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Fordham University Press World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth
Book SynopsisThis book foregrounds anticolonial theories of reading to reveal an alternative strain of anticolonialism committed not to the forms of authority that facilitate political recognition or national sovereignty, but rather to inexpertise and inconsequence, with the aim of replacing mastery with collective cultivation.Table of ContentsPreface | vi Introduction: Impossible Subjects | 1 1. Lala Har Dayal’s Imagination | 19 2. B. R. Ambedkar’s Sciences | 44 3. M. K. Gandhi’s Lost Debates | 67 4. Bhagat Singh’s Jail Notebook | 92 Epilogue: Stopping and Leaving | 113 Acknowledgments | 131 Notes | 135 Bibliography | 169 Index | 189
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Fordham University Press Infrapolitics
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface to the English-Language Edition | ix Exergue. On Jacques Derrida’s Glas: A Possible Second Moment in Deconstruction | 1 1. The Last God: María Zambrano’s Life without Texture | 9 2. The Wolf’s Hide: Ontotheological Militancies | 25 3. Infrapolitical Distance: A Second Note on the Concept of Distance in Felipe Martínez Marzoa | 50 4. Infrapolitics and the Politics of Infrapolitics | 63 5. The Absolute Difference between Life and Politics | 85 6. A Politics of Separation: An Alternative Politicity | 114 7. Infrapolitical Derrida: The Ontic Determination of Politics beyond Empiricism | 152 8. A Negation of the Anarchy Principle | 170 9. On the Illegal Condition in the State of Extraction: How Not to Be an Informant | 183 Notes | 197 Works Cited | 213 Index | 223
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Fordham University Press Infrapolitics
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface to the English-Language Edition | ix Exergue. On Jacques Derrida’s Glas: A Possible Second Moment in Deconstruction | 1 1. The Last God: María Zambrano’s Life without Texture | 9 2. The Wolf’s Hide: Ontotheological Militancies | 25 3. Infrapolitical Distance: A Second Note on the Concept of Distance in Felipe Martínez Marzoa | 50 4. Infrapolitics and the Politics of Infrapolitics | 63 5. The Absolute Difference between Life and Politics | 85 6. A Politics of Separation: An Alternative Politicity | 114 7. Infrapolitical Derrida: The Ontic Determination of Politics beyond Empiricism | 152 8. A Negation of the Anarchy Principle | 170 9. On the Illegal Condition in the State of Extraction: How Not to Be an Informant | 183 Notes | 197 Works Cited | 213 Index | 223
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Fordham University Press Between Heaven and Russia Religious Conversion
Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic fieldwork in Appalachia, this book examines conversion to Russian Orthodoxy and political alignment with Russian conservative politics by contemporary rural American citizens.Table of ContentsPreface | xi List of Abbreviations and Terms | xv Introduction: East of Appalachia: The New Russian Turn in American Christianity | 1 1 Foreign Faith in a Foreign Land: A Discursive History of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States | 23 2 Church of God: Traditionalism, Authenticity, and Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in Appalachia | 37 3 America the Beautiful: Of Guns, God, and Vodka | 64 4 Port of the Tsar: Material Monarchism and the End of Days | 82 5 Palace of Putin: Political Ideologies in Orthodox Appalachia | 107 6 A People Set Apart: Intra-Community Politics and Regionalism | 135 7 The “Holler Feast”: Spiritual Geographies and Temporalities | 161 Conclusion: In Soviet America, Russia Converts You! | 179 Epilogue | 185 Acknowledgments | 195 Notes | 199 Works Cited | 249 Index | 275
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Fordham University Press Filipinx American Studies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsFilipinx American Critique: An Introduction | 1 Rick Bonus and Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. Section A: Reckoning Part I: Empire as Endless War 1. Empire: Turns and Returns | 33 Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez 2. Empire as the Rule of War and Fascism | 42 Nerissa S. Balce 3. Empire: US States at the Intersection of Diaspora and Indigeneity | 57 Dean Itsuji Saranillio 4. The Persistence of War through Migration | 67 Cynthia Marasigan 5. Liminal Services: Third Spaces of Being within the United States | 83 JoAnna Poblete 6. “Genocide” and the Poetics of Alter-Being in the Obsolescence of the “Filipino American” | 91 Dylan Rodríguez Part II: Labor and Knowledge/Power 7. Filipinx Labor and the Contradictions of US Empire | 103 Josen Masangkay Diaz 8. On History, Development, and Filipinx American Studies: Emergent, Dominant, and Residual | 111 Victor Bascara 9. The Limits of “Immigration” Frameworks: Centering Empire in Analyzing Migration and the Diaspora | 118 Roy B. Taggueg Jr. and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez 10. Including the Excluded: The “Chinese” in the Philippines and the Study of “Migration” in Filipinx American Studies | 128 Richard T. Chu 11. Labor and Carework | 138 Anna Romina Guevarra 12. The Labor of History in Filipinx Historiography | 148 Jody Blanco Section B: Reclamation Part III: Across Language, Sex-Gender, and Space-Time Geographies 13. Pag-uugat at Paglalayag (Roots and Journeys): Filipino Language Learning and Activism | 165 Joi Barrios 14. In an Archipelago and Sea of Complexities: Contemporary Intersectional / Transpacific / Decolonial Queer and/or Trans Filipinx American Studies | 174 Kale Bantigue Fajardo 15. Datíng as Affect in Filipinx Migration | 185 Allan Punzalan Isaac 16. Gender: A Transpacific Feminist Approach to Filipinx Studies | 192 Denise Cruz 17. The Contingencies of Kasarian | 201 Robert Diaz Part IV: Critical Schooling and Justice in Other Words 18. Filipinx Americans and Higher Education | 211 Dina C. Maramba 19. Filipinx American College Student Identities: A Critique of Models | 221 Reuben B. Deleon 20. Third World Studies and the Living Archive of US-based Filipinx Activism | 229 Michael Schulze-Oechtering 21. Activism Is in the Heart of Filipinx American Studies | 239 Jeffrey Santa Ana 22. Filipinx American Activism—and Why I Once Loved Manny Pacquiao | 256 Karín Aguilar-San Juan 23. Considerations from the US-Occupied Pacific | 267 Kim Compoc Section C: Transformation Part V: Relationalities, Intimacies, and Entanglements 24. Filipinxness: An Epochal Perspective | 279 Anthony Bayani Rodriguez 25. A Tale of Two “X”s: Queer Filipinx and Latinx Linguistic Intimacies | 284 Sony Coráñez Bolton 26. Hypervisible (In)visibility: Black Amerasians | 291 Angelica J. Allen 27. Why I Don’t (Really) Consider Myself a Filipinx: Complicating “Filipinxness” from a Katutubo Intervention | 298 J. A. Ruanto-Ramirez 28. Repertoires on Other Stages | 308 Theodore S. Gonzalves Part VI: Recalcitrant Bodies, Unruly Vernaculars 29. Confronting Worldly Acts: Filipinx Performances and Their Elsewheres | 323 Lucy MSP Burns 30. Aye Nako!: The Frustrations of Filipinx American Illegibility | 335 Alana J. Bock 31. Who Cares?: Ability and the Elderly Question in Filipinx American Studies | 343 Edward Nadurata 32. Dalaga na!: Gender and Youth Studies Come of Age in Filipinx Studies | 352 Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez 33. Unpacking Hiya: (Trans)national “Traits” and the (Un)making of Filipinxness | 362 Martin F. Manalansan IV 34. Language Run Amok | 370 Sarita Echavez See Afterword | 379 Gina Apostol Appendixes: Key Resources in Filipinx American Studies A. A Selection of Library Research Tools and Web Resources Related to Filipinx American Studies | 385 Gerardo A. Colmenar B. Selected List of Scholarship on Filipinx American Studies | 403 Edward Nadurata Acknowledgments | 415 List of Contributors | 419 Index | 435
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Fordham University Press Filipinx American Studies Reckoning Reclamation
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsFilipinx American Critique: An Introduction | 1 Rick Bonus and Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. Section A: Reckoning Part I: Empire as Endless War 1. Empire: Turns and Returns | 33 Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez 2. Empire as the Rule of War and Fascism | 42 Nerissa S. Balce 3. Empire: US States at the Intersection of Diaspora and Indigeneity | 57 Dean Itsuji Saranillio 4. The Persistence of War through Migration | 67 Cynthia Marasigan 5. Liminal Services: Third Spaces of Being within the United States | 83 JoAnna Poblete 6. “Genocide” and the Poetics of Alter-Being in the Obsolescence of the “Filipino American” | 91 Dylan Rodríguez Part II: Labor and Knowledge/Power 7. Filipinx Labor and the Contradictions of US Empire | 103 Josen Masangkay Diaz 8. On History, Development, and Filipinx American Studies: Emergent, Dominant, and Residual | 111 Victor Bascara 9. The Limits of “Immigration” Frameworks: Centering Empire in Analyzing Migration and the Diaspora | 118 Roy B. Taggueg Jr. and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez 10. Including the Excluded: The “Chinese” in the Philippines and the Study of “Migration” in Filipinx American Studies | 128 Richard T. Chu 11. Labor and Carework | 138 Anna Romina Guevarra 12. The Labor of History in Filipinx Historiography | 148 Jody Blanco Section B: Reclamation Part III: Across