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Oxford University Press British Politics An Analytical Approach
Book Synopsis- What caused the increased turbulence of British Politics in recent- How do policy blunders occur and why?- Why did Brexit happen, and what is the future of the UK-EU relationship?- How powerful are political parties in British Politics?- How is British politics shaped by variation and differentiation, especially across the nations of the UK?British Politics answers these fundamental questions, putting political science and public policy at its core to provide an analytical approach to British politics. The book''s three-part structure is designed to help students make sense of the British political system. Part A covers constitutional and institutional foundations: the formal set of politics, laws, procedures, and customs which make up the distinctive features of the political system. In Part B, political behaviour and citizenship is explored, looking at politics from the view of the everyday citizen by examining political parties and the media. Finally, part C looks at how power andTrade ReviewThis is a path-breaking textbook that will help significantly advance the teaching of undergraduate British Politics courses. * Dr Philip Catney, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Keele University, UK *A very lively and interesting exploration of contemporary UK politics. British Politics is admirably analytical, balanced and thoughtful. It will get undergraduates to think, which is key. It encourages them to consider rival perspectives on a debate. It covers a lot of ground and is authoritative and rigorous but always accessible. * Professor Jon Tonge, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK *An accessible yet sophisticated exposition of the British political system. Empirically rich and theoretically driven, it is a must-have resource for students of British politics. * Dr Richard Hayton, Associate Professor of Politics, University of Leeds, UK *Table of ContentsPart A: Constitutional and Institutional Foundations 1: The Starting Point: Understanding the Political System 2: Leadership from the Top 3: Debating Politics and Making Laws Part B: Political Behaviour and Citizenship 4: What People Think and Do about Politics 5: Winning and Losing Elections 6: The Media and Agenda Setting: Political Turbulence Part C: Policy-Making and Delegation 7: Interest Groups, Advocacy, and Policy-Making 8: Governing Through Bureaucracy 9: Governing From Below 10: Delegating Upwards: Challenges of International Politics 11: Conclusion: The State of British Democracy?
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Oxford University Press Democracy Without Shortcuts A Participatory
Book SynopsisThis book articulates a participatory conception of deliberative democracy that takes the democratic ideal of self-government seriously. It aims to improve citizens'' democratic control and vindicate the value of citizens'' participation against conceptions that threaten to undermine it. The book critically analyzes deep pluralist, epistocratic, and lottocratic conceptions of democracy. Their defenders propose various institutional ''''shortcuts'''' to help solve problems of democratic governance such as overcoming disagreements, citizens'' political ignorance, or poor-quality deliberation. However, all these shortcut proposals require citizens to blindly defer to actors over whose decisions they cannot exercise control. Implementing such proposals would therefore undermine democracy. Moreover, it seems naive to assume that a community can reach better outcomes ''faster'' if it bypasses the beliefs and attitudes of its citizens. Unfortunately, there are no ''shortcuts'' to make a community better than its members. The only road to better outcomes is the long, participatory road that is taken when citizens forge a collective will by changing one another''s hearts and minds. However difficult the process of justifying political decisions to one another may be, skipping it cannot get us any closer to the democratic ideal. Starting from this conviction, the book defends a conception of democracy ''''without shortcuts''''. This conception sheds new light on long-standing debates about the proper scope of public reason, the role of religion in politics, and the democratic legitimacy of judicial review. It also proposes new ways to unleash the democratic potential of institutional innovations such as deliberative minipublics.Trade ReviewA brilliant book. The author offers a powerful reconstruction of the systematic content of a participatory conception of deliberative democracy, which she justifies with metacritical arguments that exhibit an equal measure of analytical acumen. * Jürgen Habermas, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *Trenchantly argued, ambitious, and full of surprising insights, Democracy without Shortcuts is a major contribution to contemporary democratic theory by one of the best political philosophers in the world. * Fabio Wolkenstein, Perspectives on Politics *It is hard to exaggerate the importance today of Lafont's identification and exploration of the central goal of dispelling alienation - helping citizens to own their own laws, identify with those laws, and endorse them... Her willingness to directly address the need for the justification of state coercion is what makes this book so important... Lafont's analysis is extremely valuable for today and for the future. It puts the citizen at the center and takes seriously the citizens' capacities for reflectively endorsing the laws that coerce them. * Jane Mansbridge, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *A searching and thought-provoking philosophical work on the nature of deliberation in modern democracy. * Thomas Christiano, Jus Cogens 2 *Cristina Lafont's powerful critique of deliberative minipublics strikes at the central strategy that has energized efforts to actually apply deliberative democracy to real public problems. Every effort to make deliberative democracy practical needs to take account of her critiques. * James Fishkin, Journal of Deliberative Democracy *This book makes a significant contribution to the literature defending a broadly deliberative view of democracy ... In the course of her defense she shows that judicial review need not be opposed to participatory deliberative democracy. * H. Oberdiek, CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Democracy for Us, Citizens I - Why Deliberative Democracy? 1: The Democratic Ideal of Self-government 2: Pluralist Conceptions of Democracy II - Why Participatory Deliberative Democracy? 3: Purely Epistemic Conceptions of Democracy 4: Lottocratic Conceptions of Deliberative Democracy 5: Lottocratic Institutions from a Participatory Perspective 6: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy: Against Shortcuts III - A Participatory Conception of Public Reason 7: Can Public Reason Be Inclusive? 8: Citizens in Robes
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Oxford University Press Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms
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Oxford University Press Modern British Party System
Book SynopsisThis new edition provides comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the variety of party systems found at central, devolved and local levels in British politics.Trade ReviewA brilliant, mind expanding book — and very readable. * Chris Mason, BBC Political Correspondent and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions *Eye-opening unknown insights into the inner life of political parties will grip casual and expert readers alike. Leaders who resist reforms, beware complacency at growing public distrust and cynicism, this timely and lively book warns, for parties are vital components of our democratic life. * Polly Toynbee, guardian columnist and co-author of The Lost Decade: 2010-2020 and What Lies Ahead for Britain *In an age of extraordinary political flux, this authoritative analysis of shifting party allegiances and fragmenting political tribes is essential reading not only for students of politics but for anyone interested in the trends shaping public life. * Rachel Sylvester, Columnist and Interviewer, The Times *When so much of the media focus is on leaders this is a brilliantly researched and illuminating reminder that British politics is based around parties...making it a must read for all those that want to make sense of the changing political patterns around the UK. * Steve Richards, Author and Broadcaster *Table of Contents1: Party Systems in the UK: An Overview 2: The Changing Electoral Market in Britain: From Mobilization to Competition 3: Understanding Electoral Change: Realignment or Dealignment? 4: How Parties Compete 1: Ideological Reputations and Manoeuvres 5: How Parties Compete 2: Programmatic Adaptation 6: How Paries Compete 3: Imagery, Media Effects, and Political Marketing 7: Conflict and Cohesion in Parties 8: Members, Leaders, and the Distribution of Power Within Parties 9: Party Organizational Resources 10: Parties and the Political System Appendix
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics is an authoritative volume on an established subject in political science and the academy more generally: urban politics and urban studies. The editors are all recognized experts, and are well connected to the leading scholars in urban politics. The handbook covers the major themes that animate the subfield: the politics of space and place; power and governance; urban policy; urban social organization; citizenship and democratic governance; representation and institutions; approaches and methodology; and the future of urban politics. Given the caliber of the editors and proposed contributors, the volume sets the intellectual agenda for years to come.Table of ContentsCh. 1 - Introduction, Mossberger, Clarke and John ; POWER AND PARTICIPATION IN URBAN POLITICS ; Ch. 2 - Stone -Power ; Ch. 3 -Dowding and Feiock - Intra-local Competition and Cooperation ; Ch. 4 -Davies and Trounstine - Urban Politics and the New Institutionalism ; Ch. 5 - Peters and Pierre -Urban Governance ; Ch. 6 - Clark & Krebs - Elections and Policy Responsiveness ; Ch. 7 - Kuebler and Pagano - Urban Politics as Multilevel Governance ; INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE ; Ch. 8 - Goldsmith - Cities in Intergovernmental Systems ; Ch. 9 - Ejersbo and Svara - Bureacracy and Democracy in Local Government ; Ch. 10 - Wollman and Thurmaier - Reforming Local Government Institutions and the New Public Management ; Ch. 11 - Copus et al. -Parties in Cities ; Ch. 12 - Heinelt - Local Democracy and Citizenship ; Ch. 13 - Horak and Blokland - Neighborhoods and Civic Practice ; Ch. 14 - Mayer and Boudreau - Social Movements in Urban Politics: Trends in Research and Practice ; POLITICS AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CITIES ; Ch. 15 - Hero and Orr - Social Capital ; Ch. 16 - Marschall and Shah - The Centrality of Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Cities and Towns ; Ch. 17 - Atkinson and Swanstrom - Poverty and Social Exclusion ; Ch. 18 - McKenzie - Polarization and Enclaves in Cities ; Ch. 19 - Mollenkopf and Garbaye - The Politics of Immigration ; Ch. 20 - Sharp and Browne - Cultural Conflicts, Religion, and Urban Politics ; URBAN POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ; Ch. 21 - Wolman - What Cities Do: How Much Does Urban Politics Matter? ; Ch. 22 - Sapotichne and Jones - Setting City Agendas: Power and Policy Change ; Ch. 23 - Kantor and Turok - The Politics of Urban Growth and Decline ; Ch. 24 - Garcia and Judd - Competitive Cities ; Ch. 25 - Body-Gendrot and Savitch - Urban Violence in the United States and France: Comparing Los Angeles (1992) and Paris (2005) ; Ch. 26 - Keil and Whitehead - Cities and the Politics of Sustainability ; EMERGING RESEARCH AGENDAS ; Ch. 27 - Campbell and Fainstein - Justice, Urban Politics, and Policy ; Ch. 28 - Stren - Cities and Politics in the Developing World: Why Decentralization Matters ; Ch. 29 - Baldersheim and Kerstig - The Wired City ; Ch. 30 - Oliver - Suburban Politics ; Ch. 31 - LeFevre and Weir - Building Metropolitan Institutions ; Ch. 32 - Conclusion - Clarke
