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Book SynopsisIn this book, William Kelleher Storey shows that guns and discussions about guns during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries were fundamentally important to the establishment of racial discrimination in South Africa.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… without doubt the most stimulating and significant discussion concerning South Africa's colonial 'gun society' to have appeared since the publication in 1971 of the influential series of articles on guns in colonial Africa in the Journal of African History. Storey's study is consequently absolutely essential reading, not only for military historians of South Africa in the colonial period, but for all those with an interest in related technology, hunting, ecology, culture and society.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical ResearchTable of Contents1. Guns in colonial South African history; 2. Early colonialism and guns at the Cape up to 1795; 3. Guns, conflict, and political culture along the Eastern Frontier, 1795–1840; 4. Hunting, warfare, and guns along the Northern Frontier, 1795–1868; 5. Capitalism, race, and breechloaders, 1840–80; 6. Guns and the Langalibalele Affair, 1873–5; 7. Guns and confederation, 1875–6; 8. Risk, skill, and citizenship in the Eastern Cape, 1876–9.

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Book SynopsisPolitics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to serve - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury of public opinion decides. It likes the proposals or actions or it does not. It trusts the actors or it does not. It moves, always at the margin, and then those who benefit from the movement are declared winners. This book is about that public opinion response. Its most basic premise is that although public opinion rarely matters in a democracy, public opinion change is the exception. Public opinion rarely matters because the public rarely cares enough to act on its concerns or preferences. Change happens only when the threshold of normal public inattention is crossed. When public opinion changes, governments rise or fall, elections are won or lost, and old realities give way to new demands.Trade ReviewReview of previous edition: 'Stimson deftly interprets mathematical analysis of large quantities of public answers to survey questions. Highly recommended.' ChoiceReview of previous edition: 'This is excellent work by a scholar who is, by all measures, top in his field. Stimson writes about the single most important element in American politics: public opinion. He traces movement in public opinion over time and shows that it moves politics.' Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State UniversityReview of previous edition: 'The book is well written and a rare example of successful integration of state-of-the-art research and passing on knowledge to a wider audience … the book could be used as a benchmark for comparative research exploring the evolution in public opinion and the effects of campaigns and debates in other institutional settings … an excellent book, which deserves to be widely read.' Political Studies ReviewReview of previous edition: 'Tides of Consent is an ambitious attempt to integrate the findings of a half-century of public opinion research in an effort to draw convincing conclusions about the political implications and electoral consequences of public opinion. Too often public opinion is presented as filler, a spot on the evening news when nothing else is available. Rarely do we look at public opinion in its contemporary context, and almost never do we attempt to understand its significance over the long haul. In this book, Stimson offers us new insights into public preferences and understanding of the links between public preferences and public policy that are often lost in coverage of the daily news or the political campaign.' John McIver, University of Texas, AustinReview of previous edition: 'James Stimson has written a very important - and very readable - book. In a world of erratic sound bites, Stimson's analysis provides the underlying coherence of a symphony. Anyone who wishes to better understand the ebb and flow of American politics should read Tides of Consent.' Richard J. TofelReview of previous edition: 'Scholars and their students will find much to appreciate as well in this clearly written and engaging book, filled with interesting time series data and colorful examples about politicians and campaigns we all remember … Stimson believes that the most important thing in American politics is public opinion but says we have only 'scratched the surface' in understanding opinion movement His work has done much more than scratch the surface, and in Tides of Consent, he accomplishes his goal of making his research accessible to a broader audience than he has reached before.' Fay Lomax Cook, Political Science QuarterlyReview of previous edition: 'Tides of Consent is an excellent work. This book could be used as a textbook in an undergraduate course on public opinion, and it also makes a very good starting point for a graduate seminar on the same topic. Finally, it is simply interesting, thought-provoking, and enjoyable reading material that I would recommend to any political scientist.' Perspectives on PoliticsReview of previous edition: 'James A. Stimson has written another important book on American public opinion, this time geared to show a general audience how one fundamental aspect of 'democracy' works: that public opinion, contrary to its critics, looks sensible and 'citizens succeed in communicating their preferences to government.' Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University, New York'This immensely readable book is jam-packed with ideas and insights into the deep rhythms of public opinion and how they condition the actions and reactions of politicians and political commentators. I know of no other book on public opinion and elections that rivals its verve, deep scholarship, and on-the-money shrewdness.' Paul Sniderman, Stanford University, California'Tides of Consent is a rarity in the literature on public opinion - a book that is both accessible and profound. Its central thesis - that aggregate opinion moves in understandable ways and that it is this movement that influences politics - is compelling. A must-read for academics, journalists, pollsters, and anyone else interested in the role of the public voice in American democracy.' Michael X. Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania'Stimson is the premier scholar on the connection between public opinion and public policy on the national level in the US … This second edition is helpful because it updates numerous data series well past 2010. The conclusions are much the same, but the evidence is more robust. [His] writing style is approachable, entertaining, and at times downright humorous. This is a welcome update of a political science classic … Essential.' E. T. Jones, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Opinion flows; 2. What the public wants of government; 3. Left and right movements in preference; 4. The great horse race; 5. Between the campaigns; 6. On politics at the margin.

