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Daraja Press Politics And Culture In African Emancipatory
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Daraja Press Politics Of Turbulent Waters: Reflections on
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Daraja Press Politique Et Culture Dans La Pensee Emancipatrice
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The American Counter-Revolution in Favor of
Book SynopsisThis book presents the case that the origins of American liberty should not be sought in the constitutional-reformist feats of its “statesmen” during the 1780s, but rather in the political and social resistance to their efforts. There were two revolutions occurring in the late 18th century America: the modern European revolution “in favour of government,” pursuing national unity, “energetic” government and centralization of power (what scholars usually dub “American founding”); and a conservative, reactionary counter-revolution “in favour of liberty,” defending local rights and liberal individualism against the encroaching political authority. This is a book about this liberal counter-revolution and its ideological, political and cultural sources and central protagonists. The central analytical argument of the book is that America before the Revolution was a stateless, spontaneous political order that evolved culturally, politically and economically in isolation from the modern European trends of state-building and centralization of power. The book argues, then, that a better model for understanding America is a “decoupled modernization” hypothesis, in which social modernity is divested from the politics of modern state and tied with the pre-modern social institutions.Table of Contents1. The American Revolution as the Last European Peasants’ Rebellion.- 2. Consent, Representation and Liberty: America as the Last Medieval Society.- 3. Shades of Anarchy: The Concept of Lawful Rebellion in America.- 4. Men of Little Faith Facing the Modern State: The Country Party Ideology in Great Britain.- 5. When in the Course of Human Events.- Hobbes, Locke and the Long Parliament against America.- 6. The Great Derailment: Philadelphia Putsch of 1787 and the Coming of the American State.- 7. 1776 Strikes Back – Antifederalist Critics of the Constitution.- 8. The Compact Theory of the Union – A Revolution within a Form.- 9. Free Market in a Small Republic – Economic Doctrines of Jeffersonians and Jacksonians.- 10. The Last Stand: John C. Calhoun.- 11. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Trump Presidency: From Campaign Trail to World Stage
Book SynopsisThis edited collection delves into the key aspects of the Trump campaign promises around immigration, trade, social and foreign policy, and unpicks how the first year of the presidency has played out in delivering them. It charts his first year from both historical and contemporary political standpoints, and in the context of comparative pieces stacking Trump’s performance against Gold-standard presidents such as Reagan, Kennedy and the last ‘outsider’, Eisenhower. Focusing in on a number of key elements of the presidency in depth, it offers a unique perspective on a presidency like no other, drawing on the overriding themes of populism, nativist nationalism and the battle for disengagement from the neoliberal power generation. Table of ContentsCHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION Mara Oliva & Mark Shanahan PART I: A Historical Perspective CHAPTER II: Outsider Presidents – Comparing Eisenhower and Trump Mark Shanahan 03_CHAPTER III: Style and Substance: Trump in the Context of Camelot Mark White 04_CHAPTER IV: Make America Great Again: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump Iwan Morgan PART II: Winning at Home 05_CHAPTER V: Pushing Back the Obama Legacy: Trump’s First Year and the Alt Right – Evangelical – Catholic coalition Lee Marsden 06_CHAPTER VI: Racial Policy under Trump Richard Johnson 07_CHAPTER VII: Bad Hombres: The Trump Administration, Mexican Immigration and the Border Wall Kevern Verney 08_CHAPTER VIII: Grab ‘em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump Clodagh Harrington 09_CHAPTER IX: Trumpism and Social Policy Alex Waddan PART III: Winning Away 10_CHAPTER X: Stability not Chaos: Donald Trump and the World – the first year Maria Ryan 11_CHAPTER XI: Trump and China: Much Ado about Nothing Mara Oliva 12_CHAPTER XII: Conclusions Mark Shanahan & Mara Oliva
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The End of the Democratic State: Nicos Poulantzas, a Marxism for the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThis edited volume takes a close look at Nicos Poulantzas’s thought as a means of understanding the dynamics of the capitalist, neoliberal state in the 21st century. Nicos Poulantzas has left us with one of the most sophisticated theories of the state in the second half of the 20th century. Poulantzas’s influential theory draws inspiration from Marx, Lenin, Weber, and Foucault, among other thinkers, conceiving of the relationship between capitalism and the state as particularly original. This book aims to use Poulantzas’s theory of the capitalist state in order to understand important political and economic trends that have taken place since Poulantzas’s death in 1979. By entering into a dialogue with current Marxist and critical research in diverse fields such as political science, philosophy, sociology, history, and geography, this volume purports to evaluate the actuality of Poulantzas’s thought.Table of ContentsPreface: The End of the Democratic State Jean-Numa Ducange and Razmig Keucheyan Part I. State and Strategies. 1. The State and the Democratic Road to Socialism Álvaro Garcia Linera 2. Nicos Poulantzas’s Strategic Reflection, between Economics and Politics Isabelle Garo 3. The Capitalist State, Hegemony and the Democratic Transformation toward Socialism Alex Demirovich 4. Specters of ‘Totalitarianism’. Poulantzas Faced with Fascism and the State of Exception Stathis Kouvelakis Part II. Histories and Communisms 1. The Comintern’s Uncertain Heritage Serge Wolikow 2. The Eurocommunism of the intellectuals: Poulantzas and the Third Way to Socialism Marco di Maggio 3. The Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, Nicos Poulantzas, and the reception and discussion of his theory Ludivine Bantigny Part III. Theories 1. Poulantzas: from Law to the State James Martin 2. Geographies of the state: Nicos Poulantzas and contemporary approaches to state/space Costis Hadjimichalis 3. A European Capitalism? Revisiting the Mandel-Poulantzas Debate Tristan Auvray and Cédric Durand
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Crisis and Ontological Insecurity: Serbia’s
Book SynopsisThis book develops a novel way of thinking about crises in world politics. By building on ontological security theory, this work conceptualises critical situations as radical disjunctions that challenge the ability of collective agents to ‘go on’. These ontological crises bring into the realm of discursive consciousness four fundamental questions related to existence, finitude, relations and autobiography. In times of crisis, collective agents such as states are particularly attached to their ontic spaces, or spatial extensions of the self that cause collective identities to appear more firm and continuous. These theoretical arguments are illustrated in a case study looking at Serbia’s anxiety over the secession of Kosovo. The author argues that Serbia’s seemingly irrational and self-harming policy vis-à-vis Kosovo can be understood as a form of ontological self-help. It is a rational pursuit of biographical continuity and a healthy sense of self in the face of an ontological crisis triggered by the secession of a province that has been constructed as the ontic space of the Serbian nation since the late 19th century. Trade Review“This book is essential reading for social scientists with a particular interest in Kosovo and Southeastern Europe, as well as for political scientists in international relations. It is also crucial for policy-makers … . Ejdus presents valuable insights into the Serbian politics of avoidance … . It is to be hoped that the book will also inspire international policy-makers to reflect more consciously upon their own politics of avoidance when it comes to the status of Kosovo.” (Pieter Troch, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 69 (2-3), 2021)Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Crisis, Anxiety and Ontological Insecurity 3. The Construction of Kosovo as Serbia’s Ontic Space 4. Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Serbia’s Anxiety over Kosovo5. Critical Situation: Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence6. Dissonance and Avoidance: Serbia’s Quest for a New Normal 7. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Decline of Public Access and Neo-Liberal Media Regimes
