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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Political Representation
Book SynopsisAt a time when political representation can be said to be facing its ultimate crisis, this crucial work clarifies the terms of the debate, providing an up-to-date analysis of the main conceptual and institutional controversies that have arisen surrounding this topic.Written by leading scholars in the field, contributions focus on how representation is conceptualised and its relation to democracy, examining how political institutions in different historical periods (ranging from the middle ages to the modern day) have ensured representation based on demands of various social forces. This Research Handbook also encapsulates the directions taken by the main strands of empirical research in political representation within the context of liberal democracies and beyond. Overall, this provides a major contribution to the growing understanding of one of the most important institutional inventions of contemporary politics.The Research Handbook on Political Representation is a comprehensive and agile guide to the main bodies of literature on representation for academic researchers in political science, sociology and history. It will also guide post-graduate and graduate students of the same fields in the exploration of the crucial research questions arising from the concept and reality of political representation.Trade Review‘This edited volume is empirically and especially theoretically rich and illuminates the fascinating ongoing research on political representation. Important and valuable, this splendid book will be a cornerstone of the scholarship regarding political representation for years to come.’ -- Martin Gross, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft'Representation, which is at the heart of our system of liberal democracy, frames a series of key questions including: who are our representatives, who are they representing, how they represent, and how that process evolves over time. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the key theories and main forms of representation, the varying institutional contexts, and the various ways the concept can be measured and assessed. This Handbook promises to be the definitive study of this subject.' -- David Farrell, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: General introduction to the Research Handbook on Political Representation xii Maurizio Cotta and Federico Russo SECTION I CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS 1 Political representation: concepts, theories and practices in historical perspective 3 Federico Russo and Maurizio Cotta 2 The system of democratic representation and its normative principles 16 Dario Castiglione 3 Democracy and representation 36 Mark B. Brown 4 Policy responsiveness and democratic quality 48 Leonardo Morlino 5 Legitimacy and hegemony: two accounts of non-electoral representation 58 Eline Severs 6 Challenges to political representation: participatory democracy, direct democracy and populism 70 Simon Tormey SECTION II HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION 7 From estate representation to the representation of the people and the nation in the Age of Revolutions 84 Pasi Ihalainen and Zachris Haaparinne 8 Individualistic representation in the liberal century – and beyond 98 Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel 9 Party-based representation: the paradox of democracy 109 Ian Budge 10 Corporatism and representation 121 Alan Siaroff 11 Technocratic representation 135 Daniele Caramani 12 Representation in authoritarian regimes 148 Maurizio Cotta SECTION III THE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF REPRESENTATION 13 Electoral systems and representation 161 Alessandro Chiaramonte 14 Territorial and multilevel representation 171 Lori Thorlakson 15 Local jurisdiction size and political representation 183 Bas Denters 16 Electoral quotas and group representation 198 Mona Lena Krook 17 The political representation of women: a feminist institutionalist perspective 210 Joni Lovenduski 18 Ethnic minorities and representation 222 Miriam Hänni and Thomas Saalfeld SECTION IV REPRESENTATION AT WORK: OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES 19 Types of democratic representative 239 Luca Verzichelli 20 Selecting representatives: methods and practices 253 Marco Lisi 21 Constituency service: incentives and consequences 266 Zsófia Papp 22 Measuring representation: policy congruence 276 Tom Louwerse and Rudy B. Andeweg 23 The fulfilment of election pledges 289 Elin Naurin and Robert Thomson 24 Interest groups and political representation 301 Laura Chaqués Bonafont 25 Responsiveness, the dynamic aspect of representation 314 Federico Russo 26 What to expect when you are expecting: preferences for representation among voters and political elites 326 Hanna Wass and Miroslav Nemčok 27 Representation and deliberation 338 Jürg Steiner Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions
Book SynopsisUtilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance. Demonstrating the potential of combining the use of juridical, administrative and governmental powers, Zhang holistically considers the success of the state in instigating low-carbon transitions in China and mitigating climate disaster. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the art of greening the Chinese financial system and how this links to a wider formulation of carbon governmentality, highlighting the rise of the carbon governmental state through a range of governmental technologies. Engaging with a wide range of primary data from both national and local levels, the author uncovers profound lessons in low-carbon transitions for other states in the making of a carbon neutral world. This cutting-edge book offers key insights for scholars and researchers of environmental governance and its importance in mitigating climate change, particularly those with a key focus on Chinese climate policy. It will also benefit government officials, researchers and consultants investigating potential avenues for low-carbon transition and climate action.Trade Review‘Suffice to say it is truly original and illuminating. She shows how China’s government has successfully combined discourse and leadership with an evolving range of policy instruments to bring about the widely recognized achievements in constraining the rise of carbon emissions.’ -- Philip Andrews-Speed, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The China phenomenon 2. Understanding China’s low-carbon transitions in theory 3. Beneath China’s low-carbon transitions: political rationalities 4. Beneath China’s low-carbon transitions: governing techniques and technologies 5. Greening the financial system in China 6. Localizing the low-carbon transition: a tale of three Chinese cities 7. Conclusion: the rise of a carbon governmental state in China References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Reconfigurations of Authority, Power and
Book SynopsisExpansive and engaging, this book investigates the fluidity of sites of power and authority in global politics. Examining the key shifts and turns of politics in globally oriented spaces since the end of the Cold War, contributions from leading scholars explore the continually shifting parameters of global governance.The book assesses how, in this ever-evolving global space, norms and rules are constantly being challenged and new technologies are altering the scope and uses of political power. Chapters explore these reconfigurations of authority, power, and territoriality, critically analysing the implications of the rise of multiple states as powerful actors in the international system, dissecting the dominant discourse on the securitization of migration and displacement, and assessing the growing divide between legality and legitimacy in world politics. In demonstrating how expectations of legitimacy in governance structures and processes have become more pronounced, the book ultimately exposes the limitations in the transformative potential of the liberal international order.Offering interdisciplinary perspectives on critical world order challenges, this wide-ranging book is an essential resource for scholars of international relations, international law, political theory, critical security studies, and migration studies. It will also be of particular interest to practitioners working in intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.Trade Review‘This book points us to the importance of a much-neglected topic in international affairs – legitimate authority. Not only does it remind us of the centrality of who governs and why we follow them, but it links it to the shifting geostrategic developments in the 21st century. Few works combine theory and evidence in such an important and interesting way, including works by some top scholars in the field. Well worth the read!’ -- Anthony Lang Jr., University of St Andrews, UK‘A uniquely sophisticated study of global politics and governance, Reconfigurations of Authority, Power and Territoriality pursues its aims with a depth and intensity that never loses sight of the real relations that shape our world today. Attuned to the interplay of power, ideas, and norms, Reconfigurations offers a guide to thinking about the crucial transformations underway in the global realm.’ -- Robert Latham, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii 1 Introduction to Reconfigurations of Authority, Power and Territoriality 1 Stephen J. Rosow and George Andreopoulos PART I GEOGRAPHIES OF POWER/FLUID GEOPOLITICS Stephen J. Rosow and George Andreopoulos 2 Seizing the multipolar moment? Russia in the new world disorder 17 Stefano Bianchini 3 Unlikely, wary … and yet coordinated: the “Innovative Conservatism” of Russia and China in the Middle East and North Africa 31 Massimiliano Trentin 4 India “rising”? Opportunities and challenges 46 Kavita R. Khory PART II PROBLEMATIZING BORDERS AND PROTECTIVE SPACES IN THE FACE OF INTENSIFYING MIGRATION Stephen J. Rosow and George Andreopoulos 5 When politics gets in the way: Japan, Southeast Asia and the institutionalization of borders to labor migration 64 Gabriele Vogt 6 Reconsidering sovereign borders and authority: irregular migration into Europe 78 Tina Mavrikos-Adamou PART III GOVERNANCE, AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMACY IN THE GLOBAL SPACE George Andreopoulos and Stephen J. Rosow 7 Human rights: the responsibilities to respect, protect, and fulfill 96 Linda Cornett, Jennifer Barnes and Mark Gibney 8 Whither the rule of law? “Coalitions of the willing” lawmaking in the era of counterterrorism 111 George Andreopoulos 9 The illiberal effects of neoliberal war 132 Stephen J. Rosow Index 145
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Collective Ink Transcending Racial Divisions: Will you stand by
Book SynopsisMartin Luther King, Jr once said, ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character’. This is one of the aspirations many had when they fought against racism. They understood that for this aspiration to succeed everyone must participate in the project of completely transforming society to eradicate racial divisions and achieve equal treatment. Today, with the increasing demand to recognize the seemingly insurmountable gap between black people and white people, identity-based anti-racism has become more of a hindrance than a solution for a better and freer world for us all. The shift, from aspiring to transform social organization in order to transcend racial divisions to demanding recognition of racial divisions and identities and protection for minorities, represents the defeat of the universalist and radical politics of the past. Racial thinking, actively promoted by racists, has now become an acceptable tool for identity-based anti-racist activists in their demand for representation, diversity, inclusivity, segregation and safe spaces. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully examines the origins of racial thinking and the relationship between race and culture, she asks us to recognise that racial thinking is not the only way of understanding ourselves and the world around us.
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Collective Ink Failure of Vision, A: Michael Harrington and the
Book SynopsisDoug Greene takes an in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists. A Failure of Vision discusses one of the most important champions for democratic socialism in the United States. Michael Harrington (1928–1989) is widely recognized for writing The Other America, a seminal expose of poverty in the United States that inspired the War on Poverty. He was also the founder of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which is currently the largest socialist organization in the United States. Michael Harrington hoped to transform democratic socialism from a marginal view into a major political force in the United States. To accomplish this, he advocated that socialists act as the “left-wing of the possible” inside of the Democratic Party in order to transform it into one that truly represented the people. In the end, Realignment proved to be a dead end to advance socialist politics. The questions proposed by Michael Harrington continue to be sharply debated by socialists. With an engaging style and critical approach to Michael Harrington's shortcomings, this book is essential reading to understand contemporary debates on the American left.