Language, Sex-Gender, and Space-Time Geographies 13. Pag-uugat at Paglalayag (Roots and Journeys): Filipino Language Learning and Activism | 165 Joi Barrios 14. In an Archipelago and Sea of Complexities: Contemporary Intersectional / Transpacific / Decolonial Queer and/or Trans Filipinx American Studies | 174 Kale Bantigue Fajardo 15. Datíng as Affect in Filipinx Migration | 185 Allan Punzalan Isaac 16. Gender: A Transpacific Feminist Approach to Filipinx Studies | 192 Denise Cruz 17. The Contingencies of Kasarian | 201 Robert Diaz Part IV: Critical Schooling and Justice in Other Words 18. Filipinx Americans and Higher Education | 211 Dina C. Maramba 19. Filipinx American College Student Identities: A Critique of Models | 221 Reuben B. Deleon 20. Third World Studies and the Living Archive of US-based Filipinx Activism | 229 Michael Schulze-Oechtering 21. Activism Is in the Heart of Filipinx American Studies | 239 Jeffrey Santa Ana 22. Filipinx American Activism—and Why I Once Loved Manny Pacquiao | 256 Karín Aguilar-San Juan 23. Considerations from the US-Occupied Pacific | 267 Kim Compoc Section C: Transformation Part V: Relationalities, Intimacies, and Entanglements 24. Filipinxness: An Epochal Perspective | 279 Anthony Bayani Rodriguez 25. A Tale of Two “X”s: Queer Filipinx and Latinx Linguistic Intimacies | 284 Sony Coráñez Bolton 26. Hypervisible (In)visibility: Black Amerasians | 291 Angelica J. Allen 27. Why I Don’t (Really) Consider Myself a Filipinx: Complicating “Filipinxness” from a Katutubo Intervention | 298 J. A. Ruanto-Ramirez 28. Repertoires on Other Stages | 308 Theodore S. Gonzalves Part VI: Recalcitrant Bodies, Unruly Vernaculars 29. Confronting Worldly Acts: Filipinx Performances and Their Elsewheres | 323 Lucy MSP Burns 30. Aye Nako!: The Frustrations of Filipinx American Illegibility | 335 Alana J. Bock 31. Who Cares?: Ability and the Elderly Question in Filipinx American Studies | 343 Edward Nadurata 32. Dalaga na!: Gender and Youth Studies Come of Age in Filipinx Studies | 352 Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez 33. Unpacking Hiya: (Trans)national “Traits” and the (Un)making of Filipinxness | 362 Martin F. Manalansan IV 34. Language Run Amok | 370 Sarita Echavez See Afterword | 379 Gina Apostol Appendixes: Key Resources in Filipinx American Studies A. A Selection of Library Research Tools and Web Resources Related to Filipinx American Studies | 385 Gerardo A. Colmenar B. Selected List of Scholarship on Filipinx American Studies | 403 Edward Nadurata Acknowledgments | 415 List of Contributors | 419 Index | 435
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University of Hawai'i Press Twilight Over Burma My Life as a Shan Princess
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn a stirring tribute to a remarkable man and a gripping tale from beginning to end, Sargent reflects back on her loving, cross-cultural marriage to the prince of Hsipaw.... A touching memoir that would read like a fairy tale were it not for the unfortunate ending." —Booklist
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University of Hawai'i Press Islam in an Era of Nationstates
Book SynopsisExamining the history, politics and meanings of the resurgence of Islam in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, this text explores the implications for Southeast Asia, the larger Muslim world, and the West.
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University of Hawai'i Press Traditional Micronesian Societies Adaptation Integration and Political Organization in the Central Pacific
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University of Hawai'i Press Homing
Book SynopsisInvestigates the experiences of legacy migrants - later-generation diaspora Koreans who return' to South Korea - from China, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the United States. Homing addresses some of the most vexing and pressing issues of contemporary transnational migration and highlights their affective dimensions.
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University of Hawai'i Press Writers of the Winter Republic
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University of Hawai'i Press Reclaiming Kalakaua
Book SynopsisExamines the American, international, and Hawaiian representations of David La‘amea Kamanakapu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua in English- and Hawaiian-language newspapers, books, travelogues, and other materials published during his reign as Hawai‘i’s mō‘ī (sovereign) from 1874 to 1891.
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University of Hawai'i Press Reclaiming Kalakaua
Book SynopsisExamines the American, international, and Hawaiian representations of David Laamea Kamanakapu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalkaua in English- and Hawaiian-language newspapers, books, travelogues, and other materials published during his reign as Hawaii's m (sovereign) from 1874 to 1891.
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University of Hawai'i Press Yasukuni Fundamentalism
Book SynopsisAlthough religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic religions of the book', this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition and considers its role in shaping postwar Japanese nationalism and politics.Trade ReviewThis well-researched and gracefully written book brings us inside the worldview surrounding the ardent veneration of the war dead at the Yasukuni Shinto Shrine. It brilliantly details the resurgence of sectarian patriotism in Japan exemplified by the shrine and illumines the controversies around its xenophobic adoration. In doing so it not only provides an important case study of Japanese religious politics, but also portrays a significant example of a global phenomenon. For that reason, it should be required reading for those interested in Japanese religion and society, and for anyone concerned about the rising tide of religious nationalism around the world. Mark Mullins’s study, Yasukuni Fundamentalism, goes well beyond the issue of Yasukuni to explore religious nationalism in Japan in all its forms. Set in the context of a sophisticated view of the nature of secularization in Japan, as essentially an elite, top-down project, he examines the Association of Shinto Shrines and its close ally the Japan Conference. Association leadership, he writes, acts out of a sense of having been unfairly deprived by the Occupation of Shinto’s public status and a determination to restore lost privileges. He shows that in fact, however, support for nationalist campaigns such as constitutional revision is weak among Shinto shrine priests and parishioners. This book is a major contribution to the study of religion and nationalism. Professor Mark Mullins reveals the complex political process during the U.S. Occupation of Japan that resulted in the transformation and survival of Shinto, before presenting a comprehensive analysis of the close relationship between the postwar Shinto restorationist movement and the revisionist political initiatives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. A huge contribution to the fields of Japanese studies, sociology of religion, and the comparative politics of nationalism, this book is a must read for those interested in modern Japan as well as those who study the contemporary and global phenomenon of religious nationalism from a comparative perspective.
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University of Hawaii Press The Mana of Translation
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University of Missouri Press The Strange Deaths of President Harding
Book SynopsisThis text examines the mystery around Warren G. Harding's death. After Harding's death a variety of attacks and unsubstantiated claims left the public with a tainted impression. This work examines the claims against this unpopular president and presents material to counter the accusations.
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University of Missouri Press A Very Private Public Citizen
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University of Missouri Press The Pull of Politics
Book SynopsisIn the 1930s, John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, and Ernest Hemingway wrote novels that won critical acclaim and popular success. All three were involved with the Left, and that commitment informed their fiction. Milton Cohen examines their motives for involvement with the Left; their novels’ political themes; and why they separated from the Left.Trade ReviewThese three writers are at last placed side by side, revealing how close their mindsets were, yet how different each was from the other. A significant contribution to American literary criticism."" - Earle Bryant, editor of Byline, Richard Wright: Articles from the Daily Worker and New Masses""Cohen does an admirable job of explicating how these authors responded to the rise of the Popular Front and other leftist movements: Steinbeck’s concern with homegrown fascism, Hemingway's involvement in Loyalist Spain, and Wright's belief that racism reflected fascist impulses."" - Gary Holcomb, co-editor of Hemingway and the Black Renaissance
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MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisIn this synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary Mexican men and women from Independence to the Revolution, combining explanations of social history, political and economic change, and gender relations.
