Political structure and processes Books
The University of Michigan Press Politics Over Process
Book SynopsisAlthough the US Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received little scholarly attention. This volume documents the changes in intercameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades.Trade ReviewThis book brings to the forefront an important—yet significantly understudied—issue in legislative decision making: post passage politics. This book offers the most comprehensive investigation of that topic to date, and the authors' arguments provide a creative and insightful explanation for how and why policy changes after initial passage."" - Nathan Monroe, University of California, Merced""A comprehensive look at a timely and important topic in Congress…makes a substantial contribution both by linking the conference committee changes carefully to broad patterns in congressional politics and by bringing new data to bear on the causes and consequences of the changes."" - Scott Meinke, Bucknell University
£64.95
The University of Michigan Press Founding Factions
Book SynopsisTraditional accounts of the 1787 Constitutional Convention gloss over the complicated coalition politics that produced important compromises. Founding Factions helps us understand the nature of shifting majorities and how they created the American government.
£60.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press Home Field Advantage
Book SynopsisAlthough partisan polarization gets much of the attention in political science scholarship about Congress, members of Congress represent diverse communities around the country. Home Field Advantage demonstrates the importance of this understudied element of American congressional elections and representation.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1. Introduction CHAPTER 2. Sharing Space: Local Roots and the Representational Relationship CHAPTER 3. Rediscovering Roots: New Empirical Perspectives on Local Backgrounds CHAPTER 4. Beyond Partisanship: Outperforming the Party Label With Shared Local Identity CHAPTER 5. Cultivating the Grassroots: Expanding Electoral Support Across Constituencies CHAPTER 6. Power of the Personal: Local Roots and Campaign Spending CHAPTER 7. The Talk of the Town: Local and Partisan Communication Styles CHAPTER 8. Is All Politics Still Local? Local Roots in Historical Perspective CHAPTER 9. Shifting Boundaries: Political Geography, Redistricting, and Local Roots CHAPTER 10. What’s Next? Concluding Thoughts and New Directions in the Study of Local Roots Appendix References Notes Index
£65.50
University of California Press Global Rebellion
Book SynopsisFrom al Qaeda to Christian militias to insurgents in Iraq, a strident religious activism has seized the imaginations of political rebels around the world. This book provides a road map through this complex religious terrain. It puts a human face on conflicts that have become increasingly abstract.Trade Review"[An] insightful and ambitious new book." Intl Journal Of Comparative SociologyTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Rise of Religious Rebellion 1. The Religious Challenge to the Secular State 2. The Front Line of Religious Rebellion: The Middle East 3. Political Targets of Rebellion: South, Central, and Southeast Asia 4. Post-Cold War Rebels: Europe, Asia, and the United States 5. Transnational Networks: Global Jihad 6. The Enduring Problems of Violence, Democracy, and Human Rights Conclusion: Religious Rebellion and Global War Notes List of Interviews Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press Republican Lens Gender Visuality and Experience
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn about modern Chinese history by reading a marginalized set of materials from a widely neglected period? This book captures the ingenuity of a journal that captures the chaotic potentialities within China's early Republic and its global twentieth century.Trade Review"Judge sheds light on how women's lives were lived and conceptualized in the economically advanced cities of the new Chinese Republic ... Republican Lens offers a complex portrait of Chinese urban life in the second decade of the 20th century... Highly Recommended." CHOICE connect "Overall, Republican Lens offers a beautifully illustrated and thoroughly detailed look into the print world of the time, and it is impossible to deny Judge's meticulous scholarship and clear passion for her subject." BRILL Journal
£50.15
University of California Press Living at the Edges of Capitalism
Book SynopsisSince the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. This book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s.Trade Review"Masterfully written... provides a superb analysis of exile and exilic societies." Anarchist Studies
£22.50
University of California Press Edmund Burke and the Conservative Logic of Empire
Book SynopsisEdmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. This book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the new world, India, or Ireland.Trade Review"O'Neill's analysis is a model of scholarship at its best: immersed in both original and secondary sources, cogently argued, and comprehensive in scope." -- E.J. Eisenach Choice
£27.00
University of California Press The Gentrification of the Internet
Book SynopsisHow we lost control of the internetand how to win it back. The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not inevitable. The Gentrification of the Internet argues that much like our cities, the internet has become gentrified, dominated by the interests of business and capital rather than the interests of the people who use it. Jessa Lingel uses the politics and debates of gentrification to diagnose the massive, systemic problems blighting our contemporary internet: erosions of privacy and individual ownership, small businesses wiped out by wealthy corporations, the ubiquitous paywall. But there are still steps we can take to reclaim the heady possibilities of the early internet. Lingel outlines actions that internet activists and everyday users can take to defend and secure more protections for the individual and to carve out more spaces of freedom for the peoplenot businessesonline.Trade Review“The Gentrification of the Internet presents an accurate and accessible description of the current power imbalances taking place online. It pushes activists and users alike to start acting now and provides realistic examples and suggestions moving forward.” * Information & Culture *"In a moment of increasing nihilism about the role of the internet and the ability of regular people to resist a descent into a technology-driven dystopia, The Gentrification of the Internet offers a starting point for action, grounded in the reality of gentrification activism with proven results." * Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Gentrification Online and Off 2. The People and Platforms Facebook Left Behind 3. The Big Problems of Big Tech 4. The Fight for Fiber 5. Resistance List of Resources Glossary Sources and Further Reading Index
£14.24
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Catholic Emancipation
Book SynopsisEvents leading up to an early 19th century emancipation of CatholicsThis book examines how England was still barring Catholics from politics during the 1800s. Catholic Emancipation: A Shake to Men''s Minds traces the events that led to the election of Daniel O''Connell and an attempt to change the law. Though the English king was opposed to the changes, O''Connell was allowed to serve in the Commons beginning in 1829. The author looks at this political emancipation in relation to other issues of the era, such as calls for parliamentary reform, the shifting influence of the monarchy, and Irish nationalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction; trials of a soldier turned politician; the turning point; search for a solution; Ireland on the brink; Protestant protests; Le roi le veut.
£69.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Britain and European Integration Since 1945
Book SynopsisBritain has been a member of the European Community since the start of 1973, but it is only recently, with the publicity given to the plans for the creation of the single market in 1992, and the role of the community in environmental and social policies, that the mass of the population of Britain have begun to notice the possibilities that membership holds. Mrs Thatcher''s government has played down and resisted the increased integration that seems to be taking place in Europe, but it is unlikely that Britain can stand apart from this process much longer.Table of ContentsEuropean integration; the policy of the British state; party politics and European integration; the effects of EC membership.
£38.90
Wiley The Communist Movement since 1945
Book Synopsisaeo An up--to--date critical overview of communism in the period since World War II. aeo Offers the first comparative assessment of world communism since the disintegration of the USSR. aeo Examines the tension between communism as a set of ideas and communism as a form of economic and social organization.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Movement's Turning Point. 2. Cold War and Colonial Revolution. 3. Destalinisation. 4.'Peaceful Co-Existence' and Schism. 5. Orthodox Communism 1963-1970. 6. Indian Summer 1970-1981. 7. The Amazed Evangelist. Biographical Notes. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Maps.
£94.46
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Politics and the Media
Book SynopsisSpin doctor, soundbite, press secretary, digital, global village, cool Britannia. Politics today is saturated with the jargon and buzzwords of the mass media. How important are they for the way we are governed? How can the ever-expanding impact of the media be controlled? In this up-to-the-minute book, a group of Britain''s best-known journalists and media analysts tackle one of the most testing issues facing the nation in the next century. Each essay focuses on the central role of newspapers, broadcasting and information technology in our political life. Peter Riddell shows how the demands of the press and broadcasting have drained Parliament of much of its democratic purpose. Tony Wright gives a fascinating insider''s account of the politician-journalist nexus. Andrew Graham points to the monopolistic pressures of the new technology. Colin Seymour-Ure discusses the effects of the end of the party-political allegiances of newspapers. Philip Schlesinger considers the impact oTable of ContentsIntroduction: Jean Seaton. 1. Members and Millbank: The Media and Parliament: Peter Riddle. 2. Inside the Whale: The Media from Parliament: Tony Wright MP. 3. Broadcasting Policy and the Digital Revolution: Andrew Graham. 4. Themes and Threnodies in Contemporary Satire: Martin Rowson. 5. Are the Broadsheets Becoming Unhinged?: Colin Seymour-Ure. 6. Scottish Devolution and the Media: Phillip Schlesinger. 7. Dumbing Down or Reaching Out: Is It Tabloidisation wot done It?: Steve Barnett. 8. Monarchy and the Message: Ben Pimlott. 9. Judging the Media: Political Impartiality and Broadcasting: Eric Barendt. 10. A Fresh Look at Freedom of Speech: Jean Seaton.
£17.09
Harvard University, Asia Center Constructing Korean Origins
Book SynopsisHyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation emphasizing the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan. He shows that the Korean state was formed far later with influences from throughout Northern Asia.Trade ReviewPai takes an archeological perspective on how the Korean identity has been destroyed, altered, and rewritten. She explores the need for Koreans to reclaim their racial-national identity. She explores Korea's need for identity through the facts and arguments of social migration, ethnic diffusion, parallel evolution, and cultural trade and theft...This is an interesting book, at times quite provocative...[and] loaded with revealing facts...[Pai] has produced a studied research, a solid reference source that could be used in an activist's argument on Korean issues of identity. -- Bill Drucker * Korean Quarterly *This major contribution to both intellectual history and archaeology traces and analyzes the stories fashioned by Japanese colonial scholars and Korean nationalists to account for Korean origins. Theoretically sophisticated, widely read, and armed with a fine sense of irony, [Pai] shows how, despite themselves, Korean nationalists accepted concepts developed by their Japanese predecessors, and how efforts to fashion a common ancestry to serve as the basis for a shared postcolonial national identity continue in both Koreas today...[Pai] goes beyond discussing the evidence or lack of same for various theories, and offers her own eminently cogent interpretation of cultural interaction with China and state formation. -- C. Schirokauer * Choice *
£39.56
Harvard University, Asia Center The Appropriation of Cultural Capital
Book SynopsisThe authors of this volume seek to approach the May Fourth movement of 1919 from novel perspectives and contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. The essays are centered on the intellectual and cultural/historical motivations and practices behind May Fourth discourse.