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Liverpool University Press Jewish Politics in Spinoza's Amsterdam
Book SynopsisFinalist for Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Philosophy and Jewish Thought 2023. This book untangles a web of ideas about politics, religion, exile, and community that emerged at a key moment in Jewish history and left a lasting mark on Jewish ideas. In the shadow of their former member Baruch Spinoza’s notoriety, and amid the aftermath of the Sabbatian messianic movement, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of seventeenth-century Amsterdam underwent a conceptual shift that led them to treat their self-governed diaspora community as a commonwealth. Preoccupied by the question of why and how Jews should rule themselves in the absence of a biblical or messianic sovereign state or king, they forged a creative synthesis of insights from early modern Christian politics and Jewish law and traditions to assess and argue over their formidable communal government. In so doing they shaped a proud new theopolitical self-understanding of their community as analogous to a Christian state. Through readings of rarely studied sermons, commentaries, polemics, administrative records, and architecture, Anne Albert shows that a concentrated period of public Jewish political discourse among the community’s leaders and thinkers led to the formation of a strong image of itself as a totalizing, state-like entity—an image that eventually came to define its portrayal by twentieth-century historians. Her study presents a new perspective on a Jewish population that has long fascinated readers, as well as new evidence of Jewish reactions to Spinoza and Sabbatianism, and analyses the first Jewish reckoning with modern western political concepts.Trade Review‘The author has very intelligently approached the important question of Dutch Sephardi communal political consciousness in the seventeenth century by examining the community’s constitution in the light of comments by a series of prominent lay leaders. She shows a good knowledge of the community sources and of the Spanish and Portuguese texts and provides a richly detailed analysis which is valuable and of considerable significance also in the context of other major Jewish communities in Western Europe, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. Her work considerably enriches our perspective.’Jonathan Israel, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton ‘This work seeks to integrate three arenas that are usually dealt with separately: early modern European political thought, Portuguese-Jewish political and religious self-conceptualization, and Jewish messianism. The author is especially skilful in connecting the seventeenth-century Jewish authors she discusses with the concerns of modern and contemporary Jews.’ Miriam Bodian, University of Texas at Austin‘Albert draws on a wide variety of Jewish and non-Jewish religious and philosophical sources. Maimonides, Machiavelli, Justus Lipsius, Locke and Dutch republicans such as the de la Court brothers all make cameo appearances. She thereby provides us with a rich, original and illuminating perspective on this fascinating and consequential moment in Jewish history, which she justifiably regards as a ‘watershed’ moment in European political thought.’ Steven Nadler, Literary ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Community: The Constitution of the Kahal Kadosh2. Commonwealth: A New Notion of the Jewish Republic3. Civitas: Consolidation and Strife in the Sabbatian Era4. Covenant: Social Contract and Constitution in the Cross-Hairs5. Rabbis: Excommunication and Political Authority6. Politics: Exile and the Jewish Reason of State7. History: Narratives of Jewish Democracy and MonarchyConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Liverpool University Press Press, Politics and National Identities in
Book SynopsisFor more than three generations, the members of the Godo family controlled Barcelonas top-selling newspaper La Vanguardia, navigating it through the countrys turbulent 20th century. Whether under the corrupt politics of the Bourbon Restoration, the radical transformations of the Second Republic or the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, La Vanguardia remained Barcelonas indisputable journalistic benchmark. Central to this success was the Godo familys extraordinary capacity to meet the changing tastes of a plural audience whilst adjusting to a changing political scenario. In parallel, the ownership of the newspaper allowed family members to expand their interests to other fields, such as politics, business and colonial rule in Cuba and Morocco. The long-standing reputation of the Godo dynasty, however, is in sharp contrast with the lack of studies about their members and the newspaper they founded. This silence is due, in part, to the influence that La Vanguardia still exerts on public life today. Drawing on hitherto unused archival material, this book is the first account about the most renowned publishers and the most important newspaper in Catalonias history. In so doing, it also sheds new light on how the media shaped (and conditioned) Europes birth of mass politics. In fact, while contemporaries often observed that newspapers had a powerful influence over public affairs, historians have not systematically examined the role of press owners as political actors. Likewise, media specialists have seldom considered how the rise of the new mass press affected democratisation and the collapse of liberal institutions. In contrast, Pol Dalmau focuses on the case of a renowned family in Barcelona to uncover the medias critical role in Europes uneven road to modernity. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies
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Liverpool University Press Alejandro Lerroux and the Failure of Spanish
Book SynopsisAlejandro Lerroux (18641949) was one of the most polemical figures of early twentieth century Spanish politics. As leader of the Radical Republican Party and six-time prime minister between 1933 and 1935, his admirers saw him as a patriot determined to create a Republic for all citizens, while his critics denounced him as an opportunistic demagogue willing to sacrifice the Republic to its enemies. Like his French republican contemporary Georges Clemenceau, Lerrouxs long political journey took him from the fiery radical leftism of his youth to centrist consensual politics. Thus while Lerroux was the most significant advocate of a revolutionary break with Spains monarchical and authoritarian past before 1931, after the proclamation of the Second Republic he wished to build an inclusive and tolerant democracy. This book is the first scholarly biography in any language of this titan of modern Spanish politics. Nigel Townsons The Crisis of Democracy in Spain (2000) is the only book in English to discuss Lerrouxs career in any detail, but his study is restricted to the Second Republic. Utilising neglected primary material, Villa Garcia argues that Lerroux embodies the transition from the elitist liberal politics of the nineteenth century to the modern mass politics of the twentieth. Like the Second Republic itself, Lerrouxs political career ended in failure. The work is a timely reminder to students of modern Spain that the demise of Republican democracy was not inevitable. Nevertheless, after the abrupt end to Lerrouxs effort to sustain a broadly based moderate and democratic government, Spain would never again achieve stable and constitutional rule until 1977. The political defeat of Lerroux was a major turning point in the countrys history, a fateful step in the failure of democracy and the coming of civil war.
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Liverpool University Press Alejandro Lerroux and the Failure of Spanish
Book SynopsisAlejandro Lerroux (18641949) was one of the most polemical figures of early twentieth century Spanish politics. As leader of the Radical Republican Party and six-time prime minister between 1933 and 1935, his admirers saw him as a patriot determined to create a Republic for all citizens, while his critics denounced him as an opportunistic demagogue willing to sacrifice the Republic to its enemies. Like his French republican contemporary Georges Clemenceau, Lerrouxs long political journey took him from the fiery radical leftism of his youth to centrist consensual politics. Thus while Lerroux was the most significant advocate of a revolutionary break with Spains monarchical and authoritarian past before 1931, after the proclamation of the Second Republic he wished to build an inclusive and tolerant democracy. This book is the first scholarly biography in any language of this titan of modern Spanish politics. Nigel Townsons The Crisis of Democracy in Spain (2000) is the only book in English to discuss Lerrouxs career in any detail, but his study is restricted to the Second Republic. Utilising neglected primary material, Villa Garcia argues that Lerroux embodies the transition from the elitist liberal politics of the nineteenth century to the modern mass politics of the twentieth. Like the Second Republic itself, Lerrouxs political career ended in failure. The work is a timely reminder to students of modern Spain that the demise of Republican democracy was not inevitable. Nevertheless, after the abrupt end to Lerrouxs effort to sustain a broadly based moderate and democratic government, Spain would never again achieve stable and constitutional rule until 1977. The political defeat of Lerroux was a major turning point in the countrys history, a fateful step in the failure of democracy and the coming of civil war.
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Liverpool University Press China's Middle East Diplomacy: The Belt and Road
Book SynopsisThe Peoples Republic of China (PRC) diplomatic engagement with the Middle East spans multiple dimensions, including trade and investment, the energy sector, and military cooperation. Connecting China through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean and Europe, the Middle East is a unique geostrategic location for Beijing, a critical source of energy resources, and an area of expanding economic ties. The Middle East geographical and political area is subject to different country inclusion interpretations that have changed over time and reflect complex and multifaceted circumstances involving conflict, religion, ethnicity, and language. China considers most Arab League member countries (as well as Israel, Turkey, and Iran) as representing the Middle East. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and official Chinese publications refer to this region as Xiya beifei (West Asia and North Africa). China sees the Middle East as an intrinsic part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and has ramped up investment in the region accordingly, focusing on energy (including nuclear power), infrastructure construction, agriculture, and finance. This book uses the BRI as a framework for analyzing ChinaMiddle East relations, with special emphasis on the PRCs strategic partnerships via regional mutual interdependency in various sectors such as energy, infrastructure building, political ties, trade and investment, financial integration, people to people bonding, and defense. A stable Middle East region is vital for Chinas sustainable growth and continued prosperity. As the worlds largest oil consumer with an ambition to expand its economic and political influence, the Middle Easts geostrategic location and holder of most of the worlds known energy resources make it indispensable to the success of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Liverpool University Press Historical Traumas among Armenian, Kurdish, and
Book SynopsisThe deep wounds that exist from long-standing conflicts between Turks, Kurds, and Armenians have not yet been sufficiently addressed and healed. Nermin Soyalp explains the collective traumas and their significant psychosocial impacts in terms of the potential for reconciliation among these politically conflicted groups. Discussion centres on the transgenerational implications of the Balkan wars of 1912-1913, the Armenian genocide of 1915-1917, the Greco-Turco war of 1920-1922, the formation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the population exchange with the Balkans in 1924, the conflict between the Turkish government and Kurdish identity since the formation of the Republic, as well as the impacts of assimilation policies on minorities. Drawing on the complexities of history, psychology, and identity, this book elucidates how collectively and historically shared traumas become inherently more complex, and more difficult to address, generation by generation. Epistemologies of ignorance in Turkey have suppressed the transgenerational experiences of trauma and prevented healing modalities. The Turkish state and society have consciously and unconsciously denied historical realities such as the Armenian genocide and Kurds ethnopolitical rights. The result is a collective dehumanization that fuels further trauma and conflicts. The collective traumas of Anatolia have impacted its society at multiple levels -- psychological, physical, economic, cultural, political, and institutional. The author, a dialogue facilitator for the non-profit Healing the Wounds of History organisation, proposes systemic healing modalities that address the dynamics at play. The research that underpins this work is highly relevant to the healing of other historical and cultural traumas.
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Liverpool University Press Modern Europe and the Enlightenment
Book SynopsisIn June 2019, in an interview given to the Financial Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin baldly declared that the liberal idea had outlived its purpose as the public turned against immigration, open borders and multiculturalism. If liberalism has indeed come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population then evidence should show that it is in retreat. Ipso facto, so should Enlightenment values that underpin liberal democracy. A key aim of the book is to garner evidence. Is the liberal idea characterised by Putin accurate or rather a caricature divorced from reality? Modern Europe and the Enlightenment explores whether the policy stance on the issues outlined above, and a host of similar topics being tackled by European governments, are consonant with Enlightenment values. The Enlightenment covered an array of issues on every aspect of life wherein reason was rigorously applied to solve problems, gain understanding and discover facts. It was a successor to the scientific revolution. The assumption is that the Enlightenment left a profound legacy on Western Europe, which lingers till the present day. The following broad areas of Enlightenment values are covered: reason, human rights, religion and secularism, freedom of expression, political and economic open-mindedness, race, and women's issues. The book examines the extent to which Enlightenment values are adhered to in various parts of modern Europe delineated into Western Europe, the progenitor of the Enlightenment; former communist countries that have joined the European Union; and former communist countries that are not in the EU. Discussion also focuses on the modern Counter-Enlightenment movement.
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Liverpool University Press Victory, Defeat, or Draw: Battlefield Decision in
Book SynopsisThree outcomes are possible on the battlefield: victory, defeat, or draw. An adversary may defeat or be defeated by its adversary, or neither of the two may emerge victorious or vanquished. Observers of military history have long tried to identify the variables that determine victory, defeat, or draw. While most would certainly acknowledge that decisions on the battlefield are dictated by a combination of variables rather than by a lone circumstance, many observers nevertheless tend to stress a single variable -- for example, the number of fighting men and fighting machines deployed by the adversaries, or the operational doctrines employed by the opposing forces -- as far more significant to the explanations of these decisions than other variables. This book, in contrast, takes a multicausal approach to the question of victory, defeat, or draw, proposing that a combination of six organizational, materiel, and environmental variables are pivotal to the explanation of decision on the battlefield. Using the extensive history of the Israel Defense Forces, the book examines a sample of eight battles across the ArabIsraeli conflict from 1948 to 1982 in order to determine the collective impact of the six variables on the outcomes of these battles, concluding that this basket of variables captures much of the explanation behind victory, defeat, or draw on the battlefield, at least insofar as concerns the record of the IDF. While the research in this book is aimed primarily at military historians and military practitioners, it is fully accessible to any layperson interested in Israeli military history in particular or international military history in general.
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Liverpool University Press The Strategy of Tension in Italy: Neofascist
Book SynopsisThe third wave of terrorism in Europe has been the subject of numerous studies after David Rapoport's theoretical classification, especially as it relates to New Left/Marxist/Socialist activity. But one of its components has not hitherto been subject to scholarly investigation: the Italian neo-fascist terrorism that committed indiscriminate massacres as part of an alleged strategy of stoking political tension. There is evidence that members of the intelligence services and security forces contributed to cover-ups and indeed the neo-fascist murders that took place may have been aimed at creating an atmosphere favourable to a coup d'etat. While conspiracy theories abound there is little in-depth academic research on the circumstances despite the many sources available to researchers: court rulings, evidence gathered by various parliamentary commissions of enquiry and recently declassified official documents. Juan Avilés' comprehensive study of the neo-fascist killings, the coup plots, the cover-ups and the alleged but unproven involvement of US agents, the Stay Behind paramilitary structure and the P2 Masonic Lodge, draws a firm line of demarcation between the real conspiracies that took place in Italy and unfounded conspiracy theories. He offers an unparalleled interpretation of the alleged strategy of creating political tension based on all the available evidence. At the heart of the investigation is the threat to democracy and the way in which Italy was able to avoid the authoritarian drift to which many countries, from Greece to Chile, succumbed in those years. The lessons learned have far-reaching implications for all nations that subscribe to democratic values.