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James Currey Themes in West Africas History
Book SynopsisDesigned as a textbook for the undergraduate and graduate levels.There has long been a need for a new textbook on West Africa's history. This comprehensive collection brings together leading scholars on key themes from West Africa's prehistory to the present. It discusses various disciplinary approaches to West African history, provides overviews of the literature on major topics, and breaks new ground through the incorporation of original research. Part one provides perspectives on West Africa's history from archaeology, ecology and culture, linguistics, and oral traditions. Part two provides longue duree perspectives on environment, society, agency and historical change. Part three examines how economic and political developments haveshaped religious expression and identity in significant ways. At the end of each chapter is a short list of recommended reading. EMMANUEL KWAKU AKYEAMPONG is Professor of History at Harvard University NorthAmerica: Ohio U Press; Ghana: Woeli Publishing ServicesTrade Review...the authoritative, up-to-date treatment of scholarship provides a valuable supplemental text. ... Essential. All academic and public libraries, general readers through graduate-level studies. - -- C.L. Groucher * CHOICE *A valuable addition to the teaching repertoire of those teaching West African history at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Students will find the scholarship sophisticated but accessible, and admirably topical in the historical issues engaged. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *A highly useful book, both for undergraduates and graduate students, while providing valuable reflections on research methods and themes in West African history that are of value to Africanist scholars as well. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Emmanuel Akyeampong I Paths To A West African Past - The Holocene prehistory of West Africa: 10,000-1000 BP by Susan Keech McIntosh - Ecology & culture in West Africa by James L. A. Webb Jr. - Linguistics & history in West Africa by M. E. Kropp Dakubu - Oral tradition & perceptions of history from the Manding peoples of West Africa by David Conrad II Perspectives On Environment, Society, Agency & Historical Change - Slavery & slave trade in West Africa, 1450-1930 by Patrick Manning - Class, caste & social inequality in West African history by Ismail Rashid - Religious interactions in pre-20th century West Africa by Pash Obeng - Poverty in pre-colonial & colonial West Africa: perception, causes & alleviation by Ogbu U. Kalu - Disease in West African History by Emmanuel Akyeampong - Urbanization in colonial & post-colonial West Africa by Andreas Eckert III Understanding Contemporary West Africa Through Religion & Political Economy - Commodities, Mercedes-Benz & structural adjustment: an episode in West African economic history by Celestin Monga - Ethnicity, conflict & the state in contemporary West Africa by Cyril Daddieh - Pentecostalism, Islam & culture: new religious movements in West Africa by Brian Larkin & Birgit Meyer
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Surtees Society Morpeth Electoral Correspondence 17661776
Book SynopsisThe murkier side of eighteenth-century politics is vividly revealed in the letters edited here.In the mid-eighteenth century, the borough of Morpeth, in Northumberland, was one of many where established vested interests, whether corporate or aristocratic, faced challenges from below. The documents collected here illustrate the struggle between the "sons of liberty" fighting to restore the freemen's "independence", and the earl of Carlisle, striving to maintain his control of the representation. Over two hundred letters reveal secret deals, rioting pitmen, electoral gerrymandering, and legal chicanery, providing fascinating insights to further our understanding of late eighteenth-century politics. A full introduction puts the letters into their local and national context, and they are accompanied by elucidatory notes.Trade ReviewRich in detail and anecdotes from the canvass, these letters bring the events of 1766-76 to life. [The] volume contains much that will be of interest to anyone seeking to learn more about 18th-century electioneering. * PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Editorial Method The Correspondence Bibliography
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Emerald Publishing Limited Rethinking Obama
Book SynopsisIncludes a selection of papers exploring Obama and the Politics of Race & Religion. This title examines the complex dynamics of race relations and racial meaning in America under the Obama administration. It assesses the meanings of race and religion in America under the Obama administration.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Senior Editorial Board. Student Editorial Board. Editorial Statement. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION. Introduction: Examining, Debating, and Ranting about the Obama Phenomenon. The Black Presidential Non-Slave: Genocide and the Present Tense of Racial Slavery. Barack Obama's Community Organizing as New Black Politics. The More Things Change: A Gramscian Genealogy of Barack Obama's “Post-Racial” Politics, 1932–2008. The Tea Party in the Age of Obama: Mainstream Conservatism or Out-Group Anxiety?. The Sweet Enchantment of Color Blindness in Black Face: Explaining the “Miracle,” Debating the Politics, and Suggesting a Way for Hope to be “For Real” in America. Barack Obama and Civil Religion. Civil Religion and the Politics of Belonging. Civil Religion for a Diverse Polity. The Unfinished Covenant. Rejoinder: Why Civil Religion?. Rethinking Obama. Political power and social theory. Political power and social theory. Copyright page.
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Seagull Books The Tale of the Talking Face
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Seagull Books London Ltd Multiculturalism and its Discontents Rethinking
Book SynopsisLooks closely at the role of multiculturalism within terrorism and societal discontent. This title not only explores the relationship between multiculturalism and terrorism, but it analyzes the history of the idea of multiculturalism alongside its political roots and social consequences.Trade Review"Few targets escape Kenan Malik's forensic intelligence." (Observer)"
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Seagull Books London Ltd The Production of Local Knowledge History and
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Seagull Books London Ltd Towards a History of the NationalPopular in
Book SynopsisBolivia's foremost social and political theorist, Rene Zavaleta Mercado held diplomatic and ministerial posts with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement in the 1950s and '60s, before eventually aligning with the Marxist left, where he developed the creative, heterodox philosophy for which he is known. Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia is his final and most significant work, available in English for the first time. Published posthumously, the book explores a series of critical moments in Bolivian history to illuminate the reconstitution of seigneurial rule and the challenges posed by plebeian, indigenous, and working-class projects, agitating for a more inclusive nation. It is a work of reflexive social theory that explores the limits of its own conceptual frameworks including classical political philosophy and Marxism through an engagement with the history that made possible its own conceptual horizons. In its content, method, and style, the book offers an original
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Seagull Books London Ltd Conversations with Jacqueline Rose
Book SynopsisIn this collection of conversations that were conducted in Calcutta, at the London School of Economics, through Jewish Book Week, and on the radical website openDemocracy, internationally renowned Jewish scholar Jacqueline Rose explores the debates that have fueled her writing and thinking over three decades. Drawn out by her interlocutors, Rose discusses the difference between political and sexual identity and inquires whether psychoanalysis can be considered a radical form of thought that can be used fruitfully in dialogue about political struggle. Most significantlysince each of these conversations were sparked by her recent and controversial writing on Zionism, Israel, and PalestineRose reflects on the role of Jewish dissent in our time. In these conversations, Rose appears courageous, passionate, ethical, and never afraid to engage politically on issues that are of human concern in the ongoing Middle and Near East crisis.
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Seagull Books London Ltd Modern Sovereign
Book SynopsisThe Modern Sovereign, a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multiform violence exerted on bodies and imaginations. Joseph Tonda contends that in Central Africaand particularly in Gabon and the Congothe body is at the heart of political, religious, sexual, economic, and ritual power. This, he argues, is confirmed by the strong link between corporeal and political matters, and by the ostentatious display of bodies in African life. The body of power asserts itself as both matter and spirit, and it incorporates the seductive force of money, commodities, sex, and knowledge. Tonda's incisive analysis reveals how this sovereign power is a social relation, historically constituted by the violence of the African cultural Imaginary and the realities of State, Market, and Church. It is to be undTrade Review“Tonda offers a fascinating insight into ‘the imaginary power’ and ‘power of the imagination’ in Central Africa. This analysis highlights the essential place occupied by the body and the structuring role of violence and fetishism at once religious, political, economic and sexual." * L'Homme *
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Seagull Books London Ltd Shades of Black
