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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Geopolitics and the PostColonial
Book SynopsisWith a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, the book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective. A novel approach to understanding US-Third World relations. Critically considers the genesis of US power. Interweaves ideas and events, interventions and representations. Highlights the contribution of Third World intellectuals. Trade Review"...stimulating, and replete with insights....no serious scholar of international relations can afford to miss it." Political Science Quarterly "This book’s innovations include its systematic engagement with the works of Third World intellectuals, its rigorous conceptualization of Euro-Americanism, and a creative recovery of Gramscian Marxism; these features help to ground a very powerful framework for the post-colonial. This book is the product of a tremendous intellectual maturity and sophistication … the author engages and reworks, with great mastery and success, the best theories of our time." Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina "This singular text challenges the “common sense” view of contemporary world power in an eminently sensible and sensitive manner. Written with admirable and unfashionable clarity … it provides a constantly suggestive tour d'horizon of the state of global geopolitics at the start of the millennium." James Dunkerley, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London "This book is part of the best tradition of research which, particularly since the 1990s, has been showing that a proper understanding of the world is necessarily much larger than a Western understanding of the world … Slater formulates a new critical theory that is adequate to the realities and possibilities created by the global times in which we live, and fully capable of accounting for the metamorphoses of the growing inequalities between North and South." Boaventura de Sousa Santos, University of Coimbra and University of Wisconsin-Madison "... the book has many positive aspects to be stressed. It is especially strong on the history and present condition of American imperial hegemony and clearly draws on a wide and detailed knowledge of the Latin American scene." Progress in Deveopment Studies “Geopolitics and the Post-Colonial is a rich contribution to the analysis of the imperialist geopolitics of North-South relations inherent in contemporary processes of political and economic globalization.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers "It is specifically the reflexive and open-minded way in which Slater analyses post-colonial thinking in relation to geopolitics that makes this a very inspiring work." Development and Change "Provoking, timely and delivered with panache.” Gareth A. Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science “A valuable addition to the study of Chilean politics after authoritarian rule, analyzing some of the most important factors explaining the trajectory from a brutal military dictatorship to a stable and rather prosperous democratic regime." Javier A. Couso, Universidad Diego PortalesTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Conceptual and Historical Issues. 1 For a Post-Colonial Geopolitics. 2 Emerging Empire and the Civilizing Powers of Intervention. Part II: Waves of Western Theory. 3 Modernizing the Other and the Three Worlds of Development. 4 The Rise of Neo-Liberalism and the Expansion of Western Power. Part III: Archipelagos of Critical Thinking. 5 Societies of Insurgent Theory: the Dependentistas Write Back. 6 Exploring Other Zones of Difference: from the post-modern to the post-colonial. Part IV: Geopolitics in a Globalizing World. 7 Post-Colonial Questions for Global Times. 8 'Another World is Possible' - on social movements, the Zapatistas and the dynamics of 'globalization from below'. 9 Conclusions: Beyond the Imperiality of Knowledge. Notes. References. Index.
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Wiley Geopolitics and the PostColonial
Book SynopsisWith a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, the book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective. A novel approach to understanding US-Third World relations. Critically considers the genesis of US power. Interweaves ideas and events, interventions and representations. Highlights the contribution of Third World intellectuals. Trade Review"...stimulating, and replete with insights....no serious scholar of international relations can afford to miss it." Political Science Quarterly "This book’s innovations include its systematic engagement with the works of Third World intellectuals, its rigorous conceptualization of Euro-Americanism, and a creative recovery of Gramscian Marxism; these features help to ground a very powerful framework for the post-colonial. This book is the product of a tremendous intellectual maturity and sophistication … the author engages and reworks, with great mastery and success, the best theories of our time." Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina "This singular text challenges the “common sense” view of contemporary world power in an eminently sensible and sensitive manner. Written with admirable and unfashionable clarity … it provides a constantly suggestive tour d'horizon of the state of global geopolitics at the start of the millennium." James Dunkerley, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London "This book is part of the best tradition of research which, particularly since the 1990s, has been showing that a proper understanding of the world is necessarily much larger than a Western understanding of the world … Slater formulates a new critical theory that is adequate to the realities and possibilities created by the global times in which we live, and fully capable of accounting for the metamorphoses of the growing inequalities between North and South." Boaventura de Sousa Santos, University of Coimbra and University of Wisconsin-Madison "... the book has many positive aspects to be stressed. It is especially strong on the history and present condition of American imperial hegemony and clearly draws on a wide and detailed knowledge of the Latin American scene." Progress in Deveopment Studies “Geopolitics and the Post-Colonial is a rich contribution to the analysis of the imperialist geopolitics of North-South relations inherent in contemporary processes of political and economic globalization.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers "It is specifically the reflexive and open-minded way in which Slater analyses post-colonial thinking in relation to geopolitics that makes this a very inspiring work." Development and Change "Provoking, timely and delivered with panache.” Gareth A. Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science “A valuable addition to the study of Chilean politics after authoritarian rule, analyzing some of the most important factors explaining the trajectory from a brutal military dictatorship to a stable and rather prosperous democratic regime." Javier A. Couso, Universidad Diego PortalesTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Conceptual and Historical Issues. 1 For a Post-Colonial Geopolitics. 2 Emerging Empire and the Civilizing Powers of Intervention. Part II: Waves of Western Theory. 3 Modernizing the Other and the Three Worlds of Development. 4 The Rise of Neo-Liberalism and the Expansion of Western Power. Part III: Archipelagos of Critical Thinking. 5 Societies of Insurgent Theory: the Dependentistas Write Back. 6 Exploring Other Zones of Difference: from the post-modern to the post-colonial. Part IV: Geopolitics in a Globalizing World. 7 Post-Colonial Questions for Global Times. 8 'Another World is Possible' - on social movements, the Zapatistas and the dynamics of 'globalization from below'. 9 Conclusions: Beyond the Imperiality of Knowledge. Notes. References. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A History of Political Thought
Book SynopsisJanet Colemana s two volume history of European political theorising, from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance is the introduction which many have been waiting for.Trade Review"These volumes cover the scholarship of the last four decades with considerable care and in an impeccably cosmopolitan manner...in its second volume, the best single-volume history of medieval political thought to put into the hands of any intelligent and serious student...Coleman's History is a fine achievement and of clear use value throughout. It breathes the spirit of a very different epoch, while providing help for all of us who must deal, in our respective roles, with the ideas that it chronicles." John Dunn, University of Cambridge.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. Ancient Athenian Democracy. 2. Socrates. 3. Plato. 4. Aristotle. Interlude. 5. CiceroÆs Rome and CiceroÆs Republic (De re publica). 6. St Augustine. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Voices Spaces and Processes in Constitutionalism
Book Synopsisaeo Focuses on recent developments in constitutionalism and governance. aeo Highly relevant to ongoing debates on devolution and international in the UK and elsewhere. aeo Recognises the multi--layered nature of these trends and combines levels of analysis that are usually separated in the existing literature.Table of ContentsVoices, Spaces, and Processes in Constitutionalism 1Colin Harvey, John Morison, and Jo Shaw Process and Constitutional Discourse in the European Union 4Jo Shaw Accountability in the Regulatory State 38Colin Scott Governing after the Rights Revolution 61Colin Harvey The Government-Voluntary Sector Compacts: Governance, Governmentality, and Civil Society 98John Morison The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? A Critique of the Ability of Community Mediation to Suppress and Facilitate Participation in Civil Life 133Linda Mulcahy Business, State, and Community: ‘Responsible Risk Takers’, New Labour, and the Governance of Corporate Business 151Gary Wilson Post-nationalism and the Quest for Constitutional Substitutes 178Damian Chalmers
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Political Geography
Book SynopsisThis companion presents a substantial survey of the active and vibrant field of political geography. The volume comprises specially written essays by prominent scholars from around the world and covers a wide variety of crucial themes in contemporary critical political geography.Trade Review"This book brings together some of the best writers currently working in political geography. It offers a wonderful array of challenging and provocative ideas. It pushes the boundaries of the subject by engaging with many of the key debates in contemporary social and political theory and research. Agnew, Mitchell and Toal are to be congratulated on setting an exciting and innovative agenda for the development of political geography in the future." Joe Painter, University of Durham "This is a book that simply exudes authority. It is an excellent buy that will satisfy a broad readership within and outside political geography from advanced undergraduate level upwards." Simon Barrett, Reference Reviews "I encourage anyone with an interest in political geography to purchase this book... There is a need for more books like this in political geography." Progress in Human GeographyTable of ContentsList of Contributors. 1. Introduction (Katharyne Mitchell (University of Washington) and Gerard Toal (Virginia Tech). Part I: Modes of Thinking:. 2. Politics from Nature (Mark Bassin (University College London). 3. Spatial Analysis in Political Geography (John O’Loughlin (University of Colorado). 4. Radical Political Geographies (Peter J. Taylor (Loughborough University). 5. Feminist and Postcolonial Engagements (Joanne P. Sharp (University of Glasgow). 6. Geopolitical Themes and Postmodern Thought (David Slater (Loughborough University). Part II: Essentially Contested Concepts:. 7. Power (John Allen (The Open University). 8. Territory (Anssi Paasi (University of Oulu). 9. Boundaries (David Newman (Ben Guriion University of the Negev). 10. Scale (Richard Howitt (Macquarie University). 11. Place (Lynn A. Staeheli (University of Colorado). Part III: Critical Geopolitics:. 12. Imperial Geopolitics (Gerry Kearns (University of Cambridge). 13. Geopolitics in Germany, 1919-45 (Wolfgang Natter (University of Kentucky). 14. Cold War Geopolitics (Klaus Dodds (Royal Holloway University of London). 15. Postmodern Geopolitics (Timothy W. Luke (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). 16. Anti-Geopolitics (Paul Routledge (University of Glasgow). Part IV: States, Territory, and Identity:. 17. After Empire (Vladimir Kolossov (Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences). 18. Nation-States (Michael J. Shapiro (University of Hawaii). 19. Places of Memory (Karen E. Till (University of Minnesota). 20. Boundaries in Question (Sankaran Krishna (University of Hawaii). 21. Entreprenurial Geoegraphies of Global-Local Governance (Matthew Sparke and Victoria Lawson (University of Washington). Part V: Geographies of Political and Social Movements:. 22. Representative Democracy and Electoral Geography (Ron Johnson (University of Bristol) and Charles Pattie (University of Sheffield). 23. Nationalism in a Democratic Context (Colin H. Williams (University of Wales). 24. Fundamentalist and Nationalist Religious Movements (R. Scott Appleby (University of Notre Dame). 25. Rights and Citizenship (Eleonore Kofman (Nottingham Trent University). 26. Sexual Politics (Gill Valentine (University of Sheffield). Part VI: Geographies of Environmental Politics:. 27. The Geopolitics of Nature (Noel Castree (University of Manchester). 28. Green Geopolitics (Simon Dalby (Carleton University). 29. Environmental Justice (Brendan Gleeson (University of Western Sydney) and Nicholas Low (University of Melbourne). 30. Planetary Politics (Karen T. Litfin (University of Washington). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd New Risks New Welfare
Book SynopsisThis exceptional collection, the third in the Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy series, explores the profound changes currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy. New Risks, New Welfare provides a look at the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking an historical as well as a speculative perspective, this book looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work - to navigate a likely course in the new millennium.Trade Review"If essay collections were ranked like boxes of chocolate assortments, New Risks, New Welfare would deserve a place among the hand-made connoisseur collections. It is packed with delights." Professor Robert Pinker, London School of Economics and Political Science "Provides a view of the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking a historical as well as speculative perspective, looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work." International Social Security ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Millennium and Social Policy: Nick Manning and Ian Shaw (University of Nottingham). 2. The Changing Governance of Welfare: Recent Trends in its Primary Functions, Scale and Modes of Coordination: Bob Jessop (Lancaster University). 3. Resources for Social Policy: Ian Shaw (University of Nottingham). 4. Social Politics and Policy in an Era of Globalization: Critical Reflections: Nicola Yeates (Queen's University of Belfast). 5. The Welfare Modelling Business: Peter Abrahamson (University of Copenhagen). 6. Social Security in a Rapidly Changing Environment: The Case of the Post-communist Transformation: Gaspar Fajth (Innocenti Research Centre, UNICEF). 7. Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Policy: New Life in an Old Connection: Colin Crouch (European University Institute, Florence). 8. Culture: The Missing Variable in Understanding Social Policy? John Baldock (University of Kent at Canterbury). 9. 'Risk Society': the Cult of Theory and the Millennium? Robert Dingwall (University of Nottingham).
