in Late Imperial Russia: Crisis and Radicalization of the Clergy (Gregory Freeze). Index.

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Book SynopsisA detailed historiographical examination of the role the Ovimbundu people have played in Angolan politics from Portuguese colonization to the present. Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present argues that the Ovimbundu of central Angola have been key players in the history of modern Angola. The work focuses on the tensions between the centralising forces of the state and the pull of local, regional and ethnic tendencies which have characterised the modern history of Angola. The study begins with a chapter which highlights the relationship between relatively weak pre-colonial Ovimbundu statesystems and the autonomous local economic, political and social institutions that functioned in the villages. The chapter also looks at how both state and local systems adapted to the commercial, political and cultural imperativesof industrializing Europe and America. The subsequent chapters explore the emergence and transformation of the Portuguese colonial state in central Angola, including issues of pacification and colonialization, the Estado Novo andthe politics of subjugation. They illustrate the contradictions between the rhetoric of racial democracy of the apologists of the colonial state and the reality of rising ethnic and regional tension. The study concludes withthe evolution of Ovimbundu nationalism during the colonial and post-colonial periods. It argues that the divisions of the Cold War and continuing ethnic and regional divisions frustrated the Ovimbundu leadership in its efforts tomake the state more inclusive. This quest to reshape the state remains a salient feature in the relationship between the Ovimbundu and the state. Linda Heywood is Associate Professor of History, Howard University.Trade ReviewImmensely informative book. . . adds substantially to the existing literature. * AFRICAN AFFAIRS *Table of ContentsThe commercial revolution in the Ovimbundu States, 1840s-1904; the politics of pacification and colonization - the early colonial state, 1904-1926; the "Estado Novo" (New State) and the politics of economic subjugation, 1926-1960; social change and the New State, 1926-1960; the Ovimbundu and the late colonial state - authority versus autonomy, 1961-1974; the anticolonial struggle and the roots of Ovimbundu nationalism, 1961-1974; the Ovimbundu and the postcolonial state, 1974-1992.

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Book SynopsisPresidents and their administrations since the 1960s have become increasingly active in environmental politics, despite their touted lack of expertise and their apparent frequent discomfort with the issue. In White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush, Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman study the multitude of resources presidents can use in their attempts to set the public agenda. They also provide a framework for considering the environmental direction and impact of U.S. presidents during the last seven decades, permitting an assessment of each president in terms of how his administration either aided or hindered the advancement of environmental issues. Employing four factors—political communication, legislative leadership, administrative actions, and environmental diplomacy—as a matrix for examining the environmental records of the presidents, Daynes and Sussman’s analysis and discussion allow them to sort each of the twelve occupants of the White House included in this study into one of three categories, ranging from less to more environmentally friendly. Environmental leaders and public policy professionals will appreciate White House Politics and the Environment for its thorough and wide-ranging examination of how presidential resources have been brought to bear on environmental issues.

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Book SynopsisArt is politics and politics is art in this study of post-World War I caricature art in Egypt and Egyptian politics. This book explores the complex meaning and significance of caricature art drawn to support the ascendant Egyptian Wafdpolitical party and its push for independence from British colonial control. The works of previously neglected Egyptian lithographers are also explored, especially those who adopted sophisticated European techniques while experimenting with a variety of new styles during a remarkable period in Egyptian history.Caricature art by Wafd party artists was almostsui generis. It is distinguished especially by its sincere use of iconic, folkloric imagery, intended to rally nationalistic sentiments among an emerging Egyptian electorate that included many nonliterate citizens. Cannon's research breathes new life into an influential yet largely forgotten artistic movement in Egypt, one that deserves recognition for its contribution to Egypt's share of modern Middle East cultural history. Includes full color reproductions.

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Book SynopsisThroughout the COVID-19 crisis, nation states found new ways to assert power under the guise of public health, from closing or tightening borders to expanding the boundaries of acceptable citizen surveillance. As these controls increased in intensity, citizens’ passions to cross borders seemed to grow in proportion. Pandemic Crossings explores how these processes of boundary making and crossing, often mediated by digital technology despite inequity of access, had profound and often contradictory consequences on individual lives, national politics, and U.S.–China relations. This rich and geographically diverse collection of studies informed by everyday, individual experiences contribute new insights to the interplay between digital technologies and state governance during the covid-19 pandemic. It opens up new avenues of research not only on the covid-19 pandemic but also on global health crises more broadly.

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Book SynopsisVolume 7 of The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research series focuses on the relationship between democracy and the media. Using the extensive collection of the C-SPAN Video Library, chapters cover Trump political rallies, congressional references of late-night comedy, responses of African American congresswomen to COVID-19 bills, and congressional attacks on the media through floor speeches in the House of Representatives and Senate.The C-SPAN Video Library is unique because there is no other research collection that is based on video research of contemporary politics. Methodologically distinctive, much of the research uses new techniques to analyze video, text, and spoken words of political leaders. No other book examines such a wide range of topics-from immigration to climate change to race relations-using video as the basis for research.Table of ContentsFOREWORDPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSEVALUATING CANDIDATES FAST AND SLOW: CAN INITIAL IMPRESSIONS BE SOCIALLY INFLUENCED?, by Julie Grandjean, Jeffrey Hunter, and Erik P. BucyREAD THE ROOM: THE EFFECT OF CAMPAIGN EVENT FORMAT ON THE USE OF EMOTIONAL LANGUAGE, by Zachary A. ScottCONSTRUCTING 21ST-CENTURY CITIZENS: CONGRESSIONAL DISCOURSES IN U.S. CITIZENSHIP POLICY SPEECHES, by Alison N. NovakTALKIN' AND TESTIFYING: BLACK CONGRESSWOMEN'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19, by Nadia E. Brown, Jasmine C. Jackson, and Michael StrawbridgeTOEING THE LINE IN POLARIZED TIMES: CONGRESSIONAL ATTACKS ON THE MEDIA, by Carly SchmittCONGRESS AS COMEDY AUDIENCE: A DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS OF LATE-NIGHT COMEDY CITED IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES, by Stephanie BrownGENDER SCHEMA AND POLITICS: A COGNITIVE STUDY ON GENDER ISSUES IN POLITICS, by Zachary Isaacs and Cassidy HansenPRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND THE HEALTH SECURITY TASK FORCE: USING C-SPAN TO UNDERSTAND PERCEPTIONS OF EXPERTISE, by Bo BlewBREAKING THE FOURTH WALL: C-SPAN2 AND SENATE LEADERS' VIEWS OF TELEVISION COVERAGE, by Douglas B. HarrisEXAMINING ECONOMIC REALITY AND MEDIA SPECTACLE AT TRUMP CAMPAIGN RALLIES, by Timothy BettsDONALD TRUMP'S CRUCIBLE: ANALYZING THE C-SPAN VIDEO ARCHIVE OF WISCONSIN TRUMP RALLIES, by David A. FrankA COMPUTATIONAL EXPLORATION OF THE EVOLUTION OF GOVERNMENTAL POLICY RESPONSES TO EPIDEMICS BEFORE AND DURING THE ERA OF COVID-19, by Philip D. WaggonerCONCLUSIONCONTRIBUTORSINDEX

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Book SynopsisThis volume of The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research features analyses of the C-SPAN Video Library, a digital collection of 275,000 hours of indexed videos, texts, and spoken words. Included in this volume are papers on Rev. Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, rhetorical analysis of agriculture policy, and an examination of Senator Edward Kennedy's positions on health care. The text also contains analysis of the "spectacle of committee hearings" and a look at the visuals used in the second Trump impeachment trial.Table of Contents FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. SHIFTING TELEVISION NEWS VALUES IN CABLE AMERICA, by Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2. TELEVISION, CHAOS, AND REFORM: REVISITING THE MCGOVERN CAMPAIGN VIA THE C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY, by Heather Hendershot 3. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF C-SPAN: TELEVISION AND THE JESSE JACKSON CAMPAIGNS, by Allison Perlman 4. SAME MESSENGER, NEW MESSAGE: SENATOR TED KENNEDY AND THE FRAMING OF HEALTH REFORM, by Jennifer Hopper 5. VISUALIZING THE INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VISUAL SYMBOLS USED IN DONALD J. TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, by Stephanie Wideman, Whitney Tipton, and Laura Merrifield Wilson 6. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE HEARINGS AS PUBLIC SPECTACLE, by Joshua Guitar, Sheri Bleam, Jenna Thomas, Madeline Studebaker, and Matthew George 7. STRONG MEN, CARING WOMEN? HOW GENDER SHAPES EMOTIONAL POLITICAL RHETORIC, by Jared McDonald and Zachary Scott 8. CRACKING THE GLASS CEILING IN THE NEWSROOM: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS' PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER IN THE MEDIA, by Newly Paul 10. MORAL SENTIMENTS OF U.S. CONGRESS'S FARM BILL DEBATES, 2012–2021, by Jacob A. Miller-Klugesherz 11. DETECTING NONVERBAL AGGRESSION IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: A DEMONSTRATION AND RATIONALE FOR A CCSE DATA CO-OP, by Erik P. Bucy, Dhavan V. Shah, Zhongkai Sun, William A. Sethares, Porismita Borah, Sang Jung Kim, and Zening Duan CONCLUSION CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis volume of The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research features analyses of the C-SPAN Video Library, a digital collection of 275,000 hours of indexed videos, texts, and spoken words. Included in this volume are papers on Rev. Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, rhetorical analysis of agriculture policy, and an examination of Senator Edward Kennedy's positions on health care. The text also contains analysis of the "spectacle of committee hearings" and a look at the visuals used in the second Trump impeachment trial.Table of Contents FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. SHIFTING TELEVISION NEWS VALUES IN CABLE AMERICA, by Kathryn Cramer Brownell 2. TELEVISION, CHAOS, AND REFORM: REVISITING THE MCGOVERN CAMPAIGN VIA THE C-SPAN VIDEO LIBRARY, by Heather Hendershot 3. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF C-SPAN: TELEVISION AND THE JESSE JACKSON CAMPAIGNS, by Allison Perlman 4. SAME MESSENGER, NEW MESSAGE: SENATOR TED KENNEDY AND THE FRAMING OF HEALTH REFORM, by Jennifer Hopper 5. VISUALIZING THE INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF VISUAL SYMBOLS USED IN DONALD J. TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, by Stephanie Wideman, Whitney Tipton, and Laura Merrifield Wilson 6. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE HEARINGS AS PUBLIC SPECTACLE, by Joshua Guitar, Sheri Bleam, Jenna Thomas, Madeline Studebaker, and Matthew George 7. STRONG MEN, CARING WOMEN? HOW GENDER SHAPES EMOTIONAL POLITICAL RHETORIC, by Jared McDonald and Zachary Scott 8. CRACKING THE GLASS CEILING IN THE NEWSROOM: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS' PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER IN THE MEDIA, by Newly Paul 10. MORAL SENTIMENTS OF U.S. CONGRESS'S FARM BILL DEBATES, 2012–2021, by Jacob A. Miller-Klugesherz 11. DETECTING NONVERBAL AGGRESSION IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: A DEMONSTRATION AND RATIONALE FOR A CCSE DATA CO-OP, by Erik P. Bucy, Dhavan V. Shah, Zhongkai Sun, William A. Sethares, Porismita Borah, Sang Jung Kim, and Zening Duan CONCLUSION CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisPower and Politics in the Media: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 9 features articles from multiple disciplines that use the C-SPAN Video Library to explore recent controversies in American politics. Topics covered include Supreme Court nominations, Supreme Court oral arguments, rhetoric on disasters and COVID-19, and the effect of clothing on the approval of women in power. What unites these topics is the unique use of the video record of C-SPAN to explore the intersections of politics, power, rhetoric, and the media in the contemporary United States. Written in accessible prose, this volume showcases some of the most pressing issues today in a variety of political and communication issues while demonstrating video research methodologies.