Book SynopsisOne might say that the womb of deaththe Middle Passage, slavery, and colonizationgave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point of departure, Nathalie Etoke examines Black existence today in her riveting new book, Shades of Black. In a white supremacist world, Black bodies hold a specific position, invested with a range of meaning that maintains them in a fixed role, with a script they did not write. The white world has invented and defined the Black person according to its own interests, endowing her with a bereaved humanity. The Black person is confronted with an essential paradoxexist as Black or as a human being? Does the Black person exist for herself or for the other? In the white world, is the Black race the embodiment of a sub-humanity? Situated at the crossroads of three countriesCameroon, France, and, now, the United StatesNathalie Etoke is uniquely positioned for this polyphonic reflection on race. She examines what happens when race obliterates historTrade Review"Etoke’s Cameroonian, French, and US background provides her with interesting and insightful perspectives to study the African diaspora and the 'capitalist behemoth’s' role in helping shape and sustain today’s race relations. Etoke examines white/Black relations, the nativist perceptions of ADOS (American descendants of slavery) and their interactions with Black immigrants from the Caribbean (descendants of slavery but excluded from ADOS) and sub-Saharan Africa, and the social and economic disparities within the non-ADOS population. This divisiveness is contrary to the pan-African liberation dream of W. E. B. Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, and others. The exceptional ADOS individuals who achieve visibility and acceptability are those who serve as 'fetishes of diversity'; Etoke writes that they cannot transform the system because they are part of it, rather acting like fig leaves hiding systemic racism. This charade is produced by the 'diversity industry' in addition to slave tourism, 'racist antiracism,' and other activities and ideologies that support white American masculinity (MAGA’s 'color of nostalgia' is white). Adeptly translated from Etoke’s French by Walker, this is an important reflection on the role of race, gender, and nationality in US society, politics, and culture. . . .Recommended." * Choice *Table of Contents1. LIVING IN BLACK AND WHITE2. TO BE SITUATED2.1 Where Are You From?2.2. Black Immigrant Woman3. SHADES OF BLACK: “ADOS” VERSUS BLACK NON-DESCENDANTS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY3.1 Barack Obama: Symbolic Power of Evocation and Denial of the Black Condition3.2 Kamala Harris: Black Identity and Political Opportunism3.3 Black Screen: Brits versus ADOS3.4 Capitalism, the American Dream, and Liberation4. DECOLONIZING FREEDOM5. EPILOGUE: George Floyd
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Seagull Books London Ltd In My Heart
Book SynopsisOne of few books translated into English from Sesotho, In My Heart introduces a long-neglected voice to global readership. Elsewhere Texts, edited by Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak and Hosam Aboul-Ela, presents radical new engagements with non-European literary cultures. This volume, the latest in this ambitious series, is a brilliant collection of essays originally written in Sesotho by Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng. Often confined to the role of native informants in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, writers working in African languages laid the foundation for the politics and poetics of decolonization and are legendary among their own communities of readers, though their work remains little known elsewhere. In My Heart belongs to this tradition of colonial renegades. Writing in the 1950s during the cataclysmic events of apartheid that were transforming life in South Africa, Mofokeng offers a series of meditations that provide his readers with a Sesotho worldview outside the categories authorized by colonial knowledge. In My Heart, expertly translated by Nhlanhla Maake, introduces a significant African thinker's influential work to a global readership.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction by Gayatri Chakraborty SpivakTranslator’s NoteIntroducing Pelong Ya Ka by Simon Gikandi1.The Heart 2.Character 3.Loneliness4.Death5.Horse Racing6.Farewell7.Change8.Time9.Friends10.Paper11.Exams12.The River13.Driving an Automobile14.The Sea 15.The Hospital16.Plants 17.Money18.Marriage19.Old Age20.The End
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Geopolitics of Natural Resources
Book SynopsisProfessor Feldman has selected seminal works which focus on several key issues, including the role of common property resources in questions of trans-boundary resource management, the diverse ways societies and interest groups accord value to resources and their use, and how resources are catalysts for both international conflict and cooperation.Trade Review‘An inspired anthology of classic and contemporary reading concerning geopolitics and the the commons, this book provides essential background for students and practitioners of natural resources governance.’ -- Helen Ingram, University of California, Irvine, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction David Lewis Feldman PART I GEOPOLITICS AND THE COMMONS 1. Michael V. McGinnis (1995), ‘On the Verge of Collapse: The Columbia River System, Wild Salmon and the Northwest Power Planning Council’ 2. Peter Dauvergne (1997), ‘A Model of Sustainable International Trade in Tropical Timber’ 3. Elinor Ostrom (1999), ‘Coping with Tragedies of the Commons’ 4. V. Kerry Smith (1980), ‘The Evaluation of Natural Resource Adequacy: Elusive Quest or Frontier of Economic Analysis?’ 5. Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal (1992), ‘Free Market Versus Political Environmentalism’ PART II VALUING RESOURCES 6. H.J. Vaux, Jr. and Richard E. Howitt (1984), ‘Managing Water Scarcity: An Evaluation of Interregional Transfers’ 7. Thomas R. De Gregori (1987), ‘Resources Are Not; They Become: An Institutional Theory’ 8. Matthew A. Cole (2004), ‘Economic Growth and Water Use’ 9. Gardner M. Brown, Jr. and Jason F. Shogren (1998), ‘Economics of the Endangered Species Act’ 10. Mark Sproule-Jones (1982), ‘Public Choice Theory and Natural Resources: Methodological Explication and Critique’ PART III DEVELOPMENT, URBANISM, ACQUISITIVENESS 11. Harvey Molotch (1976), ‘The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place’ 12. René Parenteau (1994), ‘Local Action Plans for Sustainable Communities’ 13. Paul Selman (1998), ‘Local Agenda 21: Substance or Spin?’ 14. Timothy Beatley (1989), ‘The Role of Expectations and Promises in Land Use Decisionmaking’ PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY 15. Ben Crow and Farhana Sultana (2002), ‘Gender, Class, and Access to Water: Three Cases in a Poor and Crowded Delta’ 16. Elisabeth Vallet and Pierre-Louis Malfatto (2004), ‘Water Geopolitics in North America’ 17. Cecilia Tortajada and Enrique Castelán (2003), ‘Water Management for a Megacity: Mexico City Metropolitan Area’ 18. Katherine L. Jacobs, Greg Garfin and Melanie Lenart (2005), ‘More Than Just Talk: Connecting Science and Decisionmaking’ 19. David W. Cash (2001), ‘”In Order To Aid in Diffusing Useful and Practical Information”: Agricultural Extension and Boundary Organizations’ PART V RESOURCE CONTROL AND GOVERNANCE 20. Jude Isabella (1999), ‘A Turbulent Industry: Fishing in British Columbia’ 21. Kai N. Lee (1999), ‘Appraising Adaptive Management’ 22. Albert Lepawsky (1950), ‘Water Resources and American Federalism’ 23. M.J. Peterson (1992), ‘Whales, Cetologists, Environmentalists, and the International Management of Whaling’ 24. John M. Anderies, Marco A. Janssen and Elinor Ostrom (2004), ‘A Framework to Analyze the Robustness of Institutions in Social-ecological Systems from an Institutional Perspective’ PART VI INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN POLICY CONFLICT 25. David L. Keys (1984), ‘National Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy, and the Garrison Diversion Unit’ 26. Peter M. Haas (1989), ‘Do Regimes Matter? Epistemic Communities and Mediterranean Pollution Control’ 27. Thomas F. Homer-Dixon (1991), ‘On The Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict’ 28. Ronald B. Mitchell (1994), ‘Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil Pollution and Treaty Compliance’ 29. Shlomi Dinar and Ariel Dinar (2000), ‘Negotiating in International Watercourses: Diplomacy, Conflict and Cooperation’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic Social and Cultural Rights as Human
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a selection of those major contributions which have shaped debate in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. The broad range of discussion includes: the nature of economic, social and cultural rights and the ability of courts to protect them; and the role of economic, social and cultural rights in development.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Olivier De Schutter PART I THE NATURE OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 1. E.W. Vierdag (1978), ‘The Legal Nature of the Rights Granted by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ 2. Victor Dankwa, Cees Flinterman and Scott Leckie (1998), ‘Commentary to the Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ PART II THE JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS A Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights before Domestic Courts 3. Matthew C.R. Craven (1993), ‘The Domestic Application of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ 4. Malcolm Langford (2009), ‘Domestic Adjudication and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Socio-Legal Review’ 5. David Landau (2012), ‘The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement’ B Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at Universal Level 6. Michael J. Dennis and David P. Stewart (2004), ‘Justiciability of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Should there be an International Complaints Mechanism to Adjudicate the Rights to Food, Water, Housing, and Health?’ 7. Beth A. Simmons (2009), ‘Should States Ratify? – Process and Consequences of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR’ C Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Human Rights Institutions 8. Mario Gomez (1995), ‘Social Economic Rights and Human Rights Commissions’ PART III THE OBLIGATION OF PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION AND THE ‘MINIMUM CORE’ 9. Audrey R. Chapman (1996), ‘A “Violations Approach” for Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ 10. Katharine G. Young (2008), ‘The Minimum Core of Economic and Social Rights: A Concept in Search of Content’ 11. Eitan Felner (2009), ‘Closing the “Escape Hatch”: A Toolkit to Monitor the Progressive Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ 12. Ann Blyberg (2009), ‘The Case of the Mislaid Allocation: Economic and Social Rights and Budget Work’ 13. Aoife Nolan and Mira Dutschke (2010), ‘Article 2(1) ICESCR and State Parties’ Obligations: Whither the Budget?’ PART IV ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION A International Financial Institutions 14. Ibrahim F.I. Shihata (1992), ‘Human Rights, Development, and International Financial Institutions’ 15. Daniel D. Bradlow (1996), ‘The World Bank, the IMF, and Human Rights’ B Trade 16. Christian Barry and Sanjay G. Reddy (2006), ‘International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage’ 17. Andrew T.F. Lang (2007), ‘Re-thinking Trade and Human Rights’ 18. James Harrison and Alessa Goller (2008), ‘Trade and Human Rights: What Does “Impact Assessment” Have to Offer?’ C Investment and Transnational Corporations 19. David Kinley and Justine Nolan (2007), ‘Trading and Aiding Human Rights: Corporations in the Global Economy’ 20. Matthias Sant’Ana (2009), ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development: Two Approaches to Assessing Impacts on Human Rights’ PART V ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT 21. Arjun Sengupta (2002), ‘On the Theory and Practice of the Right to Development’ 22. Magdalena Sepúlveda (2006), ‘Obligations of “International Assistance and Cooperation” in an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ 23. Paul Gready (2008), ‘Rights-Based Approaches to Development: What is the Value-Added?’ 24. Mac Darrow (2012), ‘The Millennium Development Goals: Milestones or Millstones? Human Rights Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Agenda’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Politics of Structural Reforms Social and