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Developing Countries and the WTO
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a selection of papers that were prepared as background analyses for a collaborative research capacity-building project, focusing on the WTO negotiating agenda. Contributors review the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations, discuss developing country concerns relating to the operation of the WTO and assess implementation of WTO agreements. Contributors quantify the potential benefits of further global liberalization of access to markets for industrial and agricultural products, and assess the relative merits of expanding multilateral disciplines into new areas such as investment, competition, and labor and environmental policies. Table of ContentsForeword. Author Affiliations. Introduction. 1. Developing Countries and the WTO Negotiations: R. Chadha (University of Delhi), W. Martin (World Bank), A. Oyejide (University if Ibadan and African Economic Consortium), Mari Pangestu (Centre for International and Strategic Studies, Jakarta), D. Tussie (Latin American Trade Network and FLACSO) and J. Zarrouk (Arab Monetary Fund). 2. Two Principles for the Next Round: J. E. Stiglitz (World Bank). 3. Liberalising Agriculture and Manufacturers: T. W. Hertel (Purdue University) and W. Martin (World Bank). 4. Developing Countries in the New Round of GATS: A. Mattoo (World Bank). 5. Improving Africa's Participation in the WTO: R. Blackhurst (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva), B. Lyakurwa (African Economic Research Consortium) and A. Oyejide (University of Ibadan). 6. Implementation of Uruguay Round Commitments: J. M. Finger (World Bank) and P. Schuler (University of Maryland). 7. WTO Dispute Settlement: B. M. Hoekman (World Bank and CEPR) and P. C. Mavroidis (University of Neuchatel). 8. Industrial Policy and the WTO: B. Bora (UNCTAD and Flinders University), P. J. Lloyd (University of Melbourne) and M. Pangestu (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta). 9. Subsidiarity and the Governance Challenges: J. Rollo and A. Winters (both Sussex University). 10. Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures: P.A. Messerlin (Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris) and J. Zarrouk (Arab Monetary Fund). 11. Competition and Policy in Developing Countries: K.E. Maskus (University of Colorado) and M. Lahouel (University of Tunis III). 12. Maximising the Benefits of Trade Policy Review: J. F. Francois (Tinbergen Institute and CEPR). 13. From TRIM's to a WTO Agreement on Investment?: B. Hoekman (World Bank) and K. Saggi (Southern Methodist University). 14. Bringing Discipline to Agriculural Policy via the WTO: K. Anderson (University of Adelaide). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Political Geography
Book Synopsis* Introduces students to the field of political geography * Takes a distinctive political economic approach * Incorporates critical approaches to human geography such as the a cultural turna and recent work on the theory of the state * Packed with interesting and relevant examples.Trade Review"Geographically wide-ranging but theoretically coherent, this book provides a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the essentials of political geography... it conveys a way of thinking about the territorial organization of the world and its consequences for the world's peoples that students can carry with them long after they have forgotten the details of the examples." John Agnew, University of California Los Angeles "This is a very interesting, thorough and readable treatment of the political-economic formation of the contemporary world. Cox integrates contemporary theoretical and political concerns centered on difference and identity into a political-economy framework for understanding capitalism, the state, and territoriality. Addressing processes at a variety of geographic scales, and providing numerous empirical examples, Cox fascinatingly integrates and de-mystifies material that is frequently, but artificially, treated separately." Byron Miller, Director of the Urban Studies Programme, University of Calgary "Many aspects of the text make it worth considering for undergraduate or graduate courses, especially the excellent case studies and the inclusion of race and gender issues" Douglas Reardon, Coppin State College. "Cox has written a carefully structured publication for students and lecturers with an interset in political geography. A wealth of historical and political science knowledge is offered." South African Geographical JournalTable of Contents1. Fundamental Concepts of Political Geography: An Introduction. 2. The Political Economy of the Contemporary World: Fundamental Considerations. 3. The Political Geography of Capitalist Development I: The Workplace. 4. The Political Geography of Capitalist Development II: The Living Place. 5. Difference, Identity and Political Geography. 6. Political Geographies of Imagined Communities: The Nation. 7. A World of Difference. 8. The State in Geographic Context. 9 the Politics of Geographically Uneven Development. 10. The Politics of Globalization and Its Illusions. Conclusion. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Governing the UK
Book SynopsisThis well-established textbook gives students a thorough understanding of the machinery and processes of government in the United Kingdom as well as of the forces shaping the country's politics. For the fourth edition the text has been substantially updated to take account of the many significant shifts in British politics since 1997, especially the constitutional reforms of the 1997 Labour government. Extensive annotated guides to further reading and suggested questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. A greater use of illustrative material, case studies and graphics, which supplement the text in a lively manner. Clear summaries of arguments and chronologies of complex events, as well as boxes giving biographical data on significant political figures. A dedicated website, www.blackwellpublishing.com/peele, features information on the book, sample chapters, updated articlesTrade Review"The 4th Edition of this well-established textbook is exemplary...the material is well structured and coverage is comprehensive, with a judicious mix of historical background and contemporary analysis. Extensive use of figures and tables bring a wealth of empirical detail to the account, and useful text-boxes explain key concepts or offer biographical sketches of important figures. This book is a must-have for any serious student of British politics." Mathew Humphrey, School of Politics, University of Nottingham 'An invaluable introduction to and guide through governing the United Kingdom in the 21st century' Dr Nicholas J. Baldwin, Dean, Wroxton College of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. 1. The Changing Structure of British Government. 2. The Constitution. 3. The Character of the Modern British State. 4. The Executive. 5. The Civil Service. 6. Parliament. 7. The Electoral System. 8. Parties and the Party System. 9. Voting Behaviour, Public Opinion and the Mobilization of the Electorate. 10. Pressure Groups and Participation. 11. Government on the Ground: the Local Dimension. 12. The Diversity of the UK: Governing after Devolution. 13. The Courts and Civil Liberties. 14. Accountability and Control of Government. 15. Beyond The Nation State. 16. Conclusion. Appendix: Legal Cases. Key Concepts. Internet Resource. References and Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Citizens
Book SynopsisThis is the eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly. Expert contributors including Joyce Macmillan, Michael Brunson, Karen Evans, John Maxton, Matthew Taylor, Neal Acherson, Yasmin-Alibhai Brown and Anthony Everitt. Asks how a radically more participative citizenship culture could be achieved - one where people think of themselves as citizens and act like citizens. Concerned with long-term proposals rather than short-term issues. Looking towards the middle years of the new century it offers a practical vision of a more democratic and genuinely inclusive society. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction. (Bernard Crick). Options for the Referendum on the Voting System. (Martin Linton). Party Democracy and Civic Renewal. (Matthew Taylor). Reforming the House of Commons. (John Maxton). Will Scottish Devolution Make a Difference? (Joyce McMillan). After Multiculturalism. (Yasmin Alibhai-Brown). How European Can We/ Will We Be? (Neal Ascherson). Culture and Citizenship. (Anthony Everitt). The Media. (Michael Brunson). Citizenship and Schools. (Richard Pring). The Need for Lifelong Learning. (Tom Schuller). Relationships Between Work and Life. (Karen Evans). The Voluntary Sector. (Isobel Lindsay). The Community Roots of Citizenship. (Henry tam). Accountability and Responsibility of Government and Public Bodies. (Anthony Barker). Citizenship in Britain: Attitudes and Behaviour. (Patrick Seyd, Paul Whiteley and Charles Pattie). The Divine Comedy of Contemporary Citizenship. (Colin Crouch). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Controversies in American Politics and Society
Book SynopsisThis work provides students with up-to-date reviews of the main controversies in American politics and society and is designed to complement David McKay's American Politics and Society. The book stimulates students' interest by offering a range of arguments for and [against particular positions.Trade Review"This book explores the most interesting and highly contested topics in contemporary American politics. It is well researched and accessible. The balanced analysis of the protagonists' argument invites the reader to reflect on and join in the debate". Dr Sue Pryce, University of Nottingham "A welcome contemporary text that places significant controversial issues in twenty first century American politics and society within a historical context". Robert Melville, Canterbury Christ Church University College "delivers a series of short, direct chapters on specific issue debates. Most are excellent first introductions to their subjects; sections on capital punishment and gun control stand out especially. The attempt to resolve social science's discomfort with the emotional voices aroused by many issues is notable. The authors' willingness to adopt these voices as an explanatory tool is both refreshing and engaging." Jon Herbert, Keele University, Times Higher Education Supplement, November 2002Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Introduction: Conflict and Controversy in American Society: David Mckay. Part I: Institutions and Processes:. 1. Divided Government: Does it Matter?: David McKay. 2. Trust in Government: A Crisis of Democracy?: Andrew Wroe. 3. Voting and Non-Voting: America's Flawed Democracy?: David Houghton. 4. Creating a Level Playing Field: Campaign Finance Reform: David Houghton. 5. Containing Presidential Power: David Houghton. 6. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Judicial Activism: David McKay. 7. Direct Democracy: Power to the People?: Andrew Wroe. Part II: Policies:. 8. The Right to Bear Arms: Gun Control in America: Andrew Wroe. 9. Immigration: A nation State or a State of Nations?: Andrew Wroe. 10. Affirmative Action: The Continuing American Dilemma: Andrew Wroe. 11. Anxiety Amid Plenty: Health Care Reform: David McKay. 12. Capital Punishment: The Politics of Retribution: David Mckay. 13. Providing for the Old but Not the Poor: Welfare Reform: David McKay. 14. The Right to Life Debate: Abortion in the USA: Andrew Wroe. 15. Manifest Destiny and Realpolitik: Realism versus Idealism in American Foreign Policy: David Houghton. 16. America as a Global Economic Power: Free Trade versus Protectionism. Further Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Introducing Globalization
Book SynopsisDesigned specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners. Identifies and explores the major economic, political and social ties that comprise contemporary global interdependency Examines a broad sweep of topics, from the rise of transnational corporations and global commodity chains, to global health challenges and policies, to issues of worker solidarity and global labor markets, through to emerging forms of global mobility by both business elites and their critics Written by an award-winning teacher, and enhanced throughout by numerous empirical examples, maps, tables, an extended bibliography, glossary of key terms, and suggestions for further reading and student research Supported by additional web resources available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/sparke includinghot links to news reports, examples of globalization and other illustrative sites, and archived examples of student projects Engage with fellow readers of Introducing Globalization on the book''s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IntroducingGlobalization, or learn more about this topic by enrolling in the free Coursera course Globalization and You at www.coursera.org/course/globalizationTrade Review “A comprehensive overview of the topic of globalization… it is clearly written and provides a good framework for students…a fine contribution to the emerging body of scholarship that seeks to weigh the arguments about globalization’s spatiality.” AAG Review of Books “Sparke models inquiry into taken-for-granted concepts or events through rich understanding and questioning. More importantly, he reframes spatial theory as the starting point of social studies conversations about globalization. Rather than accept the inevitability of globalization, he depicts the inevitability of inequity. He examines how inequities become actualized in lives through geopolitical and geoeconomic infrastructure. He encourages us to reconsider the relationships between disciplines, contending that disciplined inquiry enables simplistic understanding. He allows geography and spatial theory to be a way of understanding the world, a lens that resonates across the social studies. The book importantly segments a variety of explanatory moments to allow readers without a strong economics background to understand economic principles. It is a lack of economic understanding that makes global policy discussions unintelligible to the general public. In the process, he ultimately constructs the globally minded citizen. While his brand of global thinking (and citizenship) has a problematic Western perspective, it also utilizes a critical lens that requires awareness of these contradictions and their implications for ourselves and others. The spatial thinking highlighted throughout this review relies on thinking across the disciplines to attend to how, where, and why places are constructed independently and interdependently across scales and time. Rather than assuming that places are knowable, rejecting the three myths encourages questions about what has been made invisible, how new places come to exist, the kinds of interactions that occur therein, and how they reify and amend cultural and other discourses.” (Theory & Research in Social Education, 19 February 2015)Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables ix Preface xi 1 Globalization 1 2 Discourse 27 3 Commodities 57 4 Labor 99 5 Money 139 6 Law 181 7 Governance 227 8 Space 279 9 Health 337 10 Responses 389 Glossary 417 Index 473
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Leaders Groups and Coalitions
Book SynopsisHow do we determine whose positions count in the making of foreign policy? Does it matter how these policy makers are configured? Does the decision-making process such people engage in influence the type of policy that results? This volume synthesizs the literatures on leadership, group dynamics, organizational theory, and coalition politics to demonstrate how the nature of the decision unity shapes foreign policy. Synthesizes theories on leadership, group dynamics, organizational theory, and coalition politics to demonstrate how the nature of the decision unit shapes foreign policy Authors explore how policymakers'' preferences become aggregated in the foreign policymaking process when there is a predominant leader or there are single groups or coalitions Table of ContentsPreface. Part I: Does Decision Making Matter? Joe D. Hagan. Part II: How Decision Units Shape Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Framework: Margaret G. Hermann. Part III: Who Leads Matters: The Effects of Powerful Individuals: Margaret G. Hermann; Thomas Preston; Baghat Korany; Timothy M. Shaw. Part IV: Resolve, Accept, or Avoid: Effects of Group Conflict on Foreign Policy Decisions: Charles F. Hermann; Janice Gross Stein; Bengt Sundelius; Stephen G. Walker. Part V: Foreign Policy by Coalition: Deadlock, Compromise, and Anarchy: Joe D. Hagan; Philip P. Everts; Haruhiro Fukui; John D. Stempel. Part VI: People and Processes in Foreign Policymaking: Insights from Comparative Case Studies: Ryan K. Beasley; Juliet Kaarbo; Charles F. Hermann; Margaret G. Hermann.
£39.42
Harvard University Press Nixons Civil Rights
Book SynopsisKotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. He examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, and affirmative action, as well as Native American and women's rights, and details Nixon's role, revealing a president who favored deeds over rhetoric.Trade ReviewNixon's Civil Rights is, far and away, the best book written on the topic. It is contemporary history at its absolute finest: exhaustive research, clear prose, trenchant analysis, and shrewd judgments. Anyone interested in the Civil Rights Movement, the 1970s, and the Nixon era will find this book indispensable. A truly landmark study. -- Douglas Brinkley, University of New OrleansThis book surpasses anything previously published on Nixon's civil rights in terms of research, including interviews with participants, and interpretation. The segment dealing with women's civil rights provides more details than any other work to date. Other aspects are equally well researched and controversial, particularly Kotlowski's analysis of Nixon's much publicized 'southern strategy.' He shows how limited in scope and short-lived this strategy actually was. His handling of Nixon's successful desegregation of southern schools, the president's approach to implementing civil rights in general, and his first two unsuccessful Supreme Court appointments is insightful and enlightening. -- Joan Hoff, Ohio UniversityIn this scrupulously researched investigation of his civil rights policies, Kotlowski presents a differing view of Nixon--a complex leader who listened to the advice of his knowledgeable domestic advisers...This excellent book is a worthy successor to Allen Matusow's Nixon's Economy as a skillful appraisal of Nixon's domestic policies. Highly recommended. -- Karl Helicher * Library Journal *Scholars of the Nixon presidency and of the civil rights movement have generally overlooked the Nixon administration's civil rights policies. Kotlowski's book fills this void...The book shows how Nixon moved the civil rights debate from integration to economic opportunity, from rhetoric to action, and expanded the civil rights issue to women and Native Americans, while also helping to establish the Republican Party's "southern strategy". Well-researched and persuasively argued, the book captures the intriguing if frustrating complexity that characterizes Richard Nixon and will appeal equally to Nixon lovers, loathers, and those undecided. Strongly recommended. -- S. C. Matheson * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contents Prologue: Deeds versus Words 1 Flexible Response: Southern Politics and School Desegregation 2 Open Communities versus Forced Integration: Romney, Nixon, and Fair Housing 3 The Art of Compromise: Extending the Voting Rights Act 4 Jobs Are Nixon's Rights Program: The Philadelphia Plan and Affirmative Action 5 Black Power, Nixon Style: Minority Businesses and Black Colleges 6 A Cold War: Nixon and Civil Rights Leaders 7 Challenges and Opportunities: Native American Policy 8 Stops and Starts: Women's Rights Epilogue: In the Shadow of Nixon Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press The Warren Court and American Politics