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The University of Chicago Press Revolution Subjectivity in Postwar Japan
Book SynopsisHere, the author analyzes the debate over subjectivity. He traces the arguments of intellectuals from various disciplines and viewpoints, and asserts that despite their stress on individual autonomy, they all came to define subjectivity in terms of deterministic historical structures.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: The Politics of Democratic Revolution in Postwar Japan 2: Literature and the Bourgeois Subject 3: Philosophy and the Lacuna in Marxism 4: The Modern Ethos 5: Nationalism Conclusion: The Subject of Modernity Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Chicago Press Deliberative Choices Debating Public Policy in
Book SynopsisThe task of deliberating public policy falls preeminently to Congress. But decisions on matters ranging from budget deficits to the war with Iraq, among others, raise serious doubts about its performance. This book assesses congressional deliberation by analyzing debate on the House and Senate floors.Trade Review"This book will immediately be required reading for students of congressional deliberation. The authors break new ground by employing an innovative methodology to evaluate how well floor debate informs Congress about the potential effects of policy choices." - Joseph Bessette, author of The Mild Voice of Reason"
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University of Chicago Press Political Participation Government Regulation
Book SynopsisExploring how government works and how voters and their elected representatives make decisions, this text responds to the media's negative portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, suggesting that elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests.
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Yale University Press Urban Rage
Book SynopsisA timely and incisive examination of contemporary urban unrest that explains why riots will continue until citizens are equally treated and politically includedTrade Review“Mustafa Dikec begins with the compelling puzzle that in some of the world’s most developed and prosperous cities, in stable democratic societies, we are seeing mass-based violent uprisings [. . .] The book is an enjoyable and enlightening read” —Emma Elfversson, Policing“Urban Rage lays out in compelling detail an argument for understanding urban unrest in the contemporary era. Anyone interested in the fate of cities, and especially the people in them, needs to read this book. Excellent, highly accessible, and at times humorous even as it is always deadly serious.”—Don Mitchell, author of The Right to the City “These comparative case-studies, richly detailed and attentive to local conditions, overthrow the hoary stereotype of the irrational mob. Read carefully and you’ll begin to understand the rationality of urban revolts"—perhaps even their necessity in our gilded world.”—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles “An excellent transatlantic contextualization of recent urban protest.”—Göran Therborn, University of Cambridge, author of Cities of Power “Brilliantly cutting across the North Atlantic, Mustafa Dikeç repositions the cities of the West within the long histories of colonialism and imperialism and reminds us that these wars are not over. Urban Ragethus raises profoundly important questions about the urgent aspirations of our time: emancipation, justice, and humanity. A beautiful book.”—Ananya Roy, author of Poverty Capital
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Little, Brown Book Group Sale Of The Century
Book SynopsisThis is the first account of Russia''s second revolution - the country''s dramatic, wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economy. Written by one of the finest writers on contemporary Russia, it is told by interweaving high politics with glimpses of the revolution''s impact on the lives of ordinary people.Beginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal living conditions in the Soviet Union, she moves on to the romantic early days of the capitalist transformation. This was the height of market euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, a prosperous future seemed within easy reach. Woven through the book are remarkable stories - of Yeltsin''s use of popular psychics, of the might of the ''robber barons'' who form alliances with criminal mafia gangs, of Machiavellian politicians who ''have dealt with the devil and believe they have made a good bargain''. In the final stage of the book, Freeland chronicles the end of the first wave of Russia''s caTrade ReviewWe now have a superb piece of reportage on the central years of the oligarchic era - which may prove, at least in its pure form, to be coterminous with the Yeltsin period ... This book ... is a tremendous illumination of early Russian business methods... Freeland's account of the central deal of the era... reads, at times, like Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full * John Lloyd, NEW STATESMAN *If Marx could read SALE OF THE CENTURY, he would undoubtedly applaud. * Professor Jerry Brotton *This could so easily have been a deeply inpenetrable book. The shenanigans involving the assorted sell-offs, buy-outs and changing alliances in Russia in the past ten years have been so complex as to leave even dedicated readers feeling confused. Chrystia Freeland's achievement in SALE OF THE CENTURY is thus all the more remarkable in weaving a gripping narrative out of all the anarchy and chaos. * INDEPENDENT *
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (HCPI) is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to our accumulated knowledge and the cutting edge of scholarship about political institutions in the comparative context. It differs from existing handbooks in that it focuses squarely on institutions but also discusses how they intersect with the study of mass behaviour and explain important outcomes, drawing on the perspective of comparative politics. The Handbook is organized into three sections: The first section, consisting of six chapters, is organized around broad theoretical and empirical challenges affecting the study of institutions. It highlights the major issues that emerge among scholars defining, measuring, and analyzing institutions. The second section includes fifteen chapters, each of which handles a different substantive institution of importance in comparative politics. ThiTrade ReviewWith a stellar line-up of brilliant authors and a wide range of chapter topics, the Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions should be indispensable to all scholars of comparative politics and political institutions. Anna Gryzmala-Busse, University of Michigan From the birth of modern political science in the early 20th century to contemporary rational choice institutionalism, political institutions have been a defining subject of our discipline. This Handbook covers the full terrain of analytical ideas and empirical regularities discovered by this great tradition and also points the way forward for future scholarship. This is a "must have" for any serious political science collection. Simon Hix, London School of Economics Gandhi and Ruiz-Rufino have brought together an outstanding set of scholars to provide a comprehensive treatment of political institutions and their impact. This volume will be essential reading for those interested in exploring the variety of ways in which the formal (and sometimes informal) rules of the game affect political, economic and social outcomes. A major contribution. Daniel Posner, University of California – Los Angeles This handbook is exceptionally clear, fresh, empirically rich, and analytically tight. It should be read widely because it is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to accumulated knowledge of political institutions. It challenges some conventional thinking about how formal and informal political institutions operate under various types of government systems. What distinguishes this volume from existing literature is its focus on political institutions and ways they intersect with the study of mass behavior. K. M. Zaarour, Shaw University, CHOICE recommended Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1. Introduction PART I APPROACHES TO STUDYING INSTITUTIONS 2. The New Economic Institutionalism in Historical Perspective 3. Studying Institutions 4. Endogenous Change of Institutions 5. Formal and Informal Institutions 6. Equilibrium Analysis of Political Institutions 7. Using Field Experiments to Study Political Institutions PART II COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 8. Constitutions as Political Institutions 9. From Duverger to Rokkan and Back: Progress and Challenges in the Study of Electoral Systems 10. Parties and Party Systems11. Legislative Organization and Outcomes12. Executive-Legislative Relations 13. Coalition Formation and Policymaking in Parliamentary Democracies 14. Judicial Institutions 15. Federalism16. Bureaucracy 17. Election Administration, Election Observation, and Election Quality18. The Military’s Role in Politics19. Authoritarian Institutions 20. Fiscal Institutions 21. Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance 22. Domestic Politics and International Institutions: Cooperation, Sacrifice, and Change PART III THE EFFECTS OF COMPARATIVE INSTITUTIONS 23. Voting Behaviour and Political Institutions 24. Ethnicity and Elections 25. Political Mobilization and Institutions 26. Political Violence: An Institutional Approach 27. The Institutional Context of Transitional Justice 28. The Institutional Components of Political Corruption 29. Political Institutions and Economic Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia
