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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Epidemics: From the Spanish Flu to
Book SynopsisCOVID-19 has made us all aware of the fact that we live in a world full of invisible enemies. Normally, we don’t even realize they’re there, but from time to time one of these microscopic creatures becomes powerful enough to turn everything upside down. What are these invisible enemies, and how can we prepare ourselves for the pandemics of the future? A specialist in the cellular biology of diseases, Salvador Macip explains, in a language everyone can understand, what it means to share the planet with millions of microbes – some wonderful allies, others terrible foes. He provides a concise account of epidemics that changed history, and focuses on the great modern plagues that are still causing millions of deaths every year, from influenza, TB and malaria to COVID-19. Macip also examines the methods we have used – from vaccines to improved sanitation and social distancing – to try to control these invisible enemies. This authoritative overview of modern epidemics and the pathogens that cause them will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our world today, a world in which some of the greatest threats to the human species come from the invisible microbes with which we share this planet.Trade Review'A timely, authoritative and reader-friendly overview of pandemics past and present. This broad and balanced account, which is devoid of Anglo-American bias, provides fascinating insights into the important events associated with, for example, the defeat of the last Inca Emperor Atahualpa, Chagas disease in Bolivia and the Mexican origin of the 2009 influenza pandemic, as well as explaining the latter’s malignant effects on our preparedness for COVID-19.'Hugh Pennington, Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen'Well written and informative and relevant for this difficult era of covid.'British Society for the History of Medicine'An important book for understanding a world in which some of the greatest threats are invisible.'Climate & Capitalism'This authoritative overview of modern epidemics and the pathogens that cause them will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our world today.'Midwest Book Review'An excellent basis for class discussion about the history of epidemics, equity of resources, and COVID-19, providing many examples of needed improvements.'ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: Sharing the World with Microorganisms 1. Travel Companions 2. The Story of a Never-Ending Struggle 3. Our Arsenal 4. The Danger of Knowing Too Much 5. Forgotten Diseases and New Diseases 6. Coronaviruses and Future Pandemics PART TWO: Great Modern Epidemics 7. Influenza 8. AIDS 9. Tuberculosis 10. Malaria Epilogue Glossary Index
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Brazil
Book SynopsisBrazil has long been an enigma to outsiders. Over the last two decades alone, Latin America’s largest and most populous country has been celebrated as a vibrant new democracy with a powerful economy, and derided as a nation in complete disarray heading toward the status of a failed state. In this vibrant and smart book, Joel Wolfe tells the story of this “incomplete nation” and its two-hundred-year-old struggle to control its vast national territory and to fashion and maintain a functioning democracy against a backdrop of intense inequality, racial discrimination, and regional rivalries. From independence to the abolition of slavery, from scarring military dictatorship to the election of President Bolsonaro – the “Tropical Trump” – and his defeat by former President Lula da Silva, the author weaves a rich portrait of a country fighting against the odds to overcome the long-standing and seemingly intractable problems that have, for most of its history, hindered national unity and development.Trade Review“Wolfe deftly examines Brazil’s complicated economic and political history to explain its current opportunities and challenges. A welcome volume for the general public and specialists alike.”Todd Diacon, Kent State University“An important and lucid exploration of history, memory, and politics, Wolfe's fast-paced and engaging account shows how aspirations bolstered and ideology undermined Brazil’s two-hundred-year struggle to create a multicultural democracy.”Heather Cox Richardson, Boston College“Joel Wolfe’s excellent short history of Brazil with an emphasis on the past century is a wonderful introduction for anyone interested in this fascinating country.”Marshall C. Eakin, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsMap Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Tropical Liberalism (1840-1930) Chapter 2: The Failed March to Modernity (1930-1964) Chapter 3: Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) Chapter 4: Chaotic Democracy (1985-1994) Chapter 5: The Triumph of Social Democracy (1993-2010) Chapter 6: The Great Unraveling (2011-) Further Reading
£42.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of
Book SynopsisNew Pandemics, Old Politics explores how the modern world adopted a martial script to deal with epidemic disease threats, and how this has failed – repeatedly. Europe first declared ‘war’ on cholera in the 19th century. It didn’t defeat the disease but it served purposes of state and empire. In 1918, influenza emerged from a real war and swept the world unchecked by either policy or medicine. Forty years ago, AIDS challenged the confidence of medical science. AIDS is still with us, but we have learned to live with it – chiefly because of community activism and emancipatory politics. Today, public health experts and political leaders who failed to listen to them agree on one thing: that we must ‘fight’ Covid-19. There’s a consensus that we should target individual pathogens and suppress them – rather than address the reasons why our societies are so vulnerable. Arguing that this consensus is mistaken, Alex de Waal makes the case for a new democratic public health for the Anthropocene.Trade Review"In its scope, learning, and wisdom, New Pandemics, Old Politics is nothing less than stunning. As we try to understand Covid-19 and prepare for pandemics yet to come, this deeply learned and compassionate book will remain indispensable."Sulmaan Khan, Tufts University"Alex de Waal brilliantly exposes a disordered and disrupted world “de-prepared” for pandemics and pleads for change. New Pandemics, Old Politics makes an urgent call to abandon the failed “war on disease” script, appealing for a new “emancipatory public health”."Heidi J Larson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine"Packed with relevant historical insights and challenging ideas, this book is certainly a help in understanding how such pandemics arise and what needs to be done if we are to prevent such outbreaks in the future."Morning Star"An extremely comprehensive, fascinating political history of previous epidemics, their metaphors and manifestations, and as such, a highly thought-provoking read in our current times."LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Following the Science, Following the Script 2. The Rage of Numbers: Cholera 3. Metamorphosis: Influenza 4. Who, Whom: HIV/AIDS 5. Imagined Unknowns: Pandemic X 6. Emancipatory Catastrophe? Covid-19 Notes Bibliography
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of
Book SynopsisNew Pandemics, Old Politics explores how the modern world adopted a martial script to deal with epidemic disease threats, and how this has failed – repeatedly. Europe first declared ‘war’ on cholera in the 19th century. It didn’t defeat the disease but it served purposes of state and empire. In 1918, influenza emerged from a real war and swept the world unchecked by either policy or medicine. Forty years ago, AIDS challenged the confidence of medical science. AIDS is still with us, but we have learned to live with it – chiefly because of community activism and emancipatory politics. Today, public health experts and political leaders who failed to listen to them agree on one thing: that we must ‘fight’ Covid-19. There’s a consensus that we should target individual pathogens and suppress them – rather than address the reasons why our societies are so vulnerable. Arguing that this consensus is mistaken, Alex de Waal makes the case for a new democratic public health for the Anthropocene.Trade Review"In its scope, learning, and wisdom, New Pandemics, Old Politics is nothing less than stunning. As we try to understand Covid-19 and prepare for pandemics yet to come, this deeply learned and compassionate book will remain indispensable."Sulmaan Khan, Tufts University"Alex de Waal brilliantly exposes a disordered and disrupted world “de-prepared” for pandemics and pleads for change. New Pandemics, Old Politics makes an urgent call to abandon the failed “war on disease” script, appealing for a new “emancipatory public health”."Heidi J Larson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine"Packed with relevant historical insights and challenging ideas, this book is certainly a help in understanding how such pandemics arise and what needs to be done if we are to prevent such outbreaks in the future."Morning Star"An extremely comprehensive, fascinating political history of previous epidemics, their metaphors and manifestations, and as such, a highly thought-provoking read in our current times."LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Following the Science, Following the Script 2. The Rage of Numbers: Cholera 3. Metamorphosis: Influenza 4. Who, Whom: HIV/AIDS 5. Imagined Unknowns: Pandemic X 6. Emancipatory Catastrophe? Covid-19 Notes Bibliography
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sustainable Futures: An Agenda for Action
Book SynopsisLong before the pandemic, economies across the world were in trouble, with growth slowing across the board. This downturn coincided with growing inequality and social exclusion. Rising political dissatisfaction with ruling elites fuelled the rise of populism. Add to this the alarming environmental emergency and few can deny we live in a time of multiple sustainability crises. While this conclusion can lead to despair, in this broad-ranging book Raphael Kaplinsky, a leading development policy analyst, argues that the future is not necessarily bleak. Interrogating the causes and nature of the systemic crises we are living through, he shows how the challenges which we now face mirror previous historical epochs, in which dominant ‘techno-economic’ paradigms flourish, mature and run into crisis. In each case, decisive action is required to move to a more economically and socially sustainable world. In our time, we are witnessing the exhaustion of the Mass Production paradigm. How we herald and manage the transition to the next paradigm – that of Information and Communications Technologies – will determine our capacity to build a more prosperous, equitable and environmentally sustainable world. This book sets out an integrated agenda for action by multiple stakeholders to achieve this end.Trade ReviewOne of Martin Wolf's 'Best Books of 2021' in the Financial Times‘There are many critics of the current capitalist system. And equally many others who profess how to organize it better. What is often missing is a link between the two. That is, an understanding of how we got into the mess we have, and using this understanding to analyse what is required to do better. Kaplinsky’s book does just that, bringing together historical, political and economic research in a way that allows us to both learn from history, and to have a more prosperous and sustainable future.’Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and author of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism ‘If you want to understand today’s world and how to fix it, this is the book to read. Kaplinsky shows a formidable capacity to encompass the whole spectrum of today’s global problems and provides realistic – though ambitious – solutions. Indispensable reading!’Carlota Perez, author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages ‘A compelling read, brilliantly written and bubbling with thought-provoking ideas, experience and outlines for the future.’Sir Richard Jolly, former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN ‘Faced with what some describe as extinction-level threats, Kaplinsky dares to say this is no time to despair. With his considerable expertise as a developmental economist, he shows that trying to tick off each problem as it comes along is doomed to failure. Part history, part manifesto, Sustainable Futures calls for an integrated approach which brings together the resources of government and the power of the people. Those who want to avoid the mistakes of the past and re-make our future should read this book.’George Alagiah, BBC Journalist and Author ‘Dedicated to “all the grandchildren”, Sustainable Futures is written in the hope of contributing to a pathway out of the current dreadful state of our world and into a sustainable future for them. Kaplinsky provides a theoretical and conceptual framework to better understand the current crises and to extract lessons for the future from epochal moments in history and sets out an ambitious agenda for change. He has indeed provided a compelling and hopeful message “for the grandchildren”.’Keith Bezanson, former President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre ‘A most inspirational and enlightening book by a leading development scholar and thinker, analysing courses and actions to build an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future. A book with historical and analytical depth as well as a global and forward vision which is much needed at a moment when the world is at crossroads.’Xiaolan Fu, Professor of Technology and International Development, University of Oxford ‘Read this book! It’s tightly argued, packed with an astonishing depth and range of evidence on our current crises, and yet is ultimately equally full of hope and practical inspiration, ambitiously laying out a sweeping agenda for change. Kaplinsky combines the big vision of how society must come to grips with innovation together with the mechanics of driving change.’Harriet Lamb, CEO of Ashden and former CEO of Fairtrade International ‘As the pandemic continues to grip the world, we are facing increasing demands for a more resilient and sustainable socio-economic system. Taking a Schumpeterian perspective, this book offers an effective clue to a way out of the current crisis. While it still sees a window of opportunity in the potentials of information communication technologies, it also sets outs a blueprint for collective action by us. It is a must read for all of us, who should participate in this joint effort.’Keun Lee, Winner of the Schumpeter Prize, 2014, and Professor of Economics, Seoul National University ‘This work is a tour de force by a mature and insightful social scientist, worth reading by anybody concerned with how to tackle simultaneously challenges such as global warming and growing inequality. It explains how the world got into its current unsustainable state and it comes with brave and radical ideas for how to move it back towards sustainability.’Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Aalborg University ‘Kaplinsky has laid out with clarity, historical perspective and illuminating supporting data just how the current economic picture indicates a turning point in advanced capitalism. Kaplinsky's driving and compelling historical narrative undergirds an ambitious case for political change that is both grounded and hopeful, touching on income equality, environmental resilience and economic development. Sustainable Futures is a serious and highly readable account of our recent economic history and our potential path forward. Informative, insightful and inspiring.’William Milberg, Dean and Professor of Economics, The New School for Social Research, New York ‘A timely and must-read book as the world ponders how to build better. It shows that the age of mass production, with endless harnessing of energy and matter, has resulted in multiple crises of declining growth, the rise of plutocracies and populism, and the ravaging of the environment. Kaplinsky argues that the power of the financial sector and the plutocracy needs to be overcome, in order to realize the potential of the ICT-based techno-economic paradigm to build a more sustainable and environment-friendly system of production.’Dev Nathan, Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, and Director of GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, India ‘Kaplinsky illustrates the depth of the crises of the twenty-first century. Sustainable Futures distinguishes itself in its interdisciplinary, pluralist, and historical approach coupled with an emphasis on the broader techno-economic paradigm: technological drive, economic development, environmental sustainability, social change and political structure. This timely book is extremely relevant to policymakers and researchers of both the industrialized and developing world.’Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and Distinguished Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute ‘Engagingly written and spanning economic, social and environmental agendas in an exemplary way, Sustainable Futures places Information and Communication Technology at the heart of a compelling argument, but never as a technology fix. On the contrary, the book argues convincingly for a wide range of social and political solutions that should provide a much-needed and powerful directionality to the opportunities offered by these technologies.’Johan W. Schot, Professor of Global History and Sustainability, Utrecht University ‘This work provides a careful, historically based, tough-minded but ultimately optimistic agenda for action that could rise to the challenges of the rapidly deteriorating climate and environment, threats to social cohesion, predatory elites, and destructive nationalism. We really can go beyond the fragile and destructive models and paths that we have followed, towards a much better economy, society and way of living. But we must decide and decide now; as the book's final sentence states, drawing on Sartre, “to choose not to act, is to choose”.’Lord Nicholas Stern, co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank ‘Sustainable Futures is a triumph. Drawing on all the social sciences, it demonstrates how bulldozer trends of our time can be understood as fuelled by the declining phase of the Mass Production “techno-economic paradigm”. The book ends with a vision of what an ICT-enabled, more sustainable world could look like. Anybody interested in the future of human – and non-human – society should debate it.’Robert H. Wade, Professor of Global Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science ‘The journey from the world’s current multiple crises to a sustainable future looks almost impossibly difficult. But in Raphael Kaplinsky we have a guide who inspires confidence. He is that rare thing: an economist who combines a real understanding of society and politics with a seasoned idealism, and in this book he gives us what is perhaps our best chance.’Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level and co-founder of The Equality Trust‘This is a big book; not in terms of length (it comes in very readable form at just over 200 pages of very well-researched and written argument) but in the role it might play. It is both an excellent and convincing analysis of one of the biggest problems confronting society today and at the same time a roadmap for change.’John Bessant, International Journal of Innovation Management‘Kaplinsky is surely correct about what needs to be done. [… The book helps] move the policy debate forward by highlighting the social and political sides of technology-based solutions to the climate crisis.’The Journal of Development Studies‘The "how" aspect of Kaplinsky's book is truly ambitious and visionary, if not simple to operationalize. Although it will be incredibly challenging to attain the synchronized responses that Kaplinsky lays out, it is a worthy task.’Warigia Bowman & Rhyder Murree Jolliff, Energy Law Journal'Sustainable Futures accomplishes much of what it sets out to do in providing a hopeful account of how to address the climate crisis. … Bridging this divide [between popular and academic audiences], especially when it comes to an urgent topic in desperate need of action, should be encouraged and Kaplinsky's attempt lauded.'International Affairs'A very compelling book with a positive and convincing message. […] From a well-argued and broad-ranging critique of the mass production economy, Kaplinsky presents an open and heartfelt analysis of the severity and urgency of the junction our economy and society face today.'Lisa De Propris, Regional Studies'Kaplinsky’s book is hopefully a sign of the return of public intellectuals, desperately needed in a fake-news-distorted and information-overloaded world. […] Raphael Kaplinsky has written an essential book for a wide range of audiences addressing today’s most significant global challenges.'Slavo Radosevic, Research PolicyTable of ContentsChapter 1 A Fork in the Road Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Mass Production Economy Chapter 3 The Bumpy Ride to Social Decay Chapter 4 The Collapse of Environmental Sustainability Chapter 5 Mass Production Runs out of Steam Chapter 6 Information and Communication Technologies: The Motor of the New Paradigm Chapter 7 Transformative Change in Practice Chapter 8 What’s to be Done? Chapter 9 Who Will Do It? Making Change Happen
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sustainable Futures: An Agenda for Action
Book SynopsisLong before the pandemic, economies across the world were in trouble, with growth slowing across the board. This downturn coincided with growing inequality and social exclusion. Rising political dissatisfaction with ruling elites fuelled the rise of populism. Add to this the alarming environmental emergency and few can deny we live in a time of multiple sustainability crises. While this conclusion can lead to despair, in this broad-ranging book Raphael Kaplinsky, a leading development policy analyst, argues that the future is not necessarily bleak. Interrogating the causes and nature of the systemic crises we are living through, he shows how the challenges which we now face mirror previous historical epochs, in which dominant ‘techno-economic’ paradigms flourish, mature and run into crisis. In each case, decisive action is required to move to a more economically and socially sustainable world. In our time, we are witnessing the exhaustion of the Mass Production paradigm. How we herald and manage the transition to the next paradigm – that of Information and Communications Technologies – will determine our capacity to build a more prosperous, equitable and environmentally sustainable world. This book sets out an integrated agenda for action by multiple stakeholders to achieve this end.Trade ReviewOne of Martin Wolf's 'Best Books of 2021' in the Financial Times‘There are many critics of the current capitalist system. And equally many others who profess how to organize it better. What is often missing is a link between the two. That is, an understanding of how we got into the mess we have, and using this understanding to analyse what is required to do better. Kaplinsky’s book does just that, bringing together historical, political and economic research in a way that allows us to both learn from history, and to have a more prosperous and sustainable future.’Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and author of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism ‘If you want to understand today’s world and how to fix it, this is the book to read. Kaplinsky shows a formidable capacity to encompass the whole spectrum of today’s global problems and provides realistic – though ambitious – solutions. Indispensable reading!’Carlota Perez, author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages ‘A compelling read, brilliantly written and bubbling with thought-provoking ideas, experience and outlines for the future.’Sir Richard Jolly, former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN ‘Faced with what some describe as extinction-level threats, Kaplinsky dares to say this is no time to despair. With his considerable expertise as a developmental economist, he shows that trying to tick off each problem as it comes along is doomed to failure. Part history, part manifesto, Sustainable Futures calls for an integrated approach which brings together the resources of government and the power of the people. Those who want to avoid the mistakes of the past and re-make our future should read this book.’George Alagiah, BBC Journalist and Author ‘Dedicated to “all the grandchildren”, Sustainable Futures is written in the hope of contributing to a pathway out of the current dreadful state of our world and into a sustainable future for them. Kaplinsky provides a theoretical and conceptual framework to better understand the current crises and to extract lessons for the future from epochal moments in history and sets out an ambitious agenda for change. He has indeed provided a compelling and hopeful message “for the grandchildren”.’Keith Bezanson, former President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre ‘A most inspirational and enlightening book by a leading development scholar and thinker, analysing courses and actions to build an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future. A book with historical and analytical depth as well as a global and forward vision which is much needed at a moment when the world is at crossroads.’Xiaolan Fu, Professor of Technology and International Development, University of Oxford ‘Read this book! It’s tightly argued, packed with an astonishing depth and range of evidence on our current crises, and yet is ultimately equally full of hope and practical inspiration, ambitiously laying out a sweeping agenda for change. Kaplinsky combines the big vision of how society must come to grips with innovation together with the mechanics of driving change.’Harriet Lamb, CEO of Ashden and former CEO of Fairtrade International ‘As the pandemic continues to grip the world, we are facing increasing demands for a more resilient and sustainable socio-economic system. Taking a Schumpeterian perspective, this book offers an effective clue to a way out of the current crisis. While it still sees a window of opportunity in the potentials of information communication technologies, it also sets outs a blueprint for collective action by us. It is a must read for all of us, who should participate in this joint effort.’Keun Lee, Winner of the Schumpeter Prize, 2014, and Professor of Economics, Seoul National University ‘This work is a tour de force by a mature and insightful social scientist, worth reading by anybody concerned with how to tackle simultaneously challenges such as global warming and growing inequality. It explains how the world got into its current unsustainable state and it comes with brave and radical ideas for how to move it back towards sustainability.’Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Aalborg University ‘Kaplinsky has laid out with clarity, historical perspective and illuminating supporting data just how the current economic picture indicates a turning point in advanced capitalism. Kaplinsky's driving and compelling historical narrative undergirds an ambitious case for political change that is both grounded and hopeful, touching on income equality, environmental resilience and economic development. Sustainable Futures is a serious and highly readable account of our recent economic history and our potential path forward. Informative, insightful and inspiring.’William Milberg, Dean and Professor of Economics, The New School for Social Research, New York ‘A timely and must-read book as the world ponders how to build better. It shows that the age of mass production, with endless harnessing of energy and matter, has resulted in multiple crises of declining growth, the rise of plutocracies and populism, and the ravaging of the environment. Kaplinsky argues that the power of the financial sector and the plutocracy needs to be overcome, in order to realize the potential of the ICT-based techno-economic paradigm to build a more sustainable and environment-friendly system of production.’Dev Nathan, Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, and Director of GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, India ‘Kaplinsky illustrates the depth of the crises of the twenty-first century. Sustainable Futures distinguishes itself in its interdisciplinary, pluralist, and historical approach coupled with an emphasis on the broader techno-economic paradigm: technological drive, economic development, environmental sustainability, social change and political structure. This timely book is extremely relevant to policymakers and researchers of both the industrialized and developing world.’Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and Distinguished Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute ‘Engagingly written and spanning economic, social and environmental agendas in an exemplary way, Sustainable Futures places Information and Communication Technology at the heart of a compelling argument, but never as a technology fix. On the contrary, the book argues convincingly for a wide range of social and political solutions that should provide a much-needed and powerful directionality to the opportunities offered by these technologies.’Johan W. Schot, Professor of Global History and Sustainability, Utrecht University ‘This work provides a careful, historically based, tough-minded but ultimately optimistic agenda for action that could rise to the challenges of the rapidly deteriorating climate and environment, threats to social cohesion, predatory elites, and destructive nationalism. We really can go beyond the fragile and destructive models and paths that we have followed, towards a much better economy, society and way of living. But we must decide and decide now; as the book's final sentence states, drawing on Sartre, “to choose not to act, is to choose”.’Lord Nicholas Stern, co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank ‘Sustainable Futures is a triumph. Drawing on all the social sciences, it demonstrates how bulldozer trends of our time can be understood as fuelled by the declining phase of the Mass Production “techno-economic paradigm”. The book ends with a vision of what an ICT-enabled, more sustainable world could look like. Anybody interested in the future of human – and non-human – society should debate it.’Robert H. Wade, Professor of Global Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science ‘The journey from the world’s current multiple crises to a sustainable future looks almost impossibly difficult. But in Raphael Kaplinsky we have a guide who inspires confidence. He is that rare thing: an economist who combines a real understanding of society and politics with a seasoned idealism, and in this book he gives us what is perhaps our best chance.’Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level and co-founder of The Equality Trust‘This is a big book; not in terms of length (it comes in very readable form at just over 200 pages of very well-researched and written argument) but in the role it might play. It is both an excellent and convincing analysis of one of the biggest problems confronting society today and at the same time a roadmap for change.’John Bessant, International Journal of Innovation Management‘Kaplinsky is surely correct about what needs to be done. [… The book helps] move the policy debate forward by highlighting the social and political sides of technology-based solutions to the climate crisis.’The Journal of Development Studies‘The "how" aspect of Kaplinsky's book is truly ambitious and visionary, if not simple to operationalize. Although it will be incredibly challenging to attain the synchronized responses that Kaplinsky lays out, it is a worthy task.’Warigia Bowman & Rhyder Murree Jolliff, Energy Law Journal "Sustainable Futures accomplishes much of what it sets out to do in providing a hopeful account of how to address the climate crisis. … Bridging this divide [between popular and academic audiences], especially when it comes to an urgent topic in desperate need of action, should be encouraged and Kaplinsky's attempt lauded."International Affairs"A very compelling book with a positive and convincing message. […] From a well-argued and broad-ranging critique of the mass production economy, Kaplinsky presents an open and heartfelt analysis of the severity and urgency of the junction our economy and society face today."Lisa De Propris, Regional Studies"Kaplinsky’s book is hopefully a sign of the return of public intellectuals, desperately needed in a fake-news-distorted and information-overloaded world. […] Raphael Kaplinsky has written an essential book for a wide range of audiences addressing today’s most significant global challenges."Slavo Radosevic, Research PolicyTable of ContentsChapter 1 A Fork in the RoadChapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Mass Production EconomyChapter 3 The Bumpy Ride to Social DecayChapter 4 The Collapse of Environmental SustainabilityChapter 5 Mass Production Runs out of SteamChapter 6 Information and Communication Technologies: The Motor of the New ParadigmChapter 7 Transformative Change in PracticeChapter 8 What’s to be Done?Chapter 9 Who Will Do It? Making Change Happen
£18.04
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Mutual Aid: The Other Law of the Jungle