Book SynopsisIn a learned and lively narrative discussing over 200 significant rulings, Lucas A. Powe, Jr. explores why the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was the most revolutionary and controversial Supreme Court in American history. Powe finds the Warren Court to be a functioning partner in KennedyJohnson liberalism.Trade ReviewMr. Powe describes himself as someone who 'worshipped' the Warren Court. Even so, he portrays it impartially as the super-legislature it often resembled—an outcome-directed body that rarely worried about constitutional theory or precedent… The court set into motion a philosophy of political activism—heedless of constitutional doctrine—that has become, for many judges ever since, almost a way of life. This cannot be a good thing, however much we might applaud some of the Warren court's rulings or the good intentions that lay behind them. Admirably, especially for someone still enthralled by the Warren Court, Mr. Powe seems to recognize this. -- Jay P. Lefkowitz * Wall Street Journal *[Powe's] book would be of considerable interest to students of the judiciary even if its sole virtue were the deftness with which Powe organizes and analyzes the unusually large number of important decisions that the Supreme Court rendered during the controversial tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren. In this respect, Powe is deserving of comparison to such eminent chroniclers of the Court's history as Henry Abraham, Alfred Kelly, and Winfred Harbison. The book's purpose, however, is as ambitious as its scope… A comprehensive (and accessible) history of the Warren Court. -- Jeffrey D. Hockett * Jurist: Books-on-Law *An intriguing…history of the path-breaking, even revolutionary, court under Chief Justice Earl Warren in the 1950s and 1960s. Rarely for a constitutional scholar, Powe places the Warren court's most famous cases in their political context…[in] a colorful tale. The liberal Warren court's decisions on race, crime, religion, free speech and obscenity startled, delighted or outraged contemporaries and had a far-reaching impact on American politics and society. * The Economist *In an important book, Lucas A. Powe, Jr. argues that the familiar debate about the merits of the Warren Court is, in fact, wrong. Far from being a group of liberal judicial activists who imposed their views on an unwilling nation, Powe argues, the Warren Court was, for much of its tenure, remarkably deferential to the political branches… Powe persuasively argues that the most important decision of…[the Warren Court] can be justified as an effort to unclog, rather than to thwart, the expression of majority will. -- Jeffrey Rosen * New Republic *A thorough and enlightening [read]. -- Mary Carroll * Booklist *Professor Powe has written a masterful book, the best on the Supreme Court in a generation. Not only will it be seen as a definitive account of the Warren Court, but it will also be viewed as a seminal work on the U.S. Supreme Court. With this work, Powe stakes a powerful claim to be seen as the heir to Robert McCloskey. Powe has written in the best tradition of works at the intersection of law, political science, and history. Decision making in the Supreme Court depends on law, attitudes, personalities, contexts, and sometimes fortune. This book demonstrates this in a way that will seem exactly right to most students of the Court. Not since Walter Murphy's classic Elements of Judicial Strategy have we had a book that does this so elegantly and persuasively. -- H. W. Perry, author of Deciding to Decide: Agenda Setting in the United States Supreme CourtProfessor Powe, demonstrating total control of the legal and historical materials, illuminates how the Warren Court was deeply embedded in the culture and politics of its time, particularly the Kennedy–Johnson liberalism of the mid and late 1960s. In doing so, he has resuscitated a neglected and valuable tradition of the institutional analysis of public law and given us a deeper understanding of what lies ahead for America in the new millennium. -- Mark Yudof, University of MinnesotaWriting accessibly, and often irreverently, Powe locates the Warren Court within the major political movements of the era and convincingly refutes the notion that the Court was a forum of principle that ignored the political world outside its marble palace. Although there will undoubtedly be other treatments of the Court, Powe's ambitious and comprehensive survey establishes a very high threshold for any future historians to meet. -- Sanford Levinson, author of Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing SocietiesThis book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the Warren Court. Numerous scholars have asserted that Earl Warren and his fellow justices were deeply involved in politics and mindful of changing political currents, but L.A. Powe is the first to have demonstrated detailed connections between the legal opinions issued by Warren Court justices and contemporaneous political arguments made by members of Congress and the Executive branches. The Warren Court and American Politics represents a skillful blending of the techniques and concerns of legal scholars and political scientists, combined in a lively, at times riveting, narrative. -- G. Edward White, University of Virginia School of LawFinally we have a comprehensive, readable, and clear-headed history of the Warren Court. This book is not only essential but absolutely required reading for everyone interested in American constitutional history, politics, and law. -- Stephen M. Griffin, Tulane Law SchoolPowe has revived an honorable genre—the study of the Supreme Court as a political institution—a field once graced by the likes of E.S. Corwin, Alpheus Mason, and Walter Murphy. Powe reminds us that the Court is a political institution, one of three branches of government, and as such can only be understood in the larger context of American politics. The book is a tour de force, brimming with insights and elegantly written. He reminds us all of what political science once was, and what it could be again. -- Melvin I. Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPurely legal analysis emphasizes the logical links, or absence of them, between the questions raised in two or more cases and the answers given to them. Purely political analysis relies on social history as an explanation for judicial decisions. A more complete picture results, as Powe argues, from a combination of the two… Powe has done his non-psychological homework, however, and he presents new material resulting from research about Brennan, Tom Clark, and Douglas…he suggests that the Court 'was not worrying about Constitutional theory but rather reaching results that conformed to the values that enjoyed significant national support in the mid-1960s.' His well-researched and lively volume presents strong evidence that he is correct. -- Philippa Strum * Journal of American History *The Warren Court and American Politics is a spectacularly good book. Written for an audience of educated non-lawyers, it provides the best available account of the relationship between the Warren Court's liberalism and American politics during the entire period of Earl Warren's tenure… It retrieves the nearly forgotten period of stalemate. Its argument that the South must be seen at the center of the Warren Court's work in free speech, religion, and criminal procedure illuminates the Court's enterprise better than any other account of which I am aware. -- Mark V. Tushnet * Texas Law Review *Challenging the reigning consensus that the Warren Court fundamentally protected minorities, this book examines the Supreme Court in a wider political environment. Powe argues that the Court was a functioning partner in Kennedy–Johnson liberalism and thus helped impose national liberal-elite values on groups that were outliers to that tradition. * Law and Social Inquiry *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Supreme Court, 1935 -1953 I. Beginnings: The 1953 -1956 Terms Prologue: Brown before Warren 2. Brown 3. Implementation 4. Domestic Security 5. Glimpses of the Future II. Stalemate: The 1957 -1961 Terms Prologue: "Dangerously, Shockingly Close" 6. Domestic Security after Red Monday 7. Little Rock and Civil Rights 8. The Transition III. History's Warren Court: The 1962 -1968 Terms Prologue: The Fifth Vote 9. To the Civil Rights Act 10. Revamping the Democratic Process 11. After the Civil Rights Act 12. Freedom of Expression 13. The End of Obscenity? 14. Church and State in a Pluralist Society 15. Policing the Police 16. Policing the Criminal Justice System 17. Wealth and Poverty IV. The Era Ends Prologue: Retirement 18. The Last Year 19. What Was the Warren Court? Chronology Notes Bibliography Index of Cases General Index
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Harvard University Press Radiation Protection
Book SynopsisThis highly successful manual has served for nearly three decades as the definitive guide to the safe use of radioactive materials. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a new dimension by adding coverage of nonionizing radiation, and is thus concerned with the entire field of radiation protection.Trade ReviewJacob Shapiro's well-known and successful text has been completely revised and updated in this fourth edition, expanding on the principles and practices of radiation protection and using updated ICRP quantities and concepts...Coverage of the entire spectrum of radiation protection makes this volume an important training and reference manual for a wide range of disciplines using radiation in science, medicine, academia, industry, and government. A nice touch is the inclusion of web site addresses for government agencies and scientific committees. -- Rose Marie Pratt * Health Physics *The coverage is complete, the style simple, the order logical and the whole easy to read. * Nature *The book is very well written and organized into sections so that it may be used by students of various backgrounds and interests. * American Association of Physics in Medicine *It is without doubt the finest publication of its kind. The manual addresses the principles and practices of radiation protection for those nonspecialists whose work in research or the field of medicine requires the use of radiation sources. * American Journal of Roentgenology *Table of ContentsHistorical Prologue 1. In the Beginning 2. The Discovery of Invisible, Unbelievably Energetic Radiations 3. The Development of a Radiation Technology 4. The Need for Radiation Protection PART ONE: ENERGY--THE UNIFYING CONCEPT IN RADIATION PROTECTION 1. Radiation's Dual Identity 2. Energy Relationships in the Hydrogen Atom 3. Energy Levels in Atoms with Higher Z 4. Energy Levels in Molecules 5. Energies of Motion Associated with Temperature 6. Bonding Energies 7. Energy from Mass--The Ultimate Energy Source 8. Some Interesting Energy Values PART TWO: PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING PARTICLES 1. The Approach 2. Energy and Injury 3. Charged and Uncharged Ionizing Particles 4. Energy Transfer by Charged Particles 5. The Stopping Power Equation 6. Beta Particles--A Major Class of Charged Ionizing Particles 6.1 Properties of Some Common Beta-Emitting Radionuclides 6.2 Protection from External Beta Particle Sources--Time, Distance, and Shielding 7. Characteristics of Uncharged Ionizing Particles 8. Gamma Rays--A Major Class of Uncharged Ionizing Particles 8.1 Energies and Penetration of Gamma Rays from Some Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides 8.2 Positron-Emitting Radionuclides and Annihilation Radiation 8.3 The Three Major Mechanisms Affecting the Penetration of Gamma Radiation 8.4 Attenuation Coefficients of Gamma Photons in Different Materials 8.5 Calculation of Attenuation of Gamma Photons by the Half-Value Layer Method 8.6 Protection from Gamma Sources--Time, Distance, Shielding 9. Heavy Charged Ionizing Particles 9.1 The Alpha Particle--A Heavy Particle with High Linear Energy Transfer and High Capacity for Producing Damage 9.2 The Proton--Another Heavy Charged Particle with High Linear Energy Transfer 10. The Neutron--A Second Important Uncharged Ionizing Particle 10.1 Sources of Neutrons 10.2 Neutron Collisions 10.3 Attenuation of Neutrons 11. The Absorbed Dose--A Measure of Energy Imparted to a Medium 11.1 The Pattern of the Imparted Energy in a Medium 11.2 Definition of Absorbed Dose 11.3 The Gray--The SI Unit for Absorbed Dose 12. The Equivalent Dose--A Common Scale for Doses to Organs and Tissues from Different Radiation Types and Energies 12.1 The Radiation Weighting Factor and the Quality Factor--Measures of the Relative Hazard of Energy Transfer by Different Particles 12.2 The Sievert--The Special Unit of Equivalent Dose 13. Tissue Weighting Factors and the Effective Dose--A Measure of Risk and Severity of Consequences 14. The Roentgen--The Traditional Unit for Expressing Radiation Exposure 15. The Significance of External Radiation Levels 16. Exposure from Internal Radiation Sources 16.1 The Activity--A Quantity for Describing the Amount of Radioactivity 16.2 The Unit of Activity--The Becquerel 16.3 The Accumulating Dose from Radioactivity in the Body and the Committed Dose 17. The Annual Limit on Intake--The Basic Quantity for the Control of Internal Exposures 18. Limit for the Concentration of a Radionuclide in Air--A Derived Limit 19. Levels of Radioactivity Inside the Body--A Useful Benchmark for Internal Exposure 20. Protection from Radioactive Contamination 21. Some Simple Calculations in Radiation Protection 21.1 Dose from Beta Particles 21.2 Exposure Rate and Dose Rate from Gamma Photons 21.3 Reduction of Dose Rate by Both Distance and Shielding 21.4 Correction for Radioactive Decay 21.5 Shielding of Large or Complex Sources 22. X Rays--Radiation Made by Machine 22.1 Production of X Rays 22.2 Diagnostic Radiology 22.3 X-Ray Attenuation in the Body 22.4 Effects of Photon Energy Distribution on Image Formation and Absorbed Dose 22.5 A Description of an X-Ray Machine 22.6 Production of a Photograph of the X-Ray Image 22.7 Fluoroscopy 22.8 Mammography 22.9 Computed Tomography: Taking Cross Sections with X Rays 22.10 Technical Approaches for Minimizing the Doses Required to Record an X Ray 22.11 Impact of the Digital Computer in Radiation Medicine 23. Dose Measurements in Diagnostic Radiology 24. Exposure Guides and Reference Levels in Diagnostic Radiology 25. Protection of the Patient in X-Ray Diagnosis 25.1 Principles 25.2 Policy of the International Commission on Radiological Protection 25.3 Studies in the United Kingdom 25.4 Radiography of the Spine in Scoliosis 25.5 Screening for Specific Diseases 26. Radiation Levels in the Working Areas around X-Ray Machines 26.1 Shielding the X-Ray Beam 27. Dose Reduction in Nuclear Medicine 28. Exposure of the Embryo, Fetus, or Nursing Child 29. Protection of the Patient in Radiation Therapy 29.1 Treatment with External Radiation Beams 29.2 Brachytherapy 29.3 Therapeutic Use of Radiopharmaceuticals 30. Misadministrations in the Medical Use of Radiation and Radioactive Material 31. Occupational Exposures Incurred in the Medical Use of Radiation 31.1 Studies of Occupational Exposures in the Conduct of Specific Procedures 32. Comments for Users of X-Ray Diffraction Machines 33. Particle Accelerators--The Universal Radiation Source 33.1 History of Particle Accelerators 33.2 Interactions of High-Energy Particles 33.3 Shielding High-Energy Particles 33.4 Particle Accelerators in Radiation Therapy 34. Regulation of Radiation Sources and Uses 34.1 Regulatory Measures for Medical Radiation Programs PART THREE: RADIATION DOSE CALCULATIONS 1. Dose from Beta-Emitting Radionuclides inside the Body 1.1 Calculating the Initial Dose Rate 1.2 Dose Calculations for a Decaying Radionuclide 1.3 Some Relationships Governing Radioactive Decay 1.4 Relationships Involving Both Radioactive Decay and Biological Elimination 1.5 Absorbed Beta Dose over a Period of Time 2. A Closer Look at the Dose from Beta Particles 2.1 Beta Particle Point Source Dose-Rate Functions 2.2 Evaluation of Beta Particle Dose from the Fluence and Stopping Power 3. Calculation of the Absorbed Dose from Gamma Emitters in the Body 3.1 Dose Rate from a Point Source of Photons--The Specific Dose-Rate Constant for Tissue 3.2 Evaluation of the Specific Dose-Rate Constant 3.3 Dose Rate from Distributed Gamma Sources 3.4 The Absorbed-Fraction Method--Dose within the Source Volume 3.5 Dose to Targets Outside the Source Volume by the Absorbed-Fraction Method 3.6 The Specific Absorbed Fraction--Sparing the Need to Divide by the Target Mass 3.7 Use of the Equilibrium Dose Constant--Computer-Generated Source Output Data 3.8 The S Factor--Doses from Cumulated Activity 4. Summary of Formulas 4.1 Radioactive Decay 4.2 Physical Decay and Biological Elimination 4.3 Dose from Nonpenetrating Radiation from Internal Emitters 4.4 Dose from Penetrating Radiation from Internal Emitters 4.5 Inverse Square Law 4.6 Dose Rates at a Distance from Gamma Sources 4.7 Attenuation of Radiation 4.8 Equivalent Dose 5. Dose Calculations for Specific Radionuclides 5.1 Hydrogen-3 5.2 Iodine-131 and Iodine-125 5.3 Strontium-90 / Yttrium-90 / Zirconium-90 5.4 Xenon-133 and Krypton-85 5.5 Uranium-238 and Its Decay Products 5.6 Radon-222 and Its Decay Products 5.7 Plutonium-239 and Plutonium-240 6. Dose Rates from Small, Highly Radioactive Particles 6.1 Evaluation of the Dose from Beta Particles 6.2 Biological Effects of Hot Particles 6.3 Risk of Cancer from Hot Particles 6.4 Highly Radioactive Particles in Fallout 6.5 Recommendations of the NCRP on Limits of Exposure to Hot Particles 6.6 NRC Enforcement Policy for Exposures to Hot Particles 7. The Radioactive Patient as a Source of Exposure 8. Radiation Doses in Nuclear Medicine 8.1 Dose to the Fetus from Uptake of Radionuclides from the Mother 9. Evaluation of Doses within the Body from X Rays 9.1 Patient Doses in Mammography 9.2 Evaluation of Doses in CT Examinations 10. Survey Results, Handbooks, and the Internet 10.1 Surveys of Doses in X-Ray Examinations 11. Producing an Optimum Radiation Field for Treating a Tumor PART FOUR: RADIATION MEASUREMENTS 1. Radiation Counting with a Geiger-Mueller Counter 1.1 A G-M Counter Described 1.2 Adjusting the High Voltage on a G-M Counter and Obtaining a Plateau 1.3 How a G-M Counter Can Lose Counts and Even Become Paralyzed 1.4 How to Distinguish between Beta and Gamma Radiation with a G-M Counter 1.5 How to Determine Source Strength of a Beta Emitter with a G-M Counter 1.6 Factors Affecting Efficiency of Detection of Beta Particles 1.7 Correcting for Attenuation of Beta Particles by Determining Absorption Curves 1.8 Counting Gamma Photons with a G-M Counter 1.9 Standardization of Radionuclides with G-M Counters 1.10 Interpreting Counts on a G-M Counter 2. Energy Measurements with a Scintillation Detector 2.1 Description of Scintillation Detectors and Photomultipliers 2.2 Pulse Counting with a Scintillation Counter and Scaler 2.3 Pulse-Height Distributions from Scintillation Detectors 2.4 Electronic Processing of Pulses Produced by