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Princeton University Press A Real Right to Vote
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Princeton University Press Postcolonial Global Justice
£29.75
Princeton University Press The Quotable Machiavelli
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£14.24
Princeton University Press Polarization and International Politics
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£27.00
Pluto Press The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics
Book SynopsisPrison writings from 22 Kurdish women who were elected to office in Turkey and then imprisoned by the state on political groundsTrade Review'This compelling collection highlights personal experiences of imprisoned Kurdish women politicians and their feminist struggle against gender inequality, patriarchal social structures and anti-Kurdish repression in Turkey' -- Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Siena College in Albany, New York'Takes the reader beyond mere political struggle to a vibrant interconnected memories and inner lives of Kurdish women political prisoners' -- Shahrzad Mojab, Professor at the University of Toronto and co-author of ‘Women of Kurdistan’'A powerful testament that a caged bird can still sing, this is an inspiring chorus for people world-wide to join hands and carry forth the fight for freedom, and for life, no matter what the circumstances' -- Alpa Shah, author of the award-winning 'Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerrillas', and Professor of Anthropology at London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsTranslation Coordinators’ Preface - Ruken Isik, Emek Ergun, and Janet Biehl Preface to English Edition - Gültan Kışanak Overview: The Growing Struggle for Women's Liberation - Gültan Kışanak 1. How Will You Find That Many Women? - Aysel Tuğluk 2. Mother, Child, Prison - Burcu Çelik Özkan 3. We Never Considered It from That Angle - Çağlar Demirel 4. Hurry up and Fix Things-Don't Let Us Down Before Our Husbands- Diba Keskin 5. I Struggled Hard, But I Never Gave Up - Dilek Hatipoğlu 6. We Have Your Keys. You Can Come and Get Them - Edibe Şahin 7. Women's Worked Viewed as Frivolous - Evin Keve 8. You're Going to Eat with the Men? - Fatma Doğan 9. History Has No Love for Women Who Stop and Keep Quiet - Figen Yüksekdağ 10. Three Times Elected, Three Years Barred from Serving - Gülser Yıldırım 11. Being a Woman is Hard … Even Dangerous - Gültan Kışanak 12. Are Men Going to Walk Behind a Woman? - Leyla Güven 13. Mayor, We Don't Dare Say Anything to These Women Anymore - Mukaddes Kubilay 14. One Must Travel from City to City. Women Can't Do It - Nurhayat Altun 15. Women Should Be the Ones to Handle Finances - Sara Kaya 16. This Woman Is Tough as Nails - Sadiye Süer Baran 17. From Prison to Parliament - Sebahat Tuncel 18. Imprisoned for Providing Services - Selma Karakoç 19. One Woman Became Eighty - Yıldız Çetin 20. Is Sir Chiefwoman in? - Zeynep Han Bingöl 21. They've Turned It into a Women’s Municipality - Zeynep Sipçik 22. Breaking Down the Doors - Selma Irmak Freedom for Aysel Tuğluk Translators and Coordinators
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University of British Columbia Press Pivot or Pirouette
Book SynopsisPivot or Pirouette? covers both the backstory and the aftermath of the strangest election in Canadian history, as told by an insider who was involved in the events before, during, and after the ballots were cast.In the early 1990s, a pan-Canadian coalition of Tory voters had been splintered by constitutional politics. Discontented voters flocked to new regional parties; the Conservatives attempted to turn the tide by choosing the first female prime minister, but their efforts fell flat. In the 1993 election, the party was reduced to two seats, the separatist Bloc Québécois became the official opposition, and the Reform Party swept the West. Although the shocking results seemed pivotal, ultimately the pivot turned into a full pirouette as Canadian politics returned to historical norms: new parties shake up the system but are eventually absorbed into it, bringing innovation but not transformation. You can't understand modern Canadian politics without understanding the Trade Review[Flanagan] is singularly suited to discuss this seismic election. -- J.W.J. Bowden, The Dorchester ReviewAs a research director for Reform in its foundational period and a key player in the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper, Flanagan is well placed to tell this story. The result is a well-written, first-rate election study. -- J. L. Granatstein, emeritus, York University * CHOICE Connect *Table of ContentsForeword: Turning Point Elections ... and the Case of 1993 / Gerald Baier and R. Kenneth CartyPrefaceIntroduction1 Grand Coalition2 Collapse of the Coalition3 The Contestants4 The Contest5 Aftermath6 The Punctuated Equilibrium of Canadian PoliticsAppendix 1: List of Key PlayersAppendix 2: Timeline of EventsNotes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index
£19.79
University Press of Florida The Paradox of Paternalism
Book SynopsisExplains how women activists from across the political spectrum engaged with the state by working within both authoritarian regimes and inter-American networks, founding modern Dominican feminism, and contributing to the rise of twentieth-century women's liberation movements in the Global South.Trade Review“This worthy addition to gender relations literature allows Manley to elaborate on her premise of the utility of female participatory experiences in authoritarian regimes as a vehicle for feminist progress. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice“Fills in the yawning lacunae concerning women’s roles during the reigns of the two infamous Dominican caudillos of the twentieth century. . . . This assiduously researched monograph deserves an audience beyond specialists in the Dominican Republic, to reach anyone interested in women and dictatorship.”—American Historical Review“Amply demonstrates the extent, limits, and iterations of maternalism, including Trujillista women’s promotion of state welfare for poor women and children, opposition women’s defense of their homes, families ripped apart by regime violence, and female governors’ community welfare activism under Balaguer.”—Hispanic American Historical Review”The book makes a significant contribution to the understanding of women’s political participation in the Dominican Republic during a long stretch of the twentieth century, focusing on women of both the right and the left, bot progovernment and antigovernment. The analysis is solid and methodical; the reading is engaging.”—New West Indian Guide""An exciting study that reveals the complexity of women's multiple political projects, as well as the importance of feminism--widely defined--as a powerful political force.""--Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney, author of The Politics of Motherhood""An engaging overview of the role played by women in supporting and contesting authoritarian regimes in the twentieth-century Dominican Republic.""--Nicola Foote, coeditor of Immigration and National Identities in Latin America""Tells the very important story of women's participation in Dominican politics from 1928 to 1978. It will quickly become a classic in the field of Latin American women's history.""--Victoria González-Rivera, author of Before the Revolution
£22.46
Wayne State University Press The Civility Book
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Johns Hopkins University Press American Defense Policy
Book SynopsisA vital text for understanding the twenty-first-century battlefield and the shifting force structure, this book prepares students to think critically about the rapidly changing world they'll inherit. American Defense Policy, first published in 1965 under the leadership of Brent Scowcroft, has been a mainstay in courses on political science, international relations, military affairs, and American national security for more than 50 years. This updated and thoroughly revised ninth edition, which contains about 30% all-new content, considers questions of continuity and change in America's defense policy in the face of a global climate beset by geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and terrorist violence. The book is organized into three parts. Part I examines the theories and strategies that shape America's approach to security policy. Part II dives inside the defense policy process, exploring the evolution of contemporary civil-military relations, the changing character oTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Values and Interests for American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 1. Theories and ValuesChapter 2. American Grand StrategyChapter 3. The International Environment - AlliesChapter 4. The International Environment - AdversariesPart II. Evolution and Revolution in Defense Policy, Process, and InstitutionsIntroductionChapter 5. Evolution and Revolution in Civil-Military RelationsChapter 6. The Changing Profession of ArmsChapter 7. Resource Allocation and Force Structure for a Complex WorldPart III. Contemporary Issues in American Defense PolicyIntroductionChapter 8. Homeland Defense: Threats from All SidesChapter 9. Unconventional Wars and Unconventional ForcesChapter 10. The Near PossibleEpilogueAfterwordAbout the ContributorsIndex
£42.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Science for a Green New Deal
Book SynopsisScience, not politics, can take us beyond the hype and headlines to forge a realistic green new deal. Since it was first proposed in the US House of Representatives, the Green New Deal has been hotly debated, often using partisan characterizations that critique it as extreme or socialist. The intent was not simply to fight climate change or address a specific environmental concern, but rather to tackle how climate change and other environmental challenges affect the economy, the vulnerable, and social justiceand vice versa. In Science for a Green New Deal, Eric Davidson dissects this legislative resolution. He also shows how green new deal thinking offers a framework for a much-needed convergence of the natural sciences, social science, economics, and community engagement to develop holistic policy solutions to the most pressing issues of our day. Davidson weaves the case for linkages among multiple global crises, including a pandemic that has reversed progress on fighting poverty anTrade ReviewThis book is an easy yet informed read supported by strong citations. The challenge, as I see it, is to get people to read Davidson's book and act.—BioscienceTable of ContentsForeword, by Donald F. BoeschPrefaceChapter 1. Muddling or Dealing?Chapter 2. No Tree, No Bee, No Honey, No MoneyChapter 3. Are There Too Few or Too Many People?Chapter 4. Manure Happens: The Consequences of Feeding Over Seven Billion Human OmnivoresChapter 5. Climate Change Viewed by a Skeptic at HeartChapter 6. The Luddites Had It Half-Right, but the Other Half Could Be Great NewsChapter 7. There's a Great Future in the Circular Economy Chapter 8. Whither the Academy? A Horse of a Different Color?Chapter 9. "And So, I'm Going to Work Tomorrow"AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£20.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Parliamentary America