Book SynopsisThis book examines the reasons behind the declining fortunes of public access channels. Public access, which provided perhaps the boldest experiment in popular media democracy, is in steep decline. While some have argued it is technologically outmoded, Caterino argues that the real reason lies with the rise of a neo-liberal media regime. This regime creates a climate in which we can understand these changes. This book considers the role of neo-liberalism in transforming notions of public obligations and regulation of media that have impacted non-profit media, specifically public access. Neo-liberalism has tried to eliminate public forums and public discourse and weakens institutions of civil society. Though social media is often championed as an arena of communicative freedom, Caterino argues that neo-liberalism has created a colonized social media environment that severely limits popular democracy. Table of Contents1. Public Access in Decline.- 2. The Frankfurt School and its Aftermath.- 3. Public Interest Standards from Radio to Public Television.- 4. The Emergence of Public Access Television.- 5. Neo-liberalism the Public Sphere and the Decline of Public Obligation.- 6. Access Under Attack: Some Examples.- 7. Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: Internet Democracy vs Public Access.- 8. A Future for Public Access?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Integration and Differentiation in the European
Book SynopsisFar from displaying a uniform pattern, European integration varies significantly across policy areas and individual countries. Why do some member states choose to opt out of specific EU policies? Why are some policies deeply integrated whereas others remain intergovernmental? In this updated second edition, the authors introduce the most important theoretical approaches to European integration and apply these to the trajectories of key EU policy areas. Arguing that no single theory offers a completely convincing explanation of integration and differentiation in the EU, this thought-provoking book provides a new synthesis of integration theory and an original way of thinking about what the EU is and how it works.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The European Union as a System of Differentiated Integration.- PART I: THEORY Intergovernmentalism.- Supranationalism.- Constructivism.- PART II: POLICIES The Single Market.- Economic and Monetary Union.- Security and Defence.- The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice.- Conclusions: Integration and differentiation in the European Union.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Rethinking Alternatives with Marx: Economy,
Book SynopsisThis book presents a Marx that is in many ways different from the one popularized by the dominant currents of twentieth-century Marxism. The dual aim of this edited volume is to contribute to a new critical discussion of some of the classical themes of Marx’s thought and to develop a deeper analysis of certain questions to which relatively little attention has been paid until recently.Contributions of globally renowned scholars, from nine countries and multiple academic disciplines, offer diverse and innovative perspectives on Marx’s points of view about ecology, migration, gender, the capitalist mode of production, the labour movement, globalization, social relations, and the contours of a possible socialist alternative. The result is a collection that will prove indispensable for all specialists in the field and which suggests that Marx’s analyses are arguably resonating even more strongly today than they did in his own time.Table of Contents1. The Factory and the Family as Spaces of Capital (Himani Bannerji).- 2. Marx on Gender, Race, and Social Reproduction: A Feminist Perspective (Silvia Federici).- 3. Capital as a Social Relation: Form Analysis and Class Struggle (Bob Jessop).- 4. Commodity and the Postmodern Spectacle (Alfonso Maurizio Iacono).- 5. Primitive Accumulation as the Cause of Economic and Ecological Disaster (Kohei Saito).- 6. Marx and Environmental Catastrophe (Gregory Claeys).- 7. Finding a Way Out of the Anthropocene: The Theory of ‘Radical Needs’ and the Ecological Transition (Razmig Keucheyan).- 8. Accumulation and Its Discontents: Migration and Nativism in Marx’s Capital and Late Manuscripts (David Norman Smith).- 9. Marx on Migration and Industrial Reserve Army: Not to Be Misused! (Pietro Basso).- 10. Globalisation, Migrant Labour, and Capitalism: Past and Present (Ranabir Samaddar).- 11. The Experience of the Paris Commune and Marx’s Reflections on Communism (Marcello Musto).- 12. Communism as Probability and Contingency (Álvaro García Linera).- 13. Uniting Communism and Liberalism: An Unsolvable Task or a Most Urgent Necessity? (Michael Brie).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG From Broke To Brexit: Britain’s Lost Decade
Book SynopsisPerhaps the most extraordinary period in modern British history, the years between the Great Recession and Brexit have often been dubbed ‘the lost decade’ because of the economic and political turmoil caused by those two great events. Michael Burton outlines how the first led to the second, assisted by a rare confluence of other, often unrelated, social and political factors that delivered the shock Leave verdict in the EU referendum of 2016. These included the longstanding grievances of voters in former industrial areas feeling left behind by globalism, stagnant incomes after the recession, austerity, the rise of social media, the refugee and Eurozone crisis in Europe, the deep split in the Conservative and Labour parties over the EU and rising wealth inequalities. The author also charts the chaotic political landscape that ended in the final Brexit deal. This book is ideal for the general reader as well as for students of politics, history and economics needing a concise and well-explained account of this turbulent period in British history.Table of ContentsIntroductionThis will briefly outline the book, explaining as above why the decade was so momentous and why the recession, austerity economics and Brexit are all linked.Chapter one: Britain in the depths of the Great RecessionThis chapter sets the scene in 2009/2010 outlining the undercurrent tensions in British society even before the recession such as income inequalities, generational divides, immigration, regional disparities, globalism, which were later to become starkly apparent during the next decade.Chapter two: austerity BritainThis chapter looks at the Cameron government’s austerity policies and considers their impact and whether they were necessary. Chapter three: the great dividesThe recession exposed great divisions within UK society, between prosperous London and the poorer outlying regions, between wealthy homeowners in London and young people struggling to get on the property ladder in the capital, between the baby boomers and