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Book SynopsisThe consuls were not only the supreme magistrates in Republican Rome, but the very personification of the Republic itself. This book explores the various facets of these magistrates, with contributions touching on the political, social, cultural, religious and economic implications of holding the highest office in the Roman Republic.Trade Review'This book is a goldmine of information about the consulship from the beginning to the end of the Roman republic. The contributions are uniformly excellent, well-written, and carefully researched, with appropriate attention given to earlier scholarly opinions … a volume of helpful and readable essays on an important and timely topic of great interest to Roman historians and historiographers.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review'This important collection of papers, arising from a conference at Zaragoza in 2007 and drawing upon the editors' research network on the consulship in the Roman Republic, is a welcome addition to a growing body of recent work on the republican constitution … a volume which, in its coherence, quality, and standard of editing is a model of how the book of the conference should be.' Catherine Steel, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsIntroduction Hans Beck, Antonio Duplá, Martin Jehne and Francisco Pina Polo; Part I. The Creation of the Consulship: 1. The magistrates of the early Roman Republic Christopher Smith; 2. The origin of the consulship in Cassius Dio's Roman History Gianpaolo Urso; 3. The development of the praetorship in the third century BC Alexander Bergk; Part II. Powers and Functions of the Consulship: 4. Consular power and the Roman constitution: the case of imperium reconsidered Hans Beck; 5. Consuls as curatores pacis deorum Francisco Pina Polo; 6. The feriae latinae as religious legitimation of the consuls' imperium Francisco Marco Simón; 7. War, wealth and consuls Nathan Rosenstein; Part III. Symbols, Models, Self-Representation: 8. The Roman Republic as theatre of power: the consuls as leading actors Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp; 9. The consul(ar) as exemplum: fabius cunctator's paradoxical glory Matthew Roller; 10. The rise of the consular as a social type in the third and second centuries BC Martin Jehne; 11. Privata hospitia, beneficia publica? Consul(ar)s, local elite, and Roman rule in Italy Michael Fronda; Part IV. Ideology, Confrontation and the End of the Republican Consulship: 12. Consular appeals to the army in 88 and 87: the locus of legitimacy in late Republican Rome Robert Morstein-Marx; 13. Consules populares Antonio Duplá; 14. The consulship of 78 BC: Catulus versus Lepidus: an optimates versus populares affair Valentina Arena; 15. Consulship and consuls under Augustus Frédéric Hurlet.

