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Book SynopsisIn this informative and accessible book, experienced educators provide practical insights into teaching political communication effectively. Reflecting on contemporary challenges such as attacks on education, extremism, and new technologies, this book helps the next generation to thoughtfully and ethically engage with the political sphere.

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Book SynopsisIn this incisive book, Roy Heidelberg explores artificial intelligence (AI) not just as a powerful tool but as a system to manage society. Heidelberg considers the way that AI advances rather than overcomes the logic of bureaucracy through efficiency, objectivity and impersonal control.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a broad but incisive overview of US policy toward the People's Republic of China from 1949 until the present. Paul J. Smith argues that any conflict or war between the two nations would have devastating global consequences, proposing a mutually beneficial path forward.

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Book SynopsisThis incisive book explores how cities are increasingly influential actors in international law-making and implementation, particularly in relation to human rights and climate change. Agnieszka Szpak analyzes global inter-city agreements, international relations strategies and international normative activities of selected cities.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book surveys the economic theory of foreign direct investment (FDI) in relation to geopolitics. Imad A. Moosa sheds light on the emergence of geopolitics as a major determinant of FDI flow, providing an erudite analysis of the interconnections between FDI, globalisation and imperialism.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides practical insight into how to improve the effectiveness, resilience, and agility of supply chain operation in the public domain. Mark Fagan highlights how supply chains can support public policy goals, and identifies how to create policy that enables this impact and minimizes unintended side effects.

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Book SynopsisThe Deliberative Democracy Handbook is a terrific resource for democratic practitioners and theorists alike. It combines rich case material from many cities and types of institutional settings with careful reflection on core principles. It generates hope for a renewed democracy, tempered with critical scholarship and political realism. Most important, this handbook opens a spacious window on the innovativeness of citizens in the U.S. (and around the world) and shows how the varied practices of deliberative democracy are part of a larger civic renewal movement.Table of ContentsTables and Figures xi Preface xiiiJohn Gastil, Peter Levine About the Editors xvii About the Contributors xix PART ONE: BACKGROUND 1 1 A Nation That (Sometimes) Likes to Talk: A Brief History of Public Deliberation in the United States 3John Gastil, William M. Keith 2 What Can We Learn from the Practice of Deliberative Democracy? 20Mark Button, David Michael Ryfe PART TWO: DELIBERATION AND PUBLIC JUDGMENT 35 3 National Issues Forums: A Network of Communities Promoting Public Deliberation 37Keith Melville, Taylor L. Willingham, John R. Dedrick 4 Electoral Deliberation and Public Journalism 59Michelle Charles, Harris Sokoloff, Chris Satullo 5 Deliberative Polling*: From Experiment to Community Resource 68James Fishkin, Cynthia Farrar 6 Consensus Conferences and Planning Cells: Lay Citizen Deliberations: 80Carolyn M. Hendriks 7 Citizens Juries: Creating a Trustworthy Voice of the People 111Ned Crosby, Doug Nethercut 8 Adapting and Combining Deliberative Designs: Juries, Polls, and Forums 120Lyn Carson, Janette Hartz-Karp PART THREE: DELIBERATIVE GOVERNANCE 139 9 Bringing the Public and the Government Together Through On-Line Dialogues 141Patricia A. Bonner, Robert Carlitz, Rosemary Gunn, Laurie E. Maak, Charles A. Ratliff 10 A Town Meeting for the Twenty-First Century 154Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Joe Goldman, Steven Brigham 11 Collaborative Learning and the Public's Stewardship of Its Forests 164Antony S. Cheng, Janet D. Fiero 12 Participation and Public Policies in Brazil 174Vera Schattan P. Coelho, Barbara Pozzoni, Mariana Cifuentes Montoya 13 Deliberative City Planning on the Philadelphia Waterfront 185Harris Sokoloff, Harris M. Steinberg, Steven N. Pyser PART FOUR: COMMUNITIES AND DELIBERATIVE CULTURE 197 14 Study Circles: Local Deliberation as the Cornerstone of Deliberative Democracy 199Patrick L. Scully, Martha L. McCoy 15 e-thePeople.org: Large-Scale, Ongoing Deliberation 213G. Michael Weiksner 16 Learning Democracy Centers: Where the Public Works 228Carole J. Schwinn, John T. Kesler, David R. Schwinn 17 Disagreement and Consensus: The Importance of Dynamic Updating in Public Deliberation 237Christopher F. Karpowitz, Jane Mansbridge 18 Growing Governance Deliberatively: Lessons and Inspiration from Hampton, Virginia 254William R. Potapchuk, Cindy Carlson, Joan Kennedy PART FIVE: CONCLUSION 269 19 Future Directions for Public Deliberation 271Peter Levine, Archon Fung, John Gastil Recommended Reading 289 Index 301

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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with policy professionals over seven years Focuses on the qualitative and contextual, rather than the quantitative and uniform Moves beyond traditional political science to blend human geography, international relations, anthropology, and sociology Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction: The Crown Jewel 1 1 The Dead Relative: Bounding Europe in Europe 12 Geopolitics by Nobody; Carving Places out of Space; Embodied Europes 2 Knowledge and Policy in Transnational Fields 32 Placing Diplomatic Knowledge; Policy Fields; "The work of reciprocal elucidation" 3 Brussels and Theatre: Bureaucracy and Place 61 Planet Brussels; Those Who Hold the Pen: EU Professionals; The Political and the Technical – and the Social 4 Transnational Diplomats: Representing Europe in EU 27 86 European External Action Service; Curved Mirrors: Negotiating the National; The Group for Which There is no Term: The New Member States 5 Powers of Conceptualization and Contextualization 112 A New Object of Knowledge; Fields of Expertise in the European Quarter; "Most people just want to do what they are told" 6 Feel for the Game: Symbolic Capital in the European Quarter 133 Symbolic Capital; "We are dealing with elites"; "In the third degree of depth"; "An urbane, subtle approach"; Shifts and Spirals 7 Political Geographies of Expertise 171 Knowledge From and On the East; Finding a Market; "Things are evolving"; Managing Difference Conclusion: Circles of Knowledge 195 References 209 Index 225

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Book SynopsisPolitical Oratory and Cartooning An Ethnography of Democratic Processes in Madagascar Insightful, detailed, and substantial, this book has much to say to students of language and followers of politics, not to mention those of us passionate about both and how they interact. Virginia R. Dominguez, Gutgsell Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Why don't more people write books like this? Jennifer Jackson's brilliant insights on Malagasy cartooning, oratory, and political culture are not only a breath of fresh air for the anthropological study of political language, but a genuinely creative contribution to the study of global democracy. David Graeber, Goldsmiths, University of London Called kabary in the island nation of Madagascar, political oratory jostles with political cartoon satire in competing for public attention and shaping opinion. The apparent simplicity of these modes of political commentary conceaTrade Review"It is highly recommended to all and Wiley-Blackwell should be persuaded to circulate a reasonably priced paper edition immediately.” (American Ethnologist, 16 February 2014)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Note on Orthography x Acknowledgments xi Preface xiv 1 Introduction: “Look Out! The Sleeping Locusts Awake” 1 2 A History of Language and Politics in Madagascar 18 3 The Structural and Social Organization of Kabary Politika 65 4 The Structural and Social Organization of Kisarisary Politika (Political Cartooning) 92 5 Building Publics through Interanimating and Shifting Registers 117 6 “Stop Acting Like a Slave”: The Ideological and Aesthetic Dimensions of Syntax and Register in Political Kabary and Political Cartooning 157 7 “That’s What You Think”: Arguing Representations of Truth in Language 193 8 Conclusion: The Constraints and Possibilities of Democracy 214 Index 241