Generation X. The Cameron government initiated ‘the Northern Powerhouse’ to drive growth to poorer regions but it was in the secondary cities, the Rotherhams, Barnsleys and Blackburns where local economies were weakest and where welfare cuts as part of austerity as a result had the greatest impact.Chapter four: the rise of the far rightThis chapter looks at attitudes to the EU within the UK and at the rise of immigration as a political issue following the big influx of EU workers in the mid to late 2000s. It then examines the rise of UKIP and how, in response to its polling success, David Cameron responded with his fateful decision to hold a referendum on the EU which led to Brexit.Chapter five: interregnum: Olympic UKThis chapter looks at a year, 2012, which appeared to tell the world that the UK was a cosmopolitan, multi-racial, open-minded society, in contrast to the message sent out by the referendum result four years later. The chapter covers the London Olympics, the sense of optimism which it briefly generated and the impact on the public mood, symbolized by internationalist London Mayor Boris Johnson. Chapter six: the disruptersThis chapter looks at one of the features of the lost decade, the rise of social media which disrupted established media providers and led to the rise of ‘fake news’ when it came to election coverage and public perceptions of controversial political issues. Politicians on the fringes were able to bypass traditional media and appeal directly to the public without the intervening firewall of informed commentary. The EU referendum campaign would ultimately be won through social media.Chapter seven: foreign quarrelsThis chapter looks at how international issues impacted on the UK, primarily from the rise of Isis in the Middle East and its attraction for some young Muslim males in the UK, the fall of Gadaffi in Libya, and the Syrian civil war and consequent refugee crisis. These all contributed to a rise of xenophobia reflected in growing support for UKIP. By the time of the EU referendum refugees from the Middle East and Africa, asylum seekers, homegrown Islamic terrorists and EU working immigrants were all conflated by unscrupulous politicians into a single threat that would boost the Leave vote.Chapter eight: Cameron makes historyThis chapter covers the 2015 general election and examines the impact of the recession on the public and on the public finances and at the socio-economic challenges Cameron now faced. It also covers the 2014 Scottish referendum which should have been a wake-up call to the possibility that a EU referendum could end in Leave.Chapter nine: headlong into BrexitThis chapter looks at the eventful year following the 2015 election. It covers the referendum campaign and the poll itself, Cameron’s resignation, the election of Theresa May, Corbyn’s own post-referendum troubles with his Shadow Cabinet and the start of the Brexit process. In particular it considers the reasons why the country – to the shock of the political class – voted Leave and examines the socio-economic profile of the Remainers and Leavers that exposed the deep divide in the country. Chapter ten: capitalism in crisisThis chapter looks at the disastrous general election campaign which saw May lose her majority and Corbyn emerge as the unlikely hero of Labour, cementing its leftwards march. Political commentators attributed much of his electoral success to young voters, furious about the Brexit result and at the government’s austerity. In a sign of post-referendum confusion, the middle classes tended to vote Labour while working class voters – mainly Leavers – backed the Conservatives. The elections also saw the disappearance of UKIP.Chapter eleven: party loyalties under pressureThis chapter looks at the negotiations for a Brexit deal during 2018 and early 2019 and the way Brexit broke traditional party loyalties among Labour and Conservatives. This chapter will cover the negotiations up to when (or if) the UK leaves the EU.Conclusion:This summarises the key undercurrents of the decade and sees Brexit and its impact on the UK body politic as the expression of underlying socio-economic changes in Britain.
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Springer International Publishing AG Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans
Book SynopsisThe countries in the Western Balkans have been severely affected by the wars and conflicts that led to the breakup of former Yugoslavia, by political instability and the effort of creating new states, weak economies and high levels of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and inequality. As revealed by recent surveys, such as EBRD’s Life in Transition Survey and Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey, life satisfaction in the region is far below that elsewhere in Europe. In recent years they had achieved a strong impetus of economic growth with falling rates of unemployment and increasing optimism for the future. However, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought about a sudden reversal of these trends and a renewed deterioration in the economic outlook, and an increase in social hardships that heralds a repeat of past failures in economic inclusion policies. This book identifies the key challenges in the areas of economic inclusion, focusing on the themes of labour markets, vocational education and skills, female entrepreneurship and the integration of migrants. It considers the opportunities for solutions to “build back better” once the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis begins, and offers proposals for more acceptable, equitable and effective economic inclusion policies.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Key Challenges for Economic Inclusion in the Western BalkansPart I: Labour Market InclusionChapter 2: A Low-Wage, High-Tax Trap in the Western BalkansChapter 3: Envelope Wages in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Incidence and Distributional ImplicationsChapter 4: Horizontal Job-Education Mismatch in Kosovo: Is There a Gender Gap?Chapter 5: Cross-national Comparison of Job Types: Analysis Using the EU LFS and Albanian LFSPart II: Vocational Training and SkillsChapter 6: The Professional Training Programme in Montenegro: An Active Labour Market Policy or a Way to Fill the Structural Gap?Chapter 7: The Quality of Vocational Training and the Position of the Individual in the Labour market in SerbiaChapter 8: The Apprenticeship System in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Myth or Reality?Part III: Female EntrepreneurshipChapter 9: Case Study on Female Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and HerzegovinaChapter 10: Female Entrepreneurship in Albania: Financial Incentives and DisincentivesChapter 11: Economic Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs During Covid-19 in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and HerzegovinaPart IV: Integrating Returning MigrantsChapter 12: The Relationship between Migration and Pensions Policy: The Case of AlbaniaChapter 13: The Role of Voluntary Return Migration in Supporting Economic Development in Albania Chapter 14: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Croatia Part V: ConclusionsChapter 15: Towards an Inclusive Model of Development in the Western Balkans
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Palgrave Macmillan National Government Narratives of the EU
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Palgrave Macmillan A Simulation of the United States Senate
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Congress, Simulations, and Experiential Learning.- Chapter 2: Understanding Your Role.- Chapter 3: The Other Players The Instructional Team.- Chapter 4: Building a Congress.- Chapter 5: Drafting Legislation The Committees.- Chapter 6: Operating The Floor.- Chapter 7: Adopting Legislation.- Chapter 8: Endogeneity and the Rules.- References.
