Politics and government Books
Seagull Books London Ltd Reimagining Indian Secularism
Book SynopsisAn original analysis of religion versus the religionization of society in India. What is unique about Indian secularism? In this book, Rajeev Bhargava argues that secularism in India, as opposed to in the West, did not arise in a society that had already been religiously homogenized, where the need of the hour was to break the political nexus between church and state. In India, secularism does not demand that the state is against or indifferent to religion, but rather that it combat institutionalized religious domination, both between and within religions. Apathy or antipathy to religion, Bhargava points out, would foment inter-religious rivalries that intensify anti-reformist tendencies, fueling further division. As secularism receives daily ridicule in India, Bhargava provides an account of how this “principled distance” from religion has been a victim of misunderstandings by its proponents, abuse by its practitioners, and deliberate distortion by its opponents. Reimagining Indian Secularism offers a proposal of how we might one day be able to rehabilitate secularism.
£11.77
Seagull Books Afropea A PostWestern and PostRacist Utopia
Book SynopsisChallenging conventional notions of racial and regional identity, Léonora Miano provides a fresh perspective on the complexities of self-perception. In this ground-breaking exploration, French-Cameroonian author Léonora Miano unveils a distinct sensibility shaped by her sub-Saharan African roots, setting her apart from those who identify as Afro-Europeans, or Afropeans, a group forged within the European context. Drawing on her unique perspective, Miano reveals the complexities that determine self-perception and complicate the bonds of identification and solidarity between Afro-Europeans and their sub-Saharan counterparts. Contrasting with France's approach of lumping all citizens of sub-Saharan descent together under an African label, the author questions the effectiveness of such categorization in fostering a genuine connection to one's country and assuming responsibility for its future. Despite the many challenges, Miano finds hope in the Afropean identitythose who embrace the fusion of Africa and Europe within their self-designationbelieving it holds the potential to embody a transformative, fraternal, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist societal project. Yet, she acknowledges the persistent struggle for acceptance and understanding in a society grappling with identity tensions. In this powerful narrative, Miano examines the allure of rejection that exists on both sides of the divide, offering a nuanced examination of the delicate balance between cultures, identities, and the pursuit of a utopian vision. Timely and captivating, this book is essential to understanding the Afropean perspective.
£18.99
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
£31.30
£199.50
Edward Elgar Dictionary of Policy Design
£160.00
£199.50
Edward Elgar Nile Basin Politics From Coordinated to
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£85.50
Edward Elgar Teaching International Organizations
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching Research Methods in Political Science
Book SynopsisTeaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring key concepts, writing literature reviews and developing information literacy skills. Illustrating the ways in which research methods courses connect with wider topics in political science, contributors discuss how methodological considerations can result in recognition of previously silenced voices, and consider the civic education mission of research methods in political science. Chapters outline quantitative and qualitative methods, feminist methodologies and techniques for studying African-American politics, to review and demonstrate the many avenues that instructors of research methods courses might take.This crucial guide to teaching will benefit instructors of courses in research methods in political science, as well as faculty leaders instituting new courses in political science. Its theoretical insights into civic education will also be useful to scholars of education more broadly.Trade Review‘This book provides thoughtful and practical explorations of accessible pedagogical tools and approaches which can vastly improve any political science program. Bernstein and his contributors effectively make an argument for how the methods course is fundamental to achieving our discipline’s goals of developing active citizens who can evaluate information and evidence regarding problems which our democracies face in the 21st century. It should be required reading for every PhD candidate, methods course instructor, and department chair.‘Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the citizenship imperative and the Political Science Research Methods course 1 Jeffrey L. Bernstein PART I GUIDANCE FOR TEACHING THE RESEARCH METHODS COURSE 1 Getting the basics right: finding the right research question 13 Zsolt Nyiri 2 Incorporating information literacy in political science research design 28 Amanda Shannon and Vaughn Shannon 3 Beyond the annotated bibliography: improving student literature reviews through structured heuristics 43 Shane Nordyke and Peter Yacobucci 4 Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies 58 Kristin Makszin 5 Effectively teaching research methods as a series of simulation exercises 69 Jason Enia 6 Political methodology without the politics: reshaping the methods course to focus on real-world content and skill building 82 Amanda M. Rosen 7 Engaged statistics: building statistical skills by focusing on answering interesting and important questions 96 Michael A. Bailey 8 Teaching transparency: principles and practical considerations with illustrations in Stata and R 114 Matthew C. Ingram 9 Effectively teaching research methods in an online course 131 Robert Postic PART II FITTING RESEARCH METHODS WITHIN THE BROADER CURRICULUM AND DISCIPLINE 10 Designing and implementing methods curricula 146 Johan Adriaensen, Patrick Bijsmans and Afke Groen 11 Scaffolding research methods across the curriculum: an exploration of embedded curricular design 161 Kelly A. Clancy and Kelly Bauer 12 Incorporating and assessing methods across the political science curriculum 177 Christi Siver and Claire Haeg 13 Are students failing research methods or are research methods failing students? 194 William D. Blake and Carolyn Forestiere 14 What the traditional critiques from marginalized groups bring to comprehending political science research today 208 Harwood K. McClerking 15 Mainstreaming gender in research methods 222 Alexis Leanna Henshaw 16 A Deweyan pragmatist view on political science methods 238 Jonathan B. Isacoff Index
£30.35
Liverpool University Press Transregnal Kingship in the Thirteenth Century
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£99.75
ISTE Ltd Deliberative Democracy and Ecological Transition
Book SynopsisDemocracies are struggling to respond to the climate crisis. One promising approach to the ecological transition is based on innovations involving panels of citizens drawn at random. Many countries have experimented with this form of deliberative democracy at national and local levels. These citizens' assemblies formulate public policy proposals. The French Citizens' Convention for Climate is the largest in terms of size, duration and mandate. Thanks to a multi-disciplinary field survey involving around twenty researchers, this book provides an understanding of the complexity of this experience from several angles: procedures and processes; the identity and roles of its members; relationships with expertise and representatives; evaluation and comparison with other cases. Deliberative Democracy and Ecological Transition plays an important role in reflecting on an original practice of democratic innovation and its potential for fair governance of climate policies.
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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
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Emerald Publishing Limited Reshaping Performance Management for Sustainable
Book SynopsisPublic sector organizations play a crucial role in addressing the challenge of sustainability and sustainable development. They adopt policies and strategies, provide public services, mobilize and distribute financial resources, and are responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting strategy implementation and goal achievement. The non-profit sector also supports sustainable development alone or through partnerships with the public sector. Including sustainability goals and practices in the strategy and management of public and non-profit organizations considering their characteristics is a nodal point. To this aim designing effective performance management systems integrating sustainability aspects is crucial. Reshaping Performance Management for Sustainable Development explores how sustainability can be integrated into the management of public and non-profit organizations through performance management systems. The Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (SPNPG) series focuses on the “micro” level of governance in public and non-profit sector, investigating governance systems, mechanisms and roles at an organizational level.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Luca Gnan, Alessandro Hinna, Fabio Monteduro and Veronica Allegrini Chapter 1. What We Do Not Know, But It Would Be Worth Knowing About Green Human Resource Management in the Public Sector; Veronica Allegrini and Fabio Monteduro Chapter 2. Mapping the Link Between Human Resource Management And Sustainability: The Pathway To Sustainable Competitiveness; Simona-Andreea Apostu and Iza Gigauri Chapter 3. People Management in Italian Ministries. Antecedents, Choices, and Effects of Individual Performance Appraisal; Danila Scarozza, Alessandro Hinna, and Federico Ceschel Chapter 4. An Organizational Perspective of Sustainability Reporting in the Public Sector. A Scoping Literature Review; Giulia Flamini, Federico Ceschel, Luca Gnan, and Anh Vu Thi Van Chapter 5. Public Value of Italian Health Institutes for Sustainable Development. An Analysis Before and After Covid-19; Benedetta Siboni and Paola Canestrini Chapter 6. Performance Management in Social Enterprises: Insights from A Dynamic Balanced Scorecard; Francesca Costanza
£80.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Elites Nonelites and Power
Book SynopsisBringing together cutting-edge, multidisciplinary papers that weigh in on central issues of the world and social science, the collection consider power, elites, and nonelites in a new, inclusive way, drawing in researchers who deal with topics central to elite theory, but who might not be represented in more classic statements of it.
£95.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Latin American Politics in the Neoliberal Era
Book SynopsisChallenging centuries-old systems and barriers as the only study on the contemporary dynamics of the class struggle within the context of this region, this text fights back against the homogenous tides of class and capitalism to envision a richly diverse continent with more to offer than ever.