Book SynopsisIn the merciless arena of life, we are all subject to the law of the jungle, to ruthless competition and the survival of the fittest – such is the myth that has given rise to a society that has become toxic for our planet and for our and future generations. But today the lines are shifting. A growing number of new movements and thinkers are challenging this skewed view of the world and reviving words such as ‘altruism’, ‘cooperation’, ‘kindness’ and ‘solidarity’. A close look at the wide spectrum of living beings reveals that, at all times and in all places, animals, plants, microorganisms and human beings have practised different forms of mutual aid. And those which survive difficult conditions best are not necessarily the strongest, but those which help each other the most. Pablo Servigne and Gauthier Chapelle explore a vast, forgotten continent of mutual aid in order to discover the mechanisms of this ‘other law of the jungle’. In so doing, they provide a more rounded view of the world of living things and give us some of the conceptual tools we need to move beyond the vicious circle of competition and self-destruction that is leading our civilization to the verge of collapse.Trade Review‘Cooperation has, over the course of evolution, been much more productive of increasing levels of complexity than competition. There is no doubt that mutual aid is omnipresent in nature. This penetrating study by Pablo Servigne and Gauthier Chapelle, which paints a portrait of this other “law of the jungle”, is more than welcome at a time when we so badly need to foster cooperation, solidarity and benevolence in order to build a better world together.’Matthieu Ricard, author of Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness"Servigne and Chappelle’s narrative is on point"Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social AnalysisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Alain Caillé Introduction. The age of mutual aid The law of the jungle A potentially fatal paralysis The emergence of another law of the jungle The construction site of the new century Chapter One. The history of a forgetting Everywhere, all the time, and in every colour Among one’s peers Between distant cousins Between dissimilar organizations Our most distant ancestors, champions of mutual aid in all categories All the colours of ‘symbiodiversity’ We are an inextricable bundle of interdependencies Setting the record straight Why society hasn’t seen it - a story of myths Kropotkin, the anarchist prince swimming against the tide Our blinkered society Why science didn’t see it – a history of genes Before the 1970s The life, death and rebirth of sociobiology, 1970-2000 The renaissance of the 2000s Chapter Two. Spontaneous mutual aid Contrary to popular belief… Where does Homo œconomicus live? What emerges in a crisis situation What emerges from stress and the unknown How are we to explain these automatisms? The end of simplistic models A malleable automatism Chapter 3. Group mechanisms The hard core of mutual aid: reciprocity The obligation to give back The roots of reciprocity The transition to the group: extended reciprocity Reputation (indirect reciprocity) Rewards and punishments (enhanced reciprocity) Very large groups: invisible reciprocity Social norms Institutions Chapter Four. The spirit of the group A magical moment: when the group becomes one The sense of security The sense of equality The sense of trust The birth of a superorganism Towards universal principles? The ‘fundamentals’: putting them into practice The principles of good governance Mutual aid taken to the extreme The dissolution of the self Collective ecstasy Group closure A tragic moment: when mutual aid collapses Chapter Five. Beyond the group The big bad wolf principle Competition with other groups A hostile environment Reaching a common goal Can groups provide mutual aid to each other? Overcoming competition between groups The same mechanisms as at the lower level A limit on size? The opportunity of global disasters Chapter Six. Since the dawn of time The evolution of human mutual aid Associating to survive A band of immature primates The evolution of mutual aid between peers ‘There is strength in unity’: the power of group selection ‘Winter is coming’: the power of the hostile environment Other evolutionary forces The evolution of mutual aid between species Needing the other... ... sometimes it’s mutual... ... and eventually you can’t do without them Again and again the hostile environment An endless source of innovation Mutual aid calls for mutual aid Transforming yourself in contact with others Taking it to the next level How mutual aid changed the face of the world Conclusion. The new face of mutual aid Much more than just a law of the jungle The main principles of mutual aid Towards a new vision of mutual aid Epilogue. For which world? Are we going to kill each other? Towards another mythology Beyond humankind Appendix. On the ‘new sociobiology’ An earthquake in the land of sociobiology The secret had to lie in the genes The slow betrayal of the founding father The power of one man The various evolutionary forces behind mutual aid The origins of sociobiology: kinship selection and reciprocal altruism The discovery of other paths: indirect reciprocity and spatial selection Towards a more open and complex sociobiology Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Should We Ban Killer Robots?
Book SynopsisImages of killer robots are the stuff of science fiction – but also, increasingly, of scientific fact on the battlefield. Should we be worried, or is this a normal development in the technology of war? In this accessible volume ethicist Deane Baker cuts through the confusion over whether lethal autonomous weapons – so-called killer robots – should be banned. Setting aside unhelpful analogies taken from science fiction, Baker looks instead to our understanding of mercenaries (the metaphorical ‘dogs of war’) and weaponized animals (the literal dogs of war) to better understand the ethical challenges raised by the employment of lethal autonomous weapons (the robot dogs of war). These ethical challenges include questions of trust and reliability, control and accountability, motivation and dignity. Baker argues that, while each of these challenges is significant, they do not – even when considered together – justify a ban on this emerging class of weapon systems. This book offers a clear point of entry into the debate over lethal autonomous weapons – for students, researchers, policy makers and interested general readers.Trade Review‘In this deceptively small volume, Deane Baker brings his usual clarity and precision to the issue of the ethics of the use of lethal autonomous weapons systems.’Martin L. Cook, United States Naval War College ‘Engaging, stimulating and well researched. This is not a theoretical treatment for philosophers, but rather an informed and deeply practical exploration of the ethical arguments surrounding machines and killing.’David Whetham, Director of the Centre for Military Ethics, Kings College, LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Of War Dogs, Bat Bombs, Mercenaries and Killer Robots Chapter Two: Trust, Trustworthiness and Reliability Chapter Three: Control and Accountability Chapter Four: Motives and Dignity Conclusion: So Then, Should We Ban Killer Robots? Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Temptation of the Wall: Five Short Lessons on
Book SynopsisModern social and political life is characterized not only by a passion for freedom and a desire for human contact, but also by the urge to shut down, to refuse freedom and the responsibility that goes with it, to barter it away in return for our security: this is the temptation of the wall, a temptation with which every modern society has to come to terms. Drawing on his experience as a psychoanalyst, Recalcati shows that the temptation of the wall is rooted in a deep psychological inclination: human beings have always drawn up borders and rejected the risks associated with being open to the outside world. But when these borders are turned into walls, they can only result in an impoverishment of the value of exchange and the loss of the dynamic plurality of a life shared with others.Trade Review‘With his usual vivid wit and wisdom, the psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati describes the world we occupy as one where a fantasy of the ever more threatening stranger lies behind our frantic building of walls – concrete and psychic. Yet, if we really want to strengthen our increasingly enclosed, fragile selves, encouraged only to exercise sovereignty over what we consume, we need to realize that it is only via generous solidarity with others, not sealed off individual choices, that we will find a richer freedom. This book is a tonic for our times.’Lynne Segal, author of Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective JoyTable of ContentsWarning Introduction 1. The Border 2. Hate 3. Ignorance 4. Fanaticism 5. Freedom Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Temptation of the Wall: Five Short Lessons on
Book SynopsisModern social and political life is characterized not only by a passion for freedom and a desire for human contact, but also by the urge to shut down, to refuse freedom and the responsibility that goes with it, to barter it away in return for our security: this is the temptation of the wall, a temptation with which every modern society has to come to terms. Drawing on his experience as a psychoanalyst, Recalcati shows that the temptation of the wall is rooted in a deep psychological inclination: human beings have always drawn up borders and rejected the risks associated with being open to the outside world. But when these borders are turned into walls, they can only result in an impoverishment of the value of exchange and the loss of the dynamic plurality of a life shared with others.Trade Review‘With his usual vivid wit and wisdom, the psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati describes the world we occupy as one where a fantasy of the ever more threatening stranger lies behind our frantic building of walls – concrete and psychic. Yet, if we really want to strengthen our increasingly enclosed, fragile selves, encouraged only to exercise sovereignty over what we consume, we need to realize that it is only via generous solidarity with others, not sealed off individual choices, that we will find a richer freedom. This book is a tonic for our times.’Lynne Segal, author of Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective JoyTable of ContentsWarningIntroduction1. The Border2. Hate3. Ignorance4. Fanaticism5. Freedom Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Common Good Constitutionalism
Book SynopsisThe way that Americans understand their Constitution and wider legal tradition has been dominated in recent decades by two exhausted approaches: the originalism of conservatives and the “living constitutionalism” of progressives. Is it time to look for an alternative? Adrian Vermeule argues that the alternative has been there, buried in the American legal tradition, all along. He shows that US law was, from the founding, subsumed within the broad framework of the classical legal tradition, which conceives law as “a reasoned ordering to the common good.” In this view, law’s purpose is to promote the goods a flourishing political community requires: justice, peace, prosperity, and morality. He shows how this legacy has been lost, despite still being implicit within American public law, and convincingly argues for its recovery in the form of “common good constitutionalism.” This erudite and brilliantly original book is a vital intervention in America’s most significant contemporary legal debate while also being an enduring account of the true nature of law that will resonate for decades with scholars and students.Trade Review“Elegant, insightful, magisterial: Adrian Vermeule has written an instant classic of scholarship, exposing the poverty of today’s prevailing legal theories, left and right, and pointing us to a better alternative – one as vibrant and radical as the Western tradition.”Sohrab Ahmari, bestselling author of The Unbroken Thread and From Fire, by Water “This is the most important book of American constitutional theory in many decades. Common Good Constitutionalism is a bolt from the blue that challenges conservative and progressive constitutional law paradigms alike. It is destined to infuriate, and to reorient.”Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University “You are holding that rarest of books, one that will change minds, change the terms of debate, and change the future. Adrian Vermeule has written the most important and original book on constitutional theory for this generation. Future scholars, lawyers, and citizens will look back at this book for having sounded the death knell of the seemingly unassailable camps of conservative ‘originalism’ and progressive ‘living constitutionalism,’ revealing them to be exhausted sides of the same devalued liberal coin. More importantly, this book charts a new and better path – a common good constitutionalism grounded in the classical tradition but repurposed for the revitalization of a declining but redeemable republic.”Patrick J. Deneen, University of Notre Dame, author of Why Liberalism Failed “This bold and provocative book challenges the views on constitutional interpretation of both US conservatives and liberals, and reframes the debate by focusing on a substantive concept: the common good. With his characteristic originality and ability to weave the insights of different disciplines, Vermeule puts forward a thought-provoking account of the common good and its legal implications, one which will be of relevance well beyond American debates. Even those who disagree with it will have much to learn from this erudite engagement with one of the main concepts in political thought.”Francisco J. Urbina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile “ambitious” John Lloyd, Times Literary Supplement Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: THE RETURN OF THE CLASSICAL LEGAL TRADITION I. THE COMMON GOOD DEFINED II. THE CLASSICAL LEGAL TRADITION IN AMERICA III. ORIGINALISM AS ILLUSION IV. PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEVELOPING CONSTITUTIONALISM V. APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What's Gone Wrong and
Book SynopsisThis expanded, updated, and completely revised edition of The COVID-19 Catastrophe is the authoritative guide to a global health crisis that has consumed the world. Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, scrutinises the actions taken by governments as they sought to contain the novel coronavirus. He shows that indecision and disregard for scientific evidence has led many political leaders to preside over hundreds of thousands of needless deaths and the worst global economic crisis for three centuries. This new edition provides a systematic discussion of the pandemic’s course, national responses, more transmissible mutant variants of the virus, and the launch of the world’s largest ever vaccination programme. Only now are we beginning to understand the full scale of the COVID-19 crisis. We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic, and we need to learn them fast, because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think.Trade Review�This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.�Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh�The Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.�Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London Praise for the first edition:"Devastating… An incredibly powerful read."—Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain"Vital and up to the minute."—Nature "A polemic of the first order."—The Guardian "a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." —The Financial Times "uncompromisingly scathing." —Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century "Blistering but forensically detailed." —Medical Republic Selected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1 From Wuhan to the World 2 Why Were We Not Prepared? 3 Science: The Paradox of Success and Failure 4 First Lines of Defence 5 The Politics of COVID-19 6 The Risk Society Revisited 7 Towards the Next Pandemic Epilogue Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What's Gone Wrong and
Book SynopsisThis expanded, updated, and completely revised edition of The COVID-19 Catastrophe is the authoritative guide to a global health crisis that has consumed the world. Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, scrutinises the actions taken by governments as they sought to contain the novel coronavirus. He shows that indecision and disregard for scientific evidence has led many political leaders to preside over hundreds of thousands of needless deaths and the worst global economic crisis for three centuries. This new edition provides a systematic discussion of the pandemic’s course, national responses, more transmissible mutant variants of the virus, and the launch of the world’s largest ever vaccination programme. Only now are we beginning to understand the full scale of the COVID-19 crisis. We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic, and we need to learn them fast, because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think.Trade Review�This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.�Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh�The Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.�Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London Praise for the first edition:"Devastating� An incredibly powerful read."�Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain"Vital and up to the minute."�Nature "A polemic of the first order."�The Guardian "a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." �The Financial Times "uncompromisingly scathing." �Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century "Blistering but forensically detailed." �Medical Republic Selected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the Financial Times
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Claudia Jones: Visions of a Socialist America
Book SynopsisActivist, journalist, and visionary Claudia Jones was one of the most important advocates of emancipation in the twentieth century. Arguing for a socialist future and the total emancipation of working people, Jones’s legacy made an enduring mark on both sides of the Atlantic. This ground-breaking biography traces Jones’s remarkable life and work, beginning with her immigration to the United States and culminating in her advocacy for the emancipation of the most oppressed. Denise Lynn reveals how Jones’s radicalism was forged through confronting American racism, and how her disillusionment led to a life committed to socialist liberation. But this activism came at a cost: Jones would be expelled from the US for being a communist. Deported to England, she took up the mantle of anti-colonial liberation movements. Despite the innumerable obstacles in her way, Jones never wavered in her commitments. In her tireless resistance to capitalism, racism, and sexism, she envisioned an equitable future devoted to peace and humanity – a vision that we all must continue to fight for today.Trade Review“This book is an accessible and dynamic account of one of the most important Black communist organizers of the twentieth century. Through her examination of Jones’s intellectual brilliance, political acumen, and multifaceted life and times, Denise Lynn has made an invaluable contribution to the study of the Tradition of Radical Blackness.”Charisse Burden-Stelly, author of Black Scare/Red Scare“In this compelling, well-researched, and thoughtful biography, Denise Lynn documents how Black radical feminist Claudia Jones fundamentally shaped our politics. Jones’s ideas on the intersections of race, gender, and class left an indelible legacy.”Keisha N. Blain, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Jones Early years (1915-1936) Chapter 2: Communist Party, USA (1936-1946) Chapter 3: The Early Cold War (1945-1950) Chapter 4: Anti-Cold War and Deportation (1950-1955) Chapter 5: London (1955-1964) Conclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigration in the Court of Public Opinion