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Liverpool University Press The Road to Anarchy: The CNT under the Spanish
Book SynopsisThe Road to Anarchy is the result of an exhaustive investigation into the anarcho-syndicalist Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) during the democratic years of the Second Republic. By analysing the course of the CNT in terms of its role in the labour conflict and the internal life and approach of the organisation (its ideology, its practice, its internal conflicts, the role of the individual and the weight of history) this book dismantles the long-held view that the CNT orchestrated three insurrections against the Republic. Key is analysis not only of the violence of the anarchists, but also that of the state. Two crucial themes emerge: the political struggle within the organisation, and its involvement in the revolution of October 1934 and in the events of the spring of 1936. Ángel Herrerín investigates the controversial relations of the anarchists with other political formations, such as the republicans, the socialists, Communists and Catalans, with whom the anarchists fought on the republican side during the Civil War. Special attention is paid to the crucial relationship with the socialist trade unions, the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), as this evolved from one of competition for trade-union dominance to the acceptance of anarcho-syndicalist practices by the socialists and collaboration between the two organisations. The book is based on wide-ranging archival research, including the Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, the National Historical Archive in Spain, the Foreign Office Archives in France and other national archives related to the repression of the CNT, such as those of the Army and Civil Guard in Spain. The study of the CNT in this timeframe is long overdue; the last similar study was undertaken by the US Democratic Congressman John Brademas in the 1950s, a renowned scholar of Spains social revolution.
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Liverpool University Press On Guard Against the Red Menace: Anti-Communism
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the values, beliefs, fears and actions of Brazilian groups that throughout the twentieth century fought the red menace. It is based on broad and diversified documentary sources, including police files, archives of political leaders, traditional press periodicals, newspapers and brochures of right-wing organizations, monuments, caricatures, and photographs. The work is a major contribution to better understanding the political impact of right-wing movements in Brazil and the justifications made for the authoritarian coups of 1937 and 1964. The author explains the intricacy of the political movements, leaderships and organizations that gathered around the fight against communism, as well as the ideas and images used to disseminate their arguments, including international sources of inspiration. The argument presented is not one of mere condemnation, but as dictatorship has reared its head post-1964 an assessment is long overdue in order to understand the political impact of anti-communist movements which have contributed to enable the longstanding police-military repressive machine of the Brazilian State. The current return of anti-communism to the Brazilian political scene is evidence of the book's thesis that this phenomenon took root in Brazilian society during the first decades of the twentieth century. On Guard Against the Red Menace helps to understand why a candidate of military origin who promises to rid the country of the reds won the October 2018 elections in Brazil, by adopting a discursive strategy that represents the appropriation of the anti-communist tradition analyzed in this book.
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Liverpool University Press Asad's Autocratic Dynasty in Syria: Civil War and
Book SynopsisIn 2011, the diplomatic and expert consensus was that Bashar al-Asads regime would fail, causing Syria to disintegrate into several ethnic enclaves or mini-states. A decade later and Bashar is still in control, having defeated the rebels and gained the support of Russia. The years of internal warfare have brought about changes in the spectrum of parties involved in the Syrian state, and the final outcome is inevitably going to be shaped by geo-politics. The Alawi minority still in large measure controls the Sunni-Muslim (Arab) majority. The other players are a gallery of ever changing allegiances: ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra, and many other radical Islamic groups; the Muslim Kurdish and Christian Arab communities; as well as Shii Lebanese Hizballah. External horizon players are Iran; Sunni Turkey and Saudi Arabia; Jewish Israel; the United States and Russia. This study aims to analyze the agendas, actions, and interrelations of these various actors from 2011 until the present. It will discuss their ongoing politics and assess forthcoming developments. Both Iran and Russia continue to support Bashar, but compete for political, military, and economic influence. The US has greatly reduced involvement, keeping only 900 troops in northeastern Syria, to protect its Kurdish allies and fight against ISIS. Turkey still occupies parts of northern Syria, with the aim of eliminating the Kurdish forces. Syrian and Russian military attempts to conquer this area continue sporadically. The Israeli air force has attacked Iranian and Hizballah positions with the tacit approval of Russia. However, Russias war on Ukraine in February 2022 may result in restricting Israeli interdictions and instead enhance cooperation with Tehran in order to counter the US and NATO. Both Russia and Iran have been incapable of reconstructing the massively destroyed Syrian infrastructure; the US and Europe are reluctant to contribute due to Bashars continued Alawi minority-based autocratic and corrupt rule.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Governance of Global Industry Associations:
Book SynopsisThis insightful book examines the role of micro-politics in the life of global industry associations. Karsten Ronit addresses the various rules and norms required to administer these associations, highlighting the importance of managing variations in complex member demands and responding to expectations in their institutional environment.Posing a variety of empirical and theoretical challenges, the author charts the state of the art in the study of industry associations, evaluating the current condition of research in the field. Ronit offers a systematic approach to the role of global industry associations, identifying, classifying and analysing the diverse population of industry associations and the expressions of micro-politics that occur within them. Addressing key dilemmas such as leadership, resource allocation and regulation, Ronit examines the many policy areas in which industry associations are active and the areas in which their activities overlap with other policy actors.Offering a critical conceptual exploration of the significance of industry associations, this cutting-edge book is crucial reading for scholars and students researching business and politics, particularly those interested in associational governance in global industries. It will also benefit practitioners working in business associations and consulting firms, as well as policymakers addressing industry associations.Trade Review‘This is a seminal analysis of a neglected but increasingly crucial field in today’s world political economy. Global industry associations not only form structurally complex and powerful linkage organizations among diverse economic sectors and levels, they are also at the core of the transnational micro- and meso-politics of the 21st century.’ -- Philip G. Cerny, University of Manchester, UK and Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: key issues and research problems 2. The state of a not-so-developed art 3. Ecological perspectives: industry associations in the business community 4. Taxonomic perspectives: the diverse population of global industry associations 5. Members: between individual and collective affiliation 6. Leadership: between basic and advanced structures 7. Resource allocation: between policy development and service provision 8. Self-regulation: between internal and external dynamics 9. Policy focus: between vertical and horizontal engagement 10. Conclusion: governance and micro-politics References Index
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Edward Elgar Advancing Research in Philanthropy and Education
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Policy Transfer, Diffusion and
Book SynopsisThis important Handbook brings together preeminent scholars, both from Global South and North, sharing their comparative and international perspectives on the topic. Their original contributions cover the key issues and questions around policy transfer research.Offering a pluralist perspective and focusing on critical areas of research including policy transfer, diffusion, circulation and mobilities, this Handbook overcomes epistemological and methodological cleavages in the field. Opening with a series of discussions on the concepts and advancements in the study of policy transfer, the Handbook moves to an examination of agents and structures involved in the process. The Handbook also sheds light on the role of culture and context, with chapters devoted to Asian, Latin American and European particularities. Altogether, chapters illuminate how rich and provocative the current debate on the interpretation of policies moving across borders is and the vibrancy of the area’s research within the broad planet of public policy analysis.Presenting a ground-breaking and unique contribution to the area of public policy analysis, the Handbook of Policy Transfer, Diffusion and Circulation will be a useful resource for well-established scholars, researchers, policy-makers and both post graduate and undergraduate students in this field.Trade Review'This very impressive collection of chapters by established and emerging scholars from different streams of policy transfer provides new insights into the mechanisms and dynamics of policy transfer. Especially important are the several chapters detailing the agents, structures, and outcomes of the travel of policies and their components across countries in the Global South and from them to the Global North.' -- Grace Skogstad, University of Toronto, Canada'This Handbook collects an impressive number of contributions on the state of the art in policy transfer studies. Approaching major substantive areas, methodological approaches, policy instruments and policy fields from a global perspective, the Handbook is a must-read for researchers and students of policy studies.' -- Alketa Peci, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil'An admirably global, conceptually inclusive guide to contemporary analyses and discussions about how, why, and with what consequences policies travel. The Handbook is particularly valuable for how it highlights the contributions of Global South contexts and authors in a literature that has tended to be too Northern-focused.' -- Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Jacint Jordana Acknowledgements xvi 1 A prelude to policy transfer research 1 Osmany Porto de Oliveira PART I CONCEPTS AND METHODS 2 Learning and transfer: who learns what from whom? 26 David P. Dolowitz 3 Mechanisms of policy transfer and policy diffusion 43 Johanna Kuhlmann 4 Translation and translators in policy transfer processes 58 Patrick Hassenteufel and Ulrike Zeigermann 5 Collaborative event ethnography as a strategy for analyzing policy transfers and global summits 80 David Dumoulin Kervran 6 Policy mobilities as comparison: urbanization processes, repeated instances, topologies 100 Jennifer Robinson PART II AGENTS AND STRUCTURES 7 International organizations as complex agents in policy transfer processes 121 Magdaléna Hadjiisky 8 International agencies and urban policy diffusion 155 Richard Stren 9 Private consultants and policy advisory organizations: a blind spot on policy transfer research 173 Diane Stone, Leslie A. Pal and Osmany Porto de Oliveira 10 Instrument constituency and policy transfer: how a collective actor mediates the transnational movement of policy instruments 196 Michael Howlett and Kidjie Saguin 11 Travelling across developing countries: unpacking the role of South– South Cooperation and civil society in policy transfer 214 Laura Trajber Waisbich, Melissa Pomeroy and Iara Costa Leite 12 Defending the realm: knowledge networks, regime maintenance and policy transfer 237 Leslie A. Pal and Jennifer Spence PART III CULTURE, CONTEXT AND DIRECTIONS 13 Understanding the role of culture in policy transfers 258 Giulia C. Romano 14 Circulations of planning ideas and urban policy mobilities in Latin America 278 Camila Saraiva, Guillermo Jajamovich and Gabriel Silvestre 15 Social policies in movement: diffusion and transfer in Latin America 298 Cecilia Osorio Gonnet 16 Policy transfer in Asia 317 Kidjie Saguin and Kritika Sha 17 Policy transfer within the European Union and beyond: Europeanization in times of stability and crises 337 Ramona Coman and Elsa Tulmets PART IV POLICY INSTRUMENTS 18 The diffusion of democratic innovations 365 Gilles Pradeau 19 Policy transfer of environmental policy: where are we now and where are we going? Examples from water, climate, energy, and waste sectors 386 Raul Pacheco-Vega 20 Policy transfer research in the rural sector 406 Eric Sabourin and Carolina Milhorance 21 Policy transfer in the health sector 425 Matthias Brunn 22 The diffusion of regulatory governance innovations: a research synthesis 443 Fabrizio De Francesco Index 463
£213.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to the Politics of
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.David P. Forsythe presents a compelling introduction to international human rights in a political context. He stresses the difficulties of interjecting human rights into foreign policy and international politics, while recognising the considerable progress that has been made over time. Focusing on international organizations, states, corporations, and private advocacy groups, Forsythe addresses key themes including war, migration, climate change, and slavery.Key features include: a multidisciplinary approach that draws on findings in political science, law, diplomacy, history, and economics discussion of a broad range of both traditional and contemporary topics from the United Nations to the internet and pandemics an assessment of the progress made in promoting human rights and humanitarian ideas, and how these ideas translate into tangible improvements for human dignity. Adopting a politically realistic and historically informed perspective, this Advanced Introduction will be a valuable resource for students of human rights, international relations, and political science.Trade Review’This is a short but learned introduction to the politics of international human rights, comprehensive and up-to-date. Forsythe is skeptical of the role of human rights in international politics, yet not pessimistic. The book contains important chapters on international humanitarian law, business and human rights, the role of NGOs, and major challenges including climate change, migration, and gender relations. Clearly written and lacking jargon, it is definitely suitable for teaching purposes.’ -- - Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights 2003-2016, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada’David Forsythe, a pioneer and leading authority in the study of international human rights politics, has now produced an up-to-date, accessible, introductory survey of the field, rich in examples, judiciously balancing the case for human rights with a structural-realist conception of international relations, thereby maintaining a safe distance from “utopian” optimism, on the one hand, and “post-human rights” pessimism, on the other.’ -- Michael Freeman, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Politics and Human Rights 2. Organized International Relations 3. State Foreign Policies 4. The Business World 5. Private Non-Profit Actors 6. The Special Case of War 7. Major Challenges 8. Conclusion Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to the Politics of