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Book SynopsisThis book draws together a body of interdisciplinary scholarship in Southeast Asian studies to explore how the emergence of more marketized forms of economic policymaking in Southeast Asia impacts everyday life and is sustained and contested through everyday practices.Trade Review'This genuinely multidisciplinary work by an impressive set of authors draws on three intersecting fields of study - International Political Economy (IPE), social anthropology and economic geography - as well as using original fieldwork from Southeast Asia to show how processes of market-building unfold on the ground involving non-elite, even marginalised or vulnerable groups, in a non-western setting. The authors demonstrate convincingly that an everyday approach adds value to more common elite-centred analyses of economic transformation by unmasking tensions, subjectivities and behaviours otherwise hidden from scholarly eyes directed towards elites. This book is highly recommended for students of political economy and of Southeast Asia for its nuanced analysis of non-elite agency, often in unexpected and seemingly non-rational ways, that complicates, perhaps even frustrates, top-down, elite-dominated agendas, plans and programmes.' Helen Nesadurai, Monash University, Malaysia'Policy-makers and pundits are seduced by visions of an 'Asian century' ahead. In this context, the authors' carefully crafted volume grounds the discussion of Asia in the global economy by advancing scholarship on the everyday experience of sweeping economic changes. In focusing on Southeast Asia, the contributors to the volume highlight a region that has pioneered political-economic trends that have transformed our world in recent decades: the rise of export oriented economies, huge flows of migrants and remittances, and varying experiences of boom and bust. The interdisciplinary perspectives offered in the component chapters serve both to deepen our understanding of how Southeast Asian political economy plays out on a human scale, and extend important theoretical debates. The volume is a worthy successor to the work of scholars like James Scott and Benedict Kerkvliet who have immersed themselves in the study of the region to teach us about politics everywhere.' Jason Sharman, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Southeast Asia and everyday political economy Juanita Elias and Lena Rethel; Part II. From Development to Multiple Modernities: 2. Policies and negotiated everyday living: a view from the margins of development in Thailand and Vietnam Johnathan Rigg; 3. Everyday agents of change: trade unions in Myanmar Nicholas Henry; 4. Neoliberalism, resource governance and the everyday politics of protest in the Philippines Jewellord T. Nem Singh and Alvin A. Camba; Part III. Widening and Deepening Markets: 5. The political economy of Muslim markets in Singapore Johan Fischer; 6. Islamic finance in Malaysia: global ambitions, local realities Lena Rethel; 7. Resisting marketization: everyday actors, courts and education reform in post-New Order Indonesia Andrew Rosser; Part IV. People, Mobilities and Work: 8. From formal employment to street vending: Malaysian women's labour force participation over the life course Anja K. Franck; 9. Everyday identities in motion: situating Malaysians within the 'war for talent' Adam Tyson; 10. Regional disputes over the transnationalization of domestic labour: Malaysia's 'maid shortage' and foreign relations with Indonesia and Cambodia Juanita Elias and Jonathan Louth; 11. Everyday agency, resistance and community resources for Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong Carol G. S. Tan; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Everyday international political economy meets the everyday political economy of Southeast Asia John M. Hobson, Juanita Elias, Lena Rethel and Leonard Seabrooke.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines why Western European states have recently introduced citizenship tests, integration courses, contracts, and oath ceremonies. These requirements are perceived as instruments of civic integration, to enable immigrants to be better participants in society and the labor market. However, are all states introducing these requirements for the same reason?Trade Review'Why do seemingly similar states formulate dramatically different integration requirements for immigrants seeking residence or citizenship? This creative study offers us a carefully crafted answer that enlightens us not only about immigration but about the general workings of policy communities in six European states. Well worth reading.' Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford'This book cleverly reverses the question that most works have posed regarding new civic integration tests by focusing on divergence rather than convergence to explain why different countries have adopted different tests. Goodman's work is comparative politics at its best: relatively large 'N' but also highly sensitive to local context. She identifies an issue that much of the literature has failed to notice, much less explain. This book has a good chance of becoming the standard work on the topic.' Randall Hansen, University of Toronto'This book argues convincingly that the new civic integration policies for immigrants in Western Europe are not all of one cut but vary in their scope, sequencing, and - above all - purpose, being restrictive in some countries but more inclusive in others. This is the most complete, methodologically elaborate, and theoretically imaginative account of civic integration that exists today. Conversation around these issues will continue at a new level with the help of this impressive work.' Christian Joppke, Universität Bern, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Membership matters: concept precision and state identity; 2. Identifying empirical variation in civic-integration policies; 3. Explaining civic-integration diversity: citizenship and government orientation; 4. Examining context: Austria and Denmark; 5. Examining politics: Germany and the UK; 6. Examining interactions and processes: the Netherlands and France; 7. External dimensions of civic integration: requirements for entry; Conclusion: the anchoring of citizenship; Appendix I. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); Appendix II. Other indices for civic-integration policy and calculated correlations; Appendix III. Citizenship indicator scores.

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Book SynopsisThe politics of the Roman Republic has in recent decades been the subject of intense debate, covering issues such as the degree of democracy and popular influence, 'parties' and ideology, politics as public ritual, and the character of Rome's political culture. This engaging book examines all these issues afresh, and presents an original synthesis of Rome's political institutions and practices. It begins by explaining the development of the Roman constitution over time before turning to the practical functioning of the Republic, focusing particularly on the role of the populus Romanus and the way its powers were expressed in the popular assemblies. Henrik Mouritsen concludes by exploring continuity and change in Roman politics as well as the process by which the republican system was eventually replaced by monarchy. This original and readable book will be important for all students and scholars of Roman history and of politics in general.Table of Contents1. Senatus Populusque Romanus: institutions and practices; 2. Leaders and masses in the Roman Republic; 3. Consensus and competition; Bibliographic essay.

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that the strongest members of the international community have a decisive influence over whether today's secessionists become countries tomorrow and that, most often, their support is conditioned on parochial political considerations.Trade Review'Bridget Coggins explores the conditions under which new states are recognized by the rest of the international system, particularly by the Great Powers. She examines the conditions under which some secessionist movements are accepted as states by the rest of the world, while others are not. This is an intensely political question, fundamental to international relations. Coggins' impressive quantitative analyses employ an entirely new dataset of all secessionist movements over the bulk of the twentieth century. It is also the first dataset to code which secessions are recognized as sovereign by which Great Powers. The case studies are expertly chosen to provide both within-case and cross-case variation, executed specifically to complement the quantitative general findings with plausibility probes of the causal logic central to the theory. This is a terrific book sure to be used by many subsequent scholars.' Douglas Lemke, Pennsylvania State University'Bridget Coggins has written an admirably clear and rigorously designed and executed study of the birth of states from an international relations perspective. Coggins' argument stresses the decisive role of the international environment, especially the choices made by the Great Powers, in determining the outcome of a movement's struggle for recognition. She details that Great Powers' recognition decisions are based on their own security concerns, on how recognition plays in their own domestic politics, and on their collective view of how recognition would affect the overall stability of international politics, especially Great Power relations. This is a very well-written book on an important, indeed foundational, yet underexplored topic in international relations.' Jack L. Snyder, Columbia University, New YorkTable of Contents1. States of uncertainty; 2. Statehood in theory and practice; 3. Research design and methodology; 4. Quantitative analyses; 5. International responses to secession in Yugoslavia: selected Yugoslavia timeline (1989–2011); 6. International responses to the Wars of Soviet succession: selected Soviet successor timeline (1989–2011); 7. Conclusions and substantive interpretations; Appendix A. Project codebook; Appendix B. Unique case ID.