£76.00
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
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Teaching Research Methods in Political Science
Book SynopsisTeaching Research Methods in Political Science brings together experienced instructors to offer a range of perspectives on how to teach courses in political science. It focuses on numerous topics, including identifying good research questions, measuring key concepts, writing literature reviews and developing information literacy skills. Illustrating the ways in which research methods courses connect with wider topics in political science, contributors discuss how methodological considerations can result in recognition of previously silenced voices, and consider the civic education mission of research methods in political science. Chapters outline quantitative and qualitative methods, feminist methodologies and techniques for studying African-American politics, to review and demonstrate the many avenues that instructors of research methods courses might take.This crucial guide to teaching will benefit instructors of courses in research methods in political science, as well as faculty leaders instituting new courses in political science. Its theoretical insights into civic education will also be useful to scholars of education more broadly.Trade Review‘This book provides thoughtful and practical explorations of accessible pedagogical tools and approaches which can vastly improve any political science program. Bernstein and his contributors effectively make an argument for how the methods course is fundamental to achieving our discipline’s goals of developing active citizens who can evaluate information and evidence regarding problems which our democracies face in the 21st century. It should be required reading for every PhD candidate, methods course instructor, and department chair.‘Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the citizenship imperative and the Political Science Research Methods course 1 Jeffrey L. Bernstein PART I GUIDANCE FOR TEACHING THE RESEARCH METHODS COURSE 1 Getting the basics right: finding the right research question 13 Zsolt Nyiri 2 Incorporating information literacy in political science research design 28 Amanda Shannon and Vaughn Shannon 3 Beyond the annotated bibliography: improving student literature reviews through structured heuristics 43 Shane Nordyke and Peter Yacobucci 4 Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies 58 Kristin Makszin 5 Effectively teaching research methods as a series of simulation exercises 69 Jason Enia 6 Political methodology without the politics: reshaping the methods course to focus on real-world content and skill building 82 Amanda M. Rosen 7 Engaged statistics: building statistical skills by focusing on answering interesting and important questions 96 Michael A. Bailey 8 Teaching transparency: principles and practical considerations with illustrations in Stata and R 114 Matthew C. Ingram 9 Effectively teaching research methods in an online course 131 Robert Postic PART II FITTING RESEARCH METHODS WITHIN THE BROADER CURRICULUM AND DISCIPLINE 10 Designing and implementing methods curricula 146 Johan Adriaensen, Patrick Bijsmans and Afke Groen 11 Scaffolding research methods across the curriculum: an exploration of embedded curricular design 161 Kelly A. Clancy and Kelly Bauer 12 Incorporating and assessing methods across the political science curriculum 177 Christi Siver and Claire Haeg 13 Are students failing research methods or are research methods failing students? 194 William D. Blake and Carolyn Forestiere 14 What the traditional critiques from marginalized groups bring to comprehending political science research today 208 Harwood K. McClerking 15 Mainstreaming gender in research methods 222 Alexis Leanna Henshaw 16 A Deweyan pragmatist view on political science methods 238 Jonathan B. Isacoff Index
£104.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Crisis of Governance: Public, Corporate and
Book SynopsisOwen E. Hughes investigates governance across sectors including corporate, international and political governance, arguing that governance, as a general concept and an operational system, is in crisis. Hughes reasons that the crisis is in governance in general, in how societies run themselves, in how companies are run and how international organizations are run.This critical book examines the ways in which governance enables the smooth running of these societies, companies and organizations, from sub-national to international levels, and how the setting up of structures or institutional arrangements can impact this. These structures, institutions and arrangements are explored from legal, ethical and behavioural perspectives to provide a well-informed introduction to the crisis of governance. The book further examines debates over the facts, lies, science and policies behind governance, scrutinising the conflicts between democracy and autocracy in governance.The Crisis of Governance will be a beneficial resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and management. Academics, students and scholars interested in public affairs, international politics and corporate economics will also find value in this timely book.Trade Review‘In his latest book, Hughes takes readers on a sweeping tour of the crisis of governance confronting us. Exploring a range of historical and contemporary themes, Hughes stakes out a fascinating argument about the criticality of governance and why its revival is central to our shared futures.’ -- Janine O'Flynn, University of Melbourne, Australia‘The Crisis of Governance is based on the premise that governance is in crisis and this includes a crisis of government, business, politics, science and expertise and difficulties in countries, firms and individuals working together to achieve societal goals. Hughes develops this argument by developing a Weberian-informed account of governance that explores governance for what and for whom. This includes a focus on different scales at which governance is enacted. The result is a detailed discussion of governance processes and practices with a particular focus on highlighting tensions, challenges and regulatory problems. This book develops a framework heavily informed by a detailed analysis of governance in the United States that could be usefully applied to explore governance in crisis in other contexts.’ -- John Bryson, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance in crisis 2. Governance 3. Weber and public governance 4. Facts, lies, science, and policy 5. Political governance 6. International governance 7. The crisis in corporate governance 8. Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Crisis of Governance: Public, Corporate and
Book SynopsisOwen E. Hughes investigates governance across sectors including corporate, international and political governance, arguing that governance, as a general concept and an operational system, is in crisis. Hughes reasons that the crisis is in governance in general, in how societies run themselves, in how companies are run and how international organizations are run.This critical book examines the ways in which governance enables the smooth running of these societies, companies and organizations, from sub-national to international levels, and how the setting up of structures or institutional arrangements can impact this. These structures, institutions and arrangements are explored from legal, ethical and behavioural perspectives to provide a well-informed introduction to the crisis of governance. The book further examines debates over the facts, lies, science and policies behind governance, scrutinising the conflicts between democracy and autocracy in governance.The Crisis of Governance will be a beneficial resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and management. Academics, students and scholars interested in public affairs, international politics and corporate economics will also find value in this timely book.Trade Review‘In his latest book, Hughes takes readers on a sweeping tour of the crisis of governance confronting us. Exploring a range of historical and contemporary themes, Hughes stakes out a fascinating argument about the criticality of governance and why its revival is central to our shared futures.’ -- Janine O'Flynn, University of Melbourne, Australia‘The Crisis of Governance is based on the premise that governance is in crisis and this includes a crisis of government, business, politics, science and expertise and difficulties in countries, firms and individuals working together to achieve societal goals. Hughes develops this argument by developing a Weberian-informed account of governance that explores governance for what and for whom. This includes a focus on different scales at which governance is enacted. The result is a detailed discussion of governance processes and practices with a particular focus on highlighting tensions, challenges and regulatory problems. This book develops a framework heavily informed by a detailed analysis of governance in the United States that could be usefully applied to explore governance in crisis in other contexts.’ -- John Bryson, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance in crisis 2. Governance 3. Weber and public governance 4. Facts, lies, science, and policy 5. Political governance 6. International governance 7. The crisis in corporate governance 8. Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regional Politics and State Secession
Book SynopsisWhile a number of movements seek state secession, the majority never achieves internationally recognized statehood. Paradoxically, some movements that have succeeded have had weaker claims to statehood than many movements that have failed. Regional Politics and State Secession seeks to explain the variation in outcomes for secessionist movements and explores the reasons for why some movements succeed when so many fail.The author proposes a novel theory of secession based on the politics of the region, with the argument that only those secessionist movements that have the support of regional state and institutional actors will succeed in achieving internationally recognized statehood. Through an analysis of six movements across three regions, this book demonstrates why and how regional actors hold the key to understanding when a secessionist movement will find success. This work will appeal to an interdisciplinary academic audience. It lies at the intersection of international relations, international law, and comparative politics. While its core argument is based in international relations, its engagement with legal issues and its in-depth case studies, make it particularly relevant for those interested in international law and comparative politics.Trade Review‘Through a combination of perspectives from international relations, international law, and in-depth case studies, Nelson proposes an innovative argument on the role of regional actors in the success or failure of state secession. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in topics such as sovereignty, the state, and relations between regional actors and global powers.’ -- André Guzzi, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil‘Regional Politics and State Secession is a superb study that elucidates the decisive role of regional actors in determining the success or failure of secessionist movements. By focusing on the role of states in proximity to secessionist movements—their efforts to provide material aid, coordinate diplomatic initiatives, and influence the responses of great powers—Nelson charts a course for a far-reaching reevaluation of the factors that really matter when polities seek statehood. Nelson makes her case with brisk and engaging prose, deftly marshalling evidence from African, European, and Asian cases, in the best tradition of International Relations scholarship informed by nuanced historical analysis. While the path to statehood is Nelson’s focus, her analysis offers a wealth of insights for scholarship around regional rivalry and cooperation, relations among great powers and smaller states, and the politics of diplomacy and civil conflict. In short, this text is essential reading for all of those concerned with some of the most urgent and weighty questions of contemporary international affairs.’ -- Sobukwe Odinga, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to secession in Regional Politics and State Secession 2. The significance of the region 3. Secession in South Asia 4. Secession in the Horn of Africa 5. Secession in Europe 6. Conclusion to Regional Politics and State Secession References Index
£84.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook of Policy Design