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.David P. Forsythe presents a compelling introduction to international human rights in a political context. He stresses the difficulties of interjecting human rights into foreign policy and international politics, while recognising the considerable progress that has been made over time. Focusing on international organizations, states, corporations, and private advocacy groups, Forsythe addresses key themes including war, migration, climate change, and slavery.Key features include: a multidisciplinary approach that draws on findings in political science, law, diplomacy, history, and economics discussion of a broad range of both traditional and contemporary topics from the United Nations to the internet and pandemics an assessment of the progress made in promoting human rights and humanitarian ideas, and how these ideas translate into tangible improvements for human dignity. Adopting a politically realistic and historically informed perspective, this Advanced Introduction will be a valuable resource for students of human rights, international relations, and political science.Trade Review’This is a short but learned introduction to the politics of international human rights, comprehensive and up-to-date. Forsythe is skeptical of the role of human rights in international politics, yet not pessimistic. The book contains important chapters on international humanitarian law, business and human rights, the role of NGOs, and major challenges including climate change, migration, and gender relations. Clearly written and lacking jargon, it is definitely suitable for teaching purposes.’ -- - Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights 2003-2016, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada’David Forsythe, a pioneer and leading authority in the study of international human rights politics, has now produced an up-to-date, accessible, introductory survey of the field, rich in examples, judiciously balancing the case for human rights with a structural-realist conception of international relations, thereby maintaining a safe distance from “utopian” optimism, on the one hand, and “post-human rights” pessimism, on the other.’ -- Michael Freeman, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Politics and Human Rights 2. Organized International Relations 3. State Foreign Policies 4. The Business World 5. Private Non-Profit Actors 6. The Special Case of War 7. Major Challenges 8. Conclusion Index
£21.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Political Propaganda
Book SynopsisThis timely Research Handbook draws on a wide range of international case studies to assess the transformative impact of modern communication landscapes on political propaganda. From Brexit to Donald Trump, from presidential elections in Mexico to political rallies in India, from ‘fake news’ to Cambridge Analytica, contributors demonstrate the ways in which growing digital platforms have amplified the reach and influence of political propaganda.International contributors dissect current political contexts, with a key focus on the growth of populism, nationalism, and alt-right politics, to understand how propaganda contributes to the formation and organization of political cultures. Chapters pay close attention to recent election campaigns across Europe, Asia, and the Americas and analyse political and cultural information wars that have been fuelled by misinformation and the so-called ‘fake news’ in digital media. Bringing together pioneering empirical research into contemporary communication, campaigning, journalism, and new media in a new political age, this Research Handbook provides a critical understanding of how propaganda contributes to the modern exercise of power globally.Offering interdisciplinary perspectives on an issue at the forefront of contemporary politics, this Research Handbook is a crucial resource for both scholars and students of international politics and relations, security, communications, and media studies. Its practical insights into political campaigning and new media will also benefit policymakers, governments, and citizens in handling key challenges posed to the healthy functioning of political systems by propaganda.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Political Propaganda 1 Gary D. Rawnsley, Yiben Ma and Kruakae Pothong 1 World propaganda and personal insecurity: intent, content, and contentment 7 Naren Chitty 2 Democracies and war propaganda in the 21st century 22 Piers Robinson 3 Fake news, trust, and behaviour in a digital world 36 Terry Flew 4 Cambridge Analytica 49 David R. Carroll 5 ‘Believe me’: political propaganda in the age of Trump 59 Gary D. Rawnsley 6 The information war paradox 75 Peter Pomerantsev 7 Digital propaganda as symbolic convergence: the case of Russian ads during the 2016 US presidential election 88 Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor 8 Getting the message right in Xi Jinping’s China: propaganda, story-telling, and the challenge of reaching people’s emotions 106 Kerry Brown 9 Political communication in the age of media convergence in China 119 Xiaoling Zhang and Yiben Ma 10 Xi Jinping’s grand strategy for digital propaganda 135 Titus C. Chen 11 Constructing its own reality: the CCP’s agenda for the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement 151 Luwei Rose Luqiu 12 Sexuality and politics: ‘coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films 164 Hongwei Bao 13 The compassion ‘spectacle’: the propaganda of piety, virtuosity, and altruism within neoliberal politics 176 Colin Alexander 14 Political propaganda and the global struggle against Apartheid, 1948‒1994 191 Nicholas J. Cull 15 Refugees, migration and propaganda 205 Gillian McFadyen 16 Brexit uncertainties: political rhetoric versus British core values in the NHS 219 Georgia Spiliopoulos 17 The media, antisemitism, and political warfare in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, 2015‒2019 232 James R. Vaughan 18 Terrorist propaganda 251 Afzal Ashraf 19 Propaganda through participation: counterterrorism narratives in China 265 Chi Zhang 20 Countermeasures to extremist propaganda: a strategy for countering absolutist religious beliefs in northeast Nigeria 278 Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob 21 Imagined minorities: making ‘real’ images of ethnic harmony in Chinese tourism 293 Melissa Shani Brown and David O’Brien 22 The language of protest: slogans and the construction of tourism contestation in Barcelona 308 Neil Hughes 23 The Mexican 2018 presidential election in the media landscape: newspaper coverage, TV spots, and Twitter interaction 324 Rubén Arnoldo González 24 Political propaganda and memes in Mexico: the 2018 presidential election 342 Penélope Franco Estrada and Gary D. Rawnsley 25 Political parties, rallies, and propaganda in India 355 Andrew Wyatt 26 Media and majoritarianism in India: eroding soft power? 367 Daya Thussu 27 Korean cultural diplomacy in Laos: soft power, propaganda, and exploitation 381 Mary J. Ainslie 28 Fact-checking false claims and propaganda in the age of post-truth politics: the Brexit referendum 398 Jen Birks 29 Beyond the smear word: media literacy educators tackle contemporary propaganda 413 Renee Hobbs Index
£229.19
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Poverty and Dependency: America, 1950s to the
Book SynopsisThis incisive book addresses the history of poverty in the US, investigating how those in need have been understood and governed during the last 70 years. John Macnicol launches a multi-faceted analysis of government attitudes to welfare and 'dependency', highlighting the impact on the poorest groups of American society. Poverty in the US is explored through the eyes of prominent liberals, including Gunnar Myrdal, John Kenneth Galbraith and Michael Harrington, in times of economic growth and recession, from the New Deal to the rise of neoliberalism. Macnicol also examines the career and ascendancy of the leading conservative, Charles Murray, and his contention that America suffered a growing 'underclass' largely created by over-generous welfare. Through analysis of the mechanisms and output of leading conservative think-tanks in the late twentieth century, the author identifies the key features of historic and contemporary discussions related to poverty and dependency in the US and the dynamic changes of American attitudes to its poorest constituents. A timely discussion for a period of economic cynicism, this book is crucial reading for scholars of social policy, particularly those examining the history of impoverishment and debates relating to poverty and dependency. Students of social policy, sociology and economics will also benefit from its insights into historic US government attitudes and reactions to poverty.Trade Review‘What was the underclass debate in the United States, and what impact did it have on social policy there? By exploring how the debate evolved in the second half of the twentieth-century, Macnicol presents a strong argument for the role of ideas about poverty and dependency in the rise of neoliberalism in the United States, and a valuable critique of the ideas of the leading figures of the movement. The book's greatest strength lies in the breadth of material covered, and the engagement with the key arguments of relevant authors, both conservatives and liberals.’ -- Mickey Conn, Social Policy & Administration‘Recommended. Students of political thought will find Macnicol's interpretations thought provoking.’ -- R S Rycroft, CHOICETable of ContentsContents: 1. The American Welfare State from the 1930s to the 1960s 2. The 1960s 3. The socio-economic background in the 1970s and 1980s 4. The conservative revival 5. Charles Murray and the ‘underclass’ 6. The modern ‘underclass’ debate
£80.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Civility and Participatory Democracy: The
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book conceptualizes the importance of civil society and citizenship in building a sustainable and participatory democracy. It considers the ways in which networks and organizations promoting common interests contribute to this mediating space between the public and private spheres, examining the impacts of the diversity of values and attitudes held by these organizations.Taking a normative position, Thomas P. Boje argues for the importance of social justice and civility in an active, liberating, equitable and participatory society. He presents a series of ideas for democratic involvement and emancipation through civil society organizations, as well as societal institutions more generally. This innovative book concludes with a detailed discussion of the conditions required for a participatory democratic system in which all citizens are involved in the planning, decision-making and implementation of crucial decisions influencing the development of an equitable society.This timely book will be an illuminating read for students and scholars seeking to understand the role of civil society and real participatory democracy in liberal democracies. It will also be a key resource for policy makers, professionals and activists wishing to become more informed about conditions for participatory democracy and activism.Trade Review'Bridging reflections on civil society and democracy, Thomas Boje addresses the central questions of the conditions under which civil action improves democratic processes. Covering fundamental debates for normative as well as empirical scholarship, he convincingly argues for the importance of social justice and civility for an active, liberating and participatory society.' -- Donatella Della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy'In times where popular resentment against prevailing orders and practices sustains an autocratization of political and social systems, this book presents an engaged and well-informed plea for counter-initiatives. It argues the case for better links between state and society - a liberal democratic order that regains strength by more participatory mechanisms and types of welfare and service systems which foster a co-productive role for the public. The result is a compelling case for an active kind of citizenship and a civility that counts for society at large.' -- Adalbert Evers, Heidelberg University, Germany'Civil society and civility are basic conditions for participatory democracy. Liberal democratic ideals of civility and citizenship entail a vibrant civil society enabling, through a plurality of organizations, citizens’ active participation and mediating between private and collective interests. To make this normative case, Thomas P. Boje draws on a wide range of sociological and political theories and empirical researches, developing a comprehensive view of the significance of civil society for the present and future of liberal democracy.' -- Bernard Enjolras, Institute for Social research, Oslo, Norway'Thomas P. Boje makes an important contribution to the literature on the role of civil society and active citizenship in building sustainable and participatory democracies. In these turbulent times, when democracy is under threat from rising right-wing, authoritarian populism and declining trust in political institutions and parties, it is essential to examine how citizens' actions and networks, contribute to trust and cooperation. Of course, civil society organizations are not free from conflict, mistrust or competition and Boje deftly grapples with these tensions as he lays out a series of ideas for democratic involvement and emancipation through these organizations.' -- Armine Ishkanian, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction to Civility and Participatory Democracy 1. Civil society, citizenship and activism: conditions for real democracy 2. Civility, social justice and active participation 3. Civil society on the political agenda: the conditions for the collective 4. From public to civic social services 5. Global civil society and civic participation 6. Citizenship and civil society: rights, duties and belonging 7. Civil society, civic action and populism 8. Participation and democracy: the role of activism References Index
£84.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Public Policy: Second