Book SynopsisWhat does a nation of immigrants think and feel about immigration? Recent accounts of immigration policy routinely cast Americans as divided into two warring camps – one fueled by threat to livelihoods and way of life, the other by a fervent cosmopolitanism that sees the nation-state as passé. This counter-intuitive book shows that these accounts miss the mark. First, almost all Americans hold a mix of ""pro-"" and ""anti-immigrant"" opinions. Their views are pragmatic and flexible rather than dead-set. Second, opinions about immigration are more powerfully influenced by liberal values and concerns about the well-being of American society as a whole than by identity politics. Third, the assimilation Americans demand from immigrants matches patterns of integration that Hispanic and Asian immigrants overwhelmingly follow. Finally, American attitudes toward immigrants are ""exceptional"" for their openness and respect for cultural pluralism. In Citrin, Levy, and Wright's view, long-elusive comprehensive immigration reform can win in the court of public opinion – but only if leaders heed their constituents rather than the polarized activists who claim to speak on their behalf. This expert analysis rethinks the role of public opinion in immigration matters: its insights will be welcomed by all interested in immigration debates and public policy.Trade Review“Immigration in the Court of Public Opinion is that rare book that clears away the rhetorical fog obscuring the public’s views on a hotly contested issue. With lucid data analysis and compelling logic, the book shows brilliantly that the polarization over immigration in the political elite is not matched in the opinions of the great mass of Americans, who cluster around a middle ground solidly anchored in core American values. The book is a paragon of the clarity of reasoning and evidence that good social science can bring to the public square.”Richard Alba, Graduate Center, CUNY“Immigration in the Court of Public Opinion is a timely reassessment of Americans' attitudes about immigration policy, immigrants themselves, and their effects on many aspects of American society. Citrin and his collaborators provide us with the most accessible, sophisticated, current, and analytically informed data available. It will immediately become the standard reference in the field, informing social scientists, policymakers, media commentators, and private citizens and illuminating countless public debates on one of the most important issues of our time. I have already used it in my own work on immigration policy.”Peter H. Schuck, Yale and NYU Law Schools“Looking beyond the loud certainties of immigration policy debates, this book explores an alternate reality. With a deep analysis of extensive survey findings, Citrin, Levy, and Wright offer an authoritative account of public opinion on immigration across many dimensions. Most Americans, they find, express nuance, conflict, and uncertainty even as they embrace pluralism and generosity. An excellent distillation.”Roberto Suro, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Who Are We Now? Chapter 2: Moderation, Malleability, and the Myth of Warring Camps Chapter 3: Motivations Chapter 4: Assimilation Then and Now Chapter 5: American Exceptionalism? Chapter 6: Conclusion Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Political Masculinity: How Incels,
Book SynopsisMen with assault rifles, balaclavas and Hawaiian shirts pulled over bulletproof vests. Horned warriors with painted faces and fur headdresses draped over their naked torsos. The storming of the Capitol brought together men who had previously come across one another only online in the Manosphere. These were men with a common interest, followers of a male-supremacist ideology, who rioted in order to fight for their privilege. Before then, the world had looked on as devastating attacks were carried out by incels: those who seek to gain unfettered access to women’s bodies by redrawing the hierarchy of the sexes in order to ensure the subjugation of women. For all of these men, masculinity is a political project, and the events at the Capitol were one episode in a growing movement. From the US and Canada to New Zealand, from Poland to Brazil, right-wing extremists, religious fundamentalists and male supremacists are coming together in order to translate their reactionary dreams of male domination into politics, underscoring the masculine roots of the authoritarian backlash.Trade Review‘Political Masculinity is an intelligent and urgently needed book on the global rise of misogyny, anti-feminism and toxic masculinity. Kaiser powerfully shows how male supremacists, right-wing populists and religious fundamentalists are tied together. From Trump to the incel movement, her book offers a thrilling and accessible deep dive into the masculinity struggles we read about in the headlines on a quasi-daily basis.’Julia Ebner, author of Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists ‘We are witnessing a new conjuncture of political masculinity – aggressive, toxic and misogynistic. The book provides knowledgeable insights into global masculinist spaces, as well as processes of mobilizing masculinism. For those interested in gender, politics and de-democratization, a must!’Birgit Sauer, University of Vienna‘[T]he breadth and nuance present in Kaiser’s analysis firmly situates Political Masculinity as requisite reading for scholars concerned with the reshaping of hegemonic masculinity, the gendered character of the far-right, or the authoritarian turn in contemporary politics.’Social ForcesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Organized Misogyny The Incel Movement A New Type of Misogynist Masculinity The “Manosphere”: A Reservoir of Aggrieved Men Violence against Women, Online and Offline Attacks against Women A New Form of Terrorism Emerges II. The Ideologies of Authoritarians: For the “Natural Order” Aggrieved Entitlement The Politicization of Masculinity The Prophets of the Masculinists White Sharia III. The Politics of Masculinity Translating Aggrieved Entitlement into Political Action Unholy Alliances The Networks and Strategies of the Anti-Gender Movement Follow the Money: How Transnational Movements Are Built Riding Hegemonic Masculinity to Power Biologism as an Attack on Democracy Poster Girls and Female Architects Conclusion: Masculinity in Uncertain Times Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Invention of Green Colonialism
Book SynopsisThe story begins with a dream – the dream of Africa. Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization – all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity. But this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.Trade Review‘Blanc has created a masterpiece in contrasts that has much to teach us about nature conservation, “sustainable development”, power and equity on a global scale. This book deserves a spot on the shelves of every major library, a large number of policymakers’ desks and the bedside tables of many ordinary folks interested in Africa, nature conservation, social justice or the sustainable development of our planet.’Diana K. Davis, author of The Arid Lands: History, Power, Knowledge ‘Guillaume Blanc, with passion as well as thorough research, pushes his readers to think anew about the relationship between humans and animals in Africa. This book is both a valuable contribution to environmental history and an argument that needs to be taken seriously about the misconceptions that often shape international interventions in that continent.’Frederick Cooper, author of Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present“Blistering”The Financial Times“Absorbing” The Daily Maverick“[A] book that will challenge much of what the reader understands about conservation.” Sally Hayden, The Irish Times“The book challenges some otherwise comfortably held opinions, and is, at times, a harrowing and often controversial read. Recommended.”Morning Star“a searing critique of wildlife conservation in Africa”The Inquisitive Biologist“Scathing.”Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements History as a Starting Point: Preface to the English Edition Introduction Chapter 1: Deconstructing our Beliefs, (Re)-thinking Nature Chapter 2: Turning Africa into Parkland (1850-1960 Chapter 3: A Special Project for Africa (1960-1965) Chapter 4: The Expert and the Emperor (1965-1970) Chapter 5: Violence Below the Surface of Nature (1970-1978) Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Trap (1978-1996) Chapter 7: The Fiction of the Community Approach (1996-2009) Chapter 8: The Roots of Injustice (2009-2019) Conclusion Looking Ahead: Afterword Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Multiculturalism: The Political Theory of
Book SynopsisThe idea that diverse cultural and ethnic groups should co-exist within a country and that assimilation should not be forced upon immigrant groups – “multiculturalism” – was orthodoxy 20 years ago. Today it’s coming under pressure. In this introduction to the political theory of multiculturalism, Andrew Shorten surveys the leading theories of multiculturalism, the critiques that have been levelled against the idea, and the debates surrounding cohesion, integration and diversity. He then goes on to demonstrate how multicultural political theory can be renewed, arguing that a single, monolithic vision of multiculturalism must be replaced by a multiculturalism made up of different strands, responding to distinctive but interrelated issues, and inspired by real-world policy debates about how political communities should respond to differences of religion, language and nationality. After tracing the influence of earlier multicultural ideas on these debates, Shorten reveals some new and surprising possibilities for mutual learning. Containing an up-to-date overview of multicultural political theory and its various offshoots, this book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the politics of cultural, religious, linguistic and national diversity.Trade Review“If you look for a comprehensive and authoritative overview of multiculturalism theories, and for a critical and judicious commentary on their relative merits and shortcomings, you can do no better than read this book.”Christian Joppke, University of Bern“A thoughtful and balanced account of the nature, origins and development of multiculturalism as both a theory and a policy. Shows the internal diversity of multiculturalism and how it necessarily draws on other traditions of thought while continuing to be focussed on distinct concerns of its own. Of interest to scholars and lay readers alike, this fine book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on the subject.”Bhikhu Parekh, House of LordsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Liberal Theories of Multiculturalism: Autonomy and Toleration 3. Beyond the Liberal Tradition: Recognition and Dialogue 4. Philosophical Criticisms of Multiculturalism 5. Diversity, Cohesion and Integration 6. Beliefs and Identities: Tolerating Religious Practices and Recognising Religious Differences 7. Ruling Ourselves: Self-Government Rights for National Minorities and Religious Associations 8. Speaking with Dignity: Linguistic Justice for National Minorities and Immigrants 9. Conclusion Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Multiculturalism: The Political Theory of
Book SynopsisThe idea that diverse cultural and ethnic groups should co-exist within a country and that assimilation should not be forced upon immigrant groups – “multiculturalism” – was orthodoxy 20 years ago. Today it’s coming under pressure. In this introduction to the political theory of multiculturalism, Andrew Shorten surveys the leading theories of multiculturalism, the critiques that have been levelled against the idea, and the debates surrounding cohesion, integration and diversity. He then goes on to demonstrate how multicultural political theory can be renewed, arguing that a single, monolithic vision of multiculturalism must be replaced by a multiculturalism made up of different strands, responding to distinctive but interrelated issues, and inspired by real-world policy debates about how political communities should respond to differences of religion, language and nationality. After tracing the influence of earlier multicultural ideas on these debates, Shorten reveals some new and surprising possibilities for mutual learning. Containing an up-to-date overview of multicultural political theory and its various offshoots, this book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the politics of cultural, religious, linguistic and national diversity.Trade Review“If you look for a comprehensive and authoritative overview of multiculturalism theories, and for a critical and judicious commentary on their relative merits and shortcomings, you can do no better than read this book.”Christian Joppke, University of Bern“A thoughtful and balanced account of the nature, origins and development of multiculturalism as both a theory and a policy. Shows the internal diversity of multiculturalism and how it necessarily draws on other traditions of thought while continuing to be focussed on distinct concerns of its own. Of interest to scholars and lay readers alike, this fine book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on the subject.”Bhikhu Parekh, House of LordsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Liberal Theories of Multiculturalism: Autonomy and Toleration3. Beyond the Liberal Tradition: Recognition and Dialogue4. Philosophical Criticisms of Multiculturalism5. Diversity, Cohesion and Integration6. Beliefs and Identities: Tolerating Religious Practices and Recognising Religious Differences7. Ruling Ourselves: Self-Government Rights for National Minorities and Religious Associations8. Speaking with Dignity: Linguistic Justice for National Minorities and Immigrants9. ConclusionBibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Capital and Ressentiment: A Short Theory of the
Book SynopsisThe proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and authoritarian leaders.In his new book, Joseph Vogl shows how this dynamic is rooted in the fusing of finance capital and information in a new form of information capitalism that is reshaping the affective economy of our societies. The capital accumulation strategies of powerful new platforms and social media are pushing people into fragmented, opposing, and conflictual communities where ressentiment is nurtured and grows. The feelings of grievance and rejection generated by capitalism are redirected into attacks on migrants, foreigners, and others, thereby deflecting their critical potential, and bolstering the system that is their source. It is the cunning of ressentiment that provides the key to understanding why, despite the profusion of communication in our social media age, global finance and information capital can be neither understood nor attacked as a totalizing power.This brilliant analysis of the ways in which information capitalism is transforming the affective economy of our societies will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the forces that are shaping our societies today.Trade Review“This is an exciting exploration of the logic of information capitalism as the economics of information and finance merge and give rise to a new economization of governance and social control.”Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne“How the hell did we arrive at the dire predicament we are in? I can think of no other book that would provide such a succinct and lucid answer, taking into account the intertwining complexities of the last decades. It’s like a perfect horror story, describing a reality surpassing any fiction, the one we happen to be living in.”Mladen Dolar, University of Ljubljana“Capital and Ressentiment offers a thorough and complex approach to some of the most prescient issues of our contemporary condition. It displays a remarkable command of different bodies of literature, put together in an innovative manner that manages to connect seemingly disparate phenomena.”Journal of Cultural Economy“We would… highly recommend everyone interested in the contemporary transformations of the public sphere to wrestle with this valuable contribution.”OeconomiaTable of ContentsPreliminary remark 1. Monetative Power 2. The Information Standard: On the Episteme of the Finance Economy 3. Platforms 4. Control Power 5. Truth Games Excursus: Fable and Finance 6. The Cunning of Ressentiment-Driven Reason Bibliography Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Fugitive, Where Are You Running?