Book SynopsisThis handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific. The chapters consider key and cross cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as authoritarianism. They show how populist politics alters the way governments mediate state-society relations.The essays in this volume consider: diverse approaches in populist politics, for example, post-colonial, strategic vs ideational, growth and redistribution, leadership styles, and in what ways they are similar to, or different from, populist discourses in Europe and the United States under what social, political, economic and structural conditions populist politics has emerged in the Asia-Pacific region national case studies drawn from South, East and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific analyzing themes such as media, religion, gender, medical populiTable of ContentsList of contributors List of tables List of figures List of graphs Acknowledgements PART I: Introduction 1 Populism’s shifting meanings and geographical diffusion PART II: Approaches and key issues 2 Populism, nationalism, and national identity in Asia 3 The strategic approach to populism 4 Between people power and state power: The ambivalence of populism in international relations 5 Growth, redistribution, and populism in Asia 6 The populist radical right, gendered enemy, and religion: Perspectives from South Asia since 2014 7 Charismatic leadership, leader democracy, and populism in Asia PART III: Cross-cutting themes 8 Populism, media, and communication in the Asia Pacific: A case study of Rodrigo Duterte and Pauline Hanson 9 Religion, secularism and populism in contemporary Asia 10 Islam and populism in the Asia Pacific 11 Medical populism in the Asia Pacific PART IV: National cases 12 ‘Inclusionary’ populism and democracy in India 13 From Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan: A comparative analysis of populist leaders in Pakistan 14 Variants of populism in Bangladesh: Implications of charisma, clientelism, cronyism, and corruption 15 Gender, populism, and collective identity: A feminist analysis of the Maoist movement in Nepal 16 Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’ 17 Islamic nationalism, populism, and democratization in the Maldives 18 Democracy icon or demagogue? Aung San Suu Kyi and authoritarian populism in Myanmar (Burma) 19 The Duterte phenomenon as authoritarian populism in the Philippines 20 Gender, media, and populism: The vilification of first lady Ani Yudhoyono in the Indonesian online news media 21 Weaponizing populism: How Thailand’s civil society went from anti-populism to anti-democracy campaigns 22 South Korea: Still the ‘politics of the vortex’? A □historical analysis of party solidarities and populism 23 Patriotic songs and populism in Chinese politics 24 Taiwanese populism in the shadow of China 25 Populism in Japan: actors or institutions? 26 From populism to authoritarianism? The contemporary frame of politics in Australia 27 Man alone: Winston Peters and the populist tendency in New Zealand politics 28 Are Fiji’s two military strongmen populists? Index
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Cambridge University Press Women Political Process 20C Iran 1 Cambridge
Book SynopsisIn a challenging and authoritative analysis of the role of Iranian women in the political process, Parvin Paidar considers the ways they have been affected by the evolutionary and revolutionary transformations of twentieth-century Iran. In so doing, she demonstrates how political reorganisation has of necessity redefined the position of women, and that, contrary to the view of conventional scholarship, gender issues are fundamental to the political process in contemporary Iran. The implications of the study bear on the broader issues of women in the Middle East and the developing countries generally.Trade Review'Histories of modern Iran and the 1979 revolution in particular have dealt with gender marginally. Parvin Paidar's lucid study successfully demonstrates the centrality of women in the political process.' Shusha Guppy, The Times Higher Education Supplement'Paidar is a scholarly and thorough academic whose research covers an extensive range of Iranian and Western sources.' Haleh Afshar, Development and ChangeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Marginalisation of gender and approaches to women in Middle Eastern studies; Part I. The Discourse of Modernity: 1. Social diversity on women's issues in nineteenth-century Iran; 2. Women and the ear of constitutionalism; 3. Women and the era of nation building; 4. Women and the era of nationalism; 5. Women and the era of modernisation; Part II. The Discourse of Revolution: 6. Gender as a revolutionary discourse; 7. Women and the political transition from modernisation to Islamisation; Part III. The Discourse of Islamisation: 8. The Islamic construction of family; 9. Women and national participation in the Islamic Republic; 10. Policing the family; Conclusion.
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Harvard University Press The Two Faces of American Freedom
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis provocative book will interest all American historians… A brief review cannot do justice to the intricacy and subtlety of Rana’s argument. He deploys evidence from a dazzling range of sources, particularly but not exclusively from imaginative readings of pivotal court cases… The Two Faces of American Freedom…establishes Rana as a serious student of American democracy, and all readers of the Journal of American History should wrestle with his brilliant and passionate critique of ‘settler empire.’ -- James T. Kloppenberg * Journal of American History *In The Two Faces of American Freedom, Rana effectively weaves together historical analysis, constitutional interpretation, and theoretical reflections, showing that empire is more deeply intertwined with American political institutions and their development than many observers realize… Both its compelling historical interpretation and its innovative examination of normative criticisms through the discussion of contemporary social critics make this an important book that neither students of American political and constitutional development nor those interested in political theory and thought can afford to ignore. -- Stefan Heumann * Political Science Quarterly *This is interpretive history, and, as the title indicates, it is interpretive history with bite… The Two Faces of American Freedom is a marvelous tract for our times… The best thing about this book is that Rana has compiled a wonderful pantheon of also-rans in American history who either offered alternatives to ‘settler society,’ or actually tried to fulfill its promise of freedom and equality… The book also includes novel and penetrating analysis of the work and thought of better-known figures in American history… [A] tour-de-force. -- Stephen B. Presser * Reviews in American History *[This] is a significant contribution to constitutional scholarship. One of the virtues of The Two Faces of American Freedom is Rana’s willingness to take intellectual risks… While Rana is not the first legal scholar to examine the link between republican freedom and imperial expansion in American constitutional history, he is the first to do so through the lens of settler colonial theory… By applying this theoretical framework, Rana offers a provocative and original narrative of how early American ideas of freedom and imperialism were interdependent, and together animated what was once a formative ideology underpinning American constitutional governance… The Two Faces of American Freedom is a significant theoretical accomplishment. It successfully taps the insights of a discipline unfamiliar to many legal scholars, and by doing so offers a novel interpretation of America’s constitutional past. This interpretation suggests new and challenging ways of thinking about the relationship between national power and domestic freedom. -- Anthony O’Rourke * Michigan Law Review *Overall, this book is masterfully crafted. To say that ideas matter is easy. To demonstrate how ideas inform and are informed by our understandings, practices, and institutions in a dynamic manner across a wide ideological and historical spectrum is quite another… The challenge Rana sets forth—politically, conceptually and methodologically—is daunting in that it captures the kind of urgency, creativity and diligence that every intellectual should aspire for. -- Daniel Kato * Constellations *Rana’s interpretation of the American past helps make sense of the Revolution’s democratic potential, and also the problems facing American democracy today. -- Johann Neem * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *[A] provocative, revisionist tale that finds the key to apparently contradictory strains in American political culture, political thought, and notions of citizenship in our own dual past as settler and colonizer… [It] seems clear that Rana’s re-telling of the American story is one that will be debated and should be reckoned with, both for its bold sidelong glance at familiar history—especially the manner in which it outlines the case for how and why we moved almost immediately from colony to colonizer—and for its potential implications for the present political moment. Scholars of immigration history and policy, American foreign policy, and American political thought will all find arguments worthy of consideration and deserving of their attention, along with fresh perspectives on what might ordinarily be stale terrain. -- Stephen Pimpare * Law & Politics Book Review *[An] ambitious and thoughtful book… The Two Faces of American Freedom [is] a challenging and often compelling book. It is well written, full of fresh interpretations of familiar debates, and unafraid to pose big questions and draw striking conclusions where others often fear to tread. -- Duncan Ivison * Perspectives on Politics *Two Faces of American Freedom is an impressive piece of historical scholarship… [Rana] provides insightful new interpretations of several critical points in the United States’ political development… It would be difficult to overstate the originality and importance of Rana’s portrayal of the American Revolution as ‘settler revolt.’… By making imperialism and settlerism central concepts in his approach to the American Revolution, Rana deals a devastating blow to scholarship committed to American exceptionalism, which has sequestered the study of American history and politics for too long. If this were Two Faces’ only contribution, it would be quite a worthy book, but in subsequent chapters, Rana extends his analysis through history, tracing the evolution of settlerism in the years between the ratification of the Constitution and the Civil War, and between Reconstruction and the turn of the twentieth century… In Two Faces, Rana uses the concept of settler colonialism to illuminate the American experience in an unassailably effective and innovative manner… Two Faces is a compelling work because it expands the compass of inquiry, opening the way to comparative approaches that were previously closed off by scholarly commitments to American exceptionalism. -- Joshua Simon * Settler Colonial Studies *Rana makes a compelling case for a populist account of self-rule at the heart of the U.S. political tradition. -- M. G. Spencer * Choice *This is a genuinely important book, offering a fundamental reinterpretation of American constitutional development. -- Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School, author of The Decline and Fall of the American RepublicA strikingly original and powerful account of American political culture. -- Jedediah Purdy, Duke Law SchoolWill put the concept of settler freedom on the map of scholarship on American political thought, political development, and democratic theory. -- Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania
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Princeton University Press The Process of Government under Jefferson
Book Synopsis"Based on an exploration of the total mass of executive and legislative records for the years 1801-1809--something no other scholar has attempted--this thoroughly documented account describes the machinery and operation of the presidential office, the Cabinet, the departments, and other offices and commissions in the executive branch. It also explaTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*I. A New Administration, pg. 1*II. The President as Chief Executive, pg. 27*III. Presidential Decisionmaking, pg. 48*IV. The President's Cabinet, pg. 60*V. The Making of the Annual Message, pg. 72*VI. The Four Departments, pg. 87*VII. The Executive Complement, pg. 134*VIII. Appointments and Removals, pg. 165*IX. Executive-Congressional Relations, pg. 188*X. The Anatomy of Congressional Committees, pg. 214*XI. A Deliberative Body, pg. 253*XII. Parties and Pressures in Congress, pg. 273*XIII. The Process of Petition, pg. 294*XIV. The Jeffersonian Experience, pg. 316*Appendix I, pg. 325*Bibliographical Note, pg. 333*Index, pg. 339