Scintillation Detectors 3. Detectors for Special Counting Problems 3.1 Gas-Filled Proportional Counters 3.2 Semiconductor Detectors 4. Measuring Radiation Dose Rates 4.1 Measuring X and Gamma Dose Rates with Ionization-Type Survey Meters 4.2 Use of Scintillation Detectors to Measure Dose Rates 4.3 Use of G-M Counters to Monitor Dose Rates 4.4 Routine Performance Checks of Survey Meters 4.5 Calibration of Survey Meters 4.6 Beta Dose-Rate Measurements 4.7 Neutron Monitoring 5. Measuring Accumulated Doses over Extended Periods--Personnel and Environmental Monitoring 5.1 Use of Biodosimetry in Reconstructing Radiation Exposures 6. Specifying Statistical Variations in Counting Results 6.1 Nature of Counting Distributions 6.2 Sample Average and Confidence Limits 6.3 Standard Deviation 6.4 The Normal Error Curve--A Good Fit for Count Distributions 6.5 Precision of a Single Radiation Measurement 6.6 The Effect of Background on the Precision of Radiation Measurements 6.7 The Precision of the Ratio of Two Measurements 6.8 Testing the Distribution of a Series of Counts--The Chi-Square Test 6.9 Measurements at the Limits of Sensitivity of Detectors 7. Comments on Making Accurate Measurements PART FIVE: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF RADIONUCLIDES 1. Obtaining Authorization to Use Radionuclides 1.1 Administration of Radioactive Material to Humans 1.2 Requirements for Obtaining Approval to Use New Radioactive Drugs 1.3 Protection of the Patient in Nuclear Medicine 2. Training Required for Working with Radionuclides 2.1 Implementation of a Training Program 2.2 Radiation Safety within a Comprehensive Institutional Program in Laboratory Safety 3. Responsibilities of Radionuclide Users 4. Standards for Protection against Radiation 5. Personnel Monitoring for External Radiation Exposure 5.1 Ambiguities in Using the Personnel Dosimeter Dose as a Surrogate for Personnel Dose 6. Monitoring Personnel Subject to Intakes of Radioactive Material 7. NRC and ICRP Values for Annual Limits on Intake and Airborne Radioactivity Concentration Limits 7.1 Air Monitoring for Environmental Radioactivity 8. Posting of Areas 9. Laboratory Facilities 10. Protective Clothing 11. Trays and Handling Tools 12. Special Handling Precautions for Radioiodine 12.1 Use of Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid-Blocking Agent 13. Hygiene 14. Trial Runs 15. Delivery of Radionuclides 16. Storage and Control of Radionuclides 17. Storage of Wastes 18. Waste Disposal 18.1 Disposal of Gases to the Atmosphere 18.2 Disposal of Liquids to Unrestricted Areas 18.3 Disposal of Liquid Wastes to Sanitary Sewerage Systems 18.4 Solid Wastes 18.5 Disposal on Site by Incineration and Other Methods 18.6 Government Regulation of the Disposal of Hazardous Wastes 18.7 Volume Reduction in Waste Disposal 18.8 The Designation of De Minimus Concentrations of Radioactivity 18.9 Natural Radioactivity as a Reference in the Control of Environmental Releases 19. Use of Radioactive Materials in Animals 20. Transportation of Radionuclides 20.1 Transportation within the Institution 20.2 Mailing through the U.S. Postal Service 20.3 Shipment of "Limited Quantities" 20.4 Shipment of "Low-Specific-Activity" Materials 20.5 Shipment of Type-A Packages 20.6 Shipping Papers and Shipper's Certification 21. Contamination Control 21.1 Monitoring for Contamination 21.2 Decontamination of Equipment and Buildings--Limits for Uncontrolled Release 22. Personnel Contamination and Decontamination 23. Leak Tests of Sealed Sources 24. Notification of Authorities in the Event of Radiation Incidents 25. Termination of Work with Radionuclides Appendix A: Emergency Instructions in the Event of Release of Radioactivity and Contamination of Personnel A.1 Objectives of Remedial Action A.2 Procedures for Dealing with Minor Spills and Contamination A.3 Personnel Decontamination A.4 Major Releases of Airborne Radioactivity as a Result of Explosions, Leakage of High-Level Sealed Gaseous and Powdered Sources Appendix B: The Regulatory Process B.1 Radiation Control at the Federal Level B.2 Radiation Control at the State Level B.3 Inspection and Enforcement Appendix C: Control of Airborne Releases to the Environment C.1 Dilution in the Atmosphere C.2 Filtration of Particles C.3 Adsorption of Gases and Vapors on Charcoal C.4 Adsorbers for Radioiodine PART SIX: IONIZING RADIATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1. Formulation of Standards for Radiation Protection 1.1 Standards for Protection of the Public against Radioactive Contamination 1.2 Standards for the Cleanup of Sites Contaminated with Radioactivity 1.3 Protective Actions for Exposures of the Public from Long-Term and Unattributable Sources 2. Medical Findings on Humans Exposed to Radiation 2.1 Sources of Human Exposure Data 2.2 Epidemiological Studies of Leukemia and Other Cancers 2.3 Risk of Cancer from Exposure to Radiation 2.4 Effects on the Developing Embryo 2.5 Genetic Risks 2.6 Basic Mechanisms in the Genesis of Cancer by Ionizing Radiation 3. Risks to Health from Exposure to Alpha Radiation 3.1 Evolution of Protection Standards for Radon Gas and Its Decay Products 3.2 Risk of Lung Cancer from Extended Exposure to Radon and Its Short-Lived Decay Products 3.3 Exposure of Bone to Alpha Radiation 4. Implications for Humans from Results of Animal Experiments 5. Sources Producing Population Exposure 5.1 Natural Sources of External Radiation 5.2 Natural Sources of Radioactivity within the Body 5.3 Population Exposure from Medical and Dental X Rays 5.4 Population Exposure (Internal) from Radiopharmaceuticals 5.5 Environmental Radiation Levels from Fallout from Past Weapons Tests 5.6 Potential External Exposure to the Population from Large-Scale Use of Nuclear Power 5.7 Population Exposure (Internal) from Environmental Pollutants 6. Population Exposure from Radiation Accidents 6.1 Windscale, England--The First Major Nuclear Reactor Accident Causes Significant Environmental Contamination 6.2 Palomares, Spain--Atomic Bombs Drop from the Sky, Igniting and Contaminating a Countryside 6.3 Thule, Greenland--A Bomber Crashes and Its Nuclear Weapons Ignite 6.4 Rocky Flats, Colorado--A Case History in Environmental Plutonium Contamination from an Industrial Plant 6.5 Gabon, Africa--Site of Nature's Own Nuclear Reactor 6.6 Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania--A Nation Confronts the Awesome Presence of the Atom 6.7 Chernobyl 6.8 Nuclear Power from the Perspective of the Three Mile Island and the Chernobyl Accidents 7. Nuclear Weapons--Ready for Armageddon PART SEVEN: EXPOSURE TO NONIONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 1. Electromagnetic Fields--Quantities, Units, and Maxwell's Equations 1.1 The Electric Field 1.2 The Magnetic Field 1.3 Maxwell's Equation for Faraday's Law of Induction 1.4 Maxwell's Equation for Ampere's Law as Modified for the Displacement Current 1.5 The Interactions of Electric and Magnetic Fields in a Medium 2. Interaction of Fields from Electric Power Lines with the Body 3. The Physics of Radiating Electromagnetic Fields 3.1 The Derivation of Equations for Electromagnetic Waves from Maxwell's Equations 3.2 Electromagnetic Waves Generated by a Sinusoidal Oscillator 3.3 Relationships of Photons and Waves 4. Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation in the Body 4.1 Penetration of EMF into the Body 4.2 Induced and Contact Currents 5. Specifying Dose to Tissue from Electromagnetic Fields 5.1 The Production of Heat as the Main Biological Effect 5.2 Resonance--A Special Concern in Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation 5.3 The Specific Absorption Rate--The Basic Quantity for Assessment of Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation 6. Devices That Produce Electromagnetic Fields 6.1 Antennas 6.2 Cellular Phone Networks 6.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 6.4 Video Display Terminals 7. Making Measurements of ELF and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields 8. Standards for Protection against Electromagnetic Fields 8.1 Power Lines 8.2 Radiofrequency Standards 8.3 Telecommunications Standards 8.4 Microwave Ovens 8.5 Video Display Units 8.6 Static Magnetic and Electric Fields 8.7 Comparison of Basic Limits for Ionizing and Nonionizing Radiation 9. Medical Findings on Humans 9.1 Static Magnetic Fields 9.2 Extremely Low Frequencies, Including Power Lines 9.3 Radiofrequencies 10. Effects on Animals--Basic Research 11. Exposures from Environmental Fields 11.1 Broadcasting: The Dominant Source of RF Radiation in the Environment 11.2 Radar Installations for Civilian and Military Purposes 11.3 Transmitters for Cellular Phone Systems 11.4 Power lines 11.5 Home and Office 12. Effects of Electromagnetic Interference on Pacemakers 13. Exposures to Patients and Staff from Medical Devices 13.1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 14. Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation 15. Beyond Microwaves PART EIGHT: CURRENT ISSUES IN RADIATION PROTECTION: WHERE THE EXPERTS STAND 1. On Electromagnetic Fields 2. On Defining and Regulating the Hazards of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 2.1 On the Validity of the Linear No-Threshold (LN-T) Theory 2.2 The Exemption from Regulatory Control of Radiation Levels Below Which Causation of Cancer Is Considered Insignificant 3. On Reducing Population Radiation Exposure from Medical and Dental X Rays 4. On the Safety of Nuclear Power 5. On the Hazards of Nuclear Weapons Tests and Underground Explosions 5.1 Hazards to the Public from Fallout from Atmospheric Testing of Nuclear Bombs 5.2 Safety of the Use of Nuclear Explosives Underground for Large-Scale Excavation or Development of Natural Resources 6. On the Consequences to Civilization of an All-Out Thermonuclear War 7. A Personal Statement Appendix I: Problems Appendix II: Data on Selected Radionuclides Appendix III: Some Constants and Conversion Factors Selected Bibliography References Index
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Harvard University Press Controlling the State
Book SynopsisGordon explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, seventeenth-century England, and eighteenth-century America—and describes how constitutionalism has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy.Trade ReviewWhile not defending any particular version of constitutionalism as best, Gordon argues persuasively that some form of constitutional government is necessary for both prosperity and the preservation of individual liberty. -- R. Hudelson * Choice *An unusually sweeping book...[Gordon] provides a...concise and accessible introduction to the history of constitutional government ... Particularly valuable for its distinctive emphasis on countervailing power as the cornerstone of constitutional governance and its broad survey of the practice and idea of constitutionalism over the course of Western history. -- Keith E. Whittington * Law and Politics Book Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Doctrine of Sovereignty The Classical Doctrine of Sovereignty The People as Sovereign Parliament as Sovereign Critics of Sovereignty 2. Athenian Democracy Constitutional Development The Athenian Political System The Theory of the Athenian Constitution The Doctrine of Mixed Government The Constitutional Totalitarianism of Sparta 3. The Roman Republic The Development of the Republic, and Its Fall The Political System of the Republic Theoretical Interpretation of the Republican System 4. Countervailance Theory in Medieval Law, Catholic Ecclesiology, and Huguenot Political Theory Canon Law and Roman Law Catholic Ecclesiology and the Conciliar Movement The Huguenot Political Theorists 5. The Republic of Venice Venice and Europe The Venetian System of Government Venetian Constitutionalism Church and State The Myth of Venice Venice, Mixed Government, and Jean Bodin 6. The Dutch Republic The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic The Political History of the Republic, 1566-1814 The Republican Political System Dutch Political Theory 7. The Development of Constitutional Government and Countervailance Theory in Seventeenth-Century England Religious Toleration and Civic Freedom The Roles of Parliament "Mixed Government" and the Countervailance Model The Early Stuart Era From the Civil War to the Revolution of 1688 The Provenance of English Countervailance Theory The Eighteenth Century, and Montesquieu 8. American Constitutionalism The Political Theory of the American Revolution The State Constitutions The National Constitution The Bill of Rights and the Judiciary A Note on Provenance 9. Modern Britain Archaic Remnants: The Monarchy and the House of Lords The House of Commons and the Cabinet The Bureaucracy The Judiciary Unofficial Political Institutions: Pressure Groups Epilogue References Index
£34.81
Harvard University Press Separation of Church and State
Book SynopsisHamburger argues that separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment and shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although Jefferson and others retrospectively claimed a First Amendment basis for separation, it became part of American constitutional law only much later.Trade ReviewPhilip Hamburger has, simply, produced the best and most important book ever written on the subject of the separation of church and state in the United States. He has laid to rest the historical credentials of the Jeffersonian myth of the "wall of separation," and shown how the notion of separation gained wide acceptance in the nineteenth century primarily due to the pervasiveness of American anti-Catholicism. He has also destroyed the notion that separation is the only alternative to the union of church and state, and demonstrated that acceptance of separation has in fact undermined the vitality of our original anti-establishment notions of religious freedom. Hamburger underplays the current constitutional implications of his historical arguments, but it is clear that this book will have a profound impact on the current law and politics of church and state. -- Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University, President, Emeritus, American Council of Learned SocietiesThis richly documented and cogently argued book challenges conventional interpretations of separation of church and state as a constitutional standard in American history and promises to reshape the debate on the constitutional and prudential relations between religion and American public life. -- Daniel L. Dreisbach, American UniversityHamburger provides an alternate historical and political understanding concerning the development of the separation concept, relying on 17th-through 19th-century religious arguments and social patterns to challenge our accepted understanding of relationships between church and state...This clear historical analysis will be accessible to anyone interested in U.S. church-state relations and civil liberties. Highly recommended. -- Steven Puro * Library Journal *This volume presents the fascinating and complex history of interpretations of the First Amendment in the U.S. and argues that the amendment's antiestablishment clause did not mandate separation of church and state. Instead, Hamburger insists that separation, an idea that may mean far more than the absence of establishment, became a constitutional freedom over an extended period of time, largely through fear and prejudice...Recommended. -- S. C. Pearson * Choice *Hamburger has written an extremely important book. His prodigious learning and ingenious interpretations overturn the conventional wisdom, forcing even the most passionate defenders of separationism to recognize how much of the story of religious liberty has taken on mythical dimensions. -- Alan Wolfe * Books and Culture *[Hamburger] devastates Jefferson's notion of a 'wall of separation' between religion and government, demonstrating that such a notion was utterly idiosyncratic at the time. Strict separation was revived by anti-Catholics in the 19th century and picked up by the court in the 20th, a development for which Justice Hugo Black bore much responsibility. The modern era of judicial hostility to organized religion and its symbols in the public square is directly contrary to what the Framers meant when they prohibited the establishment of religion. Though Mr. Hamburger does not trace the damage done by preposterous decisions in recent decades, this is a marvelous book. -- Robert Bork * Wall Street Journal *Separation of Church and State by Philip Hamburger is, perhaps, the most talked about treatise on American church-state relations of the last generation. It is a weighty, thoroughly researched tome that presents a nuanced, provocative thesis and that strikes even seasoned church-state scholars as distinctive from most works on the subject...Hamburger's fresh appraisal of the historical record adds much to our understanding of church-state separation...Few pages in this richly documented and cogently argued book fail to excite reflection or challenge long-held assumptions. -- Daniel Dreisbach * American Journal of Legal History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Late Eighteenth-Century Religious Liberty 1. Separation, Purity, and Anticlericalism 2. Accusations of Separation 3. The Exclusion of the Clergy 4. Freedom from Religious Establishments II. Early Nineteenth-Century Republicanism 5. Demands for Separation: Separating Federalist Clergy from Republican Politics 6. Keeping Religion Out of Politics and Making Politics Religious 7. Jefferson and the Baptists: Separation Proposed and Ignored as a Constitutional Principle III. Mid-Nineteenth-Century Americanism 8. A Theologically Liberal, Anti-Catholic, and American Principle 9. Separations in Society 10. Clerical Doubts and Popular Protestant Support IV. Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Constitutional Law 11. Amendment 12. Interpretation 13. Differences 14. An American Constitutional Right Conclusion Index
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Harvard University Press The Sea Volume 13 The Global Coastal Ocean