Book SynopsisThe Politics of Structural Reforms reveals what Italy and Japan gained and lost through a series of social and industrial reforms in the 1990s and 2000s, and why the changes they made in their policies have had little impact in softening the recent economic crisis.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Two Decades of Structural Reform and Political Change in Italy and Japan Hideko Magara 2. The Residual Japaneseness of Japanese Corporate Governance Ronald Dore 3. Corporate Governance and Firm Ownership in Italy Antonio M. Chiesi 4. Japan’s Structural Reform in the Age of Economic Globalization: The Politics Coordination and Miscoordination Motoshi Suzuki 5. Italy’s Majoritarian Experiment: Continuities and Discontinuities in Italian Electoral Behaviour between the First and Second Republic Paolo Segatti 6. Party Politics and the Changing Labour Market in Japan Masanobu Ido 7. Labour Market and Inequality Trends in Italy Daniele Checchi 8. Beyond Familialism? Welfare Regime Transformation in Japan Toshimitsu Shinkawa 9. Italy’s Labour Policy and Policy Making in the Crisis: From Distributive Coalitions to the Shadow of Hierarchy Stefano Sacchi Index
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Edward Elgar Good Government The Relevance of Political
Book SynopsisIn all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Researchers in political science and the social sciences, as well as policy analysts working in government, international and independent policy organizations will also find plenty to interest them in this resourceful compendium.Trade ReviewAll too often today research in political science is irrelevant and uninspiring, shying away from the ''big'' questions that actually matter in people's lives. Good Government shows that this does not have to be the case. Tackling some of the ''biggest'' questions of the contemporary era - What is good government? Where does it come from? How can it be measured and how does it matter? - this book will prove invaluable to academics and policy makes alike. - Sheri Berman, Barnard College, US What is ''Good Government?'' Few doubt that it is better to have a ''good government'' than a ''bad'' one, but few of us have thought carefully about what makes for good government vs. bad. Soren Holmberg and Bo Rothstein's excellent volume helps fill in this gap. Though this book is more than this, but the focus on corruption is particularly fascinating. We know that corruption is ''bad'' but where does it come from? Why are some legislatures more corrupt than others? Why does the media sometimes collude? Why are women less easily corrupted than men? These are just a few of the many fascinating questions this volume explores. Bridging democratic theory, public policy and institutional analysis is one of the first that gives us some practical insight into the obviously important question: what makes some governments ''better'' than others? --- Sven Steinmo, European University Institute, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Political Science and the Importance of Good Government Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein PART I: WHAT IT IS 2. Defining and Measuring Quality of Government Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell 3. Public Administration Around the World Carl Dahlström, Victor Lapuente and Jan Teorell 4. Need or Greed Corruption? Monika Bauhr 5. Impartiality and the Need for a Public Ethics of Care Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta PART II: HOW TO GET IT 6. In Democracy We Trust, But How Much? Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente 7. Press Freedom and Corruption Mathias A. Färdigh, Emma Andersson and Henrik Oscarsson 8. Weberian Bureaucracy and Corruption Prevention Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente 9. Do International Organizations Promote Quality of Government? Monika Bauhr and Naghmeh Nasiritousi 10. State Legitimacy and the Corruptibility of Leaders Anna Persson and Martin Sjöstedt 11. Legislators and Variation in Quality of Government Staffan I. Lindberg 12. Why Women are Less Corrupt than Men Lena Wängnerud 13. Rethinking the Nature of the Grabbing Hand Anna Persson, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell PART III: WHAT YOU GET 14. Part of the Solution Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein and Jan Teorell 15. Access to Safe Water Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein 16. Happiness Marcus Samanni and Sören Holmberg Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Representative Bureaucracy in Action
Book Synopsis`This volume confronts one of the most central issues in the study and The book explores one of the most topical issues of public bureaucracies worldwide: the relationship between the composition of the public sector workforce and the nature of the society it serves.Trade Reviewpractice of bureaucracy. Questions about representativeness of public institutions raises key issues about legitimacy, especially in contexts characterised by ethnic diversity and cleavages. Debates are shaped by normatively informed positions that contrasts those in favour of representativeness with those who point to limitations and side-effects. This volume offers a set of important contributions to these debates by linking the long-standing debates about representative bureaucracy with an impressive range of country studies. This volume is a fundamental contribution to the theme of representative bureaucracy.’ -- Martin Lodge, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Representative Bureaucracy: Concept, Driving Forces, Strategies B. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić PART I: THE AMERICAS 2. Representative Bureaucracy in the United States B. Guy Peters 3. Representative Bureaucracy in Canada Luc Turgeon and Alain-G. Gagnon 4. Representative Bureaucracy in Mexico María del Carmen Pardo PART II: EUROPE 5. Representative Bureaucracy in Belgium: Power Sharing or Diversity? Steven van de Walle, Sandra Groeneveld and Lieselot Vandenbussche 6. Representative Bureaucracy in Transitional Bureaucracies: Bulgaria and Romania Katja Michalak 7. Representative Bureaucracy in Germany? From Passive to Active Intercultural Opening Patrick von Maravić and Sonja M. Dudek 8. Representative Bureaucracy in Italy Giliberto Capano and Nadia Carboni 9. Representative Bureaucracy in the Netherlands Frits M. van der Meer and Gerrit S.A. Dijkstra 10. Representative Bureaucracy in Switzerland Daniel Kübler 11. Representative Bureaucracy in the United Kingdom Rhys Andrews PART III: AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND ASIA 12. Representative Bureaucracy in South Africa Robert Cameron and Chantal Milne 13. Politics of Representative Bureaucracy in India Bas van Gool and Frank de Zwart 14. Bureaucratic Representation in Israel Moshe Maor 15. Representative Bureaucracy in Australia: A Post-Colonial, Multicultural Society Rodney Smith Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Politics of Representative Bureaucracy
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Given the ongoing discussions regarding the legitimacy of the public service in relation to both the rise of a multicultural society and of multi-level governance, representative bureaucracy remains of the utmost importance to public administration. This volume consists of apt and perceptive contributions to the debate made by authoritative writers in the field.’ -- Frits van der Meer, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Delivering Public Services in Multiethnic Societies – The Challenge of Representativeness B. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 2. The Comparative Study of Representative Bureaucracy – An Analytical Framework B. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 3. The “Performance Claim’ of Representative Bureaucracy – Does Organization Matter? Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 4. Reconsidering Political and Bureaucratic Representation in Modern Government Patrick von Maravić and B. Guy Peters 5. Representative Bureaucracy in a Cross-national Context: Politics, Identity, Structure and Discretion Kenneth J. Meier and Tabitha S.M. Morton 6. Political Patronage, Machine Politics and Ethnic Representativeness in the Public Sector B. Guy Peters 7. Migration and Urban Governance - Challenges for Democratic Legitimacy? Tassilo Herrschel 9. Civic Leadership, and Local Politics in Multi-Cultural Cities Robin Hambleton 10. From Plutocracy to Diversity. The (De-)Construction of Representative Bureaucracy Theory Bas van Gool Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The International Handbook of Political Ecology
Book SynopsisThe International Handbook of Political Ecology features chapters by leading scholars from around the world in a unique collection exploring the multi-disciplinary field of political ecology.Trade ReviewThe International Handbook of Political Ecology is an impressive and scholarly collection. Its list of authors reads like a who's who of political ecology, and its theoretical and geographical scope (in both empirical focus and the origin of authors) provides a powerful synthesis of where political ecology has come from, what it offers to scholars, policy makers and activists, and why it is important.' --(Bill Adams, University of Cambridge, UK)'This outstanding collection achieves, like no other book I know in any social science field, the elusive goal of crafting a vision that is genuinely transnational, inter-epistemic, and multidisciplinary. It is a powerful demonstration of why political ecology is such a vibrant, and likely the most relevant, field to enlighten us on how to transform the destructive pattern of a globalized civilization based on flawed models of economic growth and ecological modernization. With this Handbook, Raymond Bryant has accomplished a feat reserved to senior scholars with an untarnished reputation for work that is cutting edge and profoundly honest and ethical at the same time. Few scholars could have gathered such a diverse and impressive ensemble of prominent voices in the field. A great service to an academy that takes seriously the notion that knowledge should be placed at the service of life.' --(Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US)'A capacious, wide-ranging and state-of-the-art compendium, The International Handbook of Political Ecology offers a magnificent tour d'horizon of the field of political ecology drawing upon an impressive and thoroughly internationalised group of its most able practitioners. Any scholar interested in the origins of the field, its conceptual, methodological and theoretical toolkits, and future avenues of research will find the Handbook to be an indispensable text.' --(Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley, US)Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Political Ecology: Handbook Topics and Themes Raymond L. Bryant 2. Reflecting on Political Ecology Raymond L. Bryant PART II ISSUES AND APPROACHES 3. Doing Political Ecology Inside and Outside the Academy