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Book SynopsisJocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries. This book provides a unique overview of the historical and political developments that have made Islam the dominant force in the construction of the modern states, and discusses its impact on emerging democracies in the contemporary Middle East.Trade Review'An indispensable guide to the understanding of political Islam by one of Europe's leading analysts. Theoretically sophisticated, this book answers all the big questions.' Roger Owen, Emeritus Professor, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Jocelyne Cesari not only combines historically rich analysis with admirable geographical breadth and coverage of recent events, she also forces us to view familiar questions through some very new lenses. Rather than approaching political Islam through the prism of social movements and opposition, her starting point is the state and formal institutions. But that is not always her ending point: she shows how and why democracy - if it emerges - is often likely to take some unfamiliar forms in political systems in which political Islam is deeply entrenched.' Nathan Brown, George Washington University'One of the dominant scholarly assumptions regarding political Islam is the dichotomy between state and religion and between modernization and Islamization. The Awakening of Muslim Democracy turns this dominant hypothesis on its head. It argues that state actions and politics have played a key role in politicizing Islam and that the modernization of Muslim societies did not lead to privatization of religion but rather to the politicization of Islam. By bringing the state back and integrating an institutional approach with the social and individual levels, this book makes a critical contribution to our understanding of religion, modernity, and the state in the Muslim world.' Fawaz A. Gerges, London School of Economics and Political Science, and author of The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2014)Table of ContentsPart I. The Making of Islam as a Modern Religion: 1. Modernization and politicization of religion; 2. Nation-state building and the inclusion of Muslim polities within the Westphalian order; 3. Islam in the constitution; 4. Nationalization of Islamic institutions and clerics; 5. Islam in the legal system; 6. Teaching Islam in public schools; Part II. Islamism as the Central Political Force Pre- and Post-Arab Spring: 7. Political opposition through Islamic institutions; 8. Ideological strength of Islamist opposition; 9. From martyrs to rulers; Part III. The Disjunction of Democracy and Secularism - Lessons Learned from the Arab Spring: 10. The rise of unsecular democracies: the conundrum of religious freedom in Muslim democracies; 11. The way forward: the role of Islam in future democratizations; Conclusion. The tragedy of modernity.

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Book SynopsisBy the late nineteenth century, twenty-nine Chinese ports were open for foreign trade. Often run by foreign commissioners and no longer subject to the stringent local laws, these ports levied one of the smallest import taxes in the world, and Chinese commerce therefore exploded. Originally published in 1900, this account by William Barclay Parsons (1859â1932) investigates the ensuing surge of economic and industrial development in the eastern provinces. Including an introduction to China's history and the structure of its civil service, the book analyses the corrupt but ingenious world of customs officials, the importance of American cotton interests, and export statistics which reveal the multimillion-dollar smuggling operations that slipped around official embargoes. Set against a backdrop of electric lights and western labels in even the most closed of cities, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the early stages of today's global market.Table of Contents1. China; 2. American concession; 3. Hu-nan, the closed province of China; 4. My Chinese impressions; 5. Commerce and commercial relations; 6. Finances of China; 7. Chinese construction; 8. Inland communication; 9. Railways; 10. The Yellow Peril; 11. China in the twentieth century.