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Book SynopsisPower and Politics in the Media: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 9 features articles from multiple disciplines that use the C-SPAN Video Library to explore recent controversies in American politics. Topics covered include Supreme Court nominations, Supreme Court oral arguments, rhetoric on disasters and COVID-19, and the effect of clothing on the approval of women in power. What unites these topics is the unique use of the video record of C-SPAN to explore the intersections of politics, power, rhetoric, and the media in the contemporary United States. Written in accessible prose, this volume showcases some of the most pressing issues today in a variety of political and communication issues while demonstrating video research methodologies.

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Book SynopsisA definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movement As the Bush administration prepared to wage war against Iraq, millions of people in the United States and around the world took to the streets to warn against the impending disaster. It was the largest wave of antiwar protest in history. This is the story of those dramatic events, told by distinguished peace scholar and activist David Cortright. This revealing account offers an insider view of the emergence of the movement and its political and communications strategies in attempting to prevent the attack. It reviews the arrogance of power as senior officials rejected public and expert opinion and rushed ahead with their ill-fated invasion. The book traces efforts by opponents of the war to end the worsening conflict and win Congressional approval for the withdrawal of troops. Cortright explores the role of the Iraq issue and the impact of antiwar networks in propelling Barack Obama to the White House, and the frustrations many activists felt in navigating the limitations of conventional politics. Readable, insightful and passionately argued, A Peaceful Superpower provides a definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movement and a hopeful look at the power of civil society to shape the course of history.Trade Review"A Peaceful Superpower is well organized and has extensive endnotes and a useful bibliography. It is a tremendous contribution to our knowledge of the efforts to try to 'stop a war before it started.'" * The Progressive *"“Antiwar activists came up short in their efforts to avert the Gulf War of 2003. Even so, those efforts have much to teach. The place to begin learning is here, with David Cortright's concise but impressively comprehensive and insightful book.”" -- Andrew Bacevich * co-founder and chairman of the Quincy Institute for Responsible State *"“The enormous international protest against the US-UK criminal invasion of Iraq, even before the invasion was officially announced, was unprecedented. It did not stop the war, but had a major impact, examined in careful detail in this study by a leading participant-observer – a virtual handbook for activism and organizing that could not be more timely and needed.”" -- Noam Chomsky"“David Cortright offers us a timeless gift in this book. A Peaceful Superpower has a relevancy for today precisely because it demonstrates that for powerful national leaders around the world war remains the political default option which in turn requires the diligent building of both a strong web of domestic anti-war mobilization and transnational response.”" -- John Paul Lederach * Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame *"“A brilliant analysis and richly documented narrative of the international mobilization against the catastrophic invasion and occupation of Iraq. David Cortright, a leading activist and scholar of peace movements since the Vietnam era, has written a book that anyone who wants to understand this inspiring history must read.”" -- Michael Kazin * author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914–1918 *

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Book SynopsisA definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movement As the Bush administration prepared to wage war against Iraq, millions of people in the United States and around the world took to the streets to warn against the impending disaster. It was the largest wave of antiwar protest in history. This is the story of those dramatic events, told by distinguished peace scholar and activist David Cortright. This revealing account offers an insider view of the emergence of the movement and its political and communications strategies in attempting to prevent the attack. It reviews the arrogance of power as senior officials rejected public and expert opinion and rushed ahead with their ill-fated invasion. The book traces efforts by opponents of the war to end the worsening conflict and win Congressional approval for the withdrawal of troops. Cortright explores the role of the Iraq issue and the impact of antiwar networks in propelling Barack Obama to the White House, and the frustrations many activists felt in navigating the limitations of conventional politics. Readable, insightful and passionately argued, A Peaceful Superpower provides a definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movement and a hopeful look at the power of civil society to shape the course of history.Trade ReviewA Peaceful Superpower is well organized and has extensive endnotes and a useful bibliography. It is a tremendous contribution to our knowledge of the efforts to try to 'stop a war before it started.' * The Progressive *“Antiwar activists came up short in their efforts to avert the Gulf War of 2003. Even so, those efforts have much to teach. The place to begin learning is here, with David Cortright's concise but impressively comprehensive and insightful book.” -- Andrew Bacevich * co-founder and chairman of the Quincy Institute for Responsible State *“The enormous international protest against the US-UK criminal invasion of Iraq, even before the invasion was officially announced, was unprecedented. It did not stop the war, but had a major impact, examined in careful detail in this study by a leading participant-observer – a virtual handbook for activism and organizing that could not be more timely and needed.” -- Noam Chomsky“David Cortright offers us a timeless gift in this book. A Peaceful Superpower has a relevancy for today precisely because it demonstrates that for powerful national leaders around the world war remains the political default option which in turn requires the diligent building of both a strong web of domestic anti-war mobilization and transnational response.” -- John Paul Lederach * Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame *“A brilliant analysis and richly documented narrative of the international mobilization against the catastrophic invasion and occupation of Iraq. David Cortright, a leading activist and scholar of peace movements since the Vietnam era, has written a book that anyone who wants to understand this inspiring history must read.” -- Michael Kazin * author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914–1918 *

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Book SynopsisHistoric levels of polarization, a disaffected and frustrated electorate, and widespread distrust of government, the news media, and traditional political leadership set the stage in 2016 for an unexpected, unlikely, and unprecedented presidential contest. Donald Trump's campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. As Demagogue for President shows, Trump's campaign strategy was anything but simple.Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions - 'a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power' or 'a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times' (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate. It was an effective tactic.Mercieca analyzes rhetorical strategies such as argument ad hominem, argument ad baculum, argument ad populum, reification, paralipsis, and more to reveal a campaign that was morally repugnant to some but to others a brilliant appeal to American exceptionalism. By all accounts, it fundamentally changed the discourse of the American public sphere.Trade Review“The question of how Donald Trump ever got elected president has stumped some of the nation’s deeper thinkers. Jennifer Mercieca has a compelling answer in Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. […] This book shows us by dissecting his demagogic language with a particularly precise scalpel. In doing so, it deserves a place alongside George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language and Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Bulls---. It’s a brilliant dissertation on Trump’s patented brand of balderdash. That makes it one of the most important political books of this perilous summer. […]She explains Trump’s demagoguery — no easy matter — by analyzing it through the classic principles of rhetoric. This could be tedious in the wrong hands, but she makes it exhilarating, methodically revealing the insidious crowd-controlling methods of an autocrat. […] This book can serve as a vaccine against a virus that threatens the survival of our democracy. Lord knows we need it.” - The Washington Post

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Book SynopsisWith Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned, a small cadre of Republican operatives began plotting their comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan. These men had devised a way to take a tradition of dirty tricks—known to political insiders as “ratf**king”—to an unprecedented level. Flooding state races with a gold rush of dark money, the Republicans reshaped state legislatures where the power to redistrict is held. Reconstructing this previously untold story, David Daley examines the far-reaching effects of this programme, which has radically altered America’s electoral map and created a firewall in the House. Ratf**ked pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest heists in American political history.

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Book SynopsisIn 2010 IAP released Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations, edited by Ronald R. Sims. This well-received volume described how organizational change methods can be used effectively to make government organizations more effective and efficient and better equipped to serve a demanding citizenry. The 2010 book brought together contributions by managers, practitioners, academics, and consultants in the study of international, federal, state, and local government efforts to respond to increased calls for change (transformation) in public sector organizations.Since the release of the 2010 volume, calls for government transformation have continued and intensified, and a number of fresh ideas and examples have been generated from the field. The time is now ripe for a follow-up volume laying out innovative, successful ideas for transforming government. Transforming Government Organizations: Fresh Ideas and Examples from the Field is that follow-up volume. A collection of fresh contributions such as those included in this book will add to the growing knowledge base of what does—and what does not—work when transformation efforts are attempted in government organizations.The contributors to this new volume are experts with extensive experience as change agents in government and other organizations. They provide analyses and discussions of specific cases and issues as well as practical tools, ideas, and lessons learned intended to guide those responsible for similar efforts in the years to come. The audience for the book are government managers, scholars, and others interested in undertaking or learning about such efforts.

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Book SynopsisIn 2010 IAP released Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations, edited by Ronald R. Sims. This well-received volume described how organizational change methods can be used effectively to make government organizations more effective and efficient and better equipped to serve a demanding citizenry. The 2010 book brought together contributions by managers, practitioners, academics, and consultants in the study of international, federal, state, and local government efforts to respond to increased calls for change (transformation) in public sector organizations.Since the release of the 2010 volume, calls for government transformation have continued and intensified, and a number of fresh ideas and examples have been generated from the field. The time is now ripe for a follow-up volume laying out innovative, successful ideas for transforming government. Transforming Government Organizations: Fresh Ideas and Examples from the Field is that follow-up volume. A collection of fresh contributions such as those included in this book will add to the growing knowledge base of what does—and what does not—work when transformation efforts are attempted in government organizations.The contributors to this new volume are experts with extensive experience as change agents in government and other organizations. They provide analyses and discussions of specific cases and issues as well as practical tools, ideas, and lessons learned intended to guide those responsible for similar efforts in the years to come. The audience for the book are government managers, scholars, and others interested in undertaking or learning about such efforts.

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Book SynopsisThe triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the subsequent global proliferation of new information and communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs, slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since 2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of the Revolutionary project.The essays in this volume cover various transformations within this new digital revolution, examining both government-enabled paid public web access as well as creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism, and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside global technological and geopolitical changes.As Cuba continues to expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba's Digital Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies. While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro's Revolution, this volume argues, it is still unclear to whom Cuban cyberspace belongs.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Introduction. In Medias Res: Who Will Control Cuba's Digital Revolution? PART I. History, Media, and Technology 1. The Past, Present, and Future of the Cuban Internet 2. Historical Itineraries and Cyclic Trajectories: Alternative Media, Communication Technologies, and Social Change in Cuba PART II. Politics 3. ICT, State Power, and Civil Society: Cuban Internet Development in the Context of the Normalization of Relations with the United States 4. Ghost in the Machine: The Incompatibility of Cuba's State Media Monopoly with the Existence of Independent Digital Media and the Democratization of Communication 5. The Press Model in Cuba: Between Ideological Hegemony and the Reinvention of Civic Journalism 6. Digital Critique in Cuba PART III. Journalism 7. From Generación Y to 14ymedio: Beyond the Blog on Cuba's Digital Frontier 8. Independent Journalism in Cuba: Between Fantasy and the Ontological Rupture 9. Perceptions of and Strategies for Autonomy among Journalists Working for Cuban State Media 10. Independent Media on the Margins: Two Cases of Journalistic Professionalization in Cuba's Digital Media Ecosystem PART IV. Business and Economy 11. Online Marketing of Touristic Cuba: Branding a "Tech-Free" Destination 12. "A Una Cuba Alternativa"? Digital Millennials, Social Influencing, and Cuentapropismo in Havana PART V. Culture and Society 13. Without Initiation Ceremonies: Cuban Literary and Cultural Ezines 14. Images of Ourselves: Cuban Mediascapes and the Postsocialist "Woman of Fashion" Notes List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the failed attempt to ban communism in 1951 to the unsuccessful republican referendum of 1999, Australians have been cautious about constitutional change, approving only eight out of 44 referendum proposals in just over 100 years - a success rate of about 18%. People Power is the only full history of constitutional change in Australia. It closely examines Australia's referendum record, and explains why success has been so rare. It includes interviews with leading proponents for constitutional change, alongside political cartoons, advertising and brochures from key referendum campaigns. Following their sustained analysis of each referendum campaign, the public response and the forces that shaped the outcome, the authors argue that the key to a successful referendum is truly engaging the people in the political process.