Book SynopsisHunting stories will usually glorify the hunters, since it is the hunters who write the stories. In this book, Dénètem Touam Bona takes up the perspective of the hunted, using the concept of marronage to highlight the lives and creativity of colonized and subjugated peoples. In a format that blends travel diary, anthropological inquiry, and philosophical and literary reflection, he narrates the hidden history of fugues – those of the runaway slave, the deserting soldier, the clandestine migrant, and all those who challenged norms and forms of control. In the space of the fugue, in the folds and retreats of dense and muggy woods, runaway countercultures appeared and spread out, cultures whose organization and values were diametrically opposed to those of colonial societies. Marronage, the art of disappearance, has never been a more timely topic: thwarting surveillance, profiling, and tracking by the police and by corporations; disappearing from databases; extending the forest’s shadow by the click of a key. In our cyberconnected world, where control of individuals in real time is increasingly becoming the norm, we need to reinvent marronage and recognize the maroon as a universal figure of resistance. Beyond its critical dimension, this book calls for a cosmo-poetics of refuge and aims at rehabilitating the power of dreams and poetry to ward off the confinement of minds and bodies.Trade Review"A brilliant exploration of the nuances, tensions, and radical possibilities of Blackness as told through the framework of fugitivity and marronage. Dénètem Touam Bona graciously invites us to cross temporal lines, geographic boundaries, and methodological conventions in this beautifully written book."Damien M. Sojoyner, University of California"Afropean anthropologist, philosopher, and art curator Dénètem Touam Bona is an original “border thinker” and “crosser” of geographic and conceptual boundaries working within a tradition of Caribbean historical poetics, notably represented by Édouard Glissant. He explores ideas of “fugue” and “refuge” in light of the experience of maroons or escaped slaves, key actors of the simultaneous expansion of freedom and industrial-scale chattel slavery in the Americas."Geoffroy de Laforcade, HumanitiesTable of ContentsForewordSeloua Luste Boulbina 1. Future of the Maroni (Forest Secession) 2. The Art of the Fugue: from fugitive slaves to refugees 3. Manhunt: spectral analysis of slavery 4. "Heroic Land": spectography of the "border" 5. Mayotte, the impossibility of an island 6. Cosmo-poetics of the Refuge 7. Lianas Dreaming Works Cited Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Myth of the Wrong Body
Book SynopsisThe most popular narrative about transsexuality suggests that some people are born in the wrong body – that their bodies do not correspond to their inner experience and that their bodies should therefore be transformed. But in the view of the sociologist and trans activist Miguel Missé, this narrative is a harmful myth. It is rooted in a medical paradigm that typically leads to medical intervention – to the use of hormones and surgical operations. By proposing a particular solution (modifying one’s body), doctors and psychiatrists make it difficult for trans people to overcome malaise about their body in other ways and prevent them from recognizing the burden of social norms. Drawing on his own personal experience, Missé makes the case for a different way of thinking about trans embodiment which focuses on gender identity. The trajectory that leads people to become trans is shaped by the rigidity of gender norms, where the only two models available to individuals are the masculine man and the feminine woman. But these are not the only possible choices, and by critically interrogating the rigidity of gender norms, Missé opens up a different way of thinking about being trans, beyond the essentialism of the medical paradigm.Trade ReviewOne of the Best Books of 2023 in The Australian“One reads Miguel Missé’s The Myth of the Wrong Body with growing excitement and thumping of the air not just because of one’s sympathy with its content, but also because of his sociological approach to the material … This is a very engaging and important book that deserves to be widely read.” New York Journal of Books“not merely compelling, but an important read”The Australian Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue Introduction PART I: THE SOURCE OF SUFFERING Chapter I: Story of A Robbery Chapter II: Uncovering an Alternate Narrative Chapter III: Photo Albums, Guerrillas, Cabarets, and Other Trenches. Activism as a Lifeline PART II: THE FLOOD Chapter IV: Trans is Pop Chapter V: Trojan Horses in a Trans Revolution PART III: TOWARDS A CRITICAL TRANS CORPORAL ETHIC Chapter VI: Passing Chapter VII: Reconciling Epilogue: I Remain Trapped in a Body, but It’s No Longer Wrong Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sorting Machines: The Reinvention of the Border
Book SynopsisIt is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever. While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost anywhere today, the vast majority of the world’s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus nature of globalization more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.Trade Review‘Elegantly written and sharply argued, Steffen Mau’s book examines the changed function of borders in the era of globalization. Selective citizenship, algorithmic governance and the securitization of mobility are some of the mechanisms through which freedom of movement is shown to be the privilege of only a few wealthy elites. An essential and eye-opening analysis of territorial authority in the 21st century.’Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science‘Territorial borders are complex institutions by which states organize hierarchies of (un)desirability of non-citizens. Steffen Mau employs his great analytical sensitivity to investigate border regimes in policy areas such as migration, labour markets and health, EU integration, separatism and war. As the building of fences and walls has again become a global growth industry, this timely and highly readable book offers important insights on the politics of territoriality.’Claus Offe, Hertie School of Governance "[C]ompelling and eminently readable"European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Borders are back! 2. Statehood, territoriality and border control 3. Opening and Closing: The Dialectic of Globalization 4. Fortification: Border walls as bulwarks of globalization 5. Filtering borders: Granting unequal opportunities for mobility 6. Smart borders: Informational and biometric control 7. Macroterritories: Dismantling internal borders, upgrading external borders 8. Extraterritorializing control: The expansion of the border zone 9. Globalized borders Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sorting Machines: The Reinvention of the Border
Book SynopsisIt is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau shows how the new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at the same time: for some travellers, borders open readily, but for others they are closed more firmly than ever. While a small circle of privileged people can travel almost anywhere today, the vast majority of the world’s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus nature of globalization more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.Trade Review‘Elegantly written and sharply argued, Steffen Mau’s book examines the changed function of borders in the era of globalization. Selective citizenship, algorithmic governance and the securitization of mobility are some of the mechanisms through which freedom of movement is shown to be the privilege of only a few wealthy elites. An essential and eye-opening analysis of territorial authority in the 21st century.’Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science‘Territorial borders are complex institutions by which states organize hierarchies of (un)desirability of non-citizens. Steffen Mau employs his great analytical sensitivity to investigate border regimes in policy areas such as migration, labour markets and health, EU integration, separatism and war. As the building of fences and walls has again become a global growth industry, this timely and highly readable book offers important insights on the politics of territoriality.’Claus Offe, Hertie School of Governance"[C]ompelling and eminently readable"European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Borders are back! 2. Statehood, territoriality and border control 3. Opening and Closing: The Dialectic of Globalization 4. Fortification: Border walls as bulwarks of globalization 5. Filtering borders: Granting unequal opportunities for mobility 6. Smart borders: Informational and biometric control 7. Macroterritories: Dismantling internal borders, upgrading external borders 8. Extraterritorializing control: The expansion of the border zone 9. Globalized borders Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Unwinnable Wars: Afghanistan and the Future of
Book SynopsisIn nine short days, Taliban forces destroyed two decades of American armed statebuilding in Afghanistan. This was no isolated failure. Over the last century, almost every attempt to intervene militarily to prop up or reconstruct an allied state has seen similar dismal outcomes. Why? This book answers that fundamental question. By exploring the factors that hindered success in Afghanistan, Adam Wunische identifies forces common to other unsuccessful U.S. armed statebuilding missions, from Vietnam to Syria, Haiti to Iraq. These forces, he argues, inherently favor insurgencies, forfeit sustainability for quick results, and create dependencies and corruption – all of which undermine the goal of building a state that can stand on its own. Not only that, but most of these forces are inescapable and uncontrollable. This means any future attempts at armed statebuilding will likely also be unwinnable, with costs and consequences far outpacing America’s interests and benefits. Faced with a future likely dominated by proxy wars, Wunische offers a novel way forward to prevent the U.S. from chasing new wars that it is destined to lose.Trade Review"Unwinnable Wars combines a scathing indictment of the follies leading to the U.S. failure in Afghanistan with a detailed and dispassionate assessment of the challenges inherent in any attempt at armed statebuilding. It contains an abundance of policy-relevant lessons."Andrew Bacevich, chairman and co-founder, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft"A critical read for policymakers and national security professionals, succinctly laying out why armed statebuilding is so difficult, frustrating, and unlikely to succeed. Wunische’s conclusions are critical to preventing the costly future recurrence of these ambitious but doomed adventures."Jonathan Schroden, former strategic advisor to US Forces - AFG"Adam Wunische's Unwinnable Wars reinforces much of what we know from history and social science: armed statebuilding interventions are unlikely to succeed due to a long list of well-known factors. In an important contribution to existing scholarship, and a much-needed guide to policymakers, Wunische offers us a comprehensive framework to understand the narrow conditions under which military interventions could work. He supports this argument with compelling and wide-ranging historical case studies. A welcome and crucial addition to research on military intervention."Jasen J. Castillo, Texas A&M University"In this intriguing and original book, Adam Wunische convincingly argues that the debates about strategy in Afghanistan (and other armed statebuilding cases) are irrelevant, because these conflicts are unwinnable. Its sophistication, accessibility, and powerful analysis should make this a widely read and discussed book."Jeffrey Meiser, University of PortlandTable of ContentsList of Acronyms List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction: The Fall of Kabul Chapter 1: Preexisting Conditions Chapter 2: Ticking Clocks Chapter 3: Dilemmas Chapter 4: Paradoxes Chapter 5: Avoiding Unwinnable Wars Chapter 6: Wars Worth Fighting Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd We are Forests: Inhabiting Territories in
Book SynopsisFrom the Sivens forest in France to the Hambach forest in Germany, from the Broadback forest in Canada to the rainforests of Borneo, something has shifted in these wild spaces over the last decade or two. People have begun to inhabit the forests, oppose the loggers and use their bodies as shields, motivated by the determination to resist the lethal ecosystem of commercial exploitation. Forests have become a battleground in the struggle between groups with fundamentally divergent aims and objectives. Forests are made up of insurgents. Jean-Baptiste Vidalou went to see some of these forests and meet those who are defending them: he discovered a completely different way of understanding the world, sharply opposed to the mentality of planners who see forests as just one more territory to be managed. Here he recounts this encounter, relays what these forest peoples and struggles convey, not to offer any recipes or ready-made solutions to the crises of our times but to be the forest, like a force that grows, stem by stem, leaf by leaf, slowly becoming ungovernable.Trade ReviewSelected by Mongabay as one of 10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023 “Jean-Baptiste Vidalou investigates the rise of people fighting for forests around the world… he bristles at the idea that something as wild and unruly as a forest needs to be measured to have value… He also reflects on what he sees as the limitations of the way we currently approach forests, and in doing so, finds a mirror for human society at large.”—Mongabay "We are Forests is the outstanding implementation of a lyrical counter-expertise. Jean-Baptiste Vidalou explains how a political struggle is required to truly understand all the components at stake in our relationship to the environment. If we don’t defend a territory, a forest or a lake, we simply see the proposed changes by engineers, administrations and experts as necessary 'progress', smart management, without being sensitive to the ecological devastation at play."—Frédéric Neyrat, University of Wisconsin-Madison "If you, like me, doubt the only way we can see nature is through the data we so obsessively collect and pore over – trying to detect all that which we cannot see – and wonder if ours is just a newer form of an older, discredited interventionism; or, if, in fact you have pondered about why we still stumble for some kind of 'complete picture' of nature, then this book is for you."—EcosTable of Contents1 Where We Live, Where We Struggle 2 A Country Like No Other 3 A Little History of the Map 4 Friction on the Ground 5 Welcome to the Park! 6 A Genealogy of Territorial Planning 7 Devastating Accounting 8 The Physiocrats and the War on the Commons 9 All That Is Solid Must Be Liquidated 10 Total Calculation 11 From Encampment to Logistics 12 Forests Versus Wood-Energy 13 Bringing the Outside In 14 Returning to Forests, Becoming a Secessionist 15 The New Nomos of the Earth References Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Why We Disagree about Inequality: Social Justice