Book SynopsisThis visionary Research Handbook presents the state of the art in research on policy design. By conceiving policy design both as a theoretical and a methodological framework, it provides scholars and practitioners with guidance on understanding policy problems and devising accurate solutions.Chapters discuss the major approaches to policy design as well as the challenges that confront policy designers and academics interested in improving this framework. More than 40 expert contributors operationalise the policy design framework around different models of causation, evaluation, instrumentation and intervention to explain and improve policy outcomes. This framework sheds new light on the nature of policy problems and the means to address these problems, while also explaining if and how a policy fits into the broader social and political environment. The Research Handbook considers not only the process of designing, and the roles that individuals and institutions play in the political process of revising and creating new policies, but also the outcome of the designing process: policy design as a plan for action.Providing a practical alternative to the conventional theories of the policy process like the policy cycle, this Research Handbook will be critical reading for scholars and students of public policy, political theory and public administration and management. It will also be beneficial for policy makers interested in improving the ways in which they formulate public policies.Trade Review‘Arguably no more important question, in the global era, faces students of public policy than to understand the processes and approach for developing, and implementing, policy design. Understanding the conditions through which policy design emerges, shapes policy tools’ considerations and, ultimately – as Peters and Fontaine’s impressive collection of essays make clear – is not just about achieving goal attainment but also about understanding how competing and complementary approaches for doing so end up influencing how we view problems and consideration of their solutions. It is for these reasons that it is hard to overstate the importance of this book for students and practitioners of public policy. Not only does this book make contributions to those seeking to explain, and prescribe, public policy, but it also makes it clear that the turn toward “decision science” and universalist answers, and its corresponding reliance on “big data” and sophisticated algorithms, as illustrated in the Heikkilä, Wellstead and Wood chapter, provides an incomplete knowledge base required for a comprehensive interrogation of policy design. For these reasons the book’s embracing of the contribution of different knowledge communities is not only refreshing, it is required for those who seek to advance societal deliberations over what it means to engage in “good policy”, rather than advancing approaches that narrow these conversations. Required reading for students of public policy and practitioners who seek to improve an understanding of, and ameliorate, the myriad of vexing policy challenges facing governments, and civil society.’ -- Benjamin William Cashore, National University of Singapore‘Originally a method for explaining the much more specific realm of product innovation, design thinking provides policy analysts with a strong focus on the user experience, instrument selection and on rapid prototyping of possible solutions. In this new Research Handbook we see an impressive range of new work on the diverse ways in which policy design can be conceptualised and applied. It makes clear that the overlap between deliberate or conscious design processes and an analytic lens using a design perspective, is far from complete. Practices can reflect design approaches without fully realising it. And design processes are themselves quite diverse. The editors favour viewing design as “a framework” and define this as a “non-formal model rather than an explanatory theory”. But it is also true that some contributions to the volume offer stronger explanatory accounts of such things as policy instruments in order to suggest causal effects and co-related processes of getting things done. The Handbook allows many flowers to bloom, and like design itself, it will employ users to make better decisions.’ -- Mark Considine, University of Melbourne, Australia‘The world has always needed effective policy design, though perhaps we need it now more than ever before. This impressive Handbook encompasses the state of the art showing where policy scholars and practitioners can draw inspiration and the blind spots we must aspire to do better. International in scope, it deserves to be widely read and cited.’ -- Claire A. Dunlop, University of Exeter, UK and Vice Chair of the Political Studies AssociationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: policy design as aspiration and frustration xiii Davis B. Bobrow Preface xvi 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook of Policy Design: operationalizing the policy design framework 1 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine PART I THEORIES OF THE POLICY DESIGN FRAMEWORK 2 The politics of policy design 40 Nick Turnbull 3 Institutions, institutional theory, and policy design 54 B. Guy Peters 4 Instrumentation in policy design: policy tools – from devices to activators 72 Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett 5 Policy instrumentation with or without policy design 88 Patrick Le Galès 6 Policy design and constructivism 104 Marlon Barbehön 7 Making sense of (and with) policy design 120 Hal K. Colebatch PART II CAUSATION AND PROBLEM DEFINITION 8 Four models of causation in the design of anti-corruption policies 136 Guillaume Fontaine, Taymi Milán and Alejandro Hernández-Luis 9 Coping with wicked problems in policy design 155 Brian W. Head 10 Listening to science in policy design: the contrasting cases of Quebec and Sweden during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic 176 Antoine Lemor, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, PerOla Öberg and Éric Montpetit 11 Fourth industrial revolution and algorithms: new challenges for policy design 194 Adam Wellstead, Tanya Heikkila and Matthew Wood 12 Good trouble in the academy: inventing design-focused case studies about public management as an archetype of policy design research 212 Michael Barzelay, Luciano Andrenacci, Sérgio N. Seabra and Yifei Yan PART III EVALUATION, FRAMING AND VALUES 13 A political theory of policy formulation practice, and stakeholder engagement 234 Robert Hoppe 14 Bridging ideas and policy design 256 Daniel Béland and Ishani Mukherjee 15 Anti-poverty program design under the human capital and human rights perspectives: overall features and Mexican cases 270 José Luis Méndez and Dafne Villagrán 16 Social policies for older adults in industrialized countries 285 Patrik Marier, Margaux Reiss and Isabelle Van Pevenage PART IV INSTRUMENTATION AND COORDINATION 17 Governance models and policy design 299 Jon Pierre 18 Adaptive governance through policy design 313 Saba Siddiki 19 Designing social policies: design spaces and capacity challenges 326 Namrata Chindarkar, M. Ramesh and Michael Howlett 20 Designing for coordination: the case of regulatory management policy 341 Fabrizio De Francesco and Valérie Pattyn 21 Policy design for policy coordination 355 Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest PART V INTERVENTION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 22 Policy design labs and innovation 376 Jenny M. Lewis 23 Complexity, innovation and policy design 392 Steven Ney 24 Enhancing policy design and sustainable community outcomes through collaborative platforms based on a dynamic performance management and governance approach 411 Carmine Bianchi 25 Co-designing urban policies 434 Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson 26 Policy design as deliberative practice: learning from Khon Kaen (Thailand) 447 Piyapong Boossabong and Frank Fischer 27 Conclusion to the Research Handbook of Policy Design: A research agenda 465 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine Index
£213.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies:
Book SynopsisKnowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies highlights specific social and cultural conditions that can enhance the communication, use and creation of knowledge in a society. The purpose of this book is to illustrate how these social and cultural conditions are identified and analysed through new conceptual frameworks. Such frameworks are necessary to penetrate the surface features of knowledge-based economies - science and technology - and disclose what drives such economies. The authors employ a trans-disciplinary approach to explore the nature of knowledge systems or environments and examine questions regarding the measurement of knowledge. Lessons are drawn from a variety of perspectives, including the history of information policy, philosophy, economic history, sociology, psychology, information economics, complex systems theory, organisational knowledge theory and political science.This book will provide policymakers, analysts and academics with the fundamental tools needed for the development of policy in this little understood and emerging area.Trade Review'. . . these authors have articulated what it is that needs to be done for a more equitable knowledge-based economy. This is a worthwhile achievement, and governments would do well to read and contemplate.' -- Bernard McKenna, Prometheus'The style is refreshing; the authors cut through a great deal of the nonsense written in recent times about "knowledge management"; and take the ball away from the IT crowd and try to give it to the social thinkers.' -- Donald M. Lamberton, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. What is Knowledge? 2. Defining the Knowledge Economy 3. The Global Context of the Knowledge Economy 4. Complexity and Changing Knowledge Systems 5. Micro Contexts: Decisionmaking and Risk 6. Foundations for Knowledge-Related Policy 7. Beyond Information Policy 8. Knowledge Policies and the Role of Government in the 21st Century 9. Epilogue References Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Political Economy of the Environment
Book SynopsisEconomic activities that degrade the environment do not simply pit humans against nature. They also pit some humans against others. Some benefit from these activities; others bear net costs from pollution and resource depletion. In a provocative and original analysis, James K. Boyce examines the dynamics of environmental degradation in terms of the balances of power between the winners and the losers. He provides evidence that inequalities of power and wealth affect not only the distribution of environmental costs, but also their overall magnitude: greater inequalities result in more environmental degradation. Democratization - movement toward a more equitable distribution of power - therefore is not only a worthwhile objective in its own right, but also an important means toward the social goals of environmental protection and sustainable development.Combining theoretical analysis with empirical evidence from around the world, James K. Boyce demonstrates that changes in our relationship with nature ultimately require changes in our relationships with each other. He maintains that a more democratic and environmentally sustainable future is possible, but warns that it is not inevitable.This book will appeal to students, scholars, policymakers and other readers interested in the environment, economics and public policy.Trade Review'Professor Boyce's work is an excellent example of how ecological economics can be done in an objective, evidence-based approach that can put issues on the agenda in a manner where they will be taken seriously by other scholars. . . This is a well-written and provocative book that should encourage further research on all these important issues.' -- David I. Stern, International Journal of Social Economics'This succinct and sometimes provocative book sets out to document, quantify and explain the ways in which inequalities of wealth and power create an uneven apportionment of environmental costs across the world. It offers a combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence to support the author's central contention that greater democratisation and changes in society's relationship with nature are paramount for achieving the dual goals of environmental protection and sustainable development. . . This book is immensely well written. . . makes for a fascinating read.' -- Ian Bailey, European Spatial Research and PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Stealing the Commons 2. Let Them Eat Risk? 3. Investing in Natural and Human Capital 4. Inequality as a Cause of Environmental Degradation 5. Rethinking the Environmental Kuznets Curve 6. Power Distribution, the Environment, and Public Health 7. The Globalization of Market Failure? 8. A Squandered Inheritance 9. Democratizing Environmental Ownership Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Landmark Papers in Economics, Politics and Law