£32.26
Harvard University, Asia Center The Peoples Emperor
Book SynopsisFew institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. Ruoff analyzes numerous issues, stressing the monarchy's postwarness rather than its traditionality.Trade ReviewRuoff is a clear-eyed observer of the post-occupation battle for Japan’s soul that pitted left against right over issues such as constitutional revision, the reign-names system and the authenticity of the national foundation myth. In doing so, he breaks down the all-too-prevalent tendency to view Japanese politics, of the immediate postwar and present, as monolithic and staunchly conservative. -- Victoria James * New Statesman *The People’s Emperor is certain to be one of the most-discussed books of the coming year. * International Herald Tribune/Asahi News Service *This intriguing and rewarding monograph examines the manner in which the Emperor system has been reinvented in postwar Japan to reflect and reinforce democratic values. Kenneth Ruoff successfully challenges some prevailing myths and stereotypes about modern Japan and helpfully unravels distorting monolithic images about right-wing politics. His interesting discussion of constitutional controversies and key issues that expose cross-cutting political cleavages provocatively recasts the political landscape, clarifies some of the paradoxes of the polity and demonstrates that civil society is neither as anemic or stagnant as some writers suggest. -- Jeff Kingston * Japan Times *A stimulating analysis of the contemporary Japanese monarchy. -- Philippe Pons * Le Monde *Kenneth J. Ruoff’s scholarly yet lucid account of the emperor’s role in post-war Japanese society is a timely addition to the literature on this intriguing institution. It also provides a fascinating insight into post-war Japan’s political struggles… This is an excellent work of accessible history. Sensitive to the nuances of an enigmatic political culture, it is perhaps best recommended for those already with an interest in Japan. -- Ed Wright * South China Morning Post *[A] remarkable book… An even-handed, astute and often entertaining account of the Japanese monarchy in the latter half of the 20th century. -- Velisarios Kattoulas * Far Eastern Economic Review *Ruoff’s book is a fine study with appeal well beyond academe. -- Richard Read * Oregonian *Ruoff argues that the myth of the Japanese monarch was invented to preserve the imperial system in the postwar era after the WWII defeat… Ruoff argues that Hirohito was more actively involved in the decision making in the wartime military government than has been thought. What is new is that Ruoff describes the evolution of the monarch in the postwar period—the monarchy’s efforts to transform itself from a once-sacrosanct throne into a ‘monarchy of the masses,’ especially by Hirohito’s son, Emperor Akihito… [This is] a fine study of the Japanese postwar imperial system. -- M. Itoh * Choice *
£18.86
Harvard University Press The Founding Fathers v the People Paradoxes of
Book SynopsisThe founding fathers emphasized a system in which the people were allowed to play only a limited role. Radical democrats insisted that the people, and only the people, should rule. Anthony King shows how this initial conflict has played out in the turmoil of our nation's public life, and he offers a way to address it.Trade ReviewA fresh, interesting, wide-ranging interpretation of U.S. politics and political history. -- David R. Mayhew, Yale UniversityFollowing in the distinguished tradition of foreigners who have helped Americans think about how they govern themselves, Tony King has produced a beautifully crafted and deliciously thought-provoking extended essay on the many puzzles of American politics emanating from the tensions between constitutionalism and democracy. In his signature empirical and nonjudgmental fashion, King identifies paradoxes and raises questions that are certain to provoke discussion and debate on this side of the Atlantic. -- Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution
£33.11
Harvard University Press Obama and Americas Political Future The Alexis De
Book SynopsisObamaâs 2008 victory, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But he quickly faced skepticism from supporters and fierce opposition from Republicans. What happened? Skocpol surveys the political landscape to help us to understand Obamaâs triumphs and setbacks and see where we might be headed next.Trade ReviewSkocpol's incisive account of the first two years of the Obama presidency's "new New Deal" begins by highlighting contrasts with the original New Deal era. She emphasizes significant contextual differences (economic conditions, media biases, public attitudes toward government) that would have daunted FDR himself, who, unlike Obama, enjoyed bipartisan support at the beginning of his administration…Informed by pathbreaking research on the Tea Party, Skocpol's provocative, original, and lively analysis is supplemented by contributions from Larry M. Bartels, Mickey Edwards, and Suzanne Mettler. Anyone who is passionately concerned about politics and prefers thoughtful discussion to polemic will find this book invaluable. * Publishers Weekly *Did America sweep into office a candidate promising to remake health care and then punish him a mere two years later for doing just that? More complicated factors were at work, and the Harvard sociologist and political scientist Theda Skocpol attempts to unravel them in Obama and America's Political Future...Whatever is happening with the Democrats, Skocpol's take-home message is that we need to recognize the substantial rightward slide of the Republican Party--a fact that she says has only been underscored by Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate...In the book, Skocpol homes in on the Tea Party, the members of which she and her colleagues have spent many hours interviewing. She's careful to draw a nuanced view of them, to explain that they are not the strict anti-government activists many make them out to be. -- Jesse Singal * Daily Beast *If you read only one book about Obama this electoral season, read Obama and America's Political Future, the slim volume that includes Skocpol's essay and three smart responses. Together, they rise above the tick-tocks and polemics that characterize too much of the United States' political writing. -- Chrystia Freeland * New York Times *A crisp, intelligent report card on Obama's domestic-policy record. -- John T. McGreevy * Commonweal *
£32.36
Harvard University Press Making Toleration
Book SynopsisThough James II is often depicted as a Catholic despot who imposed his faith, Scott Sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution was in fact a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained.Trade ReviewScott Sowerby's able and important work, drawn from an impressive array of primary sources, tells a story quite different from the conventional, but still repeated, version of [James II's] short reign. Sowerby's is a James who tried to build consensus and was met by disaffected individuals who manufactured a sense of grievance; a James who was not vindictive, and, seeking reconciliation, often stopped short of counter-measures he might have taken. It was James, not William of Orange, who constructed a reform movement: the attempt to repeal the Test and Corporation Acts and to build a religiously plural society. -- Jonathan Clark * Times Literary Supplement *On the strength of this excellent book we can conclude that [James II] was far more intelligent than is usually supposed and we are reminded that he emptied more prison cells than he filled. As for the 'Repealers' of the book's sub-title, Sowerby provides an extraordinarily detailed portrait of this plucky band of religious dissenters who recognized that history might finally be on their side. It should also be mentioned that the extent of Sowerby's archival wanderings--he visited no fewer than 138 manuscript depositories--is phenomenal. -- Jonathan Wright * Catholic Herald *This clearly written, impressively researched book turns traditional interpretations of the rise of religious toleration and the reign of James II on their heads. Sowerby reconstructs the repealer movement from a variety of printed and archival sources, demonstrating that the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was, in fact, a counter-revolutionary movement opposing the political movement for toleration of nonconformists that James himself sponsored... [Sowerby's] analysis of James's attempts to shape popular opinion casts doubt on views of James as merely a failed absolutist monarch out of touch with his people. The book will interest students and scholars of British politics, religious toleration, and pluralism, and the relationship between memory and the writing of history. -- J. W. McCormack * Choice *A sophisticated account of a much-neglected chapter in English history. Sowerby reshapes our perceptions of both the Glorious Revolution and religious toleration in early modern Europe. Moreover, this book will greatly expand our understanding of the intellectual range and political impact of the early Enlightenment. -- Brian Cowan, McGill UniversityOne of the lasting consequences of the Glorious Revolution in England was the Toleration Act of 1689, which granted freedom of worship, but not full political rights, to almost all Protestant Dissenters, but not Roman Catholics. It is generally recognized that this Act was Parliament's response to James II's campaign to secure toleration and political rights for both Dissenters and Catholics by repealing the penal laws and Test Acts. This important new book, by a talented young historian, systematically examines the supporters of repeal and argues that their importance, and their significance in the Revolution, have been underestimated. -- John Miller, Queen Mary, University of LondonBold and provocative…[Sowerby] regards the repealers and their ideas as precursors to the Enlightenment, with its concern for religious toleration and freedom of conscience. The undoubted achievement of Sowerby’s research is to demonstrate that the repealers’ cause was buttressed by a well-thought-out set of religious and political points. -- Jeremy Gregory * Church Times *
£44.16
Harvard University Press Talk Radios America
Book SynopsisThe march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald charts the transformation of AM radio entertainers into political kingmakers. By giving voice to the conservative base, they reshaped the Republican Party and fostered demand for a president who sounded as combative and hyperbolic as a talk show host.Trade ReviewAt long last, Brian Rosenwald has filled a scholarly vacuum by offering a cogent, well-researched, and entertaining explanation of how Donald Trump was elected president. The conventional wisdom that Trump won by swinging 80,000 voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan might be factually accurate, but is too simplistic. Instead, Rosenwald proves that the outcome of the 2016 election was three decades in the making, made possible by the emergence of a candidate perfectly suited to capitalize on an environment created by the titans of talk radio. This is the book that provides proper context for the greatest election upset in modern American history. -- Michael Smerconish, Sirius XM and CNN hostRejecting claims that the medium acted as a Republican puppet, [Rosenwald] describes a curious relationship between the Grand Old Party and talk radio hosts, one that has had seriously deleterious consequences for American political life. * Financial Times *[Rosenwald] argues that the profit motive radicalized talk radio and with it the Republican Party…Because conflict and scaremongering drove ratings and ratings drove profits, the more extreme the hosts became, the more listeners they gained, and the more money they made. As they amassed power and influence, the hosts could demand fealty from the politicians they were discussing every day. -- Eric Alterman * The Nation *Moving the discussion of contemporary conservative media out of the realm of shadowy conspiracy theory and into the sunlight of deeply researched historical investigation, Brian Rosenwald shows how right-wing talk radio moved from the margins to the mainstream and warped American politics in the process. This book will be of vital interest to anyone concerned about restoring the quality of American democratic debate. -- Joseph Crespino, author of Atticus Finch: The Biography—Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American IconBefore there were social media echo chambers, before there was Fox News, there was Rush Limbaugh and his kin. Brian Rosenwald has told the definitive story of how a squad of outrageous, rule-breaking right-wing radio hosts set the Republican Party agenda and then overtook the party itself. Scholarly and yet eminently readable, this book is indispensable for understanding the world conservative