Book SynopsisCan a parliamentary democracy end America's constitutional crisis?Americans face increasingly stark choices each presidential election and a growing sense that our government can't solve the nation's most urgent challenges. Our eighteenth-century system is ill suited to our twenty-first-century world. Information-age technology has undermined our capacity to face common problems together and turned our democracy upside down, with gerrymanders letting representatives choose voters rather than voters choosing them. In Parliamentary America, Maxwell L. Stearns argues that the solution to these complex problems is a parliamentary democracy. Stearns considers such leading alternatives as ranked choice voting, the national popular vote, and congressional term limits, showing why these can't solve our constitutional crisis. Instead, three amendmentsexpanding the House of Representatives, having House party coalitions choose the president, and letting the House end a failing presidency based o
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Russia Under Putin
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University of Toronto Press Long Night at the Vepsian Museum
Book SynopsisThis book takes readers to the village of Sheltozero in northern Russia. It highlights a tiny community of indigenous people called Veps, known colloquially as the forest folk for their intense closeness and affiliation with the forests in their ancestral territories. Davidov uses a tour of the local museum to introduce a cast of human and non-human characters from traditional Vepsian culture, while journeying through various eras under Russian, Finnish, Soviet, and post-Soviet rule. In the process, she explores how contemporary political struggles mesh with traditional beliefs, illustrating how Veps make meaning of their history and unfolding future. A documentary entitled Museum Night is available for instructors who wish to incorporate it into their teaching. Trade Review"Long Night at the Vepsian Museum is an ethnography that documents the history and current cultural struggles of the Veps people, a Finno-Ugric speaking minority community that lives in Russia’s Karelia region, on the border with Finland." -- Samantha Lomb * EuropeNow *"Long Night at the Vepsian Museum, is a well-written and engaging contribution to the literature on Post-Soviet Russia and indigenous cultural production. Moreover, the book’s accessibility and clean prose will make it of interest to not only scholars of these fields, but also undergraduate educators looking for a snappy and thought-provoking syllabus addition." -- A. Lorraine Kaljund * EuropeNow *"By juxtaposing relations between Veps craftspeople and the czarist and soviet states with traditions of reciprocity with master spirits that ensured Karelia’s natural bounty, Davidov offers an altogether new paradigm for understanding Indegeneity in the modern world." -- E. J. Vajda * Choice Connect, June 2018 vol. 55 # 10 *"One of Davidov’s strengths lies in the place that she chose as a base for fieldwork: the local museum. Despite the idea that such institutions present only rigid, official discourses about real and lively cultures, what Davidov successfully reveals is that behind the facade of public exhibitions, there is an important vein of hidden and non-official cultural knowledge transfer and production taking place." -- Tatiana Safonova * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Long Night at the Vepsian Museum represents a solid analysis of Veps ‘resource biography’ which connects landscape, industry, and practices of remembering as intertwined local resources. This book would be particularly relevant for anthropology students due to the author’s valuable self-reflections on the nature of fieldwork and ‘collaborative ethnography.’" -- Anna Varfolomeeva, Tyumen State University * Anthropology of East Europe Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Forest Folk 2. Vepsian Cosmologies 3. Spruce Eyelashes and Blue Eyes of Lakes 4. The Bad Masters 5. The Long Night of Museums 6. Conclusion
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Duke University Press Settler Garrison
Book SynopsisJodi Kim examines how the United States extends its sovereignty across Asia and the Pacific in the post-World War II era through a militarist settler imperialism that is leveraged on debt.Trade Review“Settler Garrison is a stunning, magisterial work that provides an entirely original definition of US empire as predicated on the production of its legitimation to wield power. Jodi Kim frames spaces heretofore deemed anomalous or marginal—the camptown, the POW camp, and the unincorporated territory—as the very sites where US empire establishes its authority to rule. In the process of redefining and reframing US empire, Kim offers a unique and sorely needed relational methodology for understanding the connection between its various modes, in particular between military empire and settler colonialism." -- Grace Kyungwon Hong, author of * Death beyond Disavowal: The Impossible Politics of Difference *Table of ContentsIntroduction. US Exceptionalisms, Metapolitical Authority, and the Aesthetics of Settler Imperial Failure 1 1. Perverse Temporalities: Primitive Accumulation and the Settler Colonial Foundations of Debt Imperialism 39 2. The Military Base and Camptown: Seizing Land "by Bulldozer and Bayonet" and the Transpacific Masculinist Compact 62 3. The POW Camp: Waging Psychological Warfare and a New Settler Frontier 113 4. The Unincorporated Territory: Constituting Indefinite Deferral and "No Page Is Ever Terra Nullius" 138 Epilogue. Climate Change, Climate Debt, Climate Imperialism 174 Acknowledgments 185 Notes 189 Bibliography 229 Index 249
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Cornell University Press Everyday War
Book SynopsisEveryday War provides an accessible lens through which to understand what noncombatant civilians go through in a country at war. What goes through the mind of a mother who must send her child to school across a minefield or the men who belong to groups of volunteer body collectors? In Ukraine, such questions have been part of the daily calculus of life. Greta Uehling engages with the lives of ordinary people living in and around the armed conflict over Donbas that began in 2014 and shows how conventional understandings of war are incomplete.In Ukraine, landscapes filled with death and destruction prompted attentiveness to human vulnerabilities and the cultivation of everyday, interpersonal peace. Uehling explores a constellation of social practices where ethics of care were in operation. People were also drawn into the conflict in an everyday form of war that included provisioning fighters with military equipment they purchased themselves, smuggling insulTrade ReviewThe eloquent title Everyday War, stuns us with the "banality of evil" in the spirit of Hannah Arendt and, at the same time, helps us to look into the inner world of people for whom the presence of war, however paradoxically, has become commonplace. * Kritika *Heartfelt, important, and engaging, author Greta Lynn Uehling's Everyday War is a must-read nonfiction book on the political and sociological effects of war, in particular the Donbas region. The way the author was able to bring to light the multitude of "players" in the field aside from the soldiers themselves, as well as the devastating losses people endured during the war, from property loss and injuries to emotional distress and even loss of loved ones, helps readers to gain a better, more nuanced yet moving idea of what these battles do to those struggling to survive in the midst of war. -- Anthony AvilaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Everyday War 1. "Now We Have Funeral after Funeral": The Conflict over the Conflict in Donbas 2. Welcome to Café Patriot! Militarization and a Themed Café 3. Interpersonal Peace: The Micropolitics of Friendship 4. Home Fronts: Romantic Partnerships and Families during War 5. Boots, Gloves, and Tactical Kinship Intertext: "I Need a Peaceful Sky" 6. Praying to be Killed at Once: Ways of Coping with Military Violence 7. Everyday Sci-Fi and Practical Orientalism 8. The Volunteer Body Collectors of Ukraine: Outsourcing Undertaking and Smuggling Pediatric Insulin 9. Concluding Thoughts Intertext: "I Realize That Nothing Will Be the Same Again"
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Stanford University Press Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and
Book SynopsisWomen war criminals are far more common than we think. From the Holocaust to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans to the Rwandan genocide, women have perpetrated heinous crimes. Few have been punished. These women go unnoticed because their very existence challenges our assumptions about war and about women. Biases about women as peaceful and innocent prevent us from "seeing" women as war criminals—and prevent postconflict justice systems from assigning women blame. Women as War Criminals argues that women are just as capable as men of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. In addition to unsettling assumptions about women as agents of peace and reconciliation, the book highlights the gendered dynamics of law, and demonstrates that women are adept at using gender instrumentally to fight for better conditions and reduced sentences when war ends. The book presents the legal cases of four women: the President (Biljana Plavšić), the Minister (Pauline Nyiramasuhuko), the Soldier (Lynndie England), and the Student (Hoda Muthana). Each woman's complex identity influenced her treatment by legal systems and her ability to mount a gendered defense before the court. Justice, as Steflja and Trisko Darden show, is not blind to gender.Trade Review"Feminists don't imagine all women are angels. What they do know is that diverse women are analytically interesting. In their careful dig into these four war crimes trials, Izabela Steflja and Jessica Trisko Darden underscore this in neon."