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Book SynopsisRetrieving the Big Society presents a collection of essays that challenge the view of Britain s Big Society as a political gimmick and recognise it as an alternative to the central state in social and economic governance.Trade Review“It is well worth a read.” (The Journal of Social Policy, 1 October 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction: Retrieving the Big Society (JASON EDWARDS) 1. The Big Society in Question (MAURICE GLASMAN and JESSE NORMAN) 2. Red or Orange: The Big Society in the New Conservatism (PAUL KELLY) 3. Cameron, Culture and the Creative Class: The Big Society and the Post-Bureaucratic Age (ALAN FINLAYSON) 4. Big Societies, Little Platoons and the Problems with Pluralism (RODNEY BARKER) 5. Servile State or Discredited State: Some Historical Antecedents of Current ‘Big Society’ Debates (JOSE HARRIS) 6. Tocqueville and the Big Society (JEREMY JENNINGS) 7. The Big Society and Conservative Politics: Back to the Future or Forward to the Past? (ALAN WARE) 8. Freedom, Free Institutions and the Big Society (JASON EDWARDS) 9. From Burke to Burkha: Conservatism, Multiculturalism and the Big Society (RICHARD KELLY and ROBERT CROWCROFT) 10. The Big Society: Post-Bureaucratic Social Policy in the Twenty-first Century? (BENJAMIN WILLIAMS) 11. Free Schools: Big Society or Small Interests? (ADAM LEEDER and DEBORAH MABBETT) 12. The Big Society and the ‘Mutualisation’ of Public Services: A Critical Commentary (JOHNSTON BIRCHALL) 13. Beginning the Big Society in the Early Years (LOUISE BAMFIELD) Index

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Book SynopsisThree out of five Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, feel our country is headed in the wrong direction. America is at the edge, a critical place at which we can either renew and revitalize or give in and lose that most precious American ideal--democracy--and along with it the freedom, fairness, and opportunities it assures. Democracy''s Edge is a rousing battle cry that we can--and must--act now. From Jefferson to Eisenhower, presidents from both parties have warned us of the danger of letting a closed, narrow group of business and government officials concentrate power over our lives. Yet today, a small and unrepresentative group of people is making vital decisions for all of us. But this crisis is only a symptom, Lappé argues. It''s a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for us, not by or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being stolen by private interests or extremist groups, left and right. But there is a solution. The answer, says Lappé, isTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix The Path xi PART ONE Living on Democracy's Edge 1 Our journey to the edge and the forces making possible an invisible revolution of hope 1. The Frame 3 2. The Long Arc 13 3. Power Is Not a Four-Letter Word 29 PART TWO Democracy Growing Up 49 Outgrowing four beliefs that stymie us and discovering that power, even corporate power, isn’t so stuck after all 4. Our Coat 51 5. The Elephant 77 PART THREE Democracy as a Verb 109 It's not what we have, it’s what we do. Americans seize the rewards of self-direction 6. Attention 111 7. Action 151 8. Choice 183 9. Voice 219 PART FOUR Democracy in Our Bones 249 Americans create a culture of empowered, connected people 10. Learning 251 11. Security 277 12. The Invitation 309 Two Frames for Democracy 319 Toward a Language of Democracy 321 Notes 325 Entry Points for Living Democracy 405 The Author 451 Index 453

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the study of electromagnetic wave theory and describes how electromagnetic technologies affect our daily lives. From ER to ET: How Electromagnetic Technologies Are Changing Our Lives explores electromagnetic wave theory including its founders, scientific underpinnings, ethical issues, and applications through history. Utilizing a format of short essays, this book explains in a balanced, and direct style how electromagnetictechnologies are changing the world we live in and the future they may create for us. Quizzes at the end of each chapter provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the material. This book is a valuable resource for microwave engineers of varying levels of experience, and for instructors to motivate their students and add depth to their assignments. In addition, this book: Presents topics that investigate all aspects of electromagnetic technology throughout history Explores societal and global issues Table of ContentsABOUT THE AUTHOR ix PREFACE xi 1 ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS 1 1.1 He(a)dy Stuff / 1 1.2 From Russia without English / 3 1.3 On the Shoulders of Giants / 5 1.4 Do-it-yourself Execution? / 8 1.5 Franklin: Did He or Didn’t He? / 10 1.6 De Magnete (“On the Magnet”) / 12 1.7 A Eureka Moment / 15 1.8 Auld Lang Syne / 17 1.9 As Singular as a Delta Function? / 19 1.10 Publish or Perish? / 21 DID YOU KNOW? 24 2 THE EARTH AND BEYOND 27 2.1 In the Eye of the Beholder / 27 2.2 Roses are Red, Violets are Blue… / 30 2.3 2003: An Earth Odyssey? / 32 2.4 Which Came First: Big Bang or Big Crunch? / 34 2.5 Whistling in the Dark? / 36 2.6 Going Beyond a Selfie / 38 DID YOU KNOW? 41 3 SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) 45 3.1 Little Green Men: A Phantom Menace? / 45 3.2 Waiting for Godot? / 47 3.3 Is There Anybody There? / 49 3.4 Science or Science Fiction? / 51 DID YOU KNOW? 54 4 PROFESSIONALISM: ETHICS AND LAW 59 4.1 Did Maxwell Pull a Fast One? / 59 4.2 Cell Phones and Cancer: Anatomy of a Legal Opinion / 61 4.3 Happy 200th Anniversary! / 64 4.4 Einstein Doesn’t Work Here Anymore / 66 4.5 It is a Bird. It is a Plane. It is… / 68 DID YOU KNOW? 71 5 HEALTH EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS 75 5.1 Say Au Revoir to Cell Phones? / 75 5.2 Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity / 78 5.3 From Bell Tower to Cell Tower / 80 5.4 Nocebo: Reading This Column may Affect Your Health / 83 5.5 Magnetic Pull: Biological Effects or Medical Applications? / 85 5.6 Close Encounters With Radiation of the Other Kind / 88 DID YOU KNOW? 91 6 BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 95 6.1 How Many Biologists Does it Take to Fix a Radio? / 95 6.2 The Grand Challenges / 97 6.3 Biomedical Applications: Taking Stock / 99 6.4 Tugging at the Heartstrings / 101 6.5 A Jolt from the Blue? / 103 6.6 Channeling the Voice Within / 105 6.7 Battling Cancer: Microwave Hyperthermia / 107 DID YOU KNOW? 110 7 DEFENSE APPLICATIONS 113 7.1 Where is Waldo? / 113 7.2 Antimagnet / 115 7.3 Cutting to the Chase / 117 7.4 Twenty-First Century Warfare / 119 7.5 On a Wing and a Prayer / 121 7.6 ELF Communication: An Obituary / 122 7.7 Catching up with Professor Scarry / 124 7.8 Criminal Interference / 126 7.9 Wireless Networks: An Electronic Battlefield? / 130 DID YOU KNOW? 133 8 DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 137 8.1 Blowin’ in the Wind / 137 8.2 Sharing the Road / 139 8.3 Rare no More? / 141 8.4 Local Heating? / 143 8.5 Coming Soon to a Wal-Mart Near You / 145 8.6 Has Your Cat Gone Phishing? / 148 8.7 The Future of Wireless Charging / 150 8.8 Electropollution or Sustainable Energy? / 151 DID YOU KNOW? 154 9 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 157 9.1 Small is Beautiful / 157 9.2 Gigabit Wi-Fi / 159 9.3 Open Spectrum: A Tragedy of the Commons? / 161 9.4 Near-Field Communication / 163 9.5 A New Digital Phone? / 165 9.6 Electronic Countermeasures / 167 DID YOU KNOW? 170 10 LIFELONG LEARNING 175 10.1 Back to Basics / 175 10.2 Preaching to the Choir? / 177 10.3 The Other Davos? / 180 10.4 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall; who is the Fairest of Them All? / 182 10.5 Equations Redux / 184 10.6 New Year’s Resolutions Laws / 185 10.7 Through a Glass Darkly / 187 10.8 Stranger Than Fiction? / 189 10.9 High Frequency Education: What Do You Think? / 191 AFTERWORD 195 INDEX 197