Simon Batterbury 4. Encountering Political Ecology: Epistemology and Emancipation Enrique Leff 5. Connecting Political Ecology and French Geography: On Tropicality and Radical Thought Denis Gautier and Baptiste Hautdidier 6. Roots, Rhizomes, Networks and Territories: Reimagining Pattern and Power in Political Ecologies Dianne Rocheleau 7. A Time for Gramsci Alex Loftus 8. Integrating Science and Politics in Political Ecology Tim Forsyth 9. Postcoloniality and the North-South Binary Revisited: The Case of India’s Climate Politics Shangrila Joshi 10. Depoliticized Environments and the Promises of the Anthropocene Erik Swyngedouw PART III GOVERNANCE AND POWER 11. Mining in Latin America: Coloniality and Degradation Héctor Alimonda 12. Political Forests Peter Vandergeest and Nancy Lee Peluso 13. Resources, Wars and Violence Philippe Le Billon 14. Benefit Sharing in Environmental Governance: Beyond Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin Seungho Lee 15. Gender, Group Behaviour and Community Forestry in South Asia Bina Agarwal 16. Political Ecologies of Religious Pilgrimage Shanti Nair 17. Governing People in De-Populated Areas Raymond L. Bryant, Ángel Paniagua and Thanasis Kizos 18. Political Participation and Environmental Movements in China Lei Xie 19. Understanding Fukushima: Nuclear Impacts, Risk Perceptions and Organic Farming in Feminist Political Ecology Perspective Aya H. Kimura 20. Mind the Gap: Global Truths, Local Complexities in Emergent Green Initiatives Adeniyi Asiyanbi PART IV KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOURSE 21. Disaster, Degradation, Dystopia C. Anne Claus, Sarah Osterhoudt, Lauren Baker, Luisa Cortesi, Chris Hebdon, Amy Zhang and Michael R. Dove 22. Contesting Hunger Discourses Lucy Jarosz 23. Green Governmentality Ting-Jieh Wang 24. Whose Good Living? Post Neo-Liberalism, The Green State and Subverted Alternatives to Development in Ecuador Elizabeth Bravo and Melissa Moreano 25. Assessing South Korea’s Green Growth Strategy Sanghun Lee 26. Naturetm Inc.: Nature as Neoliberal Capitalist Imaginary Robert Fletcher, Wolfram Dressler and Bram Büscher 27. The Cultural Politics of Waterscapes Amitangshu Acharya 28. Greening The Job: Trade Unions, Climate Change and the Political Ecology of Labour Stefania Barca 29. Eco-Cities and the Promise of Socio-Environmental Justice Harvey Neo and C.P. Pow PART V METHOD AND SCALE 30. Useful Outsiders: Building Environmental Policy Reform Dossiers Piers Blaikie and Joshua Muldavin 31. Neoliberalism, Scientism and Earth Systems Governance Ariel Salleh 32. From 'Participation' to 'Negotiation': Suppressing Dissent in Environmental Conflict Resolution in Brazil Andréa Zhouri 33. The Political Ecology of Colonias on the US-Mexico Border: Ethnography for Hidden and Hard-to-reach Communities Guillermina Gina Núñez 34. Political Ecology of Scale Roderick P. Neumann 35. The Political Ecology of Weeds: A Scalar Approach to Landscape Transformations Christian A. Kull and Haripriya Rangan 36. Bordering and Scalar Thickening in Nature Conservation Maano Ramutsindela and Christine Noe 37. The Best of Many Worlds: Methodological Pluralism in Political Ecology Amity Doolittle 38. Integrating Politics and Ecology through Mixed Methods Matthew D. Turner PART VI CONNECTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS 39. Globalising French Écologie Politique: A Political Necessity Denis Chartier and Estienne Rodary 40. Jahát Jatítotòdom: Toward an Indigenous Political Ecology Beth Rose Middleton 41. From Ecological Modernization to Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth: Lessons from Ecological Economics Hali Healy, Joan Martinez-Alier and Giorgos Kallis 42. Urban Political Ecology ‘Beyond the West’: Engaging with South Asian Urban Studies Anna Zimmer 43. Towards a Lusophone Political Ecology: Assessing ‘Para Inglês Ver’ Environments Tiago Ávila Martins Freitas and Augusto Cesar Salomão Mozine 44. Political Ecology in and of China Emily T. Yeh 45. Emotional Political Ecology Farhana Sultana 46. Thermodynamics Revisited: The Political Ecology of Energy Systems in Historical Perspective Gustav Cederlöf 47. Political Ecology of the Body: A Visceral Approach Allison and Jessica Hayes-Conroy Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Politics of Regulation
Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of the politics of regulation.Trade Review‘To my mind, this Handbook has accomplished a major task - mapping and analysing the intellectual terrain around today’s regulatory fabric and tomorrow’s regulatory challenges. It is to be commended for not only taking on that task but also for succeeding so well. It is rare for the blurb on a book cover to match up to the text inside. In this Handbook, it does. The Handbook gives extraordinary coverage, and is comprehensive, engaging, informed and quite frankly, exciting. What a great combination.’ -- Graeme Hodge, Australian Journal of Political Science‘Political science has leap-frogged law, economics, and sociology to become the dominant discipline contributing to regulatory studies. David Levi-Faur’s volume taps the rich veins of regulatory scholarship that have made this the case. It brings together the talented new network of politics scholars intrigued by the importance of the changing nature of state and non-state regulation. Their fresh insights complement important new work by established stars of the field. Definitely a book to have on your shelf when in search of exciting theoretical approaches to politics.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National University‘“Regulation”, in its manifold forms, is the central process of contemporary governance, as it seeks to blend the dynamism of market economies with responsiveness to political and normative demands for health, safety, environmental protection, and fairness. Understanding regulation’s varieties, vulnerabilities, and virtues has become a significant focus of academic research and theory. This volume provides an extraordinary survey of research in that field - a survey remarkable in its comprehensiveness, outstanding in the quality of the contributions by leading regulatory scholars from different nations and academic disciplines.’ -- Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley, US ‘An authoritative collection by a range of contributors with outstanding reputations in the field.’– Michael Moran, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Regulation and Regulatory Governance David Levi-Faur PART II: THEORIES OF REGULATION FOR THE AGE OF GOVERNANCE 2. Bootleggers and Baptists in the Theory of Regulation Bruce Yandle 3. Capturing ‘Capture’: Definition and Mechanisms Barry M. Mitnick 4. Beyond Capture: Towards a New Theory of Regulation Steven P. Croley 5. Institutional Design and the Management of Regulatory Governance Steven J. Balla 6. Voluntary Programs, Compliance and the Regulation Dilemma Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash 7. Competing Theories of Regulatory Governance: Reconsidering Public Interest Theory of Regulation Jørgen Grønnegård Christensen PART III: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE REGULATORY STATE 8. The Rise of the American Regulatory State: A View from the Progressive Era Marc T. Law and Sukkoo Kim 9. Beyond the Logic of the Market: Toward an Institutional Analysis of Regulatory Reforms Marc Allen Eisner 10. The Chinese Model of Regulatory State Neil Collins and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald 11. The Institutional Development of the Latin American Regulatory State Jacint Jordana PART IV: SELECTED ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF REGULATION 12. Policymaking Accountability: Parliamentary versus Presidential Systems Susan Rose-Ackerman 13. Law and Regulation: The Role, Form and Choice of Legal Rules Margit Cohn 14. The Independence of Regulatory Authorities Fabrizio Gilardi and Martino Maggetti 15. The Regulatory Rescue of the Welfare State Deborah Mabbett 16. The Regulation of Privacy Andreas Busch PART V: REGULATING OLD AND NEW MEDIA 17. Regulating the Media: Four Perspectives Amit M. Schejter and Sangyong Han 18. The Regulation of Advertising Avshalom Ginosar 19. Internet Regulation Andrew D. Murray PART VI: RISK REGULATION 20. Risk Regulation and Precaution Dieter Pesendorfer 21. Strategic Issues in Risk Regulation Giandomenico Majone PART VII: POLITICS OF REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 22. The Politics of Civil and Criminal Enforcement Regimes Michelle Welsh 23. The Pragmatic Politics of Regulatory Enforcement Salo Coslovsky, Roberto Pires and Susan S. Silbey 24. Five Models of Regulatory Compliance Motivation: Empirical Findings and Normative Implications Yuval Feldman 25. Between Soft Law and Greenwash: The Compliance Dynamic of Civil Forms of Environmental Regulation Oren Perez PART VIII: TOWARD BETTER REGULATION? 26. The New Regulatory Orthodoxy: A Critical Assessment Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid 27. Performance-based Regulation Peter J. May 28. The Evolution of Cost–Benefit Analysis in US Regulatory Decisionmaking Stuart Shapiro 29. Regulatory Impact Assessment: Ambition, Design and Politics Kai Wegrich 30. Valuing Health and Longevity in Regulatory Analysis: Current Issues and Challenges Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt 31. Process-Oriented Regulation: Conceptualization and Assessment Sharon Gilad PART IX: CIVIL REGULATION 32. Certification as a Mode of Social Regulation Tim Bartley 33. Regulation of Professions Nuno Garoupa 34. Varieties of Private Market Regulation: Problems and Prospects Frans van Waarden 35. Codes as Hybrid Regulation Mirjan Oude Vrielink, Cor van Montfort and Meike Bokhorst 36. Voluntary Approaches to Regulation – Patterns, Causes and Effects Annette Elisabeth Töller PART X: REGULATORY GOVERNANCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 37. European Regulatory Governance Sandra Eckert 38. Towards a European Model of Regulatory Governance? Matthias Finger 39. The Changing Nature of European Regulatory Governance Paul James Cardwell 40. Regulatory Governance in the European Union: The Political Struggle Over Committees, Agencies and Networks Martijn Groenleer PART XI: GLOBAL REGULATION 41. Regulating in Global Regimes Colin Scott 42. The Geography of Regulation Michael W. Dowdle 43. Global Governance and the Certification Revolution: Types, Trends and Challenges Axel Marx 44. Global Regulation through a Diversity of Norms: Comparing Hard and Soft Law Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 45. Money Laundering Regulation: From Al Capone to Al Qaeda Brigitte Unger 46. Regulatory Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation Ian Bartle 47. After the Fall: Regulatory Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis John W. Cioffi 48. The Regulatory State and Regulatory Capitalism: An Institutional Perspective David Levi-Faur Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of the International Political Economy