media wrought. -- David Greenberg, Rutgers UniversityUpending conventional wisdom, Brian Rosenwald’s deeply researched book offers an incisive account of how conservative talk radio transformed American politics, altering the relationships between Congressional leaders and rank-and-file members, between activists and the party establishment, and between the demands of entertainment and the process of policymaking. -- Bruce J. Schulman, Boston UniversityThe rise of conservative talk radio has changed American politics and American life, and Brian Rosenwald tells a careful and comprehensive story of its rise and its mushrooming influence. From Rush Limbaugh’s humble beginnings to the election of Donald Trump, Talk Radio’s America shows through careful research and subtle argument how talk radio moved well beyond entertainment and grievance to change the role and makeup of mainstream media, the kinds of stories Americans consume, and the pliable nature of truth. A superb guide to one of the most potent forces in modern political history. -- John Dickerson, 60 Minutes correspondentA brisk, well-researched history of the rise and transformation of talk radio…A vigorous analysis of contemporary politics. * Kirkus Reviews *Demonstrate[s] that broadcasters like…Rush Limbaugh were just as important to building the Republican Party as deified political figures like George Wallace, William Buckley, or Pat Buchanan. Indeed, far from being a mere tool of the Republican Party, talk radio is revealed…as the dominant explanation for that party’s continued existence, an essential precondition of the far right’s cultural dominance today. * New Republic *Important and groundbreaking…Expertly shows how disparate strands in the American political landscape converged in the late 1980s to help make talk radio the potent political force it would become…A must-read for anybody hoping to understand how Trump captured the Republican presidential nomination. * Washington Examiner *Rosenwald takes a look at the rise of conservative radio from a variety of perspectives and offers a clear study of how policies, market forces, personalities, and timing played a role in creating a movement…The book is interesting from beginning to end. -- John M. Bublic * European Legacy *An informative account of talk radio and its impact on politics and policymaking. -- Glenn C. Altshuler * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *In his 2016 presidential run, Donald Trump utilized styles of rhetoric similar to those of talk radio hosts in order to garner a strong base of loyal followers and rile up political activism amongst his supporters…This book could prove useful for those interested how media—both the form factor and the communicative aspects—affect political standing. -- Tyler M. Wilson * Communications Booknotes Quarterly *Documents Limbaugh’s formative role in turning an old technology into an instrument of power that transformed the Republican Party and political discourse in the United States…An important book…Goes a long way to documenting how an old medium helped create a new politics in the United States and paved the way for Donald Trump’s presidency. -- Vincent Mosco * IEEE Technology and Society Magazine *
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Harvard University, Asia Center Japans Imperial House in the Postwar Era 19452019
Book SynopsisWith the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff expands upon and updates The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan.Trade ReviewThree cheers to the Harvard University Asia Center for publishing an updated version of Ruoff’s landmark study of Japan’s postwar monarchy in a global context. In translation, the original edition was awarded Japan’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize and is considered by many Japanese to be the most important study of the monarchy ever published. In this updated edition, Ruoff deftly analyzes the Heisei Monarchy (1989–2019) under Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, including the abdication of Akihito, as well as the heir crisis that imperils the future of the imperial line. -- Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton UniversityThe original edition of The People’s Emperor is the finest work we have on the Japanese monarchy since World War II, widely read and widely praised in its Japanese translation as well. The new and expanded edition assess the three-decade reign of the Heisei monarch, Akihito, with insight and balance. It thoughtfully addresses the ongoing challenges facing a male-only monarchy in an era of changing views on gender and a dearth of male heirs. -- Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard UniversityI am delighted that the incisive analysis of Japan’s monarchy in the postwar era provided in The People’s Emperor has been updated to include developments up through the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Japan. -- Takeshi Hara, Professor of Politics and Social Governance, The Open University of Japan
£46.71
Harvard University Press Japans Imperial House in the Postwar Era 19452019
Book SynopsisWith the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff expands upon and updates The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan.Trade ReviewThree cheers to the Harvard University Asia Center for publishing an updated version of Ruoff’s landmark study of Japan’s postwar monarchy in a global context. In translation, the original edition was awarded Japan’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize and is considered by many Japanese to be the most important study of the monarchy ever published. In this updated edition, Ruoff deftly analyzes the Heisei Monarchy (1989–2019) under Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, including the abdication of Akihito, as well as the heir crisis that imperils the future of the imperial line. -- Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton UniversityThe original edition of The People’s Emperor is the finest work we have on the Japanese monarchy since World War II, widely read and widely praised in its Japanese translation as well. The new and expanded edition assess the three-decade reign of the Heisei monarch, Akihito, with insight and balance. It thoughtfully addresses the ongoing challenges facing a male-only monarchy in an era of changing views on gender and a dearth of male heirs. -- Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard UniversityI am delighted that the incisive analysis of Japan’s monarchy in the postwar era provided in The People’s Emperor has been updated to include developments up through the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Japan. -- Takeshi Hara, Professor of Politics and Social Governance, The Open University of Japan
£24.26
Harvard University Press Politics of Development
Book SynopsisBlending political, cultural and economic perspectives, this text traces the evolution of Asian countries in the 20th century. Its aim is to determine the mix of culture, experience, scale, timing, leadership and policy that shapes individual developing nations.
£999.99
Harvard University Press The Rise of the Latino Vote
Book SynopsisFrancis-Fallon returns to the origins of the U.S. Spanish-speaking vote to understand the history and potential of this political bloc. He finds that individual voters affiliate more with their particular ethnic communities than with the pan-ethnic Latino identity created for them, complicating the notion of a broader Latino constituency.Trade ReviewShows how Latinx voters helped change not only the Democratic and Republican parties but also the egalitarian and internationalist politics of the American left…Francis-Fallon’s story of how Latinx voters and organizers helped shape a nationwide agenda is also telling for the present moment. -- Ed Morales * The Nation *[Has] a narrative brilliance that keeps the reader engaged through twists and turns by political leaders in South Texas, East Los Angeles, and East Harlem…Should be required reading for students of Mexican American history, state and national politicians, and anyone interested in understanding the significant role that Latinos have played, and continue to play, in Texas and national politics. -- Felipe Hinojosa * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *Francis-Fallon’s history of Latinx political power examines the elusive idea of a unified vote, while detailing how activists, laborers, and officeholders have nevertheless influenced American politics for decades. * Commonweal *Timely, well-researched, and important, The Rise of the Latino Vote is the best book yet on the history of Latino politics. -- Geraldo Cadava, author of Standing on Common GroundThe Rise of the Latino Vote presents a powerful and expansive narrative about the creation of Latino politics at the national level, a process that was piecemeal and always contested. Francis-Fallon has written an enormously impressive book that fills a yawning hole in historical scholarship on Latino politics. -- Lorrin Thomas, author of Puerto Rican CitizenDeeply researched and powerfully written, The Rise of the Latino Vote for the first time connects the first rumblings of Viva Kennedy in the Southwest to the organizing of Puerto Ricans in New York City and then to the Cuban-led Reagan Revolution, explaining as never before how America’s now largest, most diverse minority group came to be—and the influence it will continue to wield in the future. This masterful dive into the thorny history of Latino politics will be required reading for years to come. -- Max Krochmal, author of Blue Texas
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Harvard University Press Stealing the State
Book SynopsisSolnick argues that the Soviet system fell victim not to stalemate at the top nor to revolution from below, but to opportunism from within. In case studies on the Communist Youth League, the system of job assignments for university graduates, and military conscription, he tells the story from a new perspective, testing Western theories of reform.Trade ReviewAmid lamentations over 'reforms' stymied by Communist troglodytes, the repudiation of socialism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union seemed to come out of the blue. An institutional loss of confidence turned into a self-fulfilling spiral. 'Soviet institutions,' explains Steven L. Solnick, 'were victimized by the organizational equivalent of a colossal bank run.' Soviet officials sensed the impending doom, and they 'rushed to claim...assets before the bureaucratic doors shut for good.' Of course, 'unlike [in] a bank run, the defecting officials were not depositors claiming their rightful assets, but employees of the state appropriating state assets.' And they grabbed everything that was 'fungible.' (From the wreckage Solnick himself plucked a valuable book.) -- Stephen Kotkin * New Republic *A rigorous account of how the Soviet system fell apart. Using three different Soviet youth organizations as examples--the Komsomol, military conscription, and the job assignment program--Solnick illustrates how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms rechanneled the self-seeking behavior of bureaucrats in directions that destroyed rather than revived soviet institutions. He bases his compact and accessible explanation on recent general institutional theory. Seen from this angle, structures collapsed not because ideology failed, politicians quarreled, or interested groups rose to challenge sterile authority. Instead, the system imploded because bureaucrats at all levels made off with state assets at the first opportunity, hollowing out the state or 'stealing' it...[The book's] underlying argument will fascinate most. * Foreign Affairs *Solnick addresses one of the most important questions about the breakdown of the Soviet Union: Why did seemingly stable Soviet institutions disintegrate so rapidly during Gorbachev's reforms? In constructing his answer, Solnick uses a neo-institutional conceptual framework, which focuses the analysis on authority structures of institutions and incentives for individual bureaucratic actors. This is an original, richly documented and engagingly written study that reconceptualizes our understanding of major elements of the Soviet collapse. -- Linda Cook, Brown UniversitySolnick makes a strong case for taking seriously the role that the collapse of institutions internally played in the overall collapse of the Soviet Union. Stealing the State is a major contribution to our understanding of one of the great events of the twentieth century. -- William Zimmerman, Institute for Social Research, University of MichiganTable of ContentsIntroduction Objectives of This Book The Approach The Basic Argument Outline of the Book 1. Control and Collapse: Reformulating Traditional Approaches A Framework for Analyzing Institutional and Policy Change Power and Control in Soviet Institutions: "Traditional" Theories Summary 2. Control and Collapse: Neoinstitutional Approaches Neoinstitutional Approaches to Hierarchy Explaining Institutional Change Behavioral Theories: "What's So Neo about Neoinstitutionalism? Summary 3. Testing Theories of Institutional Change: The Soviet Youth Program A Strategy for Hypothesis Testing Comrades and Sons: Generational Conflict and Soviet Policy Summary 4. The Communist Youth League Background Institutional Dynamics within the Komsomol Crisis and Collapse of the All- Union Komsomol Summary 5. Job Assignments for University Graduates Background Institutional Dynamics of Raspredelenie The Collapse of the Job Assignments System Summary 6. Universal Military Service Background Institutional Dynamics of Conscription Policy Crisis and Breakdown of the Conscription System Summary 7. The Breakdown of Hierarchy: Comparative Perspectives Reviewing the Case Study Evidence Additional Manifestations of Soviet Institutional Breakdown Chinese Reforms: Successful Decentralization 8. Conclusions and Extensions: Control and Collapse in Hierarchies Hierarchical Control and Collapse in Non-Communist Environments After the Collapse: institutions in the Post-Communist States Appendix: Data Sources Notes Glossary and Abbreviations Index