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Book SynopsisLabour Beyond Cosatu is the fifth publication in the Taking Democracy Seriously project which started in 1994 and comprises of surveys of the opinions, attitudes and lifestyles of members of trade unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). This survey was conducted shortly before the elections in 2014, in a context in which government economic policy had not fundamentally shifted to the left and the massacre of 34 mineworkers at Marikana by the South African Police Service had fundamentally shaken the labour landscape, with mineworkers not only striking against their employers, but also their union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Cosatu leaders had started to openly criticise levels of corruption in the State, while a ‘tectonic shift’ took place when the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was expelled from Cosatu at the end of 2014.In its analysis of the survey, Labour Beyond Cosatu shows that Cosatu, fragmented and weakened through fi ssures in its alliance with the African National Congress, is no longer the only dominant force infl uencing South Africa’s labour landscape. Contributors also examine aspects such as changing patterns of class; workers’ incomes and their lifestyles; workers’ relationship to civil society movements and service delivery protests; and the politics of male power and privilege in trade unions.The trenchant analysis in Labour Beyond Cosatu exhibits fiercely independent and critically engaged labour scholarship, in the face of shifting alliances currently shaping the contestation between authoritarianism and democracy.Trade ReviewLabour Beyond Cosatu goes well beyond the previous volumes of the Taking Democracy Seriously project in some of its sorties, and is not shy of pulling its punches in what is now a highly charged environment. Deeply sympathetic to the project of organised labour yet highly critical of its present trajectory, this collection deserves to attract wide attention internationally as well as domestically."" — Roger Southall, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg""South Africa’s working class movement is still powerful, but pressurised and polarised due to major shifts in its structure, base and forms of struggle. This timely, rigorously researched collection draws attention to key developments within Cosatu and beyond ... Highly recommended."" — Lucien van der Walt, Professor of Sociology, Rhodes University, South AfricaTable of Contents Preface Andries Bezuidenhout and Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 1 Democracy and the rupture in South Africa’s labour landscape Andries Bezuidenhout and Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 2 Research in a highly charged environment: Taking Democracy Seriously, 2014 Ntsehiseng Nthejane, Sandla Nomvete, Boitumelo Malope and Bianca Tame Chapter 3 The social character of labour politics Ari Sitas Chapter 4 Is Cosatu still a working-class movement? Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Ntsehiseng Nthejane Chapter 5 Labour aristocracy or marginal labour elite? Cosatu members’ income, other sources of livelihood and household support Christine Bischoff and Bianca Tame Chapter 6 The politics of alliance and the 2014 elections Janet Cherry, Nkosinathi Jikeka and Tumi Malope Chapter 7 Cosatu, service delivery, civil society and the politics of community Janet Cherry Chapter 8 The politics of male power and privilege in trade unions: Understanding sexual harassment in Cosatu Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 9 Internal democracy in Cosatu: Achievements and challenges Johann Maree Chapter 10 Public sector unions in Cosatu Christine Bischoff and Johann Maree Chapter 11 Are Cosatu’s public sector unions too powerful? Johann Maree and Christine Bischoff Chapter 12 Labour beyond Cosatu, other federations and independent unions Andries Bezuidenhout

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Book SynopsisThe EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness.This interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological - offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'Brandt's and Svendsen's study of EU lobbying activity is just that and more. The book focuses tightly on the EU Commission, where lobbying is not regulated in any way. In doing so, the two authors provide a thorough and convincing theory-based analysis of special interest demand for political favors. The book is a must-read for academics, policy makers, politicians, and yes, even for lobbyists who want to know more about how the EU's Commission operates and how special interest demand has led to potentially troublesome policy outcomes. The book will be especially appreciated by academics and policy analysts who prize creative use of price theory. In presenting their well-honed arguments, Brandt and Svendsen also provide strong analysis of the EU carbon permit trading and fisheries policy. They conclude with eight recommendations for making EU lobbying activity transparent and accountable.' --Bruce Yandle, Clemson University and George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Power Centralization 3. Bureaucracy 4. The EU Emission Trading System (ETS) 5. Green Industries, Switch Point and First-movers 6. Countervailing Lobbying 7. Alignment of Incentives 8 Should Lobbying be Regulated in the EU? Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The authors argue that, for more than two decades, citizens in developed countries have witnessed massive job losses, lowered wages, slow economic growth and widening inequality under a neoliberal policy regime that has placed heavy constraints on policy choices.The book explores, both theoretically and empirically, the possibility of transition to a new political economic paradigm by seeking feasible answers to questions such as: why has such a regime persisted for a long period of time despite its poor policy performance?; is it possible for democracy to overcome economic crisis through its electoral mechanisms?; and, under what conditions can each government convert crisis of its economy into growth? The book concludes that under different policy regimes, whether Keynesian or neoliberal, there are a variety of growth regimes, and economic performances will consequently vary considerably. The authors ultimately argue that policy innovations need not only political leadership but also the very creation of a new economic theory in order to break a critical juncture of economic stalemates.Economic Crises and Policy Regimes will appeal to policy makers and practitioners internationally and is an important resource for political scientists, economists and sociologists. Advanced students of comparative politics, comparative political economy and institutional economics will also find much to benefit them in this book.Contributors include: B. Amable, R. Boyer, L.C. Bresser-Pereira, N. Fujita, K. Fukuda, M. Ido, H.B. Im, H. Magara, A. Martinelli, H. Nishi, S. Palombarini, A. Przeworski, S. Sacchi, H. Shiratori, T. Yamada, Y. YanaiTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Growth, Crisis, and Regime Change Hideko Magara PART I: THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS 2. Choices and Echoes: Stability and Change of Policy Regimes Adam Przeworski 3. The Hegemony Constraints in the Neoliberal Years of Capitalism Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira 4. Economic Crises and Growth Regimes Toshio Yamada 5. Varieties of Economic Growth Regimes, Types of Macroeconomic Policies and Policy Regimes: A Post-Keynesian Analysis Hiroshi Nishi 6. How do Polity and Economy Interact Within Régulation Theory? Consequences for Policy Regimes and Reform Strategies Robert Boyer PART II: SOCIAL COALITIONS AND ELECTIONS 7. The Bloc Bourgeois in France and Italy Bruno Amable and Stefano Palombarini 8. Political Response to Economic Crisis in 1997 and 2008 South Korea Hyug Baeg Im 9. In Search of a New Policy Regime: The Record of Democratic Party of Japan-led Governments Masanobu Ido 10. How do Economic Crises Affect Electoral Choices? Analyzing Voting Behavior in the British General Election of 2010 Yuki Yanai PART III: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND POLICY AREAS 11. A Political Analysis of the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for Crisis Governance Alberto Martinelli 12. The Global Economic Crisis and the Future of Labor Market Policy Regimes: Implications for Economic Governance in the European Union and Japan Koji Fukuda 13. Historical Evolution of Welfare Policy Ideas: The Scandinavian Perspective Nanako Fujita 14. Policy Choices and Socioeconomic Divides: Long-term Changes in Italy’s Democratic Quality Stefano Sacchi 15. Multilevel Policy Regimes, Political Cleavages and Party Systems: Horizontal and Vertical Transfer of Policies and its Effects Hiroshi Shiratori

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Book SynopsisWhy don't young people vote? It's a question that has been asked by pollsters for years. The 18- to 24-year-old demographic records the lowest voter turnout at elections and it doesn't look to be showing signs of stopping. Being one of this demographic, Mitchell Agg looks into this question and tries to shed light on why his peers don't enter polling stations on election day. Through four main reasons, Mitchell helps us answer this question as well as giving some solutions.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first in-depth study of the Committee of the Regions and its role in the European policy process. It is rooted in the theory of European integration, including the 'normative turn', and will be essential reading for students of multilevel European politics.'- Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UK'Piattoni and Schonlau s innovative, careful, and multi-disciplinary analysis of the CoR helps us reconsider not only that institution but also EU democracy and governance. It deserves to be widely read by all who seek ways to improve EU governance or to understand the role of sub-state actors in EU politics.'- Alex Warleigh-Lack, Visiting Fellow, UNU-CRIS'Piattoni and Schonlau's work is that rare combination of careful analysis and passionate argument. As the former, it is easily the most thorough and sophisticated study of how the Committee of Regions fits in the EU's institutional structure and the role it plays in its policy making process. As the latter, it is a theoretically astute, and normatively inspired defence of the way in which the CoR contributes to the articulation of democratic voice within the EU's multilevel structure of governance. As such, it is a reflection on how democratic representation works in complex societies, and it should be read by those interested in the legitimacy of the European Union and the question of democratic legitimacy at large.'- Dario Castiglione, University of Exeter, UKThis ground breaking book looks at the way in which the Committee of Regions (CoR) can influence EU policy making from below, despite its relatively weak position in the decision-making process. In essence, the authors argue that the CoR plays a significant role in the EU's political process, going well beyond its formally limited advisory function.By applying theoretical considerations about the expression of judgment and the formation of will in democratic systems, the authors develop a normative argument about why it is opportune that local and regional concerns be involved in shaping European Union decisions. Moreover, by looking at the institutional development of the Committee, and by analyzing its contribution in key policy areas, the book shows why the CoR is already a very important element of the multi-level democratic system of the European Union.Academics, researchers and students will benefit from the up-to-date analysis of the CoR. Functionaries in the EU institutions, European regions and localities, state bureaucracies and political party members will find the new insights provided in this book to be of interest.Trade Review‘This is the first in-depth study of the Committee of the Regions and its role in the European policy process. It is rooted in the theory of European integration, including the “normative turn”, and will be essential reading for students of multilevel European politics.’ -- Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UK‘Piattoni and Schönlau’s innovative, careful, and multi-disciplinary analysis of the CoR helps us reconsider not only that institution but also EU democracy and governance. It deserves to be widely read by all who seek ways to improve EU governance or to understand the role of sub-state actors in EU politics.’ -- Alex Warleigh-Lack, Visiting Fellow, UNU-CRIS‘Piattoni and Schönlau’s work is that rare combination of careful analysis and passionate argument. As the former, it is easily the most thorough and sophisticated study of how the Committee of Regions fits in the EU’s institutional structure and the role it plays in its policy making process. As the latter, it is a theoretically astute, and normatively inspired defence of the way in which the CoR contributes to the articulation of democratic voice within the EU’s multilevel structure of governance. As such, it is a reflection on how democratic representation works in complex societies, and it should be read by those interested in the legitimacy of the European Union and the question of democratic legitimacy at large.’ -- Dario Castiglione, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: EU Democracy and the Committee of the Regions 1. Towards a Multilevel European Democracy 2. The Committee of the Regions: Competing Interpretations 3. Exercising Voice: Inter-institutional Cooperation and Internal Organization 4. Exerting Control: Impact Assessment and Subsidiarity Monitoring 5. The Committee of the Regions and the Debate on EU Cohesion Policy (2014-2020): Exercising Voice to Promote Territorial Cohesion 6. The Committee of the Regions and the Euro Crisis : Exerting Control on Behalf of Substate Interests Conclusion: Shaping Policy from Below and the Future of the Committee of the Regions Index

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Book SynopsisChina's growth as a major international superpower means that it is now more important than ever to understand how its politics work. Rejecting familiar discussions of China cast in terms of traditional culture, contemporary economic power or shifting official ideologies, this forward thinking work instead analyses the historically contingent mix of agents, ideas and institutions that make up the country's political life. This approach allows Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk and Peter W. Preston to pragmatically unpack the logic of contemporary politics in China. They trace the construction of the party-state system, note some of its major re-orientations and consider its present condition. The book also covers a range of hot policy topics including: internet sovereignty; the One Belt, One Road initiative; the South China Sea issue and the problems of the elderly empty nesters and left-behind children. Offering a detailed yet concise treatment of key social policy areas and other complex issues, this book will serve a broad audience of students, researchers and professionals, irrespective of discipline, along with all those with an interest in China or Chinese politics.Trade Review'In this excellent study, the authors take a novel approach to Chinese politics and provide an impressively sophisticated analysis of a timely and policy-relevant issue. The book shows that Chinese politics is not a ''black-box'' as commonly assumed but explainable and predictable. It will be of great benefit to those who are interested in Chinese politics.' --Zheng Yongnian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. China and the Modern World 2. China in the Early Twentieth Century: collapse, recovery and war 3. New China I: The Revolutionary Era of Mao 4. New China II: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping 5. Contemporary China: Domestic Politics 6. Contemporary China: International Politics 7. Afterword: The Logic of Chinese Politics Index