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Book SynopsisWaiting periods and deadlines are so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. Yet they form a critical part of any democratic architecture. When a precise moment or amount of time is given political importance, we ought to understand why this is so. The Political Value of Time explores the idea of time within democratic theory and practice. Elizabeth F. Cohen demonstrates how political procedures use quantities of time to confer and deny citizenship rights. Using specific dates and deadlines, states carve boundaries around a citizenry. As time is assigned a form of political value it comes to be used to transact over rights. Cohen concludes with a normative analysis of the ways in which the devaluation of some people''s political time constitutes a widely overlooked form of injustice. This book shows readers how and why they need to think about time if they want to understand politics.Trade Review'Time is the ultimate scarce resource, defying every human attempt to defy its inevitable reckoning. As a result, time is intimately bound up with struggles over power and resources; indeed it often gives those struggles their meaning and point. Yet political theorists have paid scant attention to time. Elizabeth F. Cohen sets out to remedy this situation in her lucid and engaging new book. She develops a political economy of time and exhibits its implications for a host of debates about rights, power, and distribution. This is an important and novel contribution.' Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University, Connecticut'The Political Value of Time is packed with stunning insights into politics and time. Cohen explains that time can help political actors bargain over incommensurables and that not all deadlines are the same … Political theorists and empirical researchers will learn invaluable lessons from Cohen's remarkable study.' Susan Stokes, John S. Saden Professor of Political Science, Yale University, Connecticut'In this path-breaking book, Elizabeth F. Cohen asks what politics would look like if we used the dimension of time as a lens to rethink our core political concepts. The frame is original and the implications of her argument for an array of areas - from punishment to citizenship - are important. This is a book political theorists and public policy scholars need to read.' Corey Brettschneider, Brown University, Rhode Island'The Political Value of Time enables us to see many of the ways in which time matters in modern political life. The connections Cohen makes are surprising and illuminating. The time spent reading this excellent book is time well spent.' Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto'Cohen has given us a tremendous opportunity here. Her analysis and argument opens new fields in research and provides a new dimension to analyze our existing theories.' Matthew Reid Krell, Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The sovereign temporal boundaries around nation-states, populations, and citizenries; 3. Democracy, duration, and lived consent; 4. Time's political value; 5. The political economy of time; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisIn turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of different types of advisers who have input into government decision making. Government choices about who advises them varies widely as they demand contestability, greater partisan input and more external consultation. The professional advice of the public service may be disregarded. The consequences for public policy are immense depending on whether a plurality of advice works effectively or is derailed by narrow and partisan agendas that lack an evidence base and implementation plans. The book seeks to addresses these issues within a comparative country analysis of how policy advisory systems are constituted and how they operate in the age of instability in governance and major challenges with how the complexity policy issue can be handled.Table of Contents1. Policy Advisory Systems: An Introduction; 2. Comparative Contexts; 3. Approaches to Understanding PAS and Change over Time; 4. Public Services and Policy Advice; 5. Ministerial Partisan Advisers and the Politicisation of PAS; 6. Alternative Advice from Within Government; 7. External Advice; 8. Understanding Westminster PAS Change; 9. Trends, Tensions, and the State of Neo-policy Advisory Systems.

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Book SynopsisAlthough the idea that existing policies can have major effects on politics and policy development is hardly new, the last three decades witnessed a major expansion of policy feedback scholarship, which focuses on the mechanisms through which existing policies shape politics and policy development. Starting with a discussion of the origins of the concept of policy feedback, this element explores early and more recent contributions of the policy feedback literature to clarify the meaning of this concept and its contribution to both political science and policy studies. After exploring the rapidly expanding scholarship on policy feedback and mass politics, this element also puts forward new research agendas that stress several ways forward, including the need to explain both institutional and policy continuity and change. Finally, the element discusses the practical implications of policy feedback research through a discussion of its potential impact on policy design. This title is also Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Theorical perspectives on policy feedback; 3. Policy feedbacks and mass politics; 4. Policy feedback and policy change; 5. From theory to practice: policy feedback and policy design; References.

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestelling author T. R. Reid travels around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unravelling a complex topic in plain English - and telling a rollicking story along the way. The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point. That happened in 1922, and again in 1954, and again in 1986. In other words, every thirty-two years. Which means that the next complete overhaul is due in 2018. But what should be in this new tax code? Can we make the U.S. tax system simpler, fairer, and more efficient? Yes, yes, and yes. Can we cut tax rates and still bring in more revenue? Yes.   Other rich countries, from Estonia to New Zealand to the UK—advanced, high-tech, free-market democracies—have all devised tax regimes that a

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Book SynopsisAs the world struggles to confront a bolder Russia, the importance of understanding the formidable and ambitious Vladimir Putin has never been greater. This gripping narrative of Putin's rise to power recounts Putin's origins—from his childhood of abject poverty in Leningrad to his ascent through the ranks of the KGB, and his eventual consolidation of rule in the Kremlin. On the one hand, Putin's many domestic reforms—from tax cuts to an expansion of property rights—have helped reshape the potential of millions of Russians whose only experience of democracy had been crime, poverty, and instability after the fall of the Soviet Union. On the other, Putin has ushered in a new authoritarianism—unyielding in its brutal repression of dissent and newly assertive politically and militarily in regions like Crimea and the Middle East. The New Tsar is a staggering achievement, a deeply researched and essential biography of one of the m

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Book SynopsisDesigned for today’s businesses, clubs, unions, boards, societies, churches, and other organizations, Robert's Rules of Order will help readers conduct meetings with civility and efficiency.   Henry M. Robert published his first Robert’s Rules of Order in 1876, and literally within days of its printing, began making changes for future printings.   Now, a professional parliamentarian has continued this tradition by updating Robert’s classic manual for today’s needs. Easy to read, understand, and apply, this new edition eliminates outdated footnotes and cross-references. It focuses on typical organizational meetings and includes a unique chart for beginners as well as experts. It is the essential tool for organizations of every type and size—a classic guide designed especially for modern readers.