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Harvard University Press The Revolution That Wasnt
Book SynopsisIn this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists. Rather than leveling the playing field, the internet has tilted it in favor of the Right, where only the most sophisticated and well-funded players can compete.Trade ReviewSchradie demonstrates in great detail [how] Facebook and Google work better for top-down, well-funded, disciplined, directed movements. Those adjectives tend to describe conservative groups more than liberal or leftist groups in the United States. -- Siva Vaidhyanathan * The Atlantic *Schradie explains that, while Black Lives Matter and #MeToo capture headlines, it’s traditionally powerful conservative groups who have used digital tools to create tangible change. Hers may not be the internet culture take you want…but it’s likely the one you need. * Wired *The Revolution That Wasn’t reveals the textured reality of contemporary activism, challenging widespread assumptions about technology’s role in social movements. Beautiful storytelling and grounded insights make this book a delightful and important read for anyone who is concerned about politics today. -- danah boyd, author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked TeensTrump has no overt presence in The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives. But the compulsive tweeter comes constantly to mind as French sociologist Jen Schradie persuasively argues her counterintuitive case: digital organizing—once complacently thought by progressives to advantage their grassroots uprisings—has turned out to be another ‘weapon in the arsenal of the powerful.’ -- Brian Bethune * Maclean’s *Schradie shifts the political conversation away from moral questions and toward questions of power, asking…how the tools of the web work in the very ordinary and unexceptional realm of electoral politics. Social media becomes a lens through which we can understand power, not an instance of power itself…We wish it was bots, that we could locate the problem inside nefarious digital practices emerging from Russia and other phantasms. Instead, as Schradie makes clear, the problem is within our borders, produced by legacies of racial and class-based terror that are as virulent—or more—in the digital age. -- Emily Drabinski * Los Angeles Review of Books *This well-researched and provocative text is likely to make uncomfortable reading for anyone who believes that the internet has gifted us a political ‘digital utopia.’ -- John Gilbey * Times Higher Education *The powers of persuasion, unregulated, have changed our political landscape profoundly…The right is simply better at this than the left, and Schradie’s study explores why that is…A fascinating book that adds new insights to our understanding of the information landscape we live in today. -- Barbara Fister * Inside Higher Ed *Offers detailed analyses of the ways in which digital inequality manifests…Schradie's superb study—easily one of the most important yet on social media's impact on democracy—makes for grim but insightful reading. -- Hans Rollmann * PopMatters *Articulates society’s creeping apprehensions about the digital world. It is not only in surveillance and fake news that digital platforms marketed for our pleasure are harming us. Even in digital activism—the use of digital technology for social change—those who support the status quo have the upper hand…Schradie…quashes the idea that digital tools aid the powerless more than the powerful. -- Mary Joyce * Stanford Social Innovation Review *[An] excellent and important book…Schradie has written an essential contribution to current conversations around not only the use of technology for political purposes, but also about the politics of technology…This book puts forth a nuanced argument about the need for activists to really think critically about whether they’re using digital tools, or whether the digital tools are using them. -- Zachary Loeb * b2o *Shows that it was conservatives who most effectively seized the digital tools at their fingertips. Like a peat fire burning undetected for a long time, right-wing individuals and groups were able to develop and formulate a clear ideology surrounding such concepts as Freedom and Truth while honing their digital media skills. This happened outside the gaze of popular pundits and academics alike…[This] also partly explains the largely unforeseen (by the same pundits) results of the 2016 U.S. elections. -- Rik Smit * American Journal of Sociology *Schradie suggests [that] the image the words ‘digital activist’ should conjure is not of a left-wing student or labor activist but instead a well-heeled think-tank denizen or technologically adept Tea Party member. * Kirkus Reviews *An extraordinary read bringing together knowledge about social activism and the digital divide…A full portrait of digital activism and its variable impact on emboldening grassroots organizing and maintaining the interests of the powerful. * Choice *Don’t believe the mythology of what works in digital activism, or the hyped advice that all voices can simply count. This book lays out the real deal. Perfect for change agents aiming to turn their wild ideas into new realities. -- Nilofer Merchant, author of The Power of OnlynessThe Revolution That Wasn’t synthesizes a wealth of accumulated knowledge to launch a new phase of scholarly endeavor. Blending ethnographic methods with quantitative assessments, Jen Schradie’s work shows that the claims of both digital optimists and pessimists miss the mark. She reveals that successful digital activism is linked to more traditional resources that give well-endowed groups a natural advantage, but one that can be acquired by their progressive opponents. A pleasure to read, and packed with vibrant interactions with activists of both types, Schradie’s book will take the study of digital activism to a new level. -- Sidney Tarrow, author of Power in MovementSimply put, The Revolution That Wasn’t overturns our reigning assumptions about digital activism. Schradie demonstrates how resources, organizations, and ideology shape the potentials for and outcomes of digital activism, and reveals the dynamics behind the conservative digital organizing resurgence in the U.S. since 2010. This highly readable and richly detailed book will become the first stop for those seeking to understand why the internet failed to live up to the ideals of democratic dreamers. -- Daniel Kreiss, University of North CarolinaSchradie carefully outlines how a confluence of factors help conservatives—not liberals—use digital technologies to seize state government and effect political change…Clearly illustrates that the use of technology is stratified along class lines, and finds that working-class, predominately liberal groups are at a disadvantage in the digital activism game…Timely, important, and challenges how we think about movements on the left and right. -- Deana Rohlinger * Mobilization *
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Harvard University Press The Other Digital China Nonconfrontational
Book SynopsisWesterners tend to equate political action with revolution and open criticism, leading to concerns that the less outspoken citizens of nonliberal societies are brainwashed, complicit, or paralyzed by fear. Jing Wang shatters this myth, showing how online activists in China are quietly building powerful coalitions for incremental social change.Trade ReviewDrawing on firsthand experience and rich data, The Other Digital China reveals a vast gray zone of nonconfrontational activism for social change. This mundane activism is propelled by social media and practiced by NGOs, entrepreneurs, state actors, programmers, and ordinary citizens. Written in spirited prose, this important book brings provocative new perspectives into the debates on digital politics and society. -- Guobin Yang, University of PennsylvaniaA very important book. Jing Wang’s exploration of how certain kinds of NGOs are using China’s hyperactive media tools to engage in novel forms of social action ‘for good’ is extremely innovative and provides wonderfully rich empirical descriptions of contemporary social life. Everyone who cares about politics and media systems in China should be paying attention to what Wang calls ‘Activism 2.0.’ -- Judith B. Farquhar, University of ChicagoThis book offers a unique and timely perspective on social media and civil society in China. The author builds on her own experiences to show how the use of digital technologies has given rise to new forms of civic engagements. Jing Wang provides ample examples of how the post-1980s and post-1990s generations are drawn to the culture of ‘tech4good’ and social media for social good thanks to the affordances of new technologies. -- Marina Svensson, Lund UniversityOffers a way forward for those in China—and perhaps elsewhere—who want to make progress within a totalitarian state…Truly thought provoking in a way that few books are. -- Kentaro Toyama * China Review International *[Those] wishing to understand and participate in future social change in China will find this book an invaluable roadmap. -- Jacob Pagano * Critical Inquiry *A timely documentation of the rapidly changing world of Chinese civic life aided by the social media. -- Dan Chen * Journal of Chinese Political Science *
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Harvard University Press Feminisms Forgotten Fight
Book SynopsisKirsten Swinth reconstructs the comprehensive vision of feminism’s second wave at a time when its principles are under renewed attack. In the struggle for equality at home and at work, it was not feminism that failed to deliver on the promise that women can have it all, but a society that balked at making the changes for which activists fought.Trade ReviewChronicles in careful detail the efforts by feminist activists both male and female to remold the structures of family and work life that had historically contributed to a thankless and even punishing existence for most women. -- Ashley Fetters * The Atlantic *Explores how and why our society is structured to make motherhood so hard… [Swinth] documents second-wave feminists’ push for systemic changes to marriage, the workweek, childcare, and welfare that would make being a parent, and a worker, more sustainable and rewarding… Illustrates that policy shifts just don’t happen without cultural shifts. -- Rebecca Stoner * Pacific Standard *Uncovers the all-but-lost history of the women’s movement’s advocacy for mothers. -- Alice B. Lloyd * Weekly Standard *Swinth makes the case that second-wave feminism was never about ‘having it all’—it was about freeing women from the straitjacket of narrow gender roles and the economic penalties associated with all the unpaid labor that keeps society going. -- Natalie Shure * Jacobin *Swinth's point is that the history of post-WWII feminism is far more complex than today's pundits make it out to be, and that we accept reductionist sloganeering at the risk of losing important lessons from our past…It achieves the goal of depicting a rich and varied movement, full of difference, diversity, and idealism. -- Hans Rollmann * PopMatters *Swinth persuasively argues that second-wave feminists advocated work-family balance for women and changed the social fabric in ways that benefit them. This is a smart, nimble corrective history of a rousing fight for societal equality. * Publishers Weekly *Swinth systematically dismantles the myths and stereotypes about second-wave feminism that pervade our culture. Based on rigorous and extensive research, her book traces the numerous ways that feminists of all stripes worked to fight the dilemmas facing working mothers. -- Sara Evans, author of Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century's EndMommy wars and lean-ins step aside! You have met your match in this sweeping, very readable book which recovers the lost feminist vision that equality requires structural transformation of both work and family to become real. Kirsten Swinth shows not only that ‘having it all’ was a myth but that ‘second wave’ feminists were not responsible for selling such an impossible dream to U.S. women during the last third of the twentieth century. -- Eileen Boris, coauthor of Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State‘Have it all’ was a marketers’ slogan, not a feminist one. Instead, as Swinth describes in rich detail, women’s groups thoughtfully debated how to reorganize personal relationships and work arrangements in ways that were fair to women, men, children, and families of different racial and economic backgrounds. We might do well to revisit some of their ideas. -- Stephanie Coontz, author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960sSwinth reveals the ‘having it all’ myth for what it truly is—a backlash against feminism masquerading as feminism. In its place, she unearths what feminists actually fought for, and sometimes, against great odds, achieved. Her brilliant reconstruction of the wide-ranging activism of 1960s and 1970s feminists rescues their work from contemporary parodies and enables it to serve, once again, as a template for the fairer world that we may yet achieve. -- Beryl Satter, author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