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make more effective choices and why a design approach to public intervention can improve policy formulation.Key features of the second edition include: Analytical identification and evaluation of the vital components of policy design Reflections on the challenges posed by Covid-19 and public policy solutions An expanded overview of evaluation and behavioral public policy analysis Critical discussions of alternatives to cost-benefit analysis. Offering a timely and concise approach to the field, this book will be crucial for high-level students who are new to public policy, as well as scholars and researchers hoping to improve and advance their understanding of the design perspective. Its analytic and theoretical grounding will also prove useful for policy practitioners, enabling sophisticated solutions to common policy problems.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Public policy: a design perspective 2. Policy problems PART I MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT POLICY 3. Models of policymaking 4. Agendas, agenda-setting and framing PART II POLICY INTERVENTIONS 5. Designing intervention and implementation 6. Policy instruments PART III EVALUATING POLICY 7. Evaluating public policy: an introduction 8. Evaluating public policy: the utilitarian dimension 9. Normative and ethical analysis of policy 10. Conclusion: policy success and failure References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations. Leading experts from a range of disciplines explore key questions of multilevel governance pertaining to institutions and institutional dynamics, power relationships and the division of power, as well as policymaking and policy change. Chapters engage with a broad range of policy areas, including digitization, security, climate change and redistributive policies, addressing key multilevel governance issues and dilemmas in coordination, intergovernmental relations, democracy and the transformation of political authority. In an era demarcated by major transformative challenges, this Research Agenda represents an essential reading for students, academics and policy practitioners interested in public policy, comparative politics and intergovernmental or international relations. Offering a state-of-the-art agenda for future research, this book is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in political science, public administration and federal studies. Its practical insights into contemporary policymaking will also benefit practitioners interested in multilevel governance policy.Trade Review‘In an age of complexity, change and turbulence, A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance provides conceptual clarity and fresh perspectives . . . it redefines the state-of-the-art when it comes to understanding contemporary governance.’ -- Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: What is Multilevel Governance? Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer PART I: STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS 1 Multilevel Governance and the Coordination Dilemma Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 2 Democratizing Multilevel Governance Achim Hurrelmann 3 Administrative Structures of Multilevel Governance Jarle Trondal 4 The Role of Law in Multilevel Governance: Four Conceptualizations Mark Dawson 5 Digitalization and Multilevel Governance Jeffery Roy PART II: ACTORS AND POWER 6 Regional and Global Multilevel Governance Between and Beyond States Tanja A. Börzel 7 Parliament and Parties in Multilevel Governance Katrin Auel 8 Regions and Cities in Multilevel Governance Michaël Tatham 9 Private Actors, NGOs and Civil Society in Multilevel Governance Janne Mende 10 National Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Multilevel Governance Michael G. Breen and Anya Thomas PART III: ISSUES, CONFLICTS AND POLICYMAKING 11 The Multilevel Governance of Security Ursula Schröder 12 Multilevel Governance, Economic Disparities and Redistributive Policies Adam Harmes 13 From Sustainability to Resilience: Multilevel Governance as Adaptive Governance Debora Van Nijnatten 14 Designing, Reforming or Adapting? Multilevel Governance and Institutional Change Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer Index
£109.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Rethinking Public Governance
Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Jacob Torfing, a leading scholar of the field, critically evaluates emerging ideas, practices and institutions that are transforming how public governance is perceived, theorised and conducted in practice.Identifying cutting-edge developments in public governance, this incisive book analyses new forms of political leadership, public management, public organisation, administrative steering, cross-boundary collaboration, public regulation and societal problem-solving. Examining some of the most significant instances of public governance transformation, chapters explore the effects of transformations from sovereign to interactive political leadership, from national to multi-level governance, and from hard to soft power. With a novel focus on the production of innovative public value outcomes, the book considers how these developments interact with and are influenced by new digital technologies and increasing globalisation. Torfing concludes with a reflection on how best to comprehend, study and take advantage of current and future transformations in public governance.A novel rethinking of how current societies are governed, this book will inspire students, scholars and practitioners of political science, public policy, regulation and governance, and public administration management to reconsider how public governance and administration may be organised in the future to present innovative solutions to societal problems.Trade Review‘With a clarity that belies the difficulty of his task, Jacob Torfing manages to get the whole complex and nettlesome world of public governance into focus. Rethinking Governance demonstrates Torfing’s gift for showing us where we have come from and where we must go. -- Chris Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Rethinking Public Governance offers a masterful account of the origins, current difficulties, and possible vibrant futures for the governance of liberal democracies. The book is a must-read tour de force that integrates across disciplines in a theoretically rich, practically useful way and presents an ambitious agenda for future work.’ -- John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US‘Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from this book’s well-informed, comprehensive, and topical overview of current orthodoxies and transformations in Public Governance. It identifies drivers and features of cutting-edge collaborative and democratic governance innovations and provides direction and inspiration for advancing both these practices and the study of public governance.’ -- Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The public governance orthodoxy 3. From sovereign to interactive political leadership 4. From policy program implementation to public value creation 5. From control- to trust-based governance and management 6. From the efficient use of existing resources to the mobilization of new ones 7. From unicentric to pluricentric coordination 8. From national- to multi-level governance 9. From hard to soft power 10. From intra-organizational to inter-organizational leadership 11. From stability and continuous improvement to innovation 12. From spectator and counter-democracy to interactive democracy 13. Reinvigorating public governance studies Index
£90.00
Cognella, Inc A Republic, If You Can Keep It: An Anthology of Readings on American Government
Book Synopsis"A Republic, If You Can Keep It": An Anthology of Readings on American Government provides students with a carefully curated selection of articles that explore various aspects of American government and politics.The book is organised into three sections. In the first unit, Foundations of American Government, the readings explore how much political knowledge we as Americans have and whether we should seek to create a more informed citizenry. It also examines the complex dynamics of federalism, which is critical to understanding how the government is set up and operates. In the second unit, Institutions of American Government, students read about the three branches of government. The final unit, Features of the American Political System, covers politics in the United States, with readings that address elections, the effectiveness of negative campaigns, the debate over the Electoral College, and the impacts the media and group lobbying have on the political process.Developed to help students critically think about various aspects of American government and politics, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in political science and American government.
£67.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Crisis of Risk: Subprime Debt and US
Book SynopsisFor the last decade, progressive scholars determined to understand the 2008 financial crisis have examined the growth of US subprime mortgage debt in the period leading up to the collapse and how government policy supported this accumulation. However, the long history of the subprime crisis, its connection to the patterns of financial risk designated by the postwar international monetary system, has been all too often overlooked. Subsequently, the literature has considered the financial crisis as somehow disconnected from the specific evolution of the Bretton Woods financial system and the perceived safety of US Treasury bonds. With this, an important opportunity has been lost to develop critical political economy literature on financial markets. This book explores the long history of the subprime crisis through an original theoretic lens that sheds light on the institutional basis of global debt markets and the role of US Treasury debt in the international financial system.This book will introduce new ideas and appeal to university students and faculty interested in learning more about US financial power and the origins of the subprime crisis.Trade Review‘In this exemplary work of critical and cultural political economy, Scott Aquanno shines a bright light on the resilient financial foundations of American hegemony. Even those who see the world differently will benefit from engaging deeply with his analysis of “US risk power” as consolidated and extended through the international bond market.’Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Subprime markets in global capitalism: history and contradictions PART I ABSTRACT RISK AND US FINANCIAL POWER 2. Risking finance 3. The power of debt PART II THE DEEP HISTORY OF THE SUBPRIME CRISIS 4. International bonds and the Bretton Woods era 5. Volcker and the dollar standard 6. Bonding global markets 7. Regulating risk PART III THE SUBPRIME CRISIS AS THE CRISIS OF RISK 8. The risk crisis 9. Management renewed 10. The future of risk in the era of authoritarian capitalism References Index
£83.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Authoritarianism: Constitutional Perspectives
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Günter Frankenberg explores why authoritarian leaders create new constitutions, or revise old ones. Through a profound analysis of authoritarian constitutions as phenomena in their own right, Frankenberg reveals their purposes, the audiences they seek to address and investigates the ways in which they fit into the broader context of autocracies. Frankenberg outlines the essential features of authoritarianism through a discussion of a variety of constitutional projects in authoritarian settings: the executive style of opportunist, informal governing, political power as private property, participation as complicity, and the cult of immediacy that is geared towards fantasies of a community of the followers and their leader. He also takes a comparative approach to authoritarian constitutions, drawing out the relationships between them, as well as providing a critique of the discourse around populism and authoritarianism. Authoritarianism will be critical reading for scholars of constitutional law, as well as political scientists, who will find its comparative analysis of political systems in this context invaluable. It will also be useful to students of comparative law and political science for its clear explanation of the characteristics of authoritarianism across regimes.Trade Review‘Authoritarianism remains an important contribution to the literature on both the political practices of authoritarianism and the purposes for which authoritarian actors deploy constitutions.’ -- Stijn Smet,International Journal of Constitutional Law‘The analysis is comprehensive and cuts deep into critical aspects of both authoritarianism and what is usually cast as its significant other: liberalism. The book contributes to the theoretical, historical, and comparative scholarship on constitutionalism, from a substantive point of view, while also putting diligently into practice the methodological commitments that ought to underlie constitutional research in the age of both the liberal democratic dream and the creeping, increasingly recurrent authoritarian nightmare. Frankenberg has managed to thoughtfully dissect authoritarianism and colour the conventional understanding of constitutionalism with perhaps less comforting and familiar but unquestionably more truthful and fascinating shades. The work is a much-needed testimony to the fact that both the naive faith in the virtues of constitutions and the cynical disregard for their failures are ill-fated scholarly attitudes, unfit for recognizing, studying, and correcting the shortcomings and crises of constitutional modernity.’ -- Giusto Amedeo Boccheni, International Journal of Public Law and Policy''Why do authoritarian regimes bother with a constitution? This book pursues this seeming paradox with deep theoretical insight and broad empirical reach. The result is an indispensable guide to understanding the emerging varieties of authoritarianism and the magical allure that constitutions offer autocrats and democrats alike. This book also holds a mirror back to liberal constitutional regimes illuminating their colonial, ethnocentric, violent and parochial features to which they may have become ''comfortably numb.''' --Alvaro Santos, Georgetown University Law Center, US'''The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.'' If Irving Yolem is Love's executioner, Günter Frankenberg is Authoritarianism's executioner. Rather than romanticizing or despising authoritarian regimes, he deconstructs their authority, technology and power to reveal their deepest pathologies. In departing from the comparative constitutional orthodoxy, obsessed with constitutional backsliding to restore liberal legalism, Frankenberg exposes the existential pain and anxiety of liberals and warns them about their complicity in authoritarianism.' --Fernanda G. Nicola, Washington College of Law, American University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Constitutions 2. Authority/Power 3. Authoritarian Moments of Liberal Constitutionalism 4. Political Technology of Authoritarianism 5. Authoritarian Power as Private Property 6. Participation as Complicity 7. The Cult of Immediacy 8. Audiences and Purposes of Authoritarian Constitutions 9. Notes on the Pandemic of Authoritarianism 10. Epilogue Bibliography Index
£122.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Encyclopedia of Asian Politics