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Book SynopsisPlunkitt of Tammany HallA Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical PoliticsWilliam L. Riordan “Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.” This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings to become ward boss of the Fifteenth Assembly District in New York, a key player in the powerhouse political team of Tammany Hall, and, not incidentally, a millionaire. In a series of utterly frank talks given at his headquarters (Graziano’s bootblack stand outside the New York County Court House), he revealed to a sharp-eared and sympathetic reporter named William L. Riordan the secrets of political success as practiced and perfected by him and fellow Tammany Hall titans. The result is not only a volume that reveals more about

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Book SynopsisA Companion to James Madison and James Monroe features essays from leading academics that consider various aspects of the lives and legacies of our fourth and fifth presidents.Trade Review“For this reason, A Companion to JamesMadison and James Monroe should find a home in every academic library in theUnited States.” (Journal of American History, 5 November 2013)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Notes on Contributors xiii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Stuart Leibiger 1 James Madison’s Political Thought: The Ideas of an Acting Politician 4 Jack N. Rakove 2 James Madison’s Journey to an “Honorable and Useful Profession, ” 1751–1780 21 Paul Douglas Newman 3 James Madison, 1780–1787: Nationalism and Political Reform 39 Adam Tate 4 James Madison and the Grand Convention: “The Great Difficulty of Representation” 56 Gordon Lloyd and Christopher Burkett 5 James Madison and the Ratification of the Constitution: A Triumph Over Adversity 74 Kevin R. C. Gutzman 6 James Madison in The Federalist: Elucidating “The Particular Structure of this Government” 91 Michael Zuckert 7 James Madison, Republican Government, and the Formation of the Bill of Rights: “Bound by Every Motive of Prudence” 109 Alan Gibson 8 James Madison in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–1797: America’s First Congressional Floor Leader 127 Carey Roberts 9 James Madison and the National Gazette Essays: The Birth of a Party Politician 143 Denver Brunsman 10 James Madison, the Virginia Resolutions, and the Philosophy of Modern American Democracy 159 Garrett Ward Sheldon 11 James Madison’s Secretary of State Years, 1801–1809: Successes and Failures in Foreign Relations 176 Mary Hackett 12 President James Madison’s Domestic Policies, 1809–1817: Jeffersonian Factionalism and the Beginnings of American Nationalism 192 Aaron N. Coleman 13 President James Madison and Foreign Affairs, 1809–1817: Years of Principle and Peril 207 David J. Siemers 14 James Madison’s Retirement, 1817–1836: Engaging the Republican Past, Present, and Future 224 James H. Read 15 James Madison and George Washington: The Indispensable Man’s Indispensable Man 241 Stuart Leibiger 16 James Madison and Thomas Jefferson: A “Friendship Which Was For Life” 259 Jeffry H. Morrison 17 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 274 Catherine Allgor 18 James Madison and Montpelier: The Rhythms of Rural Life 292 David B. Mattern 19 James Madison and the Dilemma of American Slavery 306 Jeff Broadwater 20 James Monroe’s Political Thought: The People the Sovereigns 324 Arthur Scherr 21 James Monroe, 1758–1783: Student and Soldier of the American Revolution 343 Daniel Preston 22 James Monroe and the Confederation, 1781–1789: The Making of a Virginia Statesman 359 Robert W. Smith 23 James Monroe in the 1790s: A Republican Leader 375 William M. Ferraro 24 James Monroe as Governor of Virginia and Diplomat Abroad, 1799–1810: A Revolution of Principles and the Triumph of Pragmatism 391 David A. Nichols 25 James Monroe as Secretary of State and Secretary of War, 1809–1817: Toward Republican Strategic Sobriety 405 MackubinThomas Owens 26 James Monroe, James Madison, and the War of 1812: A Difficult Interlude 421 J.C.A. Stagg 27 President James Monroe’s Domestic Policies, 1817–1825: “To Advance the Best Interests of Our Union” 438 Michael J. McManus 28 President James Monroe and Foreign Affairs, 1817–1825: An Enduring Legacy 456 Sandra Moats 29 The Domestic Life of James Monroe: The Man at Home 472 Meghan C. Budinger 30 James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson: Republican Government and the British Challenge to America, 1780–1826 489 Michael Schwarz 31 James Monroe and James Madison: Republican Partners 505 Brook Poston 32 James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two Divergent Bodies of Scholarship 521 Peter Daniel Haworth References 541 Index 558

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Book SynopsisA masterpiece of scrupulous investigative journalism that is also a testament to the forgotten victims of a neglected theater of the Cold War.Once in a rare while a writer reexamines a debated episode of recent history with such thoroughness and integrity that the truth can no longer be in doubt. Mark Danner [has done] just that. —The New York TimesIn December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army's select, American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women, and children, often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre—and photographs of its victims—appeared in the United States, the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end, El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued, with American funding.When Mark Danner's reconstruction of these events first appeared in The New Yorker, it sent shock waves through

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Book Synopsis* A lively discussion of politics and political theory by one of the world's most distinguished political theorists and philosophers. * Provides an excellent introduction to the work of Bobbio for the newcomer. * Explains the idea of the Republic and some of the major political and ethical themes of the day.Trade Review"This delightful dialogue moves with ease between ideas in the history of political thought and political theory and issues in contemporary politics, Italian, European and global. It breathes new political life into old academic bones." —Philip Pettit, William Nelson Cromwell, Professor of Politics, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction to the English Edition. 1 Virtue and the Republic. 2 Patriotism. 3 What Kind of Freedom? 4 Meekness and Intransigence. 5 Rights and Duties. 6 Fear of God and Love of God. 7 The Republic and its Problems. 8 Hidden Powers. 9 Can the Republic be Renewed? Notes.