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Princeton University Press The Real World of Democratic Theory
Book SynopsisTracing modern democracy's roots to John Locke and the American founders, this book shows that they saw more deeply into the dynamics of democratic politics than have many of their successors. It also shows how elusive democracy can be by exploring the contrast between its successful establishment in South Africa and its failures elsewhere.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Silver Medal Book of the Year Award in Political Science, ForeWord Reviews One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books "While Professor Shapiro will not quell every critic of democracy in this volume, his observations go a long way to pressing the argument not only that democracy's foundations are legitimate, but also that it is still urgently needed to combat forms of domination throughout the world."--Harvard Law Review "This book collects several essays Shapiro has written (or co-written) over the past decade, and an excellent introduction locates them in his account of democracy and justice. Unlike many collections, this work is remarkably unified in its voice and line of argument."--Choice "By bringing together normative ideals and empirical causes, Shapiro places the health of the political order back at the center of political science."--Russell Muirhead, Review of Politics "Students of politics and diplomats will find this well-written book invaluable."--Sylvester Odion Akhaine, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix INTRODUCTION Revisiting Democracy's Place 1 CHAPTER ONE: John Locke's Democratic Theory 39 CHAPTER TWO: Tyranny and Democracy: Refl ections on Some Recent Literature 68 CHAPTER THREE: Problems and Prospects for Democratic Settlements: South Africa as a Model for the Middle East and Northern Ireland? by Courtney Jung, Ellen Lust-Okar, and Ian Shapiro 80 CHAPTER FOUR: Players, Preconditions, and Peace: Why Talks Fail and How They Might Succeed by Ellen Lust and Ian Shapiro 143 CHAPTER FIVE: Containment and Democratic Cosmopolitanism 157 CHAPTER SIX: The Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal by Mayling Birney, Ian Shapiro, and Michael Graetz 180 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Constitutional Politics of Abortion in the United States 219 CHAPTER EIGHT: Democratic Justice : A Reply to Critics 251 Appendix to Chapter Three: Surveys of Israeli Business Elites 275 Appendix to Chapter Six: Polls on the Repeal or the Fairness of the Estate Tax 277 Index 279
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Princeton University Press The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right
Book SynopsisArgues that religious conservatives have in fact dramatically increased and improved democratic participation and that they are far more civil and reasonable than is commonly believed. This title shows that the vast majority of Christian Right leaders encourage their followers to embrace deliberative norms in the public square.Trade Review"It could be argued that The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right actually comprises three books. One is about the Christian right. One is about the anti-abortion movement. One is about democratic theory... Provocative."--Peter Steinfels, New York Times "Shields brings to light a wealth of new data on the Christian Right in a way that helps us better think about the historical rise of the movement, as well as its similarities to and differences from the far better scrutinized social movements of the Left. His organization of this data around the norms of deliberative and participatory democracy helps us deepen our understanding of one of the most active areas of civic engagement in the United States over the last several decades. These contributions make The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right of use to students, scholars, and journalists alike."--Ziad Munson, Perspectives on Politics "It is always refreshing to encounter contrarian viewpoints, especially about topics that rarely receive more than superficial treatment in the media or academe... The book's middle chapters, on the relationship between the Christian Right and 'deliberative democracy,' are well worth the volume's cost. Much of Shields' analysis rests on a perceived tension between partisan mobilization and public deliberation."--John G. Turner, Books & Culture "A remarkable new book ... The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right is by no means a pro-life tract. It is an excruciatingly careful study, studded with the expected graphs and statistical data--but not to the point of spoiling its readability--in the service of probing the curious permutations in contemporary political alignments."--Richard John Neuhaus, First Things "Jon A. Shields makes a substantial contribution to the literature on the Christian right... Shields should be praised for his efforts, since all too often, scholarly work in religion and politics is devoid of theory and is instead simply a superficial description of the political behavior of various religious groups... Shields's book, despite some limitations, represents a major step forward in the scholarship in the Christian right. It is well written and has an engaging narrative that weaves throughout the entire book. Most importantly, the book should serve as a jumping-off point for scholars and media members to better understand the Christian right movement."--Matthew K. DeSantis, Political Science Quarterly "The book's sophisticated argument makes it essential reading for scholars of American religion, politics, and social movements, but it is accessible enough to interest nonspecialists as well... Whether or not readers agree with all of Shields's interpretations, his challenging claims about faith and politics provide a highly relevant perspective on our uncivil times."--Joseph Kip Kosek, Journal of Church and State "This work is thought-provoking and impressive... This is a strong piece of scholarship. Not everyone will agree with Shields's conclusions, but anyone interested in the American polity will be well served by carefully considering this work."--Mark D. Brewer, Review of Politics "Among other virtues, The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right is both careful and clear enough to interest scholars and provocative and relevant enough to engage students with little background. This is both a courageous work, and, in many ways, a classic. It deserves to start a great many arguments, and there is little doubt that it will."--Andrew Sabl, Society "Shields reminds us that the rational-choice, interest-based model of politics dominating most political science departments treats a morally passionate politics as a distortion, even a menace... Using participant-observer interviews and techniques, visiting college campuses and other sites of political action, conducting surveys and consulting other forms of empirical data ... he finds that Christian leaders are, in fact, committed to rational argument and democratic deliberation."--Jean Bethke Elshtain, Claremont Review of Books "For all those interested in the mingling religion and politics, Shields' book has much to teach about the American political scene and the uses of deliberative democracy by religious groups committed to precepts whose ultimate source is their God."--Nancy L. Honicker, Journal of American Studies of TurkeyTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Democratic Education in the Christian Right 19 CHAPTER TWO: Christian Radicalism 46 CHAPTER THREE: The Varieties of Pro-Life Activism 68 CHAPTER FOUR: Deliberation and Abortion Politics 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Reviving Participatory Democracy 115 CHAPTER SIX: Participation, Deliberation, and Values Voters 147 Notes 161 Index 189
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Princeton University Press Citizens Courts and Confirmations Positivity
Book SynopsisOver the years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the US Supreme Court. This book examines one such fight to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy.Trade Review"Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations is a significant contribution to the literature on judicial politics. Its findings are interesting and unique, and it provides a number of insights likely to prompt further studies of courts and the citizenry... Any scholar or citizen interested in the interrelations of courts and public opinion should read Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations, and it will surely find its way on to the syllabi of numerous graduate courses on judicial politics."--Richard L. Vining, Law and Politics Book Review "As a piece of research, Citizens is everything court scholars have come to expect from these two authors: its innovative methodology and provocative findings contribute significantly to the literature on public opinion and the judiciary... Like any good study, Citizens both advances the literature and serves as an impetus for future work."--Nicholas LaRowe, Journal of Politics "I found this book to be an excellent example of cutting edge research that can be highly useful in the classroom. [This book is an] excellent example of the best of current judicial politics research."--Mark C. Miller, Political PsychologyTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: The Public and Supreme Court Nominations 1 Changes in Attitudes toward Judicial Institutions 4 The Theory of Positivity Bias 7 Outlining the Chapters That Follow 14 CHAPTER TWO: Knowing about Courts 17 Assessing Public Information about Law and Courts 19 Empirical Evidence of Mass Ignorance 20 Discussion and Concluding Comments 34 Appendix 2.A: Survey Design, The 2001 Survey 35 CHAPTER THREE: The Popular Legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court 36 Theories of Institutional Legitimacy 38 Measuring Institutional Legitimacy 44 Accounting for Individual-Level Variability in Institutional Loyalty 49 Discussion 61 CHAPTER FOUR: Institutional Loyalty, Positivity Bias, and the Alito Nomination 63 The Confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court 66 The Positivity Theory Hypotheses 69 Assessments of the Confirmation Process 71 The Models 72 Determinants of Confirmation Preferences 85 Discussion and Concluding Comments 93 CHAPTER FIVE: A Dynamic Test of the Positivity Bias Hypothesis 96 Applying the Theory of Positivity Bias to Confirmations 97 Measuring Change in Attitudes toward the U.S. Supreme Court 98 The Model of Change in Institutional Support 103 Findings 110 Discussion and Concluding Comments 119 CHAPTER SIX: Concluding Thoughts, Theory, and Policy 121 Caveats, Puzzles, and Questions 125 APPENDIX A: Survey Design: The 2005 Survey 129 APPENDIX B: The Representativeness of the Panel Sample 131 APPENDIX C: The Supreme Court and the U.S. Presidential Election of 2000: Wounds, Self-Inflicted or Otherwise? 133 James L. Gibson, Gregory A. Caldeira, and Lester Kenyatta Spence The Theory of Institutional Legitimacy 135 Institutional Loyalty in the Aftermath of the Election 139 Views of the Court's Opinion in Bush v. Gore 144 Discussion and Concluding Comments 156 Appendix C.1: Survey Design 158 Appendix C.2: Measurement 159 References 163 Index 175