Book SynopsisWhy do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, income inequality, and immigration? In this tightly argued book, John Iceland, Eric Silver, and Ilana Redstone show how two clashing worldviews – one emphasizing Social Justice and another Social Order – are preventing Americans from solving their most pressing social problems. The authors show how each worldview provides a different understanding of human nature, morality, social change, and the wisdom of the past. They argue that, before Americans can find lasting solutions to today’s seemingly intractable societal challenges, they will need to recognize that each side possesses a wisdom the other lacks. Only then can we achieve the common ground and consensus we seek.Trade Review“Americans disagree over the priority of social justice and social order. This simple framework does an astonishing amount of moral, political, and empirical work in explaining contention over fractious issues of racial, gender, and class inequalities, as well as who deserves to become an American. If any book can make us communicate better and engage more effectively, this is the one.”Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University“It might be thought that the typical person’s views about gender, racial, or income inequality are a booming-buzzing admixture of beliefs that accrete in happenstance fashion. Not so! In this elegant contribution, it’s argued that there are but two inequality worldviews in play, each very coherently organized around different first principles. A bold analysis of the cultural underpinnings of today’s inequality wars.”David B. Grusky, Stanford University“Original and persuasive. The ‘culture war’ is one of the most important and most discussed but also ill-defined issues shaping contemporary society. The book offers a very useful and well-argued framework for explaining the differences between the two warring parties in the culture war.”Luke Hildyard, Director of the High Pay CentreTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: The Social Order–Social Justice Framework Chapter 3. Gender Inequality Chapter 4. Racial Inequality Chapter 5. Income Inequality and Poverty Chapter 6. Immigration Chapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Why We Disagree about Inequality: Social Justice
Book SynopsisWhy do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, income inequality, and immigration? In this tightly argued book, John Iceland, Eric Silver, and Ilana Redstone show how two clashing worldviews – one emphasizing Social Justice and another Social Order – are preventing Americans from solving their most pressing social problems. The authors show how each worldview provides a different understanding of human nature, morality, social change, and the wisdom of the past. They argue that, before Americans can find lasting solutions to today’s seemingly intractable societal challenges, they will need to recognize that each side possesses a wisdom the other lacks. Only then can we achieve the common ground and consensus we seek.Trade Review“Americans disagree over the priority of social justice and social order. This simple framework does an astonishing amount of moral, political, and empirical work in explaining contention over fractious issues of racial, gender, and class inequalities, as well as who deserves to become an American. If any book can make us communicate better and engage more effectively, this is the one.”Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University“It might be thought that the typical person’s views about gender, racial, or income inequality are a booming-buzzing admixture of beliefs that accrete in happenstance fashion. Not so! In this elegant contribution, it’s argued that there are but two inequality worldviews in play, each very coherently organized around different first principles. A bold analysis of the cultural underpinnings of today’s inequality wars.”David B. Grusky, Stanford University“Original and persuasive. The ‘culture war’ is one of the most important and most discussed but also ill-defined issues shaping contemporary society. The book offers a very useful and well-argued framework for explaining the differences between the two warring parties in the culture war.”Luke Hildyard, Director of the High Pay CentreTable of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2: The Social Order–Social Justice FrameworkChapter 3. Gender InequalityChapter 4. Racial InequalityChapter 5. Income Inequality and PovertyChapter 6. ImmigrationChapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What is Possible Now: 33 Political Situations
Book SynopsisNavid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani’s uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.Trade Review"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in German today."New York Review of Books"Navid Kermani shows us what it means to be a critical intellectual today."Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"The most interesting voice Germany has."Die Welt "When reading Navid Kermani’s essays, Kent’s line from King Lear comes to mind: “I'll teach you differences.” Navid Kermani is a master of differences and an enemy of rash judgments. His analyses of current political and cultural crises are eye-opening and often disturbing in the best sense of the word."Wolf Lepenies, Rector Emeritus, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin"From a considered examination of the proposition that it was the Afghans who brought down the Berlin Wall to a scintillating essay on gender in language, What is Possible Now is a dazzling, provocative and thoroughly engaging survey of our times that is nothing less than essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where we are now and what is still possible."John Burnside, University of St AndrewsTable of ContentsPreface 1. Islam versus Islam The Judgement against the Egyptian Quran Scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd 2. The Thousand Voices of Silence The Situation of Artists and Intellectuals in Iran 3. Sympathy for the Satan After the Attacks of 11 September 4. The Soft Words of Violence After the Beginning of the War in Afghanistan 5. What Alternative? Before the War in Iraq 6. Right Again, Sadly The Attack on the Synagogue in Istanbul 7. Strategy of Escalation On the Hostages in Beslan 8. Good Thing You’re Educating Me… Confusion in the Integration Debate 9. Desperation and Enthusiasm After the French Referendum on the European Constitution 10. Hate Pictures and Hysteria The Dispute over the Muhammad Cartoons 11. Relying Only on Strength Makes Israel Weaker On the War in Lebanon 12. We are Murat Kurnaz Before Foreign Minister Steinmeier’s Testimony to the Bundestag Investigative Committee 13. The Message of Cologne The Discussion on Building a Grand Mosque 14. Death on Wednesday? The Trial of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Tehran 15. Rejection of Europe The Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets 16. State Without a People The Recent Mass Protests in Iran 17. Allianz Lecture on Europe 18. Triumph of Vulgar Rationalism The Outcry over Martin Mosebach and the Ban on Circumcision 19. Too Late for Good Conscience The Civil War in Syria 20. Farewell to the Middle East The ‘Islamic State’s’ March on Baghdad 21. Stop the ‘Islamic State’! The Threat of Genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other Ethnic Groups in Iraq 22. The European Ideal is Sinking The Mediterranean Sea as a Mass Grave 23. At Our Children’s Cost Europe after Brexit 24. What We Can Do in This Situation After the Attacks in Ansbach, Würzburg and Munich 25. The Weight of Two Sacks In Search of the Last Blind Spots of Progress in China 26. The Laughter of Nasrin Sotoudeh Iran on International Human Rights Day 27. For Three Dollars a Day After the West’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan 28. No Programme but Politics The Chancellorship of Angela Merkel 29. Afghanistan? Already a Non-Issue German Apathy Towards the World 30. The Price of Justice The Disappearance of the Generic Masculine in German 31. War as a Means of Politics After Vladimir Putin’s Announcement of a Russian Troop Deployment to Donbas 32. Through the Night Ukraine at War 33. Woman Life Freedom The Uprising in Iran, July – December 2022
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What is Possible Now: 33 Political Situations
Book SynopsisNavid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani’s uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.Trade Review"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in German today."New York Review of Books"Navid Kermani shows us what it means to be a critical intellectual today."Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"The most interesting voice Germany has."Die Welt "When reading Navid Kermani’s essays, Kent’s line from King Lear comes to mind: “I'll teach you differences.” Navid Kermani is a master of differences and an enemy of rash judgments. His analyses of current political and cultural crises are eye-opening and often disturbing in the best sense of the word."Wolf Lepenies, Rector Emeritus, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin"From a considered examination of the proposition that it was the Afghans who brought down the Berlin Wall to a scintillating essay on gender in language, What is Possible Now is a dazzling, provocative and thoroughly engaging survey of our times that is nothing less than essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where we are now and what is still possible."John Burnside, University of St AndrewsTable of ContentsPreface1. Islam versus IslamThe Judgement against the Egyptian Quran Scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd2. The Thousand Voices of SilenceThe Situation of Artists and Intellectuals in Iran3. Sympathy for the SatanAfter the Attacks of 11 September4. The Soft Words of ViolenceAfter the Beginning of the War in Afghanistan5. What Alternative?Before the War in Iraq6. Right Again, SadlyThe Attack on the Synagogue in Istanbul7. Strategy of EscalationOn the Hostages in Beslan8. Good Thing You’re Educating Me…Confusion in the Integration Debate9. Desperation and EnthusiasmAfter the French Referendum on the European Constitution10. Hate Pictures and HysteriaThe Dispute over the Muhammad Cartoons11. Relying Only on Strength Makes Israel WeakerOn the War in Lebanon12. We are Murat KurnazBefore Foreign Minister Steinmeier’s Testimony to the Bundestag Investigative Committee13. The Message of CologneThe Discussion on Building a Grand Mosque14. Death on Wednesday?The Trial of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Tehran15. Rejection of EuropeThe Swiss Referendum on the Prohibition of Minarets16. State Without a PeopleThe Recent Mass Protests in Iran17. Allianz Lecture on Europe18. Triumph of Vulgar RationalismThe Outcry over Martin Mosebach and the Ban on Circumcision19. Too Late for Good ConscienceThe Civil War in Syria20. Farewell to the Middle EastThe ‘Islamic State’s’ March on Baghdad21. Stop the ‘Islamic State’!The Threat of Genocide against Christians, Yazidis and other Ethnic Groups in Iraq22. The European Ideal is SinkingThe Mediterranean Sea as a Mass Grave23. At Our Children’s CostEurope after Brexit24. What We Can Do in This SituationAfter the Attacks in Ansbach, Würzburg and Munich25. The Weight of Two SacksIn Search of the Last Blind Spots of Progress in China26. The Laughter of Nasrin SotoudehIran on International Human Rights Day27. For Three Dollars a DayAfter the West’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan28. No Programme but PoliticsThe Chancellorship of Angela Merkel29. Afghanistan? Already a Non-IssueGerman Apathy Towards the World30. The Price of JusticeThe Disappearance of the Generic Masculine in German31. War as a Means of PoliticsAfter Vladimir Putin’s Announcement of a Russian Troop Deployment to Donbas32. Through the NightUkraine at War33. Woman Life FreedomThe Uprising in Iran, July – December 2022
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Emotional Life of Populism: How Fear,
Book SynopsisThroughout the world, democracy is under assault from various populist movements and ideologies. And, throughout the world, the same enigma: why is it that political figures or governments, who have no qualms about aggravating social inequalities, enjoy the support of those whom their ideas and policies affect and hurt the most? To make sense of this enigma, the sociologist Eva Illouz argues that we must understand the crucial role that emotions play in our political life. Taking the case of Israel as her prime example, she shows that populist politics rest on four key emotions: fear, disgust, resentment, and love for one’s country. It is the combination of these four emotions and their relentless presence in the political arena that nourishes and underpins the rise and persistence of populism both in Israel and in many other countries around the world. This highly original perspective on the rise of populism will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the key political developments of our time.Trade Review“A great theorist of the emotional life of capitalism, Eva Illouz develops here one of the most original and succinct accounts of far-right populism as a politics of feeling. Her brilliant analysis of its core emotions, fear, disgust, resentment and love, revitalizes scholarship on the political sociology of authoritarianism, while also offering a robust critique of Israel’s lethal politics and a new, much-needed vision of democratic emotionality. A must-read!”Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics“Combining penetrating social-scientific analysis with revealing interviews, Illouz offers original insights into Israel’s longstanding and intensifying embrace of populism. Pithy, smart, and timely, this book should be read by anyone interested in contemporary Israeli politics and society.”Derek Penslar, author of Zionism: An Emotional State“[A] sobering account … suggests that hope, in principle, can strengthen the bonds of fraternity not just among the nation's own members but with other countries as well, opening the way to dialogue, tolerance, and justice.”Robert Zaretsky, The Atlantic“an engaging analysis”Emotions & SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Worm Inside the Apple Chapter 1: Securitist Democracy and Fear Chapter 2: Disgust Entrepreneurs Chapter 3: Resentment or the Hidden Eros of Nationalist Populism Chapter 4: National Pride and the New Politics of Class Conclusion: The Emotions of the Decent Society