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Book SynopsisChina's growth as a major international superpower means that it is now more important than ever to understand how its politics work. Rejecting familiar discussions of China cast in terms of traditional culture, contemporary economic power or shifting official ideologies, this forward thinking work instead analyses the historically contingent mix of agents, ideas and institutions that make up the country's political life. This approach allows Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk and Peter W. Preston to pragmatically unpack the logic of contemporary politics in China. They trace the construction of the party-state system, note some of its major re-orientations and consider its present condition. The book also covers a range of hot policy topics including: internet sovereignty; the One Belt, One Road initiative; the South China Sea issue and the problems of the elderly empty nesters and left-behind children. Offering a detailed yet concise treatment of key social policy areas and other complex issues, this book will serve a broad audience of students, researchers and professionals, irrespective of discipline, along with all those with an interest in China or Chinese politics.Trade Review'In this excellent study, the authors take a novel approach to Chinese politics and provide an impressively sophisticated analysis of a timely and policy-relevant issue. The book shows that Chinese politics is not a ''black-box'' as commonly assumed but explainable and predictable. It will be of great benefit to those who are interested in Chinese politics.' --Zheng Yongnian, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. China and the Modern World 2. China in the Early Twentieth Century: collapse, recovery and war 3. New China I: The Revolutionary Era of Mao 4. New China II: The Reforms of Deng Xiaoping 5. Contemporary China: Domestic Politics 6. Contemporary China: International Politics 7. Afterword: The Logic of Chinese Politics Index

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Book SynopsisAid agencies increasingly consider anti-corruption activities important for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. In the first major comparative study of work by the World Bank, the European Commission and the UNDP to help governments in fragile states counter corruption, Jesper Johnson finds significant variance in strategic direction and common failures in implementation. In a refreshing departure from existing literature on corruption, Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States takes a public administration perspective, studying the role of organisational factors in the success of anti-corruption strategies. It is widely acknowledged that governance and anti-corruption interventions play a crucial role in reducing fragility and building legitimate and resilient institutions. Policy makers have re-framed development goals for fragile states to achieve stability by addressing their special characteristics: weak institutions and governance; low capacity and legitimacy in government; and vulnerability to violence. This book shows how anti-corruption and state-building policies are often disconnected or incoherent, and how executional challenges prevent strategies from translating into results. This book will be of interest to researchers and students studying (anti-)corruption, aid, international organisations or fragile states. It will be an invaluable resource for staff in aid agencies and NGOs in the fields of governance, accountability and transparency.Trade Review'A timely critique of a less than stellar era for development assistance. Johnson's work is an insightful blend of conceptual understanding and deep knowledge of the practical dilemmas faced by donors - who are almost never the solo actor on the battlefield. When real battles are going on alongside them, donor agencies face many challenges as one amongst many in the bureaucratic cage fight. This is an important contribution to the ongoing search for answers. The author's description of donor agencies as ''organised anarchies'' will have an authentic ring to many a member of the aid caste.' --Phil Mason OBE, Department for International Development, UK'Numerous societies have been targets for corruption-control and state-building efforts by aid agencies, often with dismal results. Jesper Johnson shows how those agendas diverge, and how both have been long on ideas yet short on implementation. Corruption fighters acknowledge that fragile situations - often the reasons for state-building - need carefully-tailored responses, but have yet to figure out what they entail. Johnson brings sound theory and extensive field research to those questions, producing essential insights into reform and stability in fragile situations.' --Michael Johnston, Colgate University'Given how much international development agencies invest in anti-corruption programmes, and how often it features in donor strategies and policies, there is a shocking lack of research on how these programmes play out in recipient countries. Jesper Johnsøn's book fills an important gap, particularly with his focus on fragile states where getting anti-corruption programming right is vital for stability and security. Drawing on theories of bureaucracy, he argues that donors (and researchers) often blame using the wrong theories for programme design failure but failure can be explained much more by implementation challenges. Rather than constantly searching for the new anti-corruption 'magic key', by paying greater attention to context, avoiding bureaucratic competition and investing properly in staffing, donors - and citizens in fragile states - could see transformative governance improvements.' --Heather Marquette, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction – A Need for Better Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States 1. What is a Stabilising Anti-Corruption Reform? Understanding Corruption, Anti-Corruption and Fragility 2. How to Reduce Corruption in Fragile States – The Theory 3. Aid Agencies’ Anti-Corruption Strategies – Comparing the World Bank, EU and UNDP 4. Anti-Corruption Efforts in Afghanistan 5. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMost writing today by activists and opponents of foreign policy is rooted in the 1960s. Underpinning many of these books is the unquestioned assumption that contemporary British imperialism is an adjunct to American foreign policy. Wherever the United States invades and bombs, Great Britain lays out the carpet and obediently follows. This subservience is jubilantly referred to as a “special relationship” by its supporters; by its detractors it is disparagingly depicted as “America’s poodle”. This book argues that a true understanding of contemporary British militaristic foreign policy begins with a rejection and a historical unpacking of this perceived subservience to the United States.

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Book SynopsisNot only can services such as cleaning and catering be outsourced, but also governmental tasks such as making, applying and enforcing the law. Outsourcing the law is usually recommended for its cost-efficiency, flexibility, higher rates of compliance and its promise of deregulation. However, lawmaking is not the same as cleaning and rules are more than just tools to achieve aims.Outsourcing the law brings about profound changes in the way power is distributed. In this timely book, Pauline Westerman analyzes this outsourcing from a philosophical perspective. Outsourcing the Law analyzes the particular types of rules to which outsourcing gives rise (performance-indicators), as well as the techniques that are used (benchmarking, auditing) and identifies the key-implications of these shifts for democracy, the Rule of Law, judicial decision-making and even for how legal research is carried out.The analyses in this book will be a valuable read for legal academics and professionals, students of law, and all those with a keen interest in the relationship between law and regulation.Trade Review'Westerman's Outsourcing the Law: A Philosophical Perspective on Regulation is a must read book for all those who are interested in the world of regulation! Clearly written, it tackles fundamental regulatory issues combining a highly pedagogical approach with a deep insight and understanding of extremely complicated and basic questions.' --Mauro Zamboni, Stockholm University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Structure Of The Rules 3. Between Compliance And Performance 4. Commissioned Self-Regulation 5. Outsourcing Democracy 6. The Limited Role Of The Judiciary 7. Legal Research And The Empirical Turn 8. A Rule of Outsourced Law 9. A Contagious Style Index

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Book SynopsisScrutinizing a relatively new field of study, the Handbook of Political Party Funding assesses the basic assumptions underlying the research, presenting an unequalled variety of case studies from diverse political finance systems. With contributions from both eminent international scholars and prominent representatives of the second generation of students in the field, this original and thought-provoking collection of current research updates our understanding of party funding regimes, while contributing to the re-examination of perennial and often problematic issues. It illustrates, using select empirical data, the range of alternative political finance structures, exposing both the limits of these regimes and their effects on parties, systems and on democratic competition. Offering diverse and detailed case studies, the chapters examine the stakes involved nationally, and the impact of financing on the political environment. At the same time, they present a picture of a field of study that is still establishing itself, offering direction for future research. Students and academics of political science, public law and comparative politics will find this an essential reference for studying party funding and its wider influence. Members of political institutions and those fighting political corruption will find this an incredibly useful Handbook for understanding the positives and negatives of party funding globally.Contributors include: M. Blumenberg, R. Boatright, L. Brenez, S.-H. Chang, B.A. Dworkin, N. Evertsson, J. Fischer, A. Francois, A. Gupta, F. Jimenez, M.A. Lopez Varas, E. Martins Paz, D. May, I. Mendez De Hoyos, J. Mendilow, A. Meyer, K.-H. Nassmacher, H. Onken, G. Orr, M. Pelletier, É. Phélippeau, D.R. Piccio, M. Pinto-Duschinsky, V.C. Reyes Jr., G. Sandri, S.E. Scarrow, V. Shale, V. Simral, J. Smulders, H. Soo Sim, S.U. Umoh, I. Van Biezen, M. Villoria, F.C. Von Nostitz, W. WolfsTrade Review'This Handbook is the most important contribution over the past generation to the understanding of the role of money in politics - one of the thorniest issues for democracy today. The breadth and ambition of this book is only equaled by the rigor of the chapters, written by a stellar and global group of scholars. This is simply the best available survey of the knowledge accrued on the regulation of political finance across the world. But it is also a work of wisdom, which combines a sense of urgency with a nuanced view of political finance and the limits of regulation. This volume is destined to become a classic text in the field.' --Kevin Casas-Zamora, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington DC, US'Money is a central part of the political process in all parts of the world, regardless of their past democratic development or current political situation. However, the dynamics of political finance varies between regions and contexts. In this excellent book, scholars examine the influence of money over politics in a wide range of countries from Lesotho to Germany, and in established democracies as well as in non-democratic states. This is essential reading for those wishing to understand more about the complex nature of money in politics today.' --Magnus Ohman, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the Party Funding Paradox and Attempts at Solutions Jonathan Mendilow Part I Some issues in contention 1. Funding and Propaganda Alix Meyer and Eric Phélippeau 2. Corporate Contributions to Electoral campaigns - The Current State of Affairs Nubia Evertsson 3. Party Election Expenditure Election Effects: National vs. District Level and the Regulatory Challenges Justin Fisher 4. Political Finance and the Cartel Party Thesis Daniela R. Piccio and Ingrid Van Biezen 5. Full Public Funding: Cleaning up Parties or Parties Cleaning up? Graeme Orr 6. Political Finance Regulation and Equality: Comparing Strategies and Impact Susan E. Scarrow 7. Political Party Funding and the Enigma of Trust Danielle May 8. Gated Digital Communities and the Future of Party Funding Jonathan Mendilow Part II. The arena of party finance 9. Like Water on Pavement: Political Fundraising at the Sub-National Level – The New Jersey Example Benjamin A. Dworkin 10. Party Finance at the Level of the European Union - Party Finance reform to vitalize the EU’s Proto-party system? Wouter Wolfs and Jef Smulders 11. State Funding and Party Primaries Felix-Christopher Von Nostitz and Giulia Sandri Part III – CASE STUDIES Section A. Party finance in developed democracies 12. Party funding in the United States Robert G. Boatright 13. Germany: Current Issues of an Aging Party Finance Regime Manuela S. Blumenberg, Karl-Heinz Nassmacher and Holger Onken 14. Party funding in France Abel François, Eric Phélippeau, 15. Public Funding in Canada: Reform without Consensus Maxime Pelletier 16. Party funding in Britain Michael Pinto-Duschinsky Section B. Party funding in newly democratized states 17. Party funding in South Korea Heung Soo Sim 18. Party Funding in Spain Fernando Jiménez and Manuel Villoria 19. Political Finance in East Central Europe Vit Simral 20. Party Funding in Brazil Following the Re-Democratization: A Brief Critical Overview Ezequiel Martins Paz 21. Party funding in Taiwan Shih-Hsien Chang Section C. Party funding in Developing Democracies 22. Party funding in India Asha Gupta 23. Party funding in Mexico and Chile Irma Méndez de Hoyos and Miguel Angel López Varas 24. Party funding in South Africa Samuel Uwem Umoh 25. Political Party Funding and Regulation in Lesotho and Mozambique Victor Shale Section D. Party funding in countries with single party and hybrid regimes 26. The Iceberg of Political Financing in Russia (2000-2015) Lou Brenez 27. Survival Politics and Electoral Manipulation: Singapore’s Hegemonic Party, Political Finance and the Reconstitution of the City-State Vicente Chua Reyes Jr Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Research Handbook offers an overview of contemporary electronic government and digital public administration and management, encouraging innovative inquiry and exploring new avenues for research in the field. Bringing together international scholars and researchers, the book illustrates the broad and changeable technological context of public organizations, public services and governance from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Chapters investigate key developments in information technology, including social media, big data, cyberinfrastructure and blockchain technologies, and investigate their implications for the traditional goals and values of public administration and management. Examining timely subjects of discussion, including data sharing, public service transactions and trust, citizen engagement and tribal governances, chapters illustrate the global dimensions of technological governance in a variety of settings, including Brazil, Nepal, South Africa, the US, and Small Island Developing States. Representing global scholarship in the field, this Research Handbook is critical reading for scholars and researchers exploring the latest developments in e-governments, as well as graduate students in public management and administration. Public sector managers and policymakers will also benefit from its practical insights into utilizing information tech.Trade Review‘In the last 25 years, e-government research has made significant progress from descriptive efforts to sound qualitative and quantitative analyses. This Handbook constitutes an exemplar of what e-government research currently entails, including topics such as collaboration, data sharing, citizen engagement, trust, security, privacy, emergent technologies, and the importance of context. Based on a global perspective, the Research Handbook on E-Government represents a comprehensive and diverse collection of current topics, critical reflections, and cases from around the world and I highly recommend it.’ -- J. Ramon Gil‐Garcia, State University of New York at Albany, USnology in public administration.‘This important book brings together research from some of the world’s top scholars to present a comprehensive view of cutting edge e-government research. Chapters present a variety of approaches and methods to examine the state of play from collaboration to smart cities to surveillance.’ -- Jane Fountain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on E-Government 1 Eric Welch PART I COLLABORATION, COORDINATION AND DATA SHARING 2 Better together? Testing a collaborative approach to solve the local societal problems with open data 13 Erna Ruijer, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, Jochem van den Berg and Albert Meijer 3 The use of information and communication technologies in emergency management: a systematic review 31 Mete Yıldız, Nilay Yavuz and Naci Karkın 4 Smaller cities, greater barriers? Moving data sharing ahead in US local governments 65 Federica Fusi PART II CITIZENS AND GOVERNANCE 5 Big Data applications: exploratory data analytics of public safety concerns 84 Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, Zachary J. Roman and Michael Yusheng Wu 6 Too much of a good thing? Frequent flyers and the implications for the coproduction of public service delivery 101 Benjamin Y. Clark and Jeffrey L. Brudney 7 Digital governance in Indian Country 114 Traci Morris, Karen Mossberger and Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst 8 Youth participation and social media: evidence from the youth activism and social movement of Hong Kong 129 Wilson Wong PART III TRUST, SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE 9 An integrative model for interpersonal trust in the public sector 149 Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes 10 Apply with caution! The contingent effect of blockchain-enabled governance on trust 183 Heyjie Jung, Federica Fusi, Eric Welch, Sélim Louafi and Daniele Manzella 11 Electronic workplace surveillance in context: privacy, motivation, and performance 196 Robin (Guohuibin) Li PART IV DIVERSE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS 12 AI adoption in smart cities: a barriers perspective 209 Amal Ben Rjab, Sehl Mellouli and Jacqueline Corbett 13 U.S. cyberinfrastructure for scientific innovation: adaptation, management, and performance 222 Yu-Che Chen and Rich Knepper 14 The role of e-governance on supply chain functions and innovations 242 Jack Crumbly and Eric W. Welch PART V GLOBAL DIMENSIONS 15 The social life of disaster information: cultivating resources for emergent information infrastructures in Nepal 256 Robert Soden and Leysia Palen 16 Towards the implementation of fully-fledged e-government for municipalities in South Africa: An agency theory perspective 270 Mziwoxolo Mayedwa and Jean-Paul Van Belle 17 From heroism to institutionalization: the recent history of e-government in Brazil 283 Gustavo Henrique Maultasch de Oliveira and Alexandre Rodrigues Gomes 18 E-government use in small island states: review of the literature, problems and ways forward 299 Mete Yıldız and Mustafa Sağsan Index