Book SynopsisThis state-of-the-art Encyclopedia provides a detailed snapshot study of politics in Asia. Curated by two internationally recognised scholars, entries offer key insights and critical reference points in order to navigate the vastness, diversity and dynamism of Asian politics.Cross-disciplinary in approach, this pioneering Encyclopedia of Asian Politics reviews a broad range of issues such as democratisation, identity politics, political culture and terrorism, as well as the regional divisions across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Contributors include a wealth of specialist academics and practitioners from a diverse array of fields. They provide case studies on specific countries for further insight, focusing on China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam among other territories. Offering a high level of detail in an accessible manner, this definitive Encyclopedia will be crucial reading for students and academics in international relations, international politics, Asian studies and Asian politics. It will also prove an excellent reference point for practitioners and professionals working in the field. Key Features: Covers the latest developments in the field of Asian politics Signposts extensive additional resources for further reading and exploration Over 50 entries organised according to key geographic regions and conceptual themes Entries written by leading scholars reviewing core topics in the current political landscape Trade Review‘Asia is a vast and dynamic region. The Encyclopedia of Asian Politics captures this diversity. Providing a succinct analysis of each country in the region, it forms an essential resource that will guide readers through the complexities of Asian Politics.’ -- Chun-Yi Lee, University of Nottingham, UK‘Finally, we have an excellent Encyclopedia that provides an Asian perspective on politics, both theoretically and empirically! While political theories are often derived from American or European experiences, this volume offers critical and comparative insights into research on Asian politics.’ -- Boyu Chen, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan‘As one of the most politically dynamic regions in the world, any serious student of politics should be familiar with politics in Asia. This volume provides an exciting introduction to the key approaches, themes and country level studies of Asian politics through short accessible entries complete with resource lists and references.’ -- Jason Young, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand‘An essential, authoritative, and current reference work for readers to gain a temporal and spatial understanding of contemporary Asian politics. Contributed by experts in the field, these concise and perceptive essays enable readers to explore in-depth studies of various issues and countries in Asia.’ -- Wei-chin Lee, Wake Forest University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I APPROACHES AND METHODS 1 Comparative methods 2 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 2 Ethnography 6 Josefina Socorro Flores Tondo and Eulalio R. Guieb III 3 Experiments 13 Jay C. Kao 4 Game theory 21 Taehee Whang 5 Institutions and institutionalism 26 Rosalie Arcala Hall 6 Q-methodology 33 Orson Tan 7 Statistical analysis 37 Guang Yang and Tsung-Han Tsai 8 Survey research 45 Chia-hung Tsai PART II THEMES/THEMATIC CHAPTERS 9 Civil society 52 Janjira Sombatpoonsiri 10 Civil wars 58 Juhn Chris P. Espia 11 Constitutions 62 Neel Vanvari 12 Courts and judicial systems 69 Rodelio C. Manacsa 13 Democratization 75 Fang-Yu Chen 14 Electoral systems 82 Ikhsan Darmawan 15 Executives 87 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 16 Gender and politics 92 Wan-Ying Yang 17 Identity politics 99 Orson Tan 18 Legislatures 103 Juhn Chris P. Espia 19 Militaries 109 Saya Kiba 20 Political behavior 113 Dennis Lu Chung Weng 21 Political culture 118 Charles K. S. Wu, Hsuan-Yu Lin and Yao-Yuan Yeh 22 Political economy 122 Stephen Noakes 23 Political economy of developmental states 126 Tian He 24 Political ideologies 133 Chien-Kang Chen 25 Political parties 137 Ching-Hsin Yu 26 Public policy 142 Dawn Miller-McTaggart 27 Religion and politics 147 Michael I. Magcamit 28 Social movements 155 Mariana Cifuentes 29 Terrorism 158 Juhn Chris P. Espia PART III REGIONS 30 Northeast Asia 163 Hsuan-Yu Lin, Charles K. S. Wu and Yao-Yuan Yeh 31 South Asia 168 Rajat Ganguly 32 Southeast Asia 174 Juhn Chris P. Espia PART IV REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 33 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 179 Andrea Chloe Wong 34 Association of Southeast Asian Nations 182 Laura Southgate 35 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 187 Neel Vanvari PART V COUNTRY CHAPTERS/CASE STUDIES 36 Bhutan 194 Neel Vanvari 37 Brunei Darussalam 201 Edna Nurafeeqah Abdul Ghani Luah 38 China 207 Tian He 39 Hong Kong 213 Karl Ho 40 India 218 Neel Vanvari 41 Indonesia 225 Amalia Sustikarini 42 Japan 230 Takayoshi Uekami 43 Laos 235 Suthikarn Meechan 44 Malaysia 241 Orson Tan 45 Myanmar 246 Noel M. Morada 46 Pakistan 254 Neel Vanvari 47 Philippines 262 Andrea Chloe Wong 48 Republic of Korea (South Korea) 267 Sun Young (Kelly) Park 49 Singapore 274 Orson Tan 50 Sri Lanka 279 Rajat Ganguly 51 Taiwan 286 Alexander C. Tan and Jundeh Wu 52 Thailand 290 Thanikun Chantra and Pradit Chinudomsub 53 Vietnam 293 Mai-Huong Vo Index 298
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of the Policy Sciences
Book SynopsisThis forward-thinking book examines the future of public policy as a discipline, both as it is taught and as it is practiced. Critically assessing the limits of current theories and approaches, leading scholars in the field highlight new models and perspectives.Chapters present data on what is taught in policy schools, using survey results from schools of public policy to assess pedagogical scope and adequacy. The book also considers policy work in government, and whether theory matches practice. Reflecting on the future of policy making, policy advice, implementation and governance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it analyses how policy issues are now framed and debated, the range of available tools, and how public compliance and popular support have been eroded by the crisis.This book will be an essential guide to re-thinking the field of public policy and its theories, methods, and applications. It will help teachers, students, public managers and policy-makers navigate the new, turbulent governance landscape that lies ahead.Trade Review‘Brik and Pal bring together a timely and robust examination of the “future of policy sciences” boldly asking what are the new policy and governance challenges in a post pandemic world? And within the context of a potentially “bigger, protective state”, how well positioned and developed are the theories of policy science to progress meaningful and robust analysis? This book points to new and emerging themes in theoretical development, research and in the curricula of policy schools across the globe, noting unique developments in the non-Western world. Discussion explores the emerging concerns for the governance of turbulence, the challenging disdain of expertise and evidence, the growing role of big data and the accelerated interest in digital services pushed by pandemic pressures and uncertainty. Scholars and leaders of programs and schools of policy and governance will find this a valuable account of how the policy sciences is evolving and what is driving this intellectual development.’Table of ContentsContents: Preface x 1 Introduction: futures, now and then 1 Anis Ben Brik and Leslie A. Pal 2 Embracing the future of the policy sciences: big data in pedagogy and practice 9 Nihit Goyal, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Michael Howlett 3 Neo-professionalization of the civil service: an institutional perspective on policy studies education 28 Kris Hartley and Norainie Ahmad 4 Policy science beyond self-congratulatory virtue signalling: matching supply and demand in the scholarship, pedagogy and purpose of the policy enterprise 51 Michael Howlett and Darryl S. L. Jarvis 5 Public policy education in the non-Western world: changing context and content 70 Sreeja Nair, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Zeger Van der Wal 6 Disaster risk reduction and the development narrative: towards a new public policy epistemic 85 Glen Kuecker and Kris Hartley 7 Policy practices: a bridge between policy theory and empirical research 103 Arnošt Veselý 8 Policy expertise and policy markets: challenges for tackling complex problems in turbulent times 121 Brian W. Head 9 Back to the future: learning from the evolution of global sustainability governance 140 Andreas Rechkemmer 10 What is a policy scholar for? 163 Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli Conclusion. Future tense: a new grammar for the policy sciences? 180 Leslie A. Pal and Anis Ben Brik Index 204
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Digital Politics: Second Edition
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised second edition Handbook examines the latest knowledge and perspectives on digital politics. Through new content on digital populism, filter bubbles, algorithmic power, AI, non-Western digital politics, election communication regulation and right-wing alternative news media, contributors challenge the binary of cyber-optimism and cyber-pessimism and argue for a more nuanced understanding of political change.Arranged around key themes, this Handbook investigates the meaning of digital politics and analyses the impact of new technologies and platforms on politics. Chapters consider the digital reconfiguration of civic practices, political institutions and journalism. Leading scholars provide original, incisive and provocative insights into cutting-edge issues, exploring how the expansion of digital technologies, channels and styles shapes political dynamics.Providing a broad and in-depth overview of digital politics, this Handbook will be an invaluable resource for researchers, educators and students of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, technology and governance. It will also be essential reading for political practitioners, policy-makers and strategists seeking to better understand the digital world.Trade Review‘Political processes and digital communication continue to collide and intersect in new and unforeseen ways, and rarely fail to generate crises and controversies, but also hopes and opportunities, as they do so. This magnificent collection takes a timely and sober look at current developments, and offers a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research in the field.’ -- Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia‘Coleman and Sorensen bring us a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of the role of digital media in politics—broadly understood—from top scholars. This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks enlightenment about the uses, meanings, and effects of the Internet and social media on political life.’ -- Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Politics (Second Edition) xi Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen PART I WAYS OF SEEING, LISTENING TO AND WRITING ABOUT DIGITAL POLITICS 1 A rhetoric of digital politics 2 Stephen Coleman and Lone Sorensen 2 De-Westernizing digital politics: a Global South viewpoint 15 Bruce Mutsvairo, Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos and Tenford Chitanana 3 Visual digital politics: imag(in)ing political activities and identities online 29 Katy Parry 4 Revolution vs reaction: the role of social media in authoritarian regimes 43 Anna Litvinenko 5 Transnational and global flows of political discussion online 56 Yuan Zeng PART II CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL TALK 6 The Internet as a civic space 73 Peter Dahlgren 7 Political filter bubbles and fragmented publics 88 Cristian Vaccari and Augusto Valeriani 8 Computational approaches to online political expression: a framework for research 106 Mengyu Li, Luhang Sun, Yiming Wang, Yibing Sun, Hyerin Kwon, Jiyoun Suk, JungHwan Yang and Dhavan V. Shah 9 Creating spaces for online deliberation 132 Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 10 New frontiers in two-screen politics 150 Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin 11 Gen Z’s civic engagement: news use, politics, and cultural engagement 163 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 12 Gen Z’s civic engagement: civic skills, political expression, and identity 175 Ava Francesca Battocchio, Leticia Bode, Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson and Stephanie Edgerly PART III TECHNOLOGY AND PLATFORMS 13 Becoming eventful through data: the mediated construction of historic events in the age of data 189 Heather Ford 14 Algorithms, power and digital politics 202 Ulrike Klinger 15 Social media digital architectures: a platform-first approach to political communication and participation 219 Michael Bossetta 16 Artificial intelligence in politics 235 Leah Henrickson 17 Online content moderation during conflict 252 Giovanni De Gregorio and Nicole Stremlau PART IV CONTENTIOUS POLITICS, CIVIL AND NETWORKED SOCIETY 18 The Fifth Estate: a new source of democratic accountability 265 William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 19 The logic of connective action: digital media and the personalization of contentious politics 280 W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 20 Media ecologies, social movements and activism 306 Emiliano Treré 21 E-petitioning and changing state–citizen engagement 320 Scott Wright and Ariadne Vromen 22 From Valencia filters to #BlackOutTuesday: collective action on Instagram 331 Elena Sotelo-Prol 23 Post-Soviet digital democratization experiments: the promise and reality 346 Yuri Misnikov PART V POLITICAL PARTIES, LEADERS AND GOVERNANCE 24 The digital performance of populism 362 Thomas Wellings and Lone Sorensen 25 Political communication about data 380 Brendan Lawson 26 Regulation of election communication 393 Damian Tambini PART VI JOURNALISM, APPARENT JOURNALISM AND MEDIA INSTITUTIONS 27 Social media as resources for journalistic struggle in politically restrictive settings 410 Banafsheh Ranji 28 Fake news and digital politics 424 Bente Kalsnes 29 Right-wing alternative news media and digital politics 436 Kristoffer Holt 30 Research on the political implications of political entertainment 449 Michael A. Xenos Index
£185.00
Liverpool University Press Distortion and Subversion: Punk Rock Music and
Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book will be available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.At the turn of the 21st century, the Brazilian punk and hardcore music scene joined forces with political militants to foster a new social movement that demanded the universal right to free public transportation. These groups collaborated in numerous venues and media: music shows, protests, festivals, conferences, radio stations, posters, albums, slogans, and digital and printed publications. Throughout this time, the single demand for free public transportation reconceptualized notions of urban space in Brazil and led masses of people across the country to protest. This book shows how the anti-capitalist, anti-bourgeoisie stance present in the discourse of a number of Brazilian bands that performed from the late 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century in the underground music scenes of Florianópolis and São Paulo encountered a reverberation in the rhetoric emanating from the Campaign for the Free Fare, subsequently known as the Free Fare Movement (Movimento Passe Livre, or MPL). This allowed the engaged bands and the movement for free public transportation to contribute to each other’s development. The book also includes reflections on the Bus Revolt that occurred in the northeastern city of Salvador, unveiling traces of the punk and anarcho-punk movements, and the Revolution Carnivals that occurred in the city of Belo Horizonte, an event that mixed lectures, vegetarianism, protests, soccer, and punk rock music.Trade Review‘Distortion and Subversion is a creative experiment. The author captivates the reader’s interest while providing an accurate and engaging analysis of recent events in Brazil’s urban history. Lopes de Barros’s powerful narrative is comparable to the potency of the punk music he analyses… I believe that Rodrigo Lopes de Barros's book, which aroused so many nostalgic feelings in me, can provoke in readers the desire for better public transport in Brazil and beyond, and hope for a world without turnstiles.’ Caio Fernandes Barbosa, NACLATable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Revolution Will Be Posted Online2. Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Youth: From Salvador to Florianópolis3. Island of Wars: Florianópolis Once Again4. The Happiness of Punks: Carnival and Soccer in Belo Horizonte and Beyond5. Punks’ Jungle: São PauloEpilogList of the Interviewed and the ConsultedWorks and Documents Cited
£38.34
Liverpool University Press Harold Wilson, Denmark and the making of Labour
Book Synopsis'In 1958, Britain and Denmark both advocated closer European cooperation through the looser framework of the Free Trade Area (FTA) rather than membership of the nascent European Economic Community (EEC). By 1972, however, the situation had changed drastically. The FTA was a long-forgotten concept. Its replacement, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), seemed economically and politically inept. Now, at the third time of asking, both countries were on the verge of joining the EEC as full members. This compelling analysis compares how the European policies of the British Labour Party and the Danish Social Democrats evolved amid this environment. Based on material from 12 archives in four countries, it updates our knowledge of key moments in both parties’ interaction with the integration story, including in the formative stages of the EEC in 1958¬–60 and the negotiations for British and Danish EEC membership in 1961–63, 1967 and 1970–72. More innovatively, this book argues that amid an array of national and international constraints the reciprocal influence exerted by Labour and the SD on each other via informal party contacts was itself a crucial determinant in European policymaking. In so doing, it sheds light on the sources of Labour European thinking, the role of small states like Denmark in the integration process, and the prominence of the Anglo-Scandinavian nexus in the broader narrative of British foreign policy in this period.'Trade ReviewReviews 'Clearly written, logically structured and underpinned by an impressive base of archival material, this is a strong comparative analysis of British Labour and the Danish Social Democrats.' Dr Paul Corthorn, Queen’s University Belfast'The book is an impressive piece of scholarship, using a broad range of secondary sources in English and the Scandinavian languages as well as a few in French and German. Its anchoring in primary sources is exemplary. The author has trekked not just to the obvious archives in Britain and Copenhagen, but even to Amsterdam and Oslo in pursuit of his project.'European History Quarterly'Broad’s book is a fine accomplishment which sets an example on how government centred analysis can be hugely enriched by supplementing it with a transnational approach that moves beyond and below the state level – and still helps us to understand government agency.' Thorsten Borring Olesen, Journal of European Integration History