Book SynopsisIn multidisciplinary efforts to understand and manage our planet, contemporary ocean science plays an essential role. Volumes 13 and 14 of The Sea focus on two of the most important components in the field of ocean science todaythe coastal ocean and its interactions with the deep sea, and coupled physical-biogeochemical and ecosystem dynamics.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Contributors External Reviewers Part 1. Perspective 1. Interdisciplinary Multiscale Coastal Dynamical Processes and Interactions Allan R. Robinson, Kenneth H. Brink, Hugh W. Ducklow, Richard A. Jahnke and Brian J. Rothschild 2. Coastal Physical Processes Overview Kenneth H. Brink 3. Multiple Scales in Space and Time Brian J. Rothschild Part 2. Sediment, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Dynamics and Interactions 4. Recent Advances in Fine-Grained Sediment-Transport Processes on the Continental Shelf Andrea S. Ogston, Richard W. Sternberg and Charles A. Nittrouer 5. Organic Matter in Coastal Marine Sediments Susan M. Henrichs 6. Transport Processes and Organic Matter Cycling in Coastal Sediments Richard A. Jahnke 7. Boundary Exchanges in the Global Coastal Margin: Implications for the Organic and Inorganic Carbon Cycles Fred T. Mackenzie, Andreas J. Andersson, Abraham Lerman and Leah May Ver 8. Circulation, Mixing and the Distribution of Remineralized Nutrients Larry P. Atkinson, John M. Huthnance and Jose Luis Blanco 9. The Biogeochemistry of Carbon Dioxide in the Coastal Oceans Hugh W. Ducklow and S. Leigh Mccallister 10. Ecosystem Types and Processes Daniel M. Alongi 11. The Role of Sediments in Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics Jack J. Middelburg and Karline Soetaert 12. Dynamics and Interactions of Autotrophs, Light, Nutrients and Carbon Dioxide Trevor Platt, Richard Geider, Antoine Sciandra, Claire Copin-Montegut, Heather Bouman and Shubha Sathyendranath 13. Diagnosis and Prediction of Variability in Secondary Production and Fish Recruitment Processes: Developments in Physical-Biological Modeling Jeffrey A. Runge, Peter J. S. Franks, Wendy C. Gentleman, Bernard A. Megrey, Kenneth A. Rose, Francisco E. Werner and Bruno A. Zakardjian 14. Processes and Patterns of Interactions in Marine Fish Populations: An Ecosystem Perspective Philippe Cury, Pierre Freon, Coleen L. Moloney, Lynne Shannon and Yunne-Jai Shin 15. The Biogeochemistry of Organic Chemicals of Environmental Concern in the Coastal Oceans John Farrington Part 3. Multiple Time Scales of Variabilities 16. Biological Consequences of Interannual to Multidecadal Variability Francisco P. Chavez 17. Extreme Events Transporting Sediment Across Continental Margins: The Relative Influence of Climate and Tectonics Jeffrey D. Parsons and Charles A. Nittrouer 18. Long Term Sea Level Changes and Their Impacts Philip L. Woodworth, Jonathan M. Gregory and Robert J. Nicholls Part 4. Scientific Issues for Applications 19. Overview of Science Requirements Thomas C. Malone, Tony Knap and Michael J. Fogarty 20. Functional Diversity and Stability of Coastal Ecosystems John H. Steele and Jeremy S. Collie 21. Eutrophication Nancy N. Rabalais 22. Harmful Algal Blooms: Keys to the Understanding of Phytoplankton Ecology Adriana Zingone and Tim Wyatt 23. Habitat Modification Michel J. Kaiser, Stephen J. Hall and David N. Thomas 24. Regime Shifts Andrew Bakun Index
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Harvard University Press The Disorder of Political Inquiry
Book SynopsisEngaging the work of thinkers such as Rorty, Taylor, Bourdieu, Bhaskar, and Arendt, and literature in political science and history and philosophy of science, Topper proposes a pluralist, normative, and broadly pragmatist conception of political inquiry, one alive to the notorious vagaries, idiosyncrasies, and uncertainties of political life.Trade ReviewThis thoughtful and well-informed book casts a great deal of light on the ‘social science wars’: an often fierce struggle over methods and techniques which also reflects profound differences in philosophy among social scientists. Topper shows how close argument and imaginative sympathy can carry the debate forward. This is a lucid and engaging book, full of important insights about the ways in which we try to study society. -- Charles Taylor, author of Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern IdentityThis book addresses the persisting ‘crisis’ in political and social science and charts a way out of it. In the context of the latest round of debates about method, it revisits such abiding general questions as the unity or disunity between the natural and social sciences; the peculiar character of social scientific inquiry; the relationship between social science and political practice; and the entanglement of method and power. Topper negotiates his way through this thicket of issues with intelligence and clarity, and in doing so he provides us with many valuable insights into the contemporary situation of political inquiry. -- Thomas A. McCarthy, Northwestern UniversityThis is a much-needed book that negotiates its way with great intelligence through a variety of difficult issues in the philosophy of the social sciences. -- Stephen White, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Social Science Wars Social Science Wars I Social Science Wars II Debating the Foundations of Political Science Sciences of Uncertainty I: Science Turned Upside Down Philosophy, Foundationalism, and Linguistic Pragmatism Rorty's View of Natural Science Conclusion II: In Defense of Disunity Pragmatic Naturalism and the Social Sciences Hermeneutics Revisited Conclusion III: The Politics of Redescription Redescription Applied Contingency, Self-Creation, and Change Redescription and Politics Conclusion IV: Reclaiming the Language of Emancipation Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism Critical Realism as a Philosophy for the Sciences Critical Naturalism, and the Stakes of Social Inquiry Ontology, Causation, and Social Criticism, and Social Criticism Conclusion V: Sciences that Disturb Pierre Bourdieu's 'Fieldwork in Philosophy' From the Practice of Theory to the Theory of Practice Ordinary Violences Conclusion Conclusion: Pluralism, Power, Perestroika, and Political Inquiry Perestroika and Methodological Pluralism Hegemonic Political Science and Methodological Monism The Contest of Methodological Disunity Revitalizing Political Inquiry Notes Index
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Harvard University Press Freedom on Fire
Book SynopsisAs the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration, John Shattuck faced far-flung challenges. This is the story of what was learned as he and other human rights hawks worked to change the Clinton Administration's human rights policy from disengagement to saving lives and bringing war criminals to justice.Trade ReviewThis is an inspiring report from the front lines of the worldwide battle for human rights. Unsparing of those in government who failed to measure up to human rights emergencies, John Shattuck tells a grim story the way it, unfortunately, is. This is also - rare among do-good books - masterfully written and easy to read. -- Daniel SchorrJohn Shattuck has given us a gripping account of how American politicians and diplomats act-or as often refuse to act-when people are slaughtered for their race, their religion, or their politics. His stories from inside the machine dramatize the hard questions: When should we intervene? Is Iraq the same as Bosnia? Is concern for human rights at odds with national security? His insights are vitally important. -- Anthony LewisThis book deserves to be widely read and debated. John Shattuck weaves together an engrossing account of a career in the service of human rights, an illuminating critique of US responses to crises such as those in Rwanda, Haiti, and Bosnia, and thoughtful proposals for policies to combat human rights abuses abroad and at home. -- Sissela Bok, author of Mayhem: Violence as Public EntertainmentThis principled and sobering account by an insider of U.S. experience in addressing human rights violations in the difficult contexts of Rwanda, Haiti, the Balkans and China should be compulsory reading for policy makers and commentators in the aftermath of a war on Iraq, which the U.S. administration has argued was justified on human rights grounds. -- Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human RightsJohn Shattuck's outstanding volume on human rights is a gift to the nation and must reading for every American who cares about our ideals and security in today's changing world. Shattuck vividly describes key achievements and setbacks for U.S. human rights policy in the past decade. He draws timely lessons for the future, and makes painfully clear that when violations of human rights are not addressed effectively, terrorism thrives. -- Senator Edward M. KennedyIn that complicated decade after the end of the Cold War and before 9-11, when most Americans wanted to disengage from the world, John Shattuck stood tall for a foreign policy that would advance our national security interests by promoting our values and the cause of human rights overseas. As a close colleague, I can attest to the significance of his achievement, which he recounts vividly in this invaluable look at how policy is forged in the crucible of Washington's cut-throat politics. -- Ambassador Richard HolbrookeShattuck combines morality and pragmatism, arguing that even before September 11, the costs to the U.S. of not intervening quickly and decisively in developing human rights crises outweighed the advantages of remaining on the sidelines. Without assistance, states collapse, and failed states become centers of disorder and loci of terrorism. Shattuck correspondingly calls for a redefinition of international security, based on early warning of human rights crises followed by preventive measures, and, where necessary, direct intervention, including military force. * Publishers Weekly *Shattuck deserves some credit for helping to bring [about longer U.S. involvement in Bosnia]. At real risk to himself, he journeyed to Bosnia in 1995 to interview Muslim victims of Serbian 'ethnic cleansing.' He was one of the first to report on the massacre at Srebrenica, which finally galvanized an apathetic United States government into imposing a peace settlement after four years of fighting that left more than 200,000 dead ... [The] reader is...left admiring Shattuck's willingness to fight for his ideals. -- Max Boot * New York Times *What he has provided us is a quite readable account of the travails of a highly placed US official on behalf of human rights. -- Peter R. Baehr * Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Rwanda: The Genocide That Might Have Been Prevented 2. Rwanda: The Struggle for Justice 3. Haiti: A Tale of Two Presidents 4. Bosnia: The Pariah Problem 5. Bosnia: Facing Reality 6. Bosnia and Kosovo: Breaking the Cycle 7. The China Syndrome 8. China: Collision Course 9. Strategies for Peace Chronology State Department Organizational Chart Notes Acknowledgments Index
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Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Passing Lines
Book SynopsisPassing Lines seeks to stimulate dialogue on the role of sexuality and sexual orientation in immigration to the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean. The book looks at the complexities, inconsistencies, and paradoxes of immigration from the point of view of both academics and practitioners in the field.
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Harvard University Press The Sea Volume 14B The Global Coastal Ocean
Book SynopsisIn multidisciplinary efforts to understand and manage our planet, contemporary ocean science plays an essential role. Volumes 13 and 14 of The Sea focus on two of the most important components in the field of ocean science today—the coastal ocean and its interactions with the deep sea, and coupled physical-biogeochemical and ecosystem dynamics.Table of ContentsVolume 14B: The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Regional Studies and Syntheses, The Coasts of Africa, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and Polar Regions 20. The Coastal Oceans of South-Eastern Africa Johann R. E. Lutjeharms 21. Variability of the Benguela Current System John G. Field and Frank A. Shillington 22. A Note On Coastal Upwellings and Fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea Claude Roy 23. Oceanography and Fisheries of the Canary Current/Iberian Region of the Eastern North Atlantic Javier Aristegui, Xose A. Alvarez-Salgado, Eric D. Barton, Francisco G. Figueiras, Santiago Hernandez-Leon, Claude Roy and Antonio M. P. Santos 24. The Bay of Biscay: the Encountering of the Ocean and the Shelf Alicia M. Lavin, Luis Valdes, Francisco Sanchez, Pablo Abaunza, Andre Forest, Jean Boucher, Pascal Lazure and Anne-Marie Jegou 25. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Celtic Seas Jonathan Sharples and Patrick M. Holligan 26. The Baltic and North Seas: A Regional Review of Some Important Physical-Chemical-Biological Interaction Processes Johan Rodhe, Paul Tett, and Fredrik Wulff 27. Iceland, Faroe and Norwegian Coasts Eilif Gaard, Astthor Gislason and Webjorn Melle 28. Laptev and East Siberian Seas Sergey V. Pivovarov, Jens A. Holemann, Heidemarie Kassens, Dieter Piepenburg and Michael K. Schmid 29. Ecosystem of the Barents and Kara Seas, Coastal Segment Mikhail Yu. Kulakov, Vladimir B. Pogrebov, Sergey F. Timofeyev, Natalia V. Chernova and Olga A.Kiyko 30. Physical Forcing of Ecosystem Dynamics On the Bering Sea Shelf Phyllis J. Stabeno, George L. Hunt, Jr., Jeffrey M. Napp and James D. Schumacher 31. Oceanography of the Northwest Passage Fiona A. McLaughlin, Edward C. Carmack, R. Grant Ingram, William J. Williams and Christine Michel 32. The Physical, Sedimentary and Ecological Structure and Variability of Shelf Areas in the Mediterranean Sea Nadia Pinardi, Marco Zavatarelli, Enrico Arneri, Alessandro Crise, and Mariangela Ravaioli 33. Physical and Biogeochemical Characteristics of the Black Sea Temel Oguz, Suleyman Tugrul, A. Erkan Kideys, Vedat Ediger and Nilgun Kubilay 34. Seas of the Arabian Region Claudio Richter and Ahmad Abuhilal 35. Interactions Between Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Sedimentological Processes in Australia's Shelf Seas Scott A. Condie and Peter T. Harris 36. New Zealand Shelf Region Janet M. Bradford-Grieve, P. Keith Probert, Keith B. Lewis, Philip Sutton, John Zeldis and Alan R. Orpin 37. Oceanographic Influences On Antarctic Ecosystems: Observations and Insights from East Antarctica (0 to 150E) by Stephen Nicol, Anthony P. Worby, Peter G. Strutton and Thomas W. Trull
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Harvard University Press State or Merchant
Book SynopsisAs a study of Confucian government in action, this intellectual history describes a mode of public policy discussion far less dominated by the Confucian scriptures than expected. It offers a detailed view of members of an ostensibly Confucian government pursuing divergent agendas around the question of state or merchant?Trade ReviewDunstan brings to life the fascinating story of the domestic Chinese grain trade during the 1740s, in particular the imperial state's attempt to control the buying and storing of grain in granaries throughout the country for the purpose of grain price stabilization and famine prevention. Her excellent, well-written analysis rests on the careful reading of a vast amount of archival documents written by Qing dynasty officials, and it invites the reader 'to spend time with them' in order to understand the thoughts, complex decision-making processes, and actions of Confucian bureaucrats. Dunstan's book approaches the problem of the state's role in the grain trade from the viewpoint of Chinese intellectual and political history but also addresses issues of interest to economic historians. Her study focuses on government actions against hoarders and the surprisingly challenging debate within the imperial bureaucracy about the state's policy of stockpiling grain and interference in the market. However, as the author convincingly argues, changing fiscal and militaristic priorities of the Qianlong emperor, rather than the decision to trust the market, were the reasons behind the decrease in state famine relief in mid-18th-century China. -- E. Köll * Choice *[T]his masterfully crafted book deserves a prominent position in both the political and economic histories of late imperial China. -- Yingcong Dai * Chinese Historical Review *
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Harvard University Press Racism Xenophobia and Distribution
Book SynopsisConservative politicians in the last thirty years have capitalized on voters' resentment of ethnic minorities to win votes and undermine government aid to the poor. Racism, Xenophobia, and Distribution offers a theoretical model to calculate the effect of voters' attitudes about race and immigration on political parties' stances.Trade ReviewThis book presents an enormously original and important line of thought, partly for its topical importance, but as much for its development and exposition of important new theoretical tools that have a very wide range of application to problems not yet imagined. The extended consideration of the impact of the ‘ethnic dimension’ will permit readers to assess the new methods in a concrete context. -- John Ferejohn, Stanford UniversityIn Racism, Xenophobia, and Distribution, the authors demonstrate how attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities in modern democracies can have a measurable and significant impact on the nature of competition between Left and Right, on equilibrium political coalitions, and redistributive policies. This is an important contribution to the field of political economy, both methodologically and substantively. There exist few econometric studies in political economy that are based on equilibrium models of the type used by the authors. Even fewer exist with the sophistication and depth of analysis found in this book. -- Tasos Kalandrakis, University of RochesterTable of Contents* Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Political Equilibrium: Theory and Application * The Data * Characterization of PUNE as a System of Equations * The Probability-of-Victory Function * Factional Bargaining Powers * The Three-Party Model * First Application: The Logarithmic Utility Function * Second Application: The Euclidean Utility Function * Conclusion 3. History of Racial Politics in the United States * Introduction * Race and American Exceptionalism * Issue Evolution * The Dixiecrats * The Presidential Election of 1964 and Its Aftermath * The Reagan Democrats * Race, Class, andWelfare Reform in the 1990s * Conclusion 4. United States: Quantitative Analysis * Introduction * Recovering Voter Racism from Survey Data * Estimation of the Model's Parameters * Numerical Solution of the Log Utility Model * The Euclidean Function Approach * Conclusion 5. History of Racism and Xenophobia in the United Kingdom * Introduction * Immigration in Britain * An Issue of "High Potential" * From Powell to Thatcher: Challenging the Consensus * The Rise of Thatcher and the Breakdown of the Consensus of Silence * Immigration in the 1990s and Beyond * Conclusion 6. United Kingdom: Quantitative Analysis * Introduction * Minorities, Race, and Class Politics in the UK * Estimation of Parameters * The PBE and ASE: Computation * Conclusion 7. Immigration: A Challenge to Tolerant Denmark * Introduction * The Early Years: GuestWorkers and Their Families * The Eighties: The Emergence of Refugees * The Nineties: Xenophobia Emerges, Front and Center * No Longer Marginal: The Far Right and the Election of 2001 8. Denmark: Quantitative Analysis * Parties and Issues * Estimation of the Model's Parameters * Political Equilibrium: Observation and Prediction * The Policy-Bundle and Antisolidarity Effects: Computation * Conclusion 9. Immigration and the Political Institutionalization of Xenophobia in France * Introduction * Immigration in France: A Brief Sketch * The Politicization of Immigration * The Rise of Le Pen * The Mainstreaming of Xenophobia * The 1988 Presidential Election * Xenophobia Remains in the Headlines * Conventional Politics Return as a New Cleavage Is Born * Conclusion 10. France: Quantitative Analysis * Parties and Voter Opinion * Political Equilibrium with Three Parties * Estimation of Model Parameters * Political Equilibrium: Observation and Prediction * The Policy-Bundle and Antisolidarity Effects: Computation 11. Conclusion * The Rise of the New Right Movement * Recapitulation * The Log Utility Function Approach * The Euclidean Utility Function Approach * Limitations * Final Remark * Appendix A: Statistical Methods * Appendix B: Additional Tables * Notes * References * Index
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Harvard University, Asia Center Disciplining the State
Book SynopsisScholars of European history assert that war makes states, just as states make war. This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a trajectory of state-building in which the processes of moral and social control were at least as central to state-making as the exercise of coercive power.