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Princeton University Press Souled Out
Book SynopsisShows that the end of the Religious Right doesn't signal the decline of evangelical Christianity but rather its disentanglement from a political machine that sold it out to a narrow electoral agenda of such causes as opposition to gay marriage and abortion.Trade Review"Souled Out, by the respected political journalist and progressive Catholic E.J. Dionne Jr., is a deeply personal and searchingly intelligent reflection on the noble history, recent travails, and likely prospects of American liberalism."--R. Scott Appleby, New York Times Book Review "[Souled Out] is a highly worthy alternative to polarizing arguments regarding religion, whether pro or con... Rousing and wry, Dionne's sensible voice makes a powerful case for broadening religious vision and visibility in the public square."--Publishers Weekly "Souled Out gives facts, analysis and inside details on religious leaders' views. Dionne is well-equipped for the task... Many of Dionne's chapters are must-reads for progressive activists."--Kim Bobo, In These Times "Recognizing that 'it's much easier to scream across barricades,' he provides a political primer for politicians who want to reclaim the center...[H]is book provides new ways of talking about religion and public policy--just in time for liberals laboring to be 'born again.'"--Glenn C. Altschuler, New York Observer "Liberal commentator Dionne foresees different relations between faith and politics now that the religious Right is declining... He turns to recent developments in Catholicism since Vatican II and among liberal Catholics as a springboard to his concluding injunction that Christians continue to participate in politics, out of Christian hope rather than self-righteousness."--Booklist "E.J. Dionne writes well, and his latest effort, Souled Out, is no exception. Souled Out offers a critical and at times discomforting account of the rise and role of the Christian right in politics. A liberal Catholic, Dionne also gives an insider's account of the battles going on within Catholicism."--World Magazine "Is this really the year liberal Christians are going to take back politics? Not likely, but it is also not likely the year that the 'religious right' will dominate the political scene. Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a Catholic with extensive background in religion, writes in Souled Out that 'we do not need and should not want, to end religion's public role. We do need a more capacious understanding of what that role is.'"--William R. Wineke, Wisconsin State Journal "Souled Out tells the recent history of religion's role in American politics and the outlook for the future. Dionne ... points to a general trend of increasing moderation of religious people in America. Christians who support abortion rights are acknowledging the horror of the practice, he writes, and Christians who used to vote exclusively on abortion are looking at other issues, too, including poverty and the AIDS crisis in Africa."--Daniel Heim, Roll Call "Souled Out by E.J. Dionne Jr. is an attempt to chart the rocky ride our ship of state has endured the last few years. Given that this popular syndicated newspaper columnist is often the standard-bearer for rational progressive politics, this book is well researched, much sourced, and eminently readable."--Susan Campbell, The Hartford Courant "In his new book Souled Out, E.J. Dionne zeroes in on how spiritual restlessness is affecting American politics. Since the Reagan years, a seemingly monolithic religious right has focused on a narrow moral agenda and voted accordingly. But Dionne sees signs that this agenda (stopping gay marriage, abortion, and stem-cell research) may at last be broadening to encompass concerns with the poor and the environment."--M.J. Andersen, Providence Journal "This book offers an insightful look into the intersection between religion and politics, coming from a self-described 'progressive Catholic.' While he doesn't mince words in his criticism of the Religious Right, it is clear that he believes that people of faith still have a part to play in directing the moral compass of our society."--Ann Fetters, The Wichita Eagle "E.J. Dionne brings special credentials to [SOULED OUT] on the role of religion in American politics. As a former New York Times correspondent to the Vatican, current political analyst for The Washington Post and professor at Georgetown University, he knows the present with the keen sense of a beat reporter and the past with the perspective of a scholarly historian. He seems to have read and digested every book written on the subject, as 20 pages of footnotes amply attest. The result is an astute and important review of the intersection of faith and public policy."--America Magazine "In Souled Out, Dionne recognizes that the Right raises legitimate points about the importance of personal morality, and that Christianity does have a 'conservative' streak in its skepticism about efforts to remake society in fundamental ways... Another virtue of Dionne's book is the substantial attention it gives to specifically Catholic dynamics... Dionne's book gives us reason to hope that an emphasis on human dignity across a broad range of issues--an emphasis resonating with Catholic thought, and increasingly embraced by Evangelicals--might be combined with Niebuhrian understanding of the limits and possibilities of politics."--Thomas C. Berg, Commonweal "E. J. Dionne's clever title, Souled Out, does not do justice to the wisdom of his meditation on the essential connection between religion and American politics. Dionne is right that many Americans are tired of the spectacle of political wrangling over morals and ethics that should never have been reduced to party slogans."--Anne C. Rose, Centre Daily Times "Dionne is a gifted writer who knows a lot about religion and electoral politics in America. He offers astute observations that would escape most churchgoers and citizens, and does not hesitate to debunk widely held assumptions about the culture war... A Catholic from the liberal fold, ... [he] explores the ongoing mystery of the Catholic vote."--Darryl Hart, American Conservative "Souled Out is an intelligent, written and eminently fair-minded work of advocacy."--Rev. Richard P. Mcbrien, ConscienceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Is God's Work Our Work? Faith, Doubt, and Radical Amazement 1 Chapter 1: Is Religion Conservative or Progressive? (Or Both?) 25 Chapter 2: Why the Culture War Is the Wrong War: Religion, Values, and American Politics 45 Chapter 3: What Are the "Values" Issues? Economics, Social Justice, and the Struggle over Morality 71 Chapter 4: Selling Religion Short: When Ideology Is Not Enough 92 Chapter 5: John Paul, Benedict, and the Catholic Future 126 Chapter 6: What Happened to the Seamless Garment? The Agony of Liberal Catholicism 151 Chapter 7: Solidarity, Liberty, and Religion's True Calling 183 Notes 205 Acknowledgments 227 Index 235
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Princeton University Press Accelerating Democracy
Book SynopsisShows how to adapt democracy to advanced information technologies that can enhance political decision making and enable us to navigate the social rapids ahead. This title demonstrates how these technologies combine to address a problem as old as democracy itself - how to help citizens better evaluate the consequences of their political choices.Trade Review"[McGinnis] shines an important light on a discussion that will only grow more lively as technology creates at once more opportunities and more challenges for government."--Foreign Affairs "You can support or dismiss his proposals, but you cannot deny that the author makes a major effort to bring forth ingenious measures to really 'accelerate democracy'. Thus, this provocative book is worth reading for everybody interested in improving policymaking, or all those willing to explore new ways to help citizens through a more efficient use of technology."--Ana Polo Alonso, LSE Review of Books "[T]he book is valuable for the stance it takes on the very pressing question of how democracies should adapt to the information revolution. The take-home message for young democracies, no doubt appealing also to many readers of this journal, is that the social sciences deserve as much support as the natural sciences. The more accurately the outcomes of government policies can be predicted, the better the information revolution can be harnessed, and the fewer public funds will be wasted on unrealistic policies. If McGinnis is right, then the heyday of the social sciences lies right before us."--Christian Gobel, Democratization "The book is a valuable reference for any student of the gradually intertwining fields of democracy and technology since it is a well-written analysis arguing that democratic government is in need of evolution due to rapid technological changes... Its engaging and enquiring style provokes thought on the future of a number of domains, including technology and political regimes."--Nelli Bahayan, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1: The Ever Expanding Domain of Computation 9 Chapter 2: Democracy, Consequences, and Social Knowledge 25 Chapter 3: Experimenting with Democracy 40 Chapter 4: Unleashing Prediction Markets 60 Chapter 5: Distributing Information through Dispersed Media and Campaigns 77 Chapter 6: Accelerating AI 94 Chapter 7: Regulation in an Age of Technological Acceleration 109 Chapter 8: Bias and Democracy 121 Chapter 9: De-biasing Democracy 138 Conclusion: The Past and Future of Information Politics 149 Acknowledgments 161 Appendix 163 Notes 165 Index 203
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Princeton University Press The Blame Game
Book SynopsisThe blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a dTrade Review"In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood identifies one of the most common gripes that citizens have about bureaucracy and government, namely, that no one in either accepts responsibility for making mistakes of omission or commission. In this brief and often illuminating book, Hood explores the diverse and insidious ways in which ducking blame manifests in public life." * Science *"Hood addresses how and why government officials avoid blame when things go wrong. The starting point for this remarkable book is the observation that government decisions sometimes turn out to be harmful, and that the question of responsibility inevitably arises. . . . This highly readable volume will help readers understand some of the more troubling aspects of modern government." * Choice *"In taking us through the permutations and definitions of the concept and its actualization in the form of structures, impact and possible outcomes, Hood employs a style and approach that is open and engaging. Certainly it is cerebral and analytical, but he does not shirk from using what at times is a matey almost tabloid style."---Andrews Massey, LSE Blog
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Princeton University Press Affluence and Influence