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Book SynopsisThis innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors.Trade Review"Chapter authors include some of the leading figures in the field of educational policy research: Stephen Ball, Aaron Benavot, Xavier Bonal, Martin Carnoy, Andy Green, Bob Lingard, Caroline Manion, Simon Marginson, Karen Mundy, Fazal Rizvi, Susan Robertson and Antoni Verger, to name just a selection, are household names in the area. There are also less known but equally important contributors, rendering this compendium a ‘who’s who’ of educational policy and comparative education research."Peter Mayo - University of Malta, ©Copyright 2019 MayoSource: London Review of Education, Volume 17, Number 1, March 2019, pp.90-92(3)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Acknowledgements xix List of Acronyms xx Introduction: The Globalization of Education Policy – Key Approaches and Debates 1Karen Mundy, Andy Green, Bob Lingard, and Antoni Verger Part I Education and a Global Polity 21 Introduction 22Andy Green 1 Educational Policies in the Face of Globalization: Whither the Nation State? 27Martin Carnoy 2 World Society and the Globalization of Educational Policy 43Francisco O. Ramirez, John W. Meyer, and Julia Lerch 3 The Global Diffusion of Education Privatization: Unpacking and Theorizing Policy Adoption 64Antoni Verger 4 Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of Human Capital 81Eric A. Hanushek 5 Education, Poverty, and the “Missing Link”: The Limits of Human Capital Theory as a Paradigm for Poverty Reduction 97Xavier Bonal 6 Gender and Education in the Global Polity 111Elaine Unterhalter 7 The Global Educational Reform Movement and Its Impact on Schooling 128Pasi Sahlberg 8 Global Convergence or Path Dependency? Skill Formation Regimes in the Globalized Economy 145Marius R. Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek Part II Educational Issues and Challenges 163 Introduction 164Bob Lingard 9 Education and Social Cohesion: A Panglossian Global Discourse 169Andy Green and Jan Germen Janmaat 10 Policies for Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 189Sarah Dryden-Peterson 11 Human Rights and Education Policy in South Asia 206Monisha Bajaj and Huma Kidwai 12 Early Childhood Education and Care in Global Discourses 224Rianne Mahon 13 Education for All 2000–2015: The Influence of Global Interventions and Aid on EFA Achievements 241Aaron Benavot, Manos Antoninis, Nicole Bella, Marcos Delprato, Joanna Härmä, Catherine Jere, Priyadarshani Joshi, Nihan Koseleci Blanchy, Helen Longlands, Alasdair McWilliam, and Asma Zubairi 14 The Politics of Language in Education in a Global Polity 259M. Obaidul Hamid 15 The Global Governance of Teachers’ Work 275Susan L. Robertson 16 The Global Construction of Higher Education Reform 291Simon Marginson Part III Global Policy Actors in Education 313 Introduction 314Antoni Verger 17 The Historical Evolution and Current Challenges of the United Nations and Global Education Policy-Making 319Francine Menashy and Caroline Manion 18 The World Bank and the Global Governance of Education in a Changing World Order 335Karen Mundy and Antoni Verger 19 The Changing Organizational and Global Significance of the OECD’s Education Work 357Bob Lingard and Sam Sellar 20 The Policies that Shaped PISA, and the Policies that PISA Shaped 374Andreas Schleicher and Pablo Zoido 21 Dragon and the Tiger Cubs: China–ASEAN Relations in Higher Education 385Rui Yang and Jingyun Yao 22 An Analysis of Power in Transnational Advocacy Networks in Education 401Ian Macpherson 23 The Business Case for Transnational Corporate Participation, Profits, and Policy-Making in Education 419Zahra Bhanji 24 New Global Philanthropy and Philanthropic Governance in Education in a Post-2015 World 433Prachi Srivastava and Lianna Baur Part IV Critical Directions in the Study of Global Education Policy 449 Introduction 450Karen Mundy 25 Rational Intentions and Unintended Consequences: On the Interplay between International and National Actors in Education Policy 453Timm Fulge, Tonia Bieber, and Kerstin Martens 26 Policy and Administration as Culture: Organizational Sociology and Cross-National Education Trends 470Patricia Bromley 27 Ethnography and the Localization of Global Education Policy 490Amy Stambach 28 Global Education Policy and the Postmodern Challenge 504Stephen Carney 29 Policy Reponses to the Rise of Asian Higher Education: A Postcolonial Analysis 519Fazal Rizvi 30 Joined-up Policy: Network Connectivity and Global Education Governance 535Carolina Junemann, Stephen J. Ball, and Diego Santori 31 A Vertical Case Study of Global Policy-Making: Early Grade Literacy in Zambia 554Lesley Bartlett and Frances Vavrus 32 Global Indicators and Local Problem Recognition: An Exploration into the Statistical Eradication of Teacher Shortage in the Post-Socialist Region 573Gita Steiner-Khamsi Name Index 590 Place Index 592 Subject Index 595

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Book SynopsisIn Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact. Presents an original theoretical approach to political geography by revealing the paradoxical relationship between materials and politics Explores how political disputes have come to revolve not around objects in isolation, but objects that are entangled in ever growing quantities of information about their performance, origins, and impact Studies the example of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline a fascinating experiment in transparency and corporate social responsibility and its wide-spread negative political impact Capitalizes on the growing interdisciplinary interest, especially within geography and social theory, about the critical role of material artefacts in political lifTrade Review“[Barry's] methods of inquiry, attention to detail, and brilliant accounts of the roles materials played in knowledge controversies are standout contributions to the field and challenge several of the assumptions of now-common disciplinary gestures to new materialisms.” (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 1 October 2014) “Despite the presence of some very prominent and overcoded political actors in this project, such as global oil companies, NGOs, activists and national governments, Barry’s meticulous attention to seemingly minor elements and complex relations displaces any recourse to easy reductionism. The usual suspects become part of a multitude of participants entangled in the project’s controversies, and their overt political capacities are often displaced or disabled by the performance of the most mundane things. In this analysis systemic patterns of causation are difficult to identify. Barry maps relational complexity with incredible skill, and the result is a sophisticated account of the contingencies of politics.” (Contemporary Political Theory, 18 November 2014) “Andrew Barry’s genius as a writer is that he teaches you something new about something that you thought you already knew.” (Science & Technology Studies, 1 November 2014) Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgements x Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 The Georgian Route: Between Political and Physical Geography 31 3 Transparency ’ s Witness 57 4 Ethical Performances 75 5 The Affected Public 95 6 Visible Impacts 116 7 Material Politics 137 8 Economy and the Archive 154 9 Conclusions 177 Notes 187 References 202 Index