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Harvard University Press The American Political Economy
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and authoritative work on relationships between the economy and politics in the years from Eisenhower through Reagan. Hibbs identifies which groups win and lose from inflations and recessions and shows how voters' perceptions and reactions to economic events affect the electoral fortunes of political parties and presidents.Trade ReviewDouglas Hibbs is a leading figure in the field of comparative political economy… Reading (or rather rereading) these pieces does impress one with the significance of the issues Hibbs has tackled and the sophistication of his techniques. -- Daniel Pearson * Perspective *The work is animated by the author’s Democratic partisanship and his strong command of complex analytical tools. Economic analysis is often placed in the service of political argument, but Hibbs does so with unusual sophistication. The results are familiar but their derivation is impressive. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Framework for the Analysis of Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics Macroeconomic and Institutional Background The Demand for Economic Outcomes The Supply of Economic Outcomes I. MACROECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND 1. Postwar American Macroeconomic Performance in Historical Perspective Growth and Unemployment Inflation The Bias toward Inflation Monetary Policy, the Financial System, and Economic Stabilization Fiscal Policy and Economic Stabilization The Security-Inflation Trade-Off 2. The Costs of Unemployment Defining, Interpreting, and Measuring Unemployment The Aggregate Costs of Unemployment The Incidence of Unemployment The Costs of Unemployment to Individuals 3. The Costs of Inflation Defining and Measuring Inflation Recent Trends and Fluctuations in the Underlying Inflation Rate Inflation and the Distribution of Personal Income Inflation and Personal Income Growth Rates Inflation and Corporate Profitability Saving, Investment, and Inflation Inflation's True Costs II. THE DEMAND FOR ECONOMIC OUTCOMES 4. Public Concern about Inflation and Unemployment The Salience of the Economy as a Public Issue The Distribution of Concern about Inflation and Unemployment in the General Electorate The Distribution of Concern about Inflation and Unemployment among Income, Occupational, and Partisan Groups 5. Macroeconomic Performance and Mass Political Support for the President The Political Support Model Empirical Results A Concluding Word on the Economy and Political Support for Presidents 6. Economic Performance and the 1980 and 1984 Elections Landslide Elections in Recent History Election Cycle Economics in 1980 and 1984 Rule-of-Thumb Statistical Models for Presidential Voting Outcomes Evidence from the Surveys Implications for the Future of Conservative Republicanism III. THE SUPPLY OF ECONOMIC OUTCOMES 7. Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policies and Outcomes The Party Cleavage Model Unemployment and Real Output under the Parties Empirical Results for the Models Distributional Outcomes under the Parties Macroeconomic Policies 8. Political Business Cycles The Theory of Election Cycles Empirical Analysis of Election Cycles Election Cycles and Partisan Cycles Politics and the Economy 9. Macroeconomic and Distributional Outcomes during Reagan's First Four Years Macroeconomic Goals, Policies, and Outcomes under Reagan Distributional Politics and Partisan Cleavages in Congress Distributional Consequences of the Reagan Fiscal Program The Legacy of Reaganomics to the American Political Economy Notes Index
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Harvard University Press The Warping of Government Work
Book SynopsisIt’s a long-standing pattern: elite workers spurn public jobs, while less skilled workers cling to government work as a refuge from a harsh private economy. Donahue documents government’s isolation from the rest of the U.S. economy and arrays the stark choices we confront for narrowing, or accommodating, the divide between public and private work.Trade ReviewThe Warping of Government Work offers an intriguing view of the impact that changes in the private economy have had on both the nature of government jobs and challenges to government performance. This eminently readable book is a significant contribution to discussions about effective government. -- Judy Feder, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown UniversityIn The Warping of Government Work, John Donahue presents valuable insights into the human capital crises compromising the quality of government. The premise of the book—that the quality and durability of American life depends on good government, which, in turn, requires highly skilled and talented individuals—is compelling. Donahue easily convinces us that the process of recruiting, choosing, and retaining skilled persons in government is critical. The Warping of Government Work advances the understanding of a substantial problem facing government at all levels. -- Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, and former mayor of Indianapolis, INTable of Contents* Two Worlds of Work * Relic of the Middle-Class Economy * Safe Harbor * Backwater * A Twisted Transformation * Finding the Future * Appendix * Notes * Index
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Harvard University Press A Nation by Design
Book SynopsisZolberg explores American immigration policy as a tool of nation building from the colonial period to the present. His book shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires.Trade ReviewA Nation by Design is the first comprehensive account of American immigration policy from the colonial period to the present. One of its great strengths is that it places American developments in a cross-national and comparative perspective. Professor Zolberg's breadth of knowledge and the range of his reading are remarkable. The book abounds in fresh insights and interpretations, comprehensiveness and richness of detail. This is a magnum opus. -- George Fredrickson, Stanford UniversityA Nation by Design is certain to become a standard reference for immigration scholars and a must-read for graduate students in the disciplines-history, political science, and sociology-that produce the bulk of these scholars. It provides a genuinely new perspective on the creation and centrality of immigration policy, and as befits a new point of view, it sketches a landscape with features that have not been visible before. -- Richard Alba, State University of New York at AlbanyA Nation by Design is a monumental work by one of America's most distinguished and most historically minded social scientists. No other book on immigration possesses its sweep, nor does any other analyze the history of American immigration policy as comprehensively and insightfully as this one does. For at least a generation, A Nation by Design will become the starting point for anyone seeking to delve into this complex and important subject. -- Gary Gerstle, University of MarylandThis beautifully realized and intellectually capacious analytical history moves the story of immigration policy from the side to the center of American political development. Deep, learned, and inventive, A Nation by Design profoundly alters what we know and how we think about demography and identity, membership and law, citizenship and belonging as it crosses the boundaries of disciplines, periods, and ideas. -- Ira Katznelson, Columbia UniversityIf you want to understand why the politics of immigration take the form they do, read Aristide R. Zolberg's richly informative book immediately...We now have in our hands a book so thoughtful, so extensively researched, and so balanced in its conclusions that if it does not inform both the current debate and the ones sure to follow, the debate is bound to be poorer even than it already is. -- Alan Wolfe * New Republic *Aristide Zolberg's A Nation by Design, offers the most comprehensive treatment of US immigration policy ever undertaken and is a major piece of scholarship that will prove indispensable to researchers for years to come. This achievement is no mean feat given the range of historical, political, economic, and sociological analyses of US immigration. What sets Zolberg's treatment apart is its unique historical depth and its realization of the importance of policies and practices other than those officially enacted by Congress--the focus of most earlier historical work on immigration policy...In many ways, immigration is America's never-ending debate. As Zolberg clearly shows, at every point in the history of the nation, from its inception as a dream among idealistic and free-thinking colonists to the present war on terrorism, immigration has figured prominently in debates about who us an American and what it means to be a citizen and resident of the United States. Over the course of US history, attacks on immigrants have waxed and waned, yet in the long run American society has incorporated an ever-widening array of peoples and nationalities into the national franchise. What distinguishes the current wave of anti-immigrant agitation from its predecessors is not its demonizing of foreigners or its harsh treatment of noncitizens, but its clever use of the fear of foreigners to launch a broader assault on the civil liberties not just of immigrants, but of all Americans. -- Douglas S. Massey * Population and Development Review *This is the book with which all of us working in the sphere will now have to measure up against. -- Kristofer Allersfeldt * History *Aristide R. Zolberg's A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America is an extraordinary achievement. In its sweep, erudition, conceptual precision, and analytic acuity, it may be the most important book on the history of immigration policy published in twenty-five years...One can find no better book than his to understand the role of immigration and immigration policy in the making of America. -- Gary Gerstle * Dissent *A brief review cannot highlight the insights and arresting observations peppered throughout every chapter of A Nation by Design...in this hyper-charged political climate Zolberg has provided a singular service. A Nation by Design is both an awesome work of scholarship and an indispensable source for understanding the seamy and complicated ancestry of America’s current politics of immigration. -- Michael B. Katz * Journal of Social History *[A] magisterial history of immigration policy. -- Ira Katznelson * New Republic *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. From Empire to Republic 3. An Acquisitive Upstart 4. The American System 5. Tocqueville's Footnote 6. Seward's Other Follies 7. "An Intelligent and Effective Restriction" 8. A Nation Like the Others 9. The Ambiguitites of Reform 10. The Elusive Quest of Coherence 11. Why the Gates Were not Shut Conclusion: Natural Design in a Globalizing World Appendix: Immigration Graphs Notes Index
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Harvard University Press Democracy Denied 19051915
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Harvard University Press The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan
Book SynopsisGrounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country’s past, leading scholars of Afghan history, politics, society, and culture show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a dynamic, complex, and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by modern international politics.Trade ReviewBringing the story of a poorly understood but suddenly vitally important political movement up to date, the authors provide new perspectives on a revitalized Taliban that again threatens the stability of Afghanistan and Pakistan. -- David Edwards, Williams CollegeTarzi and Crews' account of the Taliban's historical and political evolution provides a most useful and important perspective on strategic thinking. Issues that bedeviled the Taliban endure, and this timely book underlines the scope of the problem. -- Ronald E. Neumann, former Ambassador to AfghanistanHistorian Crews and reporter Tarzi have assembled eight revealing essays on this widely reviled movement...The authors' 58-page introduction adds additional clarity and context to Afghanistan's tortured history, making for an engrossing read. * Publishers Weekly *The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan is of great value and highly welcome...Historically, successful counter-insurgency depends on striking political deals with parts of the insurgency. For that to happen, NATO needs to know its enemy. This volume makes a great contribution towards understanding the Taliban and the insurgency. -- Timo Noetzel * World Today *Table of ContentsIntroduction Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi 1. Explaining the Taliban's Ability to Mobilize the Pashtuns Abdulkader Sinno 2. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban Neamatollah Nojumi 3. The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere Juan R. I. Cole 4. Taliban and Talibanism in Historical Perspective M. Nazif Shahrani 5. Remembering the Taliban Lutz Rzehak 6. Fraternity, Power, and Time in Central Asia Robert L. Canfield 7. Moderate Taliban? Robert D. Crews 8. The Neo-Taliban Amin Tarzi Epilogue: Afghanistan and the Pax Americana Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews Notes Contributors Acknowledgments Index
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Harvard University Press The End of Southern Exceptionalism
Book SynopsisThe shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as a white backlash to the civil rights revolution. Here, the authors refute that view: The true story, they argue, is instead one of dramatic class reversal, beginning in the 1950s and pulling everything else in its wake.Trade ReviewPolitical scientists, following one argument advanced in V.O. Key's 1948 classic Southern Politics, have long declared that the increasing Republicanism of the American South was a response to racial issues. Now Byron Shafer and Richard Johnston present a new view in The End of Southern Exceptionalism. Noting that Key also argued that economics affected Southern politics, they use election and polling data to show that the increasing Republicanism of the South has been primarily a response to the vast economic change in the region since 1948. Their argument is convincing, and will be as important in assessing Southern politics as Key's. -- Michael Barone, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report, co-author of The Almanac of American Politics 1972–2006, and author of Our Country: The Shaping of American from Roosevelt to ReaganByron Shafer and Richard Johnston have broken new ground in the study of race and class in the post-war South. Challenging orthodox analyses, Shafer and Johnston show the crucial importance of class, especially the powerful role of economic elites, in driving the early movement toward the Republican Party. The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South is essential reading, not just for students of American politics, but for all those interested in the transformation of the most interesting region of the country. -- Thomas Byrne Edsall, Washington Post writer and co-author of Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American PoliticsEnlightened opinion holds that the South is a racist, economic backwater where white backlash against the Civil Rights movement replaced the Democratic "Solid South" with Republican dominance in the region. Now Byron Shafer and Richard Johnston are challenging this enduring "myth." In The End of Southern Exceptionalism, they convincingly argue that it wasn't the GOP playing the race card that spurred the rise of Southern Republicans, but post-World War II economic development. -- Robert Saldin * New York Post *Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston, challenge the notion of regional distinctiveness and the centrality of race to Southern politics in their meticulous study, The End of Southern Exceptionalism. They scour reams of electoral returns--this book is a sweet fix for political junkies--to challenge the theory that the Republican Party is nothing more than the remnant of the old conservative Democratic Party. -- David Turner * News and Observer *Table of Contents* Preface *1. The Nature of the Puzzle *2. Economic Development and a Politics of Class *3. Legal Desegregation and a Politics of Race *4. Class, Race, and Partisan Change *5. Social Forces and Partisan Politicians *6. Old South, New South, No South? * Notes * References * Index
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Harvard University Press Transformations in American Legal History
Book SynopsisDuring his career at Harvard, Morton Horwitz changed the questions legal historians ask. In this book, Horwitz's students re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late twentieth century. The essays are, like Horwitz, provocative and original as they continue his transformation of American legal history.