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A War Made in Russia
Book SynopsisIn this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia’s war in Ukraine was not merely a whim of Putin’s obsession: rather, it was the result of two decades of authoritarian degradation and post-imperial ressentiment, a culmination of Putin’s regime and of Russia’s entire imperial history. Building on his prize-winning book The Return of the Russian Leviathan, Medvedev argues that it was not only Putin that started this war, but Russia itself, which, by and large, has imagined and embraced it with enthusiasm, seeking to relive its own military glory and colonial past.Trade Review‘Medvedev represents the best of the Russian critical tradition. His clear writing and creative analysis stand out amidst the muddle of twenty-first-century writing about Russia. He has been right all along and he is right again in this book.’Tim Snyder, Yale University‘In an ocean of recently published books on Putin and Putin’s Russia, Medvedev’s illuminating work stands on its own with its focus on Russia’s Putin: Putin as an embodiment of Russia’s national idea.’Ivan Krastev, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia‘Brilliant’Victor Sebestyen, The Sunday Times‘The outstanding clarity of Medvedev’s thought and style places him in the front rank of Russian-born critics of Putin.’Financial Times ‘The passionate Medvedev is the one to read for those who would like to sign up for a crusade’Sheila Fitzpatrick, Sydney Morning Herald‘convincing’Money Week‘A searing, deeply disturbing book that shows how violent the country has become’Victor Sebestyen, The OldieTable of ContentsIntroduction. Method in this Madness Part I. The Anatomy of Violence The State Came After the Body Back to 1937 The Final Diagnosis People as ‘The New Oil’ The Zoos of Terror The Generator of Entropy Part II. The Memory Crusad Kolyma by the Kremlin Memorial to Russian Resentment Thus Spake Zhirinovsky The Offering Made to the Ninth of May A Long Farewell to Empire Part III. The War Nation The Zombie Apocalypse Revenge of the Underground Man The Z Virus Russia Inside Out Mobilization as Russian Fate The Age of the Sledgehammer War as a National Idea The Unfinished Work of 1945 Notes Index
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Polity Press Cybersecurity
Book SynopsisIn the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. How much should we worry about cyber threats and their impact on our lives, society, and international affairs? Are these security concerns real, exaggerated or just poorly understood?In this fully revised and updated second edition of their popular text, Damien Van Puyvelde and Aaron F. Brantly provide a cutting-edge introduction to the key concepts, controversies and policy debates in cybersecurity today. Exploring the interactions of individuals, groups and states in cyberspace, and the integrated security risks to which these give rise, they examine cyberspace as a complex socio-technical-economic domain that fosters both great potential and peril.Structured around ten chapters, the book explores the complexities and challenges of cybersecurity using new case studies such as NotPetya and Colonial Pipeline to h
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Democratic Regression: The Political Causes
Book SynopsisThere is a tendency in public debate to downplay the significance of populism by attributing its rise to the inadequacies of those who vote for populist leaders and parties. But this way of thinking prevents us from seeing that the rise of populism may be linked to problems and shortcomings in the way our democracies work. In this important book, Armin Schäfer and Michael Zürn argue that the rise of authoritarian populism is rooted in two developments that are specifically political in character: first, the unequal responsiveness of parliaments towards less privileged citizens; and second, the growing political role of non-majoritarian institutions, like central banks and international institutions, that remove decisions from public debate and entrust them to experts. Contemporary democracy is increasingly perceived as lacking openness and representativeness. More and more citizens come to feel that politics is made by a closed political class oblivious to the concerns of ordinary people, and those who share this view are more likely to vote for authoritarian populists. Although contemporary populists keep rubbing salt into the wound of liberal democracy, their responses fail to solve the problems of democratic politics. On the contrary, wherever authoritarian-populist parties have come to power, they have damaged democracy rather than expanding it or reducing existing inequalities.Trade Review‘The Democratic Regression explains why democracy is failing today as a model. Before we continue to push democracy on others, westerners should read and debate this informed, smart, readable book that identifies the fundamental problem and raises important questions about the future of democracy.’Karen J. Alter, Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations, Northwestern University‘This book teaches us a vital lesson. The roots of democracy’s ills today are not merely economic or cultural but rather are found within the structure of our democracies themselves: they are simply not democratic enough. The implications are provocative, essential, and far-reaching.’Daniel Ziblatt, co-author of How Democracies DieTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Measuring Democracy: From Optimism about Progress to Democratic Backsliding 3. The Ideology of Populism and the New Cleavage 4. The Crisis of Representation and Alienated Democracy 5. Crises in Democracy 6. Opportunities and Dangers 7. Democratic Action in the Face of Regression Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Democratic Regression: The Political Causes
Book SynopsisThere is a tendency in public debate to downplay the significance of populism by attributing its rise to the inadequacies of those who vote for populist leaders and parties. But this way of thinking prevents us from seeing that the rise of populism may be linked to problems and shortcomings in the way our democracies work. In this important book, Armin Schäfer and Michael Zürn argue that the rise of authoritarian populism is rooted in two developments that are specifically political in character: first, the unequal responsiveness of parliaments towards less privileged citizens; and second, the growing political role of non-majoritarian institutions, like central banks and international institutions, that remove decisions from public debate and entrust them to experts. Contemporary democracy is increasingly perceived as lacking openness and representativeness. More and more citizens come to feel that politics is made by a closed political class oblivious to the concerns of ordinary people, and those who share this view are more likely to vote for authoritarian populists. Although contemporary populists keep rubbing salt into the wound of liberal democracy, their responses fail to solve the problems of democratic politics. On the contrary, wherever authoritarian-populist parties have come to power, they have damaged democracy rather than expanding it or reducing existing inequalities.Trade Review‘The Democratic Regression explains why democracy is failing today as a model. Before we continue to push democracy on others, westerners should read and debate this informed, smart, readable book that identifies the fundamental problem and raises important questions about the future of democracy.’Karen J. Alter, Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations, Northwestern University‘This book teaches us a vital lesson. The roots of democracy’s ills today are not merely economic or cultural but rather are found within the structure of our democracies themselves: they are simply not democratic enough. The implications are provocative, essential, and far-reaching.’Daniel Ziblatt, co-author of How Democracies DieTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Measuring Democracy: From Optimism about Progress to Democratic Backsliding 3. The Ideology of Populism and the New Cleavage 4. The Crisis of Representation and Alienated Democracy 5. Crises in Democracy 6. Opportunities and Dangers 7. Democratic Action in the Face of Regression Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd National Security Intelligence
Book SynopsisNational security intelligence is a vast, complex and intriguing topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it. In the third edition of his authoritative introduction to the field, world-renowned intelligence expert Loch K. Johnson guides readers skilfully through this shadowy side of government.Drawing on over forty years of experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, he explains the three primary missions of intelligence, before addressing the wider dilemmas of accountability posed by the existence of secret government organizations embedded in open, democratic societies. Recent developments examined in this new edition include the dysfunctional relationship between the White House and America's secret agencies and fresh threats to democratic societies posed by authoritarian regimes. The new edition also offers, in two separate chapters, an expanded exploration of intelligence collection and analysis
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Russia's War Against Ukraine
Book SynopsisOn 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, giving rise to the deadliest conflict on European soil since the Second World War. How could this happen in twenty-first-century Europe? Why did Putin decide to escalate Russia’s war against Ukraine, a war which began with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014? In this timely book, Gwendolyn Sasse analyses the background to this war and examines the factors that led to Putin’s fateful decision. She retraces the history of Ukraine’s struggle for independence from Russia and shows how democratic developments in Ukraine had become a risk for Russia’s political system. She also shows that ambiguous Western policy towards Russia encouraged elites in the Kremlin to think that they had more room for action than they did. The result is a brilliant analysis of the background to the war, a concise account of the course of the war itself and a timely reflection on what its consequences will be – for Ukraine, for Russia and for the West. An indispensable book for anyone who wants to understand the most dangerous conflict of our time.Trade Review‘Clear, succinct, to the point. Gwendolyn Sasse brings a wealth of knowledge on Ukraine and Russia to answer key questions about the origins of the Russo-Ukrainian war and its consequences. A must read to understand the largest military conflict in Europe since the Second World War.’Serhii Plokhy, author of The Russo-Ukrainian War‘A concise, authoritative and penetrating account of the historical background, course and likely consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine.’Timothy Garton Ash, author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe‘the clearest account of the complicated histories of the Donbass and Crimean issues’Sheila Fitzpatrick, Sydney Morning HeraldTable of ContentsChapter 1. Why This War? Why Now? Ukraine Chapter 2. Independence and Territory Chapter 3. Protest and Transformation Russia Chapter 4. Authoritarianism and (Neo)Imperialism The War Against Ukraine Chapter 5. The Annexation of Crimea in 2014 Chapter 6. The War in Donbas Since 2014 Chapter 7. The War of Aggression Since 24 February 2022 Chapter 8. Consequences of the War Outlook
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Urban Warfare in the TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisWar is urbanising. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the largest and most intense battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. In the Ukraine War, Russian and Ukrainian troops have converged on urban areas, Kyiv, Mariupol, and Bakhmut, to fight brutal attritional sieges. Meanwhile the Battle of Gaza rages. Through a close analysis of recent urban conflicts and their historical antecedents, sociologist Anthony King explores the changing typography of the urban battlescape. Whilst many tactics used in urban warfare are not new, he shows how operations in cities today have coalesced into localised micro-sieges, which extend from street level and below to the airspace high above the city, as combatants fight for individual buildings, streets and districts. At the same time, digitalized social media and information networks communicate these battles to global audiences across an urban archipelago, with these spectators often becoming active participants in the fight. Fully revised and updated to include detailed examples from Ukraine and Gaza to illustrate the anatomy of twenty-first century urban warfare, the second edition of this popular text is a timely reminder of the costs and the horror of war and violence in cities. As such, it offers an invaluable interdisciplinary introduction to urban warfare in the new millennium for students of international security, urban studies and military science, as well as military professionals.
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Polity Press Beyond Generation Rent
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Polity Press The Making of Mexico
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The NonAligned World
Book SynopsisNon-Alignment is back with a vengeance. In recent years, the number of countries embracing this venerable approach to foreign policy has increased exponentially, making it a force to be reckoned with in world affairs. The war in Ukraine, the expansion of the BRICS group, and the conflict in Gaza have given a special impetus to its rise in a new form: Active Non-Alignment (ANA). This has gone hand-in-hand with the growing power and influence of the Global South in world politics. In this agenda-setting book, Jorge Heine, Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami, explain the origins, dynamics and significance of ANA, for the future of world order. Far from a transitory expression of the current state of affairs, they argue that ANA is here to stay. It provides a powerful guide to action and a fine-tuned compass for the Global Majority, that is, the countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, to strike out and prioritize their national interests, whilst navigating the perilous waters of a troubled world in the throes of change.