—Cynthia Enloe, Clark University, author of Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link"Women commit atrocities. The study of women who become human rights abusers, however, remains fraught with stereotype, taboo, and denialism. These distortions occlude the careful study of gender and violence and, what is more, marginalize the victims. Izabela Steflja and Jessica Trisko Darden's courageous book responds to these gaps by providing a humanistic, grounded, and rigorous study of four women enmeshed in criminality. Justice for atrocity hinges upon recognizing gender in all aspects—perpetration, suffering, and rebuilding. Women as War Criminals brilliantly advances the accountability project."—Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University, author of Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law"Through a profile of four women war criminals, this concise book shines a spotlight on women who perpetrate or incite heinous acts of violence and on the ways in which gender stereotypes influence the interpretation of their behavior. Bold and clear, Women as War Criminals stands as a crucial corrective to assumptions about women in war and as an accessible analysis from which students and experts alike will learn."—Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, author of Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa"[Women as War Criminals] stands as an important corrective to former approaches that enshrine women as nurturing and innocent, thus assigning them a lenient sentence; instead the book treats women as responsible, independent offenders... [Women as War Criminals] is bound to inspire further fascinating debates on the relationship between gender and justice." —Haoliang Zhang, Feminist Legal StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: The President 3. Chapter 2: The Minister 4. Chapter 3: The Soldier 5. Chapter 4: The Student 6. Conclusion
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Stanford University Press The Politics of Art: Dissent and Cultural
Book SynopsisOver the last three decades, a new generation of conceptual artists has come to the fore in the Arab Middle East. As wars, peace treaties, sanctions, and large-scale economic developments have reshaped the region, this cohort of cultural producers has also found themselves at the center of intergenerational debates on the role of art in society. Central to these cultural debates is a steady stream of support from North American and European funding organizations—resources that only increased with the start of the Arab uprisings in the early 2010s. The Politics of Art offers an unprecedented look into the entanglement of art and international politics in Beirut, Ramallah, and Amman to understand the aesthetics of material production within liberal economies. Hanan Toukan outlines the political and social functions of transnationally connected and internationally funded arts organizations and initiatives, and reveals how the production of art within global frameworks can contribute to hegemonic structures even as it is critiquing them—or how it can be counterhegemonic even when it first appears not to be. In so doing, Toukan proposes not only a new way of reading contemporary art practices as they situate themselves globally, but also a new way of reading the domestic politics of the region from the vantage point of art.Trade Review"There are few books out there that bring together a deep, critical knowledge of the arts in the Middle East with theoretical sophistication and shimmering ethnographic observations. Hanan Toukan's The Politics of Art does this abundantly, and it does so in beautiful, absorbing prose, with great care and tenderness."—Laleh Khalili, Queen Mary University of London"The Politics of Art is a game changer. Hanan Toukan brilliantly reveals a critical, often hidden component of art-making in the Middle East: how powerful political and economic interests have shaped what kinds of art are even possible. A brave intervention and required reading for anyone working in the fields of cultural politics and diplomacy."—Jessica Winegar, Northwestern University"In a detailed, revealing, and thought-provoking sociological account, Hanan Toukan explores how a contemporary art scene in Amman, Beirut, and Ramallah grew under the patronage of Western-funded NGOs alongside rising inequality. In these circumstances, might an idealistic commitment to diversity and decolonization produce a new form of homogeneity and domination?"—Julian Stallabrass, Courtauld Institute of Art"The Politics of Art is a dissonant account of how art, without recognition of its ties with power, upholds the very structures it claims to critique."—Ophelia Lai, ArtAsiaPacific"The Politics of Art is beautifully written and engages the relevant literatures from mainstream debates to more critical thinkers from the Frankfurt School to Rancière and Foucault. Written without jargon, the book is both theoretically sophisticated and accessible.... The book will be of interest not only to larger debates not only on cultural production but also on the diverse effects of neoliberalism, political dissent, the politics of urban space, and foreign development aid."—Jillian Schwedler, Perspectives on Politics"Overall, the book moves with a mocking spirit that tickles the funny bone at the same time that it hurts. As a Palestinian reader, one identifies with many things the author addresses, and one even smiles sometimes when reading specific sentences that make perfect sense, however painful."—Maysoon Shibi, Critical Inquiry"By rendering the implicit explicit, Toukan's text speaks to the quiet anxieties of both artists and academics who navigate international funding regimes, offering an important and highly interdisciplinary contribution to understandings of soft power and the politics of cultural production."—Melissa Scott, H-AMCA"The Politics of Art is, in short, a path-clearing work that should point the way for a new generation of art, performance, and music researchers to propose other formulations of the political by which to read, appreciate, and be in conversation with their performing and multidisciplinary artist contemporaries in the Mashriq."—Rayya El Zein, International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: n/a 1. Cultural Wars and the Politics of Diplomacy 2. "An Artist Who Cannot Speak English Is No Artist" 3. The Dissonance of Dissent: Art and Artists after 1990 4. Beirut: The Rise and Rise of Postwar Art 5. Amman: Uneasy Lie the Arts 6. Ramallah: The Paintbrush Is Mightier than the M16 Conclusion: n/a
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Stanford University Press Civil War in Guangxi: The Cultural Revolution on
Book SynopsisGuangxi, a region on China's southern border with Vietnam, has a large population of ethnic minorities and a history of rebellion and intergroup conflict. In the summer of 1968, during the high tide of the Cultural Revolution, it became notorious as the site of the most severe and extensive violence observed anywhere in China during that period of upheaval. Several cities saw urban combat resembling civil war, while waves of mass killings in rural communities generated enormous death tolls. More than one hundred thousand died in a few short months. These events have been chronicled in sensational accounts that include horrific descriptions of gruesome murders, sexual violence, and even cannibalism. Only recently have scholars tried to explain why Guangxi was so much more violent than other regions. With evidence from a vast collection of classified materials compiled during an investigation by the Chinese government in the 1980s, this book reconsiders explanations that draw parallels with ethnic cleansing in Rwanda, Bosnia, and other settings. It reveals mass killings as the byproduct of an intense top-down mobilization of rural militia against a stubborn factional insurgency, resembling brutal counterinsurgency campaigns in a variety of settings. Moving methodically through the evidence, Andrew Walder provides a groundbreaking new analysis of one the most shocking chapters of the Cultural Revolution.Trade Review"The world's leading expert on China's Cultural Revolution has written another breathtaking book. By examining one of the darkest episodes of human history, Andrew Walder not only provides a new explanation for conflict in China but also advances general theories on violence during civil war."—Yuhua Wang, author of The Rise and Fall of Imperial China"This important and unsettling study of the Cultural Revolution in Guangxi lays bare the dark side of China's authoritarian political system. Through careful analysis of newly available primary sources, Walder convincingly connects the horrific violence of that time and place not to ideological or ethnic differences, but to military-civilian factionalism that permeated all levels of government. A party-state known for exerting control, when pressed, could spawn untold conflict and cruelty."—Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University"Andrew Walder is one of the world's most distinguished analysts of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and his new book breaks apart numerous myths. Drawing on extraordinarily rich sources from Guangxi province, Walder shows that violence tore apart the countryside as well as the city, and that factionalism could give way to deeper splits within the party. Above all, he adds analysis of ethnic division to our knowledge of this period. This is disturbing, field-making reading."—Rana Mitter, Oxford University"This work is yet another vital contribution to the study of the Cultural Revolution by the sociologist Andrew Walder.... It will be essential reading for scholars of the People's Republic and an accessible source, for informed lay readers and students, on the horrors of the Cultural Revolution."—Donald S. Sutton, China Quarterly"What is unique about Civil War in Guangxi... is its refreshing emphasis on the geopolitical dimension of the Cultural Revolution's complex twists and turns, concretely tying the tragic unfolding of political processes in China to the war operation in Vietnam. As such, this book is not only of pivotal interest to scholars of collective mobilization, political violence, and Chinese communism, but also firmly places itself in conversation with global and transnational sociology and scholarship on the US empire in the post-war era."—Yueran Zhang, Social ForcesTable of ContentsPrologue 1. Puzzles 2. Origins 3. Spread 4. Stalemate 5. Escalation 6. Suppression 7. Narratives 8. Analysis Epilogue: Epilogue Appendix: The Sources and Dataset
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Colonialism of Human Rights: Ongoing