Book SynopsisCan a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? This book explores how political inequality in the United States has evolved over the last several decades and how this growing disparity has been shaped by interest groups, parties, and elections.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2016 AAPOR Book Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research Winner of the 2013 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2013 "The best book in decades on political inequality... Gilens's years of careful empirical research and his impressively fair and clear presentation of evidence mark a major step forward in the scientific study of political inequality in America."--Larry Bartels, Monkey Cage blog "[T]he findings in [Martin Gilens's book] are important, timely, and, at times, surprising."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post "[F]ascinating."--Pacific Standard Magazine "This book is already being hailed as a landmark study of American political representation."--Thomas Ferguson, Perspectives on Politics "[I] was simply unaware of the facts presented in Martin Gilens's new Affluence and Influence. Gilens compiles a massive data set of public opinion surveys and subsequent policy outcomes, and reaches a shocking conclusion: Democracy has a strong tendency to simply supply the policies favored by the rich. When the poor, the middle class, and the rich disagree, American democracy largely ignores the poor and the middle class... [I]ntellectually satisfying."--Bryan Caplan, Econlog "This nuanced, carefully constructed volume evaluates the relationship between growing economic inequality and political power in the U.S., finding that policy outcomes are biased overwhelmingly in favour of the affluent... Especially impressive are his successful efforts at separating the influence of interest groups and political parties on policy outcomes from the influence of public opinion by economic class. His opening chapter on citizen competence and democratic decision making should be required reading for those who doubt the feasibility and value of a truly representative government."--Choice "Martin Gilens makes an important empirical contribution to the discussions about the effects of inequality on policymaking in the United States."--Nolan McCarty, American Interest "Gilens' book, as with all good political science scholarship, provides the cold, hard data to prove a crucial hypothesis of our times, in this case that American politics responds only to the preferences of the affluent... [I]t is certainly well-written by academic standards; it is clinical and precise, with a table of logistic regressions to back up every claim. So if you are looking for a rigorous study of the relationship between affluence and influence, then look no further. This book is a vital weapon in the armoury for anyone who suspects that American democracy might not be all it seems."--Maeve McKeown, New Left Project "At a time when economic and political inequality in the United States only continues to rise, Affluence and Influence raises important questions about whether American democracy is truly responding to the needs of all its citizens."--World Book Industry "This is an important book, representing an excellent piece of scholarship that will shape the debate about public opinion and American democracy for years to come... [T]his is an outstanding book that answers many questions and raises countless others. This is exactly what a quality piece of social science ought to do."--Nathan Kelly, Public Opinion Quarterly "Martin Gilens' research results are a mighty call for action!"--Rick Hubbard, Esq., Vermont Bar JournalTable of ContentsList of Tables ix List of Figures xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Citizen Competence and Democratic Decision Making 12 Chapter 2 Data and Methods 50 Chapter 3 The Preference/Policy Link 70 Chapter 4 Policy Domains and Democratic Responsiveness 97 Chapter 5 Interest Groups and Democratic Responsiveness 124 Chapter 6 Parties, Elections, and Democratic Responsiveness 162 Chapter 7 Democratic Responsiveness across Time 193 Chapter 8 Money and American Politics 234 Appendix 253 Notes 279 References 305 Index 323
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Princeton University Press War and Democratic Constraint
Book SynopsisWhy do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a democracy's decision to join or avoid a war? War and Democratic Constraint shows that the key to how a government determines foreign policy rests on the transmission and availaTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "[A] groundbreaking study."--Foreign Affairs "This scholarly book is an important contribution to the role of political communication in foreign policy making. It is strongly recommended for foreign policy and political communication scholars and democratic peace theorists."--Choice "A very thoughtful study about war initiation which can be the start for a true sociology of democratic institutions and their impact on war and peace."--Thomas Lindemann, European Review of International Studies "Why are some democracies more sensitive than others to the foreign policy preferences of citizens? The answer that the book presents to this research question is innovative, thoroughly argued and consistently backed up by solid empirical research... A seminal reading recommended for all scholars interested in the way domestic factors influence foreign policy."--Cristian Nitoiu, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Introduction: Looking for Democratic Constraint 1 Why Democratic Institutions Matter 3 The Role of Political Information within Democracies 4 The Recipe for Democratic Constraint 7 Effects on What? 9 Moving Forward 11 Chapter 2 Democracies Are Not Created Equal: A Theory of Democratic Constraint 14 Information, Accountability, and Principal-Agent Problems 15 An Uninformed, Inattentive Electorate 19 Political Opposition as Whistleblowers 21 Media Institutions and the Transmission of Information 28 Hearing the Whistleblowers-The Importance of the Press 32 Bringing Together Information Generation and Transmission 37 Foreign Policy Responsiveness and International Conflict Behavior 41 Initiation and the Democratic Peace 43 Reciprocation and Audience Costs 47 Coalition Formation 49 Conclusion and Next Steps 52 Chapter 3 Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation 53 Period and Structure of Analysis 56 Measuring Conflict Initiation 58 Measuring the Extent of Opposition with Political Parties 59 Measuring Media Access 60 Measuring Press Freedom 61 Additional Controls 64 Results 67 Democratic Constraint among Democracies 71 Alternative Measures of Conflict 73 The Independent Effects of Opposition and Access 74 Conclusion 75 Appendix 1: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 77 Appendix 2: The Role of the Internet 81 Chapter 4 Looking for Audience Costs in All the Wrong Places: Constraint and Reciprocation 86 Research Design 88 Results 90 Unpacking Militarized Disputes 92 Compellent Threats 94 The Problem of Perception 96 Conclusion 98 Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 99 Chapter 5 Willing and Politically Able: Democratic Constraint and Coalition Joining 103 Iraq (2003): Operation Iraqi Freedom 104 Afghanistan (2001): Operation Enduring Freedom 121 Conclusion 129 Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests 130 Chapter 6 Downs Meets the Press: How Party Systems Shape the News 151 Mapping News Content onto the Downsian Premise 153 Cases and Data 156 Results 159 2004 and 2009 European Election Studies (EES) 161 Conclusion 163 Appendix: Statistical Tables, Robustness Tests, and Content Analysis Codebook 164 Chapter 7 Coalition Stories: Cases from the Iraq Coalition 193 Case Selection 194 The United Kingdom 198 Spain 205 Poland 210 Germany 213 Conclusion 220 Chapter 8 Conclusion: Information, Constraint, and Democratic Foreign Policy 222 Policy Implications 223 Recipe for a Watchdog Press: Some Prescriptions for Media Ownership 226 Technological Change, the Internet, and Satellite Television 229 Moving Forward 232 References 237 Index 251
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Princeton University Press Accelerating Democracy Transforming Governance Through Technology
Book SynopsisSuccessful democracies throughout history--from ancient Athens to Britain on the cusp of the industrial age--have used the technology of their time to gather information for better governance. Our challenge is no different today, but it is more urgent because the accelerating pace of technological change creates potentially enormous dangers as wellTrade Review"[McGinnis] shines an important light on a discussion that will only grow more lively as technology creates at once more opportunities and more challenges for government."--Foreign Affairs "You can support or dismiss his proposals, but you cannot deny that the author makes a major effort to bring forth ingenious measures to really 'accelerate democracy'. Thus, this provocative book is worth reading for everybody interested in improving policymaking, or all those willing to explore new ways to help citizens through a more efficient use of technology."--Ana Polo Alonso, LSE Review of Books "[T]he book is valuable for the stance it takes on the very pressing question of how democracies should adapt to the information revolution. The take-home message for young democracies, no doubt appealing also to many readers of this journal, is that the social sciences deserve as much support as the natural sciences. The more accurately the outcomes of government policies can be predicted, the better the information revolution can be harnessed, and the fewer public funds will be wasted on unrealistic policies. If McGinnis is right, then the heyday of the social sciences lies right before us."--Christian Gobel, Democratization "The book is a valuable reference for any student of the gradually intertwining fields of democracy and technology since it is a well-written analysis arguing that democratic government is in need of evolution due to rapid technological changes... Its engaging and enquiring style provokes thought on the future of a number of domains, including technology and political regimes."--Nelli Bahayan, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1: The Ever Expanding Domain of Computation 9 Chapter 2: Democracy, Consequences, and Social Knowledge 25 Chapter 3: Experimenting with Democracy 40 Chapter 4: Unleashing Prediction Markets 60 Chapter 5: Distributing Information through Dispersed Media and Campaigns 77 Chapter 6: Accelerating AI 94 Chapter 7: Regulation in an Age of Technological Acceleration 109 Chapter 8: Bias and Democracy 121 Chapter 9: De-biasing Democracy 138 Conclusion: The Past and Future of Information Politics 149 Acknowledgments 161 Appendix 163 Notes 165 Index 203
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Princeton University Press Why Government Fails So Often
Book SynopsisFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors regardless of which parTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers Selected for the Claremont Review of Books CRB Christmas Reading List 2015 "[A] sweeping history of policy disappointments."--David Leonhardt, New York Times "In Why Government Fails So Often, Peter H. Schuck takes up this vital question in what amounts to a systematic survey of the limits of American public administration. It is a profound book, and a sobering one... Peter H. Schuck has written an essential manual for 21st-century policy makers."--Yuval Levin, Wall Street Journal "Schuck does a beautiful job of laying out all the problems with government intervention... [T]here are many gems in this book."--David Henderson, Econlog "Schuck makes a compelling case that many domestic programs, including those that have considerable public support among Republicans as well as Democrats, deliver benefits at costs that are much higher than necessary and contain damaging unintended consequences."--Glenn Altschuler, Boston Globe "Anyone who wants clear insight into government's modern wayward momentum, and its toll on society, should hear Peter Schuck... His recommendations for change are refreshing."--Colorado Springs Gazette "This lively and authoritative account of government failure deserves to be read by advocates of all political persuasions... This admirable work offers compelling evidence that government might do far better by doing far less."--Gene Epstein, Barron's "Peter Schuck's new book Why Government Fails So Often provides a thoughtful if pessimistic analysis."--Laura Tyson, Project Syndicate "Peter Schuck's Why Government Fails So Often is one of the most important books of the year and may be one of the most important books of the decade. Although I have seen this prolific author's name over the years, I had never read any of his work. My loss. Fortunately, I have read every page--including endnotes--of his latest book, and it is a tour de force."--David R. Henderson, Regulation "[Why Government Fails So Often] is a timely book in light of the steep declines in the public's regards for government, a Congress that is increasingly hostile to federal programs, and a civil service whose morale keeps sinking lower with every survey. Schuck's analysis helps explain why the government is so reviled and thus helps us think about remedial steps and the kinds of policies that should be avoided in the future."--Timothy B. Clark, Government Executive "Very highly recommended for academic and community library Political Science collections, Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better is an impressive work of meticulous scholarship that is so well written and presented that it is equally accessible for political science students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in understanding the mechanics, development, and implementation issues concerning governmental policies on the federal level."--Jack Mason, Midwest Book Review "[S]ubstantive, and important... [R]ealizing exactly where we are is the first step towards moving to a better state of affairs. This volume sets us squarely down that path."--Matt E. Ryan, Public Choice "Schuck's important book reminds us about the allure of expert judgments and the need for public discourse at each step along the traverse of policy formulation and implementation."--David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart, Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 PART 1: The Context of Policy Making 37 CHAPTER 2: Success, Failure, and In Between 39 CHAPTER 3: Policy-Making Functions, Processes, Missions, Instruments, and Institutions 64 CHAPTER 4: The Political Culture of Policy Making 91 PART 2: The Structural Sources of Policy Failure 125 CHAPTER 5: Incentives and Collective Irrationality 127 CHAPTER 6: Information, Inflexibility, Incredibility, and Mismanagement 161 CHAPTER 7: Markets 198 CHAPTER 8: Implementation 229 CHAPTER 9: The Limits of Law 277 CHAPTER 10: The Bureaucracy 307 CHAPTER 11: Policy Successes 327 PART 3: Remedies and Reprise 369 CHAPTER 12: Remedies: Lowering Government's Failure Rate 371 CHAPTER 13: Conclusion 408 Notes 413 Index 463