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Springer International Publishing AG Violence and Development along the IndiaPakistan
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Palgrave Macmillan The American Political Film Festival
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Heroes and Patriots.- Chapter 2: Capitalism and its Challenges.- Chapter 3: War and Peace.- Chapter 4: Campaigns and Elections.- Chapter -5: Legislating and Lobbying.- Chapter 6: Governing and Leadership.- Chapter 7: Equal Justice Under the Law.- Chapter 8: Human Rights and Protest.- Chapter 9: Labor Unions and Their Challenges.- Chapter 10: The Threat of Authoritarianism.- Chapter 11: Dystopian Nightmares.- Chapter 12: Laughing at Politicians Epilogue: The American Experiment Screened and Streamed.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Future of the Occupation of the Palestinian Territories after Gaza
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Who sows the wind will reap the storm.- Chapter 2. Scenarios for the Israeli occupation of Palestine.- Part 1 – Direct conflict stakeholders.- Chapter 3. Hamas walking the path of thorns.- Chapter 4. The Palestinian Authority watches Gaza burn.- Chapter 5. Israel: From creeping to decisive annexation.- Chapter 6. America's enabling of occupation.- Part 2 - Neighbors.- Chapter 7. Hezbollah: Shaken to the core.- Chapter 8. Egypt as Israel's new ally.- Chapter 9. Jordan between a rock and a hard place.- Part 3 – Regional powers.- Chapter 10. Enduring resistance from Tehran.- Chapter 11. The rocky road of Israeli-Saudi normalization.- Chapter 12. Let's talk about peace.
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Palgrave Macmillan The British General Election of 2024
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Palgrave Macmillan The US Constitution and Political Instability
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Constitution and Institutions.- Chapter 3. American Conflicts and Divisions.- Chapter 4. “Populism” and Coalitions.- Chapter 5. Political Trust and Violence.- Chapter 6. Authoritative Communications, Religion and Laws.- Chapter 7. Political Strategy, Anger and Negotiation.- Chapter 8. Growth of Party Cohesion and Antagonism.- Chapter 9. Decentralized Governments and Policy Coordination.- Chapter10. America’s Constitution: Past to Future.
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Palgrave Macmillan Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji
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Springer International Publishing AG The EUWestern Balkans Future Relations Exploring Liberal vs. Realist Scenarios
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Diaphanes AG NO Rhetoric(s) – Versions and Subversions of
Book SynopsisAn incisive examination of the intersection of global art and political resistance.NO Rhetoric(s) examines a subject intensely debated during the last three decades but rarely a topic of its own: art as an agent of resistance, whether as a rhetorical stance or critical strategy. In the face of today’s discourse on revolt and insurrection, it is necessary to ask whether the gesture of “negation” still has an emancipatory potential. NO Rhetoric(s) contributes a deeper understanding of the different logics of resistance at play between art and politics. Showcasing a diverse array of voices, this volume presents contributions on topics as varied as sexual dissidence, ecology, and geopolitics in the digital age. Through this interdisciplinary show of force, the collected authors, artists, and scholars shed light on how art approaches the most urgent issues facing today’s society.
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Springer International Publishing AG European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis: A
Book SynopsisThis book, part of the new wave of political sociology in EU studies, examines the dialectics of construction/deconstruction of the European civil service through a succession of empirically grounded case studies. Breaking with the usual representations of ‘Eurocrats’, it sheds light on a hidden aspect of the current European crisis: a crisis of social reproduction which affects the European civil service in a heavy context of management reforms, enlargements, institutional changes and the euro crisis. This in turn has a number of consequences in terms of internal tensions, power, and more broadly, the capacity of EU institutions to create convergence between diverging national and economic interests, and to embody a European future.European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis will be of interest to students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including politics, sociology and public administration, to practitioners working in and with the EU institutions, as well as those wishing to know more about the EU. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Moving pictures.- 1. A contested identity: genesis of the Eurocrat figure: between stigma and affirmation of a differentiated supranational body.- 2. The making of a status group: Reconsidering socialization to the European Institutions .- 3. Genesis and structure of European bureaucratic capital: Senior European Commission officials.- 4. Soft skills versus expertise and knowledge: The changing core competencies of European civil servants.- 5. Reforming EU open competitions or how the ‘Custodians of Europe’ are now imitating undifferentiated international managers.- 6. How domination matters: New internal struggles and integrating European-enlargement newcomers.- 7. Both the pilot and a victim of austerity? How the European Commission’s administration changed under the economic and financial crisis.-Conclusion: Neoliberalized neoliberalists? The weakening sociological foundations of a pivot group and European political order.