Book SynopsisDo so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conversation with the histories and afterlives of Western colonialism and slavery. Colin Samson examines the paradox that the nations that credit themselves with formulating universal human rights were colonial powers, settler colonists and sponsors of enslavement. Samson points out that many liberal theorists supported colonialism and slavery, and how this illiberalism plays out today in selective, often racist processes of recognition and enforcement of human rights. To reveal the continuities between colonial histories and contemporary events, Samson connects British, French and American colonial theories and practice to the notion of non-universal human rights. Vivid illustrations and case studies of racial exceptions to human rights are drawn from the afterlives of the enslaved and colonized, as well as recent events such as American police killings of black people, the treatment of Algerian harkis in France, the Windrush scandal in Britain and the militarized suppression of the Standing Rock Water Protectors movement. Advocating for reparative justice and indigenizing law, Samson argues that such events are not a failure of liberalism so much as an inbuilt racial dynamic of it.Trade Review"A convincing portrayal of ongoing complicity with human rights abuses in the 'time of rights', so persuasive that it is hard to see how dehumanization under neo-colonialism can end. […] However, it has to be attempted and this book makes a powerful start. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the relationship between human rights and the West's unvirtuous history and contemporary geo-politics."Ethnic and Racial Studies"Colin Samson has written a poignant indictment of the hypocrisy of Western elites who extol the virtues of human rights while engaging in colonialism, war, slavery and capitalist exploitation. He makes a powerful argument for decolonizing human rights by indigenizing the law and addressing the racial exclusions at the heart of human rights discourse."Richard Wilson, University of Connecticut"A coruscating analysis of the dark side of liberalism, demonstrating that the universality of human rights has always been limited by assumptions of cultural and racial inequality at their core. A powerful and revealing intervention in politics, history and activism."Robert Gildea, University of Oxford"[A]n engaging and rich reading, suggesting that we should not hold any eusebeia – or sacred awe – towards the 'founding fathers' of human rights. One of the strongest aspects of the book is that it encourages readers not only to look directly in the eyes of western hypocrisy about human rights, but it pushes them to think that only by acknowledging this hypocrisy can we, in fact, save human rights from their racist and colonial genesis, and work towards their transfiguration as an effective emancipatory tool."Sociology "Colin Samson's book is an outstanding, honest and bold statement on the reality on the ground. It is a highly recommended reading for everyone interested in the globalisation and modernisation projects."Anis Ahmad, The Muslim World Book Review Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Non-Universal Human Rights and Rightlessness Chapter 2: The Uneasy Present of Colonialism Chapter 3: Slavery and Its Afterlives Chapter 4: The Less Than Human Chapter 5: The Impossibility of Indigenous Human Rights Chapter 6: Decolonizing Human Rights Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Myth of the Wrong Body
Book SynopsisThe most popular narrative about transsexuality suggests that some people are born in the wrong body – that their bodies do not correspond to their inner experience and that their bodies should therefore be transformed. But in the view of the sociologist and trans activist Miguel Missé, this narrative is a harmful myth. It is rooted in a medical paradigm that typically leads to medical intervention – to the use of hormones and surgical operations. By proposing a particular solution (modifying one’s body), doctors and psychiatrists make it difficult for trans people to overcome malaise about their body in other ways and prevent them from recognizing the burden of social norms. Drawing on his own personal experience, Missé makes the case for a different way of thinking about trans embodiment which focuses on gender identity. The trajectory that leads people to become trans is shaped by the rigidity of gender norms, where the only two models available to individuals are the masculine man and the feminine woman. But these are not the only possible choices, and by critically interrogating the rigidity of gender norms, Missé opens up a different way of thinking about being trans, beyond the essentialism of the medical paradigm.Trade ReviewOne of the Best Books of 2023 in The Australian“One reads Miguel Missé’s The Myth of the Wrong Body with growing excitement and thumping of the air not just because of one’s sympathy with its content, but also because of his sociological approach to the material … This is a very engaging and important book that deserves to be widely read.”New York Journal of Books“not merely compelling, but an important read”The Australian Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologueIntroductionPART I: THE SOURCE OF SUFFERINGChapter I: Story of A RobberyChapter II: Uncovering an Alternate NarrativeChapter III: Photo Albums, Guerrillas, Cabarets, and Other Trenches. Activism as a LifelinePART II: THE FLOODChapter IV: Trans is PopChapter V: Trojan Horses in a Trans RevolutionPART III: TOWARDS A CRITICAL TRANS CORPORAL ETHICChapter VI: PassingChapter VII: ReconcilingEpilogue: I Remain Trapped in a Body, but It’s No Longer WrongBibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd If Science is to Save Us
Book SynopsisThere has never been a time when ‘following the science’ has been more important for humanity. At no other point in history have we had such advanced knowledge and technology at our fingertips, nor had such astonishing capacity to determine the future of our planet. But the decisions we must make on how science is applied belong outside the lab and should be the outcome of wide public debate. For that to happen, science needs to become part of our common culture. Science is not just for scientists: if it were, it could never save us from the multiple crises we face. For science can save us, if its innovations mesh carefully into society and its applications are channelled for the common good. As Martin Rees argues in this expert and personal analysis of the scientific endeavour on which we all depend, we need to think globally, we need to think rationally and we need to think long-term, empowered by twenty-first-century technology but guided by values that science alone cannot provide.Trade ReviewA Best Science Book of 2022 in the Financial TimesA Best Philosophy and Ideas Book of 2022 in The Times “A judicious and timely presentation of nothing less than how to save the world, from one of our wisest scientists and public voices.”Steven Pinker, Harvard University, and author of Rationality “A few people come along in a lifetime who stand out because of their polymath skills and wisdom that spans cultures and ideologies. Such a person is Sir Martin Rees. This book distills this wisdom, gained over a lifetime of contributions to science and public service.”France A. Córdova, President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance and Former Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation “Sane and sage perspectives on the past, present, and future of civilization, offered by one of the deepest thinkers of our times.”Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History“Reading this book is like cozying up to a fireside chat where one of the greatest minds in science distills the complex interface between science and the welfare of society. Even better, no fire required!”Marcia K. McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences “This is a powerful humane argument for science. Martin Rees draws on his long and wide range of experience to show how science works – and how it can be done better.”David Willetts, President of the Resolution Foundation and Chair of the UK Space Agency “Sometimes it can feel like we're stumbling from one global challenge to another. At the same time, we rightly worry about the pace of technological advances. But we cannot afford to turn our backs on science for, without a scientific understanding of our world, we are doomed. Rees puts the case for placing our trust in science compellingly and with a rare honesty.”Jim Al-Khalili, University of Surrey and BBC Broadcaster “This timely and absorbing book issues a clarion call to scientists, policy makers, and citizens everywhere to join forces so that the extraordinary advances in science will be directed toward solving pressing global challenges. Whether we live in the best of times or the worst of times in the future is up to all of us.”Shirley M. Tilghman, President Emeritus of Princeton University “The future of humankind depends on science and on fully integrating that science into human culture and society. In this erudite yet accessible book, Martin Rees makes a compelling case for supporting science and making it an integral part of our democracy and political decision making.”Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate, Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute “Delight along with me as Martin Rees describes his world of science and what it will take to ensure that we not only survive but prosper in the Anthropocene Era.”Charles F. Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and former Chair of the NASA Advisory Council “This lucid and compelling book by one of the world’s foremost and far-seeing scientists shows why we ignore science at our peril. The book should be required reading for scientists and is an accessible ‘must read’ for everyone interested in the critical and existential challenges facing humanity.”Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford “Martin Rees is unique in combining achievement at the very highest echelons of science, an almost cosmic perspective on humanity’s risks and prospects, and the ability to communicate complex ideas in vivid ways. Here he shows how much we need science, in a tour rich in personalities and history, fusing comments on the frontiers of science with appreciation of their political and ethical dilemmas, giving the reader the pleasure of learning in the company of a sparkling intellect.”Geoff Mulgan, University College London, and former Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts “Is science and its organization fit for purpose as society faces 21st-century challenges, from climate change to dominance by AI? As clearly demonstrated in this masterpiece, no-one is better able to answer this crucial question than Martin Rees.”Tim Palmer, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Oxford“[Rees’] reasoning is sensible and down-to-earth, and the call for change refreshingly urgent instead of doom and gloom.” Publishers Weekly“This book is both pleasurable and essential — a guide to the worst that can happen by one of our best.”Bryan Appleyard, The Critic“The title of Rees’s latest book – ‘If Science is to Save Us’ – is an unfinished thought, possibly containing a fundamental ambiguity depending on whether you think of it as starting or ending a sentence. It can be read as a warning or a note of optimism, which seems to encapsulate the author’s position.”E&T Magazine“Martin Rees, Britain’s longstanding Astronomer Royal and an outstanding voice of scientific wisdom, takes a sweeping view of the global mega-challenges facing humanity, from climate catastrophe to AI taking over the world. Writing with his characteristic concise elegance, he shows how future scientists could solve some of the problems their predecessors inadvertently helped to create.”Clive Cookson, Financial Times“[Rees’s] thoughtful, enjoyable book on science and civilization ranges from the deficiencies of formal science education to the mega-challenges of climate change and pandemics.”Andrew Robinson, Nature“When Britain’s Astronomer Royal puts out a short, easy-to-read book with the provocative title If Science is to Save Us, it behoves us to pay attention. […] Rees offers a rallying cry and a road map, hoping readers will engage sufficiently with science to ensure that it does, indeed, save us.” The Sydney Morning HeraldTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Global Mega-challenges 2 Meet the Scientists 3 Science Comes out of the Lab 4 Getting the Best from Science Afterword
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female
Book SynopsisIs it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women’s bodies remain at the mercy of state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth less than a fully covered woman, or a chaste one? Are being sexy and being smart really mutually exclusive? Can a woman be both body and brain? Victoria Bateman has confronted these questions with actions as well as words. She has appeared naked on national television, on stage, in art and at protests – using her body, as well as her brain, to deliver her message. In Naked Feminism, Bateman makes a compelling case for women’s bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women. Illustrating the swinging pendulum of bodily modesty through the ages, she takes us on a journey from the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Babylon, through the birth of Christianity and Islam, to the lax morals of the medieval period and the bawdiness of Chaucer and Shakespeare; to the clampdowns of the Puritans and later the Victorians and, more recently, to the re-veiling of the Middle East and the purity pledges of modern-day America. She ends with a plea: feminists must unite to challenge the repression of the female body, as only then can women be truly free.Trade Review“Brilliant. Revolutionary. Revealing.”Kate Lister, author of A Curious History of Sex“As honor killings and Internet influencers collide, we could all use a little help us making sense of what being unclothed really means nowadays. I love this book and the world needs it. It’s readable, enlightening, joyful, infuriating, irreverent, and utterly fascinating. Without preaching and with the perfect combo of heaviness and humor, our heroic author explains why nakedness - and how we think about it - is a critical topic worth laying bare.”Amanda Palmer, author of the New York Times bestseller The Art of Asking“Outstanding. A controversial and important book with its finger so firmly on the pulse of feminist activism that its timing could hardly be more perfect.”Emma Rees, author of The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History“Naked Feminism does not require you to strip off to engage with its ideas, but it does challenge you to cast off your judgements about women's bodies.”Annebella Pollen, author of Nudism in a Cold Climate“Victoria Bateman does a wonderful job of dissecting the binaries which tear women, and societies, into segments. She delves into why nudity and sexual labor threaten to upend society, and how that pressures all sides to comply with modesty culture. She is to be congratulated for writing Naked Feminism – it is another step towards re-incorporating our bodies into our concepts of humanity and self.”Jessica Stoya, author of Philosophy, Pussycats, & Porn“This book saddens, shocks and alarms whilst revolutionising the way we think about and value women. Ms Bateman traces dualisms of many kinds: Madonna versus whore, respectable versus disgraced, chaste versus unholy, hot versus slutty. These are the kinds of conceptual structures around which moral values play out, and they are essential to understanding what nudity means to us and the influence that the cult of female modesty has on all societies.”British Naturism “Advocating instead for a 'naked feminism' that broadly embraces the concept of 'my body, my choice,' Bateman makes a convincing and well-organized case. It’s a spirited rallying cry.” Publishers Weekly“Provocative and thoughtful, Naked Feminism is a highly original book set to garner considerable attention.”Philippa Levine, University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Modesty Cult: A History Chapter 2: The Modesty Cult: The Dangers Chapter 3: The Modesty Cult: The Causes Chapter 4: Beware Puritanical Feminism Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of Minnesota Press Revenant Ecologies: Defying the Violence of
Book SynopsisEngaging a broad spectrum of ecological thought to articulate the ethical scale of global extinction As global rates of plant and animal extinctions mount, anxieties about the future of the earth’s ecosystems are fueling ever more ambitious efforts at conservation, which draw on Western scientific principles to manage species and biodiversity. In Revenant Ecologies, Audra Mitchell argues that these responses not only ignore but also magnify powerful forms of structural violence like colonialism, racism, genocide, extractivism, ableism, and heteronormativity, ultimately contributing to the destruction of unique life forms and ecosystems. Critiquing the Western discourse of global extinction and biodiversity through the lens of diverse Indigenous philosophies and other marginalized knowledge systems, Revenant Ecologies promotes new ways of articulating the ethical enormity of global extinction. Mitchell offers an ambitious framework—(bio)plurality—that focuses on nurturing unique, irreplaceable worlds, relations, and ecosystems, aiming to transform global ecological–political relations, including through processes of land return and critically confronting discourses on “human extinction.” Highlighting the deep violence that underpins ideas of “extinction,” “conservation,” and “biodiversity,” Revenant Ecologies fuses political ecology, global ethics, and violence studies to offer concrete, practical alternatives. It also foregrounds the ways that multi-life-form worlds are actively defying the forms of violence that drive extinction—and that shape global efforts to manage it. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.Trade Review "Revenant Ecologies tackles the huge, widely resonating topic of extinction and blows it wide open with rigorous structural analysis from a broad base of humanities and social science traditions, engaging with Indigenous, feminist, and decolonial scholarship. Audra Mitchell challenges us to rethink how we use the concept of extinction and what ethical and justice issues we may have been missing all along."—Kyle Whyte, University of Michigan
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University of Minnesota Press Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in
Book SynopsisA study of Palestine-Israel through the unexpected lens of nature conservation Settling Nature documents the widespread ecological warfare practiced by the state of Israel. Recruited to the front lines are fallow deer, gazelles, wild asses, griffon vultures, pine trees, and cows—on the Israeli side—against goats, camels, olive trees, hybrid goldfinches, and akkoub—which are affiliated with the Palestinian side. These nonhuman soldiers are all the more effective because nature camouflages their tactical deployment as such.Drawing on more than seventy interviews with Israel’s nature officials and on observations of their work, this book examines the careful orchestration of this animated warfare by Israel’s nature administration on both sides of the Green Line. Alongside its powerful protection of wildlife biodiversity, the territorial reach of Israel’s nature protection is remarkable: to date, nearly 25 percent of the country’s total land mass is assigned as a park or a reserve. Settling Nature argues that the administration of nature advances the Zionist project of Jewish settlement and the corresponding dispossession of non-Jews from this space.Trade Review"This remarkable book expertly covers a neglected part of the planet’s most commented-on conflict, the central role of nature protection in Palestine-Israel. Combining rich empirics and eye-opening theoretical insights, Irus Braverman presses a highly ‘unsettling’ yet profoundly important point: how the conservation of critical more-than-human natures sits at the heart of many of the most consequential and distressing power struggles of our time."—Bram Büscher, author of The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-truth Politics and Platform Capitalism"Irus Braverman’s fascinating account of the formulation and enforcement of conservation policies in Palestine-Israel examines a series of cases that exemplify tensions that emerge around attempts to conserve species, landscapes, and ecosystems. As it illuminates the environmental and political history of Palestine-Israel, Settling Nature will also engage those interested in the conflicts surrounding conservation movements in many other places."—Harriet Ritvo, author of The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in Victorian England
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Sistemas del impuesto predial en América Latina y
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Springer The EPPs Way to Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Technocrats in Turmoil
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Verso Books The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work