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Princeton University Press American Insecurity
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Best Book Award, Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association "Levine provides evidence that financially anxious people respond to their stress not by grouping together for action but by becoming less generous with their checkbooks and personal time."--Pacific Standard "This provocative volume identifies the 'self-undermining' political rhetoric inherent in the discussion of important economic issues as the driving reason contemporary working-and middle-class Americans have not produced political movements corresponding to the scale of the financial challenges they face... The research presented here is an interesting, well-defended addition to the literature on the nature of collective political action."--Choice "Powerful and highly accessible... Levine has succeeded in shining a light on the disconcerting reality that many citizens abstain from getting involved in addressing the very issues that deeply affect and permeate their everyday lives."--John V. Kane and Jason Barabas, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1 Financial Threats and Self-Undermining Rhetoric 1 2 Do Americans View Financial Threats as Important Political Issues? 35 3 Who Mobilizes? 81 4 Why Rhetoric about Economic Insecurity Can Be Self-Undermining 107 5 How People Respond to Participation Requests 117 6 Political Voice across Issues 161 7 Self-Undermining Rhetoric in the Past and Present 193 Appendix A: Multivariate Models from Chapter 2 213 Appendix B: Analysis of the Washington D.C., Interest-Group Community 217 Appendix C: Multivariate Models from Chapter 5 227 Appendix D: Noncompliance in the ACSCAN Donation Experiment 230 Appendix E: Materials for Experiments in Chapter 5 233 Appendix F: Multivariate Models from Chapter 6 243 Appendix G: Details on Variable Coding for Multivariate Models throughout the Book 249 Notes 253 Bibliography 283 Index 297
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Princeton University Press Polarized
Book Synopsis"With a new afterword by the author"--Title page.Trade Review"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016""An excellent book on this contested and . . . polarizing . . . topic."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"Campbell has written a well-researched, highly provocative volume on American political polarization, which challenges a great deal of conventional wisdom on the subject." * Choice *"Anyone interested in this subject should read this book…. It is an essential and excellent analysis that should be widely read."---Jeffrey M. Stonecash, Public Opinion Quarterly"[Polarized] is a vital contribution to the literature on polarization…. Those looking for a cutting-edge entry point into the current state of thinking need look no further."---Matthew Glassman, Congress & the Presidency"[Polarized] deserves to be read widely and carefully…. A better analysis of our parties' polarization than any other I've seen."---Harvey C. Mansfield, Claremont Review of Books"I believe that Campbell has succeeded in proposing a new plotline about polarization that, as it develops and deepens over time, will prove to be the third major set of claims that scholars and pundits will need to address."---John H. Aldrich, Journal of Politics
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Princeton University Press Democratic Federalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Democratic Federalism, offers a valuable and well-researched analysis of Federalism by highlighting several case studies worldwide, especially those from countries with emerging democracies. It is highly recommended for those interested in understanding the economic, legal, and political facets of democratic governance that ensures equal access to goods and services safeguards minorities' rights, and allows them to participate in democratic processes."---Aynur Unal, The Rest Journal
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Princeton University Press Laboratories against Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A New Yorker Best Book of the Year""Winner of the Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award, American Political Science Association""[A] landmark book."---Nancy MacLean, New Republic"Brilliant. . . . Grumbach offers both a thoughtful examination of US federalism’s inherent perils and limits and a searching interpretation of how they are compounded in our current political climate."---Colin Gordon, Jacobin"[Jacob Grumbach] contends in this lucid analysis that the nationalization of America’s major political parties threatens democracy. . . . Grumbach’s claims are persuasive and timely. This is a pinpoint diagnosis of a troubling political trend." * Publishers Weekly *"The most persuasive and sweeping criticism of federalism yet."---Timothy Callaghan, Publius"Grumbach is a bit of a unicorn: deeply committed to the highest standards of theoretical and empirical rigor, strikingly uninterested in upholding the façade of academic objectivity."---Jamila Michener, Democracy
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Princeton University Press Election Day
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Princeton University Press Democratic Federalism The Economics Politics and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Democratic Federalism, offers a valuable and well-researched analysis of Federalism by highlighting several case studies worldwide, especially those from countries with emerging democracies. It is highly recommended for those interested in understanding the economic, legal, and political facets of democratic governance that ensures equal access to goods and services safeguards minorities' rights, and allows them to participate in democratic processes."---Aynur Unal, The Rest Journal
£28.80
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The CIA and the Marshall Plan
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The American Presidency An Intellectual History
Book SynopsisThis is an essay on the ambiguities and dilemmas of the American presidency. It offers observations on the issues and controversies surrounding high office, questioning what a president does, and by what right he or she does it.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The CIA and Congress The Untold Story from
Book SynopsisFrom its inception more than half a century ago and for decades afterward, the Central Intelligence Agency was deeply shrouded in secrecy, with little or no real oversight by Congress–or so many Americans believe. David M. Barrett reveals, however, that during the agency's first fifteen years, Congress often monitored the CIA's actions and plans, sometimes aggressively.Trade ReviewA truly groundbreaking, eye-opening descent into secret budgeting, espionage, and covert actions."" - Louis Fisher, author of Military Tribunals and Presidential Power""Barrett reveals a CIA that made its own rules, wrote its own budget, classified its own secrets, and persuaded the Congress to like it. A rich and fabulous story that sheds new light on just about every significant episode in the first decades of the Cold War and confirms what many have long suspected—secrecy is the great enemy of democracy, and vice versa."" - Thomas Powers, author of Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda""A riveting story that helps to untangle one of the Cold War’s most tangled webs."" - Richard H. Immerman, author of The CIA in GuatemalaTable of Contents List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction: First Hidden, Then Lost Part 1. The Truman Era, 1947-1952 No ""American Gestapo, "" But ""No More Pearl Harbors"" Initial Oversight: Budgets and Covert Action ""A South American Pearl Harbor"" The Soviet A-Bomb: ""We Apparently Don't Have the Remotest Idea"" Communists and ""Perverts"" in the CIA Korea: ""No Better Today Than on December 7, 1941"" A New DCI The ""Dirty Business"" Portraits CIA Subcommittees, Intelligence Roles, and Budgets ""We Don't Let Just Anybody Look at Our Files"" ""There Will Be No Changes"" Part 2. The Eisenhower Era, 1953-1960 Meddling? Getting ""Taberized"" Guatemala: ""Sterilizing the Red Infection"" Mr. Mansfield Goes to the Senate Joseph McCarthy: The CIA's Other Would-Be Overseer ""You, Who Championed Our Cause"" Barons Restored ""Dodging Dead Cats"" ""They Have to Have a Building"" The New Mansfield Resolution: Two Surprises ""We Have a History of Underestimation"" Hungary and the Suez: ""We Had a Very Good Idea, Senator"" Sputnik An Early ""Year of Intelligence""? ""I Cannot Always Predict When There Is Going to Be a Riot"" Iraq: ""Our Intelligence Was Just Plain Lousy"" Return to the Missile Gap From the Pforzheimer Era to the Warner Era Subordinating Intelligence? In and Out of Hearing Rooms ""Who Are Our Liquidators?"" ""I'd Like to Tell Him to His Face What I Think about Him"" U-2: ""We Have Felt These Operations Were Appropriate"" Pouring Oil on Fire ""Their Answer to That Demand"": Congressional Paternity? ""My Opinion of the CIA Went Skyrocketing"" Part 3. Cuba, the CIA, and Congress: 1960-1961 Castro: ""This Fellow Is Bad and Ought to Go"" ""What is the Rationale behind That?"" ""I Agree That You Had to Replace Dulles"" Afterword: Alarms Notes Selected Bibilography Index
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The President as Statesman Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution
Book SynopsisWoodrow Wilson envisioned a ‘responsible government’ in which a strong leader and principled party would integrate the separate executive and legislative powers. His ideal, however, was constantly challenged by political reality. Daniel Stid explores Wilson’s views on this form of government and his endeavours to establish it in the US.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Fourth Branch Reconstructing the
Book SynopsisConfronts head-on the accumulating derangements in the American constitutional system and how the administrative state has contributed to the problems, how it has been a key force in addressing the troubles, and how it can be reformed to serve the system better.Trade ReviewThe Fourth Branch is a bold intervention into current debates about the legitimacy of the American administrative state. Cook invites us to think beyond the constraints of eighteenth-century political theory and finally place government agencies on firm republican footing. The argument is both strikingly original in its analysis and deeply grounded in research in public administration, political science, and public law." - Blake Emerson, assistant professor of law, UCLA School of Law, and author of The Public's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy"This unflinching call for a formal reordering of constitutional authority seeks to reclaim the value of an administrative arm with integrity of its own to a commercial republic. Acutely attuned to the degraded state in which we find administration today, Cook jolts our faith in the adaptability of the three-branch design of American government and dispels the illusion that we can accommodate administrative authority by simply jerry-rigging the Constitution of the framers." - Stephen Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science, Yale University"Brian Cook's new book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of the American democratic republic. He offers a provocative reconception of our 'working constitution' that formally recognizes American public administration as an integral part of our governing order, boldly proposing for it a new institutional status as the fourth branch of government. His work is thoroughly researched and cogently argued. If nothing else, it will get readers thinking hard about our present dilemmas and the prospect of regime failure." - Richard T. Green, author of Alexander Hamilton's Public Administration"Brian Cook's The Fourth Branch is a monumental work of interdisciplinary learning, analytical rigor, and real-work relevance. Its clear-eyed characterization of the United States as a 'commercial republic' and its compelling, indeed urgent, call to elevate the administrative state to the status of a fourth constitutional branch make Cook's project a must-read for scholars, policymakers, and jurists alike." - Jon Michaels, professor of law, UCLA School of Law, and author of Constitutional Coup: Privatization's Threat to the American Republic
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