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Book SynopsisComprehensive and timely, this Handbook identifies the key characteristics, challenges and opportunities involved in the politics of small states across the globe today. Acknowledging the historical legacies behind these states, the chapters unpack the costs and benefits of different political models for small states. Contributions from key scholars challenge the idealization of the small state, disputing views that these states are inconsequential at best and a nuisance to world politics at worst. Offering evidence-based discussions on their importance to the global political order, the Handbook explores how small states 'do' politics, the major opportunities and challenges of policy-making and implementation, and how they can respond intelligently to these opportunities. Critical contemporary dilemmas are analysed, with a particular focus on the rise of nationalism, the collapse of empires, and the importance of this in relation to small state politics. Political science, diplomacy and international relations scholars, particularly those looking at small states, will find this a rich reference work. Case studies from all major world regions used in this Handbook will also make it a beneficial read for practitioners and policy-makers of small states. Contributors include: D. Anckar, G. Baldacchino, E. Berg, S. Bianchini, L. Buszynski, A. Chong, J. Connell, J. Corbett, D. Criekemans, J.S. Elinardóttir, J. Eriksson, J. Gurol, F.S. Hansen, T. Long, M. Maass, R. Pace, D. Panke, R. Pedi, G. Prinsen, T. Randma-Liiv, E. Rodrigues Sanches, K. Sarapuu, G. Seibert, B. Thorhallsson, W.P. Veenendaal, K. Vits, L.E. Wehner, A. WivelTrade Review‘The Handbook on the Politics of Small States brings together scholars at different stages of their careers as well as policymakers to investigate the challenges of policy-making and policy implementation in small states. Especially recommended for those unfamiliar with the topic, the book may also be helpful for practitioners who are interested in an introduction to the politics of small states.’ -- Christos Kourtelis, The International Spectator‘This Handbook is timely, thoughtful, and engages critically with the politics of small states, including the challenges and opportunities faced by these states. . . I strongly recommend the Handbook to students, lecturers and researchers throughout the social sciences as well as those involved in small states’ politics and policy-making.’ -- Sarina Theys, Small States & Territories‘Baldacchino and Wivel’s Handbook is a timely addition to small state studies that aggregates a number of original contributions by noted small state experts. My overall evaluation of the book is very good, and I am certain that due to its temporal focus on recent developments and important and interesting subject areas this book will find wide use among students, researchers, politicians, and diplomats.’ -- Mari-Liis Sulg, Global Affairs'As the number of independent countries has dramatically increased in recent decades, small states have become a big subject, and deserve a big book like this timely volume, where experts of international relations provide insightful analyses of the challenges and opportunities that small states face in an economically globalized but politically fragmented world.' --Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University, US'The vast majority of all states today are small states. Scattered around the world and highly diverse, small states nevertheless share many challenges and opportunities. This Handbook shows how 'size matters' in the making and implementation of policies and what we can learn from comparing the politics of small states.' --Sieglinde Gstöhl, College of Europe, Belgium‘The vast majority of all states today are small states. Scattered around the world and highly diverse, small states nevertheless share many challenges and opportunities. This Handbook shows how ‘size matters’ in the making and implementation of policies and what we can learn from comparing the politics of small states.’ -- Sieglinde Gstöhl, College of Europe, Belgium'The authors and contributors are some of the foremost names in the academic world and they bring with them not only the academic insight but extend their discussion to the practical realities of small states and the vulnerabilities these states face as a result of environmental and other kinds of challenges including the economic, political and social. This is without doubt compulsory reading for students in the disciplines of international relations, political science, as well as policy makers and administrators.' --Ann Marie Bissessar, University of the West Indies‘As our work on small states continues, the origins, fatalities and survivalism, as well as the patterns and policies, make this sub-field resilient and exciting. Once again we turn to Peter Katzenstein, Herman Schwartz, Paulette Kurzer, Jonas Pontusson and Bo Rothstein who shape the unexpected outcomes in a once mercantilist or Realist hegemonic framework. The authors in this Handbook continue this tradition, expanding the scope of cases, and reaching back to the pre-Westphalian era. May we never forget the power of the weak.’ -- Christine Ingebritsen, University of Washington, US‘Small states face a balancing act between being seen as afflicted by a permanent inferiority complex attributable to their geographical predicament, and being perceived as having a political ego inversely proportional to it. This Handbook analyses some of the realities giving rise to this apparent dichotomy.' -- Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta (2013-2020)Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCING SMALL STATES 1 Small states: concepts and theories 2 Godfrey Baldacchino and Anders Wivel 2 Small states: surviving, perishing and proliferating through history 20 Matthias Maass 3 Small states: politics and policies 38 Dag Anckar 4 Small states: public management and policy-making 55 Külli Sarapuu and Tiina Randma-Liiv 5 Small states: challenges of political economy 70 Godfrey Baldacchino 6 Small states: challenges and coping strategies in the UN General Assembly 83 Diana Panke and Julia Gurol PART II EUROPE 7 Small states in Europe 99 Anders Wivel 8 The Nordic states: keeping cool at the top? 113 Baldur Thorhallsson and Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir 9 The non-identical Mediterranean island states: Cyprus and Malta 131 Roderick Pace 10 Politics of the four European microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino 150 Wouter P. Veenendaal 11 Small states in Europe as a buffer between East and West 168 Revecca Pedi 12 Small states of the Balkans: after Yugoslavia and its ‘third way’ 189 Stefano Bianchini PART III MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 13 Mediation by small states: Norway and Sweden in the Israeli– Palestinian conflict 207 Jacob Eriksson 14 Politics and economy in small African island states: comparing Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe 222 Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Gerhard Seibert PART IV CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 15 Small states in Central America 242 Tom Long 16 The foreign policy of South American small powers in regional and international politics 259 Leslie E. Wehner 17 Island versus region: the politics of small states in the Caribbean 278 Godfrey Baldacchino PART V ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 18 Small states in post-Soviet Central Asia: navigating between two great power neighbours 294 Flemming Splidsboel Hansen 19 Enlarging Singapore’s foreign policy: becoming intermediary for diplomacy, transportation and information 311 Alan Chong 20 Small states, China and the South China Sea 329 Leszek Buszynski 21 Small states in the Pacific 343 Jack Corbett and John Connell PART VI BEYOND SOVEREIGNTY? SEMI/ NON-SOVEREIGN SMALL STATES AND TERRITORIES 22 Small, subnational jurisdictions 362 Gerard Prinsen 23 Exploring de facto state agency: negotiation power, international engagement and patronage 379 Eiki Berg and Kristel Vits 24 Protodiplomacy: sub-state diplomacy and wannabe states 395 David Criekemans Index 411

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Book SynopsisThe EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness.This interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological - offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'Brandt's and Svendsen's study of EU lobbying activity is just that and more. The book focuses tightly on the EU Commission, where lobbying is not regulated in any way. In doing so, the two authors provide a thorough and convincing theory-based analysis of special interest demand for political favors. The book is a must-read for academics, policy makers, politicians, and yes, even for lobbyists who want to know more about how the EU's Commission operates and how special interest demand has led to potentially troublesome policy outcomes. The book will be especially appreciated by academics and policy analysts who prize creative use of price theory. In presenting their well-honed arguments, Brandt and Svendsen also provide strong analysis of the EU carbon permit trading and fisheries policy. They conclude with eight recommendations for making EU lobbying activity transparent and accountable.' --Bruce Yandle, Clemson University and George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Power Centralization 3. Bureaucracy 4. The EU Emission Trading System (ETS) 5. Green Industries, Switch Point and First-movers 6. Countervailing Lobbying 7. Alignment of Incentives 8 Should Lobbying be Regulated in the EU? Index