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Book SynopsisIn Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact.Trade Review“[Barry's] methods of inquiry, attention to detail, and brilliant accounts of the roles materials played in knowledge controversies are standout contributions to the field and challenge several of the assumptions of now-common disciplinary gestures to new materialisms.” (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 1 October 2014) “Despite the presence of some very prominent and overcoded political actors in this project, such as global oil companies, NGOs, activists and national governments, Barry’s meticulous attention to seemingly minor elements and complex relations displaces any recourse to easy reductionism. The usual suspects become part of a multitude of participants entangled in the project’s controversies, and their overt political capacities are often displaced or disabled by the performance of the most mundane things. In this analysis systemic patterns of causation are difficult to identify. Barry maps relational complexity with incredible skill, and the result is a sophisticated account of the contingencies of politics.” (Contemporary Political Theory, 18 November 2014) “Andrew Barry’s genius as a writer is that he teaches you something new about something that you thought you already knew.” (Science & Technology Studies, 1 November 2014)Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgements x Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 The Georgian Route: Between Political and Physical Geography 31 3 Transparency ’ s Witness 57 4 Ethical Performances 75 5 The Affected Public 95 6 Visible Impacts 116 7 Material Politics 137 8 Economy and the Archive 154 9 Conclusions 177 Notes 187 References 202 Index

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Book SynopsisA great fall cannot be understood apart from the rise that preceded it. Enron Ascending is the only book to date that examines in detail the first two-thirds of that iconic energy company''s life. Thus, it is the only book to date that exposes the deepest causes of Enron''s stunning collapse. Nobel economist Paul Krugman predicted that history would look upon Enron''s plummet as a greater turning point than the fall of the Twin Towers. Enron Ascending explains the shock of the company''s fall by recalling the astounding achievements of Enron's birth, childhood, adolescence, and early maturity. It sets forth the once-celebrated but now-forgotten industry and innovation that caused the company and its reputation to soar stratospherically. At the same time, always conscious of the company''s fate, the book highlights throughout the developing habits of thought and behavior that later evolved into self-destructive acts of desperation and deceit. Written fifteTrade Review"Robert L. Bradley's *Enron Ascending* is one of the most remarkable contributions to business history in years. This is the inside history of the company by a man who was there. Anyone interested in American capitalism should read this book." Tyler Cowen "There is only one reason to read another book on Enron: the author offers a more complete and authoritative account of the run-up to Enron’s collapse than that offered by others, and in doing so invites a deeper consideration of the meaning of the Enron story." Malcolm Salter

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Book SynopsisEnterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www. bioeconomies.Trade Review‘Enterprising Nature is a highly thought-provoking book! It is also a really good one, and thanks to Dempsey’s delightfully humorous prose, a pleasure to read. I highly recommend it.’Julie Guthman, The AAG Review of Books (Volume 6, Issue 1) ‘Enterprising Nature also speaks to key approaches in feminist political economy — most notably a commitment to uncover the immense amount of work required to sustain those things that appear as universals and givens: nature and capitalism, for example, but also, importantly, pragmatism and utopianism.’ Juliane Collard, The University of British Columbia, Canada ‘Jessica Dempsey’s Enterprising Nature is necessary reading for understating the critical geographies of how market forces, biodiversity, environmentalism, and all kinds of so-called experts try, and often fail, to dictate the terms of conservation politics the world over. The book is fresh, robust, and offers healthy doses of both scepticism and deep insights into the battles that need to be fought.’Nik Heynen, Professor of Geography, University of Georgia, USA ‘Dempsey’s Enterprising Nature is a must-read for all conservationists. From the vantage of political ecology, Dempsey provides a sympathetic but ringing critique of the ecosystem services paradigm. Nonetheless, her fresh analysis ultimately points towards a new and hopeful pathway - by forging unexpected collaborations among scientists, social movement activists, and scholars of power dynamics, she imagines reclaiming an “abundant biodiversity”, as well as the ecosystem services it supplies.’Claire Kremen, Professor in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA ‘Through arguments with which liberal environmentalists will struggle to find fault, Dempsey carefully excavates the foundations of the global biodiversity industry, and finds them rotten. This is a compassionate and intelligent book, one that helps us ask far deeper questions about humans relations with the world than the mainstream environmental movement dare broach.’Raj Patel, Research Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USA Table of ContentsAcronyms vi Series Editors’ Preface ix Preface x 1 Enterprising Nature 1 2 The Problem and Promise of Biodiversity Loss 28 3 An Ecological-Economic Tribunal for (Nonhuman) Life 56 4 Ecosystem Services as Political-Scientific Strategy 91 5 Protecting Profit: Biodiversity Loss as Material Risk 126 6 Biodiversity Finance and the Search for Patient Capital 159 7 Multilateralism vs. Biodiversity Market-Making: Battlegrounds to Unleash Capital 192 8 The Tragedy of Liberal Environmentalism 232 References 246 Index 276