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Book SynopsisThis timely and engaging book challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption. Scandal and Silence argues for a different perspective. Using case studies from the period 1988-2008, it shows that: Media neglect most corruption, providing too little, not too much scandal coverage; Scandals arise from rational, controlled processes, not emotional frenzies - and when scandals happen, it's not the media but governments and political parties that drive the process and any excesses that might occur; Significant scandals are indeed difficult for news organizations to initiate and harder for them to maintain and bring to appropriate closure; For these reasons cover-ups and lying often work, and truth remains essentially unrecorded, unremembered. Sometimes, bad behavior stimulates an avalanche Trade Review"This book combines insightful theoretical analysis with interesting empirical research, and is a major contribution to the field."Discourse and Communication"This is the definitive work on political scandal in the modern American press. The reader will find engaging and richly detailed accounts of dozens of scandals, along with explanations of why in some cases they became so overblown, and, in others, did not develop at all despite available evidence. The book raises important questions about how journalists tell stories, and why those stories so often fail to embody the ideals we associate with a free press in a democracy."Lance Bennett, University of Washington "Robert Entman has long been one of the most insightful analysts of the news media. Scandal and Silence will add to his reputation. Anyone who thought they had a reasonable understanding of how the media handle scandal will have to think again. A brilliant book that is a must read for those in the classroom, the newsroom, and the political cloakroom."Thomas E. Patterson, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsDedicationChapter 1: High Crimes or Misdemeanors?Chapter 2: Analyzing Media and Presidential ScandalChapter 3: Private Lives in the Public Sphere. What Do Journalists Know, and When Do They Tell It?Chapter 4: Secret Sins of 2008: The McCain, Edwards and Clinton Families' ValuesChapter 5: Dodging Scandals - and the DraftChapter 6: Rathergate: From a Scandal of Politics to a Scandal of JournalismChapter 7: Harkening to Other Matters: What News Looks like When a Scandal is SilencedAppendix to Chapter 7: Harken Data TablesChapter 8: Silenced Scandals of Grave MisconductChapter 9: Recalibrating Scandal and SilenceReferencesNotes

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Book SynopsisAnd she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states.Trade ReviewA very neat, thorough and interesting study for all scholars trying to understand the working of 'shared powers', may it be at the international, supranational or national level. -- Dietmar Braun Swiss Political Science Review A book of substantial interest and considerable scholarship. -- Peter Leslie International History Review A very impressive and thought-provoking book that contributes to the research stream represented by books on the impact of European Courts on European 'constitutional' politics. -- Donald W. Jackson Law and Politics Book Review Professor Goldstein does an admirable job bringing the European Union into comparative context. -- Erik Jones Acta Politica A well-focused application of comparative federalism. -- R. Daniel Kelemen Journal of Politics 2003 A very welcome addition to the literature on federal systems. -- Paolo Dardanelli Regional and Federal Studies An excellent example of the successful merger of the interests of comparative history, politics, and jurisprudence... The writing is clear, the argumentation is fair and precise, and the logic is lucid. The book makes a significant contribution to the field of comparative federalism and should be widely accepted a s a basic reference work for study in this field. -- Jim Seroka Publius 2002Table of ContentsContents: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Member-State Resistance Paradox: American Union (1790-1860) versus European Community (1958-1994) Chapter 2: State Resistance in the United States and the European Community: Unraveling the Puzzle Chapter 3: The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic and the European Union Chapter 4: The First Half-Century of the Modern Swiss Federation Chapter 5: Conclusions: State Behavior in the Suprastate Unions Appendix A: State Resistance to Federal Authority in the United States Appendix B: European States' Resistance to European Community Authority Abbreviations of Public Documents Notes Cases Cited Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThey make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroductionEditorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsMembers of the House of RepresentativesMembers of the SenateSubjects Debated in the House of RepresentativesSubjects Debated in the SenateAppointees to Office During the First CongressCorrespondence: First SessionMarch 1789April 1789May 1789

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsCorrespondence: First SessionJune 1789July 1789August 1789

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. They bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process.Trade ReviewThis complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. -- Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic 2006Table of ContentsIllustrationsCorrespondence: First SessionSeptember 1789October 1789November 1789December 1789Residences of MembersNew York City Weather ChartsBiogrphical GazetteerFirst Session House BillsFirst Session Senate BillsIndex

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Book SynopsisAmericans may cling to the belief that "politics stops at the water's edge," but the reality is that parochial political interests often play a critical role in shaping the nation's interactions with the outside world.In The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945, editors Andrew L.