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Book SynopsisAt a time when political representation can be said to be facing its ultimate crisis, this crucial work clarifies the terms of the debate, providing an up-to-date analysis of the main conceptual and institutional controversies that have arisen surrounding this topic.Written by leading scholars in the field, contributions focus on how representation is conceptualised and its relation to democracy, examining how political institutions in different historical periods (ranging from the middle ages to the modern day) have ensured representation based on demands of various social forces. This Research Handbook also encapsulates the directions taken by the main strands of empirical research in political representation within the context of liberal democracies and beyond. Overall, this provides a major contribution to the growing understanding of one of the most important institutional inventions of contemporary politics.The Research Handbook on Political Representation is a comprehensive and agile guide to the main bodies of literature on representation for academic researchers in political science, sociology and history. It will also guide post-graduate and graduate students of the same fields in the exploration of the crucial research questions arising from the concept and reality of political representation.Trade Review‘This edited volume is empirically and especially theoretically rich and illuminates the fascinating ongoing research on political representation. Important and valuable, this splendid book will be a cornerstone of the scholarship regarding political representation for years to come.’ -- Martin Gross, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft'Representation, which is at the heart of our system of liberal democracy, frames a series of key questions including: who are our representatives, who are they representing, how they represent, and how that process evolves over time. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the key theories and main forms of representation, the varying institutional contexts, and the various ways the concept can be measured and assessed. This Handbook promises to be the definitive study of this subject.' -- David Farrell, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: General introduction to the Research Handbook on Political Representation xii Maurizio Cotta and Federico Russo SECTION I CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS 1 Political representation: concepts, theories and practices in historical perspective 3 Federico Russo and Maurizio Cotta 2 The system of democratic representation and its normative principles 16 Dario Castiglione 3 Democracy and representation 36 Mark B. Brown 4 Policy responsiveness and democratic quality 48 Leonardo Morlino 5 Legitimacy and hegemony: two accounts of non-electoral representation 58 Eline Severs 6 Challenges to political representation: participatory democracy, direct democracy and populism 70 Simon Tormey SECTION II HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION 7 From estate representation to the representation of the people and the nation in the Age of Revolutions 84 Pasi Ihalainen and Zachris Haaparinne 8 Individualistic representation in the liberal century – and beyond 98 Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel 9 Party-based representation: the paradox of democracy 109 Ian Budge 10 Corporatism and representation 121 Alan Siaroff 11 Technocratic representation 135 Daniele Caramani 12 Representation in authoritarian regimes 148 Maurizio Cotta SECTION III THE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF REPRESENTATION 13 Electoral systems and representation 161 Alessandro Chiaramonte 14 Territorial and multilevel representation 171 Lori Thorlakson 15 Local jurisdiction size and political representation 183 Bas Denters 16 Electoral quotas and group representation 198 Mona Lena Krook 17 The political representation of women: a feminist institutionalist perspective 210 Joni Lovenduski 18 Ethnic minorities and representation 222 Miriam Hänni and Thomas Saalfeld SECTION IV REPRESENTATION AT WORK: OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES 19 Types of democratic representative 239 Luca Verzichelli 20 Selecting representatives: methods and practices 253 Marco Lisi 21 Constituency service: incentives and consequences 266 Zsófia Papp 22 Measuring representation: policy congruence 276 Tom Louwerse and Rudy B. Andeweg 23 The fulfilment of election pledges 289 Elin Naurin and Robert Thomson 24 Interest groups and political representation 301 Laura Chaqués Bonafont 25 Responsiveness, the dynamic aspect of representation 314 Federico Russo 26 What to expect when you are expecting: preferences for representation among voters and political elites 326 Hanna Wass and Miroslav Nemčok 27 Representation and deliberation 338 Jürg Steiner Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book addresses the legal questions raised by the nexus between the rule of law and areas of limited statehood, in which the State lacks the ability to exercise the full depth of its governmental authority. Working from an international law perspective, it examines the implications of limited statehood for the traditional State-based framing of the international legal order.Featuring original contributions written by renowned international scholars, chapters investigate key issues arising at the junction between domestic and international rule of law and areas of limited statehood, as well as the alternative modes of governance that develop therein, both with and without the approval of the State. Contributors discuss the impact of contested sovereignty on the rule of law, international responsibility with regard to rebel governance in these areas, and the consequences of limited statehood for international peace and security.This book will be useful for students and scholars of international law and international relations, particularly those working on sovereignty and statehood, non-state actors, State responsibility, and the rule of law. It will also appeal to practitioners and policy-makers working in these same fields in either State or global governance apparatus.Trade Review’International law presumes a set of territorially-defined sovereign states, but in many parts of the world, state control of territory is more fiction than fact. This path-breaking volume considers a whole host of questions about governance in places where the state’s writ does not run. International law will need fresh thinking if it is ever to affect the behavior of the rebels, gangs and unrecognized governments who actually govern beyond the state, and there is no better place to start than this book.’ -- - Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Rule of law and areas of limited statehood: introduction and perspective 2 Linda Hamid and Jan Wouters 2 Thinking about areas of limited statehood and the rule of law 23 Amichai Magen and Zachariah Parcels PART II CONTESTED SOVEREIGNTY IN AREAS OF LIMITED STATEHOOD AND THE INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW 3 De facto regimes in areas of limited statehood and the international rule of law 47 Linda Hamid and Jan Wouters 4 Lessons from the (un)rule of law in Crimea 73 Olga Burlyuk 5 Limited statehood and the rule of law: East Jerusalem’s education system as a case study 96 Yaël Ronen PART III REBEL GOVERNANCE IN AREAS OF LIMITED STATEHOOD AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 6 Rebel justice? Rule of law and law enforcement by non-state armed groups 119 Benedetta Berti 7 Rebel governors in areas of limited statehood: State responsibility and ‘agents of necessity’ 137 Tatyana Eatwell 8 Responsibility of non-state rulers in areas of limited statehood 162 Nicholas Tsagourias PART IV AREAS OF LIMITED STATEHOOD AND THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY 9 Extraterritorial law enforcement in areas of limited statehood: the transnational dimension of the rule of law 184 Pia Hesse 10 Towards a rule of law-based global strategy for countering international terrorism in areas of limited statehood 206 Jessica Almqvist 11 Atrocity prevention in areas of limited statehood: legal and political dilemmas 233 Kenneth Chan Index 260

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Book SynopsisIf you think you are living in an era of post-truth, you likely are. If something sounds like magical thinking, it is. Nationalism makes no country great; it often leads to war, genocide, terror, destroyed economies and the turning of cities into rubble. Technology will not get us to paradise. It has made us more unequal than ever, polluted democracy, heightened job risk (displacement), created ever more billionaires, continued the rapid pace of the destruction of the planet, and transformed us from citizens into consumers, often with our active support. The free market is not free; too often it isn’t even a market (because we live in an age of monopoly). The road to serfdom is paved by demagogues, not the state; the state and its institutions are all we have. Trust expertise. Truth does not come from he who shouts the loudest. You are approaching a one-party-state when facts are relativized, science is denied, experts are mocked and threatened, alternative facts are embraced, minorities are criminalized, and lying is normalized. Farewell to Democracy? reminds us that we have been here before. It tells us that we can avoid a repetition of the past, but we must first know what that past was (and is). Farewell to Democracy? insists that nothing is inevitable. That we are not powerless. That we have institutions to help protect us, which we must protect in turn. It shows us what happens when we speak truth to power. It details the strength of mass protest. It pulls back the veil on Post-Truth. It urges all of us to bear witness and to "show up."

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Book SynopsisComparing the structures and challenges of democratic constitutionalism in India and the European Union, this book explores how democracy is possible within vastly diverse societies of continental scale, and why a constitutional framework is best able to secure the ideals of collective autonomy and individual dignity. It contributes to an emerging comparative discussion on structures of power, separation of powers and a comparative law of democracy, which has been long neglected in comparative constitutional studies.This timely and invigorating book showcases a novel comparative approach termed “slow comparison” counters the conceptual focus on nation-states in comparative studies and develops a broader understanding of democratic constitutionalism. In the context of the contemporary crisis of constitutional democracy, triggered by populism, majoritarianism and authoritarianism, chapters continue older ongoing debates about multiculturalism, identity politics and democratic equality that hold important insights for both India and the EU to deal with contemporary challenges.This book will be an important read for scholars of comparative constitutional law and theory. It will also benefit those studying EU law and Indian constitutional law.Trade Review‘Democratic Constitutionalism in India and the European Union represents a long overdue contribution to the incipient debate about the world’s most populous democracy and the world’s most successful single market. What is particularly remarkable is the earnestness of the approach taken by the authors. Rather than papering over the differences between the two comparators, they embrace them and seek to distil lessons Europeans may be able to learn from Indians, and vice versa.’ -- Sascha Hardt and Prashant Sabharwal, EU Law Live‘This book on comparative constitutional law enters new ground in various ways. It compares a big and socio-culturally very diverse state, which has outgrown the traditional concept of the nation-state, and a big and also very diverse political entity composed of nation-states, which has outgrown the traditional concept of a supranational organization. In addition, it is a rare example of a North-South comparison. And it proposes a new methodological approach to comparative constitutionalism, called “slow comparison”. With all these assets the book promises to considerably enrich the territorial scope and the methodological instruments of comparative research in constitutional law.’ -- - Dieter Grimm, Former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany‘This book is a remarkable achievement towards a truly reflective, collaborative and critical endeavor in reinforcing north-south dialogue on democratic constitutionalism. It fills an important gap in comparative law scholarship and thinking by bringing together two worlds that although may have had very different trajectories and histories, yet contain much that allows for interpretative learning and practice.’ -- - Armin von Bogdandy, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany‘Engaging the respective EU-India institutions and the “urgency” to find “sources of resilience and survival”, Philipp Dann and Arun Thiruvengadam invite rigorous thinking on difficult themes such as futures of democracy, representation, pluralism, equality, rights, and juridification. This immensely thought-provoking anthology bristles with critical insights, locating even “ultimate saviours”, in doing comparative law and jurisprudence.’ -- - Upendra Baxi, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Comparing constitutional democracy in the European Union and India: an introduction 1 Philipp Dann and Arun K. Thiruvengadam PART I CONCEPTUAL CONTEXTS 2 Concepts of democracy 43 Pritam Baruah and Uwe Volkmann 3 Origins and pathways of constitutionalism 75 Jürgen Bast and Arun K. Thiruvengadam 4 Equality and diversity in constitutional discourses 104 Sigrid Boysen and Aparna Chandra PART II SELECT ISSUES 5 Electoral systems and representation 137 Aditi and Jelena von Achenbach 6 Political parties and social movements 162 Michaela Hailbronner and Naveen Thayyil 7 Freedom of expression and hate speech 191 Smarika Lulz and Michael Riegner 8 Social rights 223 Gautam Bhatia and Emilios Christodoulidis 9 Federalism and democracy 252 Philipp Dann and Arun K. Thiruvengadam Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the role, function and perceived impact of policy research-oriented institutions in North America, Europe and beyond. Over two-dozen international scholars explore the diverse and eclectic world of think tanks to reveal their structure, governance and unique position in occupying a critical space on the public policy landscape.This Handbook serves as a reference point for understanding how think tanks shape public opinion and public policy, and how their directors help them navigate their way through an increasingly crowded marketplace of ideas. It also considers how these organizations enlist various actors (such as policy makers, the media, donors and industry leaders) to influence the discourse around key domestic and foreign policy issues.Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy is an invaluable resource for academics and students who wish to further their understanding of how to measure the impact and reach of think tanks. It will also be useful for policymakers and NGOs who are interested in the expertise think tanks can offer on policy-related issues and to donors, whose main goals and objectives may be advanced by these organisations. Trade Review'This is a remarkable collection of expert analysis on the politics, practices and study of think tanks. Abelson and Rastrick have curated a collection that adds significantly to our appreciation of the role of think tanks in different geographical and political contexts, and explores the dynamics and influence of think tanks within the nation-state and those that operate globally. The collection combines insightful insider reflections with scholarly discussion to provide an invaluable addition to our understanding of these important institutions.' -- Helen Sullivan, Crawford School of Public Policy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy xviii Donald E. Abelson and Christopher J. Rastrick PART I THE STUDY OF THINK TANKS 1 ‘Network Intellectuals’ and ‘Networked Intellectuals’: relational approaches to the study of British think tanks 2 Jordan Tchilingirian 2 Describing and comparing think tanks 16 Enrique Mendizabal 3 Methodological challenges and advances in studying think tanks 33 Jesper Dahl Kelstrup PART II MANAGING THINK TANKS: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE 4 Co-opting the interest groups 44 Madsen Pirie 5 Addressing ‘new’ think tank management problems 55 Raymond J. Struyk 6 Association to institute: AEI through four presidencies 71 Karlyn Bowman 7 American foundations, think tanks and the liberal international order 86 Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin PART III INFLUENCE AND IMPACT: HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THINK TANK PERFORMANCE? 8 Think tanks and policy communities: analysing policy influence and learning from the analogue to the digital era 100 Evert Lindquist 9 Think tanks beyond the nation-state: policy analysis for global policy and transnational administration 119 Diane Stone 10 If it doesn’t matter, why measure it? Reflections on think tank rankings and policy influence 134 Donald E. Abelson 11 Think tanks and the politics of climate change 150 Dieter Plehwe PART IV THINK TANKS ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS 12 Germany’s marketplace of ideas 167 Josef Braml and Daniela Schwarzer 13 The development of think tanks in China 179 Ling Li 14 The role of think tanks in promoting foreign policy change in Israel 205 Nimrod Goren 15 The rise or demise of American think tanks? 221 Donald E. Abelson 16 What’s in a think tank’s mix of interventions? Plugging into politics and policymaking in Canada’s knowledge regime 239 Julien Landry 17 Think tanks and political-knowledge regimes in the Southern Cone: case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay 258 Adolfo Garcé García y Santos and Camilo López Burian 18 ‘Atlantic Drift’: a baseline model for American and supranational think tanks 278 Christopher J. Rastrick 19 EU think tanks: facilitating policy development in a changing environment 293 Heidi Ullrich 20 Supranational think tanks and the research agenda ahead 311 Christopher J. Rastrick PART V THINK TANKS IN POPULIST CONTEXTS 21 Think tanks confront the challenge of populism 322 Stephen Brooks 22 Trump and the foreign policy elite think tank networks 338 Naná de Graaff and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn 23 British think tanks in the time of ‘Brexit’ 354 Mark Garnett and Virgile Lorenzoni Index 369