Book SynopsisThis extensive Handbook provides an in-depth exploration of the political economy dynamics associated with the international monetary and financial systems.Trade Review‘In this book, outstanding political economists provide wide-ranging and accessible essays on the global monetary system and its interaction with dynamic and crisis-prone financial markets. The essays are filled with fresh and well-articulated insights. This timely survey of an increasingly important field deserves a prominent place on the syllabi of graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in international political economy, global governance, and international finance.’ -- Louis W. Pauly, University of Toronto, Canada‘Here is an intellectual feast for anyone interested in the political economy of international monetary and financial systems, served up by an impressive collection of experts. Students and specialists alike can gorge themselves on the many fascinating analyses of core issues and latest debates in the field. Highly recommended for anyone with an appetite to learn more about global money and finance.’ -- Eric Helleiner, University of Waterloo, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Political Economy of the International Monetary and Financial Systems Thomas Oatley and W. Kindred Winecoff PART I: STRUCTURE, POWER, AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM 2. Financial Roots of Hegemony, Cooperation, and Globalization Andrew C. Sobel 3. Political Economy of Currency Internationalization Hyoung-kyu Chey 4. The Political Economy of the Contemporary Dollar Standard Thomas Oatley 5. Global Imbalances and the International Monetary System Herman Schwartz 6. The Triffin Dilemma, the Lucas Paradox, and Monetary Politics in the 21st Century W. Kindred Winecoff 7. The Renminbi-Dollar Relationship: Politics and Economics of a Diminishing Issue Yale H. Ferguson 8. Absolute or Relative Gains? How Status Quo and Emerging Powers Conceptualize Global Finance Leslie Elliott Armijo and John Echeverri-Gent PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EXCHANGE RATES Core Theoretical Perspectives 9. Private Actor Exchange Rate Policy Preferences Stephanie Walter 10. Domestic Institutions and Exchange Rates David H. Bearce Regional Exchange Rate Systems 11. Exchange Rates In Transition Economies Jana Grittersová 12. Currency Unions in the Developing World Scott Cooper 13. The Political Economy of Exchange Rates in East Asia Hongying Wang PART III: GLOBAL FINANCE: CRISES AND REGULATION 14. Financial Crises and the Politics of Adjustment and Reform Thomas B. Pepinsky 15. Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes and Financial Markets as Sources of Macroeconomic Discipline Thomas D. Willett, Eric M.P. Chiu and Stefanie Walter 16. The Politics of Global Financial Regulation Kevin Young 17. Why Club Goods Proliferated in Investment Finance W. Travis Selmier II 18. Rethinking Financial Regulation: Risk, Club Goods, and Regulatory Fatigue Philip G. Cerny 19. The Gnomes of Zurich Meet the Dogs of War: Financial Leadership and Regulation, 1850–2013 Michael Lee PART IV: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY INSTITUTIONS 20. Financial Governance in a Globalizing World Richard W. Mansbach 21. IMF Programs: Participation, Implementation, and Effects Graham Bird and Dane Rowlands 22. In Lieu of an Anchor: The Fund and its Surveillance Function Bessma Momani and Kevin A. English 23. The EU and the Euro Michele Chang 24. Our (Gracious?) Benefactors: US, Japan, China and East Asian Monetary Relations Emmanuel Yujuico Index
£180.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transport the Environment and Public Health
Book SynopsisThe editors have selected papers, drawn from the transportation, health and planning literature, which cover various dimensions of NMT, including prevalence and correlates, health benefits and risks, forecasting and evaluation methods, and policy interventions to increase NMT.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Stephen P. Greaves and Jan Garrard PART I PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT 1. Ann Forsyth, Kevin J. Krziek and Daniel A. Rodríguez (2009), ‘Chapter 3. Non-motorised Travel Research and Contemporary Planning Initiatives’ 2. John Pucher and Lewis Dijkstra (2003), ‘Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons from The Netherlands and Germany’ 3. Brian E. Saelens and Susan L. Handy (2008), ‘Built Environment Correlates of Walking: A Review’ 4. Xinyu Cao, Susan L. Handy and Patricia L. Mokhtarian (2006), ‘The Influences of the Built Environment and Residential Self-Selection on Pedestrian Behavior: Evidence from Austin, TX’ 5. Eva Heinen, Bert van Wee and Kees Maat (2010), ‘Commuting by Bicycle: An Overview of the Literature’ 6. Benjamin Gardner and Charles Abraham (2008), ‘Psychological Correlates of Car Use: A Meta-analysis’ 7. Jenna Rachel Panter and Andy Jones (2010), ‘Attitudes and the Environment as Determinants of Active Travel in Adults: What Do and Don’t We Know?’ 8. David Berrigan, Richard P. Troiano, Timothy McNeel, Charles DiSogra and Rachel Ballard-Barbash (2006), ‘Active Transportation Increases Adherence to Activity Recommendations’ PART II HEALTH BENEFITS OF NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT 9. Charles E. Matthews, Adriana L. Jurj, Xiao-ou Shu, Hong-Lan Li, Gong Yang, Qi Li, Yu-Tang Gao and Wei Zheng (2007), ‘Influence of Exercise, Walking, Cycling, and Overall Nonexercise Physical Activity on Mortality in Chinese Women’ 10. John Pucher, Ralph Buehler, David R. Bassett and Andrew L. Dannenberg (2010), ‘Walking and Cycling to Health: A Comparative Analysis of City, State and International Data’ 11. Mark Hamer and Yoichi Chida (2008), ‘Active Commuting and Cardiovascular Risk: A Meta-analytic Review’ 12. Paul Joseph Tranter (2010), ‘Speed Kills: The Complex Links Between Transport, Lack of Time and Urban Health’ PART III HEALTH RISKS AND NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT 13. Kristiann C. Heesch, Shannon Sahlqvist and Jan Garrard (2011), ‘Cyclists' Experiences of Harassment from Motorists: Findings from a Survey of Cyclists in Queensland, Australia’ 14. Rune Elvik (2009), ‘The Non-linearity of Risk and the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport’ 15. Rajiv Bhatia and Megan Wier (2011), ‘”Safety in Numbers” Re-examined: Can We Make Valid or Practical Inferences from Available Evidence?’ 16. Diane C. Thompson, Fred P. Rivara and Robert Thompson (2009), ‘Helmets for Preventing Head and Facial Injuries in Bicyclists (Review)’ 17. S. Kaur, M.J. Nieuwenhuijsen and R.N. Colvile (2007), ‘Fine Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Exposure Concentrations in Urban Street Transport Microenvironments’ 18. Luc Int Panis, Bas de Geus, Grégory Vandenbulcke, Hanny Willems, Bart Degraeuwe, Nico Bleux, Vinit Mishra, Isabelle Thomas and Romain Meeusen (2010), ‘Exposure to Particulate Matter in Traffic: A Comparison of Cyclists and Car Passengers’ 19. Jeroen Johan de Hartog, Hanna Boogaard, Hans Nijland and Gerard Hoek (2010), ‘Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks?’ PART IV FORECASTING AND EVALUATION METHODS FOR NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT 20. Christopher Porter, John Suhrbier and William L. Schwartz (1999), ‘Forecasting Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: State of the Practice and Research Needs’ 21. J.D. Hunt and J.E. Abraham (2006), ‘Influences on Bicycle Use’ 22. Nebiyou Y. Tilahun, David M. Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek (2007), ‘Trails, Lanes, or Traffic: Valuing Bicycle Facilities with an Adaptive Stated Preference Survey’ 23. John Parkin, Mark Wardman and Matthew Page (2008) ‘Estimation of the Determinants of Bicycle Mode Share for the Journey to Work using Census Data’ 24. Todd Alexander Litman (2003), ‘Economic Value of Walkability’ 25. Sonja Kahlmeier, Francesca Racioppi, Nick Cavill, Harry Rutter and Pekka Oja (2010), ‘“Health in all Policies” in Practice: Guidance and Tools to Quantifying the Health Effects of Cycling and Walking’ PART V POLICY INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT 26. John Pucher, Jennifer Dill and Susan Handy (2010), ‘Infrastructure, Programs and Policies to Increase Bicycling: An International Review’ 27. Kevin J. Krizek and Eric W. Stonebraker (2010), ‘Bicycling and Transit: A Marriage Unrealized’ 28. Susan A. Shaheen, Stacey Guzman and Hua Zhang (2010), ‘Bikesharing in Europe, the Americas, and Asia: Past, Present, and Future’
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Liverpool University Press Shifting The Boundaries Transformation of the
Book SynopsisIncludes essays that focuses on political, legal, historiographic, literary and gender issues in an attempt to create a more subtle and differentiated view of how men and women established and understood various 'public 'and 'private' domains, and used the languages of public and private actions and sentiments.Trade Review... a stimulating set of interdisciplinary essays concerned to trace the evolution of the private sphere in eighteenth-century Europe.The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, Volume 57This carefully organized and scholarly collection can justifiably claim to have tested out the usefulness of the public/private distinction in a variety of new ways: the result is a thought-provoking read which will contain something of interest to most scholars of the eighteenth century.Journal of European StudiesTable of Contents Contents Preface, Dario Castiglione preface, Lesley Sharpe this, that and the other - public, social and private in the 17th and 18th centuries, John Brewer regendering the republic of letters - private association in the public sphere, 1780-89, Dena Goodman addressing the public in 18th-century French fiction, Malcolm Cook scandalous femininity - prostitution and 18th-century narrative, Vivien Jones the fear of public disorder - marriage between revolution and reaction, Ursula Vogel Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel - argumentative strategies in the debate on the rights of women, Lesley Sharpe literatures of publicity and the right to freedom of the press in late-18th-century Germany - the case of Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, John Christian Laursen censorship and the conception of the public in late-18th-century Germany - or, are censorship and public opinion mutually exclusive?, Edoardo Tortarolo opinion's metamorphosis - Hume and the perception of public authority, Dario Castiglione an impartial actor - the private and the public sphere in Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments", Maria Luisa Pesante William Godwin and the idea of historical commemoration - history as public memory and private sentiment, Mark Salber Phillips a historical postscript, Jonathan Barry
£109.50
Cornell University Press Immigrants Progressives and Exclusion Politics
Book SynopsisThe "Great American Problem" at the beginning of the 20th century was immigration. Robert Zeidel introduces the nine members of the Dillingham Commission, created by the immigrant act of 1907, as they meticulously gathered the facts for their 41-volume report. In general, the Dillingham Commission reached positive conclusions.Trade Review"A sophisticated, engaging, attentive account of one of the most intellectually interesting eras in American political development.... This book is splendid." - Cheryl Shanks, Williams College; "This thoroughly researched work is the fullest treatment yet of the Dillingham Commission, filling an important gap in the historiography of American immigration policy." - Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati"Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction—The Dillingham Commission and Progressive Reform 1. "An Exhaustive Investigation" 2. "No Man Afraid of the Facts" 3. "Every Part of Europe" 4. "Observations at Home" 5. "Craniometry" 6. "Vast Mass of Valuable Facts" 7. "Most Feasible Means" 8. "Mathematical Certainty" Epilogue: Assessing the End of an Era Notes Bibliography Index