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Book SynopsisThis book includes a collection of standards-specific case studies. The case studies offer an opportunity to combine the teaching preferences of educators with the goals of the SEC (Standards Education Committee); providing students with real-world insight into the technical, political, and economic arenas of engineering.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book, 2 The Push for Open Standards, 3 Enter Openstand, 4 The Internet and Its Impact on Standards, 5 Where Does All This Leave SDOs?, 7 Rolling Out IPv6, 7 Standards and Trade, 8 Consortia—Chaos and Compromise, 10 Case Study Topics in This Book, 11 1. Smart Grid Takes on Critical Standards Challenges 14 A System-of-Systems, 16 Jump Starting the Smart Grid, 17 The Standards Priority, 19 Strictly Business, 22 United States Has a Running Start, 23 Smart Meter Concerns, 24 IEEE and the Smart Grid, 26 Catalog of Standards, 28 Timing is Everything, 29 Europe’s Interconnected Grid, 30 China Goes Smart, 31 The Smart Grid in Cities, 34 Wireless Everywhere, 35 Advantage, Consumer, 38 Leveraging Home Networks, 41 Conformity Assessment, 43 Cybersecurity Becomes a Major Issue, 46 Solar Flare Threats, 49 More to Come, 52 2. Bluetooth and ZigBee—Fast-Paced Standards Development Boosts Growth 56 Jump Starting the Technology, 57 Interoperability—the (Almost) Killer Issue, 58 Why "Bluetooth?", 62 Bluetooth Standards Development: A Timeline, 65 Bluetooth Today, 69 The ZigBee Story, 70 The Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Gap, 72 Fits and Starts, 73 ZigBee Products, 74 Changing of the Guard, 75 Recent ZigBee Smart Grid Developments, 76 3. Developing a Standard for Electrical Trace Heating 79 Why a New Standard was Needed, 80 Establishing a New Standard, 82 Putting Aside Differences, 83 Forming a Working Group, 83 Confidence Surges, 85 Manufacturers Experience Growth, 86 Going Global, 87 History and Timeline of IEEE 515, 88 What’s Next? A Jointly Developed International Standard: IEC/IEEE 60079-30, 89 4. TV "White Space" Standards Open New Markets 92 Making It Happen, 93 Protecting the System, 94 Setting a Standard, 95 Super Wi-Fi?, 97 Plugging Dynamic Spectrum Access, 99 DSA and the Military, 100 Finding Common Ground, 101 Economics of TV White Spaces, 103 About Those Broadcasters, 104 Wireless MICS Become an Issue, 105 Never Mind, 107 The Global Impact, 108 Future Challenges, 110 Japan Adopts White Space, 113 Another Major Market, 114 What’s Next?, 115 Spectrum Sensing, 118 5. New and Emerging Standards Help Promote Medical Device Development 121 Multiple Solutions, 122 Too Many Radios?, 124 A Work in Progress, 125 Going to Market, 127 Plenty of Standards, More Coming, 128 FDA Recognizes IEEE Standards, 129 A Device, Not a Device, 132 FDA Defines Its "Standards", 133 NFC Standards and Devices, 135 Medical Device Design Challenges, 136 More Market Research, 137 Major Markets, Players, 139 M2M in Telecare, 140 Internet of (Medical) Things, 142 The IP Wars, 143 Privacy Issues, 144 6. Wireless Chargers Become A Standards Battle Zone 145 Going Global, 147 Charged Up, 147 How It Works, 150 The Resonance Approach, 152 PMA and A4WP Unite, 153 For PMA: An Open Spec, 155 The Test Market: Starbucks and McDonald’s, 157 Getting the Word Out, 159 Intel Inside, 160 Military Needs Wireless Charging, 163 Apple Gets a Bite, 164 Innovative, Alternative Approaches to Wireless Power, 166 7. Vehicle "Black Box" Gets Its Own Standard 171 Some Background…, 172 Jump Starting EDRs, 173 Cost Becomes an Issue, 174 More Studies, More Data, 175 A Major Standard Revision, 177 Privacy a Driving Issue, 178 Updating Driver Privacy, 181 Hacking Your Car Code, 182 Europe Test Drives EDRs, 183 More GM Recalls, 185 More Technology, 186 8. EDA Sets the Standard for Complexity 188 Where do EDA Standards Come From?, 189 Semiconductors and EDA, 191 Works in Progress, 193 It’s a Business, 194 Key Standards, 196 EDA Consolidations—Consortia and Companies, 197 EDA and the Internet, 200 Back to School, 201 9. Internet of Things/M2M—A (Standards) Work in Progress 203 From RFID to IoT, 205 Defining Things, 207 IoT and the ITU, 209 Accelerating Standards Development of IoT, 214 M2M Consortia Not Far Behind, 217 Multi-Mode Wireless Sensors, 219 Big Numbers, Big Dreams, 221 Operators See Opportunity in M2M, 223 In the Chips, 227 Connected Car Standards, 229 Regulatory Issues, 231 Hack My Fridge?, 232 Politics, But Not As Usual, 233 Epilogue 235 International Standards Development Organizations Defined 253 Index 267

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive text on the theory and practice of public participation Written by two leaders in the field, Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy explores the theory and practice of public participation in decision-making and problem-solving.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Exhibits, and Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii About the Authors xv PART ONE Participation in a Rapidly Changing Democracy 1 ONE Citizenship, Outside the Public Square 3 TWO Good or Bad? Charming or Tedious? Understanding Public Participation 13 THREE Pictures from a (R)evolution: The Fitful Development of Public Participation in the United States 45 PART TWO Participation in Action 75 FOUR Participation in Education 77 FIVE Participation in Health 117 S I X Participation in Planning and Land Use 155 SEVEN Participation in State and Federal Government 195 PART THREE Participation for Democracy, Present and Future 239 EIGHT Participation Scenarios and Tactics 241 NINE Assembling Participation Infrastructure 287 TEN Building Democracy 305 Name Index 329 Subject Index 337

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Book SynopsisUsing Political Ideas is a unique blend of political philosophy, political theory and history of political thought. It combines a critique of the major ideologies of recent and contemporary society with an analysis of the ideas that form the very stuff of political debate.Table of ContentsAbout the Author xiii Preface to the Sixth Edition xv PART I INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 What is Political Theory? 3 Chapter 2 Ideology 19 Marx on Ideology 20 ‘Ideology’ Since Marx 23 Conceptual Problems 29 PART II IDEOLOGIES Chapter 3 Liberalism 39 The Ingredients of Liberalism 41 The Liberal Model: Perpetual Motion? 51 Why Does the Liberal Value the Individual so Highly? 55 Do I Know My Own Interests? 58 Liberals and Welfare States 61 Liberalism Today 65 Chapter 4 Marxism 73 Problems in Reading Marx 74 The Vocabulary of the Dialectic 76 Marx’s Economics 79 The Social Consequences 82 History and Revolution 84 Communist Society 89 Criticizing Marx 91 The Evolution of Marxism 96 Revisionism and Recantation 102 Chapter 5 Socialism 107 The Nucleus of Socialism 108 The Changing Face of Socialism 117 Objections to Socialism 124 The Contradictions of Social Democracy 127 Chapter 6 Anarchism 133 The Critique of Authority 135 The Anarchist Order 138 The Moral Basis of Anarchist Society 138 Freedom within Society 141 Order without Dependence 143 Anarchist Individualism 146 Anarchist Values 148 Contemporary Anarchism 149 Objections to Anarchist Theory 151 The Ethics of Violence 152 Chapter 7 Conservatism 161 Against Change 162 The Virtues of Tradition 166 Human Imperfection and Inequality 168 Conservative Politics 171 The Conservative Mentality 174 Conservatism Today 177 Ideology or Intuition? 179 Chapter 8 Authoritarian Ideologies: 183 Contrasting Dystopias 185 The Term ‘Totalitarianism’ 188 The ‘Phenomenological’ Approach 189 The ‘Essentialist’ Analysis 191 Fascism as Totalitarianism 198 Fascism as Ideology 199 The Psychological Roots of Totalitarianism 203 Fundamentalist Authoritarianism 205 Totalitarianism Reconsidered 209 Chapter 9 Feminism 217 The Demonization of Women, and of Feminism 218 Feminists and Human Nature 220 Gendered Society 223 Patriarchal Society 225 Women and Capitalism 228 Oppression 232 Feminist Strategies 239 Feminism as Ideology 247 Chapter 10 Green Ideologies 253 Shades of Green 255 Economic Arguments 257 Anti-Pollution Arguments 262 Moral Arguments 264 Green Utopias 267 Problematic Questions 271 Green Successes 277 Chapter 11 Beyond Ideology: Nationalism 281 What is a Nation? 283 The Incoherence of Nationalism 285 The Origins of Nationalism 289 Is Nationalism an Ideology? 291 Nationalism, Liberalism and Democracy 294 Rights of Secession 295 Objections to Nationalism 298 PART III IDEAS Chapter 12 Democracy 305 The Classical Ideal 306 Elitists and Pluralists 311 ‘Radical’ Democracy 315 Democracy’s Paradox 320 The Problem of Minorities 322 Democracy and Liberalism 325 Democracy and Truth 328 The Will of the People 331 New Forms of Democracy 333 Chapter 13 Power, Authority and the State 341 What is Power? 342 What Creates Authority? 346 Power and Authority 350 The State Leviathan 351 Chapter 14 Freedom and Rights 361 The Meaning of Freedom 362 Varieties of Freedom 364 Freedom and Illusion 368 The ‘Rights of Man’ 371 Human Rights 373 Special Rights for Women? 377 Rights and Liberty 380 The Climate of Tolerance 382 Chapter 15 Citizenship, Obligation and Protest 389 Contractual Obligation 391 The Just Government 396 Self-Interest and Gratitude 398 Why Do I Obey the Law? 400 The Right to Protest 402 The Scope of Protest 406 The Right of Revolution 410 Chapter 16 Social Justice and Equality 415 The Criteria for Justice 417 Liberal, Socialist and ‘Natural’ Justice 420 Retributive Justice 428 What is Justice? 430 Nations and Generations 432 Justice and Equality 435 Chapter 17 New Political Dimensions 443 Religion and Politics 444 Multiculturalism, Diversity and Identity Politics 447 Globalization and Global Terrorism 450 Glossary 455 Index 469