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive account of America’s constitutional framework, this Advanced Introduction examines how U.S officials carry out America’s foreign policy objectives through diplomacy, trade agreements, secretive covert actions, and the use of military force. Loch K. Johnson delivers an invigorating examination of ethical and legal aspects of American foreign policy as well as providing a new perspective on topics such as domestic politics, diplomacy and policymaking.Key Features include: Analysis of the international setting for U.S. foreign policy activities Examination of foreign policy decision making from domestic, individual and international settings. Discussion of the relationship between the United States and other nations, international organizations, and various global factions. Concise and timely, this Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read to foreign policy, American studies and international relations students and researchers. This will also be a key resource for military academies and organizations seeking a better understanding of the position of the United States in global affairs.Trade Review'American foreign policy has been on a roller-coaster ride since the end of the Cold War. Instead of ushering in an era of peace and global cooperation, we have witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, ''forever wars'' in Afghanistan and Iraq, a return of isolationism (''America First'') and a looming confrontation with a rising superpower, China. Rarely has there been a greater need for a book to provide understanding and insight into the history, constitutional basis, and practice of American foreign policy. Professor Loch Johnson’s account does that, just in time.' -- Karl F. Inderfurth, Former US Assistant Secretary of State (1997-2001) and Former US Representative to the United Nations (1993-1997)'Professor Loch Johnson's Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy has all the qualities I look for in an excellent textbook. The writing is clear. The concepts are nicely explained. The history of U.S. foreign policy is adeptly described. The domestic and international influences on the making of foreign policy are explained in a way that students will understand. The human dimension is never ignored. And the book is concise, which gives it a clear appeal over elephantine textbooks which almost no student wants to read.' -- David M. Barrett, Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The United States as a world power 2. An analytic framework PART II THE INFLUENCES OF HISTORY 3. The formative years of American foreign policy 4. Cold war 5. American foreign policy in a fractious world PART III THE MAKING OF FOREIGN POLICY 6. The constitutional framework 7. Institutional conflict and cooperation 8. The human dimension PART IV THE INSTRUMENTS OF FOREIGN POLICY 9. Intelligence collection-and-analysis 10. Diplomacy 11. War 12. Covert action 13. Economic statecraft 14. Moral and cultural suasion PART V THE CHALLENGES AHEAD 15. A new American foreign policy Index
£98.67
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive account of America’s constitutional framework, this Advanced Introduction examines how U.S officials carry out America’s foreign policy objectives through diplomacy, trade agreements, secretive covert actions, and the use of military force. Loch K. Johnson delivers an invigorating examination of ethical and legal aspects of American foreign policy as well as providing a new perspective on topics such as domestic politics, diplomacy and policymaking.Key Features include: Analysis of the international setting for U.S. foreign policy activities Examination of foreign policy decision making from domestic, individual and international settings. Discussion of the relationship between the United States and other nations, international organizations, and various global factions. Concise and timely, this Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read to foreign policy, American studies and international relations students and researchers. This will also be a key resource for military academies and organizations seeking a better understanding of the position of the United States in global affairs.Trade Review'American foreign policy has been on a roller-coaster ride since the end of the Cold War. Instead of ushering in an era of peace and global cooperation, we have witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, ''forever wars'' in Afghanistan and Iraq, a return of isolationism (''America First'') and a looming confrontation with a rising superpower, China. Rarely has there been a greater need for a book to provide understanding and insight into the history, constitutional basis, and practice of American foreign policy. Professor Loch Johnson’s account does that, just in time.' -- Karl F. Inderfurth, Former US Assistant Secretary of State (1997-2001) and Former US Representative to the United Nations (1993-1997)'Professor Loch Johnson's Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy has all the qualities I look for in an excellent textbook. The writing is clear. The concepts are nicely explained. The history of U.S. foreign policy is adeptly described. The domestic and international influences on the making of foreign policy are explained in a way that students will understand. The human dimension is never ignored. And the book is concise, which gives it a clear appeal over elephantine textbooks which almost no student wants to read.' -- David M. Barrett, Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The United States as a world power 2. An analytic framework PART II THE INFLUENCES OF HISTORY 3. The formative years of American foreign policy 4. Cold war 5. American foreign policy in a fractious world PART III THE MAKING OF FOREIGN POLICY 6. The constitutional framework 7. Institutional conflict and cooperation 8. The human dimension PART IV THE INSTRUMENTS OF FOREIGN POLICY 9. Intelligence collection-and-analysis 10. Diplomacy 11. War 12. Covert action 13. Economic statecraft 14. Moral and cultural suasion PART V THE CHALLENGES AHEAD 15. A new American foreign policy Index
£19.95
Edward Elgar Project Europe The Making of European Digital
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£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Judicial System: The Administration and
Book SynopsisExploring the growing significance of the administration of justice in both democratic and non-democratic countries, often labeled as 'the judicialization of politics', this timely book considers how increased levels of interest in the analysis of judicial institutions have been triggered. It examines the expansion of the role of judges and courts in the political system and the mixed reactions generated by these developments. In this comprehensive book, Carlo Guarnieri and Patrizia Pederzoli draw on a wealth of experience in teaching and research in the field, moving beyond traditional legal analysis and providing a clear, concise and all-encompassing introduction to the phenomenon of the administration of justice and all of its traits. Facilitating a deeper understanding of the concrete dynamics characterizing the judicial system and its relationships with the political environment, it also offers a balanced assessment of the process of judicialization. Students and scholars interested in comparative law and politics, and law and society, who wish to broaden their understanding of courts and the operation of the judicial system will find this to be a valuable resource. The wide coverage of cases from both common and civil law traditions will also appeal to practitioners.Trade Review'This book is a brilliant interdisciplinary introduction to the role of the courts and their judicial actors in the current time of political transition. The authors not only elaborate on the dynamic role between politics and courts in a long-term perspective within constitutional and judicial cultures, but they also analyze the increasingly expansive constitutional justice within a strong ''culture of rights''. This is a first class book in the fields of human rights law, constitutional law, procedural law, political science and comparative legal history.' -- Kjell Å Modéer, Lund University, Sweden'Guarnieri and Pederzoli offer us a critical assessment of where judges fit into modern democratic institutions where trust in politics can no longer be taken for granted. Their approach is thorough and thought-provoking, drawing on the contemporary experiences of many different countries. It is a ''must'' for political scientists and lawyers, as well as for the general reader wanting to be informed on a vital issue for today s constitutions.' -- John Bell, University of Cambridge, UK'In a time of democratic malaise, deterioration and, in some cases, even deep crisis, an analysis of the effective workings of the judicial system and its politically relevant connections is especially necessary to make sense of those problems and consequences for citizens. With this book Guarnieri and Pederzoli have written a definitive contribution to such understanding.' --Leonardo Morlino, LUISS Guido Carli, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Judge: A New Actor in the Political Landscape 2. Doing Justice 3. The Judicial System: Access to Courts 4. The Judicial System: Adjudication 5. The Judiciary 6. Models of judicial decision-making 7. Theories of Judicial Power 8. The Expansion of Judicial Power: Cases 9. Courts and Politics: What Relationships? Bibliography Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Politics of the Public Encounter: What
Book SynopsisOn the ground floor of government, citizens interact with teachers, medical staff, police officers and other professionals in public service. It is during these encounters that laws, public policies and professional guidelines gain further substance and form. In this insightful book, Peter Hupe brings together expert contributions from scholars across the globe to study the social mechanisms behind these public encounters. Integrating empirical case studies with cutting-edge theory, The Politics of the Public Encounter investigates what happens when citizens meet the state. Adopting a realist perspective, contributors examine the dichotomy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens at the street level of government. Chapters explore topics such as rule application and individual agency, the relationship between discretion and accountability, the consequences of digitalization and citizens’ impression management. Hupe concludes with a reflective essay and gives an account of what has been left aside, advancing a clear agenda for future research into the relationship between citizen and state. Advanced students and scholars of law, political science, public administration, sociology and philosophy interested in the mechanisms behind the citizen/state encounter will benefit from the book’s multi-disciplinary approach. Its realist insights will also be an essential reference point for public service professionals.Trade Review‘The “politics” in the title of this collection of essays understates its breadth. It is not just about the struggle for power when state and citizen meet, but highlights factors such as uncertainty absorption, impression management, risk work, co-creation and digitalization. Thereby scholarship on the topic gets a good boost ahead.’ -- Charles Goodsell, Virginia Tech, US‘What happens when citizens meet the state? This excellent book provides a breadth of theoretically and empirically informed approaches to that question from leading scholars in the field. Drawing on insights from different kinds of frontline encounters, it is a reminder of why the street-level continues to be at the centre of public policy scholarship.’ -- Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham, UK‘What happens when citizens meet the state? This excellent book provides a breadth of theoretically and empirically informed approaches to that question from leading scholars in the field. Drawing on insights from different kinds of frontline encounters, it is a reminder of why the street-level continues to be at the centre of public policy scholarship.’ -- Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham, UK'In this thoughtful and wide-ranging book, Hupe and his colleagues take a fresh look at a fundamentally important puzzle: What happens when citizens meet government? They paint a rich portrait of politics and policy from the bottom up, not only about government’s political responsiveness but also its accountability to those who pay taxes and vote. The book is full of insights about public administration as well as the broader framework of the most important challenges facing government today.' -- Donald F. Kettl, Emeritus Professor, University of Maryland, US‘The Politics of the Public Encounter unpacks an evolving and increasingly complex, sometimes confronting, interaction between citizens and their governments. This book helps to understand how changing communication processes, transforming street-level governance, and politically disconnected, even un-civic and sometimes polarizing citizens are affecting crucial citizen/state encounters.’ -- – Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface xv Acknowledgements xvi INTRODUCTION 1 The public encounter as object of scholarly inquiry 2 Peter Hupe 2 The politics of the public encounter 19 Peter Hupe PART I WHAT HAPPENS WHERE STATE AND CITIZEN MEET 3 The politics of street-level bureaucracy 40 B. Guy Peters 4 The public encounter and the role of citizens 57 Carola van Eijk and Trui Steen 5 Discretion and accountability: Notes on perspective and avoidance 78 Keith Hawkins PART II THE DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC ENCOUNTERS 6 Nobody’s agent: Discretion as individualistic accountability 107 Nadine Raaphorst, Peter Hupe and Maaike Breedveld 7 Behind public encounters: Uncertainty absorption in asylum decisions 126 Tone Liodden 8 Professional routines in and around public encounters 149 Mirko Noordegraaf and Marlot Kuiper 9 Tensions within the public encounter: Balancing individual and population health risks 170 Matthew McKenna and Nicola Gale 10 Public encounters and the role of citizens’ impression management 189 Lieke Oldenhof and Eline Linthorst PART III PUBLIC ENCOUNTERS IN CONTEXT 11 Going viral: Public encounters and digitalization 211 Peter Hupe 12 The public encounter as object of delegation 235 Federica Infantino 13 Reform and the inspection encounter: How micro-practices compromise meso-policies 251 Peter Mascini and Karin van Wingerde 14 Inspection encounters during a crisis: Suppositions from the Covid-19 pandemic 270 Kim Loyens and Carina Schott 15 Public encounters and public achievements 289 Peter Hupe PART IV ETHICS AND THE PUBLIC ENCOUNTER 16 Modern citizenship as civil disobedience 3.0 316 Gijs van Oenen 17 The public encounter and the ethics of public office 333 Kirstine Zinck Pedersen CONCLUSION 18 The state of the citizen 354 Peter Hupe Author index 365 Subject index 370