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Princeton University Press The Process of Government under Jefferson 3734
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*I. A New Administration, pg. 1*II. The President as Chief Executive, pg. 27*III. Presidential Decisionmaking, pg. 48*IV. The President's Cabinet, pg. 60*V. The Making of the Annual Message, pg. 72*VI. The Four Departments, pg. 87*VII. The Executive Complement, pg. 134*VIII. Appointments and Removals, pg. 165*IX. Executive-Congressional Relations, pg. 188*X. The Anatomy of Congressional Committees, pg. 214*XI. A Deliberative Body, pg. 253*XII. Parties and Pressures in Congress, pg. 273*XIII. The Process of Petition, pg. 294*XIV. The Jeffersonian Experience, pg. 316*Appendix I, pg. 325*Bibliographical Note, pg. 333*Index, pg. 339
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Ancient Maya Political Dynamics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reframing Mergers and Acquisitions around Stakeholder Relationships
Book SynopsisAmong the significant repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic is escalating public questioning of the desirability and sustainability of the market economy and the societal role of business. These concerns are linked to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, with significant disruptive consequences for stakeholder relationships and their management. This book explores these changes, moving away from the traditional focus on the financial and strategic aspects of M&A and its rational, technocratic approach.Viewing M&A activity as economic, political, and social (EPS) processes, Segal provides a dialectic understanding of stakeholder relationships around M&A activity and challenges the view that M&A activity is static, linear, and predictable. He develops a conceptual framework to enable practitioners, researchers and policymakers to identify, understand and address the stakeholder and management implications of M&A activity. This is applied to four case studies that make expTrade Review"This book is a well-focused and welcomed addition to the stakeholder literature. It has much theoretical rigor combined with practical applicatioins."R. Edward Freeman, University Professor and Olsson Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia"This is a ‘must-have’ book for anyone looking to do a deal or analyse why those deals get done well or poorly. Taking a comprehensive look at the many different stakeholders in a deal, the authors present a fresh view on how these interact with each other and thus show why it’s wrong to take too focused a view of a deal with attention on one or only two drivers to the deal. It’s a book that I suggest should be thumb-worn from frequent reference for deal practitioners and academics alike."Prof. Scott Moeller, former MD in M&A / Private Equite at Deutsche Bank and Morgan StanleyTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Causes and consequences of M&A 3. Economic, political and social implications and processes around M&A 4. Stakeholder approach to M&A 5. Conceptual stakeholder framework around M&A 6. Who are the stakeholders around M&A? 7. Balancing stakeholder relationships around M&A 8. The Tatts-Tabcorp merger process 9. The abandoned United Airlines and US Airways merger 10. Acquisition of Vin & Sprit by Pernod Ricard 11. Collapse of Fortis 12. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis The Art of Populism in US Politics
Book SynopsisThe Art of Populism in US Politics investigates connections between populist politics and artistic expressions in the United States in the Trump era.Beginning with comparisons between frontier populism and millennial-era populism, the author examines how citizens imitate and improvise on political sentiments, global histories, images, and discourses to create their own senses of community, identity, belonging, and exclusion. Political art, narratives, opinions, polemics, and abstract artistic expressions are shared instantly, creating new political and affective communities that challenge the power and stability of previous institutions and ideologies. These modes of digital sharing create communities of practice, groups who come together through shared creation and consumption, whether it be memes and vlogs, homemade signs and T-shirts, music videos, or political dialogues. The book analyzes the physical and digital art practices that support the growth and proliferation of populist politics and the fractious communities in America that support it. With modular chapters providing in-depth case studies within the larger context of populism, this book provides alternate methodologies for working through key issues of politics, production, distribution, globalization, and political economy, particularly because of the ways in which different forms of mediaâart, video, text, musicâare brought into productive dialogue with each other.This book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of political science, cultural studies, music studies, American studies, and art and media studies.
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Taylor & Francis Intergovernmental Relations in the UK
Book SynopsisIntergovernmental Relations in the UK provides a timely and up-to-date analysis of a turbulent decade in British politics and presents a fascinating case study of intergovernmental relations and territorial power in a devolved unitary state.As over time a widening range of powers has been transferred from the Westminster Parliament to the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, intergovernmental relations have become increasingly important to deal with the corresponding overlaps of legislative and fiscal authority. However, leaving the European Union has exposed the weakness of the intergovernmental architecture and challenged the functionality of the UKâs multilevel polity. Until now, the question of how powerful the devolved administrations really are has not been satisfactorily answered. The author uses insights from comparative studies of federations to develop a systematic account of shared rule and intergovernmental relations. This book examines how informal institutions and practices can provide political influence beyond formal structures, with reference to an extensive range of institutions, practices, policies and political decisions. Unlike other studies focused predominantly on the state of the Union, this volume points to the interplay between conflict and cooperation, and demonstrates that the proclaimed âbreak-up of the Unionâ is accompanied by efforts to integrate the different jurisdictions.This book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of comparative politics, political systems, multilevel governance, regional and federal studies, British politics and public administration. It will also appeal to politicians, government advisers, civil servants and other practitioners who seek a better, more nuanced understanding of the UKâs multilevel constitution and politics, and the nature of intergovernmental relations in the UK.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Playful Politics of Memes
Book SynopsisMemes work as rhetorical weapons and discursive arguments in political conflicts. Across digital platforms, they confirm, contest and challenge political power and hierarchies. They simultaneously create social distortion, hostility, and a sense of community. Memes thus not only reflect norms but also work as a tool for negotiating them. At the same time, memes meld symbolic and cultural elements with technological functionalities, allowing for replicability and remixing.This book studies how memes disrupt and reimagine politics in humorous ways. Memes create a playful activity that follows a shared set of rules and gives a (shared) voice, which may generate togetherness and political identities but also increase polarization. As their template travels, memes continue to appropriate new political contexts and to (re)negotiate frontiers in the political. The chapters in this book allow us to chart the playful politics of memes and how they establish or push frontiers in variouTable of Contents1. The playful politics of memes 2. Messy on the inside: internet memes as mapping tools of everyday life 3. Memes, brands and the politics of post-terror togetherness: following the Manchester bee after the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing 4. Memetising the pandemic: memes, COVID-19 mundanity and political cultures 5. ‘Don’t panic people! Trump will tweet the virus away’: memes contesting and confirming populist political leaders during the COVID-19 crisis 6. ‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok 7. Memetic commemorations: remixing far-right values in digital spheres 8. Sharing the hate? Memes and transnationality in the far right’s digital visual culture 9. Murder fantasies in memes: fascist aesthetics of death threats and the banalization of white supremacist violence
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Taylor & Francis The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Book SynopsisIn the Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992), John Zaller set out one of the most influential models of opinion formation: he presented the public as a pliable instrument of political elites, who are able to garner support simply by sending cues through the mass media telling Republicans or Democrats, for example, what the Republican or Democratic position is on a given issue. Contributors to this volume critically examine Zallerâs model and its implications, empirical and normative. The introduction contrasts two different strands in Zallerâs book, one of which confines the impact of media messages to politiciansâ cues, the other of which emphasizes the impact of journalistsâ interpretive frames. Other chapters examine whether elite domination of public opinion is desirable and assess how well Zallerâs model has withstood two decades of research. Zaller himself contributes a long retrospective in which he modifies some claims, defends others, and sets out a bold new re
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Taylor & Francis Machiavelli Marketing and Management
Book SynopsisThis second fascinating and cutting-edge text provides insight into the meaning and interpretation of Machiavelli and his works for management, marketing and political thought and highlights their particular relevance to the manager and policymaker today. By bringing together contributions from authors, both academic and practitioner, this book addresses a number of common themes relating to the influences and arguments of perhaps the first political scientist and advocate of sound management and marketing principles.The volume covers a wide range of topics including modern management and leadership, public affairs, technology, marketing, populist and fascist governments, and strategic corporate philanthropy.Machiavelli, Marketing and Management: Revisited will be of great interest to all practitioners, students and scholars of management, marketing, political science and public affairs.