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Book SynopsisIn a trend that disturbs nationally known constitutional scholar George Anastaplo, law schools now place very little emphasis on the study of the United States Constitution as a document.Trade ReviewA well-reasoned commentary that is devoid of partisan and ideological bias and complemented by a mastery of philosophy, law, and history. - Joseph R. Fornieri, author of Abraham Lincoln's Political Faith

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Book SynopsisArgues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend themselves against transnational terrorists.

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Book SynopsisIn Thinking About the Future, George Shultz has collected and revisited key writings, applying his past thinking to America's most pressing contemporary problems. Each chapter includes new commentary from the author, providing context, colour, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of how decisions are made in the halls of power.

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Book SynopsisProposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, this title argues that theory-based empirical research can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance.Trade ReviewProvides insights that come from practical experiences and research disappointments. Improving Governance is a valuable book for those who undertake organizational and policy research and for those desiring to do so. American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsPreface About the Authors List of Tables and Features 1. Governance in a Democracy What is Governance?Complications of Governance ResearchPurposes of this BookLimits to GovernanceA CaveatNotes 2. A Logic for Governance Research Challenges for Governance ResearchThe Logic of Market GovernancePublic-Sector Governance: An Institutional ViewLevels of GovernanceNotes 3. Institutional Governance Legal IdealismPolitical EconomyThe New InstitutionalismNotes 4. Organizational and Technical Governance The Organizational (Managerial) LevelThe Technical (Primary Work) LevelNotes 5. Designing Research: Applying a Logic of Governance Questions and IssuesA Reduced-Form ModelSummaryNotes 6. Designing Reseach: Models, Methods, and Data Identifying a Literature of GovernanceCritiquing a Literature of GovernanceSummaryNotes 7. Governance Research: Scholarly Applications Governance Research in Three Policy DomainsMore Extensive Reviews of Individual Governance StudiesConlcuding CommentNotes 8. Governance: Research and Practice The Nature of ResearchThe Nature of PracticeEnlightening Practice: Utilizing a LogicEnlightening Practice: ProspectsConclusionNotes References Names Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States. This title explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments.Table of ContentsForewordR. Scott Fosler and Shinyasu Hoshino Globalization and Decentralization: An OverviewJong S. Jun and Deil S. Wright Part I: Institutional Contexts Introduction 1. From Dual to Coercive Federalism in American Intergovernmental RelationsJohn Kincaid 2. Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: Historical and Legal Patterns of Power DistributionFukashi Horie 3. Innovative Policies and Administrative Strategies for Intergovernmental Change in JapanHiromi Muto 4. Remapping Federalism: The Rediscovery of Civic Governance in the United StatesDeWitt John, Alex Halley, and R. Scott Fosler 5. Emerging Regional Organizational and Institutional Forms: Strategies and Prospects for Transcending Localism in the United StatesJohn Kirlin 6. Understanding Regional Administration in Japan: Dynamism in Stability and Continuity in ChangeTakashi Nishio Part II: Public Policy Issues Introduction 7. The Roles of Central Government and Local Government in Japan's Regional Development PoliciesNaohisa Nagata 8. Public Infrastructure, Capital Investment, and Economic Development in the United StatesBruce McDowell 9. The "Tokyo Problem" and the Development of Urban Issues in JapanAkira Nakamura 10. Metropolitan Growth and Development in the United States: Human Problems and ProspectsRalph Widner 11. Service Integration Revisited and Reinvented: The Strategic Role of Schools in Human ServicesAstrid Merget and William Colman 12. Social Welfare Issues in Japan: Meeting the Needs of an Aging SocietyAkira Morita 13. Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: The Problem of Solid Waste ManagementKatsumi Yorimoto 14. The Interstate Transport of Solid Waste: Intergovernmental Tensions and the Conflict Between Law and PolicyRosemary O'Leary and Paul Weiland 15. Fiscal Disparities in the United States: Concepts, Trends, and PoliciesRobert Rafuse 16. The Politics of Local Government Finance in JapanYoshio Kobayashi Part III: Internationalization and Globalization Introduction 17. State and Local Boundary-Spanning Strategies in the United States: Political, Economic, and Social Transgovernmental InteractionsJohn M. Kline 18. Technology Transfer from Iowa to Japan: Internationalization and the Quality of Life in Rural AreasKazunori Ishiguro 19. Japanese Local Government in an Era of Global Economic InterdependencyShinyasu Hoshino 20. The Domestic Consequences of Internationalization: Emerging Conflicts Enid Beaumont

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Book SynopsisShows that majority party leaders in Congress have set and successfully pushed their own policy agendas for decades. This title probes the strategies and evaluates the effectiveness of House and Senate leaders operating in a divided government, when Congress and the presidency are controlled by different political parties.

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Book SynopsisDespite America's pluralistic, fragmented, and generally adversarial political culture, participants in pollution control politics have begun to collaborate to reduce the high costs of developing, implementing, and enforcing regulations. This title uses examples from this traditionally combative policy arena to propose a model for regulation.

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