Book SynopsisJames Buchanan has been a key figure in the integration of the analysis of political decision-making into the corpus of economic theory, the source for what is now called 'public choice economics'. This notable volume seeks to identify for future generations the landmark contributions to this area made in the twentieth century.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Foreword James M Buchanan Preface Mark Blaug 1. Armen A. Alchian (1950), ‘Uncertainty, Evolution, and Economic Theory’ 2. Armen A. Alchian (1977), ‘Some Economics of Property Rights’, 3. Frank H. Knight (1923), ‘The Ethics of Competition’ 4. F.H. Knight (1924), ‘Some Fallacies in the Interpretation of Social Cost’ 5. Frank H. Knight (1935), ‘The Ricardian Theory of Production and Distribution’ 6. Rutledge Vining (1956), Economics in the United States of America: A Review and Interpretation of Research 7. Allyn Young (1928), ‘Increasing Returns and Economic Progress’ 8. Henry C. Simons (1934), A Positive Program for Laissez Faire: Some Proposals for a Liberal Economic Policy 9. Henry C. Simons (1936), ‘Rules versus Authorities in Monetary Policy’ 10. Howard R. Bowen (1944), ‘The Interpretation of Voting in the Allocation of Economic Resources’ 11. Paul A. Samuelson (1954), ‘The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure’ 12. Milton Friedman (1949), ‘The Marshallian Demand Curve’ 13. Milton Friedman (1968), ‘The Role of Monetary Policy’ 14. R.H. Coase (1937), ‘The Nature of the Firm’ 15. Ronald H. Coase (1960), ‘The Problem of Social Cost’ 16. F.A. Hayek (1945), ‘The Use of Knowledge in Society’ 17. George J. Stigler (1961), ‘The Economics of Information’ 18. Ragnar Frisch (1959), ‘On Welfare Theory and Pareto Regions’ 19. Amartya Sen (1970), ‘The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal’ 20. Duncan Black (1948), ‘On the Rationale of Group Decision-Making’ 21. Gordon Tullock (1959), ‘Problems of Majority Voting’ 22. Gordon Tullock (1967), ‘The Welfare Costs of Tariffs, Monopolies, and Theft’ 23. Jack Wiseman (1953), ‘Uncertainty, Costs, and Collectivist Economic Planning’ 24. J. Wiseman (1957), ‘The Theory of Public Utility Price – An Empty Box’ 25. Mark V. Pauly (1970), ‘Risk and the Social Rate of Discount’ 26. William J. Baumol (1967), ‘Macroeconomics of Unbalanced Growth: The Anatomy of Urban Crisis’ 27. Charles R. Plott (1967), ‘A Notion of Equilibrium and Its Possibility Under Majority Rule’ 28. Marilyn R. Flowers and Patricia M. Danzon (1984), ‘Separation of the Redistributive and Allocative Functions of Government: A Public Choice Perspective’ 29. Anne O. Krueger (1974), ‘The Political Economy of the Rent-Seeking Society’ Name Index
£279.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economics, Governance and Law: Essays on Theory
Book SynopsisThis coherent collection of previously published and unpublished papers also includes a specially written introduction by Warren Samuels. The book examines some of the fundamental issues in political economy in a non-judgemental and non-ideological way. The political economy is a process of decision making and these papers attempt to identify the deepest levels of conduct of collective choice. These include official and private government, the 'rule of law', the nature of property, rules and markets, deliberative and non-deliberative choice, and the operation of selective perception and of intellectual fraud in politics. After an objective reading of these essays, no reader should look at government, globalization, rule of law, constitutions, and revolution in quite the same way.Trade Review'In this era of rising income and inequality and rampant corporate scandal, Samuels' important book deserves to be widely read.' -- Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Review of Political Economy'Warren Samuels' life work has contributed greatly to our quest to understand the legal-economic nexus and the institutions of social control, and Economics, Governance and Law will not disappoint readers who have come to expect this from Samuels.' -- Peter Boettke, History of Economic Ideas'In these highly illuminating and pertinent essays, Warren Samuels addresses one of the most important questions of social science: what is the proper and competent role of government in the economy? He adopts a highly sophisticated and balanced position, against both the naive libertarian belief that government can play a marginal role, and against the equally naive view that government is the panacea for all economic ills. Samuels accepts the reality of spontaneous orders in economic life but denies that they can be completely free from deliberation over laws and rules. Samuels's work is an excellent contemporary exemplar of a great intellectual tradition in law and economics that goes back through John Commons to his European precursors.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Problem of Government and Governance 1. An Essay on Government and Governance 2. The Political-Economic Logic of World Governance 3. The Rule of Law and the Capture and Use of Government in a World of Inequality 4. Hayek from the Perspective of an Institutionalist Historian of Economic Thought: An Interpretative Essay 5. An Essay on the Unmagic of Norms and Rules and of Markets 6. Theories of Property 7. Property and Philosophy 8. Population Density and the Positive Theory of Property 9. Some Problems in the Use of Languages in Economics 10. The Problem of Double Taxation 11. Walter Adams and James W. Brook’s The Tobacco Wars: The Final Shot of a Warrior for Competitive Markets and Responsible Government 12. The Economic Role of Government As, In Part, A Matter of Selective Perception, Sentiment and Valuation: The Cases of Pigovian and Paretian Welfare Economics (with Steven G. Medema) 13. Buchanan and Musgrave on Public Finance and Public Choice: A Review Essay 14. An Essay on Paretian Fraud, Constitutions, and Revolution Index
£98.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Britain in 2010: The New Business Landscape
Book SynopsisBritain in 2010: The New Business Landscape focuses on the continuities and discontinuities in the changing social structure of Britain. This text is a landmark vision of the county's future at a time of unprecedented opportunity. It asserts that by 2010 traditional family forms will no longer be the foundation of society; 1001 lifestyle tribes will replace age and income gorups; self-centred, self-indulgent and hedonistic citizens will be freed from traditional obligations, making them restless consumers.Table of ContentsPreface (Barbara Beckett). Acknowledgements. About the Author. Towards 2010: Some General Themes. Living in the Future: Three Scenarios. Demographics, Households and Families. Work, Employment and Occupations. Schools, Universities and Education. Lifestyles and Leisure. Cities and Communities. Politics, Government and the State. Towards the Future. Commentary on the Trends. Index.
£9.49
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Irregular Migration: The Dilemmas of
Book SynopsisIrregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today's world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappraisal of the emerging consensus on migration control. Business demands free movement while nations fear unregulated population flows. The replacement of immigration control with migration management is the aim of First World governments as irregular migration challenges states' attempts to find a balance between recruitment of labour, humanitarian protection and national security. This book provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an age of globalisation. It draws upon the authors' pioneering research on people working in the UK without proper immigration status, the organisations that support immigrants, and the responses of control agencies and public services. Losers in the global economy, who vote with their feet as economic migrants, are making a claim to justice as well as trying to improve their standards of living. The book concludes with an evaluation of the justification for border controls, and of the prospects for migration regimes under conditions of growing inequality.This fascinating book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers in economics, politics, migration studies, social policy and economic geography. NGOs and policymakers concerned with immigration, asylum and public service provision will also find this invaluable reading.Trade Review'Bill Jordan's and Franck Duvell's book is a welcome intervention. It is the first serious volume on this topic in the UK. It is original and timely, provocative and concerned.' -- Khalid Koser, Progress in Human Geography'. . . the whole book is very interesting. . . it is also a grave and comprehensive input into the British and European public debate on the principles of migration policy.' -- Izabella Korys, Geographia Polonica'. . . an interesting piece of empirical research whose findings offer the reader a theoretical discussion of some of the principles of political democracy and justice, but also of the moral dilemmas associated with the plight of irregular migrants, the losers of the global economy.' -- Antonio MartIn Artiles, Transfer'Europe's governments are stepping up their fight against irregular migration. Jordan and Duvell challenge this agenda. They provide empirical evidence for the complexity of the phenomenon and new theoretical perspectives on the political and moral dilemmas of immigration control. This is an important contribution that ought to be read not only by social scientists. If policymakers had time to read books I would recommend this one.' -- Rainer Baubock, Austrian Academy of Science, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theoretical Framework and Plan of the Book Part I: Mobility and its Regulation 1. Irregular Migration and Mobility in Economic Theory 2. Mobility and Migration in the European Union 3. Irregular Migration, Labour Markets and Social Protection Part II: The UK as a Case Study 4. Why They Come 5. How They Survive 6. The Role of Support Organisations Part III: The Response of the Receiving Society 7. Internal Controls and Enforcement: Immigration Authorities and the Police 8. Irregular Migration and the Public Services 9. Recruitment of Labour from Abroad 10. In Search of Global Justice Bibliography Index
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Moral Capital of Leaders: Why Virtue Matters
Book SynopsisSolidly grounded on Aristotelian anthropology, moral capital develops a set of principles, practices and metrics useful to business leaders and managers, while eliminating the ambiguity of social capital and allowing for the integration of business ethics initiatives into a robust corporate culture.Sison studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital: the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11, the Ford Explorer rollovers and Firestone tire failures, the battle for the 'HP way' between Carly Fiorina and the heirs of the founding families, the dynamics of Microsoft's serial monopolistic behavior, the pitfalls of Enron's senior executives, the sincerity of Howard Lutnick's commitment to Cantor Fitzgerald families, how Andersen's loss of reputation proved mortal and a fresh look at Jack Welch's purported achievements during his tenure at GE.He explains the relationship between different structural and operational levels in the human being (actions, habits, character and lifestyle) and in the firm (products, protocols, corporate culture and corporate history). These levels are later associated with different institutions of moral capital (basic currency, interests, investment bonds, estates or legacies). Strategies for measuring, developing and managing moral capital on both a personal and an organizational plane are also discussed.This engaging and provocative study is a must-read for professors, students, and practitioners of business ethics, general management, human resource management and economic theory.Trade Review'Sison offers an ambitious approach for tackling the ever-present concern of corporate ethical behavior. In this timely work, he introduces and defines the concepts of moral and social capital, creating analogies with commonly used financial terminology (e.g. currency and compound interest). Drawing on many examples of contemporary moral behavior in corporations, he carefully crafts an engaging explanation of human-corporate interactions and then connects them with his analogous 'institutions' of moral capital. His concluding chapter offers ways to measure and manage moral capital. Chapter references and an index add value for scholars. . . many complexities are simplified in the well-written discussion. . . Recommended.' -- L.J. Cumbo, Choice'In this book, Alejo Sison takes the notion of 'social capital' very seriously and gives us an 'Aristotelian' analysis of its importance in modern business life. He also gives us diagnoses of some of the worst recent abuses of trust and their terrible cost. It is a timely work, to be recommended.' -- Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin, US'[This book is] an illuminating and sophisticated exploration of virtues and values, with important implications for leadership and followership in both the economic and political marketplaces. [It is] a major contribution to the growing field of leadership.' -- James MacGregor Burns, William College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Understanding Labor: From Manpower to Social Capital 2. Moral Capital and Leadership 3. Actions, Moral Capital’s Basic Currency 4. Habits, Moral Capital’s Compound Interest 5. Character, Moral Capital’s Investment Bond 6. Lifestyles and Moral Capital Estates 7. Measuring and Managing Moral Capital Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Political Economy of Institutional Change in