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Cambridge University Press Resisting War How Communities Protect Themselves
Book SynopsisBased on fieldwork and statistical analysis, this book explains how local social organization and cohesion enable both covert and overt nonviolent strategies, including avoidance, cultures of peace, protest, and negotiation. These 'autonomy' strategies help civilians retain their agency and avoid becoming helpless victims by limiting the inroads of armed groups.Trade Review'We have thousands of books and articles on how armed men threaten unarmed civilians, but very few on the important and fascinating phenomenon of how the civilians protect themselves and fight back. This compelling book fills the gap and represents an important turn in the study of violence, from how it is committed to how it is mitigated.' Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature'In this path-breaking book Oliver Kaplan shows that in all the narratives about elites, rebels, guerillas, combatants etc. there was somebody missing: society. Patterns of peace and conflict, it turns out, depend on how society mobilizes, organizes, and negotiates. Combining theory, statistical analysis and extraordinary fieldwork in Colombia, Kaplan develops and tests a theory of just how society influences civil war.' James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and author of Why Nations Fail'In the vast literature on civil wars, we have learned considerably about what motivates rebels to risk their lives to resist state power. In these accounts, civilians living in contested zones are typically portrayed as helpless victims adding only to the counts of collateral damage. Oliver Kaplan, in this brilliantly conceived study, challenges these dominant narratives and recasts peasants as anti-violence entrepreneurs. He discovers the conditions under which small rural communities can draw on their solidarity to avoid devastation from both rebels and the state, and avoid mass exodus to cities. Villagers can negotiate with both sides, Kaplan shows, to save their communities, preserving dignity and life while being protected from nearby death and destruction.' David D. Laitin, Stanford University, California'The literature on building peace emphasizes the need to include and empower civil society as an antidote to violence and the lack of protection by the state. However, little is known about the conditions under which specific communities mobilize or what goes on under the surface of public protests. Kaplan's rich and colorful accounts of communities in Colombia and the vagaries they face show how they have confronted and appeased different violent actors. Kaplan's book should be required reading for anyone attempting to understand how communities are not only victims but also agents in violent contexts.' Angelika Rettberg, Director of the Master's in Peacebuilding program, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia'Kaplan warns U.S. policymakers against counterinsurgency or democracy-promotion strategies that could put the intended beneficiaries at risk by undermining their claims to neutrality.' Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs'Resisting War makes a pioneering contribution to the study of civil conflict and insurgency. Kaplan's book is an exemplary piece of research that provides a captivating and rigorous telling of how civilians in conflict zones protect their own safety.' Dotan A. Haim, Perspectives on Politics'Kaplan's book will be a cornerstone from which to tackle these questions in the future for a broader and deeper understanding of civilians' lives during civil wars. He should be applauded for asking big, important research questions that resist clean answers. Delving into civil war settings in a thoughtful way to provide rich description of how civilians experience and influence civil wars will form a lasting contribution to our knowledge about civil wars.' Abbey Steele, International Studies ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: civilian autonomy in civil war; 2. A theory of civilian decision-making in civil war; 3. The history of conflict and local autonomy in Colombia; 4. Living to tell about it: research in conflict settings; 5. How civilian organizations affect civil war violence; 6. Why some communities are more organized than others; 7. The institution of the ATCC: protection through conciliation; 8. Discovering civilian autonomy in Cundinamarca; 9. Civilian autonomy around the world; 10. Conclusions and policy implications.
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Cambridge University Press Compromise and the American Founding
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Cambridge University Press Clientelism Capitalism and Democracy
Book SynopsisPolitical parties in the United States and Britain used clientelism and patronage to govern throughout the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, however, parties in both countries shifted to programmatic competition. This book argues that capitalists were critical to this shift. Businesses developed new forms of corporate management and capitalist organization, and found clientelism inimical to economic development. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Britain, this book shows how national business organizations pushed parties to adopt programmatic reforms, including administrative capacities and policy-centered campaigns. Parties then shifted from reliance on clientelism as a governing strategy in elections, policy distribution, and bureaucracy. They built modern party organizations and techniques of interest mediation and accommodation. This book provides a novel theory of capitalist interests against clientelism, and argues for a more rigorous undeTrade Review'This marvelous book tackles one of the most enduring problems in electoral politics - how do countries make the transition from clientelism to programmatic electoral politics? - and, by exploring the role of business interests in that process, it makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of how deeply the development of capitalism is intertwined with the development of democracy. It will be of interest to all students and scholars of political development and comparative political economy.' Peter Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Why do political parties abandon clientelism? In this richly detailed account, we learn that parties in Britain and the United States in the late-nineteenth century ended vote buying, reformed the civil service, and proposed predictable policies when a rising business class demanded an effective state. Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy will change the way we think about transitions to programmatic politics.' Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts'When political scientists asking big questions really do historical work - digging in archives, finding new data sources - the results are powerful. Didi Kuo's Clientalism, Capitalism, and Democracy illustrates this beautifully. In an innovative account of the demise of clientelism in historical Britain and the United States, Kuo demonstrates the underappreciated role of business in smashing clientelist politics. With lively writing and systematic evidence, Kuo's work helps reshape debates about the North Atlantic World's democratization, party politics, and clientelism around the world today.' Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Clientelism as a failure of governance: a theory of business, parties, and programmatic demands; 2. Clientelism as a governing strategy in the United States; 3. Business organization and the push for programmatic parties; 4. Clientelism and governance in Britain, 1850–80; 5. Administrative reform and programmatic parties in Britain; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press American Government
Book SynopsisThis fourth edition prompts students to consider and understand the critical choices and enduring principles of the past that shape the present and future of American politics and government. The book is intended for introductory courses in American government.Table of ContentsPart I. Formative Experiences: 1. Introduction; 2. Political culture; 3. Contesting the constitution; 4. Political development; Part II. Pivotal Relationships: 5. Federalism; 6. Political economy; Part III. Governing Institutions: 7. The congress; 8. The presidency; 9. The judiciary; 10. The bureaucracy; Part IV. Political Life: 11. Public opinion; 12. Political parties; 13. Campaigns, elections and media; 14. Political and civic participation: movements, lobbies, voluntary associations and the role of the media; 15. Concluding thoughts.
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Cambridge University Press The Dravidian Model
Book SynopsisThis book adds to the growing literature on dynamics of regional development in the global South by mapping the politics and processes contributing to the distinct developmental trajectory of Tamil Nadu, southern India. Using a novel interpretive framework and drawing upon fresh data and literature, it seeks to explain the social and economic development of the state in terms of populist mobilization against caste-based inequalities. Dominant policy narratives on inclusive growth assume a sequential logic whereby returns to growth are used to invest in socially inclusive policies. By focusing more on redistribution of access to opportunities in the modern economy, Tamil Nadu has sustained a relatively more inclusive and dynamic growth process. Democratization of economic opportunities has made such broad-based growth possible even as interventions in social sectors reinforce the former. The book thus also speaks to the nascent literature on the relationship between the logic of moderniTrade Review'The Dravidian Model makes a compelling case for a development strategy powered by populist mobilization around regional cultural identity. Tamil Nadu, the authors argue, has created more effective institutions and delivered better outcomes on food, health, education and poverty reduction than other Indian states. This strategy has emphasised status inequalities of caste and gender rather than income inequalities with remarkable success. This book needs to be read and discussed.' Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University'Adopting a neo-Gramscian approach, Kalaiyarasan and Vijayabaskar have developed an original take on Tamil Nadu's economy, society and politics. With detailed attention to achievements in human development, structural economic change and accumulation, they reveal the ideas, politics and institutions distinguishing social populism from economic populism. Through both kinds of Dravidian left populism, countervailing power has been built and aspirations against entrenched inequalities have been simultaneously mobilised. The state is central to their co-ordination, continuities, relative success and limitations. This book is sure to generate the conversation the authors seek about the struggle for social justice that is now so urgently needed.' Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University'The Dravidian Model breaks new ground, not only in making sense of Tamil Nadu's political economy but also in advancing our understanding of the possibilities for socially and economically inclusive development in the post-colonial world. The book exhaustively documents and explains the historical and cultural roots of Tamil Nadu's opportunity-equalizing politics and carves out new theoretical frontiers in the debate on left populism. This should be required reading for all those interested in the democratic possibilities of transforming deeply unequal societies.' Patrick Heller, Brown University'The Dravidian Model offers the most convincing explanation of the unmatchable level of development that South India has reached, compared to the rest of the sub-continent. It shows that political mobilization resulting in social change and less inequalities, makes redistribution more natural. And this process prepares the ground for real development - in terms of education and health, for instance - because of a certain democratization of growth. By contrast, Kalaiyarasan A. and M. Vijayabaskar expose those who claim that the economic trajectory of western Indian states are success stories - they are models of growth without development when the Dravidian model offers growth with development!' Christophe Jaffrelot, CERI-Sciences Po'The Dravidian Movement has been studied extensively for its ideology and political mobilization. But its impact on social development and economic growth has rarely been subjected to such meticulous scrutiny. Of special importance here is the analysis of how the Dravidian Movement brought lower castes into the entrepreneurial sphere, lifting Tamil Nadu not only socially but also economically. A compelling and much needed analysis.' Ashutosh Varshney, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsAbbreviations, List of tables, List of figures, 1. The Dravidian model: an introduction; 2. Conceptions of power and mobilisation: a framework for analysis; 3. Democratising education; 4. Democratising care 5. Broadening growth and democratising capital; 6. Identity-based mobilisation and outcomes in rural Tamil Nadu; 7. Institutions, interventions and urban labour; 8. Fissures, limits and possible futures; Appendices; References.