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Book SynopsisA complete guide to applied research, featuring original data and detailed case studies Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations takes an integrative approach to applied research, emphasizing design, data collection, and analysis.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables xiii Acknowledgments xvii The Authors xix Introduction 1 Integrating Case Studies into Learning About Applied Research Methods 2 The Cases 3 Community Garden Initiative: Exploring Community Interest in Local Food Projects 4 Statewide Needs Assessment: Understanding the Status of Aging Women 6 Election Administration and Technology: Understanding the Implementation and Implications of Election Policy Decisions 8 National Program Evaluation: Domestic Violence Prevention and Faith-Based and Community Organizations 11 Criminal Justice Policy Reform: Exploring Innovation Across Sectors 13 Structure of the Book and Message to Instructors 15 Part One: Research Basics: What Do We Want to Know and Why? 19 Chapter One Overview and Context of the Research Process 21 The Research Process 21 The Applied Research Context 25 Public Administration, Nonprofit Studies, and Other Subfields 27 Information Literacy 28 Information Quality and Types of Sources 29 Finding High-Quality Information 37 Values, Beliefs, and Certainty in Applied Disciplines 38 Grand Theory and Theories of the Middle Range 40 Case Comparisons 41 Ethics and Institutional Review Boards 43 Specific Concerns for Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies 45 Decision Trees 47 Applied Research Project Planning 47 Typical IRB Review Considerations 48 Conclusion 49 Overview of the Book 50 Chapter Support Materials 51 Chapter Two Applied Research Questions, Literature, and Theory 55 Asking Good Research Questions 56 Case Illustrations of Research Questions 57 Research Questions and Sponsored Research 60 Case Illustrations of Research Questions in Sponsored Research 60 Using Literature and Building Theory 62 The Literature Review 62 Literature Sources 63 Literature Searches 65 A Note About Citations 69 Theory Building 71 Developing Research Expectations and Hypotheses 75 Theories of Change and Logic Models 79 Theories of Change 79 Logic Models 82 Steps for Development of Theories of Change 86 Decision Tree 90 Decisions About Applied Research and Using a Theory of Change 90 Conclusion 91 Chapter Support Materials 92 Chapter Three Applied Research Designs 99 General Parameters of Design 99 Major Design Types 100 Experimental Design 100 Quasi-Experimental Design 105 Nonexperimental Design 108 Case Illustrations of Research Design Approaches 113 Sampling 117 Random or Probability Sampling 118 Nonrandom or Nonprobability Sampling 121 Sample Size 123 Case Illustrations of Sampling Approaches 123 Decision Trees 127 Selecting a Research Design Type 127 Choosing a Sampling Strategy 129 Conclusion 130 Chapter Support Materials 131 Part two: Data Collection: Where and How Can We Gather Information? 135 Chapter Four Qualitative Data Collection in the Field 137 Validity, Reliability, and Error in Qualitative Research 138 The Process of Conducting Field Research 142 Interviews 146 Writing Interview Questions 148 Putting Respondents at Ease 149 Focus Groups 151 Direct Observation 152 Content Analysis 154 Case Studies 159 Case Illustrations of Data Collection 161 Statewide Needs Assessment 161 Election Administration and Technology 162 National Program Evaluation 163 Decision Tree 163 Data Collection Strategy 164 Conclusion 165 Chapter Support Materials 165 Chapter Five Survey Research 171 The Survey Research Process 172 Survey Design 175 Crafting Quality Questions 176 Response Categories 181 Demographic Questions 188 Problems and Controversies in Survey Research 189 Case Illustrations of Survey Use 191 Statewide Needs Assessment 191 Criminal Justice Policy Reform 192 National Program Evaluation 192 Decision Tree 193 Decisions About Methods of Survey Distribution 193 Conclusion 194 Chapter Support Materials 195 Part Three: Analyzing Data and Communicating About Them: What Do They Mean? How Can They Be Used? 199 Chapter Six Data Analysis 201 Context and Descriptive Analysis 202 Qualitative Analysis 203 Quantitative Analysis 207 Coding 208 Levels of Measurement 209 Descriptive Statistics 210 Statistical Significance 216 Bivariate Statistics 219 Multivariate Statistics 225 Codebooks 232 Case Applications of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 233 Decision Tree 240 Conclusion 242 Chapter Support Materials 242 Chapter Seven Writing and Presentations 249 General Tips for Writing 250 A Productive Writing Process 250 Feedback and (Constructive) Criticism 251 Readability and Appeal 252 A Note About Style 254 Types of Writing 256 Needs Assessments and Asset Mapping 256 Grant Applications 258 Funder Reports 264 Stakeholder Documents 266 Journal Articles 268 Applied Dissertations 270 Presentations 271 Presenting Material to Stakeholders 274 Academic Presentations 275 Case Illustrations of Writing and Presentation 277 Decision Tree 277 Decisions About Making Presentations 277 Conclusion 280 Chapter Support Materials 282 Glossary 287 Bibliography and Works Cited 303 Index 309 1.1 The Research Process 22 1.2 Inside the Steps of the Research Process 23 1.3 Top Ten Information Sources from Google Search for “Homeless Women” 37 1.4 Typical Research Roles Covered by IRB Requirements 44 1.5 Decision Tree for Planning a Research Process 48 1.6 Decision Tree for Typical IRB Review Process 49 1.7 Research Process Outline Worksheet 54 2.1 List of Selected Scholarly Journals for Applied Research in Public Service 66 2.2 Examples of Scholarly Sources Used in Case Studies 67 2.3 Journal Article Worksheet 68 2.4 Deductive and Inductive Approaches to Theory 72 2.5 Theory-Fact Relationships in Deduction and Induction 72 2.6 Time Horizons and Outcomes in the Theory of Change Model for the Community Garden Case 85 2.7 Logic Model/Theory of Change to Increase Democratic Functioning Through Voting 85 2.8 Program Evaluation Logic Model for Study of Community Organizations 89 2.9 Decision Tree for Using a Theory of Change Model 91 2.10 Annotated Bibliography Entry Worksheet 97 2.11 Logic Model Worksheet 98 3.1 Common Sources of Secondary Data 112 3.2 Decision Tree for Selecting Research Design Type 128 3.3 Decision Tree for Choosing a Sampling Strategy 129 4.1 The Field Data Collection Process 143 4.2 Decision Tree for Data Collection Strategy 164 5.1 Approaches to Question Wording 178 5.2 The Influence of Word Order and Response Set Choices 183 5.3 Illustration of Ordered Scales 184 5.4 Illustration of Likert Scale 185 5.5 Decision Tree for Choosing Paper or Web-Based Survey Approach 194 6.1 Qualitative Data Display Illustration: Discussion of Partners in Statewide Needs Assessment 206 6.2 Illustration of Coding for Quantitative Analysis 209 6.3 Graphic Display of Descriptive Statistics 212 6.4 Codebook Example for Election Administration and Technology Project 234 6.5 Proposed Theory of Change Model Developed from Statewide Needs Assessment Case 239 6.6 Decision Tree for Approaching Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses 241 7.1 SWOT Analysis Display for the Community Garden Case 257 7.2 Gantt Chart Example for Statewide Needs Assessment 260 7.3 Planning Process Example for National Replication of the Statewide Assessment 261 7.4 Budget Summary and Budget Narrative 263 7.5 Poster for Community Presentation on Statewide Needs Assessment (online only at www.wiley.com/college/brownhale) 7.6 Community Presentation on Community Garden (online only at www.wiley.com/college/brownhale) 7.7 Decision Tree for Approaching a Presentation 279 1.1 Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Standards and Benchmarks 30 1.2 Top News Sources by Media Type 34 1.3 Case Comparison of Research Question, Theory, Reasoning, and Tools 42 2.1 Case Comparison of Approaches to Theory, Literature, and Hypotheses or Research Expectations 74 2.2 Case Comparison of Concepts and Operationalization 76 3.1 Measurement and Intervention Sequence for Major Forms of Experimental Design 102 3.2 Major Forms of Quasi-Experimental Design 107 3.3 Approaches to Nonexperimental Data Collection 109 3.4 Case Comparison of Research Designs 114 3.5 Case Comparison of Sampling Strategies 124 4.1 Case Comparison of Case Selection Methods 142 4.2 Illustration of Content Analysis Strategy for Examining Innovations in Voter Guides 156 5.1 Index of Engaged Healthy Living Activities 187 6.1 Frequency Distribution Example: State Requirements for Certification of Election Equipment 211 6.2 Illustration of Calculation Matrix 216 6.3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion by Level of Measurement 217 6.4 Bivariate Tests by Level of Measurement 219 6.5 Illustration of Bivariate Crosstab Table for Soft Skills Class 222 6.6 Multivariate Tests Based on Dependent Variable Measurement 226 6.7 Relationship Between Soft Skills Course Participant Background and Course Attendance to Posttest Performance 229 6.8 Case Comparison of Use of Qualitative Analysis 236 6.9 Case Comparison of Use of Quantitative Analysis 237 6.10 Codebook for Soft Skills Class 246 7.1 Illustration of Table Format and Style 255 7.2 Case Comparison of Types of Writing and Presentations 278