Book SynopsisThrough a variety of analytical lenses - formal modeling, econometrics and case study comparisons - Carlos RufIn fills a gap in the political economy of second-wave, or microeconomic, reforms around the world. More specifically, he does so in the context of the electricity supply industry, where such reforms have been as problematic as they have been widespread. The author shows that ideological considerations and bargaining over the distribution of economic rents accruing from certain institutional arrangements are powerful shapers of institutional change. At the same time, the legacy of the past does not appear to have a clear or systematic effect on the direction of second-wave reforms that seek to transform existing economic institutions. If distributional conflicts can be resolved, these conclusions provide grounds for optimism about the ability to create new institutions even in countries where little favorable precedent exists. Political economy and public policy scholars, specialists on business-government relations and non-market strategy and those interested in Latin America will find this comprehensive book of great interest. Practitioners involved in the design and implementation of second-wave reforms around the world will find this an essential addition to their library.Trade Review'Institutional change is seldom easy. However, research such as this should help in a major way to keep expectations connected to reality and to provide guidance that points to hidden assumptions about the fertility of the field of reform and unintended consequences of planting before the ground is prepared.’ -- From the foreword by William W. HoganTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by William W. Hogan 1. Introduction 2. The Model 3. Cross-Sectional Tests 4. A Comparison of Four Latin American Cases 5. Explanatory Factors 6. Putting the Pieces Together: ESI Restructuring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile 7. Understanding Institutional Change Appendix 1: Major Variables Used in the Regression Tests and Correlation Coefficients for Dependent and Explanatory Variables Appendix 2: Operationalization of Dependent and Explanatory Variables Bibliography Index
£96.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Worlds in Transition: Evolving Governance Across
Book SynopsisWe are living through a unique moment of transition, marked by a frenetic cycle of invention, construction, consumption and destruction. However, there is more to this transition than globalization, argue the authors of this unique and penetrating study. In their highly innovative approach, they set this transition against a broader evolutionary canvas, with the emphasis on the evolution of governance. The book's detailed analysis of five strategic sectors (economy, environment, health, information and security) points to an intricate and rapidly evolving interplay of geopolitical, cultural and ecological spaces. It shows that the normative ethos and politico-legal institutions of the modern epoch are gradually being eroded. Despite competing trends and countertrends the authors discern the slow, at times ambiguous, often contentious but unmistakable emergence over the last several decades of a new governance regime, one which is striving for a leap in human reflexivity in response to the challenges of a stressed world that is simultaneously singular and plural.This evolutionary and inter-disciplinary study of human governance in what is a remarkable moment of transition makes for indispensable reading. It will appeal to a wide international audience and will prove an invaluable reference for scholars, researchers and students of the physical and social sciences concerned with understanding the complexities of the current human predicament. Those working in the fields of international relations, economics, politics, security studies, political economy, environmental studies, cultural studies, and science and technology studies will find it especially useful. National and international policymakers will also find much to interest them.Trade Review'The breadth and scope of Camilleri and Falk's exploration makes it a valuable reference resource for anyone interested in the study of governance under the conditions of an uncertain global life. . . Camilleri and Falk's endeavor offers a valuable indication of the ways in which current generations can engage meaningfully in designing resilient and sustainable governance mechanisms. In this respect, their book is likely to enrich the endeavors of both students and scholars of political science, history, philosophy, and governance studies.' -- Emilian Kavalski, CEU Political Science Journal'Camilleri and Falk have to be truly admired for asking the big questions in politics and in global governance. When I stated earlier that this was not a book to be taken lightly, I was complimenting the authors on trying to seriously understand how we got to where we are today. When so many focus on the crisis of multilaterialism, it is refreshing to read a grounded, thoughtful and engaging account of how global governance fits into the history of humankind and our species ability to save ourselves from ourselves.' -- Susan Park, Australian Journal of International Affairs'This study. . . will truly be a text for its times. . . an impressively ambitious piece of historical analysis for an age in which human governance faces both unprecedented challenges and demands and is worthy of engagement by policy-makers and scholars alike.' -- Benjamin Zala, International Affairs'This book is timely, expertly researched, successfully executed and will prove prescient regarding our current state of transition. It is my sincere hope that many different types of readers find it and assimilate its varied teaching points. If so, Worlds in Transition will add to our cultural "reflexivity", and inform the refinement of global governance policies and priorities for our stressed planet in the coming years.' -- Timothy J. Hoellein, Journal of Intercultural StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Human Organisation: The Evolutionary Context 3. Governance in the Context of Human Evolution 4. The Modern Epoch and its Limits 5. Economic Governance 6. Governing Atmospheric Flows 7. A Defining Issue of Our Time 8. The Evolving Governance of Information Flows 9. Governance, Pathogens and Human Health 10. Globalisation of Insecurity in the Era of Hegemonic Decline 11. Towards a New Security Discourse and Architecture 12. A Holoreflexive Epoch in the Making? Bibliography Index
£205.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Elgar Companion to Public Choice
Book SynopsisThis authoritative and encyclopaedic reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. The Companion breaks new ground by joining together the most important issues in the field in a single comprehensive volume. It contains state-of-the-art discussions of both old and contemporary problems, including new work by the founding fathers as well as contributions by a new generation of younger scholars.The book reviews the literature of public choice, highlighting the common ground between all rational choice approaches to politics. It demonstrates the important impact of public choice on economics, political science, philosophy and sociology. It will be an indispensable source of reference for many years to the ideas, analytical methods and empirical research in the field.The Companion will serve as the standard reference work for all those engaged in the field of public choice and will be essential reading for politicians and policymakers, scholars in political science, public and social choice, as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.Trade Review'. . . this compendium offers a solid introduction into an economic field that is gaining in influence.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Public Choice at the Millennium Part I: Methodology Part II: The Constitutional Framework Part III: Institutions and Mechanisms of Collective Choice Part IV: Public Choice Perspectives on Government and the Economy Part V: The Public Choice Revolution References Index
£71.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Organizing International Standardization: ISO and
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the ways in which global standardization organizations establish, negotiate, and maintain their authority and legitimacy, thereby inducing companies, states, and other organizations to adopt and implement the voluntary standards they produce.The book examines the structure and workings of two major standard-setters: the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC). Within ISO, the author studies Technical Committee 176, which is responsible for standards for quality assurance and quality management - the much-discussed ISO 9000 standards implemented by thousands of companies around the world. The IASC sets global accounting standards that are increasingly important in an era of rising demands for transparent, full-disclosure financial reporting. On the basis of extensive interviews and the analysis of documents produced by the standardization bodies, the author reveals the mechanisms, internal struggles, and variable logics of their globalizing efforts, showing how nominally voluntary implementation programs effectively produce widespread adoption and compliance with complex, highly technical standards.Kristina Tamm Hallstrom brings together organizational theory, discourse analysis, a global perspective, and an alert sensitivity to power relations to make sense of ISO TC 176 and the IASC. Theoretically nuanced and empirically rich, Organizing International Standardization offers much of value to scholars and practitioners in sociology, international relations, business, accounting, technical disciplines, organizational consulting, and related areasTrade Review'Much recent research emphasizes that national institutions, in contemporary societies, tend to reflect models that are institutionalized on a global basis. This observation contrasts with earlier lines of thought emphasizing the dependence of national practices on distinct national histories and situations. But it dramatically raises the question given the most current attention: what processes of power and authority produce these potent global models and patterns? Kristina Tamm Hallstrom provides a valuable account of how it all works in two distinct areas of social management: the rise of quality standardization around the International Organization for Standardization; and the creation of global accounting standards through the International Accounting Standards Committee. She analyzes in detail the origins, structures, processes, powers, and problems of these rapidly expanding organizations. Her book provides important examples, ideas, and analyses for those interested in the intensifying process of global standardization.' -- John W. Meyer, Stanford University, US'This book is much more than a study of ISO 9000 and international accounting standards; it is a significant advance in our understanding of global governance. Tamm Hallstrom's penetrating examination of the standardization sector shows how global authority operates effectively without states. It brings to the fore essential dimensions of global organization - technical expertise, professionalization, highly formalized rulemaking, and the drive for efficiency - that have received far too little attention. We need many more studies like it. Tamm Hallstrom has produced an exemplary model for those who will follow in her footsteps.' -- John Boli, Emory University, US'Standards and standard setting organizations have become critical for governance and regulatory systems. This new comparative study provides important insights into the workings of two influential standard setters, the International Organization for Standardization and the (former) International Accounting Standards Committee. The analysis compares the policy process for these two bodies and the complex nature of an authority base which depends on networks of organizations both to supply technical expertise and to support the adoption and dissemination of standards in the absence of formal law. This book is therefore essential reading for policymakers and academics interested in new forms of regulation and control, especially transnational arenas for rulemaking.' -- Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and author of The Audit SocietyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Growing Practice of Standardization 2. Research on Standardization 3. Research Design 4. The ISO Committee and the Quality Field 5. The IASC and the Accounting Field 6. Debates in the ISO Committee and the IASC 7. Strategies to Achieve Compliance with Standards 8. Tensions in the Work on Standardization 9. Differences Between the ISO Committee and the IASC 10. Mobile Networks for Regulation References Index