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Palgrave Macmillan Ngos and the United Nations
Book SynopsisNGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. It also looks at how their representation to the UN, their consultative status and their characteristic features influence their relationship with the UN. The case studies include some of the most renowned players on the international scene, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Oxfam International.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword Preface PART 1: NGOS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE UN SYSTEM: INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS NGG Participation in Global Affairs Theoretical Approaches to NGO-IGO Relations Contributions of this Study Organization of the Book PART 2: NGO INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTO THE UN SYSTEM: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Current Theoretical Approaches to NGO-IGO Relations Transnational Relations Transsocietal Approaches NGOs in the UN System NGO Activities in the UN System Institutionalizing NGO-UN Relations Categories of Internationally Operating NGOs Case Selection Summary PART 3: ACTIVITIES IN THE UN CONTEXT: CHANGING PATTERNS OF INTERACTION NGO Activities with the UN and New Opportunities for Interaction Policy Initiating Activities Policy Developing Processes Policy Implementing Practices Exploring Individual Cases of NGOs and their Activities with the UN FIDH: Deepening Established Areas of Activity CARE International: Broadening the Spectrum of lnteraction Oxfam International: Acting Individualistically with the UN Other NGOs Summary PART 4: REPRESENTATION AND REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UN: INSTITUTIONALIZATION AS AN INTERNAL FACTOR General Observations about NGO Representation to the UN The Image of NGOs at the UN in the Past NGO Representation at the UN Today NGO Representatives at the UN in Total Exploring Individual Cases of NGO Representation to the UN Amnesty International: Mobilizing Resources for its UN Representation FIDH: Using Limited Resources to its Advantage CARE International: Increasing Investment in its UN Representation Oxfam International: Only Few Resources Mobilized Other NGOs Summary PART 5: ACCREDITATION TO THE UN THROUGH RULES AND REGULATIONS: INSTIUTIONALIZATION AS AN EXTERNAL DEMAND General Observations on Consultative Status of NGOs at the UN Previous Resolutions on NGO-UN Relations and Current Legal Foundations NGOs and the Consultative Status Today Selection Process of NGOs Withdrawal of Consultative Status as a Threat Consultative Status - Two Sides of the One Coin? Single Cases and their Consultative Status at the UN under Examination Amnesty International: Consultative Status as an Entrance Key FIDH: Dependence on Formal Status as Mouthpiece CARE International: Consultative Status as Lowering Bureaucratic Hurdles Oxfam International: Little Significance of Consultative Status Other NGOs Summary PART 6: NGOS IN THE UN SYSTEM AND BEYOND: FINAL REMARKS Conceptualization and Theoretical Frame Adjustments in NGO Patterns of Activity with the UN NGO Representation and Representatives Rules and Regulations for NGO Accreditation at the UN Level Contribution of this Study and Future Prospects Notes References Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Representations of European Citizenship since
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of the multiple meanings of European citizenship, which has been represented and publicly communicated by the European Commission in five distinctive ways Homo Oeconomicus (1951-1972), A People's Europe (1973-1992), Europe of Transparency (1993-2004), Europe of Agorai (2005-2009) and Europe of Rights (2010-2014).Trade Review“The main strengths of this book are the vast and unique materials analyzed and how the sources are woven together to form a rich account of the history of European citizenship, relating both to successes and failures. Pukallus manages to bring life to her story by highlighting the role played by specific individuals in this history.” (Jonna Johansson, Journal of Common Market Studies JCMS, Vol. 56 (04), May, 2018)Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1: A Civil Europe.- Chapter 2: Homo Oeconomicus (1951-1972).- Chapter 3: A People's Europe (1973-1992).- Chapter 4: Europe of Transparency (1993-2004).- Chapter 5: Europe of Agorai (2005-2009).- Chapter 6: ‘Europe of Rights’ (2010-2014).- Summary European citizenship 1951-2014: An Uninterrupted European Civil Narrative.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) European Security
Book SynopsisRichard Rose is Professor of Public Policy at Strathclyde University, Glasgow and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. He is the author of 50 books on Russia, the European Union, and various Presidents and Prime Ministers. He has lectured on public policy issues in 45 countries; his works have been translated into 18 languages; and he has received a dozen awards from European, American and international institutions for his contribution to understanding public policies comparatively.
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Temple University Press,U.S. Mothers Daughters and Political Socialization
Book SynopsisShedding new light on the political socialization of American womenTrade Review "Jenkins provides a fresh approach to and a timely analysis of women's political engagement. Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization is a lively read, featuring captivating and compelling stories and life histories. This book will fill important gaps in our understanding of the persistence of gender inequality and women’s attitudes toward feminism and the women's movement."—Verta Taylor, Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Gender Roles and Political Socialization 2. Considering the Women’s Movement 3. Gender Roles and Private Life 4. Gender Roles and Public Life 5. Gender Roles and the Political Process 6. Consistency and Consolidation Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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Bristol University Press Kill It to Save It
Book SynopsisKill it to save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism's triumph over democracy. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right in the gut, regardless of science or facts.Trade Review"A precious trove of information and analysis for policy makers, "social partners", NGOs and researchers in quest of policies and consensus-building for barring the road to populism by strengthening democracy that should lead to an economy and society with a human face." Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations "Longtime activist and provocative thinker, Corey Dolgon, has written a compelling and timely new book, "Kill It to Save It," which explores neoliberalism, popular culture, the decline of public institutions, and the serious challenges activists and organizers face as we imagine a world beyond the crumbling edifices of U.S. capitalism." Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois, Chicago "Dolgon's analysis will be useful in efforts to oppose privatization and reassert the idea that government's main function is serving the people, not propping up business. What's more, Kill It to Save It...offers a clear and accessible look at how policy is crafted, marketed, and ultimately sold or rejected." - Rewire "The left is in disbelief by Trump's election. Thankfully, Corey Dolgon's book had anticipated such a development. Dolgon shows how capitalist hegemony and hyper-individualism reshaped America's national identity, making us ever more susceptible to embracing a Reality TV star who promises to "Make America Great Again" despite promoting the worst elements of the country's historical DNA. Required reading for those hoping not only to resist Trumpism, but envision a new left for the 21st Century." Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Author of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America "A provocative, thoughtful, and engaging book, a must-read for people trying to find out "what's that sound and what is goin' down." Policymakers looking out for the interests of their corporate benefactors are selling our institutions to the highest bidders and idly looking away as the lives of the most vulnerable among us are pushed to the edge of survival." Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas at San Antonio "To understand the popularity of Donald J. Trump and the prevailing logic that turns billionaires into job creators, unions into job destroyers, and climate scientists into godless Communists, we need Corey Dolgon. .... Kill It to Save It is mandatory reading if we are to replace the neoliberal "common sense" with the radical possibilities of "good sense." Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination "Overall, the book is engagingly written and persuades the reader of the need to save our public institutions by investing in them, not by killing them." - Choice Reviews "I always love a good whodunit and like a good Agatha Christie mystery, Dolgon peels back the layers of neoliberalism to expose not only the crimes and who committed them, but the weapons they used and the fake alibis they told. If you want to know why reality TV politics and budget austerity killed our democracy and economy, read this book." Jim Hightower, Author, radio commentator, and editor of The Hightower Lowdown "There is no better time in US history to examine how common sense ideas have made American life and freedoms worse, not better - ours is a crisis many years in the making. This is a must read book if, like me, you are trying to make sense of a society that seems to have gone bonkers!" Dr. David G. Embrick, University of ConnecticutTable of ContentsIntroduction: In My Life; Part One: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths; Part Overview: Why an Autopsy? The Politics of History; The Vietnamization of American; Mourning Again in America; Part Two: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education; Part Overview: History of Learning American Style; How the Knowledge Economy Killed Knowledge, and Other Scary Stories Out of School; The University Burns While the Knowledge Factory Hums; Part Three: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America; Part Overview: History of Health in America; Industrialized Food and Industrialized Farmers; Junk Food, Junk Science and a Bad Case of Mad Truth Disease; Junk Freedom, Broken Windows, and Black Lives Matter; Part Four: The Life and Death of America’s Economy and Government; Part Overview: It’s the Political Economy Stupid; Beyond Voodoo Economics: The Myth of Marco Rubio; Shock Doctrines, Disaster Capitalism, and Smart ALECs; The Myth of Common Sense Austerity and the Slow Death of America's Economy; Epilogue: Innocents Abroad; Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global. Postscript.