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Harvard University Press Righteous Republic
Book SynopsisWhat India's founders derived from Western political traditions is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Ananya Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood.Trade ReviewAnanya Vajpeyi’s Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India radically advances our understanding of political traditions in a major non-western country. -- Pankaj Mishra * The Guardian *Most historians credit liberal ideas from Britain, absorbed by the Western-oriented Indian elite, with giving birth to modern India. (The Congress Party of Gandhi and Nehru was founded at the suggestion of A.O. Hume, a British civil servant, in 1885.) Few are aware of the extent to which nationalist leaders turned to Indic texts to revive Indians’ sense of collective selfhood, and how extensively these shaped their own political practice and the country’s post-independence social compact. -- Sudha Koul * Wall Street Journal *Ananya Vajpeyi’s Righteous Republic is quite simply the most important interpretation of the evolution of India’s contemporary nationhood since Sunil Khilnani’s The Idea of India, and a useful antidote to the revisionist Imperialism of rising British star-historians like Andrew Roberts and Niall Ferguson… Fluently written, cogent in argument, studded with penetrating insights, telling aphorisms, with complete mastery of her material, consistently brilliant expression and exposition, this young philosopher-historian takes her definitive place as a commentator and synthesizer of the often varied and contradictory approaches to the idea of India. -- Mani Shankar Aiyar * Financial Express *Ananya Vajpeyi’s Righteous Republic is a unique addition to the discourse around the themes of India’s negotiation with its colonial past and its present political framework… Vajpeyi excels at what she does in the present volume, however, and the book is informed with high standards of intellectual rigour, analytical acuity and—last but certainly not the least—an eminently readable, nearly jargon-free prose. -- Suparna Banerjee * The Hindu *Righteous Republic makes an important contribution to the existing literature and should be read by those who truly want to understand more about the past and present in Indian political thought. This carefully crafted and lucidly written book moves beyond exploring the contemporary essence of Indian thought by looking into a vast array of ideas on democracy, culture, religion, ethnic traditions, nationalist aspirations and identities. It is in all a fine piece of literary scholarship that gives readers an opportunity to engage in sustained and in-depth exploration of a subject that has received scant treatment by scholars. -- Vidhu Verma * The Book Review *Vajpeyi’s quest for the sources of India’s freedom struggle parts ways with traditional historiography on the subject in ways that renders her work unique and groundbreaking… For Vajpeyi, India’s quest for freedom was as much a moral struggle for selfhood as for political freedom… Righteous Republic is a riveting story of five men’s journeys of India’s rich past through their ‘readings’ of texts and artifacts to discover those categories that would flesh out for them the laden ambiguities of ‘swaraj.’ Vajpeyi pulls the reader into uncharted territory, as these five men search and then find what they were looking for not in the dominant western discursive categories that they hadbeen exposed to, but in a pre-modern lexicon… Outstanding scholarship, imbued with modest passion and effortless originality. -- Ashoak Upadhyay * Business Line *[Vajpeyi] weaves the strands of self and sovereignty together to argue that Indian nationalism was a moral project to create a righteous republic distinguished by its ‘solid plinth of moral selfhood and ethical sovereignty,’ without which India would be just another state. -- Kranti Saran * Business Standard *What Vajpeyi’s analysis does so admirably is to deepen our grasp of how the category of the Indian self, which serves as the basis for what is Indian about ‘the people,’ came to be imagined by the makers of modern India. Just as American connotations of terms like ‘freedom’ and ‘equality’ are deeply embedded in the American history of slavery, empire, and capitalism, Vajpeyi’s analysis provides us with an approach for grasping the conceptual vocabulary shaped by India’s history of colonialism and nationalism. -- Vivek Bhandari * Democratic World *Ananya Vajpeyi’s Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India is a book that everyone interested in the evolution of the ideas that shaped the modern Indian nation should read. -- Manjula Narayan * Hindustan Times *[Vajpeyi] reads the search for the self through five founders of modern India: Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, and the Tagores, Rabindranath and his nephew Abanindranath… This is a book that must be read, not just for its arguments, which are innovative, and not just for its language, which is evocative, but for its singular achievement in making the familiar unfamiliar, and for demanding the asking of new questions. -- Manu Bhagavan * IBN Live *Righteous Republic is compelling reading about India and its ideological moorings in the making of, during and through the independence movement… Righteous Republic is a book of its own kind, written by a historian; it circumambulates multiple disciplinary terrains: art history, cultural criticism, literary theory, religious studies, and political and cultural history. It also uses poetry, paintings, murals, religious texts and archaeological finds for narrative and analysis. And yet, in covering multiple canvasses in drawing up a complex picture, Vajpeyi does not lose the focus of her research design. A complex subject, dealt with in a multidisciplinary perspective, explained with original and evocative arguments, yet written in lucid and imaginative language, the book is essential reading not only for professional social scientists, but also for anyone interested in comprehending India’s ideological moorings in a fresh perspective. -- Ajay K. Mehra * India International Centre Quarterly *This is a must read for those interested in India’s modern intellectual history. -- Gitanjali Surendran * Indian Express *An engaging intellectual history that helps us better understand 21st-century India. Vajpeyi examines five giants involved in the founding of the republic in 1950—Mohandas Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru and Bhimrao Ambedkar—who all drew inspiration from indigenous traditions as they strove to craft a postcolonial Indian identity. -- Jeff Kingston * Japan Times *In this inspiring and ambitious work, Ananya Vajpeyi charts out an innovative and fresh path to approach the idea of modern India, one that especially shines because of its ingenuity and simplicity… The project is especially unique because there has been no tradition of thinking about the notion of the self, especially in a political sense, in India… Vajpeyi has given us a compelling argument to rethink the political foundations of modern India. Indeed, Vajpeyi’s work convincingly illustrates that India’s precolonial past matters as much as its colonial history. -- Arvind Elangovan * Journal of Asian Studies *Brilliant and extremely engaging… Through a potent combination of close literary reading and excellent sociopolitical and methodological analysis, Vajpeyi puts forward a coherent narrative, which is the story of the formulation of the Indian intellectual self… [A] lucid and original argument. -- Angshukanta Chakraborty * Millennium Post *This is an important book because it takes the discourse on Indian history beyond the realm of politics and sociology and dips into ideas, in particular, the arts. -- Salil Tripathi * Mint *Swaraj: a word pervasive in the Indian philological lexicon, originating from the Sanskrit swa, meaning ‘of the self,’ and rajya—rule. The matter of deciding its true meaning from the combination of its two root verbs should be simple and yet, as Ananya Vajpeyi reveals in her first book on modern India’s political foundations, it all depends on different perceptions of national duty. Vajpeyi’s unique spin on the topic has her examining the classical sources of inspiration behind the teachings of five of India’s most significant founding figures: Mohandas Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, his nephew Abanindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, and BR Ambedkar. The ‘righteous republic’ based on self-rule, under Vajpeyi’s close study, divulges its interwoven web mixing Sanskrit poetry, Buddhist teachings, the legacies of the Emperor Ashoka and Mughal dynasties of the past, and even the Bhagavad Gita, each having played a key role in shaping the political visions of these icons. Despite confessing to the self-perceived inadequacy of her completed work in her conclusion, there is scarcely a fault regarding the author’s zest for the subject, a plus point that proves effective in rousing this reader’s own interest. -- Noori Passela * The National *This is a book that is original, insightful and quirky. -- Swapan Dasgupta * Outlook *Magisterial. -- Mani Shankar Aiyar * Outlook India *It is certainly not a book to be taken lightly. [Vajpeyi] delves deep into India’s past to explain the ideas of these five thinkers who had such a profound impact on the independence movement. -- Mark Tully * Resurgence & Ecologist *Righteous Republic creates a ground from which the moral in modern Indian conceptions of selfhood and the founding moment of the sovereign Republic can possibly be thought anew. -- Tridip Suhrud * Seminar *Magisterial. -- Veena Das and Shalini Randeria * Socio *[An] extraordinarily ambitious and remarkable book… Vajpeyi’s engagement with these seminal figures for modern Indian political thought is scaffolded on a set of unequivocally stated foundational claims that challenge many of the cherished principles governing the study of South Asia in the Indian and Anglo-American academies… Vajpeyi reads each founding father’s deeply felt engagement with tradition, at once cerebral and visceral, through the lens of key concepts that are, importantly, not just political but aesthetic, ethical, moral, and spiritual… Each reading, to which a chapter is devoted, is a masterpiece, combining careful philological and historical work, deft close reading, and incisive political analysis and brimming with astonishing, often counter-intuitive insights… Provocative, brilliant, and erudite, a magnificent reading of readings, Righteous Republic itself stands as a foundational work of scholarship. -- Rohit Chopra * Sunday Guardian *What emerges from Righteous Republic is a sense of the intellectual ferment in India from the turn of the 20th century up to Independence; the sense of men, not just the five in the book, thinking up and imagining a country, rather than just being handed one by the British. The book is as much literary and art criticism as it is history, requiring of Vajpeyi some agile reading. She makes connections her five principals themselves may not have made, particularly in her excellent chapter of Abanindranath Tagore, making us consider afresh men and ideas to which we seem to have become inured. -- Shougat Dasgupta * Tehelka *Vajpeyi is a close and interpretative reader of texts and of paintings. She strives always to be original and writes evocatively. Readers looking for definitive answers will be disappointed. Vajpeyi demands that her readers join her in the journey towards the dark cave of meaning. -- Rudrangshu Mukherjee * The Telegraph *‘Swaraj,’ the key term in Indian nationalism, refers to the self. But what is this self that is the subject of Indian self-rule? Ananya Vajpeyi retraces the field of modern Indian political thought to analyze the answers offered by five canonical figures. Her work is original, acute, sensitive, frequently unconventional, and always delightfully readable. -- Partha Chatterjee, Columbia UniversityA thoroughly original, high-quality, and pathbreaking contribution to Indian intellectual history. -- Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Centre for Policy ResearchIn a series of sophisticated and original readings, Ananya Vajpeyi paints an arresting picture of the moral imaginary inside the tradition of modern Indian political thought. Against the grain of much recent interpretation, Vajpeyi argues that modern Indian political thought should be read not through Western categories like freedom, equality, and independence, but through subtle, underlying Indian categories—swaraj, viraha, samvega, dharma, artha, and duhkha. Righteous Republic offers an original and subtle re-reading of a familiar field, and persuades us to view it in a different light. -- Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University
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The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies The Law Code of Viu
Book SynopsisThe Law Code of Viṣṇu is one of the latest of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century CE in Kashmir. This volume contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history.
£35.66
Harvard University Press Law Ideology and Methods
Book SynopsisThese essays assess specific themes in legal historian Morton Horwitz’s work, from the antebellum era to the Warren Court, from jurisprudence to the influence of economics on judicial doctrine. The essays are, like Horwitz, provocative and original as they continue his transformation of American legal history.
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Harvard University Press Changing Homelands
Book SynopsisNeeti Nair’s account of the partition in the Punjab rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, partition—though advocated by some powerful Hindus—was a stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region.Trade ReviewThis engagingly written book places Punjabi Hindus at the center of Partition scholarship. Nair’s often devastating examination of the complex considerations and unfathomable burdens that weighed on the minds of millions as they ‘chose’ to migrate reveals fresh thinking about religion and politics in South Asia. -- Mridu Rai, author of Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of KashmirNair’s powerful book claims that for Punjab’s Hindus there was nothing inevitable about the coming of partition. She offers new and challenging interpretations of major events and personalities, which will transform our understandings of Punjab’s relationship to the Indian nationalist movement. Her discussion of Punjab’s partition and the subsequent memory of partition among Delhi Hindus is a tour de force. -- David Gilmartin, author of Empire and Islam: Punjab and the Making of PakistanThe well-researched study, providing a wealth of information drawn from a wide variety of sources, serves more than a purely academic purpose. It gives the lay reader a clearer understanding of the subcontinent’s history in its crucial phase, the part of history that continues to be distorted by diverse groups of holy crusaders. -- J. Sri Raman * The Hindu *Historian Neeti Nair’s Changing Homelands, a fine addition to the new generation of Partition scholarship, adeptly navigates sensitive historical terrain to shed new light on the complicated story of Punjab’s Hindus, and the relation of Punjab to the larger Indian national movement… Nair traces the evolution of the term ‘communalism’ in anti-colonial nationalist politics from the first decade of the twentieth century, thereby complicating the easy synonymy the term has come to occupy with exclusionary bigotry today. This is crucial work if we are to dissipate the polarized debates that we have inherited and often perpetuate. In excavating the role played by the politics of Punjab’s influential Hindu minority, even as she attempts to impart multiple dimensions to the key players and situations involved, Nair puts forward an original, bold and responsible interpretation which adds considerably to the existing literature that focuses overwhelmingly on Muslim politics and the role of the British in ‘explaining’ Partition and the inception of communal politics in India. -- Sahana Ghosh * Contemporary South Asia *An extremely able work. -- A. G. Noorani * Frontline *Gives you new food for thought. -- Syed Badrul Ahsan * Daily Star *Neeti Nair confidently handles the tangled responses of Punjabi Hindu politicians to the issue of minority rights and safeguards in the late colonial era, thereby shedding fresh light on Punjab’s relationship to the Indian nationalist movement… Nair consults a variety of source materials and offers original interpretations for her readers. -- Ian Talbot * American Historical Review *The book makes a serious claim that the partition of Punjab should not be seen merely in relation to the ‘known’ politics of the Muslim League; rather, to understand the events of 1947, one needs to look at the complex politics of colonial Punjab, particularly the ideas, beliefs and moves of those Punjabi leaders, who claimed to represent the interests of ‘Hindus.’ …The modes by which ‘politics,’ an organized and collective activity, is performed in a colonial context is another important and perhaps the most fascinating theme of the book. One finds an engaging discussion on three well-known political figures—Lala Lajpat Rai, Swami Shraddhanand and Bhagat Singh. Nair does not take the conventional route to approach these figures; rather, she tries to place them in their own context to unpack those political aspects, which are not associated with the established images of these leaders… Nair makes a powerful claim that the given histories of Partition need to be questioned to understand the processual nature of such events. In this sense, Nair makes a serious contribution to Partition Studies—an emerging field of intellectual engagement with histories and memories of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent. -- Hilal Ahmed * The Book Review *[Changing Homelands] challenges the conventional understanding on the political causes leading to division of a nation into two… [Nair’s] account is to a large extent groundbreaking and adds a new perspective to the existing discourse on India’s partition. There is an underlying inquisitiveness embedded throughout this exhaustive account for which the author deserves critical appreciation… The author’s arguments are imposing and sure to draw attention. Her language is clear and engaging and her bibliography offers a rich assortment including several primary documents which authenticate the narrative and add further value to the overall broader arguments. -- Priyanka Singh * Canadian Journal of History *Neeti Nair has written a comprehensive and complex history of the Punjabi Hindus in the first half of the twentieth century. Changing Homelands begins by tracing the rise of communalism in the 1920s and ends with partition in the 1940s. The author has offered new insights about the role of prominent personalities, like Swami Shraddhanand, Lajpat Rai, and Bhagat Singh… Changing Homelands is…a valuable account of the partition of the Punjab. More important, Nair’s book is probably the most substantial and nuanced history of urban Punjabi Hindus that has been written so far. She will be widely read. -- Rohit Wanchoo * H-Net Reviews *Neeti Nair’s Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics and the Partition of India raises the pivotal question of Punjabi Hindus who, being ‘suddenly’ rendered a minority in their land, had to migrate to what became/remained India. The case of the Punjabi Hindus is atypical—they were minority Hindus in Muslim-majority Punjab, who had to migrate to become part of a majoritarian Hindu community in India. In India today, where Muslims constitute the major minority, it is hard to imagine Hindus as a minority. The book can help us imagine, across time, the fate of such a large minoritarian Punjabi Hinduism. This is historically significant as the present state of minority Hinduism in Pakistan (chiefly in Sindh) is too miniscule to provide a useful comparative point of analysis. Nair’s book helps sensitize us to the enormous contingency of majority and minority formation—and perhaps no question is more significant for South Asian polities today…Nair’s book demonstrates the compound causal assemblages and nexuses that led to Partition rather than the teleology of ‘communalism’—and the chief value of this type of analysis might lie in the fact that the identified political elements can then be meaningfully re-assembled in a way that can moderate conflict, guilt and misunderstanding in the present. -- Nikhil Govind * India International Centre Quarterly *It is in this emphasis on the heterogeneous history of nationalism and Partition, and in its contestation of the exclusivity of categories like communal, anti-colonial or