£98.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Irregular Migration: The Dilemmas of
Book SynopsisIrregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today's world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappraisal of the emerging consensus on migration control. Business demands free movement while nations fear unregulated population flows. The replacement of immigration control with migration management is the aim of First World governments as irregular migration challenges states' attempts to find a balance between recruitment of labour, humanitarian protection and national security. This book provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an age of globalisation. It draws upon the authors' pioneering research on people working in the UK without proper immigration status, the organisations that support immigrants, and the responses of control agencies and public services. Losers in the global economy, who vote with their feet as economic migrants, are making a claim to justice as well as trying to improve their standards of living. The book concludes with an evaluation of the justification for border controls, and of the prospects for migration regimes under conditions of growing inequality.This fascinating book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers in economics, politics, migration studies, social policy and economic geography. NGOs and policymakers concerned with immigration, asylum and public service provision will also find this invaluable reading.Trade Review'Bill Jordan's and Franck Duvell's book is a welcome intervention. It is the first serious volume on this topic in the UK. It is original and timely, provocative and concerned.' -- Khalid Koser, Progress in Human Geography'. . . the whole book is very interesting. . . it is also a grave and comprehensive input into the British and European public debate on the principles of migration policy.' -- Izabella Korys, Geographia Polonica'. . . an interesting piece of empirical research whose findings offer the reader a theoretical discussion of some of the principles of political democracy and justice, but also of the moral dilemmas associated with the plight of irregular migrants, the losers of the global economy.' -- Antonio MartIn Artiles, Transfer'Europe's governments are stepping up their fight against irregular migration. Jordan and Duvell challenge this agenda. They provide empirical evidence for the complexity of the phenomenon and new theoretical perspectives on the political and moral dilemmas of immigration control. This is an important contribution that ought to be read not only by social scientists. If policymakers had time to read books I would recommend this one.' -- Rainer Baubock, Austrian Academy of Science, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theoretical Framework and Plan of the Book Part I: Mobility and its Regulation 1. Irregular Migration and Mobility in Economic Theory 2. Mobility and Migration in the European Union 3. Irregular Migration, Labour Markets and Social Protection Part II: The UK as a Case Study 4. Why They Come 5. How They Survive 6. The Role of Support Organisations Part III: The Response of the Receiving Society 7. Internal Controls and Enforcement: Immigration Authorities and the Police 8. Irregular Migration and the Public Services 9. Recruitment of Labour from Abroad 10. In Search of Global Justice Bibliography Index
£45.55
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Ethics and Organisational Politics
Book SynopsisOrganisational politics raises important theoretical and practical questions: what obligations of loyalty do I have to my organisation, or to friends and colleagues? How honest should I be in what I say and in the impressions I give? This path-breaking book confronts these and other such questions. In doing so, it examines dilemmas that many people face daily. The book suggests that there is no routine or automatic way to approach such issues, but that widely accepted ethical principles can often help us deal with them, if we bear in mind some basic points about people's behaviour in organisations.The book avoids undue technicality. Although informed by philosophical discussions of abstract ethics, its argument is based on detailed and systematic analysis of examples in organisational settings. The focus is on addressing ethical issues of practical importance for people who work in organisations. The book will especially interest scholars involved with research and teaching in business ethics, and other areas of applied ethics. Practitioners in management will also find that the book addresses many real concerns. Academics in a number of other areas ranging from general management to moral philosophy and social theory may also find points to consider.Trade Review'The book is thorough and comprehensive. . . and its non-technical style make it well suited for both the generally informed and interested reader and for organisational researchers and researchers in applied ethics and business ethics.' -- Poul Poder, Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv'This is an interesting and useful book on a theme of theoretical and practical importance. . . it is admirably written, and Professor Provis has the very useful practice of concluding each chapter with a brief summary. . . The book has a wide bearing on questions of trust and responsibility, and is relevant to more than one audience. It is of interest to scholars in organisation and business ethics; it would be useful in graduate courses in business (MBA and similar programmes); to managers in business and public organisations.' -- Leonard Minkes, Philosophy of Management'. . . a fascinating, sophisticated and insightful discussion of the dilemmas and quandaries that confront us in organisational politics. Chris Provis' book deserves a wide readership for its realistic and sensitive approach to how we can respect people as autonomous decision makers, while still recognising their susceptibility to ethically questionable influences when confronted by conflicts of obligation. The extended case study is an excellent vehicle for the practitioner to engage in searching personal reflexivity. . .' -- Karen Legge, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Issues and Processes 1. Politics, Definitions and Ethics 2. Human Nature, Behaviour and Ethics Part II: Dilemmas, Loyalties and Authority 3. Ethics, Prudence and Politics 4. Authority and Norms in Organisations 5. Legitimacy, Consent and Fairness 6. Individuals, Groups and Loyalties Part III: Communication, Expectations and Obligations 7. Ethics and Judgement 8. Communication, Influence and Ethics 9. Impression Management and Reality 10. Influence, Expectations and Legitimacy 11. Groups and Positions 12. Conclusion References Index
£106.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy and the New European Agendas
Book SynopsisThis broad and all-encompassing study focuses on Europe's new policy agendas. It brings together international academic experts on a range of policies to discuss Europe's place in the world and its relationship to the USA and beyond. This book concentrates on two key themes of particular salience for policy makers: the enlargement of the EU and the place of Europe in international politics. An expansive list of important policy areas within these themes is explored, including: enlargement - political and constitutional implications and international socialization of central and eastern Europe Europe and the USA: security and defence policy, trade, finance and development institutional development and external relations in justice and home affairs before and after September 11 international terrorism, EU immigration and asylum and borders policy human rights and civil rights agriculture, environmental policy and regional policy pensions and ageing in Europe. This book constitutes a major contribution to achieving a deeper understanding of European integration and the barriers to integration within the context of global and multi-level governance. As such, it will be of enormous interest to an extensive audience including academics, researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners in the fields of political studies, international relations, public policy, European studies, US studies and security studies.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: PUBLIC POLICY AND THE PLACE OF EUROPE 1. Public Policy and Administration in Europe Andrew Massey 2. Whither Europe? Fergus Carr PART II: THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 3. Enlargement and Central and Eastern Europe Petr Drulák 4. EU Enlargement and International Socialization Frank Schimmelfennig 5. Enlargement: The Political and Constitutional Implications Barbara Lippert PART III: THE PLACE OF EUROPE 6. Europe and the USA: Security and Defence Policy Fergus Carr and Theresa Callan 7. Europe and the USA: Trade, Finance and Development Paul McVeigh 8. Russia and the West: The New Pragmatism Paul Flenley PART IV: POLICY SECTORS AND ISSUES 9. Governing the Third Pillar: Institutional Development and External Relations in Justice and Home Affairs Before and After 11 September Paul Norman 10. International Terrorism and EU Immigration, Asylum and Borders Policy: The Unexpected Victims of 11 September 2001 Elspeth Guild 11. Human Rights and Civil Rights Theresa Callan 12. Agriculture Wyn Grant 13. Environmental Policy Pamela Barnes 14. EU Regional Policy: From Side Payment to Societal Security Mike Mannin 15. Health Policy Challenges in a Uniting Europe: The Intriguing Cases of Health Security and Tobacco Graham Moon 16. Change, Pensions and Ageing in Europe: Discourses of Risk and Security Kay Peggs 17. Conclusion Fergus Carr and Andrew Massey References Index
£146.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Moral Capital of Leaders: Why Virtue Matters
Book SynopsisSolidly grounded on Aristotelian anthropology, moral capital develops a set of principles, practices and metrics useful to business leaders and managers, while eliminating the ambiguity of social capital and allowing for the integration of business ethics initiatives into a robust corporate culture.Sison studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital: the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11, the Ford Explorer rollovers and Firestone tire failures, the battle for the 'HP way' between Carly Fiorina and the heirs of the founding families, the dynamics of Microsoft's serial monopolistic behavior, the pitfalls of Enron's senior executives, the sincerity of Howard Lutnick's commitment to Cantor Fitzgerald families, how Andersen's loss of reputation proved mortal and a fresh look at Jack Welch's purported achievements during his tenure at GE.He explains the relationship between different structural and operational levels in the human being (actions, habits, character and lifestyle) and in the firm (products, protocols, corporate culture and corporate history). These levels are later associated with different institutions of moral capital (basic currency, interests, investment bonds, estates or legacies). Strategies for measuring, developing and managing moral capital on both a personal and an organizational plane are also discussed.This engaging and provocative study is a must-read for professors, students, and practitioners of business ethics, general management, human resource management and economic theory.Trade Review'Sison offers an ambitious approach for tackling the ever-present concern of corporate ethical behavior. In this timely work, he introduces and defines the concepts of moral and social capital, creating analogies with commonly used financial terminology (e.g. currency and compound interest). Drawing on many examples of contemporary moral behavior in corporations, he carefully crafts an engaging explanation of human-corporate interactions and then connects them with his analogous 'institutions' of moral capital. His concluding chapter offers ways to measure and manage moral capital. Chapter references and an index add value for scholars. . . many complexities are simplified in the well-written discussion. . . Recommended.' -- L.J. Cumbo, Choice'In this book, Alejo Sison takes the notion of 'social capital' very seriously and gives us an 'Aristotelian' analysis of its importance in modern business life. He also gives us diagnoses of some of the worst recent abuses of trust and their terrible cost. It is a timely work, to be recommended.' -- Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin, US'[This book is] an illuminating and sophisticated exploration of virtues and values, with important implications for leadership and followership in both the economic and political marketplaces. [It is] a major contribution to the growing field of leadership.' -- James MacGregor Burns, William College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Understanding Labor: From Manpower to Social Capital 2. Moral Capital and Leadership 3. Actions, Moral Capital’s Basic Currency 4. Habits, Moral Capital’s Compound Interest 5. Character, Moral Capital’s Investment Bond 6. Lifestyles and Moral Capital Estates 7. Measuring and Managing Moral Capital Index