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Bristol University Press Reconsidering Policy
Book SynopsisThis book reconsiders traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-develops and extends new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.Trade Review“Offers a timely premise – that the needs of public policy have not been particularly well served by policy literature. Taking issue with common refrains like a need for governance, the book’s chapters provide an expansive critical canvas for a sort of public policy soul-searching.” International Journal of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsPreface Reconsidering policy – our agenda Reconsidering policy systems Reconsidering institutions Reconsidering the state Reconsidering borders Reconsidering advice and advisory systems Reconsidering information Reconsidering implementation Reconsidering policy change Reconsidering policy – our agenda revisited
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Bristol University Press Policy Analysis in Spain
Book SynopsisThis expert-led review of policy analysis in Spain is the first systematic study to provide a comprehensive overview of how policy actors generate information for the policy-making process.Table of Contents1. Policy Analysis in Spain: Actors and Institutions Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Jacint Jordana Part One: Examining the Policy Analysis Context 2. Historical Forerunners in Spanish Policy Analysis Albert Carreras, Anna Maria Aubanell-Jubany 3. Policy Analysis and Policy Evaluation as a Profession Verónica Viñas Part Two: Policy Analysis by Governments 4. Policy Analysis in Central Government: Still in Its Infancy Salvador Parrado 5. Policy Analysis and Regional Governments Andrea Noferini, David Sancho 6. Policy Analysis in Local Government: Objects, Perspectives, and Actors Esther Pano, Lluís Medir, Jaume Magre 7. Domestic Policy Analysis by International Actors Oriol Costa, Marga León Part Three: Policy Analysis Beyond Executive in the Public Sphere 8. Parliamentary Committees As Policy Analysis Institutions Anna M. Palau, Andreu Rodilla 9. Policy Analysis and Public Opinion Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Mónica Méndez, Yeimy Ospina 10. Advisory Bodies and Participatory Processes Joan Font, Pau Alarcón 11. Policy Analysis at Universities and Research Centres Ivan Cerrillo, Jacint Jordana Part Four: Policy Analysis by Parties, Interest Groups, and Other Actors 12. Political Parties and Policy Analysis Oscar Barberà, Juan Rodríguez-Teruel, Fernando Casal 13. Trade Unions, Policy Analysis, and the Policy Process Oscar Molina, Alejandro Godino 14. Business Associations and Policy Analysis Ivan Medina 15. NGOs As Policy Analysis Partners: From Invisibility to Expansion Luz Muñoz Márquez, Noemí Orué Guerrero 16. Think Tanks and Policy Analysis
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Bristol University Press Policy Analysis in Argentina
Book SynopsisBy analysing the conceptual frameworks and methodologies used from a meta-theoretical perspective, this book provides a panoramic picture of the perspectives and challenges of policy analysis in Argentina.Table of Contents1. Introduction: History, Problems, and Theories of Policy Analysis in Argentina – Nelson Cardozo and Pablo Bulcourf Part 1: The Theories, Styles, and Methods of Policy Analysis 2. Public Analysis in Complex Societies – Daniel Garcia Delgado 3. Policy Analysis as a Profession: The Interaction Between Knowledge Production and Policymaking – Cristina Díaz, Silvio Crudo and María Del Mar Monti 4. The Styles of Policy Analysis in Argentina: Analytical Frameworks in Debate – Mabel Thwaites Rey and Vanesa Ciolli 5. Prospective Policy Analysis: Its Development and Application for Argentina – Horacio Cao and Gustavo Blutman Part 2: Policy Analysis by Governments 6. Policy Analysis by the Federal Government: The Contribution of the National Institute of Public Administration – Juan Ignacio Doberti, Dante Sabatto and Melina J. Levy 7. Policy Analysis in the Bureaucracy: The Production of Knowledge for Professional Public Management Training – Maximiliano Campos Ríos 8. Policy Analysis at the Subnational Level: An Exploration of a Collaborative Governance Model – Silvia Fontana and Sofia Conrero 9. Policy Analysis in Argentine Local Governments: A Growing, Heterogeneous and Controversial Field of Study – Rita Grandinetti 10. Policy Analysis at Different Levels of Government: The Managerial Skills in Leaders of Policy Networks in Argentina – Alejandro M. Estevez Part 3: Internal Policy Advisory Councils, Consultants, and Committees 11. Corps of Government Administrators in Argentina: A Transformative Initiative of Internal Consultants for Public Administration – Gerardo Izzo and Luz Piraino Martínez 12. The Role of the Argentine Congress as a Policymaking Forum. A Review of the Last Decade – Natalia Staiano and Pablo Lozada Castro 13. Policy Analysis by National Government Advisory Councils. Knowledge Production and Its Role in Policy Design and Implementation – Nelson Cardozo and Paola Ferrari Part 4: Parties, Private Research Centers, and Interest Group-Based Policy Analysis 14. Policy Analysis in Professional Organizations: The Contribution of the Argentine Association of Public Administration – Diego Pando and Adrián Darmohraj 15. Policy Analysis by Parties: Political Cadres Formation and Training for the Public Management in Argentina – Melina Guardamagna 16. The Growing and Influential Role of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks in the Cycles of Public Policy in Argentina – Gonzalo Diéguez and Demian González Chmielewski 17. Policy Analysis in Private Research Centers: The CEDES and Its Production on State and Public Policies in Argentina – Pablo Bulcourf Part 5: Academics, Teaching and Policy Analysis in Universities 18. Academic Policy Analysis: The Development of Production in Public Administration and Policy Studies in Argentina (2001–2019) – Exequiel Rodríguez and Anabela Rosconi 19. Emergence and Development of Public Policy Training Tracks in Argentine Universities – Natalia Galano and Guillermina Curti 20. Postgraduate University Training in Public Administration, Management, and Public Policy in Argentina. Structure and Distribution in the Period 1990–2017 – Karina Montes, Gabriela Mansilla and Sergio L. Agoff 21. Policy Analysis at the Universities: Teaching Comparative Public Administration From Argentina With a Latin American Perspective – Oscar Oszlak
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Edinburgh University Press Authoritarianism and Kurdish Alternative Politics
Book SynopsisLatif Tas investigates the triangular relationship between nationalism, justice and gender politics, to explore how influencing this dynamic allows authoritarian rulers to stay in power for longer and justify their actions for monopolising power.