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Springer International Publishing AG Justin Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy under the government of Justin Trudeau, with a concentration on the areas of climate change, trade, Indigenous rights, arms sales, refugees, military affairs, and relationships with the United States and China. At the book’s core is Trudeau’s biggest and most unexpected challenge: the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Drawing on recognized experts from across Canada, this latest edition of the respected Canada Among Nations series will be essential reading for students of international relations and Canadian foreign policy and for a wider readership interested in Canada’s age of Trudeau.See other books in the Canada Among Nations series here: https://carleton.ca/npsia/canada-among-nations/Table of Contents1. The age of Trudeau and Trump Norman Hillmer and Philippe Lagassé2. The promise and perils of Justin Trudeau’s foreign policyRoland Paris 3. Promises made, promises kept? A mid-term Trudeau foreign policy report cardKim Richard Nossal 4. What’s not to like? Justin Trudeau, the global disorder, and liberal illusionsJerome Klassen and Yves Engler 5. Canada-US relations under President Trump: Stop reading the tweets and look to the futureStephen Blank and Monica Gattinger 6. Canada’s international environmental policy: Trudeau’s trifecta of challengesDebora Van Nijnatten7. International trade: The rhetoric and reality of the Trudeau government’s progressive trade agendaMeredith B. Lilly8. Justin Trudeau’s China challengesPhilip Calvert9. A promise too far? The Justin Trudeau government and Indigenous rights Sheryl Lightfoot10. Canada’s feminist foreign policy promises: An ambitious agenda for gender equality, human rights, peace, and securityRebecca Tiessen and Emma Swan11. “We will honour our good name”: The Trudeau government, arms exports, and human rightsJennifer Pedersen 12. The Trudeau government, refugee policy, and echoes of the pastJulie F. Gilmour 13. Justin Trudeau’s quest for a United Nations Security Council seatAndrea Charron14. Manning up: Justin Trudeau and the politics of the Canadian defence communityAndrea Lane 15. Trudeau the reluctant warrior? Canada and international military operationsJeffrey Rice and Stéfanie von Hlatky
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Springer International Publishing AG The End of Whitehall?: Government by Permanent
Book SynopsisThis Palgrave Policy Essential maps and assesses key changes in the Whitehall model over the last two decades. It argues that the traditional Whitehall model is being replaced by a system of ‘New Political Governance’ (NPG) centred on politicised campaigning; the growth of political advisory staff relative to the permanent civil service; the personalisation of bureaucratic appointments; and the creation of a government machine that is ‘promiscuously partisan’. It provides a snapshot of the institutional changes that are unfolding at a critical moment, as Whitehall prepares to support Ministers in carrying out the Brexit process while addressing a series of long-term structural challenges from the demographic pressures of the ageing society to the impact of climate change. Austerity since 2010 has had a further transformative effect on Whitehall, with drastic reductions in the civil service workforce, the restructuring of government agencies, and a reconfiguration of the traditional roles and responsibilities of the permanent civil service.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Government by ‘Permanent Campaign’Chapter 3: The Growth of Political Advisory StaffChapter 4: The Personalisation of AppointmentsChapter 5: A ‘Promiscuously Partisan’ BureaucracyChapter 6: Conclusion
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Verlag Barbara Budrich At the Origins of Parliamentary Europe
Book SynopsisIn 1952, politicians from Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg formed the first Ad Hoc Assembly with the aim of drafting a constitution for a future European Political Community. Rediscovering this previously neglected origin of parliamentary Europe, Kari Palonen investigates the significance of the Ad Hoc Assembly for the politicization of European integration. He delves into how the assembly functioned as a project of European integration after the Second World War, interpreting it as a moment in the political theory and conceptual history of parliamentarism that opens new perspectives on the later stages of the parliamentarization of the EU.
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Die Gestalten Verlag How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide
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Die Gestalten Verlag Dietrich Mateschitz: Wings for People and Ideas:
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Foreign Languages Press The Belt and Road Initiative
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CYPRESS BOOK CO LTD PROMO Xi Jinping The Governance Of China Chinese
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Polarised Times: Living in India Today
Book SynopsisThroughout India''s long and chequered history, Hindus, Muslims, and other communities have consistently adapted while preserving their shared identity. India has long stood as a sanctuary for its diverse minorities, allowing them to nurture their faith and culture. However, contemporary India faces a profound distrust between its major communities. Centuries of mutual suspicion have given rise to new terms like ''persecution complex,'' ''self-denial,'' and ''victimhood.'' Even more disconcerting are phrases such as ''holocaust,'' ''massacre,'' ''pogrom,'' and ''genocide.'' The need for dialogue is undeniable, but the ground reality tells a different story. This book also casts a spotlight on the role of left-liberals in perpetuating this divide. Polarised Times is an essential exploration of the pressing issues that demand our attention, urging us to rekindle the bonds of unity and diversity, for India''s future stands at a crossroads.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. SHADES OF TRUTH: A Journey Derailed
Book SynopsisThe 2014ok Sabha elections saw a tectonic shift in public sentiment. The people of India seemed to have embraced the winds of change and the newanguage of governance in anticipation of Achhe Din''.But as the NDA Government under theeadership of Narendra Modi seeks a Congress Mukt Bharat'' and attempts to tackle all the issues for which it blamed previous governments, we must pause and reflect on the journey thus far; whaties ahead and on the gap between the promised change and delivery on the ground.In Shades of Truth, Kapil Sibal examines the many actions of the Modi Government since 2014 andays bare how this government revels in the past without seeking to grapple with the problems of the present and prepare for future challenges. Apart from his reflections on diverse topics and contemporary concerns, Sibal also reflects on the policy decisions of the UPA government in sectors as diverse as telecom, education, science and technology andaw.