£38.90
Liverpool University Press Talking Politics in Japan Today
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the rhetoric used by members of the political elite and the news media in Japan as the core of political dynamics in this country. Based on the notion that political society is formed by language, and that in a broad sense the essence of politics is talk, this book examines the multifarious aspects of political discourse in Japan. The author investigates how political rhetoric varies according to the circumstances and intended visibility of events; the structure and focus of political news; the language and methods of information sources to disseminate information; and the tone of language used by Diet members and officials to shape the country's political culture.Trade Review"Feldman remains a top-notch analyst ...Talking Politics in Japan Today is a useful book for those who are already very familiar with Japanese media and politics, and provides lots of interesting historical data and a few original observations... it will be of great interest to those seeking to further understand how, if not why, Japanese press and politicians speak at, rather than to, the public." -- Eric Johnston, The Japan Times."This book is essential reading for all students of Japanese and comparative politics, mass media and politics, non-verbal communication, and persuasive communication." -- Takashi Inoguchi, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo Executive Editor, Japanese Journal of Political Science (CUP)."Feldman's astute analysis of the link between Japanese politics and political discourse reflects Japan's current transitional climate under Junichiro Koizumi. This has affected not only the structure and function of political institutions but also the way Japanese politicians and government officials communicate about political matters - Feldman contends that political communicators significantly affect public attitudes and that their words are powerful tools for rousing citizens' emotions. Interestingly, coalition politics, introduced to Japan in 1993 with the fall of the LDP, have brought a greater pluralism of views on policy issues and the national political agenda. This change has reduced the authority of a few elite leaders and folded more political groups and individuals into the political process, redirecting reporters' attention to new, more diverse sources. The weakening of the LDP factions through political reform also has affected Japan's political journalism, as has the January 2001 reorganization of the central government's ministries and agencies. Even the prime minister himself has had a hand in changing the information flow in Japan by encouraging more public dialogue, giving daily press briefings, and being generally more accessible than any of his predecessors. Recommended." - Choice.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Discourse and the Conventional Wisdom of Japanese Politics; The Nagatacho Beat: Writing with Wolves; Beat Reporting and the Search for Information; Two Sides of the Political Coin: Facade and Substance in Public Talk; "Yes, But . . . Well . . . Maybe . . . They Say So . . .": Analysis of Replies during Televised Political Interviews; Metaphorically Speaking I: Political Processes on the Front and Back of the Stage; Metaphorically Speaking II: Political Roles on the Front and Back of the Stage; Lampooned Prime Ministers: The Implicit Meaning of Editorial Cartoons in Japanese Dailies; Continuing the Conversation: Slogans, Names, and Moods; Index.
£29.66
Liverpool University Press Quest for Survival After Franco: Moderate
Book SynopsisThis book engages with a central yet hitherto neglected dimension of the transition to democracy in Spain. It examines the emergence and development of Moderate Francoism from 1964, the year when the Law of Associations was introduced, until 1977, the year of the first democratic elections. The role of the reformists was one of the factors that made possible the dismantling of the dictatorship and was of crucial importance in making possible a bloodless transition to democracy. They acted as a bridge between the regime hard-liners and the democratic opposition, paving the way for King Juan Carlos to implement the 1976 Reform Law that swept away the structures of Francoism. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.Trade Review"A well-researched political history of Spains elites in the years leading to the countrys successful transition from authoritarian Francoism to the birth of democracy. One especially pleasing feature is Palomaress practice of including important translated terminology in the original Spanish. A major contribution of this book is how it closely traces how the seemingly moderate Manuel Fraga launched initial reforms toward liberalization but later found the conservative Alianza. Liberal reforms leading to democracy would be left up to Adolfo Suirez and King Juan Carlos I, whose contributions and relationship are also examined. Recommended..." -- Choice. "The book provides a good overview of the transition and there is an interesting analysis of major events. The author also uses good primary and secondary sources..." -- Political Studies Review.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Historical Background; The 'Theoretical' Right of Association, 1964-1967; The Myth of Political Associations, 1967-1969; The Positioning of the Reformists, 1969-1973; The Positioning of the Reformists, 1969-1973; The Beginning of a Long End, 1973 -1976; From Dictatorship to Democracy, 1976-1977; Epilogue; Index.
£30.00
Liverpool University Press Intellectuals and Left Politics in Uruguay,
Book SynopsisBeginning in the year Uruguayans elected a different party into government for the first time in nearly a century, the author examines intellectuals' role in the Uruguayan left's drive toward unity and effectiveness. Discussion focuses on fragmentation and impotence on the left; frustrated attempts at left unity in the 1960s; the creation of the centre-left Broad Front in 1971; and the defeat of all left endeavours and all dialogue in the 1973 military coup -- a prelude to a twelve-year dictatorship in which the military substituted themselves for intellectuals. The story continues in 1985, reversing the earlier trend in a record of dispersal and diversity. The author details the initial post-authoritarian anarchic cultural outburst -- part celebration, part frustration; intellectuals' role in the disputes that accompanied the Broad Front's move from democratic socialism to social democracy, and from opposition to government in 2004; and recent excursions into the long-standing Uruguayan obsession with its identity and viability as an independent nation. This book is essential reading for all those interested in interplay between intellectuals and politics in Latin America; changes in the Latin American left since the 1960s; and the leftward drift of elected governments in the Southern Cone.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Uruguay as a Question; From Alienation to Integration: Intellectuals, Politics & Polemics; From FIDEL to the Frente: The Uruguayan Left Looks for Someone to Talk to; Dialogue Engaged: The Frente Amplio as Coalition Interlude: The Armed Forces and Failure; The Revenge of the Foreign: Uruguay on the Eve of De(con)struction; Dialogue Resumed: Democracy, Intellectuals and the Frente Amplio in Post-Dictatorship Uruguay; Dialogue Outside Politics: Uruguay as Problem in the Twenty-first Century; Conclusion.
£55.00
Liverpool University Press Holy Places of Jerusalem in Middle East Peace
Book SynopsisThroughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This multidisciplinary study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. It provides an overview and interpretation of the relevant provisions included in the international documents used in the Middle East Peace Process, and researches the historical complexities of the terms "Status Quo" and "Holy Places" -- terminology crucial to the various claims. Enrico Molinaro sets out to answer the following questions: (1) Under what conditions and to what extent does international law regulate and protect the interests of the various recognised communities in the Holy Places? And (2) What types of collective identities and which representative communities are entitled to raise claims on these places? Various communities have raised fierce controversies over worship rights, such as the Holy Sepulchre inter-Christian disputes and the Har Ha Bait/Haram Al Sharif (Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary) Israeli-Jewish/Palestinian-Muslim disputes. According to the state/territorial perspective, the relevant groups with respect to possession and worship would be the Israelis and the Palestinians, whereas according to the global/transnational interpretation, such groups should be labelled as Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the state/territorial perspective, the symbolic value of Jerusalem and its Holy Places is related to the development of the conflicting national Israeli and Arab -- later Palestinian -- collective identities. But in the global perspective, millions of people identify themselves as Jews, Christians, and Muslims. These people, who are mostly living outside of Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian areas, consider the city and its Holy Places to be a locus for worship and spiritual devotion. This book is essential reading for all those involved in studying International Legal Agreements and for all Middle East Studies practitioners.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Holy Places of Jerusalem in the Middle East Peace Agreements; Personal Jurisdiction I the Ottoman Empire & the Origin of the Inter-Christian Status Quo; The Status Quo in the Holy Places During the British Mandate; The Status Quo/Modus Vivendi of the Holy Places in the Arab-Israeli Conflict; The Legal Regime Applied to the Holy Places of Jerusalem; Conclusions & Suggestions for Further Research.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press Politics of Dress in Asia and the Americas
Book SynopsisThis book explores the ways in which dress has been influential in the political agendas and self-representations of politicians in a variety of regimes from democratic to authoritarian. Arguing that dress is part of 'hard core' politics, it shows how dress has been crucial to the constructions of nationhood and national identities in both Asia and the Americas. Since dress has been a marker of identity and status, chapters engage with the gendering of the politics of dress, discussing how women have become bearers and wearers of 'national tradition' and how men and women's dress reflect their political positions in the nation-state. It examines the magical power of cloth, the meanings of batik and design, the holy status of uncut cloth versus cut cloth, and the quaint combination of non-Western with Western attire. This collection of pioneering essays fills a vacuum in the largely Eurocentric field of dress studies, demanding that attention be paid to Asia and the Americas as major sites of vestimentary creativity.Trade Review"A truly fascinating and original collection of essays. By discussing the reciprocal relationship between dress and political identity and action, the authors in this book provide a fresh and very insightful entry into analyses of the every-changing relation between power and gender. The instances which are described are taken from all around the Pacific rim, thus providing important elements for comparison, both within the wider region itself and through the rest of the world. Those of us who work on other parts of the world can only be jealous." -- Robert Ross, Professor of African History, Leiden UniversityTable of ContentsTransnational Flows & the Politics of Dress in Asia & the Americas; Gender, Nation & the Politics of Dress in Twentieth-Century Philippines; Dressing for Power: Scholars' Robes, School Uniforms & Military Attire in China; Refashioning Civilisation: Dress & Bodily Practice in Thai Nation-Building; Gender, Citizenship & Dress in Modernising Japan; Identity, Nation & Islam: A Dialogue about Men's & Women's Dress in Indonesia; "Dressed in a Little Brief Authority": Clothing the Body Politic in Burma; Power Dressing on the Prairies: The Grammar of Blackfoot Leadership Dress, 1750-1930; Nationalism & National Dress in Spanish America; Refashioning the Inca: Costume, Political Power & Identity in Late Bourbon Peru; Wigs, Weapons, Tattoos & Shoes: Getting Dressed in Colonial Amazonia & Brazil; Fabricating Specimen Citizens: Nation Building in Nineteenth-Century Mexico; Urban Expressions of Solidarity: Fashioning Citizenship in Argentina; Index.