£85.50
University of Toronto Press 1950s Canada
Book SynopsisWhile the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change. Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental relations became more contentious, and Canada’s presence in the world expanded. The life expectancy of Canadians increased as the social pathologies of poverty, crime, and racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination were in retreat. 1950s Canada illuminates the fault lines around which Canadian politics and public affairs have revolved. Chronicling the themes and events of Canadian politics and public affairs during the 1950s, Nelson Wiseman reviews social, economic, and cultural developments during each year of the decade, focusing on developments in federal politics, intergovernmental relations, provincial affairs, and Canada’s role in the world. The book examines Canada’s subordinate relationship Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reflections on Studying Canada of the 1950s 2. 1950 3. 1951 4. 1952 5. 1953 6. 1954 7. 1955 8. 1956 9. 1957 10. 1958 11. 1959 12. Conclusion: Politics and Public Affairs in the 1950s 13. Appendices
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SAGE Publications Inc Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should
Book SynopsisPolling and the Public helps readers become savvy consumers of public opinion polls, offering solid grounding on how the media cover them, their use in campaigns and elections, and their interpretation. This trusted, brief guide by Herb Asher also provides a non-technical explanation of the methodology of polling so that students become informed participants in political discourse. Fully updated with new data and scholarship, the Ninth Edition examines recent elections and the use and misuse of polls in campaigns, and delivers new coverage of web-based and smartphone polling.Trade Review"Asher’s Polling and the Public has been a mainstay in public opinion courses for the last two decades. This is not an accident. It is unrivaled as an introductory guide to the foundations of measuring and understanding public opinion. This latest edition does not disappoint. Students will continue to get Asher’s straightforward and clear approach that includes all the new developments in polling and public opinion." -- Jason Gainous, Ph.D."I’ve used Polling and the Public for several years in my courses. The book is pitched perfectly for the undergraduate reader: the concepts are clearly explained, the examples are memorable, and the comics engage students’ interest. As a political science professor, I also appreciate the way in which Asher addresses how polling fits into bigger questions about democracy." -- Travis N. Ridout"Polling the Public is enjoyable to read and quite accessible. Students don’t need to have a course in statistics to understand the material, which makes it particularly useful for those with varied academic backgrounds. Polling the Public is perfect for students who are interested in learning about all aspects of polling, from sampling to the interpretation of results. They will also benefit from the book′s excellent discussions of the critical benefits and drawbacks of polling as a way of measuring public opinion. The book is well written and uses current and attention-grabbing examples." -- Jennifer Bachner"Polling and the Public is essential reading for any course on public opinion or survey research methods. My students have found Asher′s lively writing style to be an engaging introduction to complex ideas, from survey sampling to the nature and measurement of attitudes. And just as important for the study of politics, Asher introduces students to broader theories about the place of polling within democratic governing institutions. Asher covers the art and science of polling, while providing students with a foundation of knowledge to understand current controversies in public opinion research." -- H. Whitt Kilburn"Polling the Public brings a wonderful sense of humor that would incite my students to talk about it during their next class period. It is very straightforward in manner, not reliant on jargon, and accessible to undergraduates and grad students who haven’t had many classes in public opinion. This book’s straightforward approach is useful to instructors by providing a thorough introduction to the complexities and nuances of the field." -- Justin WedekingTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Polling and the Public The Importance of Polls The Pervasiveness of Polls Commissioned Polls FRUGging, SUGging, and Pseudopolls The Citizen as a Consumer of Polls Citizens′ Views of Polls Polling and Democracy Exercises Chapter 2: The Problem of Nonattitudes An Example of Nonattitudes The Use of Screening Questions Nonattitudes and the Middle Position in Survey Questions Response Instability and Nonattitudes Implications for Democracy and Public Policy Conclusion Exercises Chapter 3: Wording and Context of Questions Question Wording Question Order and Context Order, Context, and Visual Effects in Self-Administered Surveys An Extended Example Conclusion Exercises Chapter 4: Sampling Techniques Nonprobability Sampling Sampling Designs Sample Size and Sampling Error Total Versus Actual Sample Size Response Rates Weighting the Sample Two Extended Examples Conclusion Exercises Chapter 5: Interviewing and Data Collection Procedures Methods of Collecting Polling Information Interviewer Effects in Public Opinion Polling Internet Polling Conclusion Exercises Chapter 6: The Media and the Polls Standards for Reporting Results Substantive Interpretation of Polls Media, Polls, and the News Reporting Emphasis Conclusion Exercises Chapter 7: Polls and Elections Sponsors of Election Polls Types of Election Polls Uses of Polls by Candidates Polls in the Presidential Selection Process When and Why Election Predictions Are Wrong How Preelection Polls Affect Voters Conclusion Exercises Chapter 8: Analyzing and Interpreting Polls Choosing Items to Analyze Examining Trends with Polling Data Examining Subsets of Respondents Interpreting Poll Results When Polls Conflict and When Polls Surprise: Some Final Thoughts Exercises Chapter 9: Polling and Democracy How to Evaluate Polls: A Summary Polls and Their Effect on the Political System Conclusion Exercise Websites References Index
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IGI Global Strategic Management and Innovative Applications
Book SynopsisEffective administration of government and governmental organizations is a crucial part of achieving success in those organizations. With the widespread knowledge and use of e-government, the intent and evaluation of its services continue to focus on meeting the needs and satisfaction of its citizens.Strategic Management and Innovative Applications of E-Government is a pivotal reference source that provides organizational and managerial directions, applications, and theoretical and philosophical discussions on current issues relating to the practice of electronic government. While highlighting topics such as citizen trust in government and smart government, this publication explores electronic government technology adoption, as well as the methods of government social media practices. This book is a vital reference source for policy makers, IT specialists, government professionals, academicians, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research on e-government applications.
£161.10
Bristol University Press Unarmed Civilian Protection: A New Paradigm for
Book SynopsisThe frequent failure of military or armed interventions to protect civilians is well known. This edited collection provides a comprehensive account of a different, effective paradigm: unarmed civilian protection (UCP). The principles and methods of UCP have been used for many decades to protect both specific, threatened individuals as well as whole communities. Featuring contributions from around the world, this book brings together a wide range of UCP practices in order to examine their underlying theory and interrelated strategies. The book provides an important illustration of the contributions UCP can make, while also discussing its limitations and failures.Trade Review“With a focus on survivors of wars, this book provides evidence that non-violent action is effective and powerful in protecting lives and human rights even in the most dangerous security situations.” Mulanda Jimmy Juma, Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaTable of Contents1. Introduction – Ellen Furnari 2. How Does UCP Protect Without Weapons? – M. S. Wallace 3. A Typology for the Various UCP Practices – Randy Janzen 4. UCP and Conflict Transformation – Christine Schweitzer 5. The Temporal and Embodied Construction of Space and UCP – Louise Ridden 6. Unarmed Civilian Protection: Security or Humanitarian Aid? – John Reuwer 7. Relational Strategies: Contested Approaches to Relationships in UCP – Felicity Gray 8. Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): Exploring the Challenge for Political Science – Cécile Dubernet 9. Gender and Care in Unarmed Civilian Protection – Derek Oakley 10. Unarmed Civilian Protection and Nonviolence With Attention to Sub-Saharan Africa – Moses Monday John 11. Transforming Armed Policing in the US: Contributions From Unarmed Civilian Protection Models – Eli McCarthy 12. Protecting Former Perpetrators? Expanding the Concept of UCP/A through an Exploration of Violence in the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Colombia – Beatriz Arias López, Berit Bliesemann De Guevara and Laura Jiménez Ospina 13. Unarmed Civilian Protection: Impact on Strengthening Civilian Capacities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – Jeyamurugan Vyappareddiyar 14. Conclusion – Ellen Furnari and Randy Janzen
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Bristol University Press Unarmed Civilian Protection
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Little, Brown & Company Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides
Book SynopsisRage revenue-addicted news companies are plagued by shoddy reporting, sensationalism, groupthink, and brain-dead partisan tribalism. Newsrooms rely on emotion-driven blabber to entrance conflict-addled super users.In Broken News, Chris Stirewalt, celebrated as one of America's sharpest political analysts in print and on television, employs his trademark wit and insight to give readers an inside look at these problems. He explains that these companies don't reward bad journalism because they like it, but because it is easy and profitable.Take it from Stirewalt: As a top editor and election forecaster on Fox News' decision desk during the 2020 election, he knows firsthand what happens when viewers (including the president of the United States) become more accustomed to flattery and less willing to hear news that punctures their bubbles.Broken News is a fascinating, deeply researched, conversation-provoking study of how the news is made and how it must be repaired, with surprising takeaways about who's to blame. Stirewalt goes deep inside the history of the industry to explain how today's media divides America for profit. And he offers practical advice for how everyday readers, listeners and viewers can (and should) become better news consumers for the sake of the republic.This is a book for those who care about our country-and want the news to do the news again.
£22.50
Queen's University Canada: The State of the Federation 2015: Canadian Federalism and Infrastructure
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£31.35
Michigan State University Press Kenya's Engagement with China: Discourse, Power,
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, Kenya has witnessed profound changes in its economic, cultural, and environmental landscapes resulting from its interactions with China. University students are competing for scholarships to study in China, coastal artisanal fishers are increasingly worried about Chinese-owned trawlers depleting fish stocks, fishers on Lake Victoria are grappling with the impact of frozen tilapia from China, and unemployed youth are seeking a fair shot at working on one of Kenya’s multimillion-dollar Chinese-funded infrastructure projects. Anita Plummer’s Kenya’s Engagement with China investigates the tension between official Kenyan and Chinese state narratives and individual Kenyans’ reactions to China’s presence to provide insight into how everyday Kenyans exercise their political agency. The competing discourses Plummer uncovers in person, in the news, and online reveal how Kenyans use China to question local power structures, demand policy change, and articulate different visions for their country’s future. This critical text represents the next step in research on Sino-African relations.
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