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations. Leading experts from a range of disciplines explore key questions of multilevel governance pertaining to institutions and institutional dynamics, power relationships and the division of power, as well as policymaking and policy change. Chapters engage with a broad range of policy areas, including digitization, security, climate change and redistributive policies, addressing key multilevel governance issues and dilemmas in coordination, intergovernmental relations, democracy and the transformation of political authority. In an era demarcated by major transformative challenges, this Research Agenda represents an essential reading for students, academics and policy practitioners interested in public policy, comparative politics and intergovernmental or international relations. Offering a state-of-the-art agenda for future research, this book is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in political science, public administration and federal studies. Its practical insights into contemporary policymaking will also benefit practitioners interested in multilevel governance policy.Trade Review‘In an age of complexity, change and turbulence, A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance provides conceptual clarity and fresh perspectives . . . it redefines the state-of-the-art when it comes to understanding contemporary governance.’ -- Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: What is Multilevel Governance? Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer PART I: STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS 1 Multilevel Governance and the Coordination Dilemma Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 2 Democratizing Multilevel Governance Achim Hurrelmann 3 Administrative Structures of Multilevel Governance Jarle Trondal 4 The Role of Law in Multilevel Governance: Four Conceptualizations Mark Dawson 5 Digitalization and Multilevel Governance Jeffery Roy PART II: ACTORS AND POWER 6 Regional and Global Multilevel Governance Between and Beyond States Tanja A. Börzel 7 Parliament and Parties in Multilevel Governance Katrin Auel 8 Regions and Cities in Multilevel Governance Michaël Tatham 9 Private Actors, NGOs and Civil Society in Multilevel Governance Janne Mende 10 National Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Multilevel Governance Michael G. Breen and Anya Thomas PART III: ISSUES, CONFLICTS AND POLICYMAKING 11 The Multilevel Governance of Security Ursula Schröder 12 Multilevel Governance, Economic Disparities and Redistributive Policies Adam Harmes 13 From Sustainability to Resilience: Multilevel Governance as Adaptive Governance Debora Van Nijnatten 14 Designing, Reforming or Adapting? Multilevel Governance and Institutional Change Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book explores think tanks from the perspective of critical policy studies, showcasing how knowledge, power and politics intersect with the ways in which think tanks intervene in public policy.Expert contributors offer multidisciplinary analyses of the history of policy advice and expertise and highlight recent examples of how think tanks navigate public debates, political arenas and the backstage of decision-making. They provide an overview of historical developments in the emergence and evolution of think tanks and consider how current think tanks produce policy narratives and exercise influence through the power of ideas. Focusing on institutional structures and social forces, chapters explain how national and transnational think tank landscapes are organized and how think tanks shape knowledge production infrastructure in different governance contexts. The book concludes that evaluating this infrastructure is crucial for ensuring that policy discourse serves collective interests and inclusive policy learning in diverse democratic polities.This book's evaluation of the impact of think tanks on expertise, democracy and social justice, while utilizing rigorous empirical research, will be useful for scholars and students of public policy, political theory and public administration and management. It will also be beneficial for think tankers and policy analysts.Trade Review'Think tanks are ubiquitous today. This volume is a stellar contribution by showing how these organizations have evolved and adjusted to the post factual world where experts and policy knowledge is constantly contested. Even so, many think tanks have been able to penetrate policy advisory structures in countries around the world. But the contributors go further to delve into their organizational strategies that go beyond seeking to inform policy to reveal the way in which they wield power in shaping policy discourses and paradigms.' -- Diane Stone, European University Institute, Italy and International Public Policy Association, France'Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the global reach of think tanks. Its incisive studies are a must-read, not only for scholars focused on this subject, but for anyone interested in the shifting interface between public policy and scientific reason. -- '– Thomas Medvetz, University of California, San Diego, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 An introduction to critical studies of think tanks 1 Julien Landry PART I THINK TANKS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLICY EXPERTISE 2 How advocacy tanks wrote the latest chapter in the history of political intellectuals 21 Guillaume Lamy 3 From private advice to public policy? The evolution of consultancy think tanks 37 Matthias Kipping PART II BROKERING ACCESS, MARKETING KNOWLEDGE 4 Democracy, civil society and the strategies pursued by think tanks in Mexico 58 Alejandra Salas-Porras 5 In the backstage of influence and ‘policy marketing.’ Collusive transactions and action-oriented knowledge at Epode European Network 79 Thomas Alam 6 An uphill battle: think tanks, Donald Trump and the war of ideas 97 Donald E. Abelson PART III DISCOURSE, POWER, INFLUENCE 7 Interplays of economic and knowledge power. Neoliberal think tank networks and the return and universalization of entrepreneurship 117 Dieter Plehwe 8 Think tanks and the turnaround of the right in Brazil 137 Juliana Hauck and Ciro Resende 9 Think tanks as governance entrepreneurs: institutionalizing human rights in ASEAN 157 Erin Zimmerman PART IV SPHERES OF TRUTH AND SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE 10 Politics by the same means? Think tanks, polarization and the road to post-truth in the United States and Canada 177 Julien Landry 11 Widening the gap: US think tanks and the manufactured chasm between scientific expertise and common sense on climate change 196 Alexander Ruser 12 Towards an epistemic evaluation of think tank ecosystems: the case of epistemic justice 215 Andréanne Veillette, François Claveau and Amandine Catala Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics is a landmark resource that offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which technological development is reshaping politics. Providing an unparalleled starting point for research, it addresses all the major contemporary aspects of the field.Divided into five thematic parts, the Encyclopedia investigates the existing academic literature on the main subfields in this area, before introducing innovative digital research methods. It then highlights the pivotal political and non-political actors leading the process of technological innovation, clarifies key concepts and terms in the field, and finally covers emerging and debated topics.This Encyclopedia will be particularly invaluable for early career researchers and advanced students in politics looking for a concise entry point into any of the various ways in which technology shapes the field. It will also be useful for practitioners to familiarise themselves with the analytical opportunities provided by computational social and political sciences.Key Features: Entries written by over 90 scholars from 33 different countries on 5 continents Accessible starting point for research into the key literature, topics and debates in the field Introduces important new digital methods such as machine learning, text analysis and network analysis Defines and clarifies the meaning of contested terms such as disinformation, echo chambers and fake news Trade Review‘The book shoulders the work of a specialised Encyclopedia, but also refreshes the field by providing a diverse set of contributions to subject matters both established and emerging.’ -- Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: PART I SUBJECTS AND SUBFIELDS Agenda-setting research in the age of social media 2 Porismita Borah and Yan Su Clicktivism, slacktivism and connective action 5 Max Halupka Cybersecurity 9 Tobias Liebetrau and Linda Monsees Digitally networked protests 14 Dan Mercea E-campaigning and elections 17 Jörg Haßler E-democracy 21 Emiliana De Blasio Electoral predictions from social media data 25 Marko M. Skoric and Kokil Jaidka Internet and political participation 29 Shelley Boulianne and Stephanie Belland Nowcasting and forecasting with Big Data 34 Amparo Blazquez-Soriano and Rosmery Ramos-Sandoval Populism and social media 37 Peter Maurer Social media and autocracy 42 Tamara Grechanaya Social media and political trust 46 Christopher Starke Social media and public health 50 Francesca Greco and Guido Giarelli Social media revolution versus normalization 54 Joachim Åström and Martin Karlsson Social TV and second screen 59 Fabio Giglietto Terrorism and online extremism 62 Fatima Zahrah and Jason R. C. Nurse Violence, conflict, war and social media 67 Eleonora Mattiacci PART II METHODS Digital trace data analysis 73 Luca Corchia Technicity-of-the-mediums 77 Janna Joceli Omena Data collection: APIs and scraping 81 Marius Sältzer and Aleksandra Butneva Audio as data 86 Ludovic Rheault and Sophie Borwein Image as data and visual methods 90 Uta Russmann and Anastasia Veneti Text as data 94 Kohei Watanabe Scaling models in political science 98 Daniel Braby, Benjamin Guinaudeau and Marius Sältzer Sentiment analysis and opinion mining 105 Francesca Greco Topic models 108 Theresa Gessler Mobile positioning data 111 Anu Masso, Siiri Silm and Olle Järv Machine learning and deep learning 114 David Muchlinski Qualitative methods 118 Lucia Bainotti Digital ethnography 122 Alessandro Caliandro Social network analysis 126 Katherine Ognyanova PART III ACTORS Activated public opinion 132 Andrea Ceron Algorithm, machine learning and artificial intelligence 135 Andrea Ferrario and Michele Loi Bots 139 Rose Marie Santini and Débora Salles Digital advocacy 143 Gabriella Scaramuzzino Digital parties 147 Linn Sandberg Fact-checking 151 Camille J. Saucier and Nathan Walter Hacktivists 155 Marco Deseriis Hyperleaders 159 Roberta Bracciale Political influencers 163 Andreu Casero-Ripollés Social media analytics companies 167 Ivan Manokha Trolls 171 Andreas Birkbak and Yevgeniy Golovchenko Voting advice applications 176 Bastiaan Bruinsma WikiLeaks and whistleblowers 180 Meghan Van Portfliet and Kate Kenny PART IV CORE KEYWORDS Big Data 186 Nathan TeBlunthuis Censorship online 190 Tamara Grechanaya Data journalism 192 Sergio Splendore Deep Web and Dark Web 196 Robert W. Gehl Digital public sphere 200 Lidia Valera-Ordaz Disinformation 205 Margherita Bordignon and Giovanni Pagano Echo chambers 210 Daniel Stegmann, Birgit Stark and Melanie Magin Fake news 216 Jana Laura Egelhofer and Jakob-Moritz Eberl Filter bubbles 220 Daniel Stegmann, Melanie Magin and Birgit Stark Hashtag politics 225 Janna Joceli Omena Microtargeting 231 Mathieu Lavigne Misinformation 235 Margherita Bordignon and Giovanni Pagano (Non-)representativeness of social media data 239 Melanie Magin Online political hostility 244 Linn Sandberg and Anamaria Dutceac Segesten Open data 248 Irene Nonyelum Azogu and Justin Longo Post-truth 253 Jakob-Moritz Eberl and Jana Laura Egelhofer Viral political marketing 257 Márton Bene Wisdom of crowds 262 Fabio Franch PART V DEBATED AND EMERGING TOPICS Apps and politics 269 David B. Nieborg and Kaushar Mahetaji Computational propaganda effects 273 Rose Marie Santini, Débora Salles, Lorena Lucas Regattieri and Carlos Eduardo Barros Conspiracy theories on social media 277 Edward Hurcombe Coordinated inauthentic behavior 280 Fabio Giglietto Crypto-politics 283 Linda Monsees Data doxa 287 Gavin John Douglas Smith Digital movement of opinion 291 Mauro Barisione Digital surveillance 294 Kathleen Kuehn Election manipulation and interference 298 Amelie Henle and Samantha Bradshaw Gamification in politics 304 Michael Bossetta Meme politics 308 Giulia Giorgi and Ilir Rama Online sources for journalism 313 Sergio Splendore Platform labor and digital labor 317 Alessandro Gandini Robots and politics 320 Ryan David Kiggins Sentiment democracy 324 Andrea Ceron Twiplomacy 327 Maja Šimunjak Index 332