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Juggernaut Publication InComplete Justice
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HarperCollins India Mamata: Beyond 2021
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HarperCollins India 2014
Book SynopsisSince May 2014, under a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party, the Nehruvian-read liberal, secular, scientific-Idea of India appears to have come utterly undone. Institutions of governance that weathered great turbulence in the past are now disintegrating. The economy, once the celebrated ''India story'', is in a shambles. Large sections of the media genuflect to the ruling dispensation. Meanwhile, the grand old party of India remains trapped in its glorious yesterday and unsure about its future.In 2014, named after the year the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance first came to power under Narendra Modi, Sanjay Jha takes a long, hard look at what all of this means for India. What are the reasons for the Congress''s acute lack of Oppositional ability? Can the party look beyond the easy fallback of the Gandhi-family charisma and embrace transformational change? Can it sell its vision-of inclusive growth and social justice-to a nation that seems mesmerised by a polarising rhetoric and the ris
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Pentagon Press China's Strategic Deterrence
Book SynopsisA well researched attempt to analyse the fast-paced progress made by China and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the military-cum-geo-political landscape. President Xi Jinping’s ambitious dream for Chinese rejuvenation is to lead the world in Comprehensive National Power by 2049. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has its core interests and is not ready to compromise. They are, therefore, advancing them on all fronts while simultaneously avoiding war. This book reveals the contours of this policy, identifies the key stratagems of the Chinese Grand Strategy, its implications and key deterrence facilitators.The PLA, ordered repeatedly to be loyal to the CCP, has accordingly established a nearly impregnable multi-domain wall to deter China’s adversaries, particularly America, India and Japan. The resource-hungry nation has exploited its vast industrial base and exploited its fast-expanding Diaspora. The Chinese government has channelized its scientific talent in conjunction with secret technology transfers and espionage to lead technology development, especially in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Quantum, Robotics, Blockchain, Hypersonic and Big Data Analytics.This book is a comprehensive compendium of the key measures initiated by the CCP and President Xi to revive Han supremacy the world over. It brilliantly covers the PLA’s march from ‘Mechanisation’ to ‘Informationisation’ to ‘Intelligentisation’ It covers the major aspects of all possible Chinese domains of warfare and uncovers the Chinese secret methodology to rapidly expand her global sphere of influence. It is an essential book for all China-watchers, military strategists, advanced technology-gazers and those who actually want to stand up to Chinese hegemony and rising ambitions.
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HarperCollins India Nightmarch:: A Journey into India's Naxal
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Pan India Gangster State
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Juggernaut Publication Age of Anger: A History of the Present
Book SynopsisWhy do young men and women from the West join an extremist organization like ISIS? Why are we seeing the rise of aggressive right-wing politics in countries such as India, Turkey and USA, the expansion of Islamist terror, massacres in Western metropolises, wars in the Middle East? And in what way is the politics of anger and violence connected? In this outstanding book, Pankaj Mishra argues that the roots of our age of anger lie in the great economic and political revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Europe and the traumatic social and political changes they brought. Boldly argued and with a canvas that stretches from Savarkar in India to Rousseau in France, Age of Anger is a must-read to understand the world today
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Westland Publications Limited Price of the Modi Years
Book SynopsisAakar Patel's book "Price of the Modi Years" examines the negative impact of Narendra Modi's leadership on India since 2014, covering areas like the economy, national security, foreign relations, and more. It highlights the damage caused by Modi despite his popularity, serving as a historical record of the current era.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Urban Informal Settlements: Chengzhongcun and
Book SynopsisThis book offers a concise and yet diverse study on the Chengzhongcun. It has a broader scope, both geographical and temporal, than existing works on this topic. The typical Chinese urban informal settlement is related to morphologically similar communities to be found elsewhere in the world. The chapters’ themes were inspired by the methods in historical geography, citizenship studies, and new cultural geography. What is truly unique to this book is that ten years after the basis material of this book was defended, it is enriched with practical experience and first-hand observations of the rapidly changing Chinese city. As urbanization in China slows, this book will interest sociologists, urbanists and scholars of China.Trade Review“For historians, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, architects, political scientists, urban planners and art historians who share the same interest in urban studies, including global and local urban history, urban planning and governance, urban artistic practices, and urban tourism, this book may offer scholastic inspiration, bring inter-disciplinary dialogue, and point the way for future research in this field.” (Fanghao Chen, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (5), 2023)Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The City and Its Other: A Brief Historical Geography.- 3. Housing and the Political Economy of Urban China.- 4. Chengzhongcun and Its Residents: Empirical Findings.- 5. Resistance, Public Art and Citizenship.- 6. Slum Tourism: Towards Inclusive Urbanism?.- 7. Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Brunei Darussalams Economic Transition in a
Book SynopsisThis transitional policy mix is situated in relation to the overarching development strategy called Wawasan Brunei 2035 (Brunei Vision 2035), which broadly maps onto the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
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Academic Studies Press The History of the Republic of Turkey: Grandeur
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, readable history of the Republic of Turkey that gives equal weight to all periods in the first century of the Republic of Turkey.The republican order of Turkey seems not to have changed much since its foundation in 1923, but there were dramatic transformations: From Atatürk’s modernization dictatorship in the 1920s and 1930s, over the massive migration into the cities and the military coups in the second half of the twentieth century, up to Recep Tayyip Erdoğans electoral autocracy since the 2010s. This book makes us understand Turkey’s historical trajectory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the fate of its various communities and ethnic groups—in particular Alevis and Kurds—and argues that a particular trait of Turkish political culture is its constant fluctuation between confidence and contention, grandeur and grievance.Trade Review“Maurus Reinkowski’s The History of Turkey: Grandeur and Grievance offers a critical retelling of Turkey’s triumphs and tragedies, providing an empathic exploration of the country’s past over a century. This expertly crafted work illuminates the country’s moments of grandeur and delves into its deep-seated grievances. Through an engagement with state-of-the-art research, Reinkowski’s keen eye for detail allows him to paint a vivid picture of Turkey’s complex history, surpassing standard textbooks. In a time of political crisis, Reinkowski’s engaging yet sober book offers a much-needed update to the perhaps overly optimistic scholarship of the last two