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Polity Press HAMAS
Book SynopsisDeclared a terrorist menace yet voted into government in a free election, Hamas then used its Gaza power base to launch cross-border attacks that scorched Israel and transformed the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. How did a small Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood grow to challenge long-established rivals such as the PLO? Who supports Hamas and what is its agenda? How powerful has it become and how strong will it remain? With decades of combined experience researching and reporting from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem, and around the Middle East, Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell gained unrivalled access to Hamas. Drawing on years of frontline reporting and interviews with members of the group's founding generation and their successors who now lead it, they trace Hamas' path to the shocking attacks of 07 October 2023 and their devastating aftermath. Its critics believe Hamas must be ousted to reach a solution to the Middle East conflict. H
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Superpower Europe
Book SynopsisThe European Union is in a state of revolution. In response to new global realities from the climate crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine to the emerging cold war with China, the EU is transforming into a federal superpower in a new world order. In this timely intervention, Marc De Vos gets to the heart of the challenges facing the European Union as it undergoes this silent revolution. Charting its changing mission and identity from a European community into a geostrategic coalition of Eurasian countries; from a union of values into a union of power; and from a market project into a state project, he exposes what's at stake for both the EU itself and its partners across the world. But retaining this new superpower status, he cautions, is not a given. The European Union's de facto metamorphosis must mature into a democratic political structure or it risks a crisis of legitimacy that could ultimately threaten the stability of the European Union itself.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Subjective Approach to International Relations
Book SynopsisChina's growing power and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have thrust geopolitics back to the centre of the global stage, but the old geopolitical frameworks, with their positivist methods and their emphasis on structural determinants, will not enable us to understand the increasingly dangerous world in which we are living today. Bertrand Badie argues that states and the many other actors now operating in the international arena are products of their cultural contexts and political traditions. Their perspectives and motivations are shaped by the narratives, memories and emotions that constitute people's everyday realities; they are therefore profoundly subjective in character and cannot be reduced to the categories of behaviour posited by traditional geopolitical frameworks like realist IR theory. In Badie's view, international disputes in the twenty-first century are better understood through the concept of the battle for meaning', confrontations between different modes of understanding the world. His judgement is that peace and stability depend on greater sensitivity to the worldview and international perspective of other actors in the international arena. A willingness to try to see the world from the subjective perspective of one's friends, rivals and even one's enemies is vital. This timely and engaging book by one of the world's leading scholars of international relations will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics and IR and to anyone concerned about the growing tensions in the world today.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd West Asia
Book SynopsisAt the end of the 20th century, the United States birthed a new Middle East order built on realpolitik and a stable balance of power. Three decades later that order has been destroyed. America's disastrous invasion of Iraq along with the failed Arab Spring created a vacuum that has allowed revisionist powers to extend their influence across the region. In this groundbreaking work, renowned global strategist Mohammed Soliman argues that it is time for the United States to move beyond unsuccessful nation-building and get back to the business of order-building. To do so will require zooming out, in both geographical and historical terms, to build a new regional order across West Asia - from the Middle East to South Asia, connecting Europe to the Indo-Pacific via the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Working with India, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, among others, he shows how the U.S. could lock in a new balance of power in the Eurasian supercontinent to offset China and Russia's efforts to disrupt the status quo and create a rival system. But this will require a fundamental shift in U.S. grand strategy with West Asia at its core.
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University of Pennsylvania Press China Urbanizing: Impacts and Transitions
Book SynopsisChina turned majority urban only in the recent decade, a dramatic leap given that less than 20 percent of its population lived in cities before 1980. This book situates China’s urbanization in the interconnected forces of historical legacies, contemporary state interventions, and human and ecological conditions. It captures the complexity of the phenomenon of urbanization in its historical and regional variations, and explores its impact on the country’s socioeconomic welfare, environment and resources, urban form and lifestyle, and population and health. It is also a book about China, in which the contributors provide new perspectives to understand the transitions underway and the gravity of the progress, particularly in the context of demographic shifts and climate change. The chapters in China Urbanizing, written by American and Chinese scholars, achieve three interconnected aims. The first is to explore how the process of urbanization has shaped and been influenced by the social, economic, and physical interactions that take place in and beyond cities, and the state interventions intended to regulate such interactions. The second is to examine the shifts and evolutions emerging in urban China, such as the economic slowdown, population aging and low fertility rates, and how cities interact with the environment and planet given China’s rising role in the global discourse on climate change. The third is to explore new sources of information for conducting research on urban China, such as satellite and street-level imagery data and online listings, to account for the complexity and heterogeneity that characterize contemporary Chinese urbanization. Contributors: Juan Chen, Dean Curran, Deborah Davis, Peilei Fan, Qin Gao, Pierre F. Landry, Shi Li, Shiqi Ma, Justin Remais, Alan Smart, Shin Bin Tan, Jeremy Wallace, Sarah Williams, Binbin Wu, Weiping Wu, Guibin Xiong, Wenfei Xu.Trade Review"Readers can gain a rich and in-depth understanding of China’s recent urbanization through this book. It covers a wide range of urbanization issues including not only well-studied themes such as rural migrant workers, land, urban housing, and segregation but also novel yet important themes such as environment, health, and digital governance....China Urbanizing can inspire readers to explore a variety of additional issues salient to Chinese urbanization: migrants’ children, talent workers, household registration (hukou) and land reforms, urban regeneration, CO2 reduction, COVID-19 impacts, and post-pandemic urbanization. After reading this book, you can understand why China’s urbanization remains an important driver of world development. " * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction Weiping Wu and Qin Gao 1. Paying for Urbanization: Land Finance and Impacts Weiping Wu 2. Cities for Whom? The 2017 Beijing Demolitions in Context Shiqi Ma and Jeremy Wallace 3. Housing Markets, Residential Sorting, and Spatial Segregation Shin Bin Tan, Wenfei Xu, and Sarah Williams Appendix A. Filtering Criteria Appendix B. Descriptive Statistics for Fang.com Listings Appendix C. Calculating Spatial Exposure/Isolation and Spatial Entropy 4. Has the Economic Situation of Rural Migrant Workers in Urban China Been Improving? An Updated Assessment Shi Li and Binbin Wu 5. Urban Poverty in China: Has Dibao Been an Effective Policy Response? Qin Gao 6. Implementing the National New-Type Urbanization Plan: Regional Variations Juan Chen, Pierre F. Landry, and Deborah Davis 7. Dementia or Anomie: What Explains the Missing Older Adults Phenomenon in China? Guibin Xiong 8. Environmental Impact of Urbanization in Post-Reform China Peilei Fan 9. Shifting Exposures in China’s Urbanization Experience: Implications for Health Justin Remais 10. Prospects and Social Impact of Big Data–Driven Urban Governance in China: Provincializing Smart City Research Alan Smart and Dean Curran List of Contributors Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics
Book SynopsisIn many rapidly urbanizing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, local politics undermines the effectiveness of urban planning. Politicians have incentives to ignore formal urban plans and sideline planners, and instead provide urban land and services through informal channels in order to cultivate political constituencies (a form of what political scientists refer to as “clientelism”). This results in inequitable and environmentally damaging patterns of urban growth in some of the largest and most rapidly urbanizing countries in the world. The technocratic planning solutions often advocated by governments and international development organizations are not enough. To overcome this problem, urban planners must understand and adapt to the complex politics of urban informality. In this book, Chandan Deuskar explores how politicians in developing democracies provide urban land and services to the urban poor in exchange for their political support, demonstrates how this impacts urban growth, and suggests innovative and practical ways in which urban planners can try to be more effective in this challenging political context. He draws on literature from multiple disciplines (urban planning, political science, sociology, anthropology, and others), statistical analysis of global data on urbanization, and an in-depth case study of urban Ghana. Urban planners and international development experts working in the Global South, as well as researchers, educators, and students of global urbanization will find Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics informative and thought-provoking.Trade Review"Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics provides a valuable perspective to understandand solve challenges to urban planning practices in the Global South...Deuskar has helped demonstrate [that] great opportunitiesremain for better managing informal urbanization toaccommodate population increase in these areas. The book is highly recommended for Ghanaian and Southern planning professionals, considering the hidden successes that practitioners could help uncover. It also serves as an excellent introductory book for academic and public policy–interested audiences engaging in a world of informal politics beyond the Global South." * Journal of the American Planning Association *"Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics offers valuable insights, effectively bridging worlds of policymaking and academic pursuits. Anybody interested in the present and future of cities in the Global South should read it." * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Challenge of Planning the Informal City Part I. Global Patterns 1. The Conflict Between Informal Politics and Urban Planning Around the World 2. The Global Relationship Between Clientelism and Urban Growth 3. Transitioning Away from Clientelism: Global Cases Part II. Politics and Planning in Urban Ghana 4. Urban Informality and Planning Failure in Ghana 5. How Clientelism Undermines Planning in Ghana 6. Chiefs, Thugs, and Boundaries: Other Political Constraints to Planning in Ghana 7. How Sodom and Gomorrah Survive: The Case of “Ghana's Biggest Slum” Part III. Politically Adaptive Planning 8. Seeking a Way Forward for Planning 9. A Politically Adaptive Approach to Planning Conclusion. Recognizing the Play Being Staged Appendix Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Minnesota Press Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism
Book SynopsisA new and challenging perspective on Nazi exhibition design In one of the most comprehensive analyses ever written on the subject, Michael Tymkiw reassesses the relationship between Nazi exhibition design and modernism. While National Socialist exhibitions are widely understood as platforms for attacking modern art, they also served as sites of surprising formal experimentation among artists, architects, and others, who often drew upon and reconfigured the practices and principles of modernism when designing exhibition spaces and the objects within. In this book, Tymkiw reveals that a central motivation behind such experimentation was the interest in provoking what he calls "engaged spectatorship"—attempts to elicit experiences among exhibition-goers that would pique their desire to become involved in wider processes of social and political change. For historians of art, architecture, performance, and other forms of visual culture, Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism unravels long-held assumptions, particularly concerning the ideological stakes of participation.Trade Review"Michael Tymkiw’s book Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism makes an important contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature on exhibition design in which narratives of modern art are turned to the spaces where audiences encountered what was often cutting-edge material. The contents of the displays in this study, however, complicate our expectations of modernism and of the National-Socialist-era visual culture that art and architectural historians long preferred to overlook. This disregard allowed scholars to peer past uncomfortable linkages between the heroic modernist period that preceded these years and the postwar return to legitimacy that followed. By looking closely at this difficult subject, Tymkiw finds moments of formal invention, as well as bold, even shocking, exhibition spaces that expressed a deeply reactionary cultural climate that we often associate with banal canvases and repetitive, monolithic structures."—Andrés Mario Zervigón, Rutgers University"In his nuanced examination of Nazi exhibition design, Michael Tymkiw persuasively challenges the myth that modernism was inherently anti-fascist. Through a rigorous examination of often forgotten displays, he demonstrates that multiple strands of Weimar modernism provided effective propaganda strategies that were in turn adopted by both postwar German states."—Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College Dublin"This book is an excellent example of contemporary study not only of German culture under National Socialism but of European totalitarianism of the interwar era."—H-Net Reviews"Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism is well written, richly illustrated and readable. Tymkiw's focus on engaged spectatorship nicely complicates notions of passivity and activity while simultaneously blurring the boundaries between producers and consumers of visual culture."—European History Quarterly"Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism breaks with standard ways of writing about art and politics in the Third Reich (such the art-as-propaganda approach, the fascist aesthetic approach, the modernist subversion approach). It puts an end to the lazy kind of thinking that, whether in the name of ideology critique or theories of totalitarianism, pays little attention to the actual forms and techniques buttressing Nazi visual culture."—Modernism/Modernity"Tymkiw demonstrates that exhibitions are optimal vehicles for expanding our understanding of modernism because of their overt connection between form and ideology and, in turn, provides a model for extending the discussion to other visual disciplines and time periods."—German Studies Review"The overall argument therefore not only represents a significant intervention into ideologically tinged Cold War historiographies, but is also a masterclass in disentangling form from ideology. "—Monatshefte"Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism proves the disturbing entanglements between far-right ideology and innovative exhibition design, thus making the book a key contribution not only to the field of fascism, but also to curatorial and museum studies."—Journal of Curatorial Studies"His text is clear, efficient, elegant, effectively documenting an underexamined realm. And therefore chilling."—Leonardo Reviews"Tymkiw displays his expertise with perceptive analysis of exhibition design practices: his attention extends to the way a visitor’s physical and perceptual movement is structured from one exhibit to the next, to the effect of viewing angles and size proportion on physical bodies, and to the myriad relationships among disparate artifacts and visual materials within an individual exhibition. "—Monatshefte"Tymkiw reveals the diversity of forms assumed by exhibition strategies under National Socialism, which were by no means limited to the return to monumentality and to traditional media but deployed through highly diverse spaces, actors, publics and conceptions of the spectator." —Transbordeur"His sweeping exploration of innovative Nazi exhibition design offers a raft of new evidence of the centrality of exhibition design as a propagandistic medium. In its deep dive into the past, the book should also give us pause as we look to our own present and the sophistication with which right-wing groups and totalitarian regimes now arm themselves with today’s enthralling visual media." —Journal of Design HistoryTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Experimental Exhibition Design under National SocialismPart I. Entangled in Debates on Modern Art and Architecture1. Falling into Line: Three Early Experiments in Visualizing Collectivity Formation2. Reconfiguring Expressionism: Otto Andreas Schreiber and the Mass Production of Factory ExhibitionsPart II. The Persistence of Formal Dialectics3. Photomurals after Pressa4. Fragmentation and the “Jewish-Bolshevist Enemy”Epilogue: German Exhibition Design after National SocialismAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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