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook is a multi-faceted, comparative analysis of how law and political systems interact around the world. Chapters include analyses of judicial deference, congressional support, democratic representation, politicization of courts, public support, and judicialization across multiple jurisdictions in the United States and abroad. Chapters also investigate transnational courts and the linkages between international and domestic law and politics.Addressing these relationships from a comparative perspective, the Handbook illustrates how different political contexts lead to different uses of law and how courts respond to divergent political environments. An impressive array of contributors, and the editors, examine law and political systems on a global scale through either country-specific analyses, comparative analyses, or the examination of transnational institutions.Scholars interested in law and courts, judicial politics, the rule of law, and governance will find this Research Handbook to be a valuable resource. It will provide a helpful foundation for advanced students of both political science and law and will be a useful reference tool for judges and those operating in a judicial or political sphere.Trade Review‘Definitely not the usual assortment of judicial studies, this exciting and innovative research uses sophisticated methodologies to analyze evolving interactions between law and politics in a variety of political systems across the globe. Written by an impressive array of esteemed scholars and rising stars, this fresh new collection is truly an outstanding achievement.’ -- Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University, USTable of ContentsContents; 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 1 Robert M. Howard, Rebecca A. Reid, and Kirk A. Randazzo 2 Court-curbing through legal reforms or coercion? 8 Aylin Aydin-Cakir 3 Majoritarians in robes 25 Todd Curry and Michael Romano 4 Gender, race, and politics in judicial process 40 Tao Dumas and Alexandra Mannix 5 Judges and politics in UK courts 57 Lewis Graham 6 Government transparency and judicial deference 71 Gbemende Johnson 7 A court of law or a court of judges? 85 Maoz Rosenthal and Shai Talmor 8 Planting seeds but bearing different fruit 99 Kyle Shen 9 Explaining congressional support for the federal judiciary 122 Jake S. Truscott and Teena Wilhelm 10 Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia 139 Alexei Trochev and Alisher Juzgenbayev 11 Politicization of courts in European democracies 169 Maria Popova and Christine Rothmayr Allison 12 Constitution-making and transnational expertise: lessons from the 2014 Tunisian Constitution 186 Alicia Pastor y Camarasa 13 The battle for judicial independence 200 Mónica Castillejos-Aragón 14 Public support and compliance with high courts around the world 212 Amanda Driscoll and Martín Gandur 15 Open justice at highest courts 234 Philipp Meyer 16 Courting dissent 254 Hayley Munir and Syed Rashid Munir 17 The theoretical and empirical relationship between legal pluralism and economic development 271 Valenta Kabo 18 The Caribbean Court of Justice 289 Harold A. Young 19 Law and violence against civilians 305 M.P. Broache 20 Strategic deference of the European Court of Justice 325 Joshua Boston and Dino Hadzic 21 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 344 Kirk A. Randazzo, Rebecca A. Reid, and Robert M. Howard Index 355

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Book SynopsisExamining the nature of public opinion in democratic societies, this Handbook succinctly illustrates the importance of public opinion as an instrument of popular control and democratic accountability. Expert contributors in the field provide a thorough review of a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of this timely topic.The concise but comprehensive chapters investigate the theoretical value of biological, contextual, psychological, sociological and economic perspectives when exploring public opinion. The Handbook also demonstrates useful insights that can be generated from quantitative or qualitative research designs from both an observational and experimental perspective. Furthermore, its informative assessment of the origins and structure of how public opinion is formed allows for a greater understanding of how policies are developed as a result.Providing a state-of-the-art review, this Handbook will be an excellent study resource for scholars of public opinion in political science, sociology and psychology. Political practitioners, particularly government officials, political operatives and pollsters will also find this informative and illuminating.Trade Review‘In the face of widespread polarisation, democracies in retreat, and crises of global proportions, a need has arisen to explore the individual and societal causes, interactions, and implications of these profound developments. This impressively comprehensive Handbook addresses this challenging task by focusing on the central role of public opinion, leaving hardly any question unanswered.’ -- Sonja Zmerli, Sciences Po Grenoble, France‘Two things make this volume entirely irresistible. The first is the line-up of quite prominent, well-versed, and insightful scholars contributing chapters, and the second is the breadth and depth of public opinion topics covered. I started reading this book by ticking off in the table of contents the chapters I wanted to read closely. I was then amazed to find that I had selected nearly all the chapters. This Handbook will prove invaluable for students of public opinion, including undergraduates, graduate students, and the professoriate.’ -- James Gibson, Washington University in St. Louis, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Public opinion and democracy 1 Thomas J. Rudolph PART I THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF PUBLIC OPINION 2 Diagnosing survey response quality 10 D. Sunshine Hillygus and Tina LaChapelle 3 The quantitative assessment of public opinion 26 Allyson L. Holbrook and Joanne M. Miller 4 The qualitative study of public opinion 41 Katherine J. Cramer 5 Implicit attitudes and mass political opinion 54 Efrén O. Pérez and Bianca V. Vicuña PART II THE ORIGINS OF PUBLIC OPINION 6 Genopolitics 71 Gergő Závecz and Levente Littvay 7 Personality, public opinion, and politics 83 Megan L. Remmel and Jeffery J. Mondak 8 Political socialization 99 Marc Hooghe PART III THE STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC OPINION 9 The conditional nature of ideology in mass publics 112 Nathan P. Kalmoe 10 Core values 128 Paul Goren 11 Ambivalence in mass politics 141 Marco Steenbergen 12 Partisanship and public opinion 168 Ianne S. Wang and Samara Klar 13 Race and public opinion: American dilemma, American divide 178 Davin L. Phoenix and Francisco Jasso 14 Public opinion and gender 193 Mary-Kate Lizotte 15 The religious politics of threat in religion and politics research 208 Paul A. Djupe PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC OPINION 16 Electoral geography, political behavior and public opinion 224 James G. Gimpel and Andrew Reeves 17 Media effects and news exposure: new forms of data to address old questions 241 Susan Banducci, Laszlo Horvath, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya and Daniel Stevens 18 Affective polarization in the American public 257 James N. Druckman and Jeremy Levy PART V THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PUBLIC OPINION 19 Heuristics and cues 272 Cheryl Boudreau 20 Emotions in politics: The relevance of groups 283 Bethany Albertson and Benjamin T. White 21 Motivated reasoning in politics 298 Eric Groenendyk PART VI PUBLIC OPINION AND DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP 22 Political knowledge 313 Jennifer Wolak 23 Political tolerance in an age of liberal democratic backsliding 328 Mark Peffley and Robert Rohrschneider 24 New thrusts and new opportunities in the study of citizen performance in democratic societies 341 James H. Kuklinski and Benjamin Miller PART VII PUBLIC OPINION AND GOVERNMENT 25 The nature of political trust in mass publics 355 Marc J. Hetherington and Thomas J. Rudolph 26 On collective representation 369 Ross Buchanan, Megan Dias, and Christopher Wlezien 27 Courts and public opinion: a critical review 382 Brandon L. Bartels PART VIII PUBLIC OPINION AND PUBLIC POLICY 28 Economic opinion 399 Spencer Goidel and Paul M. Kellstedt 29 Economic self-interest in public opinion about immigration 411 Morris Levy and Matthew Wright 30 Public opinion and foreign policy: beyond the “electoral connection” 428 Peter Gries and Tao Wang Index

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Book SynopsisDriven by an international agenda, the act of ‘rethinking’ corruption has already taken place more than once in the past two decades, contributing further to a post-truth about corruption than to anything else. This book makes a clear argument in favor of rethinking corruption across any contingency and offers a forecasting method, alongside the latest generation of analytical, fact-based tools to map, assess and predict corruption risk.Mungiu-Pippidi argues that corruption is a policy problem frequently overriding individual choice, and can only be tackled by strong policy interventions, not by ‘nudging’ every individual into honesty. Chapters explain that corruption has not decreased despite unprecedented efforts because the international context presently creates far more opportunities for it than constraints: few nations, governments or international organizations have proven able to solve the social dilemma of corruption. Meanwhile, many countries, governments, businesses and politicians profit from a world order where integrity cannot be enforced and perpetuate the current status quo.Rethinking Corruption will be crucial reading for academics and students of political science, sociology and law seeking to understand the theoretical dimensions of corruption. It will also be an enlightening read for policy makers, administrators and practitioners looking to rethink how corruption can manifest.Trade Review‘After decades of indifferent results, and in the face of ever-more challenging cases, anti-corruption analysts need fresh ideas more than ever. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi begins by asking how we should understand anti-corruption in diverse contexts, and then explores connections to democracy, capitalism, public policy, and citizens’ experiences. She develops essential questions and insights guiding new responses to abuses of power.’ -- Michael Johnston, Colgate University, US‘Alina Mungiu Pippidi invites us to rethink corruption because there is a permanent shifting of meanings and paradigms. This excellent book by a superstar analyst outlines the big picture, and weaves through policy analysis and measurement, and how corruption fits with democracy and capitalism.’ -- Adam Graycar, University of Adelaide, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Rethinking how we approach corruption 2. The policy analysis of corruption problems 3. Rethinking actionable measurement 4. Rethinking corruption and democracy 5. Rethinking capitalism and corruption 6. Rethinking corruption as a social dilemma 7. The post-truth about corruption References Index

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