£36.00
Cornell University Press Gender and National Identity in TwentiethCentury
Book SynopsisCombining concepts and methodologies from anthropology, history, linguistics, literature, music, cultural studies, and film studies, this collection of essays addresses issues crucial to gender and national identity in Russia since the October Revolution of 1917. It is useful for students in the fields of gender studies and Russian history.Trade ReviewThis excellent collection offers one of the first sustained discussions of the fertile intersection of gender and nation... essential for any student of twentieth-century Russian cultural history. -- Michael Gorham, author of Speaking in Soviet TonguesValuable.... All ten essays in the collection represent impressive and original scholarship, and there are some exceptionally interesting and well-written contributions. * CANADIAN SLAVONIC PAPERS *An important, well-organized, and focused collection of essays that explores the complex relationship of gender and national identity in Russia. * The Russian Review *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: Lost in the Myths Helena Goscilo and Andrea Lanoux Chapter 1: National, Cultural, and Gender Identity in the Russian Language Valentina Zaitseva Chapter 2: Widowhood as Genre and Profession à la Russe: Nation, Shadow, Curator, and Publicity Agent Helena Goscilo Chapter 3: Mothers of Communists: Women Revolutionaries and the Construction of a Soviet Identity Elizabeth Jones Hemenway Chapter 4: Forging Soviet Masculinity in Nikolai Ekk's The Road to Life Lilya Kaganovsky Chapter 5: Reflecting Individual and Collective Identities: Songs of World War II Suzanne Ament Chapter 6: The Post-Utopian Body Politic: Masculinity and the Crisis of National Identity in Brezhnev-Era TV Miniseries Elena Prokhorova Chapter 7: From "Demographic Crisis" to "Dying Nation": The Politics of Language and Reproduction in Russia Michele Rivkin-Fish Chapter 8: Selling Russia: Prostitution, Masculinity, and Metaphors of Nationalism after Perestroika Eliot Borenstein Chapter 9: Castrated Patriarchy, Violence, and Gender Hierarchies in Post-Soviet Film Yana Hashamova Chapter 10: Raising a Pink Flag: The Reconstruction of Russian Gay Identity in the Shadow of Russian Nationalism Luc Beaudoin
£81.00
Cornell University Press The Open Door
Book SynopsisThe Wajorese people were one of many groups that spread across Indonesian during the early modern era. In the wake of the Makassar War (16661669), the Dutch took control of Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and used it to consolidate their power in the region. Because the Wajorese had sided with the war''s losers, they were treated very harshly and many opted to emigrate. They scattered far and wide across the Southeast Asian archipelago, settling in eastern Kalimantan, western Sumatra, the Straits of Malacca, and the Sulawesian port city of Makassar. Wellen reconstructs the fascinating and little-told story of the Wajorese diaspora. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. Relations between Wajorese migrants and their homelTrade ReviewKathryn Wellen's book is an important contribution to the study of early Indonesian history, and is likely to catch the interest even of people not specialized in the field.... It is based on a variety of sources and shows how history can be enriched by anthropological perspectives. * HumaNetten *
£999.99
Cornell University Press Haymaker
Book SynopsisIn a political culture infused with debates about personal liberties, the role of government, and even the definition of freedom itself, Haymaker tells the story of an isolated Michigan town that becomes the flashpoint for some of the principal ideological debates of our day. When a libertarian organization selects the town as its flagship community, hundreds of its members migrate and settle within the town''s borders. The resulting clash with local townspeople is violent and impassioned, even as the line that divides the two sides increasingly blurs.The story follows characters on both of these sides: an eccentric millionaire known as The Man in White, who is still viewed as an outsider even after living in Haymaker for thirty years; a policewoman trained in hostage and suicide negotiations who questions raising children in this new environment; a teenage girl devoted to basketball and her desire to leave home, who has a close but complicated relationship with her unTrade ReviewThoughtful fiction with an unusual political twist on the theme of insiders vs. outsiders. * Kirkus Reviews *A read to pair with classic works of Paine, maybe a bit of Orwell and most certainly with Rand, Schuitema's first novel resonates as a real-life American example of the current and changing state of democracy, and what real Americans across demographics believe that term to mean. Yet, it reads as an engaging short story with a weaving, character-driven plot and not a word out of place. * Chicago Book Review *Haymaker is an entertaining book for people who like a little politics in their fiction. * National Review *Haymaker is as dazzling and overpowering as a Michigan winter and a powerful debut into the world of novel writing. * Rain Taxi *Schuitema has crafted a description of contemporary small-town life that is easily transferred anywhere in the United States.... A flat-out good read. * Foreword Reviews *
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Cornell University Press From Empire to Eurasia
Book SynopsisThe Eurasianist movement was launched in the 1920s by a group of young Russian émigrés who had recently emerged from years of fighting and destruction. Drawing on the cultural fermentation of Russian modernism in the arts and literature, as well as in politics and scholarship, the movement sought to reimagine the former imperial space in the...Trade ReviewThrough careful and insightful analysis of the lives and ideas of these Eurasianists, Glebov provides new perspectives on the Russian, European, and Asian influences that informed their thinking, how they argued over concepts, and how they dealt with the continuing existence of the Soviet state and, ultimately, fell apart. Highly recommended. * Choice *While earlier studies have covered much of the same territory, Glebov's work stands out by virtue of the depth and the sophistication of its analysis. Perhaps most notable is the author's determination to contextualize Eurasianism by mapping it firmly onto the multiple intellectual, cultural, and political milieux-Russian as well as West European-out of which it developed. * The Russian Review *
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Temple University Press,U.S. Social Movements and Political Power Emerging
Book SynopsisSocial Movements and Political Power: Emerging Forms of Radicalism in the West takes a look at the social movements.Trade Review"Boggs' account is informative, insightful, and provocative. His enthusiasm for new social movements does not blind him to their shortcomings." --Political Science Quarterly "A provocative book, one that deserves a wide reading among those who wish to understand the new movements. His analysis is an important contribution to understanding the transitions we are going through." --Journal of the American Planning Association "Carl Boggs has written one of the most comprehensive, stimulating, and provocative books we have on the 'new social movements' today. It deserves the highest praise for the issues it raises, its clarity of thought, and its splendid style. This is 'must' reading on the subject." --Murray Bookchin, Emeritus Professor, Ramapo CollegeTable of ContentsPreface 1. The New Global Context of Social Movements 2. The Changing Universe of Political Opposition The Historical Context * The Varieties of Popular Movements * Constituent Elements of A New Radicalism * Marxism and New Social Movements * From Social Movement to Political Strategy 3. Eurosocialism and the Search for a Third Road The Social-Democratic Impasse * The Eurosocialist Alternative * The Dilemmas of Structural Reformism * The Consolidation of Bourgeois Hegemony 4. The American Context: From New Left to New Populism New Populism, Marxism, and the Left * The Conquest of New Political Terrain * The Limits of Democratic Reform * Santa Monica: Institutionalization at the Grassroots * Popular Revolt and the Search for Community * New Populism and Beyond 5. The Green Alternative in West Germany New Movements and the Rise of the Greens * Party of a New Type * An Ecological Mode of Development * New Cold War and the Peace Movement * The Green Predicament * The Diffusion of Green Politics 6. Social Movements and Radical Change The Global Dimension * A New Phase of Class Politics * State Power and Political Strategy * Hegemony and Counterhegemony * Toward a Post-Marxist Radicalism Notes Acronyms Index
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Inventing Vietnam The War in Film and Television
Book SynopsisThe Vietnam War has been depicted by every available medium, each presenting a message, an agenda, of what the filmmakers and producers choose to project about America's involvement in Southeast Asia. This collection of essays analyzes the themes, modes, and stylistic strategies seen in a broad range of films and television programs.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction - Michael Anderegg 1. Hollywood and Vietnam: John Wayne and Jane Fonda as Discourse - Michael Anderegg 2. "All the Animals Come Out at Night": Vietnam Meets Noir in Taxi Driver - Cynthia J. Fuchs 3. Vietnam and the Hollywood Genre Film: Inversions of American Mythology in The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now - John Hellmann 4. "Charlie Don't Surf": Race and Culture in the Vietnam War Films - David Desser 5. Finding a Language for Vietnam in the Action-Adventure Genre - Ellen Draper 6. Narrative Patterns and Mythic Trajectories in Mid-1980s Vietnam Movies - Tony Williams 7. Rambo's Vietnam and Kennedy's New Frontier - John Hellmann 8. Gardens of Stone, Platoon, and Hamburger Hill: Ritual and Remembrance - Judy Lee Kinney 9. Primetime Television's Tour of Duty - Daniel Miller 10. Women Next Door to War: China Beach - Carolyn Reed Vartanian 11. Male Bonding, Hollywood Orientalism, and the Repression of the Feminine in Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket - Susan White 12. Vietnam, Chaos, and the Dark Art of Improvisation - Owen W. Gilman, Jr. 13. Witness to War: Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic, and Born on the Fourth of July - Thomas Doherty 14. Teaching Vietnam: The Politics of Documentary - Thomas J. Slater Selected Bibliography Selected Filmography and Videography The Contributors Index
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