Book SynopsisThe Imperial Messenger reveals the true value of this media darling, a risible writer whose success tells us much about the failures of contemporary journalism. Belén Fernández dissects the Friedman corpus with wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom practices that favor macho rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified readership over an empowered one, and reductionist analysis over integrity. The Imperial Messenger is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on this apologist for American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice.About the series: Counterblasts is a new Verso series that aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century, when in the words of one of them, Gerard Winstanley, the old world was "running up like parchment in the fire." From 1640 to 1663, a leading bookseller and publisher, George Thomason, recorded that his collection alone contained over twenty thousand pamphlets. Such polemics reappeared both before and during the French, Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions of the last century. In a period of conformity where politicians, media barons and their ideological hirelings rarely challenge the basis of existing society, it's time to revive the tradition. Verso's Counterblasts will challenge the apologists of Empire and Capital.Trade ReviewFilleting the silliest man on the planet needs a sure scalpel, and Belén Fernández wields hers with deadly finesse. -- Alexander Cockburn, editor of CounterPunchA long overdue takedown of a dangerous fraud. Fernández deserves great credit for having the stomach to digest all of Friedman's oeuvre and for her witty, fact-based and ruthless deconstruction of all his contradictions, incoherence, jingoism and inane aphorisms. You read it and you are amazed how a clown could rise to such dominance in American culture and how such drivel could pass for insight, and what that implies about us. The book is a vaccination that should be given to all college freshmen lest they too get infected, an antidote for those suffering from admiration of Friedman and a palliative remedy for those of us who have had aneurysms in reaction to his every latest bloviation. -- Nir Rosen, author of Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America’s Wars in the Muslim WorldVia razor sharp analysis and meticulous research, Fernández reveals the consistently disastrous effects of the neoliberal policies Friedman cheerleads. The hubris, fallacy, consistent hypocrisy, and buffoonery of the New York Times' most widely read columnist is systematically deconstructed and laid bare. A must read. -- Dahr Jamail, journalist and author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied IraqBelén Fernández is a revelation to those who don't know her yet and a confirmation for those happy few who have known her sublime sense of political satire-subdued, innocent, piercing, frightful. She is a political satirist of the generation X vintage-low-key, self-effacing, happenstance, 'what-ever'-type who crawls under your skin and begins to tickle and before you know it bite. She insinuates so effortlessly, you think she is just chilling-she is not. Her book on Thomas Friedman is an act of restitution, a declaration of independence from a young, idealist, brave, and defiant generation of Americans who have had it up to here with barefaced banality that has been fed to them for too long. She is talking back-boldly, patiently, chapter and verse, going in for the kill. -- Hamid Dabashi, author of Iran, the Green Movement and the USA: The Fox and the ParadoxThomas Friedman is a representative for the peculiar, yet self-serving nature of American political, business and media elites. His patronizing, over-simplified (often self-deceiving) style came to define him, as a person, but also an entire era of patronizing, hegemonic and often bloody American foreign policy in the Middle East and the rest of the world. The Imperial Messenger is a superb dissection of the character of Friedman, and all the representations he snootily imitates. Belén Fernández's style is witty and unique, and her book is the antithesis of Friedman's various attempts at logic. -- Ramzi Baroud, author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold StoryFernández skewers empire's messenger Tom Friedman. . . .Few books on current affairs merit being called page-turners; because of Fernández's witty and punchy style, this one does. -- David Cronin * The Electronic Intifada *[A] meticulously researched book, written with wry wit and an unrelenting critical eye, that should be read by both Friedman's fans and critics alike; not just for what it reveals about his journalism or the New York Times, but for what it says about the state of American journalism as a whole. In short, if New York's 'paper of record' wanted to start rectifying its own journalistic deficiencies, it would do well to start by replacing Friedman with Fernández. -- Cyril Mychalejko * Toward Freedom *There is no wittier or sharper account of Thomas Friedman's intellectual and moral atrocities than Belen Fernández's The Imperial Messenger. -- Pankaj Mishra * Outlook India *[C]arefully argued, relentlessly well-written polemic ... there is something compellingly honest about Fernández's attention to the material context within which Friedman's ideas find succor. -- Max Ajl * Jadaliyya *[R]aises thought-provoking questions about the objectivity of mainstream media when it comes to US economic and foreign policy interests. -- Sandra Siagian * Asia Times *[S]hould be the companion volume to any and all reading of Friedman. -- Jim Miles * Counter Currents *Journalist Belén Fernández's new opus Imperial Messenger effectively eviscerating the NYT's Thomas Friedman (whom Alexander Cockburn, not one to pull punches, has called "the silliest man on the planet") strikes me as an example of the kind of book that a supine establishment,mainstream media herd must exert some effort to avoid paying even minimal attention. -- Robert Birnbaum * Our Man in Boston *Fernández subjects Friedman to careful scrutiny and assigns him failing grades for logic, consistency, and integrity. After reading Fernández dissect Friedman column by column, the unavoidable question is: How did Friedman ever pass himself off as a journalist? Why isn't Belén Fernández the New York Times' lead columnist? The answer is clear. Fernandez won't lie for the establishment. -- Paul Craig Roberts * Institute for Political Economy *[A] systematic, detailed take-down of the neo-liberal bias, myopic US-Israeli chauvinism, and general intellectual shallowness that almost scream to be noticed in Friedman's writing. Throughout, [Fernández] bolsters her arguments with detail so profuse and tightly packed that a brief review such as this can hardly do it justice. Deserves to be read widely and discussed in depth. After doing so, one may be much less prepared to say the same for the work of Thomas Friedman. -- John Robertson * War in Context *Those searching for a more thorough and academic destruction of Friedman's career and philosophy would enjoy The Imperial Messenger, an incisive dismantling of the man and his message. * Gawker *
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Pluto Press Military Inc.
Book SynopsisDares to illuminate the shadowy workings of Pakistan’s military industrial complexTrade Review'Names names and pours cold water on boastful claims, may step on some powerful toes' -- Guardian'A detailed and powerful case study' -- The New York Times'This bold book explains why it will be so difficult to persuade the Pakistani military to renounce political power and return to the barracks. It is a must read for anyone who cares about Pakistan or its future' -- Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars'Siddiqa demonstrates [how] economic impunity and political impunity are closely related' -- Nicole Ball, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, Washington DC'No one else has so comprehensively [explained] the army's involvement in Pakistan's economy, nor linked it so clearly with the army's growing and seemingly permanent role in Pakistan's politics' -- Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings'Complex, riveting, absorbing, Siddiqa has written a vitally important book which enhances our understanding of the army on the front line in the war on terror' -- Ahmed Rashid, Far Eastern Economic Review'An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benefit of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's generals. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering analysis' -- Robert M. Hathaway, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. Milbus: A Theoretical Concept 2. The Pakistan Military: The Development of Praetorianism, 1947-77 3. Evolution of the Military Class, 1977-2005 4. The Structure of Milbus 5. Milbus: The Formative Years, 1954-77 6. Expansion of Milbus, 1977-2005 7. The New Land Barons 8. Providing for the Men: Military Welfare 9. The Cost of Milbus 10. Milbus and the Future of Pakistan Postscript to the Second Edition 11. From Military Government to Military Governance, 2007–16 12. From Military Inc. to Media Inc. Notes References Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Mr. Putin
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University of California Press Age of Coexistence
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a must read for anyone interested in the Middle East’s present and who might be hopeful for the region’s future." * Middle East Journal *"Seeking to counter contemporary perceptions of the Middle East as a region riven by sectarian strife, Makdisi examines the ‘culture of coexistence’ which he believes prevailed in the Ottoman Empire and in the post-Ottoman Arab world, despite its religious diversity." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *"An outstanding study with insight about the agency of Arab intellectuals, thinkers and people at large who, despite twentieth-century local and global violence, persist in struggling for a better world. This is a must- read for all scholars and students of Middle East and cultural studies." * Arab Studies Quarterly *"A hugely important corrective to widespread stereotypes about relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews before Israel's creation." * Peter Beinart *"Beyond the excellent historical work in which Makdisi engages, his profound rewriting of narratives of sectarianism and coexistence will have a great impact on readers’ understanding of the modern Middle East. . . . Offers hope for an existence that does not distinguish between Muslim and non-Muslim or Jew and non-Jew but aims to humanize those who have been seen as inferior." * Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations *"One of the salient contributions of the Age of Coexistence is how Makdisi writes a history that the existing scholarship has either taken for granted or failed to critically examine. . . . Indispensable reading for graduate students entering the field of Middle Eastern history." * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *"This is clearly an essential book. . . . There are many lessons to learn from this study with regard to how regions and their peoples, their ethno-religious identities, and their politics are approached, investigated, and narrated." * Journal of Historical Geography *"What Makdisi has accomplished here is truly impressive. . . .It is my hope that as it spreads in classrooms and in public discourse, The Age of Coexistence will serve the final blow to Western-based stereotypes of a Middle East rife with senseless violence, authoritarianism, and strict religious rule." * International Journal of Middle East Studies *"Offers a fresh look at the making of the modern Arab world. Given the plethora of studies that focus on contemporary wars and sectarian violence, this well-researched study employs Arabic and Western resources that challenge the prevailing perceptions about the region and its people. . . . An outstanding study with insight about the agency of Arab intellectuals, thinkers and people at large who, despite twentieth-century local and global violence, persist in struggling for a better world. This is a must-read for all scholars and students of Middle East and cultural studies." * Arab Studies Quarterly *"A major achievement. . . . This is historical analysis whose reframing of the past genuinely helps to offer possibilities for imagining future forms of coexistence." * World History Connected *Table of ContentsList of Maps Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: The Ecumenical Frame Part I 1. Religious Difference in an Imperial Age 2. The Crucible of Sectarian Violence 3. Coexistence in an Age of Genocide Part II 4. Colonial Pluralism 5. Sectarianism and Antisectarianism in the Post-Ottoman Arab World 6. Breaking the Ecumenical Frame: Arab and Jew in Palestine Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index
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PM Press Revolutionary Affinities: Towards a Marxist
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Harvard University Press Smellosophy
Book SynopsisFor decades neuroscientists understood sensory perception as a matter of external stimuli “sparking” regions of the brain. But this view has a key flaw: odors don’t line up consistently with the neural map. A. S. Barwich explores the new science of smell and urges us to rethink theories of mind and brain inspired by the mapping model.Trade ReviewThis is a special book…Barwich does philosophy that is empirically directed and historically informed. It teaches readers a lot about olfaction. It teaches us even more about what philosophy can be. -- Rachel Fraser * Times Literary Supplement *Seeks to banish entrenched prejudice against the nose. Barwich…argues that we could discover far more about consciousness if we would only relinquish our old-school fixation on sight…Rather than mapping the external world and constructing an accurate representation of it in the brain, our sense of smell seems to involve a continuous, ever-shifting negotiation between our interior and exterior lives. * Harper’s *Lively, authoritative…Aims to rehabilitate smell’s neglected and marginalized status. -- Mike Jay * Wall Street Journal *Barwich writes with charm and precision about our preconceptions of how the olfactory system works and how it is different from the other sensory mechanisms that keep us alive and (relatively) safe…An illuminating discussion of the interface between the logical coherence of philosophy and the empirical disciplines of science. -- Michael Bywater * The Spectator *Barwich melds a philosophical perspective with a rich history of olfactory science, tackling big questions with layers of perceptual, psychological, and neurobiological explanations…She offers rich discussions of olfactory perception, the conscious and subconscious impacts of smell on behavior and emotion, and the physical and behavioral details that determine what odors we inhale, furnishing broad insights into the psychology of olfaction. -- John P. McGann * Science *A beguiling analysis of olfactory experience that is fast becoming a core reference work in the field. -- Joe Humphreys * Irish Times *Barwich takes us deeper into the human stories, key advances, and dead ends of olfaction science, interspersed with philosophical theory…A timely dispatch from the research trenches, surveying a field in flux. -- Barbara Kiser * Issues in Science and Technology *An impressive work…Undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive and accessible studies of olfaction…Barwich brilliantly dovetails psychology with neurophysiology, detailing how olfaction operates by markedly distinct principles of neural representation in comparison with vision, audition, and somatosensation. -- Ekin Erkan * Perception *Barwich guides the reader into the fascinating science (both historical and contemporary) of odors and olfaction. -- Brad Thompson * The Philosophers’ Magazine *Finding out why mint smells different from a skunk’s spray turns out to be a much harder problem than why red looks different from blue. Barwich tells the fascinating story of why the science of smell has gone down many a false trail, and why the sciences of vision and audition made breakthroughs while olfaction remained mired in mystery. Smellosophy taught me a lot about my brain’s smelly world. -- Patricia Churchland, author of Conscience: The Origins of Moral IntuitionA. S. Barwich’s new book, written with passion and infectious delight, unites history, art, philosophy, and in-depth interviews with pioneers in modern olfaction science. The result will enhance every reader’s appreciation for the role of smell in human life. -- Gordon M. Shepherd, author of Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It MattersLewis Thomas famously remarked that smell contains ‘all the mysteries’ of biology; figure it out and you will have solved most of them. A. S. Barwich is a superb documentarian of the science behind how the brain detects an enormous range of odorous molecules, while also capturing the wonder of perceiving complex smells that form lasting emotional memories. Smellosophy is a unique and wondrous blend of the science of smell, the art and practice of research, the philosophy of consciousness, and ‘all the mysteries’ in between. -- Stuart Firestein, author of Ignorance: How It Drives ScienceThis is the book on perception we have been waiting for: a scientifically-informed and philosophically astute treatment of our elusive sense of smell. A. S. Barwich skillfully guides us through the history of its study, recent discoveries, and philosophical theorizing about smell, and, in doing so, makes a significant contribution to all three. -- Barry C. Smith, Centre for the Study of the Senses, University of LondonFabulous…[A] serious work that [has] brought me a great deal of pleasure. -- Victoria Moore * Daily Telegraph *A love letter to olfaction. This book effortlessly blends science and philosophy and is a must-read for anyone with a sense of smell. -- Leslie B. Vosshall, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Rockefeller UniversityWell-written and engaging, Smellosophy transforms the breakdown of complex concepts into a really good read. This book is an astonishing integration of all aspects of olfaction, relevant to scientists across disciplines as well as to any reader interested in the aromas of wine, coffee, and other scents hidden in our daily experiences. -- Ann Noble, creator of the Wine Aroma WheelBarwich brings the curious science of smell to life through interviews with many of its key players. If you relish mysteries and constructing the logic to solve them, read Smellosophy. -- Terry Acree, Department of Food Science, Cornell UniversityMakes a strong case for rethinking the scientific study of odor perception…Smellosophy works to shape olfaction studies—and neuroscience writ large. -- Nedah N. Nemati * History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences *Especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people temporarily lost their ability to detect smell (and the closely connected sense of taste), this book’s topic is an impetus for important scientific exploration…Smellosophy makes a strong case for rethinking the scientific study of odor perception. -- David Upegui * American Biology Teacher *
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Anthem Press Challenging the Narrative: Documentary Film as
Book SynopsisDrawing on his experiences directing films in Ireland, Haiti, Brazil and South Africa, McLaughlin reflects on the potential of documentary film to provide a platform for those who have experienced political violence to challenge dominant narratives that marginalises them, and that offers potential for personal and public healing. Using participatory methodologies, each case study analyses conditions of production, political context, participatory potential, and impact of the films on both survivors and the general public. Challenges are addressed and lessons suggested for similar projects in the areas of documentary film, transitional justice, participatory ethnography and political activism.Trade Review“McLaughlin radically listens to stories of trauma most people do not want to hear. His exploration into these liminal spaces is an extensive study on participant-led mitigation of colonial violence and documentary hierarchy. It occupies a risky territory, between governments, terrorists, and political waves with innocent people at its core.” —Soumyaa Behrens, Director, Documentary Film Institute, Faculty, School of Cinema, San Francisco State University, USA.“This timely book is valuable in its discussion of ethical issues and subject participation in documentary films where survivors of violence and trauma, generally excluded from public discourse, return to the locations of their traumatic experiences. The book challenges the notion of a one-size-fits-all ethical protocol for subject trust and collaboration.” —Dr Jill Daniels, Senior Lecturer Film, University of East London, UK.Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Practice as Research; 2. Prisons Memory Archive; 3. It Stays with You; 4. Right Now I Want to Scream; 5. We Never Gave Up; Conclusion; References; Index
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HarperCollins India India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented
Book SynopsisIndia and UK have historical conflicts. In 2017, India entered the ICJ election due to the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. It was a significant battle against the UK and Security Council members. Syed Akbaruddin's account highlights India's global emergence and UN's operations.