decades. Impeccably researched and eloquently written, The History of Turkey: Grandeur and Grievance is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and anyone seeking a critical understanding of Turkey’s past, present, and future.” — Alp Yenen, Assistant Professor of Modern Turkish History and Culture, Leiden University“In his thought-provoking introductory chapter, Maurus Reinkowski aptly observes that Turkey is a country that evokes anything but indifference. This rings acutely true in 2023, as Turkey not only faces presidential elections but also gears up to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. The History of Turkey provides an invaluable companion to unlock the historical context of these events. Covering a period from 1912 to the present, the book offers a nuanced, meticulously researched and vividly narrated historical overview. It serves as a comprehensive and widely accessible guide to Turkish history and historiography that also features insightful discussions of Turkey’s most recent decades. By skillfully embedding key developments within their broader historical and cultural contexts, the rich narrative invites readers to explore the complexity and diversity of Turkish history and allows them to recognize enduring legacies and reverberations of the processes depicted in the book.”— Barbara Henning, professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Ottoman and Turkish History“This work is the culmination of some forty years of diligent language practice, intensive research, meticulous observation, and genuine engagement with the societies of Turkey. The result is a profound piece of scholarship with pages full of intellectually sophisticated analyses and magisterial detail that provide a new interpretation of the land, state, and people. Well-grounded in a wide range of old and new scholarship, it is a highly accessible account of Turkey from both a comparative and global perspective. This book will eloquently but at the same time disturbingly and constantly remind readers how firmly the genesis of state ideology is built on the foundations of the late Ottoman and early Republican period. It is essential reading for introductory and advanced courses on Turkey and the Middle East, and for those who look for a concise, yet authoritative account of the region in order to understand the state, politics, and society in depth. There is no equivalent study of this quality for Turkey; Reinkowski deserves considerable praise for a work that should receive much attention.”— Metin Atmaca, Professor of Ottoman and Middle East History, Social Sciences University of Ankara"This work of Maurus Reinkowski is an indispensable tool for those aiming to have a profound knowledge on present-day Turkish politics, or to understand this complex society. Having been trained in late Ottoman history and Middle East politics, Reinkowski is a keen observer of political and social developments in contemporary Turkey, also known officially as Türkiye. This study is chronologically organized, beginning with the historical roots of modern Turkey, followed by the Kemalist Republic (1923-1950), the period of 1950-1980, and recent Turkish history. What makes this book so appealing is its concentration on contemporary Turkish developments following the military coup of 1980. It discusses structural conditions leading to a crucial break from Kemalism, commenced with the so-called ‘Turkish-Islamic Synthesis’ ideology of the 1980s, continued by the economic liberalism of Turgut Özal, finally leading to the AKP-era presidential system accompanied by populism and authoritarianism. Reinkowski handles numerous topics, which still bear the quality of actuality, in a precise, informative and balanced manner."— Selçuk Akşin Somel, Sabancı University, Istanbul“This mature work combines affection for the subject with detached insight; serious questioning with a positive approach. Drawing on the current state of research, Reinkowski appreciates Turkey's potential and grievances, but also highlights the dead ends of its ultranationalism. Reading his insightful narrative reveals a central challenge: how to build up trust and democratic confidence in the dynamic, but troubled post-Ottoman country that is Republican Turkey? This work differs from many traditional books on modern Turkey that overemphasize Atatürk, while ignoring the late-Ottoman context and new developments of the twenty-first century.”— Hans-Lukas Kieser, Historian, University of Newcastle, Australia, and University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction Farewell to the Ottoman Empire The Kemalist Republic, 1923–1950 Precarious Pluralism, 1950–1980 The Promise of Islamic Conservatism, 1980–2013 The Road to Another Republic, 2013–the Present Update on Turkey in the Years 2021–2023 AcknowledgementsTimelineAbbreviationsIndex
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Haymarket Books Reconsidering Reparations
Book SynopsisA pathbreaking book about world history, global justice, colonialism, and the climate. This new paperback edition features a new foreword by the author. Coursing with moral urgency and propelled by brilliant prose, this is more than argument. It's how we build the power needed to win.Naomi KleinA clear, new case for reparations as a constructive, future-oriented project that responds to the weight of history's injustices with the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens. Centuries ago, Táíwò explains, European powers engineered the systems through which advantages and disadvantages still flow. Colonialism and transatlantic slavery forged schemes of injustice on an unprecedented scale, a world order he calls global racial empire. The project of justice must meet the same scope. Táíwò's analysis not only discourages despair, it demands global resistance. Reconsidering Reparations suggests policies, goals, and organizing strategies. And it leaves readers with clear and powerful advice: act like an ancestor. Do what we can to shape the world we want our moral descendants to inherit, and have faith that they will continue the long struggle for justice. This understanding, Táíwò shows, has deep roots in the thought of Black political thinkers such as James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Cedric Robinson, and Nkechi Taifa. Reconsidering Reparations is a book with profound implications for our views of justice, racism, the legacies of slavery and colonialism, and climate change policy.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Practicing Liberation Workbook
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Growth Modernity and the Nations of Wealth
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Little, Brown Book Group Stopping the Next Pandemic
Book Synopsis''Excellent . . . analyses clearly and authoritatively how the coronavirus pandemic played out, what governments should have done, and what we need to do when it happens again - as it undoubtedly will'' Financial Times''You could not hope for a better guide to the pandemic world order than Debora MacKenzie, who''s been on this story from the start. This is an authoritative yet readable explanation of how this catastrophe happened - and more important, how it will happen again if we don''t change''Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, Adapt and Messy''This definitely deserves a read - the first of the post mortems by a writer who knows what she''s talking about''Laura Spinney, author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the WorldIn a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus panTrade ReviewYou could not hope for a better guide to the pandemic world order than Debora MacKenzie, who's been on this story from the start. This is an authoritative yet readable explanation of how this catastrophe happened - and more important, how it will happen again if we don't change -- Tim Harford, author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST, ADAPT and MESSYThis definitely deserves a read - the first of the post mortems by a writer who knows what she's talking about -- Laura Spinney, Author of PALE RIDER: THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918 AND HOW IT CHANGED THE WORLDImpressively paced and comprehensive * New Statesman *Excellent . . . analyses clearly and authoritatively how the coronavirus pandemic played out, what governments should have done, and what we