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Book SynopsisIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1 2 Crisis and Critique 27 3 Resistance and Autonomy 53 4 Antagonism and Repair 86 5 Separation and Renewal 133 6 Capture and Experimentation 164 7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196 References 209 Index 231

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Book SynopsisThis book employs a variety of methodologies, including thematic survey, biographical enquiry, and specific study, to examine British and Irish parliamentary history between the exclusion crisis and the Great Reform Act. Casts new light on familiar themes and also introduces previously unexplored issues Discusses important topics and figures of the period, such as Robert Peel; Frederick, Prince of Wales; Irish regulation of trade; the Excise Crisis; the impact of the West Indies on the mid-Georgian elections; and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Utilizes the Irish Legislation Database to re-examine the history of the pre-Union Irish parliament Unites the scholarship of prominent figures in the field with the voices of younger historians Table of ContentsList of Contributors vi Abbreviations ix Foreword Clyve Jones James Kelly 1 W.A. Speck David W. Hayton 3 Bibliography of the Published Works of D.W. Hayton Clyve Jones Richard A. Gaunt 8 Samuel Pcpys and Corruption Mark Knights 19 The Glorious Revolution, Parliament, and the Making of the First Industrial Nation John Beckett 36 The Irish Parliament and the Regulatory Impulse, 1692-1800: The Case of the Coal Trade Eoin Magennis 54 The Private Bill Legislation of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 James Kelly 73 The Irish Parliament and Print, 1660-1782 Toby Barnard 97 Censorship, Salvation and the Preaching of Francis Higgins: A Reconsideration of High Church Politics and Theology in the Early 18th Century Alex W. Barber 114 Securing the Hanoverian Succession in Ireland: Jacobites, Money and Men, 1714-16 Charles Ivar McGrath 140 The House of Lords and the Excise Crisis: The Storm and the Aftermath, 1733-5 Clyve Jones 160 The Attack of the Creolian Powers: West Indians at the Parliamentary Elections of Mid-Georgian Britain, 1754-74 Perry Gauci 201 Loyal Opposition? Prince Frederick and Parliament (1729-51) Robin Eagles 223 Peel's Other Repeal: The Test and Corporation Acts, 1828 Richard A. Gaunt 243 Index 263

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAGProviding important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace in northern India as it is experienced by the Hindu-Muslim community. Challenges normative understandings of Hindu-Muslim relations as relentlessly violent and the notion of peace as a romantic endpoint occurring only after violence and political maneuverings Examines the ways in which geographical concepts such as space, place, and scale can inform and problematize understandings of peace Redefines the politics of peace, as well as concepts of citizenship, agency, secular politics, and democracy Based on over 14 months of qualitative and archival research in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations xii Glossary xiv List of Figures xix 1 Introduction 1 2 The Scalar Politics of Peace in India 35 3 Making Peace Visible in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks 67 4 Political life: Lived Secularism and the Possibility of Citizenship 90 5 Civic Space: Playing with Peace and Security/Insecurity 109 6 Economic Peace and the Silk Sari Market 138 7 Becoming Visible: Citizenship, Everyday Peace and the Limits of Injustice 159 8 Conclusions: Questioning Everyday Peace 176 References 191 Index 213

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Book SynopsisDrawing on 15 years of fieldwork and over 300 interviews,Home SOSargues that the home is central to the violence and gendered contingency of existence in crisis ordinary Cambodia. Providesan original book-length studywhich brings domestic violence and forced eviction into twin view Offers relational insights between different violences to build an integrated understanding of women's experiences of home life Mobilises the crisis ordinary as acritical pedagogy and imaginary through which to understand everyday gendered politics of survival Positions domestic violence and forced eviction as manifestations of intimate war against women's homes and bodies located inside and outside of the traditional purview of war Reaffirms and reprioritises the home as a political entity which is foundational to the concerns of human geography Trade Review‘I read Home SOS while wearing a brand name pullover made by Cambodian women garment factory workers. Brickell’s gripping interviews and her bridging domestic violence to gendered forced evictions make me wonder what violences are sewn into my clothes. This is such an innovative, provocative book.’Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor, International Development, Clark University, USA ‘The home, Katherine Brickell argues, is neither a pre-political nor unexceptional place but instead a crucial site where the production and destruction of life is most powerfully expressed. Drawing on empirical evidence on domestic violence and forced evictions in Cambodia, Brickell provides a conceptually rich account of bio- and necropolitical relations that will resonate for all who are concerned with and seek to challenge the interrelated oppressions and violence that are manifest both inside and outside - but always connected to - the home.’James A. Tyner, Professor of Geography, Kent State University, USA ‘This is an important book with theoretical interventions and insights that take us beyond the confines of both Cambodia and Gender as analytic categories, even while remaining solidly grounded in each. Expanding the terms under which we conceive gender-based violence, Brickell puts forward a novel approach to social analysis that I will call a ‘home-based’ analysis. Through the lens of the home, which she argues is ‘intimately connected, rather than sealed off’ from the impacts of political processes (p. 8), this book connects the seemingly disparate episodes of forced eviction and domestic violence.’Courtney Work, National Chengchi University (Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography) ‘…the book accomplishes a theoretically rich yet empirically grounded account of domestic violence and forced eviction as interrelated oppressions and brutalisations of domestic life. The depth of analysis is a timely offering to critical feminist geography and perhaps one that could only be achieved by the longitudinal nature of this study.’Dr. Charlie Rumsby, University of Coventry (2021 book review from Gender, Place and Culture)Table of ContentsList of Figures x List of Abbreviations xii About the Author xiv Series Editor’s Preface xv Acknowledgements xvi 1 Fire in the House 1 2 Conceptualising Domestic Crises 27 3 National Trajectories of Crisis in Cambodia 47 4 Attrition Warfare, Precarious Homes, and Truncated Marriages 67 5 (Un)Invited and (Un)Eventful Spaces of Resistance and Citizenship 109 6 Intimate Wounds of Law and Lawfare 156 7 Dwelling in the Crisis Ordinary 195 References 209 Index 251