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Columbia University Press The Abraham Accords
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Nature of Fascism
Book SynopsisThe Nature of Fascism draws on the history of ideas as well as on political, social and psychological theory to produce a synthesis of ideas and approaches that will be invaluable for students. Roger Griffin locates the driving force of fascism in a distinctive form of utopian myth, that of the regenerated national community, destined to rise up from the ashes of a decadent society. He lays bare the structural affinity that relates fascism not only to Nazism, but to the many failed fascist movements that surfaced in inter-war Europe and elsewhere, and traces the unabated proliferation of virulent (but thus far successfully marginalized) fascist activism since 1945.Trade Review'This is an excellent book. Ambitious in scope, though the author is commendably modest in his pretensions, it sets out to provide a new definition of fascism as a generic term... A short review cannot do justice to the subtlety of arguments employed...[those] arguments are invariably stimulating, the insights perceptive. Griffin has an enviable grasp of the literature and discusses all the major issues of fascist historiography in the light of his own theory. Last but not least, he writes with admirable lucidity and lightness of touch. His book succeeds in its aim of being of use to the specialist and student/general reader alike.' - Jeremy Noakes, Political StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowldgements 1. The 'Nature' of Generic Facsism 2. A New Ideal Type of Generic Facsism 3. Italisan Fascism 4. German Fascism 5. Abortive Fascist Movements in Inter-war Europe 6. Non-European and Post-war Fascisms 7. The Psycho-historical Bases of Generic Fascism 8. Socio-political Determinants of Fascism's Success Postscript Index Glossary
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Princeton University Press Driven to Their Knees
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Princeton University Press Attention Shoppers
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Oxford University Press Contemporary Security Studies
Book SynopsisContemporary Security Studies offers a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, addressing key theories and contemporary issues in the field. A team of expert scholars strikes a careful balance between depth and clarity, making it an essential companion for students exploring the modern security agenda.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Liberal Democracy and the Social Acceleration of
Book SynopsisThroughout this book, Scheuerman offers a constructive critique which articulates ways in which "liberal democracy might be recalibrated in accordance with the tempo of modern society."Trade ReviewHow has increased speed in all fields affected the working of traditional democratic institutions? Scheuerman, whose intimate familiarity with political philosophy is evident, raises this fascinating question throughout this excellent scholarly treatise... A fine contribution to the literature on the problems of modern liberal democracy. Choice 2005Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Social AccelerationChapter 2. Liberal Democracy's TimeChapter 3. Constitutionalim in an Age of SpeedChapter 4. The Motorization of LawmakingChapter 5. Globalization and the Fate of LawChapter 6. Liberal Democracy in a High-Speed WorldConclusionNotes Index
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Seven Stories Press,U.S. Abolition Democracy - Open Media Series: Beyond
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Taylor & Francis Inc Why Men Rebel
Book SynopsisWhy Men Rebel was first published in 1970 after a decade of political violence across the world. Forty years later, serious conflicts continue in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Ted Robert Gurr reintroduces us to his landmark work, putting it in context with the research it influenced as well as world events. Why Men Rebel remains highly relevant to today's violent and unstable world with its holistic, people-based understanding of the causes of political protest and rebellion. With its close eye on the politics of group identity, this book provides new insight into contemporary security challenges.Trade ReviewPraise for the Original Edition “The most important book that has been published on social violence in a good number of years. . . .a superb piece of work.” --Lewis A. Coser in The New York Times Book Review “Likely to last a long time.” --James C. Davies in Orbis “A rare, perhaps unique example of systematic empirical theory in political science...the book stands as an important contribution to social science theory in general and to the theory of violence in particular, as well as the single most complete and comprehensive statement on the topic in the literature.” --Ivo K. Feierabend in the American Political Science Review Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Explanations of Political Violence 2. Relative Deprivation And The Impetus To Violence 3. The Intensity and Scope of Relative Deprivation 4. Social Origins of Deprivation: Sources of Rising Expectations 5. Social Origins of Deprivation: Determinants of Value Capabilities 6. Perspectives On Violence and Politics: Socialization, Tradition, And Legitimacy 7. Perspectives On Violence And Politics: Ideologies, Utilities, and Communication 8. The Coercive Balance 9. The Balance of Institutional Support 10. Causes And Processes Of Political Violence: A Conclusion
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Haymarket Books In Marx's Laboratory: Critical Interpretations Of
Book SynopsisIn Marx's Laboratory provides a critical analysis of the Grundrisse - Marx's unfinished manuscript - as a crucial stage in the development of Marx's critique of political economy. Stressing both the achievements and limitations of this much-debated text, and drawing upon recent philological advances, this volume attempts to re-read Marx's 1857-58 manuscripts against the background of Capital, as a 'laboratory' in which Marx first began to clarify central elements of his mature problematic.Table of ContentsPART ONE: ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIMITS OF THE GRUNDRISSE The Grundrisse after Capital, or how to Re-read Marx Backwards, Riccardo Bellofiore Method: from the Grundrisse to Capital, Juan Iñigo Carrera The Four Levels of Abstraction of Marx’s Concept of 'Capital'. Or, Can We Consider the Grundrisse the Most Advanced Version of Marx’s Concept of Capital?, Roberto Fineschi PART TWO: ABSTRACT LABOUR, VALUE AND MONEY The Practical Truth of Abstract Labour, Christopher J. Arthur Unavoidable Crises: Reflections on Backhaus and the Development of Marx’s Value-Form Theory in the Grundrisse, Patrick Murray PART THREE: THE CONCEPT OF CAPITAL The Transformation of Money into Capital, Martha Campbell The Concept of Capital in the Grundrisse, Howard Engelskirchen PART FOUR: TECHNOLOGY, DOMINATION, EMANCIPATION The ‘Fragment on Machines’: A Marxian Misconception in the Grundrisse and its Overcoming in Capital, Michael Heinrich The 'General Intellect' in the Grundrisse and Beyond, Tony Smith The System of Machinery and Determinations of Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Grundrisse and Capital, Guido Starosta From the Grundrisse to Capital and Beyond: Then and Now, George Caffentzis PART FIVE: COMPETITION, CYCLES AND CRISIS The Whole and the Parts: The Early Development of Marx’s Theory of the Distribution of Surplus-Value in the Grundrisse, Fred Moseley Marx's Grundrisse and the Monetary Business-Cycle, Jan Toporowski Crisis and the Rate of Profit in Marx’s Laboratory, Peter D. Thomas and Geert Reuten PART SIX: SOCIETY AND HISTORY IN THE GRUNDRISSE Between Pre-Capitalist Forms and Capitalism: The Problem of Society in the Grundrisse (Outlines of the Critique of Political Economy), Luca Basso Second Nature: Gender in Marx’s Grundrisse, Amy E. Wendling Uneven Developments: From the Grundrisse to Capital, Joel Wainwright Pre-Capitalistic Forms of Production and Primitive Accumulation. Marx's Historiography from the Grundrisse to Capital, Massimilano Tomba References Index
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Princeton University Press The Loud Minority
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers""Though grounded in statistical analysis, the book is clear and readable, and it succeeds, by and large, in offering a theory and empirical analysis of how activism and the outcomes of elections are related. Pushing back against skepticism about the efficacy and purpose of protest, The Loud Minority makes an often impassioned case for viewing activism, social movements, and protest as essential elements of democratic life rather than irregular disruptions of it."---Eric Pineda, Nation
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Vintage Publishing The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
Book Synopsis‘One of the most compelling stories I’ve seen about what it’s actually like to serve the American people’ BARACK OBAMA A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of the Obama presidency and a political memoir about the power of words to change our world This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes. A young writer and Washington outsider, Rhodes was plucked from obscurity aged 29. For nearly ten years, he was at the centre of the Obama Administration – first as a speech-writer, then a policy maker, and finally a close collaborator. Here, Rhodes tells the full story of his partnership – and, ultimately, friendship – with a historic president. From the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours in the Oval Office, he puts us in the room at the most tense and poignant moments in recent history. ‘Vivid, lucid, enjoyable… A compelling account of life in the Obama White House’ Justin Webb, The Times ‘A stylish, beautifully written political memoir’ Colum McCannTrade ReviewBen’s one of the few who’ve been with me since that first presidential campaign. His memoir is one of the most compelling stories I’ve seen about what it’s actually like to serve the American people for eight years in the White House -- BARACK OBAMABen Rhodes … has written a book that reflects the president he served — intelligent, amiable, compelling and principled … a classic coming-of-age story, about the journey from idealism to realism, told with candor and immediacy … There are anecdotes galore, but they illuminate rather than scandalize … Ben Rhodes is a charming and humble guide through an unprecedented presidency … As a result, his achievement is rare for a political memoir: He has written a humane and honorable book * New York Times *Vivid, lucid, enjoyable ... A compelling account of life in the Obama White House -- Justin Webb * The Times *Taut, compelling. -- Peter Conrad * Observer *A page-turning, unfiltered, altogether human look at Barack Obama’s presidency. Ben Rhodes — one of Obama’s closest and most important advisers — opens up the defining issues of the presidency: from the role of race and the rise of conspiracy theories to the hunt for bin Laden, the Syria “red line” debate, and the secret negotiations Ben himself led to normalize ties with Cuba. Insightful, funny, and moving, this is a beautifully observed, essential record of what it was like to be there. -- Samantha Power, Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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Eland Publishing Ltd Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World
Book Synopsis"Libyan Sands" is unmistakably the work of an Englishman, a modest, machine- and desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war.
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Short Books Ltd Two Weeks in November: The astonishing untold
Book SynopsisTwo Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer - who team up to help unseat one of Africa's longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.What begins as an improbable adventure destined for failure, marked by a mixture of bravery, strategic cunning and bumbling naiveté, soon turns into the most sophisticated political-military operation in African history. By virtue of their being together, the unlikely team of misfit rivals is suddenly in position to spin what might have been seen as an illegal coup into a mass popular uprising that the world - and millions of Zimbabweans - will enthusiastically support.Impeccably researched, deftly written, and told in the style of a contemporary political thriller, Two Weeks in November throws you into the very heart of ‘the game’, a dangerous hidden world that makes you question what is real, what is choreographed, and whether anything can really change in a country where the same players are still dictating the rules.
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