nationalist that this book can claim its distinctive place in South Asian historiography… In recent years a number of historians have argued about the nation living in heterogeneous time. This book buttresses that argument with significant empirical evidence, culled from conventional archives as well as retrieved through oral history methods. In that sense, it is an important addition to the genre of Partition literature. -- Sekhar Bandyopadhyay * Indian Historical Review *Drawing on an impressively wide range of archival sources, Changing Homelands gives us a compelling account of the contingent and far-from-inevitable onset of partition in Punjab. -- Nikhil Rao * Journal of Asian Studies *This book is an important addition to the field of ‘Partition Studies’ that has sought to complicate the earlier historiographical silences around the 1947 Partition of India and its narrativization as an aberrational moment of insanity in an otherwise non-violent history of Indian national independence. Nair’s revisionist attention to the warp and weft of religious anticolonial politics in early twentieth century Punjab illuminates the disjunctures and differences between the power negotiations among religiously defined Punjabi communities that retrospectively got named ‘communalist’ and contemporary Hindutva… Through careful and textured archival analysis of the political discourse around key events leading up to the Partition, Changing Homelands offers us a fresh and valuable perspective on the Punjabi experience of Partition and its continued affective resonance for so many refugees and their descendants in contemporary Delhi. It is as much a book about modern power relations in South Asia as it is a book about the failures and lost opportunities that constitute the history of Partition. This book is useful not only for those interested in the Partition, but also for those interested in the history of empire as well as South Asia. -- Kavita Daiya * Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient *Provides a valuable corrective to the historiography of politics in late colonial Punjab that has more often than not been over-determined by the impulse to explain partition… Nair marshals a wide range of sources to demonstrate that while some Punjabi Hindus undoubtedly supported partition, the historical evidence does not demonstrate that this particular way of imagining a homeland and belonging to it had gained overwhelming support, or even the upper hand, among all or most Punjabi Hindus in the decades preceding partition… Neeti Nair’s main contribution lies in providing a revisionist perspective to the Punjabi Hindus’ complicity in partitioning the province; but Changing Homelands is much more than a regional study of the ‘high politics’ of partition in the Punjab. With consummate skill, the narrative interweaves archival research with oral history, and fleshes out the connections between the high politics of partition and the situation on the ground. Her work is emblematic of a new wave of partition studies, in which an untenable separation of elite and subaltern politics has given way to rich mappings of their interconnections. -- Uditi Sen * Journal of Genocide Research *An important addition to the emerging research on this region’s politically traumatic event, Neeti Nair’s Changing Homelands highlights how Partition memory, stored in oral histories, has been largely constructed by the region’s subsequent politics and by people’s willful act of forgetting some portions of history… The story of Partition is only now beginning to be unpacked, as South Asians try to break free from the formulaic versions fed to them in the initial nation-building decades. In this context, Nair’s juxtaposing and interrogating of different strands of memory-making tools will be immensely useful, especially because oral history is just now taking off in India. While many academic historians dismiss oral history as inauthentic even today, this book helps the reader go beyond the simple act of rejection or acceptance. It advocates a more nuanced study of how memory works and how history is fluid and unfixed. -- Rama Lakshmi * Oral History Review *Nair offers fresh interpretations of Punjab’s relationship with the national movement. -- Sohini Majumdar * Refugee Watch Online *It is an excellent work of meticulous research. Its argument is sharp and well executed. In many ways, what Joya Chatterji accomplished in her book, Bengal Divided (1994), Nair does for Punjab. Nair’s is a fine illustration of Rancière’s dissensus: it derails the received wisdom on Partition. Nair cogently builds her argument by dwelling on Punjabi Hindu politics. She discusses diverse ideological currents among Punjabi Hindus (and Sikhs) and attends to their entanglements, inconsistencies and evolution. -- Irfan Ahmad * South Asia *[An] extremely impressive study of the Partition of India… Nair’s accomplishment in Changing Homelands is, above all else, her meticulously close attention to detail as she patiently unravels a number of vital strands in this larger tangle. She delivers a necessarily dense and complex, but very readable, narrative of what transpired in the Punjab (her focus), primarily over roughly a half century. -- Geoffrey Kain * South Asian Review *As a history of activities of Hindus in the Punjab, this book is a useful addition to understanding the history of the Punjab. -- R. D. Long * Choice *
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Harvard University Press End of Arrogance America in the Global
Book SynopsisFree-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy—ideas that shaped world politics in the 20th century and underpinned American foreign policy—have lost their strength. Hegemony (benign or otherwise) is no longer a choice. The authors argue that in the 21st century the U.S. must rely on strategy, make trade-offs, and compete.Trade ReviewIn this little book, two leading scholars offer a manifesto for U.S. leadership in a post-Western international system… Acknowledging that no country has a monopoly on good ideas, the book makes a good case that the United States needs to recast the way it talks about its role in the world. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *The End of Arrogance makes a strong case for the end of the hegemony of American ideas in the foreign-policy sphere, examines what a more complex and diverse set of influences could create in terms of a future world order, and offers some important advice on how America can keep up in a more competitive world. -- Elizabeth Dickinson * Foreign Policy blog *Dazzling. -- Ronald Brownstein * National Journal *Weber and Jentleson put forward a powerful and provocative view of the coming frontiers for foreign policy—a global competition of ideas. Their arguments pose the right challenge to governments, corporations, and NGOs operating on a global stage, and provide practical advice for what to do about it. -- Janice Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
£31.46
Harvard University Press Manipulative Monkeys
Book SynopsisThis book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining—and occasionally as alarming—as it is recognizable.Trade ReviewCapuchins are no regular monkeys. They have huge brains, and seem about as smart and 'cultured' as any ape. I know of no better guides to their social life than Susan Perry and Joe Manson, who have devoted their lives to studying these often overlooked creatures in the jungles of Costa Rica. The result is an account that is bound to fascinate and surprise, because the behavior of wild capuchins exceeds our wildest imagination. -- Frans de Waal, author of Our Inner ApeSusan Perry and Joseph H. Manson‘s book reveals capuchins as having social lives as rich and as complex as those...of humans...Perry‘s book, with her husband and research partner, is far more than just stories about monkeys’ social lives. It offers fascinating biology from Costa Rica’s tropical forests, including the small, somewhat ugly, Machiavellian capuchin monkeys. They act as the focus for a discourse that ranges over “big questions”: why evolve large brains and intelligence; how do youngsters learn group-typical behavior; why does lethal aggression occur? These questions are embedded in the human drama of fieldwork; snakes, bugs of all kinds, plants with deadly toxicity, ill-fated collaborations, deep friendships and human poachers...We desperately need such studies to be sustained. Let’s hope this fascinating book will go some way towards achieving this aim. -- Phyllis C. Lee * Times Higher Education Supplement *
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Harvard University, Asia Center The Peoples Republic of China at 60
Book SynopsisTo mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform, entrepreneurialism, and internationalization, is the PRC here for the dynastic long haul? This volume presents an energetic exchange of views on the topic.Trade ReviewThese impressive conference papers by China specialists from across the world offer instructive views on the 60-year history of the People's Republic of China (PRC). From varied angles and in different tongues, the contributors discuss in fine interdisciplinary fashion important political, social, and cultural aspects of the PRC from 1949 to 2009...For a balanced, realistic understanding of China's past, present, and future, this assemblage of academic musings calls for a new paradigm to substitute for the conventionally Western-centered way of looking at China. -- G. Zheng * Choice *
£22.46
Harvard University, Asia Center Picturing Heaven in Early China Harvard East
Book SynopsisTian, or Heaven, had been used in China since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky and the highest god. Examining excavated materials, Lillian Tseng shows how Han-dynasty artisans transformed various notions of Heaven—as the mandate, the fantasy, and the sky—into pictorial entities, not by what they looked at, but by what they looked into.Trade ReviewThis remarkable book readably represents a formidable effort of research, drawing on the rich studies of history, art, and paleography that have accumulated over centuries, and particularly on the last forty years of archeology. Lillian Lan-ying Tseng colligates images that no one earlier has studied side by side, and draws from them quite original conclusions. I find her arguments ambitious, ingenious, and persuasive. . . . They show once and for all that pictures are as important as verbal records for understanding the history of cosmology and astronomy. -- Nathan Sivin, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Culture and of the History of Science, University of PennsylvaniaPicturing Heaven in Early China makes an extremely important contribution to the history of Chinese art, culture, and science. Its comprehensive scope and analytical depth, its confident use of both primary textual sources and archeological evidence, its lucid synthesis of a vast array of scholarly literature . . . and above all, its cogent narrative and conceptual scheme make it the most convenient and reliable go-to volume on the subject. -- Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
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Harvard University, Asia Center The Japanization of Modernity Murakami Haruki
Book SynopsisMurakami Haruki is perhaps the best-known and most widely translated Japanese author of his time. Bringing a comparative perspective to the study of Murakami's fiction, Suter complicates our understanding of the author's oeuvre and highlights his contributions not only as a popular writer but also as a cultural critic on both sides of the Pacific.Trade ReviewThis timely and thought-provoking work, which focuses on Murakami's short stories and applies a mixture of sophisticated literary theory and close reading, is a most welcome addition to previous critical writing on the author. -- Matthew C. Strecher * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of Contents* Introduction * The Japanization of Modernity * Murakami Haruki, Japan and America * Language and Culture * Literature and Identity * In Other Worlds * Conclusion * Notes * Works Cited * Index
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Harvard University Press Latin Americas Cold War
Book SynopsisFor Latin America, the Cold War was anything but cold. Nor was it the so-called "long peace" afforded the world's superpowers by their nuclear standoff. Taking an international perspective on the postwar decades in the region, this book explains what exactly happened in Latin America during the Cold War, and why it was so traumatic.Trade ReviewAn outstanding book, well written and extremely well conceived in its coverage and structure. This is a major contribution to cold war history, and will undoubtedly become the standard work on Latin America and the cold war. Brands has produced an important study that provides a real service to readers. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of The Global Cold WarIn an entertaining yet rigorous book, Brands walks the reader through the key events of the cold war in Latin America. Contrary to the thesis that revolutions are inevitable throughout Latin America, he shows that they are actually rare, and that conservatism more nearly reflects the trajectory of Latin America than revolution. This intelligent, sensible, and convincing work argues that Latin America's international conflicts require a comprehensive understanding of the perspectives of all the key actors, not just the United States. -- Robert A. Pastor, American UniversityBased on prodigious research in twelve countries, this feisty volume challenges dominant trends in the literature and moves the debate to a new level by questioning the hegemonic status of the United States, attributing real menace to the Soviet threat, and ascribing a large measure of agency to Latin Americans. Brands tells their story with perspicacity. Specialists and general readers alike will find this book illuminating. -- Mark T. Gilderhus, Texas Christian UniversityBrands takes aim at those mainstream historians writing on Western Hemispheric relations who have portrayed the United States as an overwhelmingly powerful hegemon whose destructive interventions are responsible for the region's sufferings. Delving into Latin American archives, Brands counters that Latin Americans have been active participants in their own history--in both their domestic politics and international diplomacy. During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow often had poor understandings of these local dynamics, so their ill-designed policies frequently failed; even those strategies that momentarily succeeded generated blowback and unintended consequences. As Brands persuasively argues, the true story of Latin America's role in the Cold War lies in the dynamic interactions between international forces and domestic actors. Tragically, both the United States and the Soviet Union exacerbated the region's already polarized politics, and the ensuing violent clashes rendered asunder fragile democracies. Fortunately, today many citizens in Latin America and many in Washington policy circles have drawn the right lessons from history, seeking to strengthen democratic institutions--and not overreacting to the provocations of the latest crop of neopopulists. -- Richard Feinberg * Foreign Affairs *Globally, analysts claim that the Cold War provided stability and structure. Brands finds a different outcome in Latin America of the four decades of the Cold War (i.e., the 1940s through the early 1990s)...Brands's study will stand as the definitive work in the years ahead. -- J. A. Rhodes * Choice *
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Harvard University Press The Fallacies of States Rights
Book SynopsisBarber shows how arguments for states’ rights from John C. Calhoun to the present offend common sense, logic, and bedrock constitutional principles. The Constitution is a charter of positive benefits, not a contract among separate sovereigns whose function is to protect people from the central government, when there are greater dangers to confront.Trade ReviewStates' rights arguments have been used throughout American history, from the opposition to the abolition of slavery, to the challenges to the Affordable Care Act. In a brilliant book, Barber shows that protecting states' rights neither has a constitutional foundation nor a basis in sound social policy. -- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, IrvineThe Fallacies of States' Rights is the work of a major constitutional theorist at the top of his game. The exposition is clear, its logic razor-sharp, and its thesis powerful. Thinking with Barber as he advances his positive, ends-oriented constitutional theory, is consistently stimulating and satisfying. This is a first-rate study of American federalism. -- Ken I. Kersch, Boston CollegeAll too often, discussions of American federalism are anchored in nostalgic platitudes about a nonexistent past or simplistic models of public choice. In this rigorously argued book, Barber shows that our federalism has always been based upon a strong national government, and that current popular accounts of states' rights, if looked at closely, are incorrect and incoherent. -- Malcolm Feeley, University of California, Berkeley
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Harvard University Press Public Policy in an Uncertain World Analysis and
Book SynopsisManski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely misleads policy makers with expressions of certitude. Manski critiques the status quo and offers an innovation to improve both how policy research is conducted and how it is used by policy makers.Trade ReviewTo academic readers steeped in [economics and decision theory], [Manski's] account is likely to be of some interest. It includes many useful and important insights (for example, the distinctions among policies based on the principles of 'maximin,' 'minimax,' and 'adaptive mini-max' regret) that have substantial implications for real-world policy. -- Brian Baird * Science *
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Harvard University, Asia Center Information Territory and Networks
Book SynopsisBy the late eleventh century the Song court no longer dominated production of information about itself. Hilde De Weert demonstrates how the growing involvement of the literati in publishing such information altered the relationship between court and literati in political communication for the remainder of the Chinese imperial period.
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Harvard University Press Congressional Insurgents and the Party System 19091916
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Harvard University Press Crossings
Book SynopsisFew other social phenomena are likely to impact the future character of American society as much as the ongoing wave of new immigration. This cross-disciplinary book brings together twelve essays by leading scholars of the most significant aspect of the new immigration: Mexican immigration to the U.S.Trade ReviewThe incorporation of the commentaries works well, rendering the tome less passive than many scholarly texts, and often reinforcing points raised whilst introducing new areas of discussion. Well-judged and evocative photographs by Anna LeVine give an added ‘real’ dimension to a thought-provoking work that illustrates the importance of creating a climate in which diverse ethnic groups can flourish. * British Bulletin of Publications *Crossings is must-reading for anyone interested in the ‘new immigration.’ The thoughtful and carefully researched interdisciplinary essays on economic, social, cultural, psychological, and political aspects of the Mexican immigrant experience make this volume a unique contribution to social science work on an important international topic. -- Susan Eckstein, Boston University, President of the Latin American Studies AssociationAn up-to-date look at the dynamics and effects of Mexican immigration, the longest-running and largest inflow in the history of the nation in this century. Because contributors come from both sides of the border and some of them have experienced the processes that they describe, the contents are richer and more persuasive than books written from a single-country perspective. A significant addition to the research literature on contemporary immigration. -- Alejandro Portes, Princeton University, President of the American Sociological AssociationThe originality of this timely book lies in its bilateral approach and interdisciplinary nature. A challenging work by prestigious scholars, it is a major achievement that will foster academic cooperation on one of the most complex issues in U.S.–Mexico relations. -- Mónico Verea, Founding Director and Researcher, Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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