£34.95
Liverpool University Press Holy Places of Jerusalem in Middle East Peace
Book SynopsisThroughout history Jerusalem and its Holy Places have witnessed fierce religious controversy and political dispute. This multidisciplinary study analyses an international and diplomatic perspective which highlights the state/national (territorial) versus global/transnational approach to Jerusalem with respect to possession and the right to worship. It provides an overview and interpretation of the relevant provisions included in the international documents used in the Middle East Peace Process, and researches the historical complexities of the terms "Status Quo" and "Holy Places" -- terminology crucial to the various claims. Enrico Molinaro sets out to answer the following questions: (1) Under what conditions and to what extent does international law regulate and protect the interests of the various recognised communities in the Holy Places? And (2) What types of collective identities and which representative communities are entitled to raise claims on these places? Various communities have raised fierce controversies over worship rights, such as the Holy Sepulchre inter-Christian disputes and the Har Ha Bait/Haram Al Sharif (Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary) Israeli-Jewish/Palestinian-Muslim disputes. According to the state/territorial perspective, the relevant groups with respect to possession and worship would be the Israelis and the Palestinians, whereas according to the global/transnational interpretation, such groups should be labelled as Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the state/territorial perspective, the symbolic value of Jerusalem and its Holy Places is related to the development of the conflicting national Israeli and Arab -- later Palestinian -- collective identities. But in the global perspective, millions of people identify themselves as Jews, Christians, and Muslims. These people, who are mostly living outside of Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian areas, consider the city and its Holy Places to be a locus for worship and spiritual devotion. This book is essential reading for all those involved in studying International Legal Agreements and for all Middle East Studies practitioners.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Holy Places of Jerusalem in the Middle East Peace Agreements; Personal Jurisdiction I the Ottoman Empire & the Origin of the Inter-Christian Status Quo; The Status Quo in the Holy Places During the British Mandate; The Status Quo/Modus Vivendi of the Holy Places in the Arab-Israeli Conflict; The Legal Regime Applied to the Holy Places of Jerusalem; Conclusions & Suggestions for Further Research.
£31.87
Liverpool University Press Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920: 'We
Book SynopsisHeld back by the property qualifications needed to vote and stand as candidates in a range of local elections, female activists and feminists nonetheless formed local pressure groups to make their voices heard. When the property qualification was removed in the 1890s, they staked their claim to a formal engagement in public life, and by the early 20th century there were over 1000 female poor law Guardians. This book offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Focusing on the Lancashire mill town of Bolton, it traces the emergence of a core of female social and political activists from the 1860s and analyses their achievements as they rose from the humble origins of a workhouse visiting committee to become pivotal players in the formulation and implementation of local welfare policy after 1894. Using a unique working diary written by the activist and female poor law Guardian Mary Haslam, the book portrays these Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. The author challenges established notions that women involved in local welfare administration were resented and achieved little, showing their importance in the process by which Bolton Poor Law Union moved from being one of the most backward and obstructive to one of the most progressive and dynamic in the country, adopting best practice from Britain and overseas and revolutionising the material and psychological fabric of the poor law.Trade Review"...an interesting local and biographical study..." -- Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, in The English Historical Review, CXXIII, no 501, April 2008.Table of ContentsThe New Poor Law, Female Agency and Feminism; Poverty and Poor Relief in Lancashire and Bolton; Preparing the Ground? Philanthropy, Public Services and Activism; Fighting an Election; Negotiating Power; Making a Difference; Feminism, the Politics of Local Government and Suffrage; Brief Autobiographical Notes Written by Mary Haslam; Diary Kept by Mary Haslam of Her Work as a Poor Law Guardian; The Travel Diaries of Mary Haslam; Women's Suffrage in Bolton; Index.
£29.95
Liverpool University Press My Enemy's Enemy: Proxy Warfare in International
Book SynopsisThe topic of proxy war is currently subject to intense debate with reference to US, British and Israeli accusations that Iran is sponsoring subversive and insurgent movements from Lebanon to Afghanistan; contemporary academic and media controversies over the effect of international assistance to the Afghan mujahidin in the subsequent destabilisation of the country; and the contentious circumstances surrounding the Russo-Georgian war of 2008, and the 'independence' of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. While there is no shortage of academic literature dealing with specific cases of proxy warfare, there is no work providing an overarching analysis of the factors which lead to this type of conflict, or the potential consequences for the states concerned, the non-state proxies and their external patrons. Using examples from post-1945 history, and focusing on three case studies (the Afghan war of 1978-1989, Lebanon 1975-1990, Angola 1975-1991), Geraint Hughes offers terminology intended to clarify scholarly understanding of proxy warfare, a framework for understanding why states seek to use proxies (insurgent groups, militias, terrorist movements, mercenaries, and even organised criminal groups) in order to fulfil strategic objectives, and an analysis of the potential impact of such an indirect means of waging war on not only the states that are subjected to this phenomenon, but also the proxies, their sponsors and the wider international community. This book has a historical focus, but will be of utility to contemporary security scholars, and those involved in political/military policy.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press My Enemy's Enemy: Proxy Warfare in International
Book SynopsisThe topic of proxy war is currently subject to intense debate with reference to US, British and Israeli accusations that Iran is sponsoring subversive and insurgent movements from Lebanon to Afghanistan; contemporary academic and media controversies over the effect of international assistance to the Afghan mujahidin in the subsequent destabilisation of the country; and the contentious circumstances surrounding the Russo-Georgian war of 2008, and the 'independence' of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. While there is no shortage of academic literature dealing with specific cases of proxy warfare, there is no work providing an overarching analysis of the factors which lead to this type of conflict, or the potential consequences for the states concerned, the non-state proxies and their external patrons. Using examples from post-1945 history, and focusing on three case studies (the Afghan war of 1978-1989, Lebanon 1975-1990, Angola 1975-1991), Geraint Hughes offers terminology intended to clarify scholarly understanding of proxy warfare, a framework for understanding why states seek to use proxies (insurgent groups, militias, terrorist movements, mercenaries, and even organised criminal groups) in order to fulfil strategic objectives, and an analysis of the potential impact of such an indirect means of waging war on not only the states that are subjected to this phenomenon, but also the proxies, their sponsors and the wider international community. This book has a historical focus, but will be of utility to contemporary security scholars, and those involved in political/military policy.
£30.00
Liverpool University Press Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in the
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays brings together leading experts in the study of exile and expatriation, whose historical and comparative perspectives enable readers to understand the phenomenon of forced displacement in the Americas. Political exile, a major political practice throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is still an under-researched topic. While ubiquitous and fascinating, with some notable and important exceptions, until recently it has been conceived as somewhat marginal for the development of these societies, instead being studied in the framework of traditional concepts and concerns in history and the social sciences. Following recent developments that highlight the centrality of diasporas and transnational studies, of transience and relocation, this book proposes that the study of exile should become a topic of central concern, closely related to basic theoretical problems and controversies on the structure of power, national representation and transnational displacement. The editors and contributors approach these issues through a nuanced reading of context and history. The work discusses the formative impact of exile in many of these societies at different times, while analysing how it evolved and changed its character throughout the centuries. The systematic studies brought together in this volume will likely generate new readings of history and the societies in the Americas and the Diasporas, moving away from the traditional understanding of national histories towards more regional, transnational and even continental dimensions.
£32.50
Liverpool University Press National Schism and Civil Integration: Mutual
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the changes that have taken place in the mutual relationship between the Israeli establishment and the Arab minority since the early 1990s. Changing internal political circumstances on both sides, often led by external world events, have shaped action/reaction and made relations complex. Special attention is paid to the central government's engagement from a security-based dialogue to one encompassing civil policy.
£100.00