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Book SynopsisDeadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era. Rejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the rise of the Right Considers the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U.S. politics Features authorship by an expert scholar in the field who takes a thematic rather than a partisan approach to recent American politics Offers a concise, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date synthesis of the literature in the field and concludes with a comprehensive bibliographical essay, an aid to student research Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Introduction: 1968—The End of an Era 1 1 The Politics of Cynicism, 1968–1974 5 The Shaping of a New Majority 7 Conservatism as Reform 16 The Politics of War and Détente 19 Watergate and Its Aftermath 30 2 The Futility of Moderation, 1974–1976 43 The Politics of Forgiveness 44 President as Political Prisoner 48 Détente Derailed 53 3 Dashed Hopes, 1976–1980 60 Fractured Majority 61 Threading the Needle 73 The Abandonment of Idealism 78 4 Dogma and (More) Disappointment, 1980–1988 89 The Rise of the Right 90 Reaganomics 96 Culture Wars and Party Politics 107 Reagan's World 117 5 Squandering the Inheritance, 1988–1992 136 Succession by Hardball 137 The Bills Come Due 144 New World (Dis)Order 153 6 The Deepening Divide, 1992–2000 171 The Illusion of Liberal Revival 172 The Politics of Triangulation 187 Quest for a Post-Cold War Foreign Policy 200 Crises of the Clinton Presidency 212 7 The Politics of Polarization, 2000–2008 221 Ultimate Deadlock: Bush v. Gore 222 The Politics of Anti-terrorism 233 Imagined Mandate 248 The Politics of Certitude 262 8 The Politics of Red and Blue, since 2008 277 The Politics of Hope 279 Government by Dysfunction 296 The Politics of Trench Warfare 315 Conclusion: Deadlock and Disillusionment 328 Bibliographical Essay 335 Index 355

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Book SynopsisChallenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shapeand are shaped bythe aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribution to the study of globalization by bringing together critical development and feminist theoretical approaches Opens up new avenues for the analysis of global production as a long-term development strategy Contributes novel theoretical insights drawn from the everyday experiences of disinvestment and precarious work on people's lives and their communities Represents the first analysis of increasing uneven development among countries in the Caribbean Calls for more rigorous studies of long accepted notions of the geographies of inequality and poverty in the global South Trade ReviewAt a time when empirical work is increasingly done as fast research or sidelined altogether, it is a pleasure to see what good monographs are capable of achieving Werner brilliantly demonstrates how the global factory works as a set of discourses and spatial imaginaries in addition to the mechanisms of capitalist accumulation Global Displacements offers provocative insights enabling the reader to look behind the veils of all-too-simplistic representations that promise economic development with the help of global factory and global value chain. - Christian Berndt, Economic Geography, Vol. 93 No. 2.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vi List of Abbreviations vii List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction: Power and Difference in Global Production 1 2 Two Stories of Caribbean Development: Garments‐as‐ Globalization and Garments‐as‐Regional Entrepreneurialism 28 3 From Manufactura to Mentefactura? Gender and Industrial Restructuring in the Dominican Republic 54 4 Embodied Negotiations: Geographies of Work after Trade Zones 85 5 Reworking Coloniality through the Haitian–Dominican Border 113 6 Haiti, the Global Factory and the Politics of Reconstruction 141 7 Unsettling Dominant Crisis Narratives of the Caribbean 163 8 Conclusion 181 Bibliography 187 Index 206

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Book SynopsisWork-Life Advantage analyses how employer-provision of family-friendly' working arrangements - designed to help workers better reconcile work, home and family - can also enhance firms' capacities for learning and innovation, in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage and socially inclusive growth. Brings together major debates in labour geography, feminist geography, and regional learning in novel ways, through a focus on the shifting boundaries between work, home, and family Addresses a major gap in the scholarly research surrounding the narrow business case' for work-life balance by developing a more socially progressive, workerist dual agenda' Challenges and disrupts masculinist assumptions of the ideal worker and the associated labour market marginalization of workers with significant home and family commitments Based on 10 years of research with over 300 IT workers and 150 IT firms in the UK and Ireland, with important insights Table of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Tables ix Series Editor’s Preface xi Preface and Acknowledgements xii List of Abbreviations xv 1 Inclusive Regional Learning? 1 2 Recentering Regional Learning: Beyond Masculinist Geographies of Regional Advantage 16 3 Work]Life Balance and its Uncertain ‘Business Case’ 38 4 Researching Labour Geographies of Work-Life and Learning in Ireland and the UK 67 5 Juggling Work, Home and Family in the Knowledge Economy 86 6 Overcoming Work-Life Conflict and the Gendered Limits to Learning and Innovation? 117 7 Work-Life Balance, Cross-Firm Worker Mobility and Gendered Knowledge Spillovers 145 8 Conclusions: Gendered Regional Learning and Work-Life Advantage 176 References 197 Index 226

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Book Synopsis''An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ''Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistanand our worldare built.''Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA ''In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off political Islam from the West, Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.''Joshua Barkan, DepartmenTrade Review‘An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the ‘Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the Bamiyan Buddhas, Jan provokes and challenges our thinking while unearthing the ground on which Pakistan—and our world—are built.’Joel Wainwright, Department of Geography, Ohio State University, USA ‘In this exceptionally inventive and important book, Jan shows us that the problems besetting political life in Pakistan are part of a more troubling crisis in modern forms of power. Challenging accounts that cordon off “political Islam” from “the West,” Jan discloses their fundamental indistinction and thus, through his practice of critical ontology, reorients our understanding of how power and violence are at work in the world.’Joshua Barkan, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USATable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Islamapolis: The Crisis of Islam and the Political in Pakistan 1. Critical Ontology: The Biopolitical Apparatus 2. The Space of Emergency: The Military, Discipline and Political Theology 3. The Space of Law: ‘Ulama, Shari‘a, and the Technology of Blasphemy 4. The Space of War: Homo Islamicus, Body Politics and Jihad 5. The Space of Exception: Nationalism and Biopolitical Sovereignty Conclusion: The Metacolonial and The Space of Thinking Appendix A Appendix B Glossary References

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