need to do when it happens again - as it undoubtedly will * Financial Times *I loved this book. Fast-paced, engaging, couldn't put it down. A heart-pounding telling of the misadventures that led to one of the worst pandemics in history. A story that we all think we know, but don't. And a story whose lessons, if unlearned, we will be condemned to repeat -- Dr Paul Offit, Author of PANDORA'S LAB and VACCINATED, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaA fascinating behind the scenes look ... If someone asks you why the COVID-19 epidemic happened and how we can prevent the next one, hand them this book -- Steffanie Strathdee, PhD, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, University of California San Diego, and co-author of THE PERFET PREDATOR: A SCIENTIST'S RACE TO SAVE HER HUSBAND FROM A DEADLY SUPERBUGA vivid account of the origins and fortunes of coronavirus, warning that worse may be yet to come ... Charting the etiology and course of the virus, MacKenzie observes that nearly everything about its origins and spread offers lessons on how not to act when the next pandemic comes ... Essential, enlightening reading in a time of panic and plague -- Starred review * Kirkus *MacKenzie wisely leaves the specifics of who got what wrong when for another day. Instead, she focuses on the scientists and philanthropists, such as Bill Gates, who tried to alert the world to the threat ... Until we repair our injured planet and address the linked issues of globalisation and the disruption of animal habitats, Sars-CoV-2 is unlikely to be the last pandemic virus; MacKenzie also cautions that "hindsight helps you win the next battle, not the last one" * Observer *Debora MacKenzie is a leading science journalist, with vast experience writing about pandemic threats and neglected diseases. She uses her background to hit the ground running on one of the first books written on the emergence of COVID-19. As politicians and elected leaders increasingly work to change the narrative on COVID-19 on their steps to first contain and mitigate the pandemic, Debora's efforts lay it all out in stark terms -- Dr Peter Hotez, Author of VACCINES DID NOT CAUSE RACHEL’S AUTISM, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of MedicineSo often, people look at the nature of disease in the midst of an outbreak when, really, it's the interaction between the disease and people that matters. That is at the heart of epidemiology, and it's what MacKenzie does beautifully in her book. Whether it's cultural practices with animals like bats, or the fear and delay in labeling it pandemic, to a woeful lack of funding for public health and vaccine research, or the misguided notion that disease will recognize boundaries just because people do-MacKenzie's fascinating book gives us the scope and scale to be able to put this pandemic in perspective and, it begs the question, will we learn from this in time to prevent to next one -- Molly Crosby, author of THE AMERICAN PLAGUE, ASLEEP and THE GREAT PEARL HEISTSome people write interesting autobiographical recollections of people, places, and events, while others offer an extensive and comprehensive anthology of a topic area. Deborah Mackenzie has not only succeeded in doing both in a single volume, but in a manner that is immensely engaging ... an excellent work for general consumption as well as for those already involved in communicable disease control, microbiology, epidemiology, and medical journalism. In our present climate of regrettable tweets, unverified facts, and deliberate misinformation, this timely book provides a delightful and important excursion into the world of outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics -- Tim Sly, epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus at Ryerson University's School of Public HealthQuickly spiralling from a local outbreak to a global crisis, Debora MacKenzie provides a down-to-earth account of how the COVID-19 pandemic has played out so far and, crucially, how the world can be better prepared for the ever-present risk of another epidemic -- Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineScience journalist MacKenzie delivers a wise and accurate account of the COVID-19 pandemic, supplying readers with an objective assessment of where we are, how we got here, and how to prepare for future emerging infections * Booklist *It's difficult for any fellow journalist not to feel a deep professional respect, tinged with awe, for the sheer depth of knowledge and expertise she brings to what is her first book, and for the fast-paced, well-structured and highly accessible style in which she tells the Covid-19 story * Scotsman *For deep understanding of the years of policy mistakes, the ignored warnings and the viruses lurking as we invade ever more ecosystems, turn to Debora MacKenzie's magnificent COVID-19. Read about the Nipah virus and see what a civilisation-threatening pandemic might be like. Be afraid. * New Scientist *
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Little, Brown Book Group A Moonless Starless Sky
Book Synopsis''Absolutely essential reading, period'' Alexandra Fuller, bestselling author of Don''t Lets Go to the Dogs TonightWINNER of the 2018 PEN Open Book AwardIn the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo - a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent''s wave of fundamentalism.In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony''s LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women''s basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America''s most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary pTrade ReviewGripping and important read about African men and women taking on extremism. * Riz Ahmed *[A] rich and urgently necessary book in which Okeowo disregards all preconceptions to reach for the truth . . . [Okeowo] is equipped with the empathy to inhabit her subjects' lives, the emotional and intellectual capacity to withhold judgement and a sufficient measure of detachment. In prose of devastating simplicity Okeowo mines the moral complexity at the heart of [the] story . . . Okeowo has taken their stories, crafted them in all their courage and complexity and placed them at the center of the story of what it is to be human. * New York Times Book Review *Okeowo is an excellent reporter, and she does an impressive job of condensing decades of complex history into a handful of paragraphs, but her true genius lies in profiling: she is capable of evoking empathy for her subjects in only a handful of lines. * TLS *The achievement of the four stories in Alexis Okeowo's sad and lovely A Moonless, Starless Sky is to render seemingly inexplicable and terrifying events in "far off" African lands quite ordinary ... It is the use of ordinary language that allows Okeowo, a practitioner of the "show, don't tell" school of writing, to reveal character and situation with understated detail ... The author is not interested in the heroism of the journalist. What we are left with is a study of the human spirit struggling to be good even when the prevailing forces are pulling in the opposite direction. * Financial Times *This astounding piece of non-fiction weaves together four narratives to create an urgent portrait of modern Africa. * Emerald Street *Finally, finally, finally - a humane, skillful storyteller with sound reporting instincts has dug into the middle of the stories we think we've already heard out of Africa. Alexis Okeowo can write prose as arresting as Ryszard Kapuscinski's; she's got Katherine Boo's big heart, but she has her own fresh way of approaching the work, one that is terribly overdue. -- Alexandra FullerOkeowo's startling and brilliant account of fierce horrors and tender hopes is one of the best records I have ever read of a world that has been made and remade time and again out of struggle and faith. Okeowo is just the kind of reporter we need to hear from when it comes to Africa, the "new" old world: truthful, accurate, deep. -- Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of White GirlsSpectacular reporting. Full of fresh, unexpected detail. If you want to get an immediate sense of the lives, both quotidian and extraordinary, of Africans in some of the continent's most troubled countries, read Alexis Okeowo's book. -- William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days
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