£120.00
Liverpool University Press Whatever happened to Tory Liverpool?: Success,
Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book, supported by the LUP OA author fund, is available on the Liverpool University Press website, the OAPEN library and our Digital Collaboration Hub. In the 1968 local elections the Liverpool Conservatives won 62 percent of the vote and 78 percent of the seats on Liverpool City Council. By 1972 the party had held a majority on Liverpool’s municipal government for 85 of the previous 100 years. But in 1983 they lost their last two MPs, and in 1998 they lost their final councillor. The Conservatives have not won an electoral contest in the city since. Whatever happened to Tory Liverpool? Success, decline, and irrelevance since 1945 explores the history of Conservative electoral performance in Liverpool from the end of the Second World War to the present day, and challenges a number of myths regarding the city’s political history: Conservative post-war success was not due to sectarian tensions or false consciousness, and neither was Conservative decline due to Margaret Thatcher. The book takes a multi-method approach to the study of Conservative Party history in Liverpool. It proposes a tripartite framework, which separates the periods of success (1945–1972), decline (1973–1986), and irrelevance (1987 onwards), and argues that each period should be explained by recourse to different phenomena. Only in this way can the complex post-war history of the Conservative Party in Liverpool truly be understood.Trade Review‘This is an extremely well-written book, conveying a wealth of fascinating information that is articulated with commendable clarity and lucidity, providing a detailed analysis of the decline of the Conservative Party in one particular British city, Liverpool.’ Professor Pete Dorey, Cardiff University'As well as providing key insights into the under-researched subject of politics in Liverpool, this book is a significant and welcome addition to the literature on the Conservative Party since 1945.' Dr Mark Garnett, Lancaster University
£43.30
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy in Contentious Times
Book SynopsisUS society today is widely seen as being split into constituencies which have sequestered themselves in two or more silos, with policy discussion between them having become impossible. The treatise of this book is that denizens of the United States need not be confined in silos but, rather, that major economic policies – drugs, alcohol, and suicide; schooling; major economic issues; infrastructure, urban and regional policy; and the environment – have powerful impacts on many members of each of these silos. From this recognition comes an understanding that public policy initiatives that treat each of the policy areas with equity are conceivable and can in fact be implemented. In addition, individuals will be able to engage in the destruction of disrespectful silo-to-silo bickering and work to create a dialogue based on mutual understanding that has been sorely missing for the past several years. The author stresses that are few things that are of more importance for society’s collective future than bridging these barriers.This passionate analysis of Public Policy in Contentious Times will be of great interest to academics interested in urban and regional issues and in the formation of public policy. It will also be helpful to political consultants and politicians, and individuals who are ardently interested in contemporary politics.Trade Review‘Kresl makes a significant contribution in identifying an approach to the formulation of public policies in the context of polarization so present currently. Space does not allow a summary of his analysis, but his analysis of the effects of the geography of place ie Blue and Red States, urban, regional, town and city impacts on policy choices is a good example of an approach which can help to identify a set of policies suitable for different citizens and organizations. It should be read, listened to or reviewed by American citizens and elected politicians at all levels of governance. He presents a unique analysis which should be of interest as we near debates preparing elections in the US.’ -- Pierre-Paul Proulx, University of Montreal, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: how to bring the silos together 2. Specification of the geographies that divide us 3. “Deaths of despair” 4. Schooling 5. The economy 6. Infrastructure 7. Environment 8. Urban and rural area developments 9. What is achievable? Index
£75.00
Edward Elgar The New Public Bureaucracy The Expansion of Organisational Professionals in the Public Sector
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching American Government and Politics:
Book SynopsisProviding practical, concrete teaching strategies alongside relevant methodology and scholarship, this book offers a pedagogical approach for centering students' democratic citizenship and political engagement in American government courses.Teaching American Government and Politics proposes a radically different orientation to teaching in this field, moving away from the dominant focus on political knowledge and turning towards an understanding of what students as political citizens should be able to do. A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman introduce five citizenship competencies for successful political engagement, providing constructive teaching strategies for each. These include the skills to navigate and hold institutions accountable (institutional competency); the propensity to act strategically with different political tools (participatory competency); the willingness to talk to others about politics (deliberative competency); the confidence to discern the trustworthiness of political information and to use media responsibly (informational competency); and the ability to recognize the affective dimensions of politics and to take care of one's own emotional health as a citizen (emotional competency).Pairing teaching scholarship with practical tools and guidance, this book will be invaluable for instructors of American government courses, alongside broader courses on politics and government, democracy studies, and governance and the political process. Political scientists whose research interests include the scholarship of teaching will also find this book highly informative.Trade Review‘Mathews-Schultz and Sweet-Cushman offer a refreshing take on the seminal introductory course in American politics and government that serves as a gateway to the discipline at many institutions. Reacting to a widely-felt but not always widely acknowledged frustration with the practical limitations of the traditional, knowledge-oriented approach to the course, Teaching American Government and Politics serves as an effective guide for cultivating students’ capacity for civic action now, instead of merely (and only potentially) in the future.’ -- Eric D. Loepp, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, US‘This book will be an important resource for faculty. All-too-often, students are unable to use the knowledge they gain in US politics courses to engage effectively in the political process. The attention to civic skills and motivations that this book provides is an important corrective – one that is required if we are to strengthen representative democracy and citizen engagement in the United States.’ -- Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend, USTable of ContentsContents Preface ix 1 Teaching American government and politics for the 21st century A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman 2 Where does change happen? A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman 3 What are the best tools for change? A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman 4 How can we talk to others? A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman 5 When can we trust political information? A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman with Jennifer Jarson 6 Why does it matter? A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman 7 Teaching American politics to unconventional students in unconventional times A. Lanethea Mathews-Schultz and Jennie Sweet-Cushman Appendix: flipped classroom introduction to American government syllabus template References
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era
Book SynopsisWith the rapid destabilization, escalation and convergence of various environmental crises, global environmental politics is facing extreme turbulence. Tracing the causes, consequences and dangers of planetary turbulence, this essential book identifies the emerging opportunities to improve governance in environmental politics and transition the world order toward greater equity, justice and sustainability.Providing a comprehensive understanding of the nature and breadth of global environmental politics, leading scholars investigate the intersecting crisis events of this turbulent era. Chapters explore the political, environmental and economic issues surrounding growing inequality: soaring food and fuel prices; record numbers of migrants and refugees fleeing persecution and destitution; and the intensification of climate change. Finding the sources of turbulence to be overlapping and reinforcing, the book digs deeper into how various actors generate turbulence, looking closely at state sovereignty, civil society and societal organizations. Forward thinking, it reflects how different practices, conditions, lenses, and tools can create future avenues to imagine, facilitate, and actualize solutions for global sustainability during times of extreme turbulence.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this insightful book will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of environmental politics, policy, and governance; alongside policymakers and organizations looking to realize the Sustainable Development Goals.Trade Review‘A genuinely novel take on the broad nature of global environmental politics is a rare thing, but Dauvergne and Shipton have succeeded with gusto. Deploying the concept of turbulence – the sense of constant churn, multiple intersecting crises that never resolve but transform, disrupting lives in myriad ways – to great effect, this book provides an overarching framework for understanding how we might pursue sustainability in this context. It also details this in relation to a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar cases alike. All that is solid may be melting into air, but Dauvergne and Shipton help us guide our way through the turbulence.’ -- Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester, UK‘Dauvergne and Shipton’s remarkable volume brings together an amazing array of scholars who collectively provide a deep engagement with the unsettling forces at the root of overlapping global environmental crises, while also highlighting the opportunities that turbulence brings to transform our world for the better. It is a must read.’ -- Matthew Hoffmann, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1 Understanding environmental politics in a turbulent era 1 Leah Shipton and Peter Dauvergne PART I THE NATURE AND BREADTH OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL TURBULENCE 2 Turbulence, converging crises, and environmental justice 13 David Schlosberg 3 Plastic turbulence: illusions of containment, clean-up, and control, and the emergent promise of diverse economies 25 Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Jacob Hasselbalch, and Johannes Stripple 4 Rights, resilience, and water in turbulent times 37 Ekta Patel and Erika Weinthal 5 Promoting environmental rights in turbulent times: Latin America and the Escazú Agreement 49 Hayley Stevenson 6 Compound urban crises in global environmental politics 62 Marielle Papin, Linda Westman, Rachel Macrorie, Ahmad Shoaib Azizi, Michael Dede, Julie Greenwalt, Ibinabo Johnson, and Barbara Summers 7 Extractive industries and mineral resources: turbulence all around 75 Stacy D. VanDeveer, Hyeyoon Park, Yixian Sun, and Michele M. Betsill PART II ACTORS AS AGENTS OF TURBULENCE OR TRANSFORMATION 8 People power, disruption, and survival 91 Peter J. Jacques 9 State sovereignty, turbulence, and environmental disasters in global environmental politics 103 Susan Park 10 How philanthropic foundations fuel transformations and with what consequences for sustainable food systems 116 Agni Kalfagianni PART III PATHWAYS TO GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY IN A TURBULENT ERA 11 Thinking gender in times of crisis: reflecting on gender, turbulence, and global environmental politics 130 Nicole Detraz 12 Is technological turbulence sustainable? 142 Leslie Paul Thiele 13 Beyond islands of sustainability? Opportunities and challenges of jurisdictional approaches in tropical forest governance 156 Philip Schleifer 14 Advancing global environmental politics research through systems-oriented analysis 169 Henrik Selin 15 Turbulence and transition to healthy governance 184 D.G. Webster, Mark Axelrod, and Semra A. Aytur 16 Ratcheting-up through competition: global environmental governance in the era of rising geopolitical tensions between China and the West 197 Yixian Sun and Chuyu Liu CONCLUSION 17 Navigating turbulence for sustainability 211 Leah Shipton and Peter Dauvergne Index 224
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Arc Humanities Press Lordship and Governance by the Inheriting
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Seagull Books London Ltd The `Scandal` of Marxism and Other Writings on
Book SynopsisA major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available together in paperback. Roland Barthes was a restless, protean thinker. A constant innovator—often as a daring smuggler of ideas from one discipline to another—he first gained an audience with his pithy essays on mass culture and then went on to produce some of the most suggestive and stimulating cultural criticism of the late twentieth century, including Empire of Signs, The Pleasure of the Text, and Camera Lucida. In 1976, this one-time structuralist outsider was elected to a chair at France’s preeminent Collège de France, where he chose to style himself as a professor of literary semiology until his death in 1980. The greater part of Barthes’s published writings has been available to a French audience since 2002, but now, translator Chris Turner presents a collection of essays, interviews, prefaces, book reviews, and other journalistic material for the first time in English and divided into five themed volumes. Volume two, The “Scandal” of Marxism, contains a wide range of his more overtly political writings, with an emphasis on his early work and the serious national turbulence in the French 1950s.Trade Review“The most striking quality in this volume of newly translated essays by Barthes, written between 1950 and 1977, is their freshness. . . . A humane and consistent vision threads through them: Barthes asserts firmly that literature matters, those in power lie, and killing for the sake of a doctrine is wrong. He writes with a clarity and brevity that strike to the heart of issues still relevant decades after his death: race, propaganda, abuse of power. . . . This collection is strongly recommended: it more than repays the reader’s time and effort.” * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsDo Revolutions Follow Laws? The ‘Scandal’ of Marxism Humanism without Words Phenomenology and Dialectical Materialism On a Metaphor. (Is Marxism a Church?) Left-Wing Writers or Left-Wing Literature? Yes, There Definitely is a Left-Wing Literature The Masters and the Slaves Am I a Marxist? Is Anti-Semitism Right- or Left-Wing? Home Knitting The Choice of a Career On a Use of the Verb “To Be” On the De Gaulle Regime On the Left-Wing Criticism A Case of Cultural Criticism So, How Was China? Utopia Mythology Letter to Bernard-Henri Lévy The Minorities of the Minorities Remarks on Violence